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Mar Vincent

@marofthebooks.bsky.social

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SFFH stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. I stand for human creativity, coffee, petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/ 🎵And I’m writing a novel, because it’s never been done before. 🎵

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Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social · 11d

Another opportunity to win a copy of THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE

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Book giveaway for The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale Sep 27-Oct 07, 2025

Enter to win one of 1 free copy available. Giveaway dates from Sep 27-Oct 07, 2025. In celebration of its release, we're giving away a copy of THE ESSENT...

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Definitely a chocolate ganache cheesecake for breakfast sort of day.

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 16d

👀👀👀

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 16d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Yes pleeeeeeeease. 😭😭😪

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · 16d

More sleep, or more coffee?

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Remember: there's no audience for AI-produced content. Nobody in the AI ecosystem is there to read or listen - only to publish their own slop.

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Apr 15

The real pitch, of course, isn't to consume the slop, but to join the exalted ranks of slop producers. The typical slop middleman makes an "AI company" - they run the gamut from Grammarly to Synthetic Users - and resells the processed slop with the same pitch: you too can now make slop.

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

The weather has gone from unbearably hot to cozy sweaters and warm beverages rather abruptly.

The morning weather, at least.

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Hearth Stories @hearthstories.bsky.social · Sep 1

We open up for submissions tomorrow! (Happy labor day)

Speculative (fantasy, generally) short fiction (1k-10k words) in non-technological settings. Take a look/we'd love to hear from you starting tomorrow!

hearthstories.org/submissions....

#writingcommunity

Hearth Stories: Submissions

Submission guidelines for Hearth Stories magazine. What to send, what not to send, when to send, where to send.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Sep 7

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!

We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.

Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not particularly helpful that this computer will sort files by date but, when I upload a new one, not put it in chronological order.

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

That’s a good point. Not everyone will take humor the same way.

Haha, but horror with humor? That’s like writing on hard mode. 😂

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

LOL yeah no romance is a whole other level of impossible. 😅

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh yeah, very true.

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

What is hard to write, horror or humor?

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s still obnoxiously hot where I’m at—I’ll try to send some of our weather your way.

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh I hope so, I’ve got plenty of short stories to share! 📖

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Aug 27

Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

GOOD

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

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

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tell these sorts that you’re not accepting criticism from people who lack taste.

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sounds like an unnecessary person.

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Important question:

When making toast with jam/jelly/preserves, do you butter your toast first?

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

So true. 😭

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

How to get good story ideas at bedtime: espresso ice cream

How to get no sleep at bedtime: espresso ice cream

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · Aug 23

Also--

Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon!

Deadline: September 1, 2025.

Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Calling all writers, SFWA or not! You might be eligible to join a class action lawsuit. Deadline: September 1, 2025.

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Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m planning on it!

Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social · Aug 22

When you finally have time to sit down and start writing something new and can’t decide where to start. 🥲