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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 8d

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 8d

Call me Ishmael. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 8d

There were two husbands disappointed by eggs. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Cliff @cliff.leaninto.it · 20d

What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · 20d

if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · 22d

Thx again for feeding me 🥹

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 29d

they should invent logging on that is good for you

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · Sep 11

I don’t want to be alarming but I suspect that there might be a darkness in the heart of my fellow man

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merritt @merrittk.com · Sep 11

youre looking quite epic tonight darling. very for the win

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh man Silksong is SO SMOOTH. If anyone needs me in the next 3 weeks I’ll be in Pharloom. Oh my god. I can’t believe it’s real.

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Drew "I never drink..." Weing @drewweing.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sometimes you're looking through old sci fi novel covers, and you have to share one.

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ur the best beta reader ever Tia 🥹🥹🥹

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · Sep 3

is this how book promotion works?

please preorder sublimation, available wherever books are sold.

text bubbles:
p1: can i try convincing you to preorder sublimation
p2: sure LOL
p3: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - repeating.

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

150 day for the acceptance -> 2 weeks for the publication LMAO

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

my story "The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet" is out at Strange Horizons!! Read on for a world where if you break your heart, you immediately go to Pluto. Why? There is no why. that's it. also, there's an ice rink and teenage angst.

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet

I ended up on Pluto on the night of my nineteenth birthday, after breaking my own stupid heart. It wasn’t even over anything important.

strangehorizons.com

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

i would've read the hell out of Circe if it were written in the conceit of Grendel by John Gardner. however. life is full of disappointments.

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

they hated him for he spoke the truth

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

*checks notes* he has Tourette's and is addicted to monkey king paraphernalia. so yes. he's having a bad time

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

i cannot stress enough that my online persona is three monkeys in a faux-couture runway raincoat. the monkeys also run a discord server. one of them is constantly stressed. this is the vibe.

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 3

not sure how to tell all the new subscribers coming from my heart-wrenchingly raw personal essay w @roxanegay.bsky.social 's the Audacity that I, in fact, write only weird fiction about squids and timeloops. sorry for the whiplash. My upcoming story at Strange Horizons has similar themes, though!

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 2, 2025

psychopomp.com

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! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 2

Easy to recognize game 🎮👾

! Carolyn ! @carolynzhao.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s me, I’m friend, and this story IS SO GOOD!! ❤️

claire jia-wen @clairejiawen.bsky.social · Sep 1

new story day! a friend called it 'evangelion bitch murder popstar lesbians' and i really can't do any better than that, hope you check it out!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_09_25/