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Natalie Zutter @zutsuit.bsky.social · 13h

THE DREAM

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 13h

let's bring back proper TV writers' rooms and pack 'em full of playwrights because if I've learned anything from IWTV it's that that is where the magic happens

Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 14h

Crying screaming throwing up

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 2d

oh, bless whoever made this

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 4d

@zutsuit.bsky.social discusses how William Bridges’ All of You takes a familiar premise to make something romantic and complex–even if it can't commit to its sci-fi theme:

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Romantic Drama All of You Merely Flirts With the Science of Soulmates - Reactor

Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots resist their romantic fates in a movie that’s heavy on the yearning, light on worldbuilding.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 9d

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
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Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press

REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...

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HAD @havehashad.com · 5d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 10d

@zutsuit.bsky.social recommends some spooky season SFF featuring cannibal sororities, butterfly girl gangs, and more!
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Cannibal Sororities and Butterfly Girl Gangs: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

This month’s TBR looks to be as varied as a bucket of candy after a solid night of trick-or-treating. There’s sour-sweet gummy worms (cyberpunk from Ken Liu and K.M Fajardo). The soulmate pairing o…

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Natalie Zutter @zutsuit.bsky.social · 22d

this is so me lol

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 22d

i am pained to say my most millennial trait might be ending every sentence with an ironic "lol" so people know that even tho i might have typed something important to me, i'm not like SO serious about it. cuz u know. lol. it's like a little detachment. as a treat lol

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23d

They are literally canceling culture

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · Sep 7

Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.

A signed, annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC propped up against a stack of other copies of HIGHER MAGIC with some moon- and magic-themed stickers.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 2, 2025

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Sep 2

@zutsuit.bsky.social highlights fall sci-fi and fantasy by C.L. Clark, Naomi Novik, K.J. Parker, and more.

False Lore and Trickster Time Travel: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Did anyone else blink and summer is nearly over? I’m writing this with a month left in the season, those weird weeks where summer camp has ended (why) but the nights still stay sunny for long enoug…

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · Aug 19

surprise i just dropped a new article! i had a lot of thoughts about how people don't know how to engage with fiction, which ties into chatgpt delusion & book bans among other things. big thanks to @cxorlando.bsky.social for telling me to write about it when i posted a throwaway insta story

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 19

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:

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Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. "Art" - Reactor

Wendy Xu discusses creativity and the importance of getting through hardship.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · Aug 17

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

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Natalie Zutter @zutsuit.bsky.social · Aug 8

Rewatched Freaky Friday and it was a delight, holds up after twenty years. Watched Freakier Friday and it was cute (with the potential to smartly build on its predecessor!) but ultimately too much ageism, unsubtly-winking callbacks, and Lindsay Lohan career Easter eggs in place of real sequel plot.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 8

Freakier Friday: They're running out of franchises to relaunch, but at least we always have Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis

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Freakier Friday Didn’t Learn Its Lesson the First Time Around - Reactor

But Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are having fun, so good for them?

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Natalie Zutter @zutsuit.bsky.social · Jul 21

this is so lovely and clever and is making me tear up remembering how my dad gifted me my own swiss army knife for my ninth birthday (miss you, dad)

Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · Jul 14

greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025

a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planks

the green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · Jul 8

This Prime Day (& every day):

➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference

➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms

➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy

➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases

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It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · Jul 8

Y’all, one of the great joys of bookshop.org is that you can select a bookstore to buy from—pick a fav from a city you used to live in, or a bookstore you’ve always wanted to visit, or your local! If you pick BINC, a percentage goes to indie booksellers who have applied for financial relief. ❤️