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An illustration with a purple overlay of decaying purple and yellow tree branches that lead down to an opening. There are white birds flying around and on one of the yellow-purple branches are three people walking. In the top and bottom corners are purple branches and yellow leaves. At the top of the image reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Observer Effect by Morgan Cross. Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King. Flame Weeding by Colleen Coco Collins. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk. Bonds of the Forest by Ally R Colthoff . Blueberry by Jade Riordan. On Fields of Purple Grass by Ian Li. Tapetum Lucidum by U.M. Agoawike. The Great Divide by Meryem Yildiz. Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.” At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org

🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜‍♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!

🔗 Link in bio!

More details below 👀⬇️

An image with an orange plain background. There is a graphic of an open book at the bottom of the image. In the middle is a white square. Inside of the square reads: “Mission Control will go silent. Someone will drop a cup of coffee, but no one will clean it up, no one will turn away from the live feed coming from the lunar lander. But it will all begin to fall apart when one flight controller takes off his headset, turns to everybody else and says, “She took her helmet off. How is she still alive?” in black text. Beneath it reads: "Tales and Feathers Magazine — Volume 3" then there is a link symbol beside the link: https://augursociety.org/after-the-astronaut-and-the-north-star-kiss/

We've got a new T&F story for you this Monday! 👀

"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫

Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.

P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!

Alice Wong was Crips for eSims for Gaza, and Everything to Us by Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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by @thellpsx.bsky.social and I, for Alice

we are around $8K CAd in the red. help us catch up!

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#ConnectingGaza

An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .

Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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Sorry I missed you! I think I spotted you in the hall and was really admiring the hair accessories ☺️ hope to see you again soon!

One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!

Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!

We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!

DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️

🔗in bio!

It's so wonderful to have your piece be part of this issue!

Thank you!! We're so, so glad you're a part of it too—Spruceway is key to how the community themes grew to the forefront of how I conceptualized the issue in the end.

If you have one takeaway from this issue, I hope you'll see it as a call to community and collective action—a reflection that we can deprogram away from the confines of oppressive structures and orient towards justice and liberation. A reminder that we need to take care of each other on the way. 2/7

Augur Issue 8.1 Issue 8.1 of Augur Magazine draws our attention to the very act of creation itself—from the spark of a new idea to its unpredictable aftermath.

...purchase Issue 8.1 on our store: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

My endless gratitude to the creators who entrusted us with their work, and our brilliant editorial and production team!

And a special shoutout to Martine Nguyen, who illustrated a cover I can't stop showing anybody I meet. 7/7

...I'm keenly aware of where my own language skills fail me, and yet how they are what I'm working with to connect to complex histories and family legacies.

I guess that's what I hope we'll do: our best, with what we have available to us.

You can read two pieces for free now on our site, or... 6/7

And a more personal piece: I edited Singaporean writer @jiawrites.bsky.social 's story, Dark Night Suffused with Stars—which features a translator hoping to preserve the Chinese language in the far future.

On the eve of visiting China to see some family members, probably for the last time... 5/7

I didn't set out to curate such an apocalypse-heavy issue, but it also feels fitting—because I always find myself grappling with the question and necessity of how to hang onto hope even when it feels like the world is in a constant state of emergency. 4/7

It's also funny to be sharing something so full of robots when we're being told, as creatives, that AI can replace us. But I hope the bots in this issue are a reminder of how we can still envision our futures in harmony with technology. 3/7

If you have one takeaway from this issue, I hope you'll see it as a call to community and collective action—a reflection that we can deprogram away from the confines of oppressive structures and orient towards justice and liberation. A reminder that we need to take care of each other on the way. 2/7

I cannot express how proud I am of this team. As my first time solo-leading on an issue, I found myself stretching my wings out of my usual myth & fantasy space into sci-fi and apocalypse for Augur Magazine Issue 8.1.

Some meandering thoughts 🧵 1/7

Omg this is so true

We spent $150K in the last month and only raised $58K. Thankfully the earlier Itch Bundle fundraiser meant that we haven’t yet ran out.

All support is deeply appreciated to keep Gazans connected through forced starvation & colonial violence:

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#ConnectingGaza

A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. In the middle of the image reads in curved: "You're Invited" then in straight text below it: "print launch." Underneath reads: "Join us for an evening of readings, good food, and launching the print edition of Augur Magazine Volume 6" in purple text. There are two images, one is an image of people at the event and the other is a purple event table with magazine volumes, ceramic teacups, and art prints. Below is the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto in purple text. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.

GTA Augurians, you're invited to celebrate the LIMITED EDITION print run of Augur Magazine Vol 6! 🎊

🕐 Thursday, August 21st from 7-9:30PM
📍 Society Clubhouse, 967 College St, Toronto

You can expect... 👇

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

✨ Augur is nominated FIVE times across three categories in this year’s Aurora Awards!

I’m so, so proud of our editors, writers, artists, and podcast. It’s the first year every active part of Augur has been nominated.

If you’re Canadian, deets on voting are below 👀✨

An event poster for Myth, dominantly orange with white text, with a mermaid, a rocket ship, a palm trees and a crescent moon.

Join me for the Toronto launch of my debut poetry book, "Myth"! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙🌺

April 9. 7PM. Society Clubhouse.

Featuring performances by the amazing: @farahghafoor.bsky.social @faitharkorful.bsky.social @spondeee.bsky.social and @suntorya.bsky.social!

Come through!! ✨️✨️

Just $21,240CAD, $4264USD, and £2000 until we break even. We are already sending new eSims using points thanks to your donations!

We can definitely get there by the end of the month, if not sooner.

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#ConnectingGaza

Tales & Feathers Magazine - Volume 3 Join us to explore the idea of connection. The way we can be connected to the people around us and to the worlds we live in.

Hello wonderful readers

big news today

🌟✨TALES & FEATHERS VOLUME 3 IS RELEASED!✨🌟

Get ready for fish-gyals, hellhound puppies, food, family, friendship, & more. 💖

Subscribers will find the issue in their inboxes within 24 hours, and 2 pieces are free on our site RIGHT NOW. 😍

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Today is 2/25/2025! What if 250 people donated $25CAD by the end of today? That would help us climb out of debt faster.

Remember: the genocide hasn’t ended. Internet is still crucial for everyday survival and urgent news.

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#ConnectingGaza

The Number Death — Singapore Unbound How far would you go to avoid bad luck? Read the new story by Melissa Ren to find out.

I have a new story out today in Singapore Unbound, about the superstition surrounding the number 4 in Chinese culture and the avoidance of bad luck

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Myth Myth, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to...

This spring, on April 1st, @houseofanansi.bsky.social will publish my debut poetry collection, Myth!

It's a little tropical, a little lyrical, a little speculative, something for everyone! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙

Preorders are open! Please share if you can!
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Giller Foundation, lead sponsor Scotiabank end partnership The foundation that administers the Giller Prize didn’t say why the partnership ended, but the sponsorship has recently come under fire over a Scotiabank subsidiary’s investment in an Israeli arms com...

Huge news! 🎉

Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.

BDS works! We have power wherever we are.

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