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"Once we were individuals, with faces and names; now we are one."

From "Invasive Species," a new short story by @lgeccles.bsky.social.

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Today I learned that in Canada, doughnut holes are called timbits 🇨🇦

Snuggling with my Barbaloot

Oh no

Never thought I'd feel like a rebel for writing a novel in third-person omniscient

Space Unicorn!

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

Barbaloot feeling regal

Thanks for reading! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

The World Goes Round — Ghost Parachute We are among the autumn roses. Autumn roses and sycamore trees. We are strangers, connected by the peace of this tiny city square, the surprise of the afternoon sun. On the path to the square, stands ...

Just read a gorgeous story by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, check it out!

ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...

Delighted that my first publication of the year is the first flash of the year in @fracturedlit.bsky.social!

fracturedlit.com/the-syntax-o...

Barbaloot investigates

Barbaloot wishes you a happy holiday!

Light of My Life • fiction from Ian Li We grab coffee. She’s a physicist. Light is a particle, etching our each encounter on speckled film.

I loved this quick burst of light from my fellow planet, @ianli.bsky.social, in today's materialization of Astrolabe...

www.astrolabe.ooo/li-light-of-...

Look at our little solstice system! I love this.

On this winter solstice, two years after the Universe began to form, we have another materialization in an entirely new form: new prose from @lgeccles.bsky.social, @ianli.bsky.social, @forestfarmer.bsky.social, ~in orbit~ around artwork from Jacelyn Yap.

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Lindsey Godfrey Eccles: WHEN MOUNTAINS WERE PEOPLE • Cleaver Magazine Lindsey Godfrey Eccles lives on an island near Seattle, spending as much time as she can on the water and occasionally practicing law.

More words from me! Up at Cleaver today, a tale of cranky sister mountains and the wisest of whales.

www.cleavermagazine.com/when-mountai...

Thanks so much for the mention, Erin!

Look at that gorgeous cover art! And please take a look at Swallow, my little tale of desperate subterfuge

There's no way around this one....Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9.

Meet Barbaloot.

What a fantastic honor! Thank you @astrolabe.ooo!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 7. (I haven't exactly been doing this right, but here's another!)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 6.

Happy to be added!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 5.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 4.

Our little Barbaloot ♥️

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 3.

Here I am!