Ursula Pflug

A white and blue kitchen interior looks out at a snowy balcony and a view of skeletal winter trees, snowy rooftops of red brick houses and snow piled deep in backyards. In the balcony door's glass reflection a girl sits reading. Around her it is already spring, the trees leafed out.

Here is a rare opportunity to see Kitchen Door with Ursula in Ontario. In Ottawa until the equinox, when it returns home to Winnipeg.

Winter Count at The National Gallery of Canada runs till March 22nd.

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Winter Count: Embracing the Cold Winter Count: Embracing the Cold reflects on winter’s significant impact across diverse cultures and artistic expressions.

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City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

We need NYC-based authors/writers to use their skills to share the importance of public libraries in the 21st century. If this is you, write things and post them to all of your networks.

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Thank you so much! I read tarot for years and now it mostly just finds its way into short stories. That would be a fun anthology!

The Dangers of Smoking In Bed is amazing too

Fan of the top 2!

“We have been taught to be ashamed of not being 'outgoing.' But a writer's job is ingoing.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#writing #quote

Looking forward to reading more from you, this is so thoughtful and nicely done! Plus, yeah, short story collections always.

Lovely new review of Green to Grey from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social by @percypropa.bsky.social in the wonderful @reckoningmag.bsky.social

Lovely smart review, Kyle, a pleasure to read!

Submission Calls Special sub call (open now through march 31st) Later this year, we’re putting out a surveillance horror/Weird fiction anthology. I’ve loved the stories I’ve solicited and their di…

📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣

If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
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Ursula Pflug Ursula Pflug is the author of eight books of fiction and editor or co-editor of three anthologies, published by traditional Canadian, US and UK small presses. These include the novels Green Music a…

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Thanks to Felicity Reid and Gwynn Scheltema, hosts of Word Northumberland, their wonderful show on all things local and literary. Haven't done a radio interview in a while, really enjoyed this!

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@locusmag.bsky.social awards voting is open. Pretty cool seeing @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS in the graphic.

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If you're looking for something weird and dark to read I have a story up at The Dark about growing up poor in Toronto, (write what you know); loneliness; effigies; and the dark dreams of languid summers.

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Many of you will know the great Ursula K. Le Guin story, "The Ones Who Walk away from Omelad." Occurs to me that Trumpies would never walk away. They would enjoy inflicting all the small cruelties on the imprisoned child who doesn't understand why they're tormenting her. The cruelty is the point.

On the Emails Between Jeffrey Epstein and Noam Chomsky I am heartsick. As a young boy, I experienced horrific sexual violence, which I have written about before and which continues to mark me even decades later. It means that I cannot tolerate anyone who ...

Yup. Can't dismiss this or excuse it.

So painful to see Chomsky behave this way.

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Calling nonfiction writers! Our online column, Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk, is OPEN.

We are looking for unpublished, original essays about the writing life, from in-depth tips on the craft and business to thoughtful columns on genre fiction.

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BREAKING: @OntarioPCParty convention today @fordnation was asked:

“Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”

Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
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They're at the cottage

Submission Guidelines: ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction Submission guidelines and eligibility criteria for the ECO: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction annual anthology

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Today is the last day to submit to Violet Lichen's annual Best of Antho. #VioletLichen is an imprint of #ApexBooks. This is a plum reprint antho! Cross-border submissions are welcome. More info here.

These Minneapolis Groups Offer Food Aid as ICE Surges We’ve compiled and vetted a list of Minneapolis organizations bringing food and assistance to those in need.

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Here are some on-the-ground groups helping to feed vulnerable families in Minneapolis. Please consider donating. A little from lots of folks can make a big difference. Many hands make lighter work.

Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.

Always nice to see your work on a shelf

Yes.

If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing

Every data centre is a U.S. military base - CCPA Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire

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Friday’s 'ICE Out of Minnesota' day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.  • Minnesota Reformer Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders, Democratic lawmakers and community activists. The “ICE Out” day p...

Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.  minnesotareformer.com/briefs/frida...

I keep meaning to order the Ha! Missed the launch, alas.