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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 2d

Like in the 70s?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ann VanderMeer @annvandermeer.bsky.social · 2d

Read a banned book today!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about joining us for StoryADay November? Here's are my time-tested tips for writing a StoryADay without burning out: storyaday.org/start-here/s...

How To Write A StoryADay Without Burning Out – StoryADay

Writing a story a day is hard. No doubt about it.

storyaday.org

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 13d

ICYMI

Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 14d

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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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 13d

The 27 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#HOPE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 17d

Been working hard recently and my brain is 'noping' all over anything writing-related. Not too worried about it. Listening to some unfamiliar music on BBC Radio 6 and trusting that the urge to create will return tomorrow.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 18d

We are set up to open for subs starting October 1st. Although this is an unthemed call, the team discussed what is likely to work / not work for us this time & that info has been added to our Submittable
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #litmag #submissions

ffo.submittable.com/submit

Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager

Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager Powered By Submittable - Accept and Curate Digital Content

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 18d

It’s definitely in the DNA. Get on it!

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 18d

“Levitating” is a classic, at this point, and she did a duet with Elton John (“cold cold Heart”). I really liked her 2024 album…it’s for you if you have room in your heart for ABBA and Kylie Minogue and Chappell Roan…Really great disco-pop.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 19d

Bravo to Bernadine Evaristo for setting up the RSL Pioneer Prize for older women writers, and for naming the working-class-born playright, poet, novelist, nonfiction writer, and activist Maureen Duffy as its first recipient.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Celebrating Maureen Duffy, a true pioneer | The Observer

Older women writers are too often overlooked. My new Royal Society of Literature prize aims to change that – starting with Duffy, a literary trailblazer ...

observer.co.uk

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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 19d

My story “A Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbell” is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. It’s about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Here’s a free 60-day subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

Subscribe to The Sunday Morning Transport

An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week. Click to read The Sunday Morning Transport, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

www.sundaymorningtransport.com

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 19d

A new podcast episode! (And an invitation to join a fabulous writing community): Why Writer's Block is Real and why you can't write alone forever: storyaday.org/episode329

StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 21d

Did you know that although 2000 soldiers at Valley Forge died of diseases, (more than in any single battle to that point) smallpox was not a big killer because George Washington ran a smallpox inoculation campaign. (Sadly there was no such precaution against dysentery and typhus).

248 years ago.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 22d

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 21d

Some happy news: this just met its funding goal! Now on to the stretch goals (and yes, we need all the stories!)

StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 22d

A reminder that this genderqueer cozy holiday mystery is close to its funding goal. You can help AND get just the kind of story you might need, for the holidays. Win-win!

StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · Sep 3

Need a little genderqueer cozy holiday mystery in your life (sure you do!). On Kickstarter now, for December #reading: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 170: Words matter. Words are the conduit for ideas. Words can affect the way your readers see the world; how they behave; how they relate to others. Every political movement, every religion, philosophy, war, began with ideas, translated into words. Use them wisely.

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 22d

A reminder that this genderqueer cozy holiday mystery is close to its funding goal. You can help AND get just the kind of story you might need, for the holidays. Win-win!

StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · Sep 3

Need a little genderqueer cozy holiday mystery in your life (sure you do!). On Kickstarter now, for December #reading: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

Wrapped Up in Murder: a holiday cozy mystery novel

A genderqueer sleuth, queer friends, meddling family, and a canine companion, all wrapped up in the holidays.

www.kickstarter.com

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 22d

Haggis

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 22d

For years I've run StoryADayRedux in September because I didn't want to step on the November's noveling toes. But maybe this year it won't matter so much? What do you think? StoryADay November, for those of you who couldn't make May happen (or want to do it all again)? storyaday.org/signup

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 24d

Should we start a recommendations list?

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24d

I SUPPORT THIS

Kelrond, Best Purveyor of Gay Books Ever @panediting.bsky.social · 24d

Novellavember is coming up!
Read novellas in November 🍂 🍂🍂🍂

I've been trying to make this a thing for like 4 years now. 🫠

#Novellavember

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 26d

This is just one of the many panels that's happening Oct 4 & 5 at the 6th annual Rainbow Space Magic. This free virtual con is for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction. Full schedule at www.rainbowspacemagi...

#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 29d

About 3 months ago, we launched a lit mag incubator to give $1000 to 5 mags willing to try something new, serve underrepresented communities, and prove ethical publishing can actually work.

Today we picked our 5 (okay, and 10 finalists) and it’s time to CELEBRATE THEM✨

15 Lit Mags That Are About to Change Everything
Chill Subs Incubator Winners & Finalists
Winners
• Folly
• NWF Journal
• Dreamworldgirl Zine
• Notch Magazine
• Space and Time
Finalists
• Paratextos
• Gather
• OTHERSIDE
• OyeDrum
• Ubwali Literary Magazine
• Pafuera
• Silly Goose Press
• Zine Machine
• Chabutra
• Stanchion
CHILL SUBS®

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