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Rachael Clarke / R.A. Clarke @raclarkewrites.bsky.social · 5h

HANNA X SPIDERHEAD
Locked away in a clandestine lab, a daring hacker twin, a clone anomaly carrying secrets, and a desperate robotics expert must face malicious oppressors, their origins, their own inner demons & maybe even each other in an explosive bid for truth and freedom. #DVPit #Dis #A #H #SF

A mood board image showing a blad woman, clones, a moody grey green lab-like atmosphere, doctors, DNA strands, a bloody faced woman, and a man with a gun.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Friends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 1d

Jane Barton Griffith was codirector of an AFSC humanitarian project during the Vietnam War. Nguyen thi Mai was a double amputee who came to the center for medical assistance and was later offered a job and invited to live in the AFSC house.

Two Women, One War is Jane's account of their friendship.

REVIEWED: Two Women, One War: An Unlikely Friendship During the Vietnam War

A memoir of a remarkable wartime friendship between a Quaker relief worker from the U.S. and a local Vietnamese woman.

www.friendsjournal.org

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for your kind words!

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 2d

"A plague of gods have given us a bad name
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 2d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

kaleidotrope.net

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 2d

LOVED this!!

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Carl Brandon Society @carlbrandon.bsky.social · 22d

If you're a BIPOC writer trying to find the time to finish your book or want personalised advice for tackling your writing projects, be sure to join us for the How To Finish Your Novel workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after!

events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...

The Carl Brandon Society Presents
How to Finish You Novel
A Weekend Workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa
carlbrandon.org/classes

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 4d

Went to see Trae Crowder perform last night. I haven't laughed so hard in ages. We need comedians and satirists soooo much right now.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 5d

New interview with Marie Brennan today - hear about her Hugo-winning poem, novels, short stories, and some gorgeous art!

@swantower.bsky.social

Author Interview * Marie Brennan

The first-ever Hugo award for a poem was awarded to Marie Brennan at Worldcon 2025. In addition to poetry, Marie is an accomplished author of novels and short stories. Thanks to Marie for talking w…

mynachang.com

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Caroline Anna Bock @cabockwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Yes! #amwriting #amediting

Caroline Anna Bock @cabockwrites.bsky.social · 8d

murphlaw.substack.com/p/season-4-e... on editing, 50th anniversaries, and what's next for @wwph.bsky.social #booksky📚
#writingcommunity📚✍️✍️

Season 4 Ep 10 | Caroline Bock & Jona Colson | Talking "America's Future" with Washington Writer's Publishing House

Some Things Considered with Sean Murphy Featuring Caroline Bock & Jona Colson

murphlaw.substack.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 7d

My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/shor...

Short fiction recs! July and August 2025

It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August. Strange Tales o...

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🩸Spooky Sara🩸 @pashion.bsky.social · 20d

Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 9d

ALERT! THOSE! DEMONS!

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 9d

huge thanks to all the folks reaching out or posting about Uncertain Sons these first couple weeks. it's been really touching. if you have a goodreads or amazon account, and you don't mind leaving a rating/review there, it's much appreciated. might help reach new folks or alert demons to my presence

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 10d

Went to brunch with friends at Busboys and Poets yesterday. Browsed the bookshop and discussed the merits of "trashy" books, TV, and movies. Was a good day.

Busboys and Poets restaurant and bookstore. Patrons eating in the foreground, bookshop in the background.

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks so much for reading!! Yeah, the hope is hard.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 12d

Spear Maidens* Unite! Have just over a month to bring in $3575.

Want to see this go fast?
- Rally, Visibility
- Big $ donations
- Art Shop micro-donations from bigger name creators

We can!

@authorizedmusings.bsky.social @jolantru.bsky.social @christianek.bsky.social @vriccithode.bsky.social

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3575, 64%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 12d

No immediate plans to write more in this world, but I do have some ideas. Thank you for reading!

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 12d

September MicroVerse roundup is out!

Flash Roundup * September 2025

A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…

mynachang.com

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 13d

Great new issue of Writers Resist up today. Read, be inspired, resist. ✊

Welcome to Writers Resist the Fall 2025 Issue – Writers Resist

www.writersresist.com

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 13d

My dystopian flash appears in Writers Resist today. It was written after the election around the question plaguing me: What will it mean to be Black in Tr*ump's America? I hope you'll check it out.

www.writersresist.com/2025/09/24/n...

Mural of a black woman holding a copy of Octavia Butler's "Kindred." Mural by Ashley Cathey. Photo credit: Don Sniegowski

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ghoulzie @gawdz0rz.bsky.social · 13d

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MISSING
Missing since September 16, 2025
Missing from Nottingham, MD
Sheba Avery

Description
Missing Date: September 16, 2025
Age Now: 20
Missing City/State: Nottingham, MD
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Complexion: Dark
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120lbs
Hair Color: Black
Hair Length: Shoulder
Eye Color: Brown

Location Last Seen
Sheba was last seen on September 16, 2025, in the Nottingham area

Circumstances of Disappearance
Unknown

Anyone with information, please contact:
Baltimore County Police Department at
(410) 887-5000
or BAMFI at 877-97-BAMFI
or visit www.BAMFl.org

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 17d

Do you know a high school writer? Have them submit to this wonderful literary journal!

Www.theweightjournal.com

The Weight Journal

Www.theweightjournal.com

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 17d

"I made mistakes once, too, when I was the first historian, nobody else to teach me what to look out for, how to be gentle with the world so it would be gentle with me in turn."

@avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Protectors of the Red, Red Earth - Uncharted

“There is an animal,” I tell my young apprentice, “that can make other species protect it to the death.” Clay keeps notes as we crouch low in the dugout, watching the ant-wasp hill under the soft redl...

www.unchartedmag.com

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 19d

BTW, editors: I've got several more Cherryh essays cooking up that are even more ambitious than this one, so hmu if you're interested.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22d

In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.

reactormag.com/exploring-ge...

Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor

The Chanur series poses key questions about gender roles, expression, and identity.

reactormag.com

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