Syr Beker
@syr.bsky.social
Art/Stories/Immersive at the End of the Anthropocene * Horror Queer * they/them * Author of What A Fish Looks Like (Stelliform Press!)
New social platform, same cat-laddie/ free 🍉/ ACAB/ punnery-before-dignity/ neurofabulous energy. Oceans > AI.
New social platform, same cat-laddie/ free 🍉/ ACAB/ punnery-before-dignity/ neurofabulous energy. Oceans > AI.
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If you've donated to Native Organizer Alliance and want to keep giving, you can check out some of the groups I've uplifted in previous years in this newsletter edition from last year:
Must-Reads and Some Ways to Support Native People This Weekend
"Colonialism has been destroying worlds for hundreds of years."
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November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you've donated to Native Organizer Alliance and want to keep giving, you can check out some of the groups I've uplifted in previous years in this newsletter edition from last year:
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
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🎸Open Call
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
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Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🎸Open Call
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window
💋 Cunty Horrors
🎤 Cursed Concerts
💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles
💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts
💰 Nightmare Grifters
10¢/word+5 copies
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/
This @kristinaten.bsky.social story is an absolute banger. Well done, F(r)iction.
New story day! My twisted fairy tale, “Head of the Household,” is in the winter issue of F(r)iction.
Koschei the Deathless, Slavic folklore’s baddest bad, has met his match in Ira: a mortal woman with a clever plan to take him down. At stake? Ira’s best friend’s freedom. Warning: contains gluten 🥖🩸
Koschei the Deathless, Slavic folklore’s baddest bad, has met his match in Ira: a mortal woman with a clever plan to take him down. At stake? Ira’s best friend’s freedom. Warning: contains gluten 🥖🩸
Head of the Household - F(r)iction
Kristina Ten presents the story of a woman preparing for her high-stakes marriage to an evil immortal lord.
frictionlit.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This @kristinaten.bsky.social story is an absolute banger. Well done, F(r)iction.
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we are going to win
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
we are going to win
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"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
I can't give up on this timeline because it contains the magnificence that is @nassos.bsky.social, and his new story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is everything I needed right now, maybe you too, so here you go. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels - Uncanny Magazine
He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I can't give up on this timeline because it contains the magnificence that is @nassos.bsky.social, and his new story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is everything I needed right now, maybe you too, so here you go. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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Now: Thousands of people in Charlotte have gathered to let Border Patrol & ICE know they’re not welcome here. We will not bow down in the face of Trump’s terror tactics. When our communities are under attack we stand up and fight back!
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Now: Thousands of people in Charlotte have gathered to let Border Patrol & ICE know they’re not welcome here. We will not bow down in the face of Trump’s terror tactics. When our communities are under attack we stand up and fight back!
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
Didn't know a review could feel so vulnerable, loving, and seeing. So deeply moved by this magnificently written review of What A Fish Looks Like by @chloroformtea.bsky.social in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org. What an honor. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/06/s...
Small Press Dispatch: The Thing You Do When Crying Isn’t Enough
Roseanna Pendlebury In Syr Hayati Beker’s What A Fish Looks Like, a book of fairytales is transformed by annotation into a collection of new fables, more suited to the climate-change-ravaged future…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Didn't know a review could feel so vulnerable, loving, and seeing. So deeply moved by this magnificently written review of What A Fish Looks Like by @chloroformtea.bsky.social in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org. What an honor. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/06/s...
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Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
We need your recommendations of works for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider. If you’ve read a recently published work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
In other news this is TONIGHT at A Room of One's Own Bookstore! @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Come see me and the incredible @bpladek.bsky.social and special guests!!
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In other news this is TONIGHT at A Room of One's Own Bookstore! @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Come see me and the incredible @bpladek.bsky.social and special guests!!
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
I LOVE Chicago. The whole city, as a spirit/entity feels ready to fight fascism. I was given a whistle within an hour of arriving. We paused our literary reading to cheer Mamdani victory. Coffee shops are like "morning, comrade, you want an extra shot of espresso in there to help you punch nazis?"
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I LOVE Chicago. The whole city, as a spirit/entity feels ready to fight fascism. I was given a whistle within an hour of arriving. We paused our literary reading to cheer Mamdani victory. Coffee shops are like "morning, comrade, you want an extra shot of espresso in there to help you punch nazis?"
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The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
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California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
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Mamdani speaks.
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Mamdani speaks.
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
This Wednesday in Madison! I get to read with one of my very favorite writers, B. Pladek, @bpladek.bsky.social, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social!!!! We're having a queer/trans open mic! COME ON BY! I'll be reading from What A Fish Looks Like out now from @stelliform.press!
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This Wednesday in Madison! I get to read with one of my very favorite writers, B. Pladek, @bpladek.bsky.social, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social!!!! We're having a queer/trans open mic! COME ON BY! I'll be reading from What A Fish Looks Like out now from @stelliform.press!
I GET TO READ WITH @bpladek.bsky.social at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social !!!!!! This Wednesday, 6pm!
WI/Madison folks: come out to @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social next Wed, Nov 5 at 6 pm to celebrate the magnificent new short story collection from @syr.bsky.social, WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE, out now with @stelliform.press!
It includes an OPEN MIC, so come read! <3
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It includes an OPEN MIC, so come read! <3
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I GET TO READ WITH @bpladek.bsky.social at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social !!!!!! This Wednesday, 6pm!
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I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.
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even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
OK LISTEN. Every story in this book is a banger. This book has had me in tears multiple times. Highly likely this is going to be my favorite collection of the year. Get it now, thank me later!
Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week!
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OK LISTEN. Every story in this book is a banger. This book has had me in tears multiple times. Highly likely this is going to be my favorite collection of the year. Get it now, thank me later!
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Hire me to do grotty black and white drawings in your novel/book/ttrpg sometime maybe :-D i promise maximum GROT and DRAMA
Me! I've been making art inspired by old bookplates and grotty art in adventure books and rpg mags.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hire me to do grotty black and white drawings in your novel/book/ttrpg sometime maybe :-D i promise maximum GROT and DRAMA