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M Shedric Simpson
@shedric.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, & dreamer. Nonbinary & neurodivergent. More @ shedric.com
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · 14h
Kai Ashante Wilson ( @wildeeps.bsky.social ) has a new novel coming out in 2027!

"The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" and "A Taste of Honey" were full of heart and hurt and wonder, and I can't wait to see what Wilson creates next.

Consider supporting if you can!
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 5d
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 17d
new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.

"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 16d
Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · 23d
Packed & ready to go.
A small carryon bag on the floor, with a black cat peering out
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · 24d
Ah, what adventuring party doesn’t eventually end up at the Cheesecake Factory of Ill Repute.
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 28d
Looking for some bite-sized horror to read? We have "Beyond Those Shadowed Hills" by M. Shedric Simpson available for FREE on our website.

Read here: https://bit.ly/4mIBwtt
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Sep 8
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
FIYAH magazine cover art
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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · Sep 4
2026 calendars are up for preorder till the end of October! Calendars ship in November! They're saddle-stitched with a hanging hole, 9 x 24 inches large! gdbee.store/products/vib...
Cover image for gdbee art's 2026 calendar. Text: 2026 Vibes. Calendar
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · Sep 4
This made me cry. In just 600 words, this story touches on so many of the things I've been thinking about as a parent living in the US. All the meanings of war, all the gardens that have become cemeteries.

"How To Talk To Your Children About War" by @eaaymar.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social
How to Talk to Your Children About War - SmokeLong Quarterly
You don’t tell children about beheadings, or people burned alive, or crowds cheering at pictures of the dead. You don’t tell them about the indiscriminate nature of bombs, how they’re supposed to be a...
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 18
Such a lovely time at @seattlein2025.org WorldCon! It was so inspiring to meet so many people who’ve influenced me, and to learn from so many amazing authors. Thank you all!
Posing with friends from Lightforge outside the Seattle Convention Center Selfie from the check-in line at WorldCon. Posing with Camden Rose & Cameron Quinn at WorldCon The last sunset of WorldCon 2025, looking out over Elliott Bay from the hotel.
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 16
Thank you so much! And thank you for being such an inspiration!
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 15
Thanks so much!
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 12
Delighted to announce that my little cozy horror story about a melancholy spider rancher is free to read at @chmmagazine.bsky.social !

You can find it at: cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/beyo...
Beyond Those Shadowed Hills – Cosmic Horror Monthly
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 8
I’d love to recommend this story by @meganleebees.bsky.social which was my introduction to the idea of cozy horror.

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Silk Will Hold Her Bones Together | The Iowa Review
Ivan drove her to the hospital again because she wouldn’t stop shouting and he’d had enough of her shouting over new imagined injuries and the bruises from nowhere that she might have done to herself....
https://iowareview.org/from-the-issue/volume-45-issue-3-—-winter-201516/silk-will-hold-her-bones-together
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 4
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
Space Unicorn!
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Aug 1
Hey is that @camdenscorner.bsky.social I see on the cover there?!?!
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 30
A little late this month on the COVER REVEAL, but better late than never!

Thanks to Helge C. Balzer for the fantastic art.
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Jul 27
I will fight any editor who threatens these words.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 27
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

Now, their stories will begin to be told.

Starting here 👇
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been…
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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · Jul 26
Tomorrow! If you're in Seattle, join us for an in-person open mic with Two Hour Transport! We’ll be at the Magnuson Park Amphitheater (6344 NE 74th St), from 5-7PM Pacific. Reader signups start at 4:30PM.

Everyone is welcome! Register for this and more upcoming events at clarionwest.org/events.
Background image shows a crescent moon over a futuristic city. Above, text reads: Clarion West x Two Hour Transport. Center, image shows a monster reading at a microphone for an audience of fellow monsters and aliens, on a stage floating in space. Below, text reads: Summer Open Mic at the Magnuson Park Amphitheater. July 26. In-person event. Signups 4:30-4:55PM PT. Readings 5PM-7PM PT.
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Jul 24
My little story about a troubled spider rancher is out in this month's @chmmagazine.bsky.social --with a lovely illustration by @insanity-inc.bsky.social !

It... may contain spiders... but I hope you enjoy!
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Issue 61 of Cosmic Horror Monthly against a background of rocks, moss, and skeletal leaves
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Jul 21
Did not go into that movie expecting to be crying at the end.
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Jun 12
Deeply honored to have my quantum-entangled starfish & boys struggling with their feelings appear in this issue!
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Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social · Jun 6
Shoreline of Infinity 39 is out now!

www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor...

In paperback, PDF and ebook formats.
Cover of Shoreline of Infinity 39. Pastel pink background, with a green fractal-inspired image. Science fiction stories, poems and articles by: Eugen Bacon /\ Brian Baker /\ Ruth EJ Booth /\ Jamie M Boyd /\ Douglas Gwilym /\ Kenzie Lappin /\ Anja Hendrikse Liu /\ Rachel Plummer /\ M Shedric Simpson /\ Darryl A. Smith /\ Oliver Smith /\ Anna Ziegelhof Winning story of Cymera Festival/Shoreline of Infinity science fiction short story competition for Scottish writers. Winning writer and story to be announce at Cymera Festival, 7th June 2025 and Stunning original artwork Book reviews
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M Shedric Simpson @shedric.bsky.social · Jun 8
Thank you so much for the kind words!
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Jun 7
Read "What the Sky Recalls" by @shedric.bsky.social in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-20/. For all your quiet, aching, and lovely post-apocalyptic needs.
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