Huge congrats!

Congrats Hugo finalists! Exciting to have poetry on the ballot again!

A contact form reads: Subject: Checking Authenticity Body of message Hi there Beth. I have been contacted by someone who is using the email, [email blacked out], and using you name and one of your novels 'Feast of the Starving Stone: The Chef’s Five' to engage with me as a fellow author - if it is you then great, if it is not, as i suspect, then this is a fake approach. I just wanted to be sure. thanks. [signed name blacked out] You're a real person, right? No, I'm a bot. Please don't include existential questions in a contact form. Yes.

I just found out that an AI scammer is impersonating me in their spam campaign. I am LIVID.

Please, please share this post. Warn people. I’m horrified that someone might be ripped off in my name.

No one is safe from being impersonated like this.

Spaceballs The Poem Pew pew, pew pew pew pew, pew, pew pew, pew pew pew. Keep Firing!

When poets meet, they talk about poetry! Read about speculative verse in Locus.

Norwescon is so much fun! Glad you are part of the community. And you have great recommendations in your article!!

I still need to make it out to Joshua Tree. Someday!

Norwescon was so much fun this year. Great to meet you @thomasha.bsky.social

Lots of great stuff about speculative poetry in the latest issue of @locusmag.bsky.social -- including a wonderful roundtable chat I had with @swantower.bsky.social, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, & @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social! Check it out!

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Issue 2 submissions are OPEN NOW! We are looking for speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from April 1-7. If that's you, send us your work 👀

General submissions will be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from April 8-21!

No joking, I’m in Locus!

Had a lovely time typing among friends in this discussion about speculative poetry.

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Stay safe out there!

Unless you’re about to poison someone’s drink, then you should slip and fail miserably.

support writers (and publishers)

Heading to SeaTac later this week. See you there! #scifi #fantasy #poetry #norwescon #nwc48

Featuring stories and poems by (deeeeep breath):
@omgjulia.bsky.social, John Gregory Betancourt, Stefan Alcalá Slater, @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, @gerrileen.bsky.social, @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social, @aimeeogdenwrites.com, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @andregeleynse.com, @elismontgomery.bsky.social ...

WAR

one writer's
imagined dystopia

is another's
current events

colorless dust
over everything

that sparkled
that mattered

Worldcon people, remember to nominate at least one poem for the Hugo!

It’s that time! Hugo Awards have poetry on the list again.

Thanks!

Love this mash up of science and fantasy from fellow Portlander @bugthewriter.bsky.social!

I Like This Poem | Patreon Just a place where I collect links to poems

Update your bookmarks! My occasional "that's neat" posts will now show up at ilikethispoem.com

Ah, I think I missed your Uncanny essay earlier, time to go read it!. Good luck in the nominations!

Dueling voices worked so well with this poem!

a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter ALT: a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter

meow! I quite like this poem myself.

The value of the dead is nothing
to the capitalist machine.

the cost of the dead is nothing
to the capitalist machine.

We must be more than machines
of capitalism.

Samsung says it adds fake detail to moon photos via “reference” photos When you know how the end result should look, how much AI is too much?

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023...

I recently learned about Samsung's algorithms to enhance moon photos on their phones. Somebody tech savvy should alter the software so it injects an image of the far side of the moon instead.

Are they waiting for the war crimes BINGO card to fill up before they impeach him?

Vibe check passed. Assignment failed.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports