requiem for vanished birdsong
03.03.2026 21:01
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requiem for vanished birdsong
what's not to love about dark academia, obsession, possession, gothic horror, vague terror, isolation, and unease? All these books share one or more of these themes, with Jewish main characters navigating them all.
Lovely to see UNCOMMON CHARM by @anoteinpink.bsky.social & @eudaemaniacal.bsky.social on this staff list at Pima County Public Library.
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tch and i suppose there's aromatic censers for that gentle sea breeze smell huh
boatneck is for having espresso at a cafe overlooking the mediterranean
Happy belated Valentine's Day, I suppose! This is the story that made me want to write short fiction again. I love it dearly. If you read this and like it (or if you hate it, I’m not picky!), consider dropping lgbtbookstoprisoners.org five bucks.
Digital drawing of a pink heart-shaped box that says “OOPS…ALL BUGS. assorted chocolates” on the cover with colorful bug-shaped chocolates inside.
got you some chocolates. don’t worry about the title
What a strange week for this, my most Minnesotan story thus far, to come out. Points if you can find all the most Minnesotan of Mentions.
Episode 1015…
"If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild?"
What Haunts the Newbuild?
by Meagan Kane
Narrator: Dani Daly
Host: Allie James
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
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What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original.
Oh hey look it's me! Feels incredible to read someone's thoughts on this story. Fun and fully imagined! The highest possible stakes! The Asimov knockoff as counterpoint to Aimee Ogden's PKD! You heard it here, folks.
This week!
This is today!
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drawing of a character floating in water near some huge corals and ghostly fish
ghost reef
Includes my prison break short story about Io, radiation, and (improbably) governesses— “What a Name Does Is Let You Leave.” INCREDIBLY strange time for this story to drop for me personally (I live in Minneapolis), but it’s one of my favorites.
i'm at my fuckin limit 🫥 🕯️
I know I keep posting about this but every time I check, the list gets longer and longer and longer. Hundreds and hundreds of places, everything from huge local institutions to small spots that will definitely struggle.
No exaggeration, it's the most astonishing act of solidarity I've ever seen.
i tell you what, there's no prose artistry out there like the reviews on fragrantica dot com
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that.
I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.
I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house.
I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.
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2026 Fiction Submissions Strange Horizons January 19 to 21
Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
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the where's waldo ketchup packet KILLS ME (-dewdrop/Lizaveta)
A watercolor illustration inspired by illuminated manuscripts, featuring a ttrpg party in a Last Supper style pose at the Buca di Beppo Pope Room Table where all of the decor has been swapped out to character-relevant paraphernalia. The border features various menu items.
A poster style digital ttrpg party illustration where each character is framed by the windows of a gothic mansion.
Two ttrpg party illustrations for @davering.bsky.social and friends! Two different settings, two different vibes, two different mediums, two and a half years apart.
(Most recent on the left, props to anyone who can say what restaurant they're at ;D )
congrats to @spocksbrain.bsky.social on this piece but also the joke (you know the one I mean)
Baffling Issue XXII December 2025 Bogi Takács J.D. Harlock Yeonsoo Julian Kim Ayida Shonibar Meagan Kane U.M. Agoawike Callín Frankland Marc Ruvolo Xauri'EL Zwaan Ellis Saxey Chris Clemens Phoenix Alexander
Whew, here it is, the last 🪶 @bafflingmag.bsky.social 🪶 issue of the year! A DOUBLE ISSUE on the theme of STRANGE FORMS.
Cover by the incomparable @gnarlyghost.bsky.social
Check it out here:
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Artwork of a siskin bird in flight. Graphite & coloured pencil plus acrylic on moleskine sketchbook. Finished with a few digital brush strokes. The bird is mainly yellow tones and grey/black with a very pale background.
Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar
A little Siskin :) 🎨
I spent three days last week putting together an eligibility MEGA POST for @strangehorizons.bsky.social, with all the people and work within it that's eligible for awards in 2026. I hope you'll check it out, click on some things, and consider putting your faves forward 🥹 Thank you, and here's to 26!
FICTION Quote "A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood. There was blissful silence in the car ride home, save for my mother’s weeping." I Wish You Died Laughing by Lio Abendan Strange Horizons 1 December 2025
I Wish You Died Laughing
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social
"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."
Link ⬇️
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I’m opening my commissions again! Info below 🌟
50% off ebooks the world SALE kinda half-assed and barely visible use code UGHFINE
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
You have mere HOURS left to back @siennatristen.bsky.social's orchestrated audiobook of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming and ensure you get one of the best audiobooks you will ever listen to.
HOURS, people. Get on it!
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