Cory Godbey
Signed contract for Space & Time magazine AND found out that three of my poems have been nominated for the Rhysling Awards!
So gathers the human-animal, boots treading roads where there once wound riversβnow filled-in with silt and stone, where none can drink and fish never swimβ¦
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Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. β₯οΈ
Itβs AI, so itβs just whatβs left of the planet after all the water dries up.
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Gasp! Itβs me, isnβt it? So very honored to be honored with an honorable mention, to be counted among so many talented folks in Speculative Poetry. Congrats to all!
What is everyone reading lately? Bonus if you have a picture.
Iβm finishing up βDreams of Distant Shoresβ by Patricia McKillip.
Happy Birthday!
Itβs always the same shit over and over again
The beautiful thing about PBS is that unlike other stations, this is one that can and will nurture you from the beginning to the end of your life. There is something for everybody. And you can always be sure that youβre going to come away better than you were before tuning in. (3/3)
Itβs been my own commitment to myself never to let my education die, never to stagnate, or to hide inside an echo chamber of voices too similar to my own, or in places rife with propagandaβsomething you have to be very conscious of in this country. (2/x)
Watching PBSβs βAmerican Mastersβ series. Finished Art Spiegelmanβs βDisaster is My Museβ yesterday. Today, watching Toni Morrisonβs βThe Pieces I Amβ. Powerful stuff.
(1/x)
What have I been doing away from social media and news of the incessant onslaught of horrors? Nearly completed one story, revamped another, and in a week, Iβll have another done. Brain is feeling like mush after writing for 8 hours straight today, but dammit, I want my work to exist in the world. β¨
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Thank you for this John. All very relevant to my own experiences.
New post at The Goblinβs Reliquary!
On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.
open.substack.com/pub/silvatii...
Congratulations!!
I hope you feel much better very soon, John!
Looks so good!
Art by G. Marcellus
Each breath is a love letter from the trees, coded with ancient wisdom, healing, and the storied mytho-histories of worlds both seen and unseen. -SR, from Notes, unpublished.
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Incredible news!!! Thank you so much to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social for spearheading thing incredible and deeply important initiative!!
NEW POEM is finally out at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! It's called "The Witch is My Mother, The Witch is My Prince"; a darker take on Snow White. I wrote it in the throes of a broken heart, where I honestly felt, at last, relinquished to the abyss of myself, and truly alone. Please give it a read!
Thank you for sharing!
If your mag/book/flyer/site/etc. is utilizing GenAI for its art, Iβm going to assume any of 3 things:
1) Your writing is also AI.
2) You do not value artists.
3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.
I wonβt waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.