Ann VanderMeer
@annvandermeer.bsky.social
Editor, anthologist, writer, former feeder woman to Neo (who was the one).
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Gift article. Long but worth reading. Watched the Emmys while in the hospital when Noah Wyle accepted his award and said this:
“And mostly, to anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...
“And mostly, to anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...
On ‘The Pitt,’ E.R. Doctors Try to Fix This Broken World
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Gift article. Long but worth reading. Watched the Emmys while in the hospital when Noah Wyle accepted his award and said this:
“And mostly, to anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...
“And mostly, to anybody who’s going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you for being in that job. This is for you.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...
These socks where a gift. Appropriate. 😉
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
These socks where a gift. Appropriate. 😉
This 👇
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
December 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Just sitting here in the living room minding my own business and the Barred Owl is so loud that the Merlin App picks up the sound. And I live right in the middle of town! It's wonderful. 😁🦉
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just sitting here in the living room minding my own business and the Barred Owl is so loud that the Merlin App picks up the sound. And I live right in the middle of town! It's wonderful. 😁🦉
This is important! I have worked with many talented translators over the years. What they create cannot be replicated by AI. These incredible people understand the nuance of language and how to convey the writer's intent and the atmosphere of the work being translated. I trust and value their work.
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is important! I have worked with many talented translators over the years. What they create cannot be replicated by AI. These incredible people understand the nuance of language and how to convey the writer's intent and the atmosphere of the work being translated. I trust and value their work.
Hello, my friends! I have to share this memory with you from a holiday party in 2019. This dish was on the table, brought by a guest. Spaghettios aspic ring around vienna sausages. I'm not sure if this is brilliant or diabolical. Maybe both. I was not brave enough to sample it.
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hello, my friends! I have to share this memory with you from a holiday party in 2019. This dish was on the table, brought by a guest. Spaghettios aspic ring around vienna sausages. I'm not sure if this is brilliant or diabolical. Maybe both. I was not brave enough to sample it.
Someone really loves me! 😁😋
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Someone really loves me! 😁😋
Perhaps not as exciting as the owl, but still pretty cute. A Northern Cardinal (or as I like to call them, a red bird 😉). Sun was setting so video is not too clear.
#VanderWild
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December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Perhaps not as exciting as the owl, but still pretty cute. A Northern Cardinal (or as I like to call them, a red bird 😉). Sun was setting so video is not too clear.
#VanderWild
#VanderWild
Seen today, right outside the dining room. You don't have to go far to see amazing things. They are all around you.
Giant leaf-footed insect.
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Giant leaf-footed insect.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Seen today, right outside the dining room. You don't have to go far to see amazing things. They are all around you.
Giant leaf-footed insect.
#VanderWild
Giant leaf-footed insect.
#VanderWild
Owl in the birdbath. Never seen this before!
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#VanderWild
December 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Owl in the birdbath. Never seen this before!
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#VanderWild
It's a good day in the neighborhood! Beautiful birdsong, gorgeous weather and a book that arrived in the mail from a sweet friend.
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#Books
#VanderWild
#Books
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's a good day in the neighborhood! Beautiful birdsong, gorgeous weather and a book that arrived in the mail from a sweet friend.
#VanderWild
#Books
#VanderWild
#Books
Thank you @mythicdelirium.bsky.social for your kinds words. This is a powerful collection by Haralambi Markov. Easy to glow about it!
I’m super-grateful to @annvandermeer.bsky.social for her glowing introductory essay, in which she made the connection with Clive Barker’s short fiction that certainly illuminates some of the appeal that these darkly twisted tales have for me personally.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: SF, Fantasy & Horror
Fairy-tale elements dominate this season’s fantasies, gothic atmosphere pervades the horror novels, and tech-based anxiety animates the sci-fi outings.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Thank you @mythicdelirium.bsky.social for your kinds words. This is a powerful collection by Haralambi Markov. Easy to glow about it!
Hello, Tallahassee peeps! Today is the last day of the Alternative Christmas Market at John Wesley United Methodist Church. I won't be there this year manning the table for St. Francis Wildlife Association in my raccoon costume but Willow, this beautiful owl, may be there to welcome you.
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hello, Tallahassee peeps! Today is the last day of the Alternative Christmas Market at John Wesley United Methodist Church. I won't be there this year manning the table for St. Francis Wildlife Association in my raccoon costume but Willow, this beautiful owl, may be there to welcome you.
Beautiful flowers on a rainy day brought to me by a beautiful friend. I'm lucky!
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Beautiful flowers on a rainy day brought to me by a beautiful friend. I'm lucky!
In honor of #Caturday I am wearing my cat sweat pants that my daughter gave me during the shutdown. From a cool shop in Amsterdam. Topping it off with a t-shirt that features The Traitor Jesse Bun. Feeling in a pink mood and somewhat bunnified. 😁😉 Artfully designed by Jeremy Zerfoss.
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In honor of #Caturday I am wearing my cat sweat pants that my daughter gave me during the shutdown. From a cool shop in Amsterdam. Topping it off with a t-shirt that features The Traitor Jesse Bun. Feeling in a pink mood and somewhat bunnified. 😁😉 Artfully designed by Jeremy Zerfoss.
This book just arrived in the mail today, sent to me by a sweet friend. He knows how much I love books and especially books in translation.
#books
#booksintranslation
#blessed
#books
#booksintranslation
#blessed
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This book just arrived in the mail today, sent to me by a sweet friend. He knows how much I love books and especially books in translation.
#books
#booksintranslation
#blessed
#books
#booksintranslation
#blessed
Excellent story that should be read by all.
It's December and people are reading for awards.
I only had one publication this year, and it's about loneliness and gender and sexual assault and girlhood and Americana and carnivorous plants.
Enjoy: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros...
I only had one publication this year, and it's about loneliness and gender and sexual assault and girlhood and Americana and carnivorous plants.
Enjoy: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros...
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Excellent story that should be read by all.
Good morning my friends! Today is Giving Tuesday. As many of you know, I've been a board member at St. Francis Wildlife Association for a few years but a supporter and donor for decades. Please join me in supporting our wild friends in our neighborhoods.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good morning my friends! Today is Giving Tuesday. As many of you know, I've been a board member at St. Francis Wildlife Association for a few years but a supporter and donor for decades. Please join me in supporting our wild friends in our neighborhoods.
www.stfranciswildlife.org
www.stfranciswildlife.org
On The Turntable Now
“Days” (June 1968) by The Kinks
Ok, so I'm cheating a bit. It's not an album and I'm not playing it on a turntable. I'm playing a YouTube video. And I've been playing it over and over again the last few days, so I thought I'd write about it.
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“Days” (June 1968) by The Kinks
Ok, so I'm cheating a bit. It's not an album and I'm not playing it on a turntable. I'm playing a YouTube video. And I've been playing it over and over again the last few days, so I thought I'd write about it.
1/
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On The Turntable Now
“Days” (June 1968) by The Kinks
Ok, so I'm cheating a bit. It's not an album and I'm not playing it on a turntable. I'm playing a YouTube video. And I've been playing it over and over again the last few days, so I thought I'd write about it.
1/
“Days” (June 1968) by The Kinks
Ok, so I'm cheating a bit. It's not an album and I'm not playing it on a turntable. I'm playing a YouTube video. And I've been playing it over and over again the last few days, so I thought I'd write about it.
1/
I was taking my evening walk, heard the sounds of many birds overhead. Nothing I've ever heard before. Usually in the evening I only hear the soft sounds of insects. Quickly opened the Merlin App and guess what? Black-bellied Whistling-Duck! I saw them fly by. Moon still a crescent.
#VanderWild
#VanderWild
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I was taking my evening walk, heard the sounds of many birds overhead. Nothing I've ever heard before. Usually in the evening I only hear the soft sounds of insects. Quickly opened the Merlin App and guess what? Black-bellied Whistling-Duck! I saw them fly by. Moon still a crescent.
#VanderWild
#VanderWild
I'm looking forward to reading and considering, along with my fellow judges, the works of art and fiction that will be coming in. I've even cleared an entire bookcase! 📚😁📚😉📚
2026 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced locusmag.com/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm looking forward to reading and considering, along with my fellow judges, the works of art and fiction that will be coming in. I've even cleared an entire bookcase! 📚😁📚😉📚
Happiness is Grandson Riley sharing photos with me of one of his cats.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happiness is Grandson Riley sharing photos with me of one of his cats.
I am thrilled to see @mcflycahill90.bsky.social new novel AUDITION FOR THE FOX on this list. A fabulous book!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I am thrilled to see @mcflycahill90.bsky.social new novel AUDITION FOR THE FOX on this list. A fabulous book!
Turned on the local college radio station and they were playing "This Is The Modern World" by The Jam. What a great way to start a Monday!
And now they're playing "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways. I don't know who's DJ'ing this morning, but I might be in love. 😁😉
And now they're playing "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways. I don't know who's DJ'ing this morning, but I might be in love. 😁😉
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Turned on the local college radio station and they were playing "This Is The Modern World" by The Jam. What a great way to start a Monday!
And now they're playing "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways. I don't know who's DJ'ing this morning, but I might be in love. 😁😉
And now they're playing "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways. I don't know who's DJ'ing this morning, but I might be in love. 😁😉
Coming back after walking this evening, I heard a bird sound I'd never heard before. I quickly turned on the Merlin App and was told it was a Grasshopper Sparrow! Beautiful moon, although not full as it looks in this photo (limitations of my phone). Just a crescent.
#VanderWild
#VanderWild
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Coming back after walking this evening, I heard a bird sound I'd never heard before. I quickly turned on the Merlin App and was told it was a Grasshopper Sparrow! Beautiful moon, although not full as it looks in this photo (limitations of my phone). Just a crescent.
#VanderWild
#VanderWild