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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 20h

gotta supervise that corgi

Misty Granade @misty.granades.com · 21h

Friday after work @granades.com and I are in the hammocks with a drink and a book.

A photo of a blue and green striped hammock with an ensconced Stephen looking out at Feferi, the red and white Corgi, who is eating grass. There’s a small wrought iron outdoor table with a citronella bucket candle and a beer beside the hammock. The photo is sun-drenched with the green of the grass and trees shining.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 23h

Truth.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 23h

💜💜💜

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M. R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 23h

Hi, it’s me, the big baby who had to hide in the movie theatre bathroom for twenty minutes during the last Alien movie, I guarantee this will be the funniest day of your life and arguably one of the worst days of mine. Tell a friend about OTHERSIDE! Tell two friends, if you really hate me.

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 23h

As a thank you for smashing SO many stretch goals, if we get to 300 backers @mruthrobinson.bsky.social will play Alien: Isolation on stream while Ash and Val tag along and laugh.

Think of it as our silly final backer goal as a treat—for you, not for MR.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Info for our Backer Goals! 50, 100, 150, 200, AND 250 Backers are unlocked! All backer goals are in rainbow with an open lock over a blurred version of OTHERSIDE banner art in purple, with a blurred floating fantastical head on the right. Now at the bottom there is a FINAL GOAL: 300 backers - MR plays Alien: Isolation. Instead of a lock there is a face hugger from the Alien franchise.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 1d

Your childhood will take an odd turn if you're born in the afterlife because your mom took poison, as we learn in Gordon Brown's story "Birthmarks".

Birthmarks - Small Wonders

Mama drank poison on a black, moonless night. She had forgot to turn the stove off before she died, and the kitchen curtains had caught on fire.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

Not that I know of. It was a crunchy ripped video that leaked.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

Because @misty.granades.com and my kid loved Ensign Ro in The Next Generation we watched the unaired Global Frequency pilot that @johnrogers.bsky.social wrote and good golly that pilot is such a marvel of tight plot setup while also setting the stage for so much character development.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

This zoomable map of Byte magazine pages is a map of my computer-obsessed childhood. byte.tsundoku.io

Byte - a visual archive

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

“I hope I don’t have to explain to you that sometimes murdering your friends is the right thing to do.”

This story has a hell of an opening and then earns and complicates the promise of that sentence.

Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 1d

I had a story come out today!

If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.

theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...

Tasting notes

Issue seven: flash fiction by Cislyn Smith

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 1d

FFer Read of the Day: "Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind" by @bogiperson.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com

smallwondersmag.com/piece/lexico...

Lexicographer of Quiet Corners of the Mind - Small Wonders

Words borne out of need, of a reaching-out, of / tact and impoliteness and long shudders / of breath— / and you to write them all down

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

I’m still chewing over the sentence Guan chose and his excellent analysis of how it breaks “rules” and why it works.

Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · 1d

New newsletter! A sentence from Lorrie Moore's Birds of America that spins out of sight—

The ballad of the Lazy Susan

Dear reader, Here’s a sentence: But that tiny spot—like any season, or moon, or theater set; like a cake in a rotary display—invariably spun out of reach and...

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

I swear all custom software in my area becomes a janky database without a database and will be ignored in favor of Excel.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

do Brecht next you piker

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

We were lucky enough at @smallwondersmag.com to publish @timothyquinn.bsky.social’s “The Warfighter” that appeared in the 2024 edition of this collection. If you’ve got an eligible story, please submit it!

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

oh NO, the scream I just let out.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3d

I had to do this for a friend who died a few years ago and it was a slog and a half and involved so much delving through Apple accounts and 1Password entries. I hate that you’re having to go through it as well; I found it incredibly draining.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 3d

Not every dream we visit is a pleasant one, especially when we know how it turns out. Well, the narrator knows how it turns out. For you to know, you'll need to read the poem "You're Dead & I'm Safe & Still I Dream of You" by @smhallow.bsky.social.

You’re Dead & I’m Safe & Still I Dream Of You - Small Wonders

In the dream you were introducing me / to your hometown, except in the dream I / already knew our vows would come to ruin

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 3d

So you might have noticed that I've started posting little threads about my short fiction reading (with the hashtag #quicksipreviews). I'm testing this out bc I'll still be reading a lot of short fiction, but want the freedom to say as much or as little as I want, and to do it without deadlines

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3d

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LOLTrek - Live Granades

Let's talk about lolcats. Lolcats, or cat macros, are a subset of image macros. They're pictures of cats with captions typed across them. In essence they're the "Hang In There Baby" posters gone feral...

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 3d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3d

The most widely read thing I ever wrote or will write was loltrek.

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 8d

We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark

What is beestung: beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3d

That’s excellent news! Congratulations!

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Misty Granade @misty.granades.com · 4d

This week I'm reflecting on a thing I keep forgetting over and over again. All progress counts, even the babiest of steps.

Baby Steps

This week I'm reflecting on a thing I keep forgetting over and over again. All progress counts, even the babiest of steps.

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