Christine Hanolsy (she/her)
@christinehanolsy.com
Mom, wife, SFF writer, gamer. Taekwondo 1st Dan. Lesbian, liberal, atheist. Inexhaustible mess & unapologetic romantic. Слава Україні. Говарю по-русский. Jeg snakker på dansk.
🏳️⚧️ PROTECT TRANS KIDS 🏳️⚧️
SFWA, Codex. Nebula finalist!
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🏳️⚧️ PROTECT TRANS KIDS 🏳️⚧️
SFWA, Codex. Nebula finalist!
christinehanolsy.com
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
It finally happened, people - I have made it as a writer! Philip would liken to offer me a free visibility audit for my anthology, Beneath Ceaseless Skies #405!! What do you think, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social, should I take him up on it? 😂
![partial screenshot of a scammy AI-written solicitation
Subject: Strengthen the Visibility of Your Backlist Issue on Amazon
From: Philip Caelith
Dear Christine,
I recently came across Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #405, and the worldbuilding quality, stylistic range, and literary depth of the stories immediately stood out. Even as part of a long-running magazine series, the issue has that distinct atmospheric, character-driven tone that fantasy readers still actively seek out.
However, releases from 2020 often lose visibility on Amazon over time, not because the quality fades, but because older metadata, outdated keywords, and shifting category structures gradually push strong titles deeper in search […]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wdhk6v4swl54yujj3sfaprw2/bafkreienqdt4miqsgkgv5gpq6tbfa5hcdbryevgtshpv2xw5fnxf7tcy6q@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It finally happened, people - I have made it as a writer! Philip would liken to offer me a free visibility audit for my anthology, Beneath Ceaseless Skies #405!! What do you think, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social, should I take him up on it? 😂
Ahhhh they are so close!!
It's down to $245! We're SO CLOSE. Any little bit helps. Your reshares help!
I see everyone who has pitched in, helping with funding and visibility. Thank you for promoting these stories. I, for one, can't wait to read them.
I see everyone who has pitched in, helping with funding and visibility. Thank you for promoting these stories. I, for one, can't wait to read them.
$760 would get this funded TONIGHT. We can do that.
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
I know that everyone's asking for $ right now and times are hard. But these authors deserve a wider audience and this is how we can help them achieve that.
If you can't donate even a couple of bucks, please share?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ahhhh they are so close!!
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Be savvy about the market. Make friends with other filks in the industry, but only if you like them as people. Do not read/promote transactionally. Just be good to people, and write the best book you can. Always focus on the writing more than other writers. Love your readers. Love your story.
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Be savvy about the market. Make friends with other filks in the industry, but only if you like them as people. Do not read/promote transactionally. Just be good to people, and write the best book you can. Always focus on the writing more than other writers. Love your readers. Love your story.
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Fred Savage freaking out that the book isn't going the way he wants is all of us readers at the Third Plot Point / Apparent Defeat
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fred Savage freaking out that the book isn't going the way he wants is all of us readers at the Third Plot Point / Apparent Defeat
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Other nonprofits AFAIK in SF/F and thus worthy of your attention on this Giving Thursday. (Pls add others!)
@odysseyworkshop.bsky.social
@clarionwest.bsky.social
@clarionucsd.bsky.social IIRC?
Speculative Literature Foundation
@locusmag.bsky.social Magazine
many conventions & local SF societies
@odysseyworkshop.bsky.social
@clarionwest.bsky.social
@clarionucsd.bsky.social IIRC?
Speculative Literature Foundation
@locusmag.bsky.social Magazine
many conventions & local SF societies
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Other nonprofits AFAIK in SF/F and thus worthy of your attention on this Giving Thursday. (Pls add others!)
@odysseyworkshop.bsky.social
@clarionwest.bsky.social
@clarionucsd.bsky.social IIRC?
Speculative Literature Foundation
@locusmag.bsky.social Magazine
many conventions & local SF societies
@odysseyworkshop.bsky.social
@clarionwest.bsky.social
@clarionucsd.bsky.social IIRC?
Speculative Literature Foundation
@locusmag.bsky.social Magazine
many conventions & local SF societies
They are so close - maybe Giving Tuesday is just the push they need to get to 100%!
The African Translation Project is up to 75% funded! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
They are SO CLOSE, let's keep it going!!
Nice for it to be Giving Tuesday, right?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
They are SO CLOSE, let's keep it going!!
Nice for it to be Giving Tuesday, right?
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
They are so close - maybe Giving Tuesday is just the push they need to get to 100%!
All of these magazines are great! Consider donating to one or all today.
Zines in SF/F that are nonprofits AFAIK and thus worthy of your support on this Giving Tuesday. (Pls add others you know of!)
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
All of these magazines are great! Consider donating to one or all today.
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If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
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OTHERSIDE is published by Hybris Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the publication and promotion of queer speculative fiction. Every donation on #GivingTuesday - and every day - helps us support 2SLGBTQIA+ creators. Thank you so much for all your support this year!
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
OTHERSIDE is published by Hybris Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the publication and promotion of queer speculative fiction. Every donation on #GivingTuesday - and every day - helps us support 2SLGBTQIA+ creators. Thank you so much for all your support this year!
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Self-promotion doesn't always get easier in publishing. This nominations season--for the Nebulas, or any other award--PLEASE take pride in your work. Voters will ask about eligible works for their consideration, and we hope every SFF writer feels empowered to answer the call. Invest in your success!
Awards nominations are starting and I have things that are eligible but no pretty post (yet) cause I’m kind of overwhelmed and the imposter syndrome is impostering despite the fact that these pieces were literally already chosen for publication and wow aren’t brains the best!?
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Self-promotion doesn't always get easier in publishing. This nominations season--for the Nebulas, or any other award--PLEASE take pride in your work. Voters will ask about eligible works for their consideration, and we hope every SFF writer feels empowered to answer the call. Invest in your success!
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I want to make a list of *short stories* (any genre) published by intersex authors in 2025 & hopefully going forward. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I think now there are plenty of stories.
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I want to make a list of *short stories* (any genre) published by intersex authors in 2025 & hopefully going forward. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I think now there are plenty of stories.
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
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Just 2k more to go, people. And this project has been fighting for 8 months. I have seen projects funded overnight - but THIS should be funded now. Translations. Black/African stories. In a world fraught with hate, we mend it with love.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
ko-fi.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Just 2k more to go, people. And this project has been fighting for 8 months. I have seen projects funded overnight - but THIS should be funded now. Translations. Black/African stories. In a world fraught with hate, we mend it with love.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
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heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
Applications Open for Meyer’s Shared Office Space | Meyer Memorial Trust
Meyer is now accepting applications for the Workspace for Just Futures — our free office space designed to support powerful, community-centered work.
mmt.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
BCS is one of the most beautiful magazines out there. Please consider subscribing and supporting some of the best second world fantasy short fiction has to offer.
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BCS is one of the most beautiful magazines out there. Please consider subscribing and supporting some of the best second world fantasy short fiction has to offer.
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I took a minute to send a vitriolic e-mail to OU because I don't think anyone should make the calculation, "caving to the right gets us less shit."
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I took a minute to send a vitriolic e-mail to OU because I don't think anyone should make the calculation, "caving to the right gets us less shit."
This is a refreshingly hopeful take on Kids Today.
There’s a thread going around about the horrors of teaching first-year English right now, and I fully believe that it’s true in many cases… but if you saw that thread and you’re sad, I just want to say… my students have never been smarter, more engaged, more passionate. I’ve never felt more hopeful.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is a refreshingly hopeful take on Kids Today.
Cross another university off of our student’s list of options.
Northwestern throws trans women under the bus to please the Trump administration (while also paying off the Trump administration).
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cross another university off of our student’s list of options.
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OTHERSIDE opens in January for spec fic, poetry & nonfiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators 🌈
✨ 8¢/word fiction
📝 $50/poem, $100 nonfiction
♻️ Reprint fiction: $100/story
📅 Jan 1–14: general
📅 Jan 15–21: BIPOC, trans &/or disabled only
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @othersidespec.bsky.social
✨ 8¢/word fiction
📝 $50/poem, $100 nonfiction
♻️ Reprint fiction: $100/story
📅 Jan 1–14: general
📅 Jan 15–21: BIPOC, trans &/or disabled only
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @othersidespec.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
OTHERSIDE opens in January for spec fic, poetry & nonfiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators 🌈
✨ 8¢/word fiction
📝 $50/poem, $100 nonfiction
♻️ Reprint fiction: $100/story
📅 Jan 1–14: general
📅 Jan 15–21: BIPOC, trans &/or disabled only
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @othersidespec.bsky.social
✨ 8¢/word fiction
📝 $50/poem, $100 nonfiction
♻️ Reprint fiction: $100/story
📅 Jan 1–14: general
📅 Jan 15–21: BIPOC, trans &/or disabled only
Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
From @othersidespec.bsky.social
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It’s been two days since we opened and we have 80+ submissions! Thank you for sending us so much great work! Please don’t be discouraged by a fast response: with so many submissions and so few slots, we’ve already had to decline many wonderful stories.
P.S. We would LOVE to see more nonfiction! 💜
P.S. We would LOVE to see more nonfiction! 💜
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s been two days since we opened and we have 80+ submissions! Thank you for sending us so much great work! Please don’t be discouraged by a fast response: with so many submissions and so few slots, we’ve already had to decline many wonderful stories.
P.S. We would LOVE to see more nonfiction! 💜
P.S. We would LOVE to see more nonfiction! 💜
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More story recommendations! Short stories about monster women hitting all my favorite themes, by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @christinehanolsy.com @catchingwords.bsky.social, plus the novel Greenteeth by @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
medium.com/@katefrancia...
Story recs: Monsters, Mothers, Aging, and Queer Joy
I’ve read several stories this year that are doing really interesting things with the folklore of monsters and women, bringing out themes…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
More story recommendations! Short stories about monster women hitting all my favorite themes, by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @christinehanolsy.com @catchingwords.bsky.social, plus the novel Greenteeth by @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
medium.com/@katefrancia...
We are 5 hours into Thanksgiving break and we have already hit the "stare at Mama and wait to be entertained" stage. Also, dishes. So many dishes already.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We are 5 hours into Thanksgiving break and we have already hit the "stare at Mama and wait to be entertained" stage. Also, dishes. So many dishes already.
Woo hoooooo!!! This is so dang exciting!
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Woo hoooooo!!! This is so dang exciting!