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Jennifer Crow

@writerjencrow.bsky.social

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She/her. Poet and fiction writer in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Published in Uncanny, Asimov's, Analog, and others. 2023 Rhysling Award winner. Hockey fan, crocheter, and bibliophile. Occasional DM and gamer.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · Aug 26

Over on Patreon, I’ve got some free content to read, as well as monthly essays, reviews, and never-before-published poetry. This would be a great time for your support, as our family has hit a rough patch!

www.patreon.com/poetrycrow

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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♿️ Eva V Roslin (They/She) 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 2d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

www.gofundme.com

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

She’s delightful! Such a fun evening.

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity talked about how important it can be to let creative projects take the time they need to develop (a lesson I’ve long been struggling with).

I wonder how many of us writers tend to think of inspiration as a force or being from outside us, like Kipling’s daemon?

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent event at @eveninghouse.bsky.social with @leannareneehieber.bsky.social! I’m excited to read America’s Most Gothic, and I’ll definitely head back to downtown Buffalo when I need a new read.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Or I apologize for depressing you! Whichever fits!

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

It inspired an autumnal poem, so thank you for posting it!

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that’s lovely!

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

It’s always so, so hard to say goodbye to a small friend.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

I picked up The White Goddess a while back because (naively) I hoped it would talk about, you know, a goddess? The divine feminine? But it was . . . not that.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s commit to sleeping until Saturday morning. It’ll be a tough stretch, but I think we’re capable (and exhausted).

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

We need these kinds of magazines to publish nonfiction. It's a tough time for literary criticism, essays about ideas, creative non-fiction, and I'm thrilled to see Apex is going to take pitches. Support if you can!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 2d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we could just sleep in extra-long.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

I may have wept a single crystalline tear of joy at the news.

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 1d

Fifteen years ago or so, I got a fortune that said, “Avoid compulsively making things worse.”

That turned out to be good advice, but in the time since then, I realized that a whole lot of people needed that fortune cookie and didn’t get it.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

Then LET THEM DIE.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 2d

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, @aliascelli.bsky.social, have you seen this?

The Korea Herald 코리아헤럴드 @thekoreaherald.bsky.social · 2d

A large mobile art installation dubbed the "Hangeul Truck," created by Korean artist Kang Ik-joong in collaboration with Samsung Electronics and the Korean Cultural Center New York, is seen on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

www.koreaherald.com/article/1059...

Samsung promotes Hangeul in US with traveling art exhibition

A large mobile art installation dubbed the "Hangeul Truck," created by Korean artist Kang Ik-joong in collaboration with Samsung Electronics and the Korean Cult

www.koreaherald.com

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

I made sweet and sour pork tonight, and my kitchen is a disaster. If we had a functional government, I’d probably qualify for federal disaster relief.

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

I have met so many amazing people thanks to social media. My horizons expanded greatly, which has led to me becoming much more open-minded. But I’ve put a lot of effort into curating my feeds and finding folks who are creative, thoughtful, and have interesting information to share.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

I just read Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, which was gorgeous and thought-provoking.

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Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 2d

I just read Frankenstein for the first time this year, and the folks who are mad about Del Toro being true to the text are sending me.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Sep 8

Del toro: ~makes a heartfelt, true to Mary Shelly's vision Frankenstein film where the real monster is an indifferent creator horrified by his creation. He abandons it in a cold, unsympathetic world~

Idiots that don't read: WHy IS the MonSter SaD. MAKE HIM KIll mOre

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 3d

After a couple weeks of working on big projects, I realized I can write whatever I want tomorrow with no guidelines or guilt! (I mean, it’s good to have those big, important, deadline-adjacent projects, but I’m a poetry rebel at heart and my words want to be freeeeeee!)

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s not forget the moment of household silence that follows the ever-exciting exclamation, “Oh, shit! Whoops! Damn!” Bonus points if there’s an electrical sizzle in there as well.

Jennifer Crow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 3d

😂 You’re my hero today!