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Ani King (they/them)

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Michigan writer and stuff. gender noncompliant. Spicy about AI. Anti-Subst*ck. https://aniking.net — Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026) — SmokeLong Submissions Editor — EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m so happy this piece found a home with @claudineliterary.bsky.social: www.claudineliterary.net/aniking

The whole inaugural issue is fantastic!

Ani King | Family Patterns: Cyanocitta cristata

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Mr. Troy Ford @mrtroyfordauthor.bsky.social · 2h

Great conversation about queer community in these trying times with Kristen Arnett - author of "Mostly Dead Things"

This Queer Book Saved My Life! thisqueerbook.com/mostly-dead-...

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Mostly Dead Things with Casey Holland and Kristen Arnett - This Queer Book Saved My Life!

Today we meet author Casey Holland who shares the queer book that saved her life: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett. And Kristen joins us!

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3h

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
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2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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Carolyn Ownbey, PhD @carolynownbey.bsky.social · 6h

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 2d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 1d

Find out why Flash 405: “Illumination” guest judge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social is going all exclamation mark over @francesgapper.bsky.social’s flash fiction retelling of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, WOOSH! Read it here: tinyurl.com/Woosh405.

Whoosh! - Exposition Review

by Frances Gapper Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction Arthur says: ‘You use too many exclamation marks.’ He has a scholar’s melancholy and often groans aloud. Putting my...

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 2d

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

Right???

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for checking, Joy! I dunno what the end game is but no thank you 😂

Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

@joybaglio.bsky.social @tonjamreynolds.bsky.social @trossiwriter.bsky.social since we are mutuals, curious if you got hit up with the same DM or not, too.

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

A few indicators: the account description is really generic. No representation noted in the bio or link to S*bstack. No other posts, a much older picture than the one the author uses in other spaces.

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

Hey friends and mutuals: writtend.bsky is almost certainly not Ottessa Moshfegh’s Bluesky account. She states very clearly on her s*bstack about page that she doesn’t use social media. And this is pretty textbook impersonation vibes. I’ve reported the account, please do the same.

Picture of the writtend account claiming to be Ottessa Moshfegh. There is only one post from a month ago, and the follow behavior is pretty consistent with impersonation accounts.

Picture of a conversation between myself and the Ottessa Moshfegh impersonator where I ask them to reply to the email I sent today if they want to confirm they are really her.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up, Minneapolis, the Gestapo are showing up and bringing their own drones. They also happen to think they’re going to be the winners in this fight.

If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 3d

hi hello unpaywalled

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

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Karis Rogerson 🏳️‍🌈 @karisselizabeth.bsky.social · 2d

here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it!

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Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors - Electric Literature

There are societal, financial, legal, and emotional consequences to book challenges, and writers are facing the brunt of these attacks

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so excited for this collection!

Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 2d

Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS!

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Author Interview * Vanessa Fogg

Vanessa Fogg has long been one of my favorite writers. Several of her short stories are on my secret “all-time best” list, so it’s a treat to learn about her new collection, The House of Illusionis…

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

This is how I’m picturing this now.

a blurred image of a person surrounded by pink ribbon with a n on the bottom right

Alt: a blurred image of a person surrounded by tangled pink ribbon

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t talk enough about losing at yarn chicken, either 🧶🐓

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible story by the inimitable @emilyrinkema.bsky.social!

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3d

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

Or Was It a Baby? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash by Emily Rinkema It’s 5:00 a.m. and I ask my husband if he wants to hear my dream, but he pulls the quilt over his shoulders. I ask my other husband, but he jus...

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 2d

Calling all poets interested in writing about the body - workshop this Sunday! 🙌✨😁

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 4d

Come write about the body!

Praise for Julie - 'I am usually not one to choose the highest scores across the board, but I was really impressed by the tutor, the diverse examples, the exercises and the 'spirit' and depth of our discussions.'

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