Good morning YEAR OF THE MER is not romantasy. This has been a PSA. Enjoy your bookconning.

I loooovvvee @tkrex.bsky.social and their collection and you should order it and read it if you can!

My book is at the printers and also @shingai-be-like.bsky.social wrote me the most beautiful blurb

gonna turn off the phone now and pretend like this is the only thing happening for the rest of the day 💖

we are so excited to see One Message Remains by @premeemohamed.com on the 2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists list!!!

congrats to all the finalists!!

and get your own copy of One Message Remains here: psychopomp.com/one-message-...

"whitey" and Victor took me out 😂😂‼️

New over here so introducing myself with some commentary on Artemis II!

all the covers of 2025 locus

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Jenna 🩵🩵🩵

Mycelium Memory Makes a Monster If you were programmed to be respectable, what would you do to break your code?

Happy Friday! What is everyone reading this weekend?

I'm starting out with the latest from the brilliant @shingai-be-like.bsky.social

We all need some ACAB energy and collective care right now 🔥

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Five Medicines You Found in the Garden of Unfinished Poems The garden is the resting place of your vulnerabilities; there’s a reason you’ve left them here instead of carrying them with you. Typically you enter hardened and hurried, beelining straight for t…

AH it's dream come true day!! My story, "Five Medicines You Found in the Garden of Unfinished Poems" is out today in @strangehorizons.bsky.social!!

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❤️❤️❤️

Everybody go read this new story by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social

I have a new story out! 🌱🔆
I gave a lot of what I'm feeling about this moment in time over to the story, and I'm excited for folks to check it out! If you're into Black queer baddies collaborating with the earth to destroy systems of power then you may like this one.

The ETERNAL question!

Some Queer Short SFF - February 2026 | Charles Payseur Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - February 2026🏳️‍🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @nassos.bsky.social @jordankurella.com @jlgeorge.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @elijah.mea.rs @ewenmaer.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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Rn my favorite TV love story

extremely psyched to share a ToC with @shingai-be-like.bsky.social

theirs drops 4/1, mine drops 4/5

COVER REVEAL IS HERE!! 👀‼️🤍

🌊🪷🎭An Empire in the Clouds🎭🪷🌊 forthcoming in September!

Remember Me in the Meat by Sarah Pauling Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Hey! I had a queer cyberpunk story out in Clarkesworld in February. clarkesworldmagazine.com/pauling_02_26/

"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"

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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months after the denial of his asylum application has died in the hospital

Emmanuel Damas, another individual killed in ICE custody.

He had a toothache. They ignored it. He died of spesis. Read that again.

Why do we need to fund this murderous agency?

www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

Being in conversation with @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social felt like a gift for me as a writer and reader in this moment of rumours of war and unceasing terrible political news.
There may be some words in this conversation that offer your heart & imagination something more to hold onto too.

This interview is one of my most honest and upfront. I also wax poetic a few times bc I’m old. Anyway, thank you Shingai Njeri Kagunda. Great questions!

I’m always thrilled whenever stories from Issue V get love! Congratulations to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & @formerlykevin.bsky.social!

Read their stories & the rest of this stellar anthology for free on willthisbeaproblem.co.ke

#AfricanSFF #KenyaMentioned

Once again if you are not currently following @shingai-be-like.bsky.social , do so now

Award eligibility graphic for Shingai Kagunda’s 2025 short story published by Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology. The design is set on a dark blue background with subtle cosmic illustration and teal and orange accents. The title reads: Khaya Maseko | 2025 Award Eligibility – For Your Consideration The graphic lists Acceptance, published in Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V, January 2025. Main text reads: In this haunting story, a young girl learns a disturbing secret about those in power and ponders this truth as she grows up to be a journalist and becomes exhausted by reporting on the never-ending violence and exploitation in our society. Kagunda likens the vices of corruption, violence and war to parasitic creatures living under the skins of Kenyan politicians, transferred over to them by the white colonizers. A story that reminds readers about the importance of holding onto our stories, and of oral tradition.

Here’s what you need to know about @shingai-be-like.bsky.social's short fiction published in 2025. The Kenyan writer would appreciate your consideration in the relevant categories this award season. Link below.

#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

Infographic with a list of editors, artists, and contributors for Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM? THE ANTHOLOGY: ISSUE V (SHILTZA PUBLISHING) EDITORS Somto Ihezue & Olivia Kidula ARTIST Cover Art by Peter Marco STORIES PUBLISHED The Sirangori Fey Market by Ephraim N. Orji I'm Home by Rutendo Chidzodzo Something Cruel by Gabrielle Emem Harry Ash Baby by Andrew Dakalira Dinosaurs Once Lived Here by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu The Market of Memories by Azara Tswanya A Song of Ruin by Alex Tamei Scales and Arabesques by Lucille Sambo The Clans by Tonny Ogwa Baby Potion by Matseliso Motsoane Acceptance by Khaya Maseko The Language We Have Learned To Carry In Our Skin by Shingai Kagunda If Memory Serves by Kevin Rigathi Mr. Original Swag by Victor Forna Commensalism, or the Labyrinth's Vessels by Albert Nkereuwem Why Donkeys Have 44 Teeth by Peter Nena

A shoutout to my co-edioter & profoundly talented contributors: @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app @ephraimorji.bsky.social, Rutendo Chidzodzo, @gabbyharry.bsky.social, Andrew Dakalira, @yvettel.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @formerlykevin.bsky.social, @vf12.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social

Continuing @crsutton.bsky.social's Blurb Week with praise from @shingai-be-like.bsky.social for KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE!