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Took one of some of my Godzilla sofubi to Sf Japan Town's cherry blossom festival ~

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Means a lot, thank you 🖤🖤🖤

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Whale Fall of Yours - Uncanny Magazine Notebooks, Conchas, y Un Café con Leche Those are the items that make up your world the day the girl with the side buzz and brown bomber jacket says to you, in the back of a crowded cafetería, “Explíc...

Story here if anyone wants to read it. And if not check out the rest of what came out that issue of Uncanny, Michael is a brilliant editor.

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...

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Seeing my name beside these authors and I'm trying to be sooo normal about it 😳
Really appreciate this shout out to my story that came out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. while not my usual dark horror bag, this was more me exploring cultural grief and the inevitably of your loved ones passing.

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"Words for Thought" By A.C. Wise. Apex Magazine, Issue 152

"Words for Thought" By A.C. Wise. Apex Magazine, Issue 152

"Here are four stories that thread kindness and hope throughout difficult times." 🍲🪢

New today by @acwise.bsky.social: "Words for Thought"

🌟Feat. @edenroyce.bsky.social, @olivasthewriter.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com and @wiswell.bsky.social

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

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June Martin: SHE'S STILL HERE? • Cleaver Magazine June Martin is a writer and comic artist. Her novel, Love/Aggression was a finalist for the Lambda Award in Transgender Fiction.

Hello everyone I have a NEW short story called "She's Still Here?" out in Cleaver Mag. It's about a 55th birthday party for a woman who everyone was pretty sure was going to die young, and it's getting so awkward

www.cleavermagazine.com/shes-still-h...

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Here's the beginning of my new short story, "She's Still Here?"

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The Ratchet In 2015, state legislatures across the United States considered 75 anti-LGBTQ bills, of which 27 targeted gender identity.1 In 2025, that total reached 1,059—with 851 of the current-session bills targ...

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe.

www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

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Cover: Mushroom Mother of Us All by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The text "Uncanny," "November/December 2025," "Issue Sixty-Seven," and the credits are in white.

Cover: Mushroom Mother of Us All by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The text "Uncanny," "November/December 2025," "Issue Sixty-Seven," and the credits are in white.

Michael and Caitlin Thomas

Michael and Caitlin Thomas

Uncanny Magazine is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo, & Michael Damian Thomas is eligible for the Best Editor (Short Form) Hugo. (Note: If you are nominating Michael Damian Thomas in this category, please only list Michael. They solo edited Uncanny Magazine in 2025.)

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Blushing over this list and the honorable mention of Whale Fall of You, my lil story abt a disheveled, depressed lesbian grieving her partner while marooned under the shadow of a dieing space whale.
I'm always so appreciative of Michael Damian Thomas's edits~
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...

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Come through to our panel at AWP!!!

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awpeople....i am here!!!! find me places. especially would love for you to come to Crafting Trans Horror ft. @zefrrr.bsky.social @lunareyhall.com @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @nicanstett.bsky.social it's going to be so so so awesome!!! 👻

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Blushing over this list and the honorable mention of Whale Fall of You, my lil story abt a disheveled, depressed lesbian grieving her partner while marooned under the shadow of a dieing space whale.
I'm always so appreciative of Michael Damian Thomas's edits~
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...

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Holy shit thanks for the mention!!

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Follow the flock of crows and you'll find me 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

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Hell yea, merry fright !

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I'm sooo excited pilled. Gonna totally be writermaxing as AWP this week with such incredible trans divas and lil ol me 🖤
Be there or be ◽~

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sad I can’t make it in person but look at this incredible line up with @jeannethornton.bsky.social @mayadeane.bsky.social @olivasthewriter.bsky.social

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My work bestie surprised me with a little birthday present ☺️ Been wanting to read this by @olivasthewriter.bsky.social for a while!

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Writing Workshop: Embracing the Dark: A Deep Dive into… | GrubStreet Starts Apr 2, 2026- This is course offered in partnership with the Shirley Jackson Awards . Led by an outstanding roster of authors, this four-week…

Dive into horror writing with four unique teachers in a master class that can take you from a kernel of an idea to submission.
grubstreet.org/workshop/sja... @nytebird45.bsky.social @brianevenson @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @katemaru.bsky.social

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Submission Calls Special sub call (open now through march 31st) Later this year, we’re putting out a surveillance horror/Weird fiction anthology. I’ve loved the stories I’ve solicited and their di…

📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣

If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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disrespectfully, what the fuck are you talking about. you don't need an ID at the library. you need a library card, which anyone can get.

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Tales of The Weller House: A Mendocino Coast Horror Writing Retreat The ultimate horror writing retreat awaits in a gothic mansion in the redwoods. Tuition + rooms start at $1100. Learn how to apply below!

we are assembling quite a merry little crew will you join us? www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-of-t...

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Twin Peaks: Fire Wakka-Wakka With Me

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Literally started sobbing at the "moon" bit 🥹🥹🥹

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Tales of The Weller House: A Mendocino Coast Horror Writing Retreat The ultimate horror writing retreat awaits in a gothic mansion in the redwoods. Tuition + rooms start at $1100. Learn how to apply below!

Time’s running out to join our haunted crew! @olivasthewriter.bsky.social & I will be @wellerhouseboutiquehotel in the last weekend of the month helping you bring your horror stories to life! www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-of-t...

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Dear goddess

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Hell yea watch me nervously yet cuntly read out a chapter from my novel Sundown at San Ojuela while turbo charged on caffeine :3🖤
Ty @plaguingpossum.bsky.social

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M.M. Olivas Reading at Dark Carnival Books (Jan 2026)
M.M. Olivas Reading at Dark Carnival Books (Jan 2026) YouTube video by Escapist Comics

@olivasthewriter.bsky.social recently did a reading of her novel Sundown In San Ojuela at Dark Carnival Books in Berkeley, CA, and we have a live recording for all who couldn’t make it.

Check back soon for a Q&A hosted by me!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYJ...

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