AJ Fitzwater 🏳️⚧️
@ajfitzwater.bsky.social
Feral cryptid from the void writing well bent SFF. they/them causing may/hem.
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
Pinned
a woman is standing in front of a pink wall with her arms in the air and says `` glitter for everyone ! ''
Alt: A person with dark hair, wearing a white hat and glasses, dances while spreading glitter. The text reads "Glitter for everyone!"
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Ending the week with some really great news:
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
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dig if you will this picture
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
dig if you will this picture
And it's the billionaires and politicians who are the groomers.
All projection.
All projection.
I personally think everyone who said trans people were groomers owes us all an apology.
Turns out it's the billionaires and politicians who were telling you it was us.
Turns out it's the billionaires and politicians who were telling you it was us.
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
And it's the billionaires and politicians who are the groomers.
All projection.
All projection.
Mad Max: Fury Shitposting
The Unbearable Lightness of Shitposting
Around the world in 80 shitposts
January 31, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Mad Max: Fury Shitposting
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FUCK
like and share if you agree
like and share if you agree
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
FUCK
like and share if you agree
like and share if you agree
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✨ WHAT ELEGANT STARS is now funding ✨
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
✨ WHAT ELEGANT STARS is now funding ✨
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
Today's Short Fiction Read.
A climate fiction dystopia where the descendants of Mardi Gras krewes are holding together all that's left of the world with a little help from Stevie Wonder 🌀
Black resilience and community is my favorite thing to write about apparently. Loved this piece and I hope you do too ❤️
Black resilience and community is my favorite thing to write about apparently. Loved this piece and I hope you do too ❤️
Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll?
Try the short story "All the World Is Fog" by DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/gXIqwjU
Try the short story "All the World Is Fog" by DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/gXIqwjU
January 29, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Today's Short Fiction Read.
Art is power.
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Art is power.
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Merc is a phenomenal writer. This is the perfect time for a collection of their stories.
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Merc is a phenomenal writer. This is the perfect time for a collection of their stories.
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Vida is a dear friend, new mom, and an incredibly hard-working and precious member of our SFF community. She's dealing with some serious and costly medical issues, and if you have the capacity to help, I'd be so grateful.
Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social could use a little more help at this time. Do check out her fundraiser gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja
Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Vida is a dear friend, new mom, and an incredibly hard-working and precious member of our SFF community. She's dealing with some serious and costly medical issues, and if you have the capacity to help, I'd be so grateful.
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I could tell you how good this is but I wouldn't be able to do it justice. This is dildo-filled poetry that will resonate with Kiwis especially.
#DildoBaggins
#DildoBaggins
Hey #Resisters!
This is probably the most beautiful and hilarious protest story you’ll find.
Is there violence? Yes.
But this is protesting with “Tactical Frivolity”, which has become the key phrase for #ICE protests, inspired by #Portland
This story happened in #Minneapolis
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This is probably the most beautiful and hilarious protest story you’ll find.
Is there violence? Yes.
But this is protesting with “Tactical Frivolity”, which has become the key phrase for #ICE protests, inspired by #Portland
This story happened in #Minneapolis
Read and Share
1/
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I could tell you how good this is but I wouldn't be able to do it justice. This is dildo-filled poetry that will resonate with Kiwis especially.
#DildoBaggins
#DildoBaggins
Gif of the day.
ice cubes are being deep fried in a fryer to make the ice taste better .
Alt: Ice cubes in a deep fryer basket are put into deep fryer oil. Delicious.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Gif of the day.
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If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.
"nothing to see here..." *tappity tappity tapitty rahh tah tahhh*
January 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
"nothing to see here..." *tappity tappity tapitty rahh tah tahhh*
This account is a combo of art and hilarious.
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This account is a combo of art and hilarious.
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Sooooo I'm guessing there's no AoNZ telco that won't do AI.
a man wearing glasses and a white shirt is talking on a cell phone .
Alt: Gordon Ramsey getting very upset, taking off his glasses and shouting "Seriously?"
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January 20, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Sooooo I'm guessing there's no AoNZ telco that won't do AI.
This is to say...
Please tell me the goth bands with good moral values.
Please tell me the goth bands with good moral values.
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This is to say...
Please tell me the goth bands with good moral values.
Please tell me the goth bands with good moral values.
I'm spending time getting back into music. Getting fed up with the pipeline of "Oh, this is interesting" to *reading* "Oh no, these lyrics are problematic" to *research* "Oh no, this person is a shit".
January 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I'm spending time getting back into music. Getting fed up with the pipeline of "Oh, this is interesting" to *reading* "Oh no, these lyrics are problematic" to *research* "Oh no, this person is a shit".
Today's Short Fiction Read.
"Bots All The Way Down" is now free to read at www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bots...
And despite what the story is literally telling you, it was not in fact written by an AI.
And despite what the story is literally telling you, it was not in fact written by an AI.
Bots All the Way Down - Lightspeed Magazine
“Once upon a time,” outputted the algorithm, “there was an AI. “It generated recipes and ingredient descriptions for an online grocery store. The website said that this recipe was not just a squash s...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Today's Short Fiction Read.
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Fascism always tells the same story.
(...)
Rights and due process don’t matter. Artists and academics are viewed with suspicion. Dissent is punished. The press is a mouthpiece for the ruling regime.
Science fiction teaches us to recognize the warning signs.
(...)
Rights and due process don’t matter. Artists and academics are viewed with suspicion. Dissent is punished. The press is a mouthpiece for the ruling regime.
Science fiction teaches us to recognize the warning signs.
My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
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January 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Fascism always tells the same story.
(...)
Rights and due process don’t matter. Artists and academics are viewed with suspicion. Dissent is punished. The press is a mouthpiece for the ruling regime.
Science fiction teaches us to recognize the warning signs.
(...)
Rights and due process don’t matter. Artists and academics are viewed with suspicion. Dissent is punished. The press is a mouthpiece for the ruling regime.
Science fiction teaches us to recognize the warning signs.
My local libraries only use Libby, so what the heck am I supposed to do now?
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
My local libraries only use Libby, so what the heck am I supposed to do now?