Darusha Wehm
@darusha.ca
they/them
Nebula Award winning SFF author
A fifth of @darklylem.com
Member of @manyworldsforum.bsky.social
Rep: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Latest: Transmentation | Transience
All: https://darusha.ca
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Nebula Award winning SFF author
A fifth of @darklylem.com
Member of @manyworldsforum.bsky.social
Rep: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Latest: Transmentation | Transience
All: https://darusha.ca
Pic: Erica Poole
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Darusha Wehm
@darusha.ca
· Apr 21
M. Darusha Wehm
Science fiction and mainstream books by award-winning author M. Darusha Wehm
darusha.ca
Hi, new folks! I mainly write SF originals and tie-ins. Latests are: Shores of a New Horizon (a Terraforming Mars novel) and Hamlet, Prince of Robots (exactly what it sounds like).
I'm also a fifth of @darklylem.com, whose multiversal political thriller, Transmentation | Transience, is out now!
I'm also a fifth of @darklylem.com, whose multiversal political thriller, Transmentation | Transience, is out now!
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Delighted to see Kap's Needle featured in this list of novellas Darusha enjoyed this year! 🚀
Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle by Renan Bernardo.
A generation ship’s mission has failed and now there’s not enough infrastructure to support the crew. Heavy and intense.
A generation ship’s mission has failed and now there’s not enough infrastructure to support the crew. Heavy and intense.
Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle by Renan Bernardo
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap’s Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong...
app.thestorygraph.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Delighted to see Kap's Needle featured in this list of novellas Darusha enjoyed this year! 🚀
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Cartoon: Loch Nessman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Cartoon: Loch Nessman.
When I first got to New Zealand I went to (the last?) Big Day Out and saw Tool, Rammstein, Iggy & The Stooges, Crystal Castles, MIA, Airborne and more.
When I read these awesome five concert posts I imagine each of them as similar massive, often weird, festival lineups. 👀
When I read these awesome five concert posts I imagine each of them as similar massive, often weird, festival lineups. 👀
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
When I first got to New Zealand I went to (the last?) Big Day Out and saw Tool, Rammstein, Iggy & The Stooges, Crystal Castles, MIA, Airborne and more.
When I read these awesome five concert posts I imagine each of them as similar massive, often weird, festival lineups. 👀
When I read these awesome five concert posts I imagine each of them as similar massive, often weird, festival lineups. 👀
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November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Rush
ZZ Top
The Donnas
Aerosmith
Billy Joel
Rush
ZZ Top
The Donnas
Aerosmith
Billy Joel
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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I’m not entering the Christmas promo scramble.
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
The Cat Operator's Manual - Get the Most from Your New Cuddle Unit
A fresh and quirky guide to understanding your cat, complete with technical information, warnings, insights into all of your Cuddle Unit 5™'s features and modes, and a bonus sticker sheet.
cuddleUnit5.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I’m not entering the Christmas promo scramble.
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
I’m simply gesturing to the killer gift of the season: The Cat Operator’s Manual, and trusting the gays and the cat mums to take it from here.
cuddleUnit5.com
#Novellavember! The novella is my favorite length, so here’s a thread of some of the bangers I’ve read recently.
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon.
A trans woman space scavenger gets more than she bargained for in her latest find. Heartfelt space adventure!
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon.
A trans woman space scavenger gets more than she bargained for in her latest find. Heartfelt space adventure!
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
This is How You Lose the Time War meets Ex Machina: Seth Haddon's science fiction debut, Volatile...
app.thestorygraph.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#Novellavember! The novella is my favorite length, so here’s a thread of some of the bangers I’ve read recently.
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon.
A trans woman space scavenger gets more than she bargained for in her latest find. Heartfelt space adventure!
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon.
A trans woman space scavenger gets more than she bargained for in her latest find. Heartfelt space adventure!
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Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
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As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
The Hugo Awards (2026)
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This is ART
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is ART
Good things do still happen.
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Good things do still happen.
It's just about time for the mini-conference Quasar! Among a bunch of excellent panels, seminars and workshops, you can join me this great group to chat about collaboration.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's just about time for the mini-conference Quasar! Among a bunch of excellent panels, seminars and workshops, you can join me this great group to chat about collaboration.
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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Around Stuart Street Dunedin (and all up Taieri Road/Three Mile Hill)
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Around Stuart Street Dunedin (and all up Taieri Road/Three Mile Hill)
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Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
I am one of those supporters!
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
65% of people in Aotearoa support striking workers!
#StandTogetherForHealth #NZPol #AotearoaUNions #TradeUnions #NZUnions
#StandTogetherForHealth #NZPol #AotearoaUNions #TradeUnions #NZUnions
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am one of those supporters!
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
Naomi’s mum coming in from the top rope: “…you will condemn yourself to a life of bitterness if you decide that there is only one role which will satisfy you and that’s top-billing.”
making a living vs making a life
here is the best advice I have about making your life in the creative arts. it's advice from my mum. it has made my whole life better and if you want to be an artist I think it'll make yours better too:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
here is the best advice I have about making your life in the creative arts. it's advice from my mum. it has made my whole life better and if you want to be an artist I think it'll make yours better too:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
making a living vs making a life
or "can you earn money from your art?" (and is that even the right question?)
naomialderman.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Naomi’s mum coming in from the top rope: “…you will condemn yourself to a life of bitterness if you decide that there is only one role which will satisfy you and that’s top-billing.”
Aw, yes! So richly deserved! And the rest of the shortlist are bangers, too.
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Aw, yes! So richly deserved! And the rest of the shortlist are bangers, too.
My mom, Shona, died yesterday at the age of 88. She was able to be at home with me and Steven and her beloved granddog, Clem Fandango, after a long hospital stay. She had been in a great deal of pain, but we had a lovely day yesterday of music and laughter. She died as she lived: on her own terms.
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My mom, Shona, died yesterday at the age of 88. She was able to be at home with me and Steven and her beloved granddog, Clem Fandango, after a long hospital stay. She had been in a great deal of pain, but we had a lovely day yesterday of music and laughter. She died as she lived: on her own terms.
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I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.
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B&N has dropped their Best Books of 2025 list with 2.5 months left in the year so here's your reminder that "best" is arbitrary, time is a construct, and there are still a ton of good books coming out that shouldn't be ignored just because the credits are rolling early
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
B&N has dropped their Best Books of 2025 list with 2.5 months left in the year so here's your reminder that "best" is arbitrary, time is a construct, and there are still a ton of good books coming out that shouldn't be ignored just because the credits are rolling early