Erin Brown

Hmmm… cheese.

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Got some submission in by the skin of my teeth tonight!

Executive function has been the ruination of me this week.

My mutuals if I ever stop posting:

If you see this, post a redhead

Baptism of a Gryphon > The Fabulist Words & Art Cockatrice pies and great, mythic beasts all the greater for their passing: Reader, join us for a funeral rite like no other.

The people of trees appreciate the tip, but they like it when the gryphons’ habitat isn’t sliced and diced by roads at all...

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YouTube video by Erin Brown Baycon Afrofuturism Lounge 2025 - Black Poetics: Subtext in Black Fiction

My Afrofuturism panel on Black Poetics in Fiction is up!
Many thanks to @baycon.org for hosting us. I hope I get to do many, many more of these.

I’m not saying yes or no, but

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DONT LIE TO ME!!!!

I’ts alright. I’m nearing double-digit rejections in total subs soon, so I’m not new to it, but I’ve had a lot of good news too. I get great feedback on the piece, but it always makes the last round before I get “it’s just too weird to place with our other stories.” That may be a sign. #collection

They’re very confyoozles.

Thank you!!!! I’m so happy with it, the editors REALLY let me take some chances. I was spoiled, working with them.

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Another glowing and enthusiastically supportive short-listed rejection for a flash fic piece I love.

I may have to think outside the box about how to place this one.

I think it’s more that he has more permanent plans for her.

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Uh oh. It’s effalumps and woozles time for you…

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GRABBY HANDS!

Speculative Poetry Initiative What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?

The motion to add poetry to the Hugo Awards has passed. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, discussed this award, sat through business meetings, and nominated/voted in the Hugo Awards. This is a huge, huge deal to poets. I am actually a bit teary. <3 #poetryhugo poetryhugo.com

Some Queer Short SFF - May 2025 | Charles Payseur Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Remember when that one lady made a bunch of fake companies buy her books and ended up on the NYT list? Handbook for Mortals? That was the beginning of my disillusionment with the industry.

One of the recent bright spots in the world of speculative short fiction publishing is the rebirth of Fantasy Magazine. Yes, Fantasy is back, published under the Psychopomp umbrella with co-editors Arley Sorg and Shingai Njeri Kagunda at the helm. (You can read more about how this all came about at Psychopomp and support the zine by signing up for a subscription.) 

My latest short fiction roundup at Strange Horizons features stories from Fantasy Magazine, Remains, Nightmare, Psychopomp, Kaleidotrope, and more!

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Self care is kicking people in the butt when it’s called for.
Happy Wednesday!

And just like that, my bucket list has a new item for when I finish this Masters degree and finally start teaching… this is so awesome!

“I've probably just torpedoed my own chances…”
I refuse to accept that. Because those of us who see these issues and are tirelessly building the resources to fix them in this industry are everywhere, quietly working. As long as we support these efforts when see them, we will change things.

There was this “Fetish by Dana something” teen perfume? Clear bottle with the orange and green cap? When I put it on I felt like I smelled so sweet that one of the androgynous beauties from the Claire’s catalogue might date me.
When I was broody I wore one of the grunge scents from Urban Decay.

… new horror novel title, I call it!

Dusk deep blue sky, red railing on a path on a cliffside overlooking the ocean, and warmly lit entrance into a cliff wall cave up ahead.

I’m having one of those weeks where I’m going back and forth between listening to the Tao de Ching and the Art of War at work all day, and it’s a challenging time, but honestly? I like what I’m becoming.

Entrance to Iwaya Dragon Caves, Enoshima, 2024

Bandits deserved more love than it got.

Hell yeah.

Got it! I sure hope he does.

I fail to see the issue

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