Clarissa C. S. Ryan

515 indie bookstores now, including our first #RhodeIsland (The Little Bubblegum Bookshop in Providence)! Fingers crossed for Alaska & the Dakotas to join the party soon.

Unlike our previously nominated works (Splendor & Misery, and The Deep) DCS might not seem like a single continuous story, but there is an overarching narrative through-line hidden within it (co-written with @amalelmohtar.com). It's an easter egg that I don't think anyone has found yet

Attention Worldcon community—we just realized that the nominating period is open for this year's Hugo Awards. We have been finalists twice before (2016, 2017) and our 2025 album Dead Channel Sky—a dystopian cyberpunk rap rave—is eligible in the Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) category

Please repost if any of your followers might be able to connect me with a smallish, non-official dog rescue type group in the Los Angeles area. Los Angeles proper, the actual city. Looking for folks who might be willing to approach a family with neglected dogs and negotiate purchase/rehoming/etc.

In an underwater scene, a sailfish, a mola, a mermaid whose flowing hair recalls marine algae, a dugong, and several golden trevally are grouped together in a vertically-oriented composition with some kelp against a black background. The illustration is drawn with intricate linework, with an emphasis on contours and varying line weight, and with areas of solid black ink.

'Two Sirens'
Ink on Moleskine sketchbook paper, 128 × 206 mm, from 2020.

#ArtAdventCalendar

[turns page] Oh her name is literally Xishi, OK, all right, I see what we're doing now and I'm here for it

(just to be clear, both the game and the novel are referencing the classical language)

Never wanted to try the show, got halfway through the first book (or so) and realized it was Not For Me, Thank You. It's not just you!

Where Winds Meet game screenshot showing a question: The phrases "sinking fish, wingfall, closing moon, shy blossoms" are often used to praise women, among whom "Wingfall" refers to A. Xi Shi B. Wang Zhaojun c. Zhen Fu D. Yang Guifei

Kindle app screenshot: CHAPTER ONE - [Highlight begins] They say that when I was born, all the wild geese flew down from the sky, and the fish sank beneath the waves, having forgotten how to swim. Even the lotus flowers in our gardens quivered and turned their heads away, so ashamed they were of their own diminished allure in my presence. [Highlight ends.] have always found such stories to be laughably exaggerated, but they prove the same thing: that my beauty was something unnatural, transcending nature itself. And that beauty is not so different from destruction. This was why my mother insisted I cover my face before leaving the house.

image 1: the teahouse trivia game in Where Winds Meet
image 2: A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang (just started it)

西施沉魚 Xi Shi sinks fish
貂蟬閉月 Diaochan eclipses the moon
昭君落雁 Wang Zhaojun fells geese
貴妃羞花 Yang Guifei shames flowers

(abbreviated: 沉魚落雁, 閉月羞花)

ah, I used to live in the same city as she does–it's my favorite place I've ever lived, but (as I recall) that school district had to be sued to get them to put sex ed back in the curriculum. Most people do NOT understand the politics there because it doesn't match with their expectation

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the levels of rightness and wrongness here are sending me

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

I didn't expect the Leopards Stealing People's Data Company to steal my data!

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Nancy 3/4/26 💅

A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

a woman making a peace sign with her hand ALT: a woman making a peace sign with her hand

oh VERY agree

"there were also many cats" lmao

ok this guy and Legend of Shen Li are making me reconsider my opinion on spears

aw hell yeah

Color photo of writer Randee Dawn, a fair-skinned woman with large blue eyes and blonde hair worn long and curled, with bangs. She wears a black dress with white cuffs and sits in front of a blurred background of leaves. She smiles tenderly at the camera, perhaps because she is holding a red fox to her chest. The fox is looking around.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Jennifer Hudak, a fair-skinned woman with straight, gray-threaded brown hair worn at shoulder length. She wears a brownish-red top with crochet sleeves and poses before a blurred interior background that includes tile wall and light wood. Her shoulders are square to the camera, but she looks up and to one side, smiling warmly.

This Story Hour, two favorites return! Randee Dawn and Jennifer Hudak help us bid goodbye to this sanest time of the year (Standard Time). Join us for Story Hour Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! @randeedawn.com @jenniferhudak.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

Gahhhhh

Dinosaur feet!!

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Help us raise fund to help us ditch WebEx for a platform that better suits our needs.

Times are rough and there are lots of good places to send your money. Give what you can or help us spread the word!

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(tbh my reaction to seeing this statue in person was “aw, I thought she’d be plumper”)

lychee pasties are the ONLY solution

Subject: Congratulations to Victoria and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:02:52 -o500 From: Chris Meade <c.meade@entrereneurcohort.com> To: [redacted] Victoria, Aaron and I are right now going over our game plan for 2026 and I wanted to connect with you personally because I genuinely believe you'd be a strong fit inside The Founders Club, considering what you're doing at Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Looks like you guys are killing it by supporting science fiction and fantasy writers. Almost all of our members join us via referrals and our Instagram, but my co-founder and I do like to personally reach out to people we believe are part of the 6% we accept into the club. Our community is an tight-knit circle of entrepreneurs making waves in their industries who support each other, celebrate wins, and tackle real problems together. It’s a seriously high-caliber club with all founders doing $1M to 10-figures in yearly revenue. If part of your focus for 2026 is upgrading your circle and building relationships that actually move the needle, this might be exactly what you’re looking for. Would you be interested in a quick 15-minute chat about the club? Chris Meade - Co-Founder P.S. If the Founders Club doesn’t sound like it’d be a good fit, just let me know and I’ll make sure not to follow up on this.

This is going around again--seems like a somewhat more deluxe successor to the Who's Who scams of yesteryear. What they don't want to tell you: it costs $791/mo to join www.foundersclubofficial.com/about-us (based on the images on the site, I suggested they change their name to White Founders Club)

No. NO. Don’t summon these into being 💀

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.

In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.

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