BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Thank you, ALL, who supported the BCS Patreon or donated this week and shared word! We really appreciate it. All Patreon support and donations go to pay our authors a pro rate, our artists, and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing personalized comments in all submission replies.
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Media description: An ad for an online writing workshop. Text reads: 2026 Winter Online Workshop, Writers Who Live Outside of the United States Scholarship, Feb 7 - 16, Applications due Oct 6th, Tin House Workshop
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From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”
The list of works eligible for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement has been posted on the settlement website. I've updated my blog post on the settlement with inks, general info, and what happens next writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...
Yep. They took almost all my books, which (as I'm an Australian author) are not registered with the US Copyright Office. The infuriating thing is that a few are with US publishers, but those publishers didn't register them anyway. Bulllll - shit.
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
Calling all freelance fact-checkers!
We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.
Email Chris (chris@hellgatenyc.com) for more details.
🌊 Victory for seabirds! Johnston Atoll — home to 1.5M+ seabirds & nearly half the world’s Red-tailed Tropicbirds — will stay protected.
🚀 A rocket pad plan was suspended thanks to ABC & partners.
🌴 This Pacific jewel remains for the birds!
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Wake up sleepyhead! A slippery dick wrasse emerges from its slumber under the sand to start its day in Coral City! #slipperydickwrasse #wrasse #wakeup #sleepyhead #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
Just a week left to pledge your sword and sacred honor to The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1. Get 14 amazing stories with equally fantastic illustrations. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
New Wind and Root from columnist Susan Schirl Smith up at Reckon for your Monday pleasure.
You were really soaking up all the horror vibes! 😅😱
OCTAVIA!!! 🥹
Thank you for reading, thank you for sharing!
This week's free spec rec is "The Village of the Sleeping Dead" by Blue Guldal @fugazulero.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social zine.bsky.social
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"They took her mother in a floating, oilslick lighteater."
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱
OMG thank you thank you! :)
Live BCS #426: "The Village of the Sleeping Dead" Blue Guldal @fugazulero.bsky.social. "We were the ones who found them. Fırat speculates that a health detention went wrong, put everyone to sleep instead of just the infected. And then nobody woke up." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
