M Shedric Simpson

November, novella, new beginnings | Emma Burnett Get more from Emma Burnett on Patreon

My latest Patreon post is live. It's got some life updates, and for paid supporters, it has a snippet from my upcoming book, Ex Partum (coming soon from @atthisarts.com).

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#scifi #specfic #booksky

Submissions What is Eternal Haunted Summer? EHS is an ezine dedicated to 1) original poetry and 2) short fiction about the Gods and Goddesses and heroes of the world’s many Pagan/polytheist traditions. W…

Call for submissions! Eternal Haunted Summer is open to submissions of #fiction, #poetry, essays, interviews, and reviews from 1 November to 1 December 2025. The theme is the Good Neighbors or the #fae. Full guidelines below. #witchsky #fairies #myth #pagan

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Only thing better than reading this was being lucky enough to catch a live performance. Can’t wait for the next installment!

If it’s safe for you to protest, today’s a good day to be heard. There’s no need to RSVP, and there are local protests in neighborhoods all over the country.

www.mobilize.us/nokings/map/

Kai Ashante Wilson ( @wildeeps.bsky.social ) has a new novel coming out in 2027!

"The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" and "A Taste of Honey" were full of heart and hurt and wonder, and I can't wait to see what Wilson creates next.

Consider supporting if you can!
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YouTube video by Kidzuko No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women "This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.

"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

A small carryon bag on the floor, with a black cat peering out

Packed & ready to go.

Ah, what adventuring party doesn’t eventually end up at the Cheesecake Factory of Ill Repute.

Looking for some bite-sized horror to read? We have "Beyond Those Shadowed Hills" by M. Shedric Simpson available for FREE on our website.

Read here: https://bit.ly/4mIBwtt

FIYAH magazine cover art

Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
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Cover image for gdbee art's 2026 calendar. Text: 2026 Vibes. Calendar

2026 calendars are up for preorder till the end of October! Calendars ship in November! They're saddle-stitched with a hanging hole, 9 x 24 inches large! gdbee.store/products/vib...

How to Talk to Your Children About War - SmokeLong Quarterly You don’t tell children about beheadings, or people burned alive, or crowds cheering at pictures of the dead. You don’t tell them about the indiscriminate nature of bombs, how they’re supposed to be a...

This made me cry. In just 600 words, this story touches on so many of the things I've been thinking about as a parent living in the US. All the meanings of war, all the gardens that have become cemeteries.

"How To Talk To Your Children About War" by @eaaymar.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social

Posing with friends from Lightforge outside the Seattle Convention Center

Selfie from the check-in line at WorldCon.

Posing with Camden Rose & Cameron Quinn at WorldCon

The last sunset of WorldCon 2025, looking out over Elliott Bay from the hotel.

Such a lovely time at @seattlein2025.org WorldCon! It was so inspiring to meet so many people who’ve influenced me, and to learn from so many amazing authors. Thank you all!

Thank you so much! And thank you for being such an inspiration!

Thanks so much!

Delighted to announce that my little cozy horror story about a melancholy spider rancher is free to read at @chmmagazine.bsky.social !

You can find it at: cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/beyo...

I’d love to recommend this story by @meganleebees.bsky.social which was my introduction to the idea of cozy horror.

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Space Unicorn!

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

Hey is that @camdenscorner.bsky.social I see on the cover there?!?!

I will fight any editor who threatens these words.

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been…

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

Now, their stories will begin to be told.

Starting here 👇

Background image shows a crescent moon over a futuristic city. Above, text reads: Clarion West x Two Hour Transport. Center, image shows a monster reading at a microphone for an audience of fellow monsters and aliens, on a stage floating in space. Below, text reads: Summer Open Mic at the Magnuson Park Amphitheater. July 26. In-person event. Signups 4:30-4:55PM PT. Readings 5PM-7PM PT.

Tomorrow! If you're in Seattle, join us for an in-person open mic with Two Hour Transport! We’ll be at the Magnuson Park Amphitheater (6344 NE 74th St), from 5-7PM Pacific. Reader signups start at 4:30PM.

Everyone is welcome! Register for this and more upcoming events at clarionwest.org/events.

Issue 61 of Cosmic Horror Monthly against a background of rocks, moss, and skeletal leaves

My little story about a troubled spider rancher is out in this month's @chmmagazine.bsky.social --with a lovely illustration by @insanity-inc.bsky.social !

It... may contain spiders... but I hope you enjoy!
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Did not go into that movie expecting to be crying at the end.

Deeply honored to have my quantum-entangled starfish & boys struggling with their feelings appear in this issue!

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Read "What the Sky Recalls" by @shedric.bsky.social in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-20/. For all your quiet, aching, and lovely post-apocalyptic needs.

I am smashing that download button as hard as I can.