Adele Gardner
@adelegardnercastle.bsky.social
Writer, artist, lover of libraries. They/them, Mx. Genderfluid, bi. Creator of 500+ published stories, poems, art, & articles in Analog, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, & more. Literary executor for Delbert R. Gardner. https://gardnercastle.com
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MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️
The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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![MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns in 2026
At least that’s the goal! And the first phase is underway, with the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!)
In a celebration of Mythic Delirium-enabled debuts, we’ve made C.S.E. Cooney’s BONE SWANS—which turned 10 years old this year—Barbara Krasnoff’s THE HISTORY OF SOUL 2065, and Yukimi Ogawa’s LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT available at HUGE discounts [US Only] in e-book AND paperback editions, WITH pre-orders of LANGUAGE OF KNIVES + shipping costs included in the prices!
Please check it out & spread the word—all found here: https://bit.ly/BoneSwans10th](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:34kxslvwt3munerk3wppza6w/bafkreiftcu2krcb6ustnsonv7ez7x56udhhashfp6xtq7ol4qdtdzuumiy@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️
The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)
Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
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Please note this updated information about the reading this Saturday, including a time change
WHEN: Saturday, NOV. 15TH, FROM 10:30 AM TO 2:30 PM
WHERE: Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre (1/2)
WHEN: Saturday, NOV. 15TH, FROM 10:30 AM TO 2:30 PM
WHERE: Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre (1/2)
As Adele Gardner, I'll be reading poetry as part of the upcoming Poetry Society of Virginia event!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Please note this updated information about the reading this Saturday, including a time change
WHEN: Saturday, NOV. 15TH, FROM 10:30 AM TO 2:30 PM
WHERE: Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre (1/2)
WHEN: Saturday, NOV. 15TH, FROM 10:30 AM TO 2:30 PM
WHERE: Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre (1/2)
POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA HOLIDAY POETRY PARTY
WHEN: December 13th, 2025, Saturday
TIME: 12 PM-3 PM
PLACE: Fords Colony Country Club, 240 Ford’s Colony
Country Club, Williamsburg, VA, 23188
As Adele Gardner, I will be reading poetry during the Open Mic portion of this PSV event.
WHEN: December 13th, 2025, Saturday
TIME: 12 PM-3 PM
PLACE: Fords Colony Country Club, 240 Ford’s Colony
Country Club, Williamsburg, VA, 23188
As Adele Gardner, I will be reading poetry during the Open Mic portion of this PSV event.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA HOLIDAY POETRY PARTY
WHEN: December 13th, 2025, Saturday
TIME: 12 PM-3 PM
PLACE: Fords Colony Country Club, 240 Ford’s Colony
Country Club, Williamsburg, VA, 23188
As Adele Gardner, I will be reading poetry during the Open Mic portion of this PSV event.
WHEN: December 13th, 2025, Saturday
TIME: 12 PM-3 PM
PLACE: Fords Colony Country Club, 240 Ford’s Colony
Country Club, Williamsburg, VA, 23188
As Adele Gardner, I will be reading poetry during the Open Mic portion of this PSV event.
As Adele Gardner, I'll be reading poetry as part of the upcoming Poetry Society of Virginia event!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
As Adele Gardner, I'll be reading poetry as part of the upcoming Poetry Society of Virginia event!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
EVENT: Eastern Region reading
PLACE: Williamsburg Regional Library at 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, in the Theatre
DATE: November 15th, Saturday
TIME: From 1 PM to 4:30 PM.
I look forward to it!
For this spooky season, I'm thrilled to announce two recent poems appearing in Hippocampus Press publications!
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For this spooky season, I'm thrilled to announce two recent poems appearing in Hippocampus Press publications!
A new blog post by Max Jason Peterson is live! sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/10/prom...
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART THREE, by Max Jason Peterson
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October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A new blog post by Max Jason Peterson is live! sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/10/prom...
The Jackanapes Press Halloween poetry sale is here, including Halloween Hearts by Adele Gardner! Through Sunday, October 26, you can SAVE 25% on any of their Halloween poetry!
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Jackanapes Press Halloween poetry sale is here, including Halloween Hearts by Adele Gardner! Through Sunday, October 26, you can SAVE 25% on any of their Halloween poetry!
I had a wonderful time reading at Iris Arts on Saturday. Thank you so much to Cathie Abell Nelson and Serena Fusek for hosting and organizing, and to everyone who attended! You're all so encouraging, and it was so much fun.
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I had a wonderful time reading at Iris Arts on Saturday. Thank you so much to Cathie Abell Nelson and Serena Fusek for hosting and organizing, and to everyone who attended! You're all so encouraging, and it was so much fun.
Please join me this Saturday for a reading of Halloween Hearts!
Please join me for a poetry reading on October 18th, 1-3pm, at Iris Art and Framing!
October 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Please join me this Saturday for a reading of Halloween Hearts!
It's that time of year again! Get into the Halloween spirit with your own copy of Halloween Hearts by Adele Gardner. www.jackanapespress.com/product/hall...
Halloween Hearts
Note on signed books: Personalized inscriptions from the author are only possible with preorders. Artist/designer Dan Sauer is available to...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's that time of year again! Get into the Halloween spirit with your own copy of Halloween Hearts by Adele Gardner. www.jackanapespress.com/product/hall...
The Ninth issue of Bluff & Vine is here, containing two Gardner poems! "Man in Passage, 1972" by Delbert R. Gardner and "The Ghosts of Winters Past" by Adele Gardner are included.
It is available in paperback on Amazon, and a digital/Kindle version will be coming in a day or two.
It is available in paperback on Amazon, and a digital/Kindle version will be coming in a day or two.
Bluff & Vine: Issue Nine: A Literary Review
Amazon.com: Bluff & Vine: Issue Nine: A Literary Review: 9798267587990: Writes, Keuka, Andrasik, Alex, Snyder, Bethany: Libros
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October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Ninth issue of Bluff & Vine is here, containing two Gardner poems! "Man in Passage, 1972" by Delbert R. Gardner and "The Ghosts of Winters Past" by Adele Gardner are included.
It is available in paperback on Amazon, and a digital/Kindle version will be coming in a day or two.
It is available in paperback on Amazon, and a digital/Kindle version will be coming in a day or two.
Please join me for a poetry reading on October 18th, 1-3pm, at Iris Art and Framing!
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please join me for a poetry reading on October 18th, 1-3pm, at Iris Art and Framing!
The 2026 Duck Prints Press calendar will include two paintings by Max Jason Peterson!
"Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson appear in this calendar, and are also available as art prints! To see a larger version of the artworks, simply click on the thumbnails in the art prints section.
"Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson appear in this calendar, and are also available as art prints! To see a larger version of the artworks, simply click on the thumbnails in the art prints section.
Pre-Order Your 2026 Calendar & Art Prints Today! – Duck Prints Press
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September 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The 2026 Duck Prints Press calendar will include two paintings by Max Jason Peterson!
"Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson appear in this calendar, and are also available as art prints! To see a larger version of the artworks, simply click on the thumbnails in the art prints section.
"Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson appear in this calendar, and are also available as art prints! To see a larger version of the artworks, simply click on the thumbnails in the art prints section.
Max Jason Peterson will be on an October Panel for Duck Prints Press -- details below!
October Panel: Writing Tools and Techniques
Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: 9 a.m. Eastern time
Panelists: Dei Walker, J. D. Rivers, Alex Bauer, and Max Jason Peterson
October Panel: Writing Tools and Techniques
Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: 9 a.m. Eastern time
Panelists: Dei Walker, J. D. Rivers, Alex Bauer, and Max Jason Peterson
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September 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Max Jason Peterson will be on an October Panel for Duck Prints Press -- details below!
October Panel: Writing Tools and Techniques
Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: 9 a.m. Eastern time
Panelists: Dei Walker, J. D. Rivers, Alex Bauer, and Max Jason Peterson
October Panel: Writing Tools and Techniques
Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: 9 a.m. Eastern time
Panelists: Dei Walker, J. D. Rivers, Alex Bauer, and Max Jason Peterson
Includes two of my watercolor paintings, "Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson 💙
Get your 2026 calendar of queer art, featuring 12 gorgeous now through Sept 15. We're also offering art prints of each individual piece. Forget Christmas - the holidays on this holiday are queer, such as Bi Day of Visibility. Learn more and get yours: duckprintspress.com/2026-queer-a...
September 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Includes two of my watercolor paintings, "Treasure" and "Snow Heart" by Max Jason Peterson 💙
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Get your 2026 calendar of queer art, featuring 12 gorgeous now through Sept 15. We're also offering art prints of each individual piece. Forget Christmas - the holidays on this holiday are queer, such as Bi Day of Visibility. Learn more and get yours: duckprintspress.com/2026-queer-a...
September 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Get your 2026 calendar of queer art, featuring 12 gorgeous now through Sept 15. We're also offering art prints of each individual piece. Forget Christmas - the holidays on this holiday are queer, such as Bi Day of Visibility. Learn more and get yours: duckprintspress.com/2026-queer-a...
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Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
🌈📚
📚💙
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
🌈📚
📚💙
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Our Patreon drive is through Sept 30 (freebies all backers!), so we’ve talked a lot about the rewards we offer. Here’s another: backers $7/month+ get monthly lit-con-style panels! The September panel, Navigating Author-Editor Relationships, is TOMORROW. Learn more: www.patreon.com/c/duckprints...
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our Patreon drive is through Sept 30 (freebies all backers!), so we’ve talked a lot about the rewards we offer. Here’s another: backers $7/month+ get monthly lit-con-style panels! The September panel, Navigating Author-Editor Relationships, is TOMORROW. Learn more: www.patreon.com/c/duckprints...
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Artists in the calendar include
@deathbycoldopen.bsky.social @maybarros.com.br @mizushiba.bsky.social @radicalhoodie.bsky.social @sweveris.bsky.social @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social @sheasullivan.bsky.social and @aceriee.bsky.social (one artist doesn't have a Bluesky that I know of)
@deathbycoldopen.bsky.social @maybarros.com.br @mizushiba.bsky.social @radicalhoodie.bsky.social @sweveris.bsky.social @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social @sheasullivan.bsky.social and @aceriee.bsky.social (one artist doesn't have a Bluesky that I know of)
August 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Artists in the calendar include
@deathbycoldopen.bsky.social @maybarros.com.br @mizushiba.bsky.social @radicalhoodie.bsky.social @sweveris.bsky.social @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social @sheasullivan.bsky.social and @aceriee.bsky.social (one artist doesn't have a Bluesky that I know of)
@deathbycoldopen.bsky.social @maybarros.com.br @mizushiba.bsky.social @radicalhoodie.bsky.social @sweveris.bsky.social @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social @sheasullivan.bsky.social and @aceriee.bsky.social (one artist doesn't have a Bluesky that I know of)
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This week's free spec rec is the heartbreaking poem "Hyapollo" by @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social in Orion's Beau.
www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...
"he stared straight into the Sun / and saw only me"
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write #dcrecs
www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...
"he stared straight into the Sun / and saw only me"
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write #dcrecs
Summer 2025, Hyapollo
Orion's Beau is a free digital arts & literary journal specializing in LGBTQ+ works of fantasy and speculative fiction. By publishing short stories, poems, and illustrations by LGBTQ+ authors and crea...
www.orionsbeau.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This week's free spec rec is the heartbreaking poem "Hyapollo" by @adelegardnercastle.bsky.social in Orion's Beau.
www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...
"he stared straight into the Sun / and saw only me"
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write #dcrecs
www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...
"he stared straight into the Sun / and saw only me"
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write #dcrecs
A new blog post by Adele Gardner has been published!
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART TWO, by Adele Gardner, aka Max Jason Peterson
Want a dose of inspiration? I'm back with more prompts!
sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/08/prom...
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART TWO, by Adele Gardner, aka Max Jason Peterson
Want a dose of inspiration? I'm back with more prompts!
sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/08/prom...
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART TWO, by Adele Gardner, aka Max Jason Peterson
sandinourshorts.blogspot.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A new blog post by Adele Gardner has been published!
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART TWO, by Adele Gardner, aka Max Jason Peterson
Want a dose of inspiration? I'm back with more prompts!
sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/08/prom...
PROMPTS TO INSPIRE YOU, PART TWO, by Adele Gardner, aka Max Jason Peterson
Want a dose of inspiration? I'm back with more prompts!
sandinourshorts.blogspot.com/2025/08/prom...
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and! in late August we'll be doing a pre-order campaign for a calendar and postcard set featuring all the Patreon art made from Aug 2024 to July 2025!
Treasure, a watercolor painting by Max Jason Peterson, made its debut in July 2025 for the Duck Prints Press Patreon art fulfillment.
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
Get more from Duck Prints Press on Patreon
creating Books
www.patreon.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
and! in late August we'll be doing a pre-order campaign for a calendar and postcard set featuring all the Patreon art made from Aug 2024 to July 2025!
"My Queen's Last Gift" by Adele Gardner has been selected for this year's Rhysling Anthology!
The 2025 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2024, edited by Pixie Bruner, Rhysling Chair 2025, and selected by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
The 2025 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2024, edited by Pixie Bruner, Rhysling Chair 2025, and selected by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
Science Fiction Poetry Association
Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
sfpoetry.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"My Queen's Last Gift" by Adele Gardner has been selected for this year's Rhysling Anthology!
The 2025 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2024, edited by Pixie Bruner, Rhysling Chair 2025, and selected by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
The 2025 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2024, edited by Pixie Bruner, Rhysling Chair 2025, and selected by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
Treasure, a watercolor painting by Max Jason Peterson, made its debut in July 2025 for the Duck Prints Press Patreon art fulfillment.
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
Get more from Duck Prints Press on Patreon
creating Books
www.patreon.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Treasure, a watercolor painting by Max Jason Peterson, made its debut in July 2025 for the Duck Prints Press Patreon art fulfillment.
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
These artworks are provided to the press's Patreon members.
Members may now also purchase art from previous months.
@duckprintspress.com
My sestina, "Apollo 17 and Beyond" by Adele Gardner, is now available in print and electronic format in Star*Line 48.3, Summer 2025.
Here's more about Star*Line. The new issue will appear on the website soon:
sfpoetry.com/starline.html
Here's more about Star*Line. The new issue will appear on the website soon:
sfpoetry.com/starline.html
Science Fiction Poetry Association
Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
sfpoetry.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My sestina, "Apollo 17 and Beyond" by Adele Gardner, is now available in print and electronic format in Star*Line 48.3, Summer 2025.
Here's more about Star*Line. The new issue will appear on the website soon:
sfpoetry.com/starline.html
Here's more about Star*Line. The new issue will appear on the website soon:
sfpoetry.com/starline.html