ash vale
@ashvalewrites.bsky.social
🇨🇦 canadian writer, game master, gremlin (they/them)
🏳️🌈 co-EIC @othersidespec.bsky.social
🖋 fantasy, romance, horror
📖 words at or coming from Nightmare, Heartlines, PseudoPod, and more
website: https://ash-vale.ca/
🏳️🌈 co-EIC @othersidespec.bsky.social
🖋 fantasy, romance, horror
📖 words at or coming from Nightmare, Heartlines, PseudoPod, and more
website: https://ash-vale.ca/
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ash vale
@ashvalewrites.bsky.social
· Dec 16
I finally did it, I'm so brave—an awards eligibility post! I've had a few short stories and one poem published this year, and I'd be grateful as always if you nominated any of them for any kind of awards, or if you just read them.
Links to all of them are available here: ash-vale.ca/stories.html
Links to all of them are available here: ash-vale.ca/stories.html
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Why Edmonton for #Worldcon?
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why Edmonton for #Worldcon?
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
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if you'd like to read my poem (recommended here by Kate) it's free at Moist Poetry Journal!
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
if you'd like to read my poem (recommended here by Kate) it's free at Moist Poetry Journal!
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
if you'd like to read my poem (recommended here by Kate) it's free at Moist Poetry Journal!
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
if you'd like to read my poem (recommended here by Kate) it's free at Moist Poetry Journal!
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
a reflection on our past and future selves and an effort to forgive them
moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/06/13/l...
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As screenwriter of the Labubu movie I want to clear up some misconceptions. Yes, technically they do eat human flesh, but only necrotic tissue around wounds. Doctors use them to clean up injuries and promote positive health outcomes. Labubus are humanity’s allies, except for evil Labubus of course
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
As screenwriter of the Labubu movie I want to clear up some misconceptions. Yes, technically they do eat human flesh, but only necrotic tissue around wounds. Doctors use them to clean up injuries and promote positive health outcomes. Labubus are humanity’s allies, except for evil Labubus of course
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We didn't publish regularly last year, which understandably led to a drop in subscriptions. We're returning to a full schedule for 2026, including a special themed issue edited by the wonderful Rebecca Summerling.
But we have lost some income, so if you like our stuff do consider subscribing.
But we have lost some income, so if you like our stuff do consider subscribing.
Get more from Seize The Press Magazine on Patreon
creating an anticapitalist dark fiction magazine.
patreon.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We didn't publish regularly last year, which understandably led to a drop in subscriptions. We're returning to a full schedule for 2026, including a special themed issue edited by the wonderful Rebecca Summerling.
But we have lost some income, so if you like our stuff do consider subscribing.
But we have lost some income, so if you like our stuff do consider subscribing.
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🤚👁️👁️✋ Pan's Labyrinth~
Ofelia, no...
Ofelia, no...
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
🤚👁️👁️✋ Pan's Labyrinth~
Ofelia, no...
Ofelia, no...
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GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is a gender.
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
GWAR covering Pink Pony Club is a gender.
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I’m probably super late to this, but could I interest you in my sapphic horromantasy about Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth meeting in a limbo realm? Comes out April 2 in the UK, March 12 in the US
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I’m probably super late to this, but could I interest you in my sapphic horromantasy about Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth meeting in a limbo realm? Comes out April 2 in the UK, March 12 in the US
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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Feels ridiculous to be promoting books with all the News going on but I still have to eat, soooo—would you like to pre-order some gay-ass regency mean-girl escapism in the form of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY?
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Feels ridiculous to be promoting books with all the News going on but I still have to eat, soooo—would you like to pre-order some gay-ass regency mean-girl escapism in the form of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY?
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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
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might be time for a rewatch 😌
December 6, 2024 at 8:22 PM
might be time for a rewatch 😌
this is who is sending @othersidespec.bsky.social submission responses, btw
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
this is who is sending @othersidespec.bsky.social submission responses, btw
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hello once again I am miserably attempting self-promotion while the world is on fire but maybe you wil enjoy this story about being so queer you can kill god
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
hello once again I am miserably attempting self-promotion while the world is on fire but maybe you wil enjoy this story about being so queer you can kill god
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I'm banging my fists on the table asking for your weirdest poems!!!
Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I'm banging my fists on the table asking for your weirdest poems!!!
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Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
this Canada/Czechia game is fuckin dirty lol. these are some spicy boys!!
January 5, 2026 at 3:33 AM
this Canada/Czechia game is fuckin dirty lol. these are some spicy boys!!
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
my last newsletter of the year is out! I am watching Heated Rivalry btw, yes, several people asked
this one also includes my 10 favourite books that I read in 2025!
here's to a happier and less shitty 2026
ashvale.beehiiv.com/p/ash-vale-u...
this one also includes my 10 favourite books that I read in 2025!
here's to a happier and less shitty 2026
ashvale.beehiiv.com/p/ash-vale-u...
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
my last newsletter of the year is out! I am watching Heated Rivalry btw, yes, several people asked
this one also includes my 10 favourite books that I read in 2025!
here's to a happier and less shitty 2026
ashvale.beehiiv.com/p/ash-vale-u...
this one also includes my 10 favourite books that I read in 2025!
here's to a happier and less shitty 2026
ashvale.beehiiv.com/p/ash-vale-u...
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Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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there we are having a nice civilized hundred years war, just how everyone likes it, and then the french decide to rock up with bloody joan of arc, you can't just bring a living saint to the battlefield, it's not sporting, wafting miracles everywhere like its going out of fashion, it was outrageous
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
there we are having a nice civilized hundred years war, just how everyone likes it, and then the french decide to rock up with bloody joan of arc, you can't just bring a living saint to the battlefield, it's not sporting, wafting miracles everywhere like its going out of fashion, it was outrageous
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🎆Welcome to the Round of 16 of the 2025 Headline of the Year Contest!🎆
Voting will be open in 4 locations for each round for about a day.
16 headlines.
Only 1 winner.
A reminder of the nominees:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
Voting will be open in 4 locations for each round for about a day.
16 headlines.
Only 1 winner.
A reminder of the nominees:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🎆Welcome to the Round of 16 of the 2025 Headline of the Year Contest!🎆
Voting will be open in 4 locations for each round for about a day.
16 headlines.
Only 1 winner.
A reminder of the nominees:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
Voting will be open in 4 locations for each round for about a day.
16 headlines.
Only 1 winner.
A reminder of the nominees:
bsky.app/profile/paul...