Ramez Yoakeim
@yoakeim.bsky.social
SFFH Writer. Codex/ASFS. Words in Baffling, Heartlines, Metaphorosis, TranslunarTL, Cast of Wonders, UtopiaSF +more. 🏳️🌈 Husband 🇪🇬🇦🇺🇺🇸 Immigrant. Coffee status: It's complicated!
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
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It's Black Friday at Dark Matter and it's a good chance to get your copy of Kap's Needle with 15% OFF!
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Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap's Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship's biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's Black Friday at Dark Matter and it's a good chance to get your copy of Kap's Needle with 15% OFF!
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💥 Issue 9 TOC!!! 💥
Feat:
@crystalkoo.bsky.social
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@nomonbooks.bsky.social
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
@angelvleal.bsky.social
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
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@yoakeim.bsky.social
Feat:
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@nomonbooks.bsky.social
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
@angelvleal.bsky.social
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
@camdenscorner.bsky.social
@jamielnathan.bsky.social
@rjaurand.bsky.social
@yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
@yoakeim.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Thanks for putting this together every year, A.C.! Always a great way to catch up with what everyone's been up to over the past year.
Here's mine 🙏
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Here's mine 🙏
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Angela Liu
writer, strategist, villain tiger mom
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thanks for putting this together every year, A.C.! Always a great way to catch up with what everyone's been up to over the past year.
Here's mine 🙏
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Here's mine 🙏
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
I'm so proud to have a story in "Amplitudes," thanks to Lee.
"Fettle & Sunder" is very personal, and to have @arleysorg.bsky.social describe it as "timely" and "timeless" in his @lightspeedmagazine.com review makes me even prouder!
Now's the time to grab the book and find out why!
"Fettle & Sunder" is very personal, and to have @arleysorg.bsky.social describe it as "timely" and "timeless" in his @lightspeedmagazine.com review makes me even prouder!
Now's the time to grab the book and find out why!
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm so proud to have a story in "Amplitudes," thanks to Lee.
"Fettle & Sunder" is very personal, and to have @arleysorg.bsky.social describe it as "timely" and "timeless" in his @lightspeedmagazine.com review makes me even prouder!
Now's the time to grab the book and find out why!
"Fettle & Sunder" is very personal, and to have @arleysorg.bsky.social describe it as "timely" and "timeless" in his @lightspeedmagazine.com review makes me even prouder!
Now's the time to grab the book and find out why!
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Contract signed! So happy one of my favorite stories finally found a home!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Contract signed! So happy one of my favorite stories finally found a home!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
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My short story The Doglady and the Rainstorm, published at Bright Green Futures is again free to download! 🐶🌧️
If you're looking for a solarpunk set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro where sea levels rose drastically OR if you just want cute dogs, then that's the one!
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If you're looking for a solarpunk set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro where sea levels rose drastically OR if you just want cute dogs, then that's the one!
www.amazon.com/Doglady-Rain...
The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story)
The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story) - Kindle edition by Bernardo, Renan, Quinn, Susan Kaye. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story).
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November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My short story The Doglady and the Rainstorm, published at Bright Green Futures is again free to download! 🐶🌧️
If you're looking for a solarpunk set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro where sea levels rose drastically OR if you just want cute dogs, then that's the one!
www.amazon.com/Doglady-Rain...
If you're looking for a solarpunk set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro where sea levels rose drastically OR if you just want cute dogs, then that's the one!
www.amazon.com/Doglady-Rain...
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Got my first non-blurb review for my novelette SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from Emma’s Books and More over on Instagram. Thrilled people are enjoying this book! 🚀 Pre-order: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Got my first non-blurb review for my novelette SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from Emma’s Books and More over on Instagram. Thrilled people are enjoying this book! 🚀 Pre-order: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
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I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
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How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot - Lightspeed Magazine
Fill tear ducts with provided saline solution. Do not mix or combine with non-approved third-party solutions. Open the mouth of your robot when ready to activate. Press the purple button under the to...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!
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2025 Eligibility List
passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.
passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
2025 Eligibility List
passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.
passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.
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It's that time of the year 😜
Find links to all short fiction on my site: akislinardos.com/short-fiction/
Find links to all short fiction on my site: akislinardos.com/short-fiction/
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's that time of the year 😜
Find links to all short fiction on my site: akislinardos.com/short-fiction/
Find links to all short fiction on my site: akislinardos.com/short-fiction/
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If you missed it, my next book is available for pre-order (ebook for now, print coming very soon). Click the link for further info, a look at the art, and those pre-order links!
COVER REVEAL! 🚀💝🌜 We are delighted to unveil SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a #scifi #romance novelette by award-winning author @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Cover art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social! Launching February 3, 2026! Read all about this delightful book and see the fabulous artwork:
Cover Reveal for Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing gives the cover reveal for the book Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell, with cover art by Kim Herbst.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you missed it, my next book is available for pre-order (ebook for now, print coming very soon). Click the link for further info, a look at the art, and those pre-order links!
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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we have ferryman coins, yes, but there’s still a few of our premium items left, too!
signed books by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com
prompts by @premeemohamed.com
painted skulls by @katelechler.bsky.social
go get em!
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signed books by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com
prompts by @premeemohamed.com
painted skulls by @katelechler.bsky.social
go get em!
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
we have ferryman coins, yes, but there’s still a few of our premium items left, too!
signed books by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com
prompts by @premeemohamed.com
painted skulls by @katelechler.bsky.social
go get em!
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
signed books by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com
prompts by @premeemohamed.com
painted skulls by @katelechler.bsky.social
go get em!
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
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My review of the July/August issue of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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Asimov’s: Review by A.C. Wise
Asimov’s 7-8/25 “Most Things” by Rich Larson in the July/August issue of Asimov’s follows Mack and his friend Arvo on a kidnapping job gone wrong. The doctor they’ve been hired to grab is also bein…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My review of the July/August issue of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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It's a day for reviews! My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is also online today, discussing eerie and melancholy work by @nassos.bsky.social, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @cyankatz.bsky.social and @thomasha.bsky.social.
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Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review
Welcome to another Words for Thought. The stories discussed this time around are all about change, grief, complicated family relationships...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's a day for reviews! My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is also online today, discussing eerie and melancholy work by @nassos.bsky.social, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @cyankatz.bsky.social and @thomasha.bsky.social.
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Really excited to share this dark fantasy story with backers! 🐢🩸
If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)
If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)
WE'VE REACHED 60%!! You've just unlocked EARLY ACCESS to "Island of Sea Turtle and Blood" by Angela Liu! 🐢🩸
Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
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Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Really excited to share this dark fantasy story with backers! 🐢🩸
If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)
If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)
Story release day: "Life According to Tabeeb" is available now from @castofwonders.org. Check it out!
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Cast of Wonders 654: Life According to Tabeeb | Cast of Wonders
It may take a decade or longer to train a human clinician, but it took a team of Ministry of Health technicians only seven days to certify me a Clinically Adept Machine Sentience (CAMS) and hand me…
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October 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Story release day: "Life According to Tabeeb" is available now from @castofwonders.org. Check it out!
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My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025
It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August. Strange Tales o...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
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Contract signed, so I can officially say my story “In the Void Behind My Deaths” is going to be published at @factorfourmagazine.com !
It’s about what happens between death and rebirth, and what that means for the universe as a whole.
It’s about what happens between death and rebirth, and what that means for the universe as a whole.
September 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Contract signed, so I can officially say my story “In the Void Behind My Deaths” is going to be published at @factorfourmagazine.com !
It’s about what happens between death and rebirth, and what that means for the universe as a whole.
It’s about what happens between death and rebirth, and what that means for the universe as a whole.
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It's time to help Apex funding their issues for 2026! In this dire times of exploitative AI tools and art having to "prove" its relevance to the public, it's almost an act of defiance to see a SFF magazine thriving. So let's help this happen! They have several stretch goals going on too.
The Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter is LIVE!
Our initial goal is $20K to fund four issues for next year, with the opportunity to unlock issues five and six through stretch goals. I really, really want to go back to six issues a year! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Our initial goal is $20K to fund four issues for next year, with the opportunity to unlock issues five and six through stretch goals. I really, really want to go back to six issues a year! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's time to help Apex funding their issues for 2026! In this dire times of exploitative AI tools and art having to "prove" its relevance to the public, it's almost an act of defiance to see a SFF magazine thriving. So let's help this happen! They have several stretch goals going on too.
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“On that day, I was hired to be a father.”
Just read “The Patron” by @thomasha.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social and oh god, I haven’t been that caught off guard by a story in a while. Absolute masterclass in tension and the unsettling.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
Just read “The Patron” by @thomasha.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social and oh god, I haven’t been that caught off guard by a story in a while. Absolute masterclass in tension and the unsettling.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
The Patron
Thomas Ha’s future comes for us so subtly the heartbreak almost doesn’t hit until after.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“On that day, I was hired to be a father.”
Just read “The Patron” by @thomasha.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social and oh god, I haven’t been that caught off guard by a story in a while. Absolute masterclass in tension and the unsettling.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
Just read “The Patron” by @thomasha.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social and oh god, I haven’t been that caught off guard by a story in a while. Absolute masterclass in tension and the unsettling.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
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My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more.
Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.
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Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.
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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications
Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My first collection, UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, @undertow.bsky.social is now available. Kind words for it by Kelly Link, Brian Evenson, Jeff Ford, Premee Mohamed, John Wiswell, and more.
Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.
undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
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Cover, Ove Tøpfer, design, Vince Haig.
undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
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Happy to announce that I have won the Elgin Award for Mexicans on the Moon in the full-length book category. The Elgin Award is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association's highest award for speculative poetry. Truly an honor. Much love!
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy to announce that I have won the Elgin Award for Mexicans on the Moon in the full-length book category. The Elgin Award is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association's highest award for speculative poetry. Truly an honor. Much love!