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I make fancy rocks. Also other things, I guess. Come for the rocks stay for discussions of weird science fiction

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Lighthouse 29 - The Thrutopia Issue How do we imagine the future? How do we get from where we are now to a possible, sustainable future? And how do stories help us get there?

I don’t think I posted this here, but my story Radio Wives was published in Lighthouse Journal this summer! The magazine is always a lovely collection of prose and poetry, though I may be biased
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#shortfiction #litmag #writingcommunity

13.02.2026 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Anthropomorphic dinosaurs protesting againts ice agents. The triceratops is holding a no kings sign and the trex is wielding a bat. A soldier is getting knocked in the face

Anthropomorphic dinosaurs protesting againts ice agents. The triceratops is holding a no kings sign and the trex is wielding a bat. A soldier is getting knocked in the face

:)

10.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Working on a very rough first pass of edits for plot and continuity in Stars Like Darting Fish

04.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Would you read "The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits" by Ben Berman Ghan?

Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store!

#Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

04.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Weird! - The Last Days of New Paris Yeah so, gonna be honest, fighting Nazis in Paris with the power of ::checks notes:: the physical manifestations of Surrealist art after the failed student...

This is a slightly older one but definitely one of my favourite newsletters that I’ve written
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#newsletter #thenewweird #chinamieville #thelastdaysofnewparis #surrealism

02.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really had to dig for something because unfortunately for everyone I love to put these two in Situations

01.02.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for reading! I always enjoy getting to discuss sci-fi

27.01.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signifiers Pointing at Nothing - Trigun Stargaze Hello hello! It has been a while (yes, Buttondown, I am aware, you need not remind me every time I open the dashboard that it has been nearly two months...

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Thought I should start sharing my newsletter on here! Hello! Analysis and discussion of science fiction and associated genres, in your inbox whenever I feel like it
#trigunmaximum #newsletter #scifi #annihilation

27.01.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Syril Karn from the TV show Andor

Syril Karn from the TV show Andor

Pierre Poilievre.

06.01.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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A series of discworld watercolor portraits

#discworld #Vetinari #Vimes #Sybil

01.01.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A series of discworld watercolor portraits
Part 2

#discworld #Carrot #Angua

01.01.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is better and you would be happier (I have never used goodreads I’ve been on StoryGraph since the beginning so I am biased)

31.12.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

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Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

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live wire

11.10.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1143    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A toilet lid on the ground

A toilet lid on the ground

Man, yeah

29.07.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Little drawing of a crow in an "In case of x, break glass" emergency box with the caption "In case of depression... take him with you!"

Little drawing of a crow in an "In case of x, break glass" emergency box with the caption "In case of depression... take him with you!"

It's dangerous to go alone.

08.07.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7428    πŸ” 2292    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 30

Hell yeah bouldering!

20.07.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the afternoon writing, just kept picking at little bits over and over again until the sun set and suddenly was struck by inspiration. I put them in the struggle pit
#mywriting I still don’t know how tags work here

07.07.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s gorgeous!!

05.07.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The face of a black and white cat, mostly black,  but with a pink nose and a triangle of white radiating downward from his forehead. He looks rather smug.

The face of a black and white cat, mostly black, but with a pink nose and a triangle of white radiating downward from his forehead. He looks rather smug.

The same black and white cat with a white lower face and breast, now looking up, still looking smug. One white paw is also visible in the frame.

The same black and white cat with a white lower face and breast, now looking up, still looking smug. One white paw is also visible in the frame.

A long overdue update on Pard: After Charles passed away in January, we had to situate Pard, thankfully to a familiar home and with personal assistants he loves and who tend to his every need, a place he stayed many times before. As the images suggest, he is both Fine and Doing Fine.

02.05.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 668    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Made it through exams. Made it through the year. Every day keeps coming and we get caught in the wave. Today I’ve got my feet under me

29.04.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I knowww 😭😭

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She experiences the outside

18.04.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A four panel comic in black ink pen with red, yellow and blue watercolours. 
Panel 1. A cat flies through space holding a key. Text: The atrocities
Panel 2. A cat head comet flies through spaces. Text: That continue to be committed in Gaza
Panel 3. A cat with a star over their head sits at the centre of an ever expanding, layered triangle. Text: And the west bank are unfathomable 
Panel 4. A cat's head with six eyes appears in a space anomaly, stars surround. Text: Free Free Palestine

A four panel comic in black ink pen with red, yellow and blue watercolours. Panel 1. A cat flies through space holding a key. Text: The atrocities Panel 2. A cat head comet flies through spaces. Text: That continue to be committed in Gaza Panel 3. A cat with a star over their head sits at the centre of an ever expanding, layered triangle. Text: And the west bank are unfathomable Panel 4. A cat's head with six eyes appears in a space anomaly, stars surround. Text: Free Free Palestine

04.04.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh wow this is lovely! I’m such a sucker for visible stitching

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