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New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.

1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.

Black Horror | Call for Submissions We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!

Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
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I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/

Tales & Feathers...on a podcast? 👀

It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!

HELLO I'm on a podcast?? This is very exciting but also listening to my own voice is physically painful actually? How do people do this on a regular basis and survive??

Reddish brown background showing detail of an ornate wood carving. Foreground is text that reads: "The Villa, Once Beloved is a tale of eerie legacy, one branded with the mark of colonization and the haunting of family...Manibo steeps us deep in Filipino heritage, hierarchy, and history, crafting a tale that will keep your lights on at night." Markus Redmond Actor, screenwriter, and author of Blood Slaves Below the text is an image of the hardcover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo On the lower left and lower right hand corners are the logos of Erewhon Books and Kensington Publishing respectively

Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, plus a sexy gravedigging scene—and it’s out now

More info ⬇️

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

If you can't tell, yesterday's announcements have made me incredibly hype for @laworldcon.bsky.social!

This is going to be amazing. Join us!

Looking forward to our anthology launch tomorrow, and this event on Thursday!

ALL US SAINTS now has a gorgeous cover and is available for preorder wherever you get your books!!

Bree Wernicke > Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed > Bourbon Penn Help! Possible curse?? Hi! Not sure this forum is the right place to post this, but bear with me. So about a week ago I came down with horrible stomach cramps. I assumed it was something I ate (I’m la...

This short story by @breewernicke.bsky.social is so bizarrely wonderful, especially if you think *stepping* on Legos is painful ... 👀

www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...

Victor Manibo wearing a black turtleneck with a sparkly beetle shaped brooch on his chest, seated behind a table holding upright a copy of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. To his right are stacked copies of the same book, and to his left are his three novels, THE VILLA, THE SLEEPLESS, and ESCAPE VELOCITY. Background is a red step-and-repeat backdrop of Strand Bookstore logos.

After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️

Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Horror of 2025! Discover the Readers' Favorite Horror in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

PLAY NICE made the final round for the Goodreads Choice Awards 🥳 Another banger year for the genre & these titles are all exceptional 🖤 Also, it’s mostly women 💅

Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️

www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

2025 Eligibility& Bibliography For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories:   Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …

Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️

TONIGHT TONIGHT

the cover of THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS is off to the left of this image. the rest of it is text on a dark blue background. it says: AWARDS ELIGIBILITY The Death of Mountains from Lethe Press ELIGIBLE FOR: the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and other novella etcetera LISTEN: if you want to think of this book during awards season? great! thank you very much! are there too many things to think about right now? of course there are. way too many things. i am making this graphic while also internally screaming and procrastinating dinner. so. i get it.

eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:

novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social

short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

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Also got interviewed by the delightful @marissavu.bsky.social ❤️ I always appreciate the research and thoughtfulness she puts into her interview questions!

How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl - Lightspeed Magazine We put my body double together in June Lee’s basement. Her mom was one of those chill Asian moms who liked having an artsy-fartsy daughter she could brag about at Bible study. She was already pushing ...

hello friends, Romans, countrymen, I am back in Lightspeed with a new story about unhinged teenage girls www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...

If you want to get involved, please check out Equality Florida. Since the State of Florida is the origin of so many hateful bills, I urge you to join us here. Equality Florida has accomplished amazing successes in the midst of so much awfulness.

www.eqfl.org

"Interview with Author Leah Ning, By Marissa van Uden. Apex Magazine, Issue 151"

"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬

New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"

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

Apple is the one butting its AI head into Scrivener. Here's some more info from Literature & Latte.

Sample Contracts - OTHERSIDE Sample contracts for OTHERSIDE, including the language for nonfiction, reprints, original fiction and poetry.

Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!

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I can't wait for this book to come out into the world. I wrote an essay titled "Curating Creativity." My co-contributors are amazing anthologists and I thank @dancoxon.bsky.social and Pete Sutton (as well as @lunapress.bsky.social ) for this opportunity.

I am thrilled and honored to be a part of this project. Haralambi Markov's work is transformative and powerful. This collection will blow you away.

In My Homeland Memories Are Forbidden - Electric Literature “Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord

Go read this sweet taster from my upcoming anthology with coeditors @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social

electricliterature.com/where-memory...

Look what dropped today. A little background Sis’ Bouki: the Hyena Gifts, my poem in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

I wrote it during the height of the pandemic at a time when I was under a lot of pressure, dealing with a serious health crisis and family.

"Once upon a time, so long ago that streams ran thick with silver, and the sun shone in rays of molten gold, an old woman squatted on the green, flower-choked bank of the Sarasvati River and scrubbed fancy clothes for patrons far more fortunate than she." Issue 65 of UNCANNY MAGAZINE, illustrated by Nilah Magruder. http://www.uncannymagazine.com/finer-than-silk-brighter-than-snow/

If you're thinking about fiction to nominate from this year's crop, I'd love for you to consider my fairy-tale retelling, "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow," published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. :)