Dei Walker
@dei2dei.bsky.social
Codex Writers | SFWA | fibercrafter, language nerd. Ink runs through my veins.
I have a li'l somethin' somethin' in here: nonbinary/gender fluid plasm monsters need love too. And by "love", I mean threesomes that involve shapeshifting.
Crowdfunding to fund our next erotic anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is live on Kickstarter! 16 queer monsterfucking stories, gorgeous merch, and a steaming hot collection you won't want to miss. Check out our campaign today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I have a li'l somethin' somethin' in here: nonbinary/gender fluid plasm monsters need love too. And by "love", I mean threesomes that involve shapeshifting.
I have a story about a woman and an abandoned dream at a genius loci in this compilation of flash stories! It's free with KU, $1 purchased otherwise, and is full of a number of some wonderful weird westerns!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4
Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West (Shacklebound Books)
Amazon.com: Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West (Shacklebound Books) eBook : Fomley, Eric: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I have a story about a woman and an abandoned dream at a genius loci in this compilation of flash stories! It's free with KU, $1 purchased otherwise, and is full of a number of some wonderful weird westerns!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4
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Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
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Fun fact:
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Fun fact:
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
Musk's pay package would be equal to the cost of SNAP (i.e., helping 42 million people to buy food) for TEN YEARS.
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Naturally the dev team not ONCE thought to consider how this unasked for feature could be weaponized as an attack vector.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Naturally the dev team not ONCE thought to consider how this unasked for feature could be weaponized as an attack vector.
This month has been very slow on the short fiction project front, but not bad on picking a novel project back up again. Sitting pretty at finishing the first arc around 40k; hopefully will get to knock the second arc out before December, and do an edit pass on the first 2 parts before moving on.
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This month has been very slow on the short fiction project front, but not bad on picking a novel project back up again. Sitting pretty at finishing the first arc around 40k; hopefully will get to knock the second arc out before December, and do an edit pass on the first 2 parts before moving on.
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#CancelSpotify
They are running ICE ads.
They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.
Spread the word.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
They are running ICE ads.
They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.
Spread the word.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#CancelSpotify
They are running ICE ads.
They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.
Spread the word.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
They are running ICE ads.
They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.
Spread the word.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
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"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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This is really disappointing to see. There's Unsplash, allll the Creative Commons art out there's and you go for AI?
Heads up for any writers considering this market: the fairly new publication Neon and Smoke openly uses & attempts to justify using AI art.
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is really disappointing to see. There's Unsplash, allll the Creative Commons art out there's and you go for AI?
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Repost if you have more followers than the Official White House BlueSky Account
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Repost if you have more followers than the Official White House BlueSky Account
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ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
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tonight is the night I became Dale Gribble and blocked the feds
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
tonight is the night I became Dale Gribble and blocked the feds
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MAGA folks don’t understand that the culture of Bluesky involves everyone just blocking people they don’t like without any engagement.
They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.
They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
MAGA folks don’t understand that the culture of Bluesky involves everyone just blocking people they don’t like without any engagement.
They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.
They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.
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<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
October 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
Looking forward to this being out in the world - the TOC is full of great people and the stories are a great mix of takes on Weird West. We're expecting a release date next month for this!
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Looking forward to this being out in the world - the TOC is full of great people and the stories are a great mix of takes on Weird West. We're expecting a release date next month for this!
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WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨
Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!
Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨
Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!
Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!
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It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
Golden Week is done and I am so ready to have a quiet house again. I can perhaps actually get something *done* this week!
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Golden Week is done and I am so ready to have a quiet house again. I can perhaps actually get something *done* this week!
Friend mentioned this to me, so I'm giving it a go. I've not done many contest-type things (some of the places are a bit iffy) but this one has both peer and pro judging, and the community around it seems really solid. www.writingbattle.com/join-battle
Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
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Receive oodles of feedback.
Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
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October 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Friend mentioned this to me, so I'm giving it a go. I've not done many contest-type things (some of the places are a bit iffy) but this one has both peer and pro judging, and the community around it seems really solid. www.writingbattle.com/join-battle
@chilliebean.bsky.social whatchu got planned for February? in case, y'know, I...happen to be in town...
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
@chilliebean.bsky.social whatchu got planned for February? in case, y'know, I...happen to be in town...
I don't think I mentioned there's upwards of 50 pages of stories in this! So if you are the kind of person who wants a bunch of short, delicious "oh no" moments of horror/dread/can't-look-away-from-the-slow-mo-wrecking, go pick up a copy!
Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I don't think I mentioned there's upwards of 50 pages of stories in this! So if you are the kind of person who wants a bunch of short, delicious "oh no" moments of horror/dread/can't-look-away-from-the-slow-mo-wrecking, go pick up a copy!
honestly if I had a car I'd put this on it. but yeah, go check out the kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
honestly if I had a car I'd put this on it. but yeah, go check out the kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
Dei's Release Schedule for 2025:
* October: "The Price of a Promise" in Last Girls' Club Fall issue
* November: "The Promised Land" in TWISTED TRAILS from Shacklebound Books
* December: "The Exile's Pyre" in Dirty Magick Magazine
...not shabby at all, methinks?
* October: "The Price of a Promise" in Last Girls' Club Fall issue
* November: "The Promised Land" in TWISTED TRAILS from Shacklebound Books
* December: "The Exile's Pyre" in Dirty Magick Magazine
...not shabby at all, methinks?
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Dei's Release Schedule for 2025:
* October: "The Price of a Promise" in Last Girls' Club Fall issue
* November: "The Promised Land" in TWISTED TRAILS from Shacklebound Books
* December: "The Exile's Pyre" in Dirty Magick Magazine
...not shabby at all, methinks?
* October: "The Price of a Promise" in Last Girls' Club Fall issue
* November: "The Promised Land" in TWISTED TRAILS from Shacklebound Books
* December: "The Exile's Pyre" in Dirty Magick Magazine
...not shabby at all, methinks?
It's out today!
Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's out today!
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Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com
This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com