Jen Brown ✨ (is revising)
@jenbrownwrites.bsky.social
Bi, black librarian (she/her); Ignyte Award nom'd SFF author; Clarion West alum (Novel Workshop '25); community admin for wehere.space. Stories in FIYAH, Anathema, Baffling, & more.
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y'all, let's get this antho funded. so we can all be 'it' girls, when it releases. ✨
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This is a hard world for Black women and girls. Once in a while, we need a little tenderness. Softness!
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This is a hard world for Black women and girls. Once in a while, we need a little tenderness. Softness!
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the trial of 11 Stanford anti genocide activists has ended in mistrial.
Stanford's claims re damages were obliterated by their own facilities director. This case is ridiculous & deeply politicized.
Call DA Rosen (408)299 3099 & insist he drops the charges.
www.paloaltoonline.com/courts/2026/...
Stanford's claims re damages were obliterated by their own facilities director. This case is ridiculous & deeply politicized.
Call DA Rosen (408)299 3099 & insist he drops the charges.
www.paloaltoonline.com/courts/2026/...
Stanford vandalism case ends in mistrial after 'hopelessly deadlocked' jury
A Santa Clara County judge declared a mistrial Friday in the felony vandalism case of five Stanford University students who had barricaded themselves in the president’s office during a spring 2024 pro...
www.paloaltoonline.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
the trial of 11 Stanford anti genocide activists has ended in mistrial.
Stanford's claims re damages were obliterated by their own facilities director. This case is ridiculous & deeply politicized.
Call DA Rosen (408)299 3099 & insist he drops the charges.
www.paloaltoonline.com/courts/2026/...
Stanford's claims re damages were obliterated by their own facilities director. This case is ridiculous & deeply politicized.
Call DA Rosen (408)299 3099 & insist he drops the charges.
www.paloaltoonline.com/courts/2026/...
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Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows:
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows:
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
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I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
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A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
Mirrors in many guises: describing viewpoint characters – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
y'all, let's get this antho funded. so we can all be 'it' girls, when it releases. ✨
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 AM
y'all, let's get this antho funded. so we can all be 'it' girls, when it releases. ✨
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Lil before-bed request to check out my fashion + space opera anthology!! Would be really grateful for folks to back it. We are 8 days away from wrrapping up and have $4k to go.
✨ WHAT ELEGANT STARS is now funding ✨
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Lil before-bed request to check out my fashion + space opera anthology!! Would be really grateful for folks to back it. We are 8 days away from wrrapping up and have $4k to go.
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Children of Owl is coming fall 2026, y'all.
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Children of Owl is coming fall 2026, y'all.
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This halftime show is so much fun, bro. Like imagine not being able to enjoy this
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
This halftime show is so much fun, bro. Like imagine not being able to enjoy this
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That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.
👀 given that "Bandit, Reaper, Yours" is the seed story for the adult fantasy novel I'm about to query, my WHAT ELEGANT STARS piece miiiight be similar...👀👀👀
@jenbrownwrites.bsky.social published "Bandit, Reaper, Yours" in @bafflingmag.bsky.social. Technically it's not the perfect What Elegant Stars story b/c it's steampunk not scifi, but it's close. Someday if I'm lucky maybe Jen will give me a novella to read.
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-three/...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-three/...
Bandit, Reaper, Yours — Baffling Magazine
by Jen Brown “One hardly expects to be bested by a boutique.”
www.bafflingmag.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
👀 given that "Bandit, Reaper, Yours" is the seed story for the adult fantasy novel I'm about to query, my WHAT ELEGANT STARS piece miiiight be similar...👀👀👀
every year, i'm tickled by the flurry of award-show-related wardrobe analyses. from the mundane to the unsolicited hot takes; from the Met Gala's dapper dandies (that theme still has me in a chokehold), to the Grammy's red carpet flair.
BUT...
BUT...
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
every year, i'm tickled by the flurry of award-show-related wardrobe analyses. from the mundane to the unsolicited hot takes; from the Met Gala's dapper dandies (that theme still has me in a chokehold), to the Grammy's red carpet flair.
BUT...
BUT...
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Please help with a share. It makes all the difference.
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Please help with a share. It makes all the difference.
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ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
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Yes. They also “lost” in Los Angeles last summer and just yesterday they carried out a record number of kidnappings here in the city.
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Yes. They also “lost” in Los Angeles last summer and just yesterday they carried out a record number of kidnappings here in the city.
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Please help little Jamal's family keep him alive through Israel's genocide. Jamal is diabetic, is recovering from burn injuries from IDF attacks, & has a severe chest infection that's giving him breathing trouble. His father Mohammed is w/ him in hospital, & urgently needs help covering the costs:
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Please help little Jamal's family keep him alive through Israel's genocide. Jamal is diabetic, is recovering from burn injuries from IDF attacks, & has a severe chest infection that's giving him breathing trouble. His father Mohammed is w/ him in hospital, & urgently needs help covering the costs:
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@neonhemlock.bsky.social is having an AMA right now and a few authors (myself included) are taking part. So come through and ask some questions, say hi etc. etc.
www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/
www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/
Queer SF/F
A subreddit dedicated to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction that explicitly centers queer characters and themes. Books, movies, games, tabletop RPGs, podcasts, etc are all welcome.
www.reddit.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
@neonhemlock.bsky.social is having an AMA right now and a few authors (myself included) are taking part. So come through and ask some questions, say hi etc. etc.
www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/
www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This. 1000x. One isn't going to save you from the other. (As evinced by protestors, begging police to arrest Alex Pretti's murderer, on the spot, and getting tear gassed by those very same officers in the process.)
We have to defund ICE and the cops. I’m sorry. It can’t just stop with ICE. We gotta go all the way. 🤷🏾♀️
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This. 1000x. One isn't going to save you from the other. (As evinced by protestors, begging police to arrest Alex Pretti's murderer, on the spot, and getting tear gassed by those very same officers in the process.)
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I keep waiting for this, it's a gaping lack in all this talk. They talk about how bad it is that ICE is kidnapping people but don't say a word about rescuing the people who have been kidnapped.
I am glad some politicians are finally, FINALLY, refusing to fund ICE and some talking about abolition.
But where is the screaming, where are the strong words, where is the horror and the remedy for the detention centers? There is no excuse. Free everyone, shut down, then investigate and prosecute.
But where is the screaming, where are the strong words, where is the horror and the remedy for the detention centers? There is no excuse. Free everyone, shut down, then investigate and prosecute.
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I keep waiting for this, it's a gaping lack in all this talk. They talk about how bad it is that ICE is kidnapping people but don't say a word about rescuing the people who have been kidnapped.
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When you're a paramilitary force, they let you do it
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
When you're a paramilitary force, they let you do it
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help
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BACK BY DEMAND 🌹 after 2 sell out print runs The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by @dorothyjberry.bsky.social is back Feb 4, 12p ET!
don't miss your chance to grab this important piece of writing on libraries+archives+memory+black history www.weherepress.org
don't miss your chance to grab this important piece of writing on libraries+archives+memory+black history www.weherepress.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
BACK BY DEMAND 🌹 after 2 sell out print runs The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by @dorothyjberry.bsky.social is back Feb 4, 12p ET!
don't miss your chance to grab this important piece of writing on libraries+archives+memory+black history www.weherepress.org
don't miss your chance to grab this important piece of writing on libraries+archives+memory+black history www.weherepress.org