Ellis Nye
@ellisnyeland.bsky.social
SFF short story writer. Any pronouns. I'm ellisnyeland on all social media accounts.
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NonBinary Review Issue #42: Erased From History — Zoetic Press
What we know of history is likely a very small, highly curated set of stories, many of which are only extrapolations from archeological information. It’s the visible tip of the historical iceberg. Joi...
www.zoeticpress.com
Stories:
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
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THIS.
you have the power to say no and you should use it.
you have the power to say no and you should use it.
Finally: people in publishing think that the goal is a book contract and OH MY GOD YOU GOT A BOOK CONTRACT, I mean, yeah, I'll sign!
Look: the person in the upper hand in any contract negotiation is the person who is more willing to say no.
That can be you, at any and every stage of your career.
Look: the person in the upper hand in any contract negotiation is the person who is more willing to say no.
That can be you, at any and every stage of your career.
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
THIS.
you have the power to say no and you should use it.
you have the power to say no and you should use it.
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One of the things I hear a lot is "contracts mean different things than the language in them says and that's why you need a lawyer"
This is generally not true.
This is generally not true.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of the things I hear a lot is "contracts mean different things than the language in them says and that's why you need a lawyer"
This is generally not true.
This is generally not true.
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A list of things I remembered to talk to my doctor about:
1.
1.
December 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A list of things I remembered to talk to my doctor about:
1.
1.
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Living as a refugee may mean survival in the physical sense, but it is also a profound disconnection from your home, people, and culture: "despite the security — what should be a relief after surviving a genocide — I hate it. I hate my time here."
Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad - +972 Magazine
In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me.
www.972mag.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Living as a refugee may mean survival in the physical sense, but it is also a profound disconnection from your home, people, and culture: "despite the security — what should be a relief after surviving a genocide — I hate it. I hate my time here."
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I genuinely wish people didn't react like I'm asking them to wear heavy shackles with spikes inside and bolted to the ground forever when I suggest that good quality masks, even if not worn perfectly all the time, can help them not become permanently disabled 🥲
always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I genuinely wish people didn't react like I'm asking them to wear heavy shackles with spikes inside and bolted to the ground forever when I suggest that good quality masks, even if not worn perfectly all the time, can help them not become permanently disabled 🥲
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Anyway, do I have a cover for one of my novels that's coming out next year? No, not yet. Do I have five minutes to goof off in Canva while I wait for a phone call? Yes, yes I do.
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Anyway, do I have a cover for one of my novels that's coming out next year? No, not yet. Do I have five minutes to goof off in Canva while I wait for a phone call? Yes, yes I do.
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It's a Christmas miracle! FF#1 has re-launched is now available in an e-reader friendly EPUB format and our new PDF format, along with some fresh cover art from @carlydraws.bsky.social!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-1/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-1/
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's a Christmas miracle! FF#1 has re-launched is now available in an e-reader friendly EPUB format and our new PDF format, along with some fresh cover art from @carlydraws.bsky.social!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-1/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-1/
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i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills
IG savedbydesign.tn
IG savedbydesign.tn
December 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills
IG savedbydesign.tn
IG savedbydesign.tn
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For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
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I have worn a mask in public for over 5 years. My husband has had profound, life-changing long Covid for over 4 years, and now our kid does as well. I can’t imagine I will stop masking unless their circumstances change. And for what it’s worth I haven’t had even a cold for the last four+ years.
always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
December 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I have worn a mask in public for over 5 years. My husband has had profound, life-changing long Covid for over 4 years, and now our kid does as well. I can’t imagine I will stop masking unless their circumstances change. And for what it’s worth I haven’t had even a cold for the last four+ years.
I don't know how everyone is making their awards eligibility graphics look so nice, because this took me about an hour.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I don't know how everyone is making their awards eligibility graphics look so nice, because this took me about an hour.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
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wait i thought this was like *common knowledge!* just gotta not run it half-empty. i am confused but also gladdened this is coming around again. thanks for the fact drop.
People who want to get morally superior about how they hand-wash everything really gotta reckon with the fact that machine dish-washing uses considerably LESS water and emits considerably fewer greenhouse emissions than standard handwashing practices do.
(And you save a lot of time...)
(And you save a lot of time...)
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
wait i thought this was like *common knowledge!* just gotta not run it half-empty. i am confused but also gladdened this is coming around again. thanks for the fact drop.
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Gavelbocken DOWN! It collapsed in the wind a few hours ago! You can see the wind picking up, a bit of litter in the air, and then it sways a little; stops; sways and THAT'S IT for 2025
December 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gavelbocken DOWN! It collapsed in the wind a few hours ago! You can see the wind picking up, a bit of litter in the air, and then it sways a little; stops; sways and THAT'S IT for 2025
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This week we're talking about Diana Wynne Jones' most classically horror book yet, in which she tackles her ultimate fear: nice little old ladies. MUCH to unpack in this one
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zencastr.com/z/BitLmcRH
Black Maria by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
What's the good of being civilized? That's what I want to know. It just means other people can break the rules and you can't.
The gender dictatorship, the horror of conformity, the limits of word p...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This week we're talking about Diana Wynne Jones' most classically horror book yet, in which she tackles her ultimate fear: nice little old ladies. MUCH to unpack in this one
zencastr.com/z/BitLmcRH
zencastr.com/z/BitLmcRH
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The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”
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Brilliant. Thank you for your service.
Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brilliant. Thank you for your service.
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This is a great expression of the thing I keep saying about text-generating algorithms: “Hallucination” isn’t some kind of glitch. ALL their responses are hallucinations. Sometimes they align with reality, sometimes they don’t.
December 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is a great expression of the thing I keep saying about text-generating algorithms: “Hallucination” isn’t some kind of glitch. ALL their responses are hallucinations. Sometimes they align with reality, sometimes they don’t.
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America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
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SEASON'S GREASONS
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SEASON'S GREASONS
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there is a very particular charm to spec-fic about relatively obscure historical figures. someone walks onto the page, and I'm like, ah yes, here they are. the puppet master that cursed your library card
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
there is a very particular charm to spec-fic about relatively obscure historical figures. someone walks onto the page, and I'm like, ah yes, here they are. the puppet master that cursed your library card
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Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Just write what you know. If you just write "what you know", you've got three words, and no matter how many times you repeat it, it's still going to be a crappy story.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just write what you know. If you just write "what you know", you've got three words, and no matter how many times you repeat it, it's still going to be a crappy story.
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Somehow, Tiny Tim returned.
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Somehow, Tiny Tim returned.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.