BrightFlame (she/they)
@brightflame.bsky.social
I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.
+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.
#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.
#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
Say it loud: This is what democracy looks like!
Half the street corners around here have people--from every walk of life, including republicans--standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.
January 22, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Say it loud: This is what democracy looks like!
Reposted by BrightFlame (she/they)
If you live in Hakeem Jeffries district can you please call him and ask how many more Minnesotans need to die before he takes meaningful action to abolish ICE?
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
If you live in Hakeem Jeffries district can you please call him and ask how many more Minnesotans need to die before he takes meaningful action to abolish ICE?
Yes, please continue to support Mimi!
Mimi is an amazing human who also needs some help sent her way now
...and here's the link to @mimimondal.bsky.social 's fund to help her get to Under the Volcano: gofund.me/c2282614f
#WritingCommunity #MutualAid @bsfwriters.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #MutualAid @bsfwriters.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Yes, please continue to support Mimi!
New blog about the #nonbinary of dystopia and #hope.
Plus, I mentioned YK Hong's recent article about rejecting the binaries of Empire, fascists, colonizers.
And, of course, #solarpunk
brightflame.com/nonbinary-th...
#justice #resist #liberation #SpecLit
Plus, I mentioned YK Hong's recent article about rejecting the binaries of Empire, fascists, colonizers.
And, of course, #solarpunk
brightflame.com/nonbinary-th...
#justice #resist #liberation #SpecLit
Nonbinary Thinking is Solarpunk...and Essential ⋆ BrightFlame
Binaries create harm. I explore the nonbinary of dystopia and hopeful fiction ... and much more in this article.
brightflame.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
New blog about the #nonbinary of dystopia and #hope.
Plus, I mentioned YK Hong's recent article about rejecting the binaries of Empire, fascists, colonizers.
And, of course, #solarpunk
brightflame.com/nonbinary-th...
#justice #resist #liberation #SpecLit
Plus, I mentioned YK Hong's recent article about rejecting the binaries of Empire, fascists, colonizers.
And, of course, #solarpunk
brightflame.com/nonbinary-th...
#justice #resist #liberation #SpecLit
An important panel on #activism happening now. Lovely to "meet" the panelists I don't already know. And good followup to our earlier #solarpunk panel.
Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for hosting the #writing and Social #Justice event today.
Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for hosting the #writing and Social #Justice event today.
Last panel today comes in the form of "writing as activism"—both the act of writing, as well as the topics we write about. @stewarthotston.com is leading the discussion with @jelliottcoleman.bsky.social, @stephenoram.bsky.social & @older.bsky.social. Where is the line between fiction & politics?
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
An important panel on #activism happening now. Lovely to "meet" the panelists I don't already know. And good followup to our earlier #solarpunk panel.
Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for hosting the #writing and Social #Justice event today.
Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for hosting the #writing and Social #Justice event today.
Wonderful #solarpunk discussion today. Thank you to @yenooi.bsky.social for facilitating. And @renanbernardo.com Francesco Verso and Wren James for joining us.
Our next panel is debating whether hope is enough to change the future: it's time for some solarpunk. @yenooi.bsky.social moderates @brightflame.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com, Francesco Verso & Wren James discuss the need to bring the Global South into the narrative + the radical act of hope.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Wonderful #solarpunk discussion today. Thank you to @yenooi.bsky.social for facilitating. And @renanbernardo.com Francesco Verso and Wren James for joining us.
Reposted by BrightFlame (she/they)
Our second panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (GMT).
Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social
Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Our second panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (GMT).
Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social
Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social
What wonderful praise for The Working!
#SpecLit #solarpunk #Witch #SFF #hope #justice #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#SpecLit #solarpunk #Witch #SFF #hope #justice #WritingCommunity #BookSky
I finished it this evening. What an uplifting and thought-provoking read! Thank you so much. I’ve ordered copies for a couple of friends, and once my blog site is up and running (hopefully in the next couple of weeks) I’ll post a review. I especially enjoyed Ch58 with its discussion of the soul. 🙏
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
What wonderful praise for The Working!
#SpecLit #solarpunk #Witch #SFF #hope #justice #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#SpecLit #solarpunk #Witch #SFF #hope #justice #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Got the annual royalty statement from publisher last week. As promised, I donated all of it to 3 #climate and #indigenous #justice orgs.
@ndncollective.bsky.social @cjaourpower.bsky.social @delriverkeeper.bsky.social
#solarpunk #author
@ndncollective.bsky.social @cjaourpower.bsky.social @delriverkeeper.bsky.social
#solarpunk #author
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.
+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.
#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.
#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Got the annual royalty statement from publisher last week. As promised, I donated all of it to 3 #climate and #indigenous #justice orgs.
@ndncollective.bsky.social @cjaourpower.bsky.social @delriverkeeper.bsky.social
#solarpunk #author
@ndncollective.bsky.social @cjaourpower.bsky.social @delriverkeeper.bsky.social
#solarpunk #author
I highly recommend this article that counters binary thinking, which is a tool of Empire. Choose to subvert the binary.
New piece about multiple truths and the U.S. binary systems that try to force us into war.
www.liberationtoolbox.io/binary-cultu...
www.liberationtoolbox.io/binary-cultu...
U.S. Binary Culture is War
Empire leans into the fear that comes with binary systems.
www.liberationtoolbox.io
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I highly recommend this article that counters binary thinking, which is a tool of Empire. Choose to subvert the binary.
Reposted by BrightFlame (she/they)
I won’t be working myself until Monday, but in the meantime I’m fixing to enjoy @brightflame.bsky.social’s #solarpunk novel “The Working” which has been sitting in my TBR pile for too long. Hopefully it’s optimism will put me in a good back-to-work-you-lazy-slacker frame of mind. :-) #BookSky
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I won’t be working myself until Monday, but in the meantime I’m fixing to enjoy @brightflame.bsky.social’s #solarpunk novel “The Working” which has been sitting in my TBR pile for too long. Hopefully it’s optimism will put me in a good back-to-work-you-lazy-slacker frame of mind. :-) #BookSky
Two of my awesome writer friends @zinrock.bsky.social and @mimimondal.bsky.social got into Under the Volcano writers workshop! Yeah!
I just offered aid that they each need via their GoFundMe's. Zin/Teri: gofund.me/a39acbd5b
#WritingCommunity @bsfwriters.bsky.social #writing #MutualAid 1/2
I just offered aid that they each need via their GoFundMe's. Zin/Teri: gofund.me/a39acbd5b
#WritingCommunity @bsfwriters.bsky.social #writing #MutualAid 1/2
Donate to Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey, organized by Teri Clarke
hello, all!
my name is Teri Clarke and I write horror and dark fantasy under the… Teri Clarke needs your support for Support Teri Clarke's Writing Journey
gofund.me
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Two of my awesome writer friends @zinrock.bsky.social and @mimimondal.bsky.social got into Under the Volcano writers workshop! Yeah!
I just offered aid that they each need via their GoFundMe's. Zin/Teri: gofund.me/a39acbd5b
#WritingCommunity @bsfwriters.bsky.social #writing #MutualAid 1/2
I just offered aid that they each need via their GoFundMe's. Zin/Teri: gofund.me/a39acbd5b
#WritingCommunity @bsfwriters.bsky.social #writing #MutualAid 1/2
2026: May we create a just, enjoyable, generous year for all 🌈🎉
Numerically, the card for the #NewYear is Wheel of Fortune. Find your balance, know center, and learn to flow with the turning rather than being thrown about. Also, notice and call on your Allies.
#Witch #WitchSky #Tarot #pagan
Numerically, the card for the #NewYear is Wheel of Fortune. Find your balance, know center, and learn to flow with the turning rather than being thrown about. Also, notice and call on your Allies.
#Witch #WitchSky #Tarot #pagan
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"Maybe dystopia isn't so bad." 😉
I muse about this in my infrequent newsletter that goes out tomorrow. Plus, a bit about potent magic and updates to my recommended #reading list.
Want to sign up? brightflame.com/newsletter-s...
#WritingCommunity #solarpunk #writing #SpecLit #witch #pagan #hope
I muse about this in my infrequent newsletter that goes out tomorrow. Plus, a bit about potent magic and updates to my recommended #reading list.
Want to sign up? brightflame.com/newsletter-s...
#WritingCommunity #solarpunk #writing #SpecLit #witch #pagan #hope
Newsletter signup ⋆ BrightFlame
brightflame.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Maybe dystopia isn't so bad." 😉
I muse about this in my infrequent newsletter that goes out tomorrow. Plus, a bit about potent magic and updates to my recommended #reading list.
Want to sign up? brightflame.com/newsletter-s...
#WritingCommunity #solarpunk #writing #SpecLit #witch #pagan #hope
I muse about this in my infrequent newsletter that goes out tomorrow. Plus, a bit about potent magic and updates to my recommended #reading list.
Want to sign up? brightflame.com/newsletter-s...
#WritingCommunity #solarpunk #writing #SpecLit #witch #pagan #hope
Yes!!! Please review our books--it means a lot for us authors. Request from libraries. Spread the word about #books you love!
#BookSky
#BookSky
If you like a book?
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thrilled to take part in a #solarpunk panel during this event. Alongside @renanbernardo.com, Wren James, Yen Ooi, & Francesco Verso.
You don't have to be a BFS member to register. Sat, January 10. britishfantasysociety.org/the-creative...
#justice #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
You don't have to be a BFS member to register. Sat, January 10. britishfantasysociety.org/the-creative...
#justice #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thrilled to take part in a #solarpunk panel during this event. Alongside @renanbernardo.com, Wren James, Yen Ooi, & Francesco Verso.
You don't have to be a BFS member to register. Sat, January 10. britishfantasysociety.org/the-creative...
#justice #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
You don't have to be a BFS member to register. Sat, January 10. britishfantasysociety.org/the-creative...
#justice #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
I've wanted to get a newsletter out since #Samhain. Alas, it's just past #Solstice. Soon!
And:
Funny how I'm relieved to be out all day today (not for a fun reason) so not at computer. Pressure's off!
Still: soon.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #SpecLit #writing (not)
And:
Funny how I'm relieved to be out all day today (not for a fun reason) so not at computer. Pressure's off!
Still: soon.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #SpecLit #writing (not)
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I've wanted to get a newsletter out since #Samhain. Alas, it's just past #Solstice. Soon!
And:
Funny how I'm relieved to be out all day today (not for a fun reason) so not at computer. Pressure's off!
Still: soon.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #SpecLit #writing (not)
And:
Funny how I'm relieved to be out all day today (not for a fun reason) so not at computer. Pressure's off!
Still: soon.
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #SpecLit #writing (not)
Yes, this has been shared *a lot* already. And, this is so spot-on that I'm jumping on the repost chain! #justice #solarpunk
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yes, this has been shared *a lot* already. And, this is so spot-on that I'm jumping on the repost chain! #justice #solarpunk
Reposted by BrightFlame (she/they)
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
This month's world #ecofiction spotlight focuses on authors around the globe from our very own Rewilding our Stories Discord! dragonfly.eco/rewilding-ou... You'll find novels and an anthology written by amazing creatives. I'll add the Discord link in the comments.
Around the World with "Rewilding our Stories" - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction
Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series I’m so excited to share with our readers some of the book projects the Rewilding our Stories Discord is doing. The Discord community began just ove...
dragonfly.eco
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
My friend's new book is out. Congrats @stevendbrewer.com ! #paranormal #queer ? (Not steampunk like your previous series?)
#SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
#SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
Water Dragon Publishing releases A Familiar Problem! waterdragonpublishing.com/2025/12/new-...
New Book Release: "A Familiar Problem" by Steven D. Brewer
We are thrilled to announce the release of "A Familiar Problem" by Steven D. Brewer.
waterdragonpublishing.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My friend's new book is out. Congrats @stevendbrewer.com ! #paranormal #queer ? (Not steampunk like your previous series?)
#SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
#SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
This month's world #ecofiction spotlight focuses on authors around the globe from our very own Rewilding our Stories Discord! dragonfly.eco/rewilding-ou... You'll find novels and an anthology written by amazing creatives. I'll add the Discord link in the comments.
Around the World with "Rewilding our Stories" - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction
Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series I’m so excited to share with our readers some of the book projects the Rewilding our Stories Discord is doing. The Discord community began just ove...
dragonfly.eco
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Many of you love the list of Great Reads on my site. Just updated it with 3 more selections: brightflame.com/books-i-reco... Lots of #solarpunk, #climate fiction, and diverse speculative reads. One of these days I'll update that image! Happy #reading!
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
Great Reads ⋆ BrightFlame
A diverse list of books that will satisfy your desire for immersive reads, often with a speculative element.
brightflame.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Many of you love the list of Great Reads on my site. Just updated it with 3 more selections: brightflame.com/books-i-reco... Lots of #solarpunk, #climate fiction, and diverse speculative reads. One of these days I'll update that image! Happy #reading!
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
Finished ICE'S END & highly recommend this #climate fiction. Kept me enthralled. @pfinian.bsky.social did great job weaving original Antarctic exploration plot with a future of scarce fresh water on Earth. And a nod towards #hope.
Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!
#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit
Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!
#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Finished ICE'S END & highly recommend this #climate fiction. Kept me enthralled. @pfinian.bsky.social did great job weaving original Antarctic exploration plot with a future of scarce fresh water on Earth. And a nod towards #hope.
Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!
#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit
Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!
#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit