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Lee Hallison

@leeh70.bsky.social

Flash fiction writer, gardener, cook, handywoman. Intermittent blogger at leehallison.com SFWA, Codex, Rainforest Writers Vintage seller: online vintage businesses at linkr.bio/tinksattic

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Writing (& Life) Update Seattle is its usual gloomy self, rainy and chilly and often socked in by clouds. January is such a dark month! This blog has languished for months, my neglect is terrible. 2026 Resolution #1! Do b…

New blog post: leehallison.com/2026/01/05/w...

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Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast

We publish many new & emerging authors; they deserve pro pay. Our First Readers write personalized comments in ALL replies; they deserve pay. If you read BCS & you're able to support, please consider it. If you have, THANK YOU. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio... 2/3

01.12.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.

URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders!
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! πŸŽΈπŸ‘¨β€πŸš€βš‘

It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.

escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...

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The Pawshank Redemption: A Dog And Her People | Catherynne M. Valente Get more from Catherynne M. Valente on Patreon

The saga of the beautiful husky who needed a home, & the BlueSky folk who stepped forward to make an old-fashioned internet miracle...has had a lot of developments I've been too busy handling to update you all on.

She's ON HER WAY!

The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...

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Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

20.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7
2025 Winner Outstanding Short Story: WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ by Caroline M. Yoachim

2025 Winner Outstanding Short Story: WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ by Caroline M. Yoachim

@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Short Story
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

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Congratulations Caroline!!! Such a great story!!

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Congratulations Caroline! So deserved!!!

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Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❀️🍾πŸ₯‚πŸŽ‰

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash πŸ‘»πŸͺ¦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

01.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12
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I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s rightβ€”despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2

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P.A. Cornell's Newsletter | Substack Writing and publishing updates, the story behind my stories, and more! Click to read P.A. Cornell's Newsletter, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

P.A. Cornell's Newsletter
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14.09.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cover Reveal! September 15th! Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! Ten killer flash by ten amazing writers. And we're thrilled to feature new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in the SmokeLong Master Series. Cover art by Mario Loprete.

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This Grimoire Belongs to Miss Cleo Jackson - Wyrmhole Magazine By: Elis Montgomery 1700 words This Grimoire Belongs to:Β MiSS Cleo JAcKson DEAR GRIMOR Mom said I had magic appatood for frend making. I did it so fast and good. She said a witch rites it down. I am a...

Just got an amazing story rec from @howsweetthewords.bsky.social for @elismontgomery.bsky.social's "This Grimoire Belongs to Miss Cleo Jackson" and now I must share it with everyone because it is SO GOOD OMG!!!

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Heart’s desire A keepsake from a former life.

This was not how she’d expected her life to be. But then, few people expect to be abducted by aliens. Fewer still expect that to happen while their planet is destroyed. So a new future awaits β€” one that she’s really not ready for.

#scifi by @leeh70.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

03.09.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine Kestrel House Β There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...

New story day!!! "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" is in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, now available online, and I'm so excited to share it with you!

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...

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Closeup of a portion of a large yellow sunflower in bloom. The center of the flower is a greenish yellow with a geometric patterned texture, surrounded by a ring of orange-yellow stamens. Beyond that, yellow petals with elegant curves extand from the flower's center to beyond the edge of the frame.

Closeup of a portion of a large yellow sunflower in bloom. The center of the flower is a greenish yellow with a geometric patterned texture, surrounded by a ring of orange-yellow stamens. Beyond that, yellow petals with elegant curves extand from the flower's center to beyond the edge of the frame.

A burst of color for your feed: Sunflower #bloomscrolling

#photography #FlowerReport #garden #nature #yellow #PNW #ColorADay #YellowThu #flowers

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History That Never Was Β» Cover Reveal for Chimerical Remembrance

Time for the cover reveal for my next collection, Chimerical Remembrance, which is available for pre-order! historythatneverwas.com/2025/08/21/c...

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A stack of copies of THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST at the Fairwood Press booth. It is a large, pretty book with a playable board game on the cover!

A stack of copies of THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST at the Fairwood Press booth. It is a large, pretty book with a playable board game on the cover!

Photo of me posing with a copy of THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST!

Photo of me posing with a copy of THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST!

If you are at WorldCon, consider picking up a special preview edition of THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST (an anthology I edited!!! and also a board game and also MUDDY GEESE!) for sale in the dealer room at the FAIRWOOD PRESS table.

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A bookshelf pic focuses on the green cover of Cheddar Luck Next Time.

A bookshelf pic focuses on the green cover of Cheddar Luck Next Time.

A signed cover page of a book.

A signed cover page of a book.

Books and a sign for Larry Smith at space 613.

Books and a sign for Larry Smith at space 613.

#Worldcon! Swing by Larry Smith Books to get a signed copy of Cheddar Luck Next Time! @daturabooks.bsky.social

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Arcing - Adria Bailton When a tragic event splits Rosa’s family apart, she finds herself on her own embracing freedoms she’s never had. She meets Dan on one such night of freedom. Dan has dreamed of otherworldy Rosas since…

In March, I self-published the audiobook for my novelette, "Arcing." Available through most audio publishers and through your local library by request!

adriabailton.com/fiction-by-a...

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Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!

I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Kickstarter ends soon - stretch goals look great if you're inclined to support!!! Such a great magazine.

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Photo of some of the 75,000 people marching down Pike Street in Seattle during the no Kings protest

Photo of some of the 75,000 people marching down Pike Street in Seattle during the no Kings protest

Seattle πŸ’•

15.06.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi everyone, we are running out of time for our fundraiser. We want to keep doing what we do and uplifting writers at every stage of their careers.

Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. πŸ’Œ

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Voting for Locus Awards closes tomorrow (April 15th)! Don't forget to go vote for what you loved!

14.04.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/ This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense.

That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧡 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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I"m so looking forward to this in my hometown. Matt is hilarious, and books are being sold by Third Place Books (love those people)

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To go box with 1 dozen eggs

To go box with 1 dozen eggs

So this was odd, fun but maybe sad too? Went out to dinner and the special came with a dozen eggs to go home with.

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Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America (Gift Article) The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

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Donated blood just now - for years I couldn't, my blood pressure was too low (!!). A side benefit to aging I suppose, now it works great.

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