I was a little young when it happened live, but I was a McNair scholar and let me tell you, if you don't think intergenerational trauma is real yet...

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Honestly this is what made the movie/book, whose themes have otherwise been rehashed many times, feel refreshing and interesting.

"[Dr. Grace] tries to break the rules of his own game to avoid being honest with the students, who call him on it."

How Project Hail Mary Makes the Impossible Possible - Reactor This movie walks a thin tightrope over a bottomless void, and I love it

"Why send a schoolteacher to space?"

@leahschnelbach.bsky.social on how Project Hail Mary answers the question:

#ProjectHailMary

Hail Mary Full of Grace #projecthailmary

映画プロジェクトへイルメアリーのファンアート。主人公のグレースが異星人であるロッキーとハグをしているイラスト。

#ProjectHailMary

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We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

The novelette "We Begin Where Infinity Ends" by @somtoihezue.bsky.social:

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Remember: Octavia Butler wrote we should save seeds to plant, pick up skills like sewing and carpentry, learn how to shoot guns, practice how to fight, and create the futures we need, even as we look to the stars.

"The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood" By Angela Liu. Apex Magazine, Issue 152.

"Agnes hiked into the woods in her bathing suit and never came back." 👙🌲

New fiction today by @angelaliu.bsky.social: "The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

What Any Dead Thing Wants A Nebula-nominated work of literary speculative fiction by Aimee Ogden exploring death, exploitation, and what we owe to those that are gone.

"The third week of a planetary exorcism is the hardest—at least if the planet in question has megafauna to deal with."

What Any Dead Thing Wants by @aimeeogdenwrites.com.

#FirstLineMondays

www.adventitious.net/stories/what...

Screenshot of Merriam-Webster dictionary Top Lookups list. From top to bottom 1) Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, 2) fortuitous, 3) devastate, 4) America, 5) phyll-, 6) harper, 7) big boy

Glad to see Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is still hoppin on the #merriam-webster top lookup list.

a long white mushroom with a black top is growing in the woods Alt: A timelapse of a bridal veil stinkhorn mushroom sprouting on a forest floor

Hope this reminder doesn't get on your nerves! 💢🍄

You have THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! March's theme is MYCELIUM. You have until the end of the month to submit!

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New story up at GNS:

“The asshole knew I loved him,” said Gerry. “At least I hope so.”
“Nothing wrong with telling him again,” I said. “I talk to dead folks all the time.”

Read “About Face” by Teresa Milbrodt
giganotosaurus.org/2026/03/01/about-face

Submissions are now open for THE COOKOUT, an anthology of speculative fiction from the African diaspora. Send us your sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and everything in between!
#authors #blackauthors #speculativefiction
Submission guidelines and link can be found at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/and...

Text above reads "LOSS is real" above a game show style graphic. A female-presenting android with giant purple eyes, bob cut hair, purple metal turtle neck and orange and white metallic jacking raises a metal android fist in a 'pumped up' position.

If I had to suffer this jumpscare in my inbox this morning, so should you. #jumpscare #AIisreal #isthisloss

What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom - Uncanny Magazine After dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop your garbage into every Thursday night and never...

I have a new story out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!

“What We Mean When We Talk About The Hole In The Bathroom” is about superstition, intercultural relationships, and yes, a strange hole in the bathroom.

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...

Congrats! I'm so out of the loop I can't believe I missed this story! I know what I'm going to be doing this evening... ❤️📖🛋️

Jokes on you, my protagonists are historians but so is my villain 👀

An illustration of a large purple side profile of a human with their face painted with splashes of red, purple, and orange, along with trees and birds. There is a small human figure standing on their purple outstretched hand. In the background are a green sky, orange mountains, and a moon. In the corner of the illustration reads: “7.2 cover by Frances Philip” in white text.

Our gorgeous Issue 7.2 cover, designed by Frances Philip, still stops us in our tracks! 😻

Ouch, get out of my head please 😭🫠

An illustration of a Black little girl walking through a field of yellow-purple grass, towards a yellow light. At the top of the image reads: “augur + tales & feathers” in white text. Below it reads: “Black Words & Worlds.” in white text. In the middle of the image is a spread of the covers of Augur Issue 8.1, Augur Issue 8.2, Augur Issue 8.3, Tales & Feathers Volume 3, and a cellphone with an illustration of murmurstations podcast. Underneath reads: “Celebrating voices, art, and stories during Black History Month and every month” in white text. There is a yellow arrow pointing right below. At the bottom of the image is a white border with the Augur logo.

For Black History Month, we’re showcasing Black creators’ stories, voices, & illustrations! 🌟📚

From the light-hearted to the heart-wrenching to the deeply mysterious, these creators' imaginations captured our team's hearts.

Scroll down to see their work! ⬇️

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A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean ALT: a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean

writing productivity doesn’t alway have to look like writing. Sometimes it’s doing research by watching deep dive videos of ocean friends. Or so I’m telling myself RN. #amNOTwriting #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingscifi
The sauce: www.instagram.com/reel/DU63BQ5...

I think this is especially hard for those of us working parents who only can focus on a few rewards at a time. And how much harder it is to write something like a novel, where writing is often contained to tiny rewards (e.g. I wrote 50 words) because you're building something so big/long term.

I seldom see Zora Neal Hurston or Toni Morrison's works being taught except when relegated to the "African American" curriculum--e.g. 'special' and 'separate' (but equal.) Instead, I wrote Space Treads so Malcolm and Alletheia's story can resonate with anyone reading.

It's a short story, kind of a alien meet-friend-cute, but at its heart the story is about how language, in all its forms, is powerful, frightening, unexpected, and liberating. The punishment of Black language and thought is as pervasive as ever in classrooms, but most especially in books.