P.A. Cornell (She/Her)
@cornellwriter.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy-nominated Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey ’02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
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Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
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EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
Can confirm that InkFoundry is really neat. Possibly even neat-o!
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Can confirm that InkFoundry is really neat. Possibly even neat-o!
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Weekend newsletter promotions are always awkward. Do I promote both days or just one? Just in case, subscribe today!
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November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Weekend newsletter promotions are always awkward. Do I promote both days or just one? Just in case, subscribe today!
adriabailton.com/adria-bailto...
adriabailton.com/adria-bailto...
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Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
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If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
Hell yes, Germany!
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hell yes, Germany!
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Psst! I've added a whole bunch of new links to my eligibility and recommendation round up post with further updates to come. Keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Psst! I've added a whole bunch of new links to my eligibility and recommendation round up post with further updates to come. Keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
Honestly have no idea what some people get out of using AI for writing. Just had all the parts of a story idea click into place and it’s such a satisfying feeling. Why the hell would anyone want to outsource creativity?
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Honestly have no idea what some people get out of using AI for writing. Just had all the parts of a story idea click into place and it’s such a satisfying feeling. Why the hell would anyone want to outsource creativity?
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@cornellwriter.bsky.social has been really kicking ass this year and has written some amazing work
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@cornellwriter.bsky.social has been really kicking ass this year and has written some amazing work
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URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders!
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders
This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.
escapepod.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders!
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
The most Canadian crime ever.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The most Canadian crime ever.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Take note, rest of the world.
Make them pay people. It's the law.
Make them pay people. It's the law.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Take note, rest of the world.
Make them pay people. It's the law.
Make them pay people. It's the law.
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Now that the book's been out for over a month, I'm re-posting this great review by @hawkwinglb.bsky.social of Queen Demon, for people who have had time to read the book and like really deep smart dives: locusmag.com/review/queen...
Queen Demon by Martha Wells: Review by Liz Bourke
Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor 978-1-250-82691-6, $28.99, 400pp, hc) October 2025. Cover by Cynthia Sheppard. I’ve loved Martha Wells’s fantasy novels ever since I picked up The Element of Fire. Qu…
locusmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Now that the book's been out for over a month, I'm re-posting this great review by @hawkwinglb.bsky.social of Queen Demon, for people who have had time to read the book and like really deep smart dives: locusmag.com/review/queen...
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My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
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New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
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Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Amazon.com: Someone You Can Build a Nest In eBook : Wiswell, John: Kindle Store
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November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Extremely disappointing.
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.
Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey partner with ElevenLabs for AI voice cloning
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Extremely disappointing.
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This is such a gorgeous book by @quantick.bsky.social! Can’t wait for you to read it and also to see the final, beautiful cover, which we will reveal soon at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
Seasons change, but does everything have to? Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND is a heartfelt and dream like novella out March 10, 2026. Cover reveal and preorders coming soon! Read more about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #literature #fantasy
Imagine a Friend – Stars and Sabers
Imagine a Friend is a heartfelt, whimsical, magical novella by Emmy Award winner David Quantick, out March 10, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is such a gorgeous book by @quantick.bsky.social! Can’t wait for you to read it and also to see the final, beautiful cover, which we will reveal soon at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
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For the evening crowd: "Hotcakes at the End Times" is out now with Nature Futures!
Come for the hotcakes. Stay for the comfort amidst chaos. Bring both a fork and tissues.
Happy Reading!
🥞🚀
Come for the hotcakes. Stay for the comfort amidst chaos. Bring both a fork and tissues.
Happy Reading!
🥞🚀
Hotcakes at the end times | Nature
Another satisfied customer. Another satisfied customer.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
For the evening crowd: "Hotcakes at the End Times" is out now with Nature Futures!
Come for the hotcakes. Stay for the comfort amidst chaos. Bring both a fork and tissues.
Happy Reading!
🥞🚀
Come for the hotcakes. Stay for the comfort amidst chaos. Bring both a fork and tissues.
Happy Reading!
🥞🚀
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*kicks down the wall like the Kool-Aid man*
Paperback pre-orders are listed on bookshop.org for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. This is not a drill!
Paperback pre-orders are listed on bookshop.org for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. This is not a drill!
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl
Check out Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl - <p>Just beneath the hovercar lanes, in a Toronto very much like ours, sits an unassuming diner called Rocket Ray's. There, Shoeshine Boy spots the girl of hi...
bookshop.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
*kicks down the wall like the Kool-Aid man*
Paperback pre-orders are listed on bookshop.org for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. This is not a drill!
Paperback pre-orders are listed on bookshop.org for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. This is not a drill!
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✨ ‘Tis the season…for award eligibility posts! ✨
I had two short stories published in 2025 and I'd be honoured if you considered them in your nominations for the various SFF awards. And Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 is eligible for Best Anthology in the Locus, World Fantasy, and Aurora Awards.
I had two short stories published in 2025 and I'd be honoured if you considered them in your nominations for the various SFF awards. And Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 is eligible for Best Anthology in the Locus, World Fantasy, and Aurora Awards.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
✨ ‘Tis the season…for award eligibility posts! ✨
I had two short stories published in 2025 and I'd be honoured if you considered them in your nominations for the various SFF awards. And Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 is eligible for Best Anthology in the Locus, World Fantasy, and Aurora Awards.
I had two short stories published in 2025 and I'd be honoured if you considered them in your nominations for the various SFF awards. And Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 is eligible for Best Anthology in the Locus, World Fantasy, and Aurora Awards.
Yeah, let’s not forget it’s actually 5 magazines you might have to walk away from if you’re a cross-genre author.
Mystery and crime writers are also experiencing similar shenanigans—after extra long reply times—because MRM owns Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock too.
This was @victoriastrauss.com's take in Writer Beware in July 2025:
This was @victoriastrauss.com's take in Writer Beware in July 2025:
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Yeah, let’s not forget it’s actually 5 magazines you might have to walk away from if you’re a cross-genre author.
I thought withdrawing from Analog after 10 years of trying hurt. Scott walked away from F&SF after more than 50! I feel like I could’ve written this because it’s basically the experience I had. I’m so sorry, Scott. We need an antho for all these stories. “The Ones Who Walk Away from MRM”?
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I thought withdrawing from Analog after 10 years of trying hurt. Scott walked away from F&SF after more than 50! I feel like I could’ve written this because it’s basically the experience I had. I’m so sorry, Scott. We need an antho for all these stories. “The Ones Who Walk Away from MRM”?
Sadly not surprising coming from Amazon. I hope this gets resolved fast @subpress.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sadly not surprising coming from Amazon. I hope this gets resolved fast @subpress.bsky.social.