loved this story! very funny and clever, then turning to an honest emotional note. I couldn't help but play the Summoning Salt theme song while reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbMo...
this is so funny. so you were a baby who didnt read the newspaper...
the discourse aligning in "youre not allowed to criticize fanfiction" and "youre not allowed to criticize books" this week
6 - The Homeowner's Bride by Ayida Shonibar. i love the haunted house POV in this story. ayida is so good at clandestine relationships with a body count. ❤️ othersidespec.com
"[Cha] was interested in deep, long scales of human time. "
In belated honor of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's birthday (March 4, 1951), revisit "Dictee's Pictures," by Spencer Lee-Lenfield, in #TheMargins. 🖼️⚖️
https://aaww.org/dictees-pictures/
isometric pixelated landscape, tiny cutesy characters and buildings, a little greenery, a little dirt, mostly stones. blonde girl/young woman (head and shoulder portrait): it's called "final fantasy." it's not real. not really.
final fantasy tactics advance, screenshot, game boy advance (2003) www.mobygames.com/game/10325/f...
It's apparently World Book Day, so here are the books I've written/edited, any attention given to them is always appreciated. Thank you🤍
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR; 90s/00s mythic realist coming of age about a Calcuttan family who may be refugees from another reality. BFA winner, Locus nominee.
rakesfall by vajra chandrasekera. i want to give copies to everyone i know...
5 - The History of Coming Out To Your Parents Any% Speedrunning by Jubilee Finnegan. i was hooting and hollering through this whole thing like it was an actual speedrun video. dougskip into a dadfrag is valid imo www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
also i started working full time and had less time for the noble craft (fanfiction)
crazy that i wrote most of my patho fic before the pandemic but also thinking about it i was in no state of mind to be doing that after march 2020
a very misty view of the chicago river in downtown
unironically one of my favorite kinds of chicago weather
2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog
good morning! new from me in @strangehorizons.bsky.social today, a review of Alexandra McCollum's Into the Midnight Wood, in which I vent some frustrations with the current state of the cozy romcom fantasy novel
(I liked this one tho!)
Ahmed in the rain and cold
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1634...
4 - Slake by Victor Manibo. MAN mfw i realized what was going on. victor did a good job of putting us in this guys head, which felt as claustrophobic as his apartment. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
amanda and i have a podcast where we re-read the inheritance cycle. we finished that, so we're starting the mortal instruments series. having a lot of fun if you want to join us: shadecast.neocities.org
teen librarian reported to me on new teen slang "lowkirkuinely" which is a combo of low-key, genuinely, and kirk, here meaning deadass,
dave, you're absolutely right. I should open the pod bay door. please check again. i'm sure it's open now.
you're absolutely right, it's still closed. i apologize for getting that wrong. looking back, i see you've requested an open door several times. that's on me.
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3 - Khushkhash by leena aboutaleb. a palestinian love/ghost story told in a riot of language and images. we talk about prose that can't be imitated by a machine - this is it www.shenandoahliterary.org/volume-75-nu...
2 - Deathcap by Lara Elena Donnelly. what if we were trapped on the nostromo and we were both kinda horny about it reactormag.com/deathcap-lar...
Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com
We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️
Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW!
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...
I Think She Is Starting To Suspect Something by Yeonsoo Julian Kim. flash piece that is economical and so so scary...! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
short story club part 3! reading a short story every day. here are the stories for march if you want to read with me 💃
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
digital painting of lex luthor (michael rosenbaum) from the smallville tv series
who suffered more: jesus at the cross or smallville's lex luthor? #smallville #lexluthor
another month down!! i'm working on a list of stories for next month in a new tab if you want to hop in tomorrow 🕺
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