Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

The book cover sits in the center of the image. The cover shows the title in a large cream-colored serif font on a navy-blue background that fills almost the entire space. Around the edges is a topographical map done in yellow-green butting up against waves of sky blue. Mixed in are magenta and orange curlicues and a few line drawings. The line draws are as follows: In the bottom third of the cover there is an orange suspension bridge reaching from edge to edge over the waves of sky blue. On the right-hand bank is a town with a yellow-green mountain behind it. The town has a yellow-green cathedral and three houses: one orange, one cream, and one magenta. There is also a pair of tickets (one orange, one yellow-green) and a humanoid cat person holding a dagger. The cat person has long orange hair and an orange tail. Their face is peach and they have a scar on their right cheek. They are wearing a yellow-green coat, and the dagger is cream with a yellow handle. The background of the image is a Victorian map of Europe.

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @theodoragoss.bsky.social's European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman! -JI

"Mixing reimagined monsters, found family warmth, and darker historical realities into a story that is still full of charm and heart."

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I’m so glad. :)

Beautiful. :)

Károly Kert in Budapest.

I'm very happy to have a short story, "The Woman Who Stole Flowers," in the most recent issue of Ucanny Magazine. :) You can read or listen to it here:

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

(The image is Károly Kert in Budapest, where some of the story takes place.)

Sculpture of Queen Zenobia by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

New blog post. :)

"In marble, Hosmer seems to be carving her own history, her own mythology — she is creating her own ancestresses, or perhaps all of ours."

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And @michaeldthomas.bsky.social interviews @theodoragoss.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social podcast 69B where we hear the shocking origin of the story. :) www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

Listened to @theodoragoss.bsky.social 's "The Woman Who Stole Flowers" from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 69 today. A wonderful quirky story with some possible mythological answers.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Spring Poem Spring Poem by Theodora Goss It was spring. All the birds were building their nests and I had no nest. They were settling down and finding a place to rest and I had no place to rest, or to lay my h…

Another poem for April. :)

It was spring. All the birds were building their nests
and I had no nest.

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Theodora Goss

Marissa Lingen

New Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 69B features “The Woman Who Stole Flowers” by Theodora Goss, as read by Erika Ensign; “The Truth About Wolves” by Marissa Lingen, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Theodora Goss! buff.ly/tPXub21

So many books! Books! Books!

It's the 2026 giant World SF bundle! 15 books for $30! With
@tadethompson.bsky.social, @aliettedebodard.com, @lavanya.bsky.social @theodoragoss.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social and many more! Plus supporting
@locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts hugely appreciated!

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The Language of Birds The Language of Birds by Theodora Goss Once upon a time, you knew the language of birds. Don’t you remember? They spoke to you in the morning and in the evening, and you could respond in their own …

Poem for today:

Once upon a time, you knew
the language of birds.
Don’t you remember?

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Great visual reminder that despite all the noise and chaos, we're all in this together. All on this earth living our fragile interconnected lives. And we have to keep finding better ways to coexist, as hard as it may seem sometimes.

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

The Hellebore The Hellebore by Theodora Goss It was January, and yet the green leaves of the hellebore still stuck out of last year’s leaf mold, mostly oak and maple, edged with frost (there was frost all …

Poem for today. :)

and underneath I could see the pale cream buds
of what, eventually, would become flowers like bowls
of milk

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Books for World SF Bundle 2025 • Broken Paradise by Eugen Bacon • The Last Pantheon by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood • ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado and translated by Sue Burke • The Map of Lost Places by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner • New Adventures in Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan • Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss • Central Station by Lavie Tidhar • Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan • Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna translated by Alex Shvartsman • The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren • Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen by Cécile Cristofari • Futures to Live By by Ana Sun • Veg-humans by Clelia Farris and translated by Rachel Cordasco • Ecoceanic by Tarun K. Saint and Francesco Verso • The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE!

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15 books from the likes of @lavietidhar.bsky.social @theodoragoss.bsky.social
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

For @storybundle.bsky.social, you decide what price you want to pay.

In support of @locusmag.bsky.social

Rabbits or Tulips Rabbits or Tulips by Theodora Goss I told the tulips that it’s not spring yet, but they’re not listening to me. Instead, they’re poking green leaves out of the ground, like the ea…

My April project . . . I will try to post a spring poem every day this month. :)

. . . And then I think,
would I rather have rabbits or tulips?

theodoragosspoems.com/2023/02/18/r...

Henri Matisse

Small Moments of Joy To be honest, I have not been feeling much joy lately. I’ve been sick for about two weeks. Over the spring break, I went to London and Bath, and I think I picked up something — I came b…

New blog post: Small Moments of Joy

This morning I woke up, opened the back door to breath in some (very cold) fresh air. On the fence was sitting a robin, with brown feathers on its back and a plump red chest, singing. There it was, joy!

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I love that! :)

The Pixels Project livesteam announcement for a reading by Theodora Goss on March 27, 2026.

Dear lovely folks, this is quick reminder that I'll be doing a reading and Q&A session for The Pixel Project TONIGHT at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOV...

I'll be doing a live reading and Q&A for The Pixel Project TOMORROW, March 27th, at 8:30 Eastern Time. Here is the YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOV...

Come join me for this conversation and support a good cause! :) Also please share!!!

Books for World SF Bundle 2025 • Broken Paradise by Eugen Bacon • The Last Pantheon by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood • ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado and translated by Sue Burke • The Map of Lost Places by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner • New Adventures in Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan • Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss • Central Station by Lavie Tidhar • Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan • Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna translated by Alex Shvartsman • The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren • Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen by Cécile Cristofari • Futures to Live By by Ana Sun • Veg-humans by Clelia Farris and translated by Rachel Cordasco • Ecoceanic by Tarun K. Saint and Francesco Verso • The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE!

buff.ly/l4ukzGV

15 books from the likes of @lavietidhar.bsky.social @theodoragoss.bsky.social
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

For @storybundle.bsky.social, you decide what price you want to pay.

In support of @locusmag.bsky.social

2. PELLARGONIA

Since we focused on Borges last week, I had you read a story from @theodoragoss.bsky.social that has heavy Borges influences – "Pellargonia: A Letter to the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology." 53/

Shy Girl, AI In Writing, And A New Perniciousness I wanna talk about Cameron’s The Terminator and Carpenter’s The Thing, but first, let’s get it out of the way — If you know anything at all about me in this Current Era, it …

Went ahead and talked about AI in writing and publishing (aka, that Shy Girl shit), and the perhaps unseen perniciousness of how AI can utterly fuck up the fidelity of our information environment --

Cover of The Strange Case Of The Alchemist's Daughter

So wonderful to find a fun and exciting book that you can just rip through and @theodoragoss.bsky.social The Strange Case Of The Alchemist's Daughter is it! So much fun to read! Can't wait to read European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman next!

Lucy Strange Lucy Strange by Theodora Goss Lucy Strange went up to town wearing a raincoat over her nightgown, carrying a lantern, leading a goat — she went first by train and then by boat. She put the la…

New poem. :)

Lucy Strange went up to town
wearing a raincoat over her nightgown,
carrying a lantern, leading a goat —

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The two best things to do when you are sad:

Learn something.

Make yourself of use.

Wild Geese Wild Geese by Theodora Goss The cries of the wild geese are spring, are returning warmth and growth and light, are the promise of apples ripening on the branch and crickets singing in the summer ni…

New poem. :)

The cries of the wild geese are spring,
are returning
warmth and growth and light . . .

theodoragosspoems.com/2026/03/08/w...

Thank you! :)