Cislyn Smith
@cislyn.bsky.social
Writer, editor, crafty person. Frequently covered in cat hair, often wearing many hats. Dream Foundry, Flights of Foundry, Small Wonders Magazine
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Cislyn Smith
@cislyn.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Oh hey, so maybe I should introduce myself since there's been a huge influx of new folks? Hi! I'm co-chair for Flights of Foundry, operations manager of Dream Foundry, and co-editor of Small Wonders Magazine! I love collaborating on projects and working out logistics for anything other than dinner.
Sorry y’all I guess I really should have had those black eyed peas for a better new year after all.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Sorry y’all I guess I really should have had those black eyed peas for a better new year after all.
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New story alert! This story fought me tooth and nail to get written, but it's become perhaps my favorite short story of mine. It also contains a polarizing POV choice that, IIRC, split my writing groups. kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
“The Savior of the Three Lands” by K.M. Veohongs
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January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
New story alert! This story fought me tooth and nail to get written, but it's become perhaps my favorite short story of mine. It also contains a polarizing POV choice that, IIRC, split my writing groups. kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
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Happy new year! Start 2026 with some small wonders! Read through our archives, look forward to our January issue being released on the website, and subscribe!
smallwondersmag.com
smallwondersmag.com
Small Wonders
A monthly magazine featuring science fiction and fantasy flash fiction and narrative poetry that packs a punch.
smallwondersmag.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Happy new year! Start 2026 with some small wonders! Read through our archives, look forward to our January issue being released on the website, and subscribe!
smallwondersmag.com
smallwondersmag.com
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
I like to start the new year as I wish to go on, so I'll be doing lots of little things today - working on projects that nourish me and put good things into the world, spending time with people I love, playing lots of games and eating nice food. May 2026 be memorable only for the best reasons!
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I like to start the new year as I wish to go on, so I'll be doing lots of little things today - working on projects that nourish me and put good things into the world, spending time with people I love, playing lots of games and eating nice food. May 2026 be memorable only for the best reasons!
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New Year New Toad! Our new friend Adhaerobufo wokomungensis was first described as a new species two months ago and is named after the location where they were found on Mount Wokomung in Guyana! (photo by D.B. Means)
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New Year New Toad! Our new friend Adhaerobufo wokomungensis was first described as a new species two months ago and is named after the location where they were found on Mount Wokomung in Guyana! (photo by D.B. Means)
We’re gonna be gonna be…
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
We’re gonna be gonna be…
Spent the day doing nice things with nice people and just having a lovely, low key time. A+ do recommend saying goodbye to a garbage year with good memories and feelings to start the next, hopefully better, stretch of time.
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Spent the day doing nice things with nice people and just having a lovely, low key time. A+ do recommend saying goodbye to a garbage year with good memories and feelings to start the next, hopefully better, stretch of time.
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I think it's worth calling out that some music applications of AI are way ahead of the big-name LLMs in terms of addressing the problems with AI
Antares Metamorph - We Take Our First Listen
Antares Metamorph - We Take Our First Listen
Bringing session singers onto a project can be a great way to improve or
broaden the appeal of the melody or other vocals, but Antares’ latest
creation can achieve the same thing differently. Morphing existing toplines
in the image of real artists, here we explore Metamorph’s AI voicings.
dlvr.it
December 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I think it's worth calling out that some music applications of AI are way ahead of the big-name LLMs in terms of addressing the problems with AI
Just for the record, no, you do not NEED to use AI to put on a convention. Automation is not AI. You can do wonderful things with automation and a small team. Relying on spicy auto-complete to write, edit, market, or (argh noooo) SCHEDULE things for your convention is a disaster waiting to happen.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
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December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just for the record, no, you do not NEED to use AI to put on a convention. Automation is not AI. You can do wonderful things with automation and a small team. Relying on spicy auto-complete to write, edit, market, or (argh noooo) SCHEDULE things for your convention is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
Solid prognostication right here, me mateys.
I'm tired of being surprised by news, so I just went ahead and predicted the publishing news for the next year, month by month.
1/13
1/13
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Solid prognostication right here, me mateys.
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For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
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How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza?
Deep pan, crisp and even.
Deep pan, crisp and even.
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza?
Deep pan, crisp and even.
Deep pan, crisp and even.
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December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
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still my favorite christmas post
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
still my favorite christmas post
The real lesson of a Muppet Christmas Carol is to live your life in such a way that wandering groups of muppets won’t be inspired to sing songs about how awful you are. I’m nailing it.
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The real lesson of a Muppet Christmas Carol is to live your life in such a way that wandering groups of muppets won’t be inspired to sing songs about how awful you are. I’m nailing it.
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Two years without Hank. 😊
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Two years without Hank. 😊
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[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
“Life is made up of meetings and partings “ hit a little harder this year. This continues to be my favorite Christmas movie.
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“Life is made up of meetings and partings “ hit a little harder this year. This continues to be my favorite Christmas movie.
It's been announced elsewhere, so I feel I can talk about it a bit here: I'm retiring from the Dream Foundry operations manager position! This is, unequivocally, a good thing.
I helped found the Dream Foundry with the full expectation that I'd put heart and soul in it. And I have. But...
1/5
I helped found the Dream Foundry with the full expectation that I'd put heart and soul in it. And I have. But...
1/5
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's been announced elsewhere, so I feel I can talk about it a bit here: I'm retiring from the Dream Foundry operations manager position! This is, unequivocally, a good thing.
I helped found the Dream Foundry with the full expectation that I'd put heart and soul in it. And I have. But...
1/5
I helped found the Dream Foundry with the full expectation that I'd put heart and soul in it. And I have. But...
1/5
Today I acquired a buche de noel (and it is GORGEOUS) and a cranberry coffee cake and a lot of fancy chocolates and a quiche, and then untangled icicle lights and hung them, and then made room for presents and wrapped them and then did some Small Wonders work and NOW I'm merry and bright, dammit.
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today I acquired a buche de noel (and it is GORGEOUS) and a cranberry coffee cake and a lot of fancy chocolates and a quiche, and then untangled icicle lights and hung them, and then made room for presents and wrapped them and then did some Small Wonders work and NOW I'm merry and bright, dammit.