go listen to your mother 👇

All according to plan 😎

BEEP BOOP, I am your computer mother telling you to read this.

Thanks so much for reading it!!!

The Three Mothers You Will Never Meet The Three Mothers You Will Never Meet by Parker M. O'Neill

oh, need to lie down after reading this one by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social

gorgeously contained… tribute & elegy & broken human cry across time, all at once

highly recommend

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The Three Mothers You Will Never Meet The Three Mothers You Will Never Meet by Parker M. O'Neill

My flash “The Three Mothers You Will Never Meet” is free to read today over at @heartlines-spec.com! Go check it out if you like linen, cropworlds, space stations, mothers that you may or may not ever meet, or avocados 🥑

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Psyched!!!

The cat's out of the bag. I've got a collection of stories coming out later this year with WATG Press. I couldn't be more excited. Thank you, @dakria.bsky.social, for being as excited about these stories as I am. 😁💙
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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

If anyone else wants to turn one of my discord shitposts into a real mug let me know

Huge news for Rootha fans everywhere

New story day!

Fully defensible imo

In awe of the emoji choices here. Masterfully done

Really insightful read of my piece “Instructions for Self-Reflection” here. Thanks Radon!

This rules! The last line is gonna be lingering with me for a long time. Well done!

🙂 Smile 🙂 through 🙂 the 🙂 pain!!!

We're returning to author features and finishing up Issue #11!
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social gives a multidimensional twist to capitalist envy in "Instructions for Self Reflection."

we were at a school assembly this morning. and hearing em laugh and cheer and be kids, all that brightness, you really can't help but feel deep in your gut that it takes unthinkable evil to intentionally hurt and kill children anywhere. the world leaders massacring kids are beyond lost to humankind.

Congrats!

IT’S HERE ‼️ And yes I cried when I hit send on the issue for subscribers. I hope you love this issue as much as we do.

Local bookstore is playing hollow knight music and reminding me that I never beat Silksong

Writer Spotlight: Elijah J. Mears — Emmie Christie Welcome to the eighth installment of Writer Spotlight. This week’s focus is Elijah J. Mears . I’ve reviewed six of Mears’s short pieces, five of them on Inkfoundry’s “Get WYSR” feed. (In case you...

And now, my capstone review for @elijah.mea.rs ! Elijah, it's been wonderful reading your work : )

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At best, eating a banana is like eating a waterlogged piece of 400 year old flotsam. At worst it’s like eating baby food prepared by a demon

A perfect storm for my three interests of writing, reading Apex, and living in Rochester

Calling all concept-driven science fiction short stories (and novelettes) published in 2025! I'm looking for bangers I might have missed that fit this brief: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/call-f...

If you can share this with your favorite SF author/publisher/editor, I'd be grateful!

a cartoon character is holding a purple umbrella with a skull on top ALT: a cartoon character is holding a purple umbrella with a skull on top

Unfortunately small presses close all the time, and their baby bird books need to find a new nest. My fledgling sun-vampire queer cannibal novella, SUNBATHERS, now needs a new home, as does my sapphic pirate novella QUEEN O'NINE TAILS.

If you know a toothy little home for either, please hit me up!

Stoked!

Congrats!!!

Thanks Chad!

Thanks!!