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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 19h

How much cooler can you get than Johnny Cash? And the answer is none, none more cool. Once you are at that level, it’s useless to make comparisons.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 19h

If I didn’t take a photo of the brownie and post it on social media first, did I really eat it?

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 23h

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
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locus magazine cover -- house on an eerie hill

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon says that my short story collection Letters from an Imaginary Country is currently #7 in Eastern European literature, behind six books by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Glad you know where Hungary is located, Amazon! ;)

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 1d

Free story! Reactor Magazine is very kindly publishing one of the new stories from my collection Letters from an Imaginary Country. If you're interested, go read. It's called Dora/Dóra: An Autobiography.

You can read the full story here: reactormag.com/excerpts-let...

Read an Excerpt From Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss - Reactor

This themed collection of imaginary places, with three new stories, recalls Susanna Clarke’s alternate Europe and the surreal metafictions of Borges.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 2d

This.

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!! :)

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

We are ecstatically sharing a story from @theodoragoss.bsky.social's new short fiction collection Letters from an Imaginary Country!! Let's sit down with Dóra Muszbek in 1968 Budapest...

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Read an Excerpt From Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss - Reactor

This themed collection of imaginary places, with three new stories, recalls Susanna Clarke’s alternate Europe and the surreal metafictions of Borges.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

SFWA Launches FAQ for Anthropic Settlement

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has published a web page for frequently asked questions about the Bartz v Anthropic lawsuit settlement. It covers basic information abou…

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t be a creative. Just be creative.

Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t be a content creator. Just be a creator.

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Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist.bsky.social · 6d

Another language is not just a language. It’s a window on other peoples, cultures and beliefs. It cuts through conflicts and controversies. It brings people together and settles arguments. Another language is understanding, solidarity and friendship. Languages are powerful.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 5d

😢😢😢

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 5d

She’s a beauty. :)

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 6d

Witches: the original cat ladies.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 6d

New poem. :)

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Little Apples

Little Apples by Theodora Goss I gathered the little apples even though the wasps told me the apples were theirs. They would alight on an apple, a ripe one of course, and suck out its sweetness. Un…

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 7d

What Kij said.

Kij Johnson @kijjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

This isn't healthy. We're just monkeys with driver's licenses and it's not right that we should have to go through all this. When absolutely everyone is traumatized, the problem isn't us, it's the system we live in. Which we all know. But with this in mind, I'm offline for a few days. Be kind.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 8d

I love this album. :)

S. J. Tucker, Song Shaper @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social · 8d

Bit under the weather still, so I’m not ready yet with the October Patreon or any new Bandcamp Friday goodies for tomorrow. Plz everyone continue to enjoy my existing October Mixtape if you like. 🎃 sjtucker.bandcamp.com/album/witchy...

Witchy Ways: an October Mix-tape, by S. J. Tucker

17 track album

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12d

Calling all students ~ get a year's worth of digital issues of Locus Magazine for only $30 by applying for our student discount. Locus Magazine could be the thing to take your writing from good to great by giving you insights into what makes fiction work! subscribers.locusmag... | Link in bio

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 11d

This is one of my favorite books of all time! If you love lyrical but also sharp, smart fantasy, it’s for you.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Monday! Today's Classic Cover is the 1970 edition of Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist, originally published in 1926. This cover was illustrated by Gervasio Gallardo, who also created covers for Peter S. Beagle and William Morris.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 11d

I cannot stress enough the importance of emergency chocolate.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 12d

Yes! I've said before that it operates by the Tinker Bell principle. It only exists if we all believe in it.

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 12d

New blog post: A Quiet Revolution

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A Quiet Revolution

I am not a revolutionary. I am far too introverted, too much inside my own head most of the time. I went to a march once, back in 2017, and found it both inspiring and ineffective. But I look at th…

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Theodora Goss @theodoragoss.bsky.social · 12d

Gorgeous. :)

jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 12d

Courtesy of the Library of Congress -- a copy of the first edition of The Wizard of Oz. The illustrations are awesome. you can go through page by page, and there are illustrations on almost every page. read.gov/books/pagetu....

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