Su J Sokol (xe, xyr)
@cycling2asylum.bsky.social
Writer of speculative and interstitial fiction; social rights activist, VP 2024 Cycling to Asylum/Les lignes invisible (longlisted for the Sunburst ), Run J Run, Zee. Out in September 2025: Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line!!!🌈
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A fantastic interview w/ Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social at Interstellar Flight Magazine! @lisatimpf.bsky.social
Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A fantastic interview w/ Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social at Interstellar Flight Magazine! @lisatimpf.bsky.social
Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
Hopepunk, Activism, and Community
Interview with Su J. Sokol, author of Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line
magazine.interstellarflightpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
Thank you, Lisa TImpf and The Seaboard Review of Books, for this review of Five Points on an Invisible Line!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/five-point...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/five-point...
Five Points on an Invisible Line by Su J Sokol
Reviewed by Lisa Timpf
www.theseaboardreview.ca
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thank you, Lisa TImpf and The Seaboard Review of Books, for this review of Five Points on an Invisible Line!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/five-point...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/five-point...
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I had a great night at Livre and Let Livre last night with @alexwhitebean.bsky.social, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @michellefranklin.bsky.social and @neuvel.net! 🖤🎃🖤
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I had a great night at Livre and Let Livre last night with @alexwhitebean.bsky.social, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @michellefranklin.bsky.social and @neuvel.net! 🖤🎃🖤
I had the amazing opportunity to be interviewed by Derek Newman-Stille for their award-winning podcast, Speculating Canada. You can watch the interview here: speculatingcanada.ca/2025/10/20/a...
An Interview with Su Sokol
I had the wonderful opportunity to finally sit down and talk to Su J Sokol, activist and Spec Fic writer. As an activist myself, I knew that Xe would be an interesting person to talk to about socia…
speculatingcanada.ca
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I had the amazing opportunity to be interviewed by Derek Newman-Stille for their award-winning podcast, Speculating Canada. You can watch the interview here: speculatingcanada.ca/2025/10/20/a...
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Second panel of day 2 #CanCon2025 called “Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family” with Sonia Urlando (moderator), Claudie Arseneault, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social (Su J Sokol) and Rebecca Simkin. @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Second panel of day 2 #CanCon2025 called “Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family” with Sonia Urlando (moderator), Claudie Arseneault, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social (Su J Sokol) and Rebecca Simkin. @canconsffh.bsky.social
Late but... Amidst hunger and ecological disaster, SETH falls for SEVEN who, like him, wants to heal the world. As Increasingly strange things occur, Seth wonders if Seven is at the centre of the problem. 7/7 TIME is The Time Traveler’s Wife (gay version) meets The Free People’s Village. #DVpit
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Late but... Amidst hunger and ecological disaster, SETH falls for SEVEN who, like him, wants to heal the world. As Increasingly strange things occur, Seth wonders if Seven is at the centre of the problem. 7/7 TIME is The Time Traveler’s Wife (gay version) meets The Free People’s Village. #DVpit
Here is my schedule for Can*Con. Hope I see you at a the launch, signing, or one of my panels!
October 17, 17h: Sensitivity Reading 101
Friday, October 17 at 20h: book launch!
Saturday, October 18 at 11h30: Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family
Sunday, October 19 at 12: signing
October 17, 17h: Sensitivity Reading 101
Friday, October 17 at 20h: book launch!
Saturday, October 18 at 11h30: Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family
Sunday, October 19 at 12: signing
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here is my schedule for Can*Con. Hope I see you at a the launch, signing, or one of my panels!
October 17, 17h: Sensitivity Reading 101
Friday, October 17 at 20h: book launch!
Saturday, October 18 at 11h30: Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family
Sunday, October 19 at 12: signing
October 17, 17h: Sensitivity Reading 101
Friday, October 17 at 20h: book launch!
Saturday, October 18 at 11h30: Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family
Sunday, October 19 at 12: signing
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Hell yes. Look at all those rainbows!
YOU ALL DID IT! WE HIT OUR REPRINT STRETCH GOAL! Our next stretch goal is MORE ART!! This is so much more than we dared hope possible so thank you 💜
Beyond more art we also have nonfiction followed by an additional reprint per issue!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
Beyond more art we also have nonfiction followed by an additional reprint per issue!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
October 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hell yes. Look at all those rainbows!
My new duology -- Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line -- is co-launching with master sci-fi writer Rich Larson's new collection The Sky Didn't Load Today and Other Launches on Thursday at 5pm in Montréal at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social. Can't wait!
September 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My new duology -- Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line -- is co-launching with master sci-fi writer Rich Larson's new collection The Sky Didn't Load Today and Other Launches on Thursday at 5pm in Montréal at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social. Can't wait!
There's nothing like reading a review of your work that shows a deep understanding of what you're trying to convey. Much appreciation to @theseaboardreview.ca and @lisatimpf.bsky.social -- and to @flamearrowpub.bsky.social for giving this story a second life. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/invisible-...
Invisible Line by Su J. Sokol
Reviewed by Lisa Timpf
www.theseaboardreview.ca
August 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
There's nothing like reading a review of your work that shows a deep understanding of what you're trying to convey. Much appreciation to @theseaboardreview.ca and @lisatimpf.bsky.social -- and to @flamearrowpub.bsky.social for giving this story a second life. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/invisible-...
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If I'm stuck while outlining, I'll start a list called "Stupid things that could happen next" and write a bunch of nonsense ideas down. Pterodactyl attack. Everyone starts singing. Someone transforms into a werewolf.
Eventually the ideas become less stupid, and usually I find a solution.
Eventually the ideas become less stupid, and usually I find a solution.
Alright, share your terrible writing tips that actually work.
Mine is: stop for the day in the middle of a paragraph, a sentence, even in the middle of a word. It feels SO wrong but it makes it 1000x easier to pick up the thread the next day.
Mine is: stop for the day in the middle of a paragraph, a sentence, even in the middle of a word. It feels SO wrong but it makes it 1000x easier to pick up the thread the next day.
August 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If I'm stuck while outlining, I'll start a list called "Stupid things that could happen next" and write a bunch of nonsense ideas down. Pterodactyl attack. Everyone starts singing. Someone transforms into a werewolf.
Eventually the ideas become less stupid, and usually I find a solution.
Eventually the ideas become less stupid, and usually I find a solution.
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Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth from Rich Larson and Su J. Sokol.
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Invisible Line, Five Points, & The Sky Didn’t Load Today
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth
www.kickstarter.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth from Rich Larson and Su J. Sokol.
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Please back @flamearrowpub.bsky.social's Kickstarter to obtain FIVE POINTS ON AN INVISIBLE LINE (the unplanned sequel to Cycling to Asylum), INVISIBLE LINE, and Rich Larson's illustrated collection, THE SKY DIDN'T LOAD TODAY AND OTHER GLITCHES. Thanks you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Invisible Line, Five Points, & The Sky Didn’t Load Today
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth
www.kickstarter.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Please back @flamearrowpub.bsky.social's Kickstarter to obtain FIVE POINTS ON AN INVISIBLE LINE (the unplanned sequel to Cycling to Asylum), INVISIBLE LINE, and Rich Larson's illustrated collection, THE SKY DIDN'T LOAD TODAY AND OTHER GLITCHES. Thanks you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
The cover reveal and TOC for Ruadán Books' Spring in the City (including my story "Montréal," co-authored with D. F. McCourt) is out! ruadanbooks.com/ruadan-books...
Ruadán Books Announces the Table of Contents, Cover, and Availability for Their Original Anthology: Spring in the City - Ruadán Books
Boston, MA – June 23, 2024 – Ruadán Books announces the publication date, preorder availability and the table of contents for their third original anthology: Spring in the City. The anthology, co-edit...
ruadanbooks.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The cover reveal and TOC for Ruadán Books' Spring in the City (including my story "Montréal," co-authored with D. F. McCourt) is out! ruadanbooks.com/ruadan-books...
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New York, United America.
Where teaching history becomes dangerous.
Where freedom is a luxury.
Where one family must make an impossible choice.
*Invisible Line coming soon*
#InvisibleLine #SpecFic #ComingSoon #BookSky #Bookstagram #Hopepunk
Where teaching history becomes dangerous.
Where freedom is a luxury.
Where one family must make an impossible choice.
*Invisible Line coming soon*
#InvisibleLine #SpecFic #ComingSoon #BookSky #Bookstagram #Hopepunk
April 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
New York, United America.
Where teaching history becomes dangerous.
Where freedom is a luxury.
Where one family must make an impossible choice.
*Invisible Line coming soon*
#InvisibleLine #SpecFic #ComingSoon #BookSky #Bookstagram #Hopepunk
Where teaching history becomes dangerous.
Where freedom is a luxury.
Where one family must make an impossible choice.
*Invisible Line coming soon*
#InvisibleLine #SpecFic #ComingSoon #BookSky #Bookstagram #Hopepunk
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'Today, in Modi’s India, many journalists say they fear being framed under draconian anti-terrorism laws, or the arrival of pro-Modi gangs at their front door.'
That this piece had to be published anonymously illustrates the dire situation.
That this piece had to be published anonymously illustrates the dire situation.
‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India
Attacks and self censorship, draconian anti-terror laws and tycoons’ control over the media, are all seen as eroding the country’s democracy
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
'Today, in Modi’s India, many journalists say they fear being framed under draconian anti-terrorism laws, or the arrival of pro-Modi gangs at their front door.'
That this piece had to be published anonymously illustrates the dire situation.
That this piece had to be published anonymously illustrates the dire situation.
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INTRODUCING: FIVE POINTS
Where paths intersect, stories unfold...
A tale that weaves together destinies in ways you never expected.
Every copy includes:
- Author insights
- Reading guides
- Character backstories
Kickstarter pre-orders start May 27, 2025!
#FivePoints #Canlit
Where paths intersect, stories unfold...
A tale that weaves together destinies in ways you never expected.
Every copy includes:
- Author insights
- Reading guides
- Character backstories
Kickstarter pre-orders start May 27, 2025!
#FivePoints #Canlit
April 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
INTRODUCING: FIVE POINTS
Where paths intersect, stories unfold...
A tale that weaves together destinies in ways you never expected.
Every copy includes:
- Author insights
- Reading guides
- Character backstories
Kickstarter pre-orders start May 27, 2025!
#FivePoints #Canlit
Where paths intersect, stories unfold...
A tale that weaves together destinies in ways you never expected.
Every copy includes:
- Author insights
- Reading guides
- Character backstories
Kickstarter pre-orders start May 27, 2025!
#FivePoints #Canlit
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SPOTLIGHT: INVISIBLE LINE
Step into a world where boundaries blur and hope takes flight...
A story that challenges what we see and what remains hidden.
Coming with exclusive digital extras:
- In-depth author interview
- Reading guide
- Character profiles
#InvisibleLine #SFF #HopePunk
Step into a world where boundaries blur and hope takes flight...
A story that challenges what we see and what remains hidden.
Coming with exclusive digital extras:
- In-depth author interview
- Reading guide
- Character profiles
#InvisibleLine #SFF #HopePunk
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
SPOTLIGHT: INVISIBLE LINE
Step into a world where boundaries blur and hope takes flight...
A story that challenges what we see and what remains hidden.
Coming with exclusive digital extras:
- In-depth author interview
- Reading guide
- Character profiles
#InvisibleLine #SFF #HopePunk
Step into a world where boundaries blur and hope takes flight...
A story that challenges what we see and what remains hidden.
Coming with exclusive digital extras:
- In-depth author interview
- Reading guide
- Character profiles
#InvisibleLine #SFF #HopePunk
Sooo excited!!
THE WAIT IS OVER!
Presenting the stunning cover of 'Invisible Line'! A groundbreaking story that pushes the boundaries of hopepunk and speculative fiction.
Kickstarter pre-orders opening soon! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're as excited as we are!
#NewRelease #CanadianAuthor #Hopepunk #BookSky
Presenting the stunning cover of 'Invisible Line'! A groundbreaking story that pushes the boundaries of hopepunk and speculative fiction.
Kickstarter pre-orders opening soon! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're as excited as we are!
#NewRelease #CanadianAuthor #Hopepunk #BookSky
April 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sooo excited!!
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COVER REVEAL ALERT!
Two new worlds are about to unfold... 'Invisible Line' and 'Five Points' are coming your way!
These aren't just books. They're portals to worlds where hope thrives and resilience shapes destinies. Stay tuned - full covers dropping soon!
#BookSky #HopePunk #ComingSoon
Two new worlds are about to unfold... 'Invisible Line' and 'Five Points' are coming your way!
These aren't just books. They're portals to worlds where hope thrives and resilience shapes destinies. Stay tuned - full covers dropping soon!
#BookSky #HopePunk #ComingSoon
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
COVER REVEAL ALERT!
Two new worlds are about to unfold... 'Invisible Line' and 'Five Points' are coming your way!
These aren't just books. They're portals to worlds where hope thrives and resilience shapes destinies. Stay tuned - full covers dropping soon!
#BookSky #HopePunk #ComingSoon
Two new worlds are about to unfold... 'Invisible Line' and 'Five Points' are coming your way!
These aren't just books. They're portals to worlds where hope thrives and resilience shapes destinies. Stay tuned - full covers dropping soon!
#BookSky #HopePunk #ComingSoon
On April 26th, I'll be moderating the panel, "GREEN TO GREY: TOXIC POLLUTION AND A GREY PLANET" with panelist/contributors Matt Murphy, Timothy Niedermann, and Cora Sire at the Metropolis Bleu International Literary Festival. Check it out if you're in Montréal. bluemetropolis.org/event/green-...
GREEN TO GRAY : TOXIC POLLUTION AND A GREY PLANET - Blue Metropolis
Green to Grey: A new anthology from Guernica Editions exposes how toxic pollution is turning our beautiful, green world into grey. The book is both a celebration of nature and a lament for its degrada...
bluemetropolis.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
On April 26th, I'll be moderating the panel, "GREEN TO GREY: TOXIC POLLUTION AND A GREY PLANET" with panelist/contributors Matt Murphy, Timothy Niedermann, and Cora Sire at the Metropolis Bleu International Literary Festival. Check it out if you're in Montréal. bluemetropolis.org/event/green-...
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Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
I love snowy, etherial Montréal at night, and this block of colourful row houses are particularly beautiful. If only everyone had a true and realized right to permanent housing!
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I love snowy, etherial Montréal at night, and this block of colourful row houses are particularly beautiful. If only everyone had a true and realized right to permanent housing!
Hey, @thatcalamity.bsky.social, could you add me to your Canadian SFF starter pack? I don't think I'm on it yet.
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hey, @thatcalamity.bsky.social, could you add me to your Canadian SFF starter pack? I don't think I'm on it yet.