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Rainy Brighton sky the day before the World Fantasy Convention starts #WFC

I've got my 18th story acceptance of the year!!! Only two months left and I hope that I will get 20! #amwriting #publishing #WritingCommunity

It got sorted eventually.

I arrived yesterday at the hotel in Brighton for the World Fantasy Convention. My main credit card wasn't working and I'd forgotten the other card's PIN. For a long hour, I expected to sleep (comfortably!) on the pier. #WFC #Brighton

They said, "No Kings!" So he had to steal the Empress's crown #nokings

Bullet Points 11: @jamesaaron.net @slashnburnett.bsky.social @gioclair.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @gerrileen.bsky.social @grigorylukin.bsky.social @kurtnewton.bsky.social ‪@natashabennett.bsky.social @jeremyszal.bsky.social #DarkMilSF zurl.co/0jolK

Never again (sigh)

Yes, yes, a great, great zine.

I wrote a military horror thing, and here it is, amon this garhering of excellent stories.

Lazy, who? Me? Not lazy—just a reluctant Stakhanovist. I avoid starting work because I know once I start, I won’t stop.

Kefir?

I've given up beer, but now I'm in a quandary

Just hit my 16th story acceptance of 2025. Starting to wonder if I’ve crushed some kind of Guinness world record—or if I just need a Guinness #amwriting #writingcommunity

A 700-year-old church tower has been suspended above a construction site during excavation works for the upcoming 50 Fenchurch Street skyscraper in London, designed by architecture studio Eric Parry Architects. (Dezeen)

NonBinary Review Issue #41: Solarpunk — Zoetic Press Solarpunk is the antidote to depressing dystopian lit. They start from the same place: environmental collapse, societal breakdown, resource scarcity. But solarpunk leans into the ingenuity and optimis...

I’m thrilled to have a solarpunk story in the latest issue of Zoetic Press

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Poster featuring a drawn dog in a lounge chair, little light brown artistic bubbles, and blue dog paws. The poster says “dogyard debut, October 1, 2025. Your creative genius has paid off! dogyard starts posting creative work in less than a month! Submit today!”

Woah! Time flies when you're having fun. Only 26 days?? We can't wait to share these dogs with you, submit to find yourself in our little yard! We're open and #reading all work now!

Submit #poetry, #fiction, #essay, #art, #nonfiction, and more today!

#dogyard #litmag #openforsubmissions #writer

I Like Free Speech So Much That I’ve Decided It’s Just Mine Now by Eli Grober

I Like Free Speech So Much That I’ve Decided It’s Just Mine Now
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Down with the flu. Also trapped with a feral mosquito that can live 6 weeks. Send help.

I wrote a military horror-sf for Bullet Points, and it's on now!

London: The latest Bansky

Those are all for magazines and anthologies, but I'll keep your offer in mind

I've sold 15 stories this year (so far). #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Not exactly. It would be a slow-burn dread in a fated castle with strange paranormal events.

A little story of mine (I have 15 out in 2025)

I want to write a Gothic novel in which the victim is a young, beautiful man mistreated by some cruel young Alpha #amwriting #WritingCommunity

A little story of mine (I have 15 out in 2025)

The Anatomy of “Othering”: How Authoritarians Build Permission for Violence

The Anatomy of “Othering”:
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It's a Fantasy murder mystery.

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