Fran Wilde

2025 Recommended Reading List Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

The Locus Recommended Reading List is out! So many great reads here. Congratulations to all with work on the list, including Story Hour guests @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, @tanaudel.bsky.social, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, and... (1/4) locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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There’s definitely a strong sense of wonder.

Agreed

Do I want you to read & vote in Locus & Hugo nominating rounds for the amazing Sunday Morning Transport authors, & for my books too? Definitely.

Do I hope you’ll call your representatives today & yell about all the horrors & support people & small businesses in impacted areas? Yes indeed.

Do both!

I have absolutely nothing eligible for nomination this year BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE AMAZING STORIES I READ.

Oh hey Fran has a patreon you can check out!

Thank youuuuuu

FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I love these books!

Oh YAY!

Fran Wilde | Patreon Ink & Pixels, Whimsy & Words

I’m a longtime teacher - workshops to MFA-level, & would love to see you join in, even as I pay some bills over here (bc lol publishing).

I’m using the space to build community and nurture writers. I would love to see you there!

www.patreon.com/cw/franwilde

Grid with book recs, free Wednesday write ins, and more

I’m being reminded talk up my Patreon!
- Weekly write-ins for all subscribers (inc. free)
- Monthly inspiration & news you won’t get elsewhere
- Monthly tier-level prompts, craft essays, & mini-workshops.
- whimsy
- Mentoring, limited to 5 students, to level up.

www.patreon.com/cw/franwilde

🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏

This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

So this article just dropped.

www.theverge.com/policy/87495...

The best birthday present I can imagine would be for you to check out these amazing stories I discovered in 2025, including lots that are from authors completely new to me, and to consider them for any awards ballots you might be working on!!

EeeeeeeEEEEEeeeE!

^^

So excited about all the things!

Happy birthday, Lauren!

Starting to feel like conservatives don't hate education specifically so much as they hate the idea of facts, data, or information existing at all.

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Today, I am matching donations to any org in this list, up to $1000. Reply here or DM me with receipt. www.standwithminnesota.com

We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.

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Screaming or drowning?

In the gleaming glee where goblins reappear
While our happy simulcast
Clings to them forever
I unfollow. Unfollow.
Unfollow again.
@$/3%#!!€
#poem

In: what the hell compels that kind of question (dodging implied)

Out: crickets.

Trump Scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’

Trump Scolds CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for ‘Not Smiling’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

I have heard stories !!