Darusha Wehm
@darusha.ca
they/them
Nebula Award winning SFF author
A fifth of @darklylem.com
Member of @manyworldsforum.bsky.social
Rep: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Latest: Transmentation | Transience
All: https://darusha.ca
Pic: Erica Poole
Nebula Award winning SFF author
A fifth of @darklylem.com
Member of @manyworldsforum.bsky.social
Rep: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Latest: Transmentation | Transience
All: https://darusha.ca
Pic: Erica Poole
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Darusha Wehm
@darusha.ca
· Apr 21
M. Darusha Wehm
Science fiction and mainstream books by award-winning author M. Darusha Wehm
darusha.ca
Hi, new folks! I mainly write SF originals and tie-ins. Latests are: Shores of a New Horizon (a Terraforming Mars novel) and Hamlet, Prince of Robots (exactly what it sounds like).
I'm also a fifth of @darklylem.com, whose multiversal political thriller, Transmentation | Transience, is out now!
I'm also a fifth of @darklylem.com, whose multiversal political thriller, Transmentation | Transience, is out now!
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Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
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As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
The Hugo Awards (2026)
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This is ART
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is ART
Good things do still happen.
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Good things do still happen.
It's just about time for the mini-conference Quasar! Among a bunch of excellent panels, seminars and workshops, you can join me this great group to chat about collaboration.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's just about time for the mini-conference Quasar! Among a bunch of excellent panels, seminars and workshops, you can join me this great group to chat about collaboration.
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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Around Stuart Street Dunedin (and all up Taieri Road/Three Mile Hill)
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Around Stuart Street Dunedin (and all up Taieri Road/Three Mile Hill)
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Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Them: “no one had pronouns in my day”
A TV Character from their day:
A TV Character from their day:
I am one of those supporters!
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
65% of people in Aotearoa support striking workers!
#StandTogetherForHealth #NZPol #AotearoaUNions #TradeUnions #NZUnions
#StandTogetherForHealth #NZPol #AotearoaUNions #TradeUnions #NZUnions
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am one of those supporters!
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
In the last few months I've seen first-hand how the folks in our medical fields have been heroically coping with staffing and supply shortages that affect their ability to do their jobs caring for people.
1/2
Naomi’s mum coming in from the top rope: “…you will condemn yourself to a life of bitterness if you decide that there is only one role which will satisfy you and that’s top-billing.”
making a living vs making a life
here is the best advice I have about making your life in the creative arts. it's advice from my mum. it has made my whole life better and if you want to be an artist I think it'll make yours better too:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
here is the best advice I have about making your life in the creative arts. it's advice from my mum. it has made my whole life better and if you want to be an artist I think it'll make yours better too:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
making a living vs making a life
or "can you earn money from your art?" (and is that even the right question?)
naomialderman.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Naomi’s mum coming in from the top rope: “…you will condemn yourself to a life of bitterness if you decide that there is only one role which will satisfy you and that’s top-billing.”
Aw, yes! So richly deserved! And the rest of the shortlist are bangers, too.
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Aw, yes! So richly deserved! And the rest of the shortlist are bangers, too.
My mom, Shona, died yesterday at the age of 88. She was able to be at home with me and Steven and her beloved granddog, Clem Fandango, after a long hospital stay. She had been in a great deal of pain, but we had a lovely day yesterday of music and laughter. She died as she lived: on her own terms.
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My mom, Shona, died yesterday at the age of 88. She was able to be at home with me and Steven and her beloved granddog, Clem Fandango, after a long hospital stay. She had been in a great deal of pain, but we had a lovely day yesterday of music and laughter. She died as she lived: on her own terms.
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I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.
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B&N has dropped their Best Books of 2025 list with 2.5 months left in the year so here's your reminder that "best" is arbitrary, time is a construct, and there are still a ton of good books coming out that shouldn't be ignored just because the credits are rolling early
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
B&N has dropped their Best Books of 2025 list with 2.5 months left in the year so here's your reminder that "best" is arbitrary, time is a construct, and there are still a ton of good books coming out that shouldn't be ignored just because the credits are rolling early
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ATTENTION WELLINGTON: Spring Into Tawa is this Saturday and it's basically doubled in size from 2024, so jump on the Kāpiti line to visit the best little spring festival in Wellington
Spring into Tawa | Tawa’s annual spring festival | Spring into Tawa
The Mexted Motors Spring into Tawa festival is held every October in the main shopping area of Tawa, featuring stalls, entertainment, activities, food and much more!
www.springintotawa.nz
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ATTENTION WELLINGTON: Spring Into Tawa is this Saturday and it's basically doubled in size from 2024, so jump on the Kāpiti line to visit the best little spring festival in Wellington
Stories are how we save the world.
Change can only come once we tell ourselves the story of what we’d like our life to be. And even if that world can never exist, in telling yourself the story you’ll learn what you want from this world and knowing what you want is the necessary first step.
Change can only come once we tell ourselves the story of what we’d like our life to be. And even if that world can never exist, in telling yourself the story you’ll learn what you want from this world and knowing what you want is the necessary first step.
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Stories are how we save the world.
Change can only come once we tell ourselves the story of what we’d like our life to be. And even if that world can never exist, in telling yourself the story you’ll learn what you want from this world and knowing what you want is the necessary first step.
Change can only come once we tell ourselves the story of what we’d like our life to be. And even if that world can never exist, in telling yourself the story you’ll learn what you want from this world and knowing what you want is the necessary first step.
*Everything* is just like, your opinion, man.
Well-written? Opinion.
Clever? Opinion.
Lyrical? Opinion.
Derivative? Opinion.
Yes, even when I say "that's objectively [blank]," I'm being hyperbolic. For someone else it's not, and that's correct and good.
Well-written? Opinion.
Clever? Opinion.
Lyrical? Opinion.
Derivative? Opinion.
Yes, even when I say "that's objectively [blank]," I'm being hyperbolic. For someone else it's not, and that's correct and good.
October 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
*Everything* is just like, your opinion, man.
Well-written? Opinion.
Clever? Opinion.
Lyrical? Opinion.
Derivative? Opinion.
Yes, even when I say "that's objectively [blank]," I'm being hyperbolic. For someone else it's not, and that's correct and good.
Well-written? Opinion.
Clever? Opinion.
Lyrical? Opinion.
Derivative? Opinion.
Yes, even when I say "that's objectively [blank]," I'm being hyperbolic. For someone else it's not, and that's correct and good.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Include a full synopsis.
Include a full synopsis.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Include a full synopsis.
Include a full synopsis.
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Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
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horror movie posters but with muppets: thread
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
horror movie posters but with muppets: thread
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
kotowych.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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The new blog post is here.
And we're talking about my new favorite sci-fi trope: Gay Robot Romances!
Seriously, if you have any more recs, PLEASE let me know.
#bookblog #booksky
And we're talking about my new favorite sci-fi trope: Gay Robot Romances!
Seriously, if you have any more recs, PLEASE let me know.
#bookblog #booksky
Gay Robots in Love
Fictional creatures have always been used as allegories for queer romance. It’s long been speculated that original tale of “The Little Mermaid” was inspired by the depression it&#…
margaretadelle.wordpress.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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These are not the only things GoldSF publishes but the very existence of GoldSF dismantles part of the torment nexus mitpress.mit.edu/series/golds...
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
These are not the only things GoldSF publishes but the very existence of GoldSF dismantles part of the torment nexus mitpress.mit.edu/series/golds...