Jacob Siefring
@jsief.bsky.social
public library worker. editor @ the empyrean series. translator of books (FR>EN). ottawa, ontario. | jsief.com
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The spinning edge
of meaning breaks
like space waves
in the sky
of meaning breaks
like space waves
in the sky
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The spinning edge
of meaning breaks
like space waves
in the sky
of meaning breaks
like space waves
in the sky
After forty-four stories, hundreds of chapter endnotes, many hundreds of logographs, many fonts (to cover Sanskrit, traditional Chinese, Greek, & use of italics), three appendices… my work on ‘An Account of Marvels and of Beasts’ by Niu Sengru is almost done. Will upload a preview later today.
January 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
After forty-four stories, hundreds of chapter endnotes, many hundreds of logographs, many fonts (to cover Sanskrit, traditional Chinese, Greek, & use of italics), three appendices… my work on ‘An Account of Marvels and of Beasts’ by Niu Sengru is almost done. Will upload a preview later today.
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“Instead of the monumental ‘Who Am I,’ Lu refracts identity to show how we are as much the small hopes we have for our children as the faded memories we have of a distant home. Or the rumors we try to outrun.” Easily one of the most pleasurable reads in quite a while.
Literary Burdens -
Instead of the monumental "Who Am I," Lu refracts identity to show how we are as much the small hopes we have for our children as the faded memories we have of a distant home. Or the rumors we try to ...
frankgarrett.online
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
“Instead of the monumental ‘Who Am I,’ Lu refracts identity to show how we are as much the small hopes we have for our children as the faded memories we have of a distant home. Or the rumors we try to outrun.” Easily one of the most pleasurable reads in quite a while.
revisiting Jeremy Taylor via the Oxford/Clarendon Press anthology of 1930. Marvel at the delicacy, the outrageousness, the lushness of this description of a rose. Witness the rhetoric of eyewitness testimony.
“But so have I seen a Rose newly springing from the clefts…”
“But so have I seen a Rose newly springing from the clefts…”
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
revisiting Jeremy Taylor via the Oxford/Clarendon Press anthology of 1930. Marvel at the delicacy, the outrageousness, the lushness of this description of a rose. Witness the rhetoric of eyewitness testimony.
“But so have I seen a Rose newly springing from the clefts…”
“But so have I seen a Rose newly springing from the clefts…”
“’Am I not a great man?’ I cried, and then I began pacing up and down the room.”
‘Peter Lebrecht: A Tale Devoid of Adventures’ (1795), Ludwig Tieck, tr. Douglas Robertson.
Out in May!
‘Peter Lebrecht: A Tale Devoid of Adventures’ (1795), Ludwig Tieck, tr. Douglas Robertson.
Out in May!
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“’Am I not a great man?’ I cried, and then I began pacing up and down the room.”
‘Peter Lebrecht: A Tale Devoid of Adventures’ (1795), Ludwig Tieck, tr. Douglas Robertson.
Out in May!
‘Peter Lebrecht: A Tale Devoid of Adventures’ (1795), Ludwig Tieck, tr. Douglas Robertson.
Out in May!
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there's a stargate under the greenland ice
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM
there's a stargate under the greenland ice
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“The verse is light and bouncy, preventing the narrative from ever feeling heavy… [Voloshin] insists on always looking on or seeing the bright side—even as that occasionally requires some contortions.”
No need to contort this bright review of SIDETRACKED! www.complete-review.com/reviews/russ...
No need to contort this bright review of SIDETRACKED! www.complete-review.com/reviews/russ...
Sidetracked - Alexander Voloshin
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Sidetracked by Alexander Voloshin.
www.complete-review.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“The verse is light and bouncy, preventing the narrative from ever feeling heavy… [Voloshin] insists on always looking on or seeing the bright side—even as that occasionally requires some contortions.”
No need to contort this bright review of SIDETRACKED! www.complete-review.com/reviews/russ...
No need to contort this bright review of SIDETRACKED! www.complete-review.com/reviews/russ...
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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Impossible to Say: A Review of Glantz (2025) — @jayinnismurray.bsky.social
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Impossible to Say: A Review of Glantz (2025) by Tobias Ryan
By Jay Innis Murray As I think about works that are similar to Glantz, the troublingly great novella by Tobias Ryan, some novels by Saramago come to mind, but the itch I cannot scratch away is the …
thevisionarycompany.net
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Impossible to Say: A Review of Glantz (2025) — @jayinnismurray.bsky.social
thevisionarycompany.net/2026/01/16/i...
thevisionarycompany.net/2026/01/16/i...
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Red brick in the sun. East Garfield Park, Chicago. A couple of mysteries here, too.
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Red brick in the sun. East Garfield Park, Chicago. A couple of mysteries here, too.
well if it isn’t the 21st century information economy again
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others | TechCrunch
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
well if it isn’t the 21st century information economy again
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We all live in the desire
of a far-off magic
of a far-off magic
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
We all live in the desire
of a far-off magic
of a far-off magic
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"Find another title. 'Sentimental education' is terrible." (Turgenev in a letter to Flaubert)
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"Find another title. 'Sentimental education' is terrible." (Turgenev in a letter to Flaubert)
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Feels very "someday you'll meet a nice LLM and settle down. You just haven't found the right one yet!"
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Feels very "someday you'll meet a nice LLM and settle down. You just haven't found the right one yet!"
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It’s unfair that our galaxy has a special name (The Milky Way) but our solar system is plain old Solar System
January 12, 2026 at 2:47 PM
It’s unfair that our galaxy has a special name (The Milky Way) but our solar system is plain old Solar System
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Sunday afternoon.
January 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Sunday afternoon.
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Another apposite Jill McDonald Puffin Post illustration
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Another apposite Jill McDonald Puffin Post illustration
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everywhere i go, there they are
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
everywhere i go, there they are
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begin to prepare to send us your bad science sf/h flash fiction!
Agita is a new triannual online magazine for flash horror and sci-fi. Each issue will contain three flash stories around a theme. The first issue, coming in May and co-edited by Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social), is "Bad Science." Subs open March 1. Details at agitamag.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
begin to prepare to send us your bad science sf/h flash fiction!
unbidden, seemingly from nowhere, fond memories of Schlitz beer return to me, its many slogans, its delicious silica gel
"When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer"
"There's just one word for beer, and you know it"
"No One Does It Like the Bull"
"When it's right, you know it"
"When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer"
"There's just one word for beer, and you know it"
"No One Does It Like the Bull"
"When it's right, you know it"
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
unbidden, seemingly from nowhere, fond memories of Schlitz beer return to me, its many slogans, its delicious silica gel
"When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer"
"There's just one word for beer, and you know it"
"No One Does It Like the Bull"
"When it's right, you know it"
"When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer"
"There's just one word for beer, and you know it"
"No One Does It Like the Bull"
"When it's right, you know it"
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came across the word "camcorder" there. Remembering when that sounded like a normal word
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
came across the word "camcorder" there. Remembering when that sounded like a normal word
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Small fowls fly screaming over the yet yawning gulf, things of that nature
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Small fowls fly screaming over the yet yawning gulf, things of that nature