The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "The form is one page long. No back. Just a front. It should be longer. There are six copies of the form, all different colors. Like I’m working my way through the rainbow to the end where I’ll finally find peace. Red. A parent or guardian. I meet my mother for lunch at the little bistro down the street."

Congratulations to J.R. Dawson! “Six People to Revise You” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/hbwq504

Okay. Let's take a moment to talk about How To Be A Hugo Nominee And Come Out Of It Happy About the Honor. I realize this is relevant to like, twelve people. I don't care, those twelve people deserve my time. (You may have seen a version of this thread before. I do it every year.)

North American cover for J.R. Dawson's THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - a view through an elaborate wall of windows, overlooking a lighthouse and the city of Chicago in the background. Plus author and title information.

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THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by @jrdawson.bsky.social has won the 2026 Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Fiction!

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My dad to the dog while making a snack, “I know you're excited, so am I. But there is no need to bark. I'm not barking. No one else here is barking”

This week, on LIGHTSPEED: "Hell Is Empty" by J.R. Dawson www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/hell...

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 191 (April 2026) - Lightspeed Magazine We have original science fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (“The Test of Time”) and Justin C. Key (“Margins”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Dad Died on Discord” from Andrew Dana Hudson and...

The April 2026 issue of LIGHTSPEED is now available, with stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Justin C. Key, Andrew Dana Hudson, Andrea Kriz, Ashok K. Banker (a 2-part novelette), J.R. Dawson, P.A. Cornell, plus the usual book reviews and author spotlights.

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If you want to see my DJ style, come to this year's Worldcon, I'll be DJing a dance there!

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What a writer thinks ISN’T political is always a huge tell.

Even something as straightforwardly man vs nature as To Build A Fire is about toxic masculinity—“Any man who was a man could travel alone.”

for a long time I’ve wanted to write about the “post-harry potter magical school novel” because it’s interesting to me how potter changed YA lit in such a huge way but also how completely the series has been surpassed. Honestly, looking at magic school manga is fascinating.

elizabeth warren linking to my story in the first sentence of a letter to pete hegseth is blowing my mind

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Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

Hoo boy, this is…yikes.

The fallout from this pandemic is still coming down.

Switch your devices to grayscale, if you haven't already. The urge to binge diminishes SO MUCH and apps are overall less compelling/ overstimulating! (Plus you can still access texts and other workflows)

I hope your Lent is blessed and reflective!

Eek! It’s Hugo time! I’d be so honored if you considered my work! My short story “Six People to Revise You” is available for free, and my book THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD is available in ebook, hardback, and audio!

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This is valuable deep reading, and I'm gratefully enriched by Liz's thoughtful effort.

I think a thing a lot of people don’t understand is that propaganda does not convince anyone of anything through argumentation. It’s about frequency, not force. You get exposed to it enough and it changes how you think.

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Huzzah! Waterstones has chosen THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD paperback as part of their 25% off pre-order sale! Sapphic Hadestown, my joyful grief book is rolling back into the land of the living this summer!

The further in advance you announce your willingness to vote for a horrible person as the lesser evil, the more enthusiastically supportive of that evil you seem.

Which is to say, Newsom is horror show, and preemptively declaring support in a theoretical future vote says you like his kind of horror

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "The form is one page long. No back. Just a front. It should be longer. There are six copies of the form, all different colors. Like I’m working my way through the rainbow to the end where I’ll finally find peace. Red. A parent or guardian. I meet my mother for lunch at the little bistro down the street."

Congratulations to J.R. Dawson! 'Dawson's short story “Six People to Revise You” is the co-winner of the Uncanny Magazine 2025 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll! You can read it here! buff.ly/Y3xl6Ua

JR Dawson awards eligibility

Cover for the lighthouse at the edge of the world. JLG gold standard. Sapphic Orpheus.

Cover of Uncanny. Six People to Revise You. Eternal Sunshine x nonbinary anxiety

Nebs are closing soon and Hugos are now open! I’ve got a book that’s eligible, and also a short story I really love.

You can read the short story here!

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I’d be willing to rethink my stance on AI if it wasn’t actively killing our planet, leading to measurable cognitive decline and psychosis, being used to generate revenge porn, plagiarizing the work of millions of writers and artists, threatening to end thousands of jobs, and actually worked.

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Modest Maus

This is really important: ICE in #Minnesota is changing its tactics. Be aware!

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "The form is one page long. No back. Just a front. It should be longer. There are six copies of the form, all different colors. Like I’m working my way through the rainbow to the end where I’ll finally find peace. Red. A parent or guardian. I meet my mother for lunch at the little bistro down the street."

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