Spoiler: Corporation hopes to keep exploiting writers until writers forget they're being exploited.
Spoiler: Corporation hopes to keep exploiting writers until writers forget they're being exploited.
the diagram checks out, we are go for BOOK
My heart leapt into my throat when I saw this. This is the first real piece of reader art Iβve ever seen. Iβm struggling to express how much this means to me. Thank you.
you're a sweetie pea!
Thank you so much darling
thanks, girl!
"For your consideration" poster featuring 2 pieces of Photoshop composite art. One shows a giant octopus grabbing a man, for the short story Patient was the Doctor. The other is a red mermaid curled up in the sea, for the story titled milt. Both stories are stated to be free to read/listen to.
QR code for milt, reprinted in audio/podcast format on Escape Pod
QR code for Patient was the Doctor, in PDF form, on the Analog Magazine website
I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year!
1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF π) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended)
2. milt (podcast reprint π) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw π₯)
β WEIRD β QUEER β HORNY β HOPEFUL LET'S GO
Screenshots from Andor when the Gorman councilman told Mon Mothma, βThey donβt even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose thatβs the final humiliation.β
Woah, this is news to me!
Hey, peeps! My very first book is currently on sale for just 2 bucks! Both the eBook AND the hardcover, apparently? It's about a tea specialist-turned-assassin who embarks on an epic quest to rescue her kidnapped sibling... in SPACE.
Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!
amzn.to/3N13YcS
A scene from the High Heresy cinematic in Destiny 2: Heresy (2025)
A scene from the Safiyah cinematic from Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted (2022)
A scene from the final mission in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)
A cutscene featuring the Outsider from Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! Thereβs only one week left in the yearβwhich means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready β¨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
exact same problem down in the peninsula. I'm so tired why is this
contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio π§ in January 2026.
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. βοΈ
Okay, after several hours spent agonizing over the detailsβ¦ edits are done and I am happy to say: yeah, this story is good πββοΈ Cannot wait to share it with you soon. Hope you love prehistoric myth and ritual murder and religious trauma and cults and sad women who are pathetic levels of in love.
repost if trans people should have dr pepper
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Sabrina Carpenter to donate portion of Short nβ Sweet tour profit to Transgender Law Center
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/20/s...
Worried about an AI apocalypse? Find out why author David Ebenbach believes we can stave one off by leaning into our own humanity
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/11/25/k...
I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
Frowning girl: "the facial expression I've had on for the whole year"
True story
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
A tiny little floofy white dog that looks like it weighs five pounds sopping wet sits very polite looking slightly nervous in a little clear raincoat with blue pipping. Next to a foot ignore the foot
Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
CRY, VOIDBRINGER is out everywhere! Thank you all for your support, it's been a wonderful ride π₯°
Order the book here: artofelaineho.com/books/
Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
required listening tbh
beyond excited about this one, kemi always coming out with gold