Keira Perkins
@thatkeira.bsky.social
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Excited to have a story in the December issue of @lunastation.bsky.social with this really great cover!
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excited to have a story in the December issue of @lunastation.bsky.social with this really great cover!
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We're under $2k now, almost every donation results from someone's post about the project - could you make one?
MOMENTUM. Hit it while it's hot. Let's do this!
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#CyberMonday #GivingTuesday #BookSky
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Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We're under $2k now, almost every donation results from someone's post about the project - could you make one?
My friend and amazing author @janeire.bsky.social has a story in this issue - haven’t you always wanted to know more about a weather witch, who really, is just a girl in the end? (No for real, don’t cross her)
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.
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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
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December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My friend and amazing author @janeire.bsky.social has a story in this issue - haven’t you always wanted to know more about a weather witch, who really, is just a girl in the end? (No for real, don’t cross her)
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Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
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Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
ko-fi.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
Still needed: $2260 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 2:44p EST / 21:44 SAST ($10)
Grateful shout out to Dave Allen, Jen Donohue, Kirsti, and Indrapramit Das for the reposts.
#CyberSunday #BookSky
Still needed: $2260 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 2:44p EST / 21:44 SAST ($10)
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#CyberSunday #BookSky
Just saying this because I need it out of my head - my mental health diagnoses technically make me disabled.
I have spent $$$ & time to be functional. The disorders STEAL from my personality & self.
So while I understand many disabled folks don’t want to be “fixed”, i am trying to be fixed
I have spent $$$ & time to be functional. The disorders STEAL from my personality & self.
So while I understand many disabled folks don’t want to be “fixed”, i am trying to be fixed
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just saying this because I need it out of my head - my mental health diagnoses technically make me disabled.
I have spent $$$ & time to be functional. The disorders STEAL from my personality & self.
So while I understand many disabled folks don’t want to be “fixed”, i am trying to be fixed
I have spent $$$ & time to be functional. The disorders STEAL from my personality & self.
So while I understand many disabled folks don’t want to be “fixed”, i am trying to be fixed
When I sign up for events, I usually mark myself as a vegetarian even though I’m not - because explaining the specifics of the type of meat I will eat requires a flow chart.
Is it smart? Endangered? Cute? Would it eat me given the chance?
Is it smart? Endangered? Cute? Would it eat me given the chance?
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
When I sign up for events, I usually mark myself as a vegetarian even though I’m not - because explaining the specifics of the type of meat I will eat requires a flow chart.
Is it smart? Endangered? Cute? Would it eat me given the chance?
Is it smart? Endangered? Cute? Would it eat me given the chance?
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Raccoons hanging out in the storm drain like Pennywise
Squirrels that yell & throw stuff at me
That possum who really likes using the sidewalk
The fox who politely ignores me
Red-tail hawk, being a cool omen in a tree
Raccoons hanging out in the storm drain like Pennywise
Squirrels that yell & throw stuff at me
That possum who really likes using the sidewalk
The fox who politely ignores me
Red-tail hawk, being a cool omen in a tree
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Raccoons hanging out in the storm drain like Pennywise
Squirrels that yell & throw stuff at me
That possum who really likes using the sidewalk
The fox who politely ignores me
Red-tail hawk, being a cool omen in a tree
Raccoons hanging out in the storm drain like Pennywise
Squirrels that yell & throw stuff at me
That possum who really likes using the sidewalk
The fox who politely ignores me
Red-tail hawk, being a cool omen in a tree
My cat yelled at my husband for kissing me because he was in My Space and she hates when he violates Her Space.
And i had to be like “it’s okay. He’s got consent, but i love that you’re girl’s girl”
And then my husband was like “why are you talking to the cat when I’m kissing you??”
And i had to be like “it’s okay. He’s got consent, but i love that you’re girl’s girl”
And then my husband was like “why are you talking to the cat when I’m kissing you??”
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My cat yelled at my husband for kissing me because he was in My Space and she hates when he violates Her Space.
And i had to be like “it’s okay. He’s got consent, but i love that you’re girl’s girl”
And then my husband was like “why are you talking to the cat when I’m kissing you??”
And i had to be like “it’s okay. He’s got consent, but i love that you’re girl’s girl”
And then my husband was like “why are you talking to the cat when I’m kissing you??”
Oh hey, look! It’s a big blue cock
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Oh hey, look! It’s a big blue cock
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every year at Christmas I find myself begging Christians to find a single wild clue
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
every year at Christmas I find myself begging Christians to find a single wild clue
My Uber driver, Jose, is blasting Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman”
I, a white elder millennial woman, ask him if he picked this song just for me
He does not know enough English to understand my question. I don’t speak enough Spanish to communicate it. We smile warmly at each other instead
I, a white elder millennial woman, ask him if he picked this song just for me
He does not know enough English to understand my question. I don’t speak enough Spanish to communicate it. We smile warmly at each other instead
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My Uber driver, Jose, is blasting Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman”
I, a white elder millennial woman, ask him if he picked this song just for me
He does not know enough English to understand my question. I don’t speak enough Spanish to communicate it. We smile warmly at each other instead
I, a white elder millennial woman, ask him if he picked this song just for me
He does not know enough English to understand my question. I don’t speak enough Spanish to communicate it. We smile warmly at each other instead
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short fic folks should read this post -
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
short fic folks should read this post -
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
The bartender liked my art, so I gave it to her
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The bartender liked my art, so I gave it to her
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only
It’s not that I NEED my ADHD meds to be functional, it’s that without them it takes me far too long to realize the reason I can’t find my phone is that I’m holding it my hand and using it as a flashlight.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It’s not that I NEED my ADHD meds to be functional, it’s that without them it takes me far too long to realize the reason I can’t find my phone is that I’m holding it my hand and using it as a flashlight.
My loves, before arguing about the difference in the pedo and ephebo philias, I want you to imagine yourself holding a hammer.
And then imagine yourself interrupting the act of either of those philias.
If someone ends up dead by hammer in both, I don’t think the difference matters
And then imagine yourself interrupting the act of either of those philias.
If someone ends up dead by hammer in both, I don’t think the difference matters
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My loves, before arguing about the difference in the pedo and ephebo philias, I want you to imagine yourself holding a hammer.
And then imagine yourself interrupting the act of either of those philias.
If someone ends up dead by hammer in both, I don’t think the difference matters
And then imagine yourself interrupting the act of either of those philias.
If someone ends up dead by hammer in both, I don’t think the difference matters
Finally achieving your goal after 85 submissions and over 50 years of effort, and then having to walk away?
As a fellow author said in our Discord group, this would turn me into The Joker.
As a fellow author said in our Discord group, this would turn me into The Joker.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Finally achieving your goal after 85 submissions and over 50 years of effort, and then having to walk away?
As a fellow author said in our Discord group, this would turn me into The Joker.
As a fellow author said in our Discord group, this would turn me into The Joker.
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Wednesday night is now today-night! I hope you'll join us!
Did you know WorldCon had its first-ever poet laureate this year? Now you know -- it's Brandon O'Brien and you can hear him read his work at our event Wednesday night! Register now!
@therisingtithes.bsky.social
@therisingtithes.bsky.social
The event is free to all but space is limited!
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wednesday night is now today-night! I hope you'll join us!
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Our submissions are open to fiction exploring the theme of "Revolutions" 📣
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our submissions are open to fiction exploring the theme of "Revolutions" 📣
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Visit our website to read the full submission guidelines: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Idk, just letting you know that these kids grow up if you feed them. They get educations and good jobs and pay taxes that feed other hungry people.
I’m glad my taxes pay for SNAP and other assistance programs. I feel like we all owe each other so much.
I’m glad my taxes pay for SNAP and other assistance programs. I feel like we all owe each other so much.
This is just a regular reminder that in the early 90s when I was a child, my school lunch cost was reduced. Society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Idk, just letting you know that these kids grow up if you feed them. They get educations and good jobs and pay taxes that feed other hungry people.
I’m glad my taxes pay for SNAP and other assistance programs. I feel like we all owe each other so much.
I’m glad my taxes pay for SNAP and other assistance programs. I feel like we all owe each other so much.
This is just a regular reminder that in the early 90s when I was a child, my school lunch cost was reduced. Society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is just a regular reminder that in the early 90s when I was a child, my school lunch cost was reduced. Society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
Someone(s) also left at least one basket of food on our doorstep because my parents were too proud to accept it directly. Again, society fed me.
You know that feeling when you just want your stories to exist out in the world, but everyone you submit to is like, “oh, no thank you” ???
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You know that feeling when you just want your stories to exist out in the world, but everyone you submit to is like, “oh, no thank you” ???
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no money for politicians
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
no money for politicians
This one time, my nearly blind, arthritic dog who had dementia and would frequently get lost on the wrong side of a tree, looked like he was painted yellow
Little fucker (i love him so) figured out how to climb up on kitchen table and rubbed his butt on some flowers.
This feels a lot like that
Little fucker (i love him so) figured out how to climb up on kitchen table and rubbed his butt on some flowers.
This feels a lot like that
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This one time, my nearly blind, arthritic dog who had dementia and would frequently get lost on the wrong side of a tree, looked like he was painted yellow
Little fucker (i love him so) figured out how to climb up on kitchen table and rubbed his butt on some flowers.
This feels a lot like that
Little fucker (i love him so) figured out how to climb up on kitchen table and rubbed his butt on some flowers.
This feels a lot like that