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Very pleased to be on the Aurora @csffa.bsky.social finalist ballot with three works -- ONE MESSAGE REMAINS for related work, HUNTED TO EXTINCTION in short story, and THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES for novella! Thank you to all the nominators and organizers! 😍

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Happy National Library Week! This week you should:
1) Donate $ to your local Friends of the Library

2) Write to your public library director to thank them for standing up for diversity or to condemn them for caving to fascists

3) Plan a similar public comment for the next library board mtg

mockup cover of an anthology called [RECORDED], showing an old fashioned film camera with colorful glitch overlays, and a skull vaguely visible in the background; smaller text says "edited by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor"

'sup, sickos — who likes FOUND FOOTAGE???? good, because SO DO I and I am going to spend my tax monies on BRINGING MORE FICTION INTO THE WORLD and editing an anthology this summer. because we need more weird art and I want YOU to help make it. 👀⬇️

mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho

As a writer, I'm tired of settling for a pittance. I'm beyond exhausted at being told "this is the best you can get." I'm done with the world's richest people and companies stealing my stories and acting as if theft isn't theft when they do it. 2/

Nebula poem #5: To Be The Change by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social.

A really fun reflection on how the people around you can be blind to gender and the possibility of trans-ness, and the joy of knowing you'll get to bring that system to an end 😄

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We are excited to announce the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! 🌙🌱

The shortlisted stories were chosen for their compelling writing and emotional impact. Finalists will be announced in coming weeks. Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the authors! 🍄💜

ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, edited by Marissa van Uden Cover Art by Marcela Bolívar Cover Design by Mikio Murakami

We're over the moon to reveal the cover of Violet Lichen's second annual eco anthology edited by @marissavu.bsky.social 🌙✨🪐

ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, blooming onto bookshelves November 17!

Cover Art by @tropicalgloom.bsky.social
Cover Design by Mikio Murakami, Silent Q Design

Publishing messy, uncomfortable queer stories makes me happy. Stories that feel a little too real, even with all the weird horrors going on.

If that's your jam, you should pick up literally any of our books!

Yay this is so exciting!!

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer J.R. Dawson, a fair and freckled woman with wavy brown hair parted on one side and worn at shoulder length. She wears a red plaid flannel over a black tee. They stand with their back to a pillar carved with grapevines and look directly into the camera, quirking an eyebrow and smiling mischievously.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Effie Seiberg, a fair-skinned woman with pink cheeks and curly black hair parted on one side and worn at shoulder length. She wears glasses with dark frames and a medium-blue collarless knit shirt. She poses before a wall patterned in blue-gray circles of varying sizes. She smiles broadly at the camera.

Would you like to hear award contenders read as their authors intended? Current Nebula nominees J.R. Dawson and Effie Seiberg will read their nominated stories on Story Hour! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @jrdawson.bsky.social @effies.bsky.social #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com

Year of the Mer Check out Year of the Mer - <b>A dark, bloody epic fantasy reimagining of <i>The Little Mermaid</i> that goes far beyond the fairy tale to explore family legacy, war, and what we will sacrifice for ve...

might be biased but YEAR OF THE MER is a brilliant piece of sapphic fantasy by one of the best writers we have out there. and i hope it sells so many copies. PLEASE.

please get this book by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app so we can yell about it

Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

The #kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2 An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now live! #projectwelove @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Huge congrats!!

Happy book birthday!

The Dwarf Stars nomination period is NOW OPEN (no fooling!)

✨Anyone✨ may submit, both their own poems or those of others.

Final decisions made by this year's editor Jean-Paul L. Garnier (@spacecowboybooks.bsky.social)

Read more about how to nominate here:

sfpoetry.org/wp/dwarf-sta...

"Five Medicines You Found in the Garden of Unfinished Poems" by @jennahanchey.bsky.social is my favorite recent SH piece!

Coming soon: Why Monster Girls Don't Cry A collection of dark speculative fiction about monsters and people considered monstrous. Includes three never-before-published stories!

It’s #TransDayofVisibility (hi, I'm visible today! no, it's not the radiation or the ooze this time...) so plz check out this very queer & trans & ace collection I'm planning to launch in May 👀🏳️‍⚧️💜 I'd love to get to 30 followers on the campaign this week!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

Life is too short not to read a book that was written well and by an actual human being.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility AND it's my book birthday! LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD is now available from @speculationpub.bsky.social ! Check it out if you're into urban legends, transfemme MCs, or low-fi scifi vibes!
#tdov #transdayofvisbility

I am so so excited for this!!

Coming soon: Why Monster Girls Don't Cry A collection of dark speculative fiction about monsters and people considered monstrous. Includes three never-before-published stories!

okay so. coming soon 👀 (no, idk *exactly* when but like... all the stories are written! and I have one cover!)

#WhyMonsterGirlsDontCry

📚🏳️‍⚧️ it's got trans & nonbinary characters!
it's super queer! 🌈📚🪐
💜🖤💚 also very aspec!
there will be 3 new stories! 🐺🎥🧸

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is Monday, March 30, at 11:59 p.m. PT Background  Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI co...

PLEASE SPREAD: Writers of the Future, you are part of the anthropic lawsuit, your works are listed under L Ron Hubbard's name.
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Re-upping this for the Canadians. I'd especially appreciate nominations for "Through the Machine" which is currently a Nebula finalist.

Hugo nominations close very soon! If you're still looking to fill your poetry and Astounding ballots, I'd be honored if you considered my work.

As a friendly reminder, I'm campaigning for fan writer. But also there are a ton of great BIPOC folks writing thoughtfully and creatively about SFF/H eligible for nomination. Nominate diversely.

Readers! What is the last book you loved by a trans author? And what is something you loved about it?

There are so many amazing alternatives to giving JKR money (watching a thing on a streaming platform counts, more views = more money)

You can make new memories and leave HP behind, even if it used to mean a lot to you. Living people are more important than your memories. It'll be ok. I promise.

Thank you so much!

Hugo nominations close very soon! If you're still looking to fill your poetry and Astounding ballots, I'd be honored if you considered my work.