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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Oh! So they lied!
So this is weird. The National Guard is staging at the Whipple building this morning. This is what you do when preparing for a mission.
February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Oh! So they lied!
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There are a lot of other things that you can do to stop death camps from being constructed but this is a real-name account. I'm sure you can read accounts of WWII and dystopian fiction to find out what some of them are.
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
There are a lot of other things that you can do to stop death camps from being constructed but this is a real-name account. I'm sure you can read accounts of WWII and dystopian fiction to find out what some of them are.
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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Great local reporting on an unprecedented, ominous situation in El Paso
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites natio...
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An une...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Great local reporting on an unprecedented, ominous situation in El Paso
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
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Le retrait d’un drapeau arc-en-ciel du site historique de Stonewall dédié aux droits LGBT+ à New York, en raison de règles adoptées par l’administration Trump, a provoqué mardi l’indignation du maire démocrate et de plusieurs organisations, qui ont appelé à manifester.
www.noovo.info/nouvelles/in...
www.noovo.info/nouvelles/in...
Le retrait d’un drapeau arc-en-ciel d’un site historique à New York provoque l’indignation
Le monument national de Stonewall commémore les émeutes du même nom qui se sont déroulées en 1969 à la suite d’un raid policier dans le Stonewall Inn, un bar gay de Greenwich Village, à New York.
www.noovo.info
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Le retrait d’un drapeau arc-en-ciel du site historique de Stonewall dédié aux droits LGBT+ à New York, en raison de règles adoptées par l’administration Trump, a provoqué mardi l’indignation du maire démocrate et de plusieurs organisations, qui ont appelé à manifester.
www.noovo.info/nouvelles/in...
www.noovo.info/nouvelles/in...
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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
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Again, for anyone who needs help articulating the fact that the BBC is routinely using fake-scientific language to express bigoted views while pretending they're being neutral...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Again, for anyone who needs help articulating the fact that the BBC is routinely using fake-scientific language to express bigoted views while pretending they're being neutral...
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
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It's Spring in the City day!
Grab this anthology of dark urban fantasy stories featuring living cities and new dangers wherever books are sold.
Buy direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring
Join us for our launch event at 8 PM ET:
links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty
#BookSky #shortstories #TBR
Grab this anthology of dark urban fantasy stories featuring living cities and new dangers wherever books are sold.
Buy direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring
Join us for our launch event at 8 PM ET:
links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty
#BookSky #shortstories #TBR
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's Spring in the City day!
Grab this anthology of dark urban fantasy stories featuring living cities and new dangers wherever books are sold.
Buy direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring
Join us for our launch event at 8 PM ET:
links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty
#BookSky #shortstories #TBR
Grab this anthology of dark urban fantasy stories featuring living cities and new dangers wherever books are sold.
Buy direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring
Join us for our launch event at 8 PM ET:
links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty
#BookSky #shortstories #TBR
Thank you ImaginAtlas for this detailed and thoughtful review. I also love the title: "Five points on an invisible line: Family, Love and Fighting Fascism."
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Five points on an invisible line: Family, Love, and Fighting Fascism - ImaginAtlas
After several years of anticipation, the sequel to Su J. Sokol’s Cycling to Asylum (which has received a new edition under the title Invisible Lines) is finally here. As someone who absolutely adored ...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thank you ImaginAtlas for this detailed and thoughtful review. I also love the title: "Five points on an invisible line: Family, Love and Fighting Fascism."
imaginatlas.ca/five-points-...
imaginatlas.ca/five-points-...
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I've always found @cycling2asylum.bsky.social's books read like real life through a science fiction paradigm.
Must be the #bicycles!
Go to xyr profile page and read reviews, interviews & more. These are great books (and thoughtful, too) to recommend for #EBookGifts.
Must be the #bicycles!
Go to xyr profile page and read reviews, interviews & more. These are great books (and thoughtful, too) to recommend for #EBookGifts.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've always found @cycling2asylum.bsky.social's books read like real life through a science fiction paradigm.
Must be the #bicycles!
Go to xyr profile page and read reviews, interviews & more. These are great books (and thoughtful, too) to recommend for #EBookGifts.
Must be the #bicycles!
Go to xyr profile page and read reviews, interviews & more. These are great books (and thoughtful, too) to recommend for #EBookGifts.
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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...
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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...