2026 Indieverse Awards BEST COLLECTION NOMINEES • Cait Gordon - Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain • Des DeVivo - Unapologetic Love • Katherine Silva - BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror • Rocio Carranza - My Dreams Come True • William C. Tracy - Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by Cait Gordon - sapphic rebel pilot fights eugenics - disability utopia - "silent" mermaid-siren enviro activist - teen alien hacker "does time" - autistic superhero - emotional support dragon - nonbinary Alice in wonderland And so much more!

We are over the moon that our first publication, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by @caitgauthor.bsky.social has earned a 2026 Indieverse Award nomination for Best Collection!

You can find it here: books2read.com/spec-shorts #CanLit #BookSky

Congrats to all the nominees!

Please visit https://csffa.ca to nominate!

You must be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident to nominate works. It’s $10 to become a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) but for that price, you’ll receive free books from the final ballot. A great value!
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Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by Cait Gordon is eligible fora 2026 Prix Aurora Award in the Best Related Work category. Please consider nominating this work and all your fave Canadian speculative fiction creatives who are eligible. Learn more at cssfa.ca Nominations close April 4 at 11:59 pm, EDT

"Speculative Shorts is a fun, delicious taste of the range of Cait's spice-rack of writing skills, and she blends together those elements incredibly." Dr. Derek Newman-Stille, Prix Aurora Award winner of Speculating Canada and Prix Aurora Award finalist for We Shall Be Monsters

"This is a universe where mobility aids are just cool, where being yourself is the ultimate reward, where chosen family, joy, and accessibility aren't just possible, but mandatory and well-deserved." Dr. Finnian Burnett, educator, and author of The Price of Cookies

"The stories in Speculative Shorts display Gordon's knack for making the reader privy to the protagonists' thoughts and reactions in an empathetic and often amusing way as the action progresses." Lisa Timpf for The Seaboard Review of Books

Today (April 4 by 11:59 pm EDT) is the last day to cast your nominations for the 2026 Prix Aurora Awards! Speculative Shorts by Cait Gordon ♿️ can be nominated for Best Related Work and “Ranger of the Sea” (in the collection) for Best Short Story!
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table, chatted, and bought books and crafts! We had a lovely time at Unbound: Indie Lit Market!

Many thanks to Stephanie Anne and everyone who made this event happen. It’s so great when folks support local authors!

Speculative Shorts — Ottawa Public Library Speculative Shorts — Gordon, Cait — From the award-winning author of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space... A nonbinary Alice accidentally enters their own clubbing wonderland because of ...

Just found out that the ebook of Speculative Shorts is at the Ottawa Public Library! Way cool!

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Hooray!!!

We got books and fun writer crafty stuff!

We’ll be there selling books and giving readings! #BookSky #CanLit #Ottawa

Eligible to be nominated for Best Related Work: Speculative Shorts by Cait Gordon Fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience. 2026 Prix Aurora Awards NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN NOW AND CLOSE ON APRIL 5 Please visit csffa.ca to nominate this work!

Eligible to be nominated for Best Short Story: "Ranger of the Sea" by Cait Gordon A signing mermaid-siren protector and her disabled-on-land selkie BFF hatch a plan to enlighten a blind Lander about why he shouldn't poach the sea for capitalistic gain. 2026 Prix Aurora Awards NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN NOW AND CLOSE ON APRIL 5 Please visit csffa.ca to nominate this work!

Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain by @caitgauthor.bsky.social is eligible to be nominated for a Prix Aurora Award in the Best Related Work category! And “Ranger of the Sea” can be nominated for Best Short Story! We thank you for considering these works! #SFF

Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain Explore this collection of fifteen speculative tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience by award-winning, Candian author Cait Gordon.

It’s Read an Ebook week on Smashwords! The ebook version of Cait Gordon’s short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, is FREE from Mar 1–Mar 7!
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Hey, #WriteSky humans! Our micropress is starting a new weekday chat! Join us!

I’m Cait, pronounced like 🐱. I love arranging the alphabet. Folks even gave me awards for it, which was very nice of them! I am one-half of the ownership of Dindsdale Press. I also really like cake!

#AlphabetArrangers

That’s great that you have multiple ways of creating. It’s also so nice when we have assistive tech as well. I used dictation software for an entire technical writing contract years ago. #AlphabetArrangers

I can always create, it’s just a matter of what I’m capable of creating. If I have a migraine or burnout, I tend to write by dictation or draw. If I’m anxious or in pain I tend to write poetry. If I can’t do any of that I worldbuild for ttrpgs. #AlphabetArrangers #WriteSky

WHOA! That’s amazing!!! #AlphabetArrangers

I'm in the fortunate position that writing (drafting, at least) _is_ my stress relief -- so -- I wrote an entire 30k 0-draft for a new book idea in the past couple of weeks 🤣😅💀

#WriteSky #AlphabetArrangers

Oh, I love watercolours. I really admire folks who can paint with them. It’s a skill I’ve always wanted but have to be content with being an admirer of the art! #AlphabetArrangers

My ability to write fiction got severely kneecapped a decade ago, but I took up watercolors last year and it's been saving my sanity. #AlphabetArrangers

#AlphabetArrangers Work on my prose has stalled over job-hunting stresses.

My main creative outlet has been doing some TTRPG homebrews of sorts (system conversions, mainly)

LOL! That’s super creative! #AlphabetArrangers

At the moment I’m enjoying writing some dialogue between an office worker with murderous impulses and a messenger from hell who finds their train of thought… inspiring. #AlphabetArrangers

I’m glad you have that creative outlet!

My life is a stress nebula right now, but all I want to do is create. I’m writing and making crafts. Also: I bought LEGO kits. They calm me like a stim. #AlphabetArrangers

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There's a lot going on right now. Are you able to create at this time?

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This is a great answer. And yes, complex characters and their nuances do seem to be more fully fleshed!

Why are morally grey characters so popular in fiction?

Morally grey characters:

Do you love to read them? Do you love to write them? Why do you think they’re so popular in fiction? #WriteSky #WritersCommunity

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I have done things like that before! Proofreading was an experience after my replace all fiasco!

And babyshitting feels like it should be a word!

That makes sense! An intentional typo that fits the story!

Aw, baby lamps are so cute though.