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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle

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My short fiction collection SINKING, SINGING is available from Aqueduct Press. Work published in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Escape Pod, and Uncanny. she/her. gwynnegarfinkle.com

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hello to the new folks following me! I write novels, stories, and poetry (mostly speculative). My collection of short fiction, SINKING, SINGING, came out at the beginning of October. aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/sink...

Sinking, Singing by Gwynne Garfinkle

I'm pleased to announce the release of Gwynne Garfinkle's wonderful new collection, Sinking, Singing. Aqueduct Press is publishing i...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

In which I write about actor Patrick Horgan. gwynnega.dreamwidth.org/2160959.html

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 1d

Just got an email: "New deal from Virginia Woolf."

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 1d

Sooo...remember how I said I'd give away 2 of these gorgeous paperback ARCs of Enchanting the Fae Queen in my first October newsletter?

A quick heads-up: that newsletter goes out Monday morning! Subscribe here: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter

#romancelandia

A small box of advance paperback reading copies of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustrated cover shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 1d

It was so lovely to talk to Griffin Rockwell about LISTEN. This chapbook is so rooted in subverting the SFF canon. 🖤

Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 3d

Our latest book launch is live on YouTube if you didn't catch it via Zoom. Listen to "Listen" by Griffin Rockwell, a book-length Cento poem drawing from classic science fiction literature: youtu.be/uZjoVoEkA10

Griffin Rockwell Book Launch

listen—a poetic creatureby Griffin RockwellAll this happened,more or lessNow, listen to me- / - / - / - / - / -I have, doubtless,excited your curiosityShall ...

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire, but don't quite win? A trilogy about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky

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3 books in a boxed set with covers by Augusta Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet. Volume 2 features a smiling white woman, and Volume 3 features a stern black woman with gold inlays at her throat.

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 2d

A Musical Indictment of the Cash-Bail System | “Criminal” | The New Yorker Documentary

YouTube video by The New Yorker

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 3d

I voted yes on Prop 50!

Round red, white and blue sticker saying I VOTED in different languages, with stars and stripes.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 3d

I can see them. I'm on my tablet's web browser.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 3d

KCOP-3 is showing Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes films all day. (Currently he is fighting Nazis, which seems all too apropos.)

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 3d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 3d

Such a good film.

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

In which I write about an amazing discovery re: my dad's writing career (and, in particular, his early film I Bury the Living): gwynnega.dreamwidth.org/2160861.html

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations!

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

I really like this poem!

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Mary Soon Lee @marysoonlee.bsky.social · 6d

On the poetry front, my poem "Andy Warhol's Many Cats" has just been published by Uppagus :-) 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾

uppagus.com/poems/soon-l...

For the curious
- first draft written 4/2019
- this draft written 2/2025
- rejected 8 times
- accepted in 58 days
- this is my 51st poem to appear in Uppagus!

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

Just got an email from WaPo: "Start a conversation with Ask The Post AI." Wow, they really want to make sure I never uncancel my subscription, don't they?

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 4d

Bookshop has free shipping today and tomorrow! It's a great time to pick up my latest, Wearing The Lion! (But only if you want to see Heracles adopting every monster in Ancient Greece.)

Wearing the Lion

Check out Wearing the Lion - <b>"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. <i>Wearing the Lion</i> establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantas...

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 4d

Happy book birthday!

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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 4d

HEY IT'S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY

YESSSS

Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones

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Cancer Eats the Heart

For Nix, waging her own private war with multiple sclerosis, a haunted house and a cryptic drifter aren’t the strangest things she’s ever encountered. No, what unnerves Nix is the adole…

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 5d

REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!

You can request a copy here:

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I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)

Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!

This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5d

You’ll now be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription, according to the American Pharmacists Association.

CVS and Walgreens have stated you won’t need to attest to any underlying conditions and the questions will be removed from their online booking system.

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

Yay, they're showing the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers at the Los Feliz 3! www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - American Cinematheque

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

My top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Elvis Costello & The Attractions (14), Susan James (12), Talking Heads (11).

Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 5d

The Val Lewtons are a little too early (1940s), though I love them so much! But yes, giant ants and pod people and teenage werewolves!

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