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Parlei Rivière
@priviere.bsky.social
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Parlei Rivière is interested in language, anti-colonialism, and space. Member of SWFA and Codex. My work can be found in Uncanny Magazine.
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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · Aug 29
Working on my Fiction page this morning on my clunky website. Check it out: anticolonialpedagogy.wixsite.com/jbrooks/proj...
Preview page: Uncanny Magazine cover of 3 witches in purple garb, one of the witches is in a gilded wheelchair and has a fox on her lap.
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michellezj.bsky.social
Feels surreal to be able to say this, but my very first published story is out in Clarkesworld today!

clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Missed murmurstations EP 8 with @aijiang.bsky.social?🎙️🎧

Listen back as Sonia and Ai talk about pushing creative boundaries and Ai’s love of blending genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and horror to craft stories that are jarring and refreshing. 📚

Check it out NOW on Spotify and Apple! 🔗 Link in bio!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jun 19
MURMURSTATIONS EPISODE 8 with @aijiang.bsky.social is NOW LIVE!🚨

Join Sonia Urlando and @aijiang.bsky.social as they discuss the strange, uncanny, and horror in Ai's story, "On Land We Drown," from Augur Issue 5.2! 🎣🌊
The background is the murmustations graphic of a woman with blue eyes and fair skin. Surrounding her are shades of pink and purple feathers. The background has an overlay of purple. At the top of the image is a pink bar that has a blue microphone and beside it reads: "New! Podcast Episode Release" in white text and next to it is the augur logo in white. Below it reads: "Episode 08: Ai Jiang” in white text. Underneath that reads: "murmurstations" in white text. On the left side is purple text box and inside of it reads: "Join Ai as she explores the unexpected ways humans interact with the non-human—nature, climate, technology, and spirits. Ai also discusses how she uses familiar settings to depict strangeness and ambiguity in her works including On Land We Drown." in white text. To the right side of the image is a iPhone graphic with the murmurstations graphic with the play, pause, and forward buttons. At the bottom of the image is a white rectangular bar with the graphics of a green Spotify logo and a red Apple logo inside that reads: "Listen now" in black text.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Emily Dickinson rolling in her grave 😭 —
The saddest dash, the sweetest dash —
The maddest dash that grows, —
abegoldfarb.bsky.social Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Scene from OFFICE SPACE with Michael Bolton replying to Samir Nagheenanajar: “No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
priviere.bsky.social
Happy World Linguistics Day from Los Angeles, California!
gretchenmcc.bsky.social Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 7d
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!

(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
superlinguo.bsky.social Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 7d
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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thomasha.bsky.social
the good thing about short stories is that each one is a clean slate. you write one that sucks, write another. write one you love that gets ignored, write another. write one you think is perfect down to the last period, write another. write an ok one phoned in, write another. wait did i say good
December 7, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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tiffscribes.bsky.social
Finally received my copies of Afrofuturism Tales. My first short story sale! 🥰 Shoutout to #FlameTreePress, @isisasare.bsky.social (editor), @nisishawl.bsky.social (foreword), @sandramgray1.bsky.social (intro). #SFF #SpecFic #BlackSFF #BlackSpecFic
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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thisjulieday.bsky.social
You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!
book cover “Sixteen authors, including big names like Martha Wells, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl, celebrate the late World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tanith Lee in this passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.” --Publishers Weekly
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
priviere.bsky.social
I'm participating in #NoNotWriMo this month but something that has always eluded me is how to stay organized. I have hundreds of little snippets of ideas all over the place because that's how I meet my writing goal. How do you all stay organized? #amwriting #writingcommunity #freewrite
An electronic typewriter and cortado coffee sit in the sunlight by a street-facing window.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Excited to share I'll be joining @futurescapesww.bsky.social Long Manuscript Workshop with Miriam Cortinovis! This is a huge step as I've struggled with writing beginnings, so I'm excited to sharpen up my early worldbuilding and get this novel done! #amwriting #speculativefiction #amwritingscifi
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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ludoclast.bsky.social
My first short story in 7+ years is in this issue of Augur. Give it a read! 🍯
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Oct 30
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

🧵
An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
This thread rules.
rsagarcia.bsky.social R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · Oct 1
It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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jcsnow.bsky.social
The Seaglass Blade queer epic fantasy kickstarter launched this morning and hit its initial funding goal in 10 minutes! 🥰

We have unlocked the first stretch goal and I hope we'll reach stretch goal 2 soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...
Book Cover for The Seaglass Blade, by JC Snow
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
priviere.bsky.social
After a year of my laptop not being backed up, and a month after I found the backup drive, can I now say I backed it up and can finally stop panicking anytime I take my laptop somewhere. Ok meteor, you can now crash into my car and destroy my laptop, my novel is secure (pls don't actlly do that)
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Book 1: *My spoiled character doesn't get to enroll in military school and gets grounded on Earth* --> Poor lil dude *pat, pat*
Book 2: *my character experiences horrors upon horrors* --> Please, stop! He's already nearly dead! Think of the children 🥺😭

Sorry/not sorry the plot told me to.
futurescapesww.bsky.social futurescapesww.bsky.social @futurescapesww.bsky.social · Jul 28
💡Writing Tip: Your plot should test your character—not just physically, but emotionally & morally.
Readers remember stories where characters are changed by their choices.

What’s one moment in your WIP where your protagonist has to make a difficult decision?

#WritingTips #SpecFicWriters
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
priviere.bsky.social
I still remember the looks I got when I shopped at Walmart in college for basic goods but we were all supposed to be so socially "aware". Sorry, but I literally couldn't afford underwear at the boutique shop.
shinery.bsky.social IMMIGRANTS MATTER. @shinery.bsky.social · Oct 27
Before I go to bed, unfriendly reminder that boycotting Amazon and other services is just *not feasible* for some people. Income, disability, access to other services, lack of transportation, delivery fees, etc.

It doesn't mean they're "complicit". It means they're a victim of capitalism too.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Trying to push through the disappointment, but at this point 13 rejections / 14 submissions this year (goal was 1 sub / month which I was so happy to exceed) is really weighing on me. I just needed ONE win. Ugh #amwriting #writingrejections
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Awesome masterclass coming up with NK Jemisin through BlueStoop. Can't wait!
Poster featuring a photo of the author NK Jemisin and language describing her upcoming masterclass entitled, "It Builds Character: Finding the Heart of Your Story" on Sunday 12/7 at 1-3p, virtually. Details can be found at bluestoop.org/classes
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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4nikkolas.bsky.social
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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rsagarcia.bsky.social
Day 9, Black SpecFic month recs

1. MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-soul-to...

2. A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-necessar...

3. My free bonus story, 3rd in a series: BISHOP'S OPENING
clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_01_22/

Share & enjoy!
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
priviere.bsky.social
Short stories to add to the reading list
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
priviere.bsky.social
As someone from the West Coast now living on the East, I apologize for pretending we don't live up to every stereotype imaginable out here.
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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theefantomas.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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blackwallmancer.bsky.social
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
priviere.bsky.social
The point about talent vs. skill is so on point. I have no talent as a writer, but it's the one thing I've wanted more than anything. That means refining my skill, studying great writers, and working really hard. My writing is not a product of talent, but obsession. #amwriting #writingcommunity
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM