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Ani King (they/them)
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Michigan writer and stuff. gender noncompliant. Spicy about AI. Anti-Subst*ck. https://aniking.net — Family Night: Stories (Mason Jar Press, 2026) — SmokeLong Submissions Editor — EiC: syntaxandsalt.com (permanently closed)
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · Sep 1
I’m so happy this piece found a home with @claudineliterary.bsky.social: www.claudineliterary.net/aniking

The whole inaugural issue is fantastic!
Ani King | Family Patterns: Cyanocitta cristata
www.claudineliterary.net
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 6h
Submit to gooseberry-pie.com
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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5h
I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 5h
Oh, look, a cover!

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Radiant Star
Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Locati...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12h
- Grim that media barons are buying up mainstream media and making them fascism-enabling propaganda engines

- ULTAGRIM that so many of the big-name journalists escaping that fire are voluntarily leaping directly into a completely separate newsletter website trap set by the same fascists
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as “thought leaders,” researcher warns.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 22h
Hammam is still raising money for a tent for his family, if you can help.
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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d
The translations we're hoping to fund for a Black small press are:
- A story about a Black trans woman in South Africa.
- A story about a Black woman in Zimbabwe who deals with the corruption of the men around her.
- A story about three Black men in Tanzania who must grapple with masculinity.
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...
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The Ubergroup @theubergroup.bsky.social · 1d
Happy pub day to our brilliant Ubergroup author @angieellis.bsky.social !
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 1d
Happy pub day to the brilliant @angieellis.bsky.social !

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A Snake and a Feathered Bird
This atmospheric coming-of-age tale follows Ben, a sensitive boy struggling to unravel his family history while caught in the vortex of other people’s lives. Vancouver Island, 1875. Three-year-old Ben...
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 23h
In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not
www.doesithavepockets.com
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d
Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 3d
Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

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Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market
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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 1d
March for Gaza and Palestine arrives in the Scramble in ShibuyaTokyo.
March for Gaza and Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo March for Gaza and Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo March for Gaza and Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo March for Gaza and Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo
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Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social · 1d
www.smokelong.com/stories/anot... The joy of being part of @smokelong.bsky.social fitness is that you get prompted to read stories long after they were published. This one by @elissafield.bsky.social is amazing.
Another Problem Eels Don’t Need - SmokeLong Quarterly
Cocaine washed into the River Thames and wildlife experts made headlines crying out – not for the traffickers’ lost bump and the chance for thousands of Londoners to stay longer into the glitter of a ...
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 1d
pigwitch
by Rupkatha

"the old sow in the back pen has teeth like splintered moonlight.
She ate a man once, i think. or maybe a god."

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
POETRY by Rupkatha pigwitch  Quote "the old sow in the back pen has teeth like splintered moonlight. She ate a man once, i think. or maybe a god." 6 October 2025 Strange Horizons
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Seph --> FD / FM / FurPoc @sephive.bsky.social · 1d
silkscreen poster design - the goal is to have a run of these printed and ready for furpoc. and yes the yellow will be gold metallic ink ;>
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d
What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 1d
Squeeeeee!! Here it is!! THE FIRST ONE OUT THERE!!!

Thank you @aniking.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️

@sfwp.bsky.social
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 1d
Ahem, in the grand tradition of the comments section: FIRST!

Absolutely delighted to have this out here in the wild(s of urban Michigan). @lumchanmfa.bsky.social dropped another banger!
Picture of a book with a bold blue, yellow, black, purple, red-orange and white cover in a Hawaiian print, with the title BITTER OVER SWEET in all caps.
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 1d
Ahem, in the grand tradition of the comments section: FIRST!

Absolutely delighted to have this out here in the wild(s of urban Michigan). @lumchanmfa.bsky.social dropped another banger!
Picture of a book with a bold blue, yellow, black, purple, red-orange and white cover in a Hawaiian print, with the title BITTER OVER SWEET in all caps.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 2d
Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
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Bright yellow typewriter image on pale jade background. Text overlay:Join us for PROMPTEMBER, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live, write-in, scribble-till-your- scribble-t hands-hurt events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Nov 8 to Dec 14. ABSOLUTELY FREE. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-promptember-2025. SmokeLong logo.
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 9d
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d
I really love this tiny chapbook!
Picture of a small chapbook with a purplish-blue background and a round full moon with abstract light and dark pink flowers.
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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d
It’s Moon Festival today, so I thought I’d share a poem from my tiny chapbook inspired by Chinese folklore 🌕🥮

www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...
The Moon, My Heart In this story, Chang e opens her mouth and I eat the egg inside. Yolk sun in white moon. I finally understand what Teresa Teng meant when she sang the moon represents my heart. She meant immortal mothers and birthday gifts, and the starlit waning of time.
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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d
Happy to have a micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social!
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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 2d
New Microfiction by Elena Zhang! @ezhang77.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/elenazhang
Elena Zhang | Call Me
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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 2d
There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
Please signal boost for sample size! 📖✨
Reader Survey: What Drives Preorders?
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! As an author, I've heard a lot of “received wisdom” about how preorders work for readers, what motivates someone to preorder, an...
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d
Do it! The SmokeLong Fellowship not only helped improve my writing, but it also made my hair glossier and my skin better*!

*some statements may not be factual.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 2d
Emerging writer? Write flash? Feeling isolated? We'd love to help you reach that next step. Apply for The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly
For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer...
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 2d
Yessssss, it’s that time again!!
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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 2d
Happy reading, humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚
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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d
So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!
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