Cyrus Amelia Fisher
@cyrusafisher.bsky.social
horror writer, creepy crafter, chicken dad, not super online. find my work in Pseudopod, Intersteller Flight Press, The Book of Queer Saints, and more. they/any. https://cyrusameliafisher.com/
Okay but it's actually wild how drawing from life so quickly rewires your brain to think about light and shapes so differently. Really helping me understand the balance of defined lines vs soft ones, texture, light... and one day perhaps I will actually be able to execute that understanding lmao
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Okay but it's actually wild how drawing from life so quickly rewires your brain to think about light and shapes so differently. Really helping me understand the balance of defined lines vs soft ones, texture, light... and one day perhaps I will actually be able to execute that understanding lmao
And while I'm here, here's the OTHER drawing I did with @augustw.net in my very own backyard! Does it count as a speed paint if it took me a long time
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And while I'm here, here's the OTHER drawing I did with @augustw.net in my very own backyard! Does it count as a speed paint if it took me a long time
THE GOOSE IS LOOSE! I'm in this thing! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-muddy-...
The Muddy Goose Guide to the Weird Northwest: A Playable Adventure|Paperback
ROLL THE DICE, CHASE THE GOOSE, FACE DEATH, & UNLOCK THE WEIRD NORTHWEST!From the Neskowin Ghost Forest to Desolation Peak, the Northwest is bigger - and far stranger - than you know! Join 24 Oregon a...
www.barnesandnoble.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
THE GOOSE IS LOOSE! I'm in this thing! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-muddy-...
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GOOD
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
GOOD
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Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️
Does anyone know if @augursociety.bsky.social is open to international trans writers right now? The guidelines seem to suggest they're open through the 15th but there's only a portal open for Canadian writers.
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Does anyone know if @augursociety.bsky.social is open to international trans writers right now? The guidelines seem to suggest they're open through the 15th but there's only a portal open for Canadian writers.
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Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
Tor just straight up didn't register the copyright for two of our books, even though they were contractually obligated to do so.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
And for my fellow fans of corporate body horror, I just read "The Day Fair For Guys Becoming Middle Managers" by Rachel K Jones and can't recommend it enough www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-7...
DP FICTION #74A: “The Day Fair For Guys Becoming Middle Managers” by Rachael K. Jones – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
And for my fellow fans of corporate body horror, I just read "The Day Fair For Guys Becoming Middle Managers" by Rachel K Jones and can't recommend it enough www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-7...
God sometimes outlining is the fastest easiest most fun thing in the world, and then sometimes it's like every word is written on one of my molars and I have to extract them one by one
August 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
God sometimes outlining is the fastest easiest most fun thing in the world, and then sometimes it's like every word is written on one of my molars and I have to extract them one by one
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Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.
Related (or maybe the same) is that "I'm going to trick the reader haha" is not a good path to reader investment, but "I am going to delight the reader, haha!" is. They look the same on the surface but they're not. I always advise being generous to readers, not adversarial.
August 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.
This wasn't how I thought I'd start my morning but I'm not mad about it
August 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This wasn't how I thought I'd start my morning but I'm not mad about it
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FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Hemorrhage" by @cyrusafisher.bsky.social on @pseudopod.org
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PseudoPod 962: Hemorrhage
It’s a dumb fight to pick, but I only learn that later. By the time they drag me out the back door of the bar, my face feels the way a Picasso painting looks. All rearranged, and probably the wrong…
pseudopod.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Hemorrhage" by @cyrusafisher.bsky.social on @pseudopod.org
pseudopod.org/2025/02/14/p...
pseudopod.org/2025/02/14/p...
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Doing a pronoun circle with all the other people stuck with me in the Saw trap
July 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Doing a pronoun circle with all the other people stuck with me in the Saw trap
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2025 feels like being awake during surgery
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
2025 feels like being awake during surgery
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I always seek guidance and hope when things are difficult, and I try to share it. Right now all I can think is: show up for your community.
In small and large ways, whenever you can, today and tomorrow and always, take care of each other. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. 🏳️⚧️
In small and large ways, whenever you can, today and tomorrow and always, take care of each other. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. 🏳️⚧️
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I always seek guidance and hope when things are difficult, and I try to share it. Right now all I can think is: show up for your community.
In small and large ways, whenever you can, today and tomorrow and always, take care of each other. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. 🏳️⚧️
In small and large ways, whenever you can, today and tomorrow and always, take care of each other. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. 🏳️⚧️
people cope in different ways. Saw marathon
July 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
people cope in different ways. Saw marathon
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The Medicaid changes won’t go into effect until after midterms in 2027, which kinda says to me that this administration doesn’t want people to remember who did this to them.
July 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Medicaid changes won’t go into effect until after midterms in 2027, which kinda says to me that this administration doesn’t want people to remember who did this to them.
@sillysyntax.bsky.social Can I interest you apparently in some lesbian vampires?
Looking for something off the beaten path? In honor of the Jean Rollin collection currently streaming on Shudder, we're diving deep into his fantastique filmography.
July 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It's here! @conquerorworm.bsky.social and I are doing this crazy thing!
It's here, buddies! In this, the first episode of Shudder Buddies, where we're covering #ChadGetsTheAxe (2022), a movie that suggests it would be very fun to watch a YouTuber you hate get murdered. Or would it?
open.spotify.com/episode/1b3W...
open.spotify.com/episode/1b3W...
June 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's here! @conquerorworm.bsky.social and I are doing this crazy thing!
I hate birds. This eagle was so close to the naked eye and to my phone camera it's a dust mote. This sort of nonsense is going to drive me to a state of frothing madness (buying an actual camera)
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I hate birds. This eagle was so close to the naked eye and to my phone camera it's a dust mote. This sort of nonsense is going to drive me to a state of frothing madness (buying an actual camera)
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Using an LLM to make Bleak House "easier" to read and extract information from, in this context, is like paying for your dinner at a restaurant and then leaving before you can be served.
June 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Using an LLM to make Bleak House "easier" to read and extract information from, in this context, is like paying for your dinner at a restaurant and then leaving before you can be served.
Oh btw ya'll can also find me on here at @ardenellis.bsky.social which is my pen name for writing fun sapphic stuff!
June 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Oh btw ya'll can also find me on here at @ardenellis.bsky.social which is my pen name for writing fun sapphic stuff!
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Would you believe that swimming out to get this shot was NOT the point where I dunked my phone in the creek and ruined it instantly
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Would you believe that swimming out to get this shot was NOT the point where I dunked my phone in the creek and ruined it instantly
So I bricked my phone on a hike with @augustw.net by dipping it into a creek like a donut in milk and I gotta say I'm kind of loving the no phone life. You cannot contact me. You cannot find me. I am with the brook trout.
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So I bricked my phone on a hike with @augustw.net by dipping it into a creek like a donut in milk and I gotta say I'm kind of loving the no phone life. You cannot contact me. You cannot find me. I am with the brook trout.