ErinLindiCairns
@erincairns.bsky.social
Writer, artist, caffeine addict and cat-person. Perpetually exhausted, occasionally well-dressed.
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Inkfounder and tag wrangler at InkFoundry.net
If I followed you, it's because I liked something you wrote
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@erincairns.bsky.social
· Nov 22
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
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If your story was written by AI, you didn’t actually write it, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If your story was written by AI, you didn’t actually write it, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
P. A Cornell's stories are always a pleasure to read :) definitely check out her work. My cornell Playlist starts off with 'Hard Times at the Four Pines' and then "Once upon a time at the Oakmont" and _then_ "After the Rain"
And then I imagine you'll be hooked by then :)
And then I imagine you'll be hooked by then :)
If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out!
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December 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
P. A Cornell's stories are always a pleasure to read :) definitely check out her work. My cornell Playlist starts off with 'Hard Times at the Four Pines' and then "Once upon a time at the Oakmont" and _then_ "After the Rain"
And then I imagine you'll be hooked by then :)
And then I imagine you'll be hooked by then :)
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If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out!
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out!
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
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"Each of the eight stories here finds a different path into the world where the Red Tower holds sway..."
Lovely review from Erica Ruppert of Ligotti-inspired anthology We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower:
www.nerdgoblin.com/read-this-we...
Lovely review from Erica Ruppert of Ligotti-inspired anthology We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower:
www.nerdgoblin.com/read-this-we...
Read This: We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower - Erica Ruppert's NerdGoblin.com
We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower fully captures the unease, the unnaturalness, and the sheer weirdness of Ligotti's original.
www.nerdgoblin.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Each of the eight stories here finds a different path into the world where the Red Tower holds sway..."
Lovely review from Erica Ruppert of Ligotti-inspired anthology We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower:
www.nerdgoblin.com/read-this-we...
Lovely review from Erica Ruppert of Ligotti-inspired anthology We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower:
www.nerdgoblin.com/read-this-we...
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Can't wait to talk with Linda D. Addison tomorrow! If you'd like to see more of Linda's amazing poetry, check out her website!
@nytebird45.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Linda D. Addison Writer
A Quasar Project
www.lindaaddisonwriter.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Can't wait to talk with Linda D. Addison tomorrow! If you'd like to see more of Linda's amazing poetry, check out her website!
@nytebird45.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Occasionally I feel self conscious about how much I pour into the things I do, and then I inevitably see something that restores my faith in humanity's capacity for passion
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Occasionally I feel self conscious about how much I pour into the things I do, and then I inevitably see something that restores my faith in humanity's capacity for passion
"Just beneath the hovercar lanes, in a Toronto very much like ours, sits an unassuming diner called Rocket Ray’s. There, Shoeshine Boy spots the girl of his dreams—if his dreams ever got that good."
AHHH!!!! Preordered!!!
AHHH!!!! Preordered!!!
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Just beneath the hovercar lanes, in a Toronto very much like ours, sits an unassuming diner called Rocket Ray’s. There, Shoeshine Boy spots the girl of his dreams—if his dreams ever got that good."
AHHH!!!! Preordered!!!
AHHH!!!! Preordered!!!
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:0 all this can be yours and more for the low low price of zero dollars.
We're excited to share Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025!! This free bundle (available in PDF/EPUB) gathers a few of our excellent short stories from the year into one place, including works by @wenyilee.bsky.social, @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social, @tadethompson.bsky.social, & @isabel.kim!
Download Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025! - Reactor
Were you intimidated by our impressive list of All of Reactor’s Short Fiction in 2025? Do you want to dive in, but don’t know where to begin? Try our new short fiction bundle! Our new bundle, Reactor ...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
:0 all this can be yours and more for the low low price of zero dollars.
I absolutely adore this story. clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/
We, the Fleet by Alex T. Singer
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I absolutely adore this story. clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/
Making Christmas gifts :) the Holiday themed ones haven't been printed yet, but I'm more excited to make ones for specific people.
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Making Christmas gifts :) the Holiday themed ones haven't been printed yet, but I'm more excited to make ones for specific people.
Please support your local wikipedia. It is everyone's local wikipedia.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please support your local wikipedia. It is everyone's local wikipedia.
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My story “Puparium” got reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My story “Puparium” got reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
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Esses dias recebi o ARC de Cabaret in Flames (que chiqueee), o novo livro de @hachepueyo.bsky.social que está saindo pela Tor. Para quem não sabe, a história é uma versão ampliada da noveleta Cabaré em Chamas, publicada em janeiro de 2020 pela Revista Mafagafo!
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Esses dias recebi o ARC de Cabaret in Flames (que chiqueee), o novo livro de @hachepueyo.bsky.social que está saindo pela Tor. Para quem não sabe, a história é uma versão ampliada da noveleta Cabaré em Chamas, publicada em janeiro de 2020 pela Revista Mafagafo!
Get radicalized on a Tuesday. youtu.be/W8Z3MfNpJpE?...
Greed is Destroying the World
YouTube video by Drew Gooden
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December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Get radicalized on a Tuesday. youtu.be/W8Z3MfNpJpE?...
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Feels surreal to be able to say this, but my very first published story is out in Clarkesworld today!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Feels surreal to be able to say this, but my very first published story is out in Clarkesworld today!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jin_12_25/
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
So I made a caramel sauce with banana milk today and... okay, do that. Just trust me. It's soooo good.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So I made a caramel sauce with banana milk today and... okay, do that. Just trust me. It's soooo good.
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Today Psychopomp & Circumstance hits UK shelves!
A Southern Gothic with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house & a sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audio.
Thank you to the phenomenal @csecooney.bsky.social for these lovely words.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
A Southern Gothic with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house & a sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audio.
Thank you to the phenomenal @csecooney.bsky.social for these lovely words.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today Psychopomp & Circumstance hits UK shelves!
A Southern Gothic with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house & a sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audio.
Thank you to the phenomenal @csecooney.bsky.social for these lovely words.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
A Southern Gothic with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house & a sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audio.
Thank you to the phenomenal @csecooney.bsky.social for these lovely words.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
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Oh hey who would like a Gothic in space with a creepy spaceship that disappears children?
It's this way
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It's this way
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP by @aliettedebodard.com is on sale at the moment in the UK! Only £1.99…
• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Ship-...
This edition published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Ship-...
This edition published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
In the Shadow of the Ship ebook by Aliette de Bodard - Rakuten Kobo
Read "In the Shadow of the Ship" by Aliette de Bodard available from Rakuten Kobo. When she was sixteen, Khuyên left behind her family, the decaying sentient spaceship Nightjar, and the Tribute—the re...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oh hey who would like a Gothic in space with a creepy spaceship that disappears children?
It's this way
👇
It's this way
👇
This story caught my eye this morning. It's quiet and powerful and it makes me angry in all the ways a good, hard story should.
My new literary flash story is out in Blue Lake Review. For decades, I worked in public schools teaching my students literature and art and how to hide in dark and quiet classrooms. My story takes a fantastic view of this horror our society lives with. bluelakereview.weebly.com/a-runaway-bu...
A Runaway Bullet Runs Through Our Town
A Runaway Bullet Runs Through Our Town Sam Pisciotta S ometimes it ricochets off the side of a building or pings the hood of a car. I fucking freeze. Like Pavlov’s dog, I can’t help myself....
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November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This story caught my eye this morning. It's quiet and powerful and it makes me angry in all the ways a good, hard story should.
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"Don't post if you don't want random strangers to reply" remains one of the most most hilariously illogical things I have seen people say on social media.
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Don't post if you don't want random strangers to reply" remains one of the most most hilariously illogical things I have seen people say on social media.
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
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Whenever I attempt to plan out short stories they never fail to head in directions I don’t expect when I actually start writing 😂😶🌫️
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Whenever I attempt to plan out short stories they never fail to head in directions I don’t expect when I actually start writing 😂😶🌫️
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Yesterday I posted about my favorite novellas of the year, and today I'm posting about my favorite short fiction collections of 2025.
acwise.net/favorite-col...
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Favorite Collections of 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yesterday I posted about my favorite novellas of the year, and today I'm posting about my favorite short fiction collections of 2025.
acwise.net/favorite-col...
acwise.net/favorite-col...