You work up the energy to call a company. The phone rings forever. You get voicemail. You hang up because you were not prepared for that eventuality. Five seconds later, the phone starts ringing. IT'S THEM, RETURNING THE VOICEMAIL YOU DIDN'T LEAVE. #1skeethorrorstories
Jinx the black leopard at Florida Big Cat rescue absolutely tearing into a pumpkin. You can read more about Jinx (and his rescue story) here: https://bigcatrescue.org/jinx/
The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats.
This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
ECLECTIC DREAMS, a special Milford anthology to raise funds for to send SFF writers of colour to the annual workshop, features a previously unpublished @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com story + LOTS of a fab stories by other SFF writers! www.tiktok.com/@milford.sff...
Murder of (or by?) Crows.
Spooky season's on the way. This one's been lurking in the archives, ominously.
Prose authors: You know you can ask, if you don't know, who designed your cover, and credit them when talking about the book and using the cover to help sell it. Is it normal to do this? No. But it really should be. If you're using their work to help sell your words, why not give them a shout?
Were you one of our Amazon Kindle subscribers? (They won't tell us who you are.) Amazon discontinued their subscription program this month. If you want to continue your subscription, please read this: clarkesworldmagazine.com/amazon-subsc...
@runalongwomble.bsky.social WOMBLE!! (Preferably shouted across a convention floor, but we will go for the Wilds Of The Interwebz this time.)
The image shows a dragon underneath a planet and two floating books, and it has this central text: Indie Sale: fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, August 26-28
Today is your LAST chance to scoop up Scales and Sensibility (my madcap Regency fantasy rom-com, full of pet dragons and magical masquerades) for just $1.99/£1.49 as part of the Narratess Indie August sale! promotions.narratess.com
New. Here. In need of more cake.
Also may get distracted by cats.
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