Ryan
@ryanelz.bsky.social
ryanlerrik.com
Winner of the SLF '25 Grant for Diverse Writers
PSU MFA '23
Tin House/Juniper Institute/Lighthouse Denver
Writing queer and environmental speculative fiction.
Winner of the SLF '25 Grant for Diverse Writers
PSU MFA '23
Tin House/Juniper Institute/Lighthouse Denver
Writing queer and environmental speculative fiction.
This story is likely part of the linked collection I'm working on. Give it a read if you have a chance!
12. Oftentimes it's the little moments in a story that make me fall in love--those quiet moments that articulate a feeling I've had but never really articulated before. See "Equilibrium" by @ryanelz.bsky.social
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Issue #24
“All the Pretty Starships Fly Like This” by J.R. Dewitt: freedom from imperial control / mindships / hot fudge cherry berry”As Big As A Whale” by Avra Margariti: obsession /…
www.fusionfragment.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This story is likely part of the linked collection I'm working on. Give it a read if you have a chance!
It's surreal to be named the winner of anything, but especially based on pages from what I hope will be my debut novel. It makes me look forward to querying in the new year!
2025 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants Winners locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It's surreal to be named the winner of anything, but especially based on pages from what I hope will be my debut novel. It makes me look forward to querying in the new year!
Excited and honored to announce that I am the winner of this year's SLF Diverse Writers Grant!
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Ryan Lerrik is the winner of the 2025 Diverse Writers Grant for their piece "The Definition of Yearning."
Learn more about them here: speculativeliterature.org/2025/12/15/a...
Learn more about them here: speculativeliterature.org/2025/12/15/a...
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excited and honored to announce that I am the winner of this year's SLF Diverse Writers Grant!
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this glacier plaque plus all the poetry on the skyline reminds me of this poem
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
this glacier plaque plus all the poetry on the skyline reminds me of this poem
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Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Mirror Test Is Broken
Either fish are self-aware or scientists need to rethink how they study animal cognition.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
Mark Up | Granta
For an online series, Mark Up, we invited writers to tell us their thoughts on...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
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As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
For Being Green, There Is Great Hope
On verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches
orionmagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
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In a lifetime of reading, it took decades for Jemma Rowan Deer to realize something about herself: she has aphantasia, or the total lack of the ability to produce mental imagery. She describes the condition in the bounds of a container she knows well: the literary review.
Reading in the Dark
"The words move like transparent fish through the lightless world of the deepest sea"
orionmagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In a lifetime of reading, it took decades for Jemma Rowan Deer to realize something about herself: she has aphantasia, or the total lack of the ability to produce mental imagery. She describes the condition in the bounds of a container she knows well: the literary review.
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A reminder on Intersex Awareness Day: all intersex people deserve to live free of forced medical procedures and they should thrive with respect for their bodily integrity.
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“As the first comprehensive international human rights instrument dedicated to the protection of persons with variations of sex characteristics, the Recommendation marks a historic and much-needed milestone.”
This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.
This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.
Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation
The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.
www.ilga-europe.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder on Intersex Awareness Day: all intersex people deserve to live free of forced medical procedures and they should thrive with respect for their bodily integrity.
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Recommended in FF#24: Need some new short story collections in your life? Find out why Yasmeen Amro recommends Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and why @ryanelz.bsky.social recommends Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu.
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Recommended in FF#24: Need some new short story collections in your life? Find out why Yasmeen Amro recommends Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and why @ryanelz.bsky.social recommends Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu.
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
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Story #6 from FF#24: "Equilibrium" by @ryanelz.bsky.social.
What if the accident was past, the damage done, but the horrors of insurance coverage only beginning? What if, finally, you were ready to be the new you?
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
What if the accident was past, the damage done, but the horrors of insurance coverage only beginning? What if, finally, you were ready to be the new you?
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
March 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Story #6 from FF#24: "Equilibrium" by @ryanelz.bsky.social.
What if the accident was past, the damage done, but the horrors of insurance coverage only beginning? What if, finally, you were ready to be the new you?
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
What if the accident was past, the damage done, but the horrors of insurance coverage only beginning? What if, finally, you were ready to be the new you?
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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New micro up Ghost Parachute! Check out everyone!! It's an amazing issue!!
ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
All I See and Hear Is Blue — Ghost Parachute
I snip my fingers, and they land on the hair of the client sitting in front of me, and then they decide to pirouette across her scalp and arabesque along her hairline, so I coo come back, but the knuc...
ghostparachute.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
New micro up Ghost Parachute! Check out everyone!! It's an amazing issue!!
ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
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"Unless you are surrounded only by other queer and trans people, it’s nearly impossible to just exist without explanation. So, moments of happiness and celebration always come at a cost, they always have a qualifier."
"No Offense" Reveals the Hidden Fees of Being Queer in a Straight World - Electric Literature
Jackie Domenus talks about the frustrations of wedding planning while gay and fielding invasive questions about their sex life
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Unless you are surrounded only by other queer and trans people, it’s nearly impossible to just exist without explanation. So, moments of happiness and celebration always come at a cost, they always have a qualifier."
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FF#24 has arrived! Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
February 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
FF#24 has arrived! Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
Excited to share I'm going to be participating in the Juniper Institute summer workshop this year as well! Keeping that writing energy going in 2025.
February 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to share I'm going to be participating in the Juniper Institute summer workshop this year as well! Keeping that writing energy going in 2025.
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Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, Yasmeen Amro, with reviews of Weird Horror from @undertow.bsky.social by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social
The lineup for FF#24 is finalized! Our February 2025 issue will feature stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, Ryan Goderez, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!
February 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, Yasmeen Amro, with reviews of Weird Horror from @undertow.bsky.social by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social
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Another listicle! Featuring a whole bunch of excellent reads (a couple double-dips from my NPR picks) including:
"The Shutouts" by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social
"The Future Was Color" by Patrick Nathan
and
"Wire Mothers" by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social
<3 <3
www.them.us/story/best-b...
"The Shutouts" by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social
"The Future Was Color" by Patrick Nathan
and
"Wire Mothers" by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social
<3 <3
www.them.us/story/best-b...
16 LGBTQ+ Books That Defined 2024
From memoir to poetry to dystopian fiction, this year had something for every kind of queer reader.
www.them.us
November 27, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Another listicle! Featuring a whole bunch of excellent reads (a couple double-dips from my NPR picks) including:
"The Shutouts" by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social
"The Future Was Color" by Patrick Nathan
and
"Wire Mothers" by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social
<3 <3
www.them.us/story/best-b...
"The Shutouts" by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social
"The Future Was Color" by Patrick Nathan
and
"Wire Mothers" by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social
<3 <3
www.them.us/story/best-b...
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We are pleased to share the November issue of #ReviewsInDH. This topic issue on “Digital Pedagogy as Feminist Worldmaking” is from our social justice topic editors @danicasavonick.bsky.social and Kush Patel. reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v5-n11
Vol. 5, No. 11: November 2024 - Digital Pedagogy as Feminist Worldmaking · Reviews in Digital Humanities
Vol. 5, No. 11 of Reviews in Digital Humanities, a peer-reviewed journal that facilitates scholarly evaluation of digital humanities work and its outputs, edited by Jennifer Guiliano (Indiana Universi...
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
We are pleased to share the November issue of #ReviewsInDH. This topic issue on “Digital Pedagogy as Feminist Worldmaking” is from our social justice topic editors @danicasavonick.bsky.social and Kush Patel. reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v5-n11
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
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The lineup for FF#24 is finalized! Our February 2025 issue will feature stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, Ryan Goderez, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!
November 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The lineup for FF#24 is finalized! Our February 2025 issue will feature stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, Ryan Goderez, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!