Phoenix Alexander
@dracopoullos.bsky.social
Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, The Dark, & more! Rep: Angeline Rodriguez, WME Books. 🏳️🌈🇨🇾
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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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 4:18 PM
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.
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Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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oh look the best graduate conference is back 👀
The 11th annual Post45 Graduate Symposium will be hosted by Duke University's Department of English, February 20-21, 2026! Check out the CFP (post45.org/graduate/202...) and please share with anyone who might be interested.
Abstracts are due November 14.
Abstracts are due November 14.
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
oh look the best graduate conference is back 👀
CYPRIOT QUEER YA?! Agents, get on this!!
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
CYPRIOT QUEER YA?! Agents, get on this!!
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Story acceptance! I’m delighted to say that my short story, ‘Dispersal,’ will appear in @hexliterary.bsky.social next year! It’s about the end of a relationship… and the start of something stranger.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Story acceptance! I’m delighted to say that my short story, ‘Dispersal,’ will appear in @hexliterary.bsky.social next year! It’s about the end of a relationship… and the start of something stranger.
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Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Short Fiction | Escape Pod
Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.
escapepod.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
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Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
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September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
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What's this? A wild @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social program has appeared! Lots of things still in flux, a few things still in need of panelists or moderators. But it's shaping up to be a fabulous three day weekend!
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
Program – Flights of Foundry
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September 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What's this? A wild @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social program has appeared! Lots of things still in flux, a few things still in need of panelists or moderators. But it's shaping up to be a fabulous three day weekend!
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
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hello!!!!
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
It's finally September! Do you know what that means???
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
hello!!!!
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
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I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
Question for the writing community: is #ownvoices still a thing? Does it hold any weight with agents and editors?
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Question for the writing community: is #ownvoices still a thing? Does it hold any weight with agents and editors?
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P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
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This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
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Would you care for a queer cyberpunk short story in these trying times? Because hi yes "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" is out for free now at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter - Lightspeed Magazine
Zan’s supervisor tossed the glass square onto their rusting desk. A glass-rendered construct of a silver ticket hovered in the air, text shimmering. Zan held their breath as they re-read it until they were sure their credentials were correct.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Would you care for a queer cyberpunk short story in these trying times? Because hi yes "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" is out for free now at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
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Here’s the thing. I’m not pointing fingers at individuals. All I ask for is consistency. If one Masthead is being carefully listed for the category of Best Semiprozine, then read them all. If there is a word or a time limit, let us know! We will happily adhere to the rules you’ve set!
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here’s the thing. I’m not pointing fingers at individuals. All I ask for is consistency. If one Masthead is being carefully listed for the category of Best Semiprozine, then read them all. If there is a word or a time limit, let us know! We will happily adhere to the rules you’ve set!
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There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
Had a great time at Worldcon meeting new and old faces! Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social for letting me be your plus one! Glad we could trauma bond over our masthead being skipped again. I look forward to next year!
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
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Join me over at Reactor where I talk about misgendering, masking, and freedom through the lens of Murderbot. reactormag.com/the-martha-w...
The Martha Wells Book Club: All Systems Red - Reactor
The perfect start to one of the best science fiction series of the 21st century.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join me over at Reactor where I talk about misgendering, masking, and freedom through the lens of Murderbot. reactormag.com/the-martha-w...
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Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
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August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥
See you this afternoon, Seattle! I’ll be at World Con with my curator hat on for the next few days, and will be very happy to chat with writers and artists about preserving and finding a home for their papers (whether at the Eaton Collection or another repository!)
Also: barcon with pals!!
Also: barcon with pals!!
August 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
See you this afternoon, Seattle! I’ll be at World Con with my curator hat on for the next few days, and will be very happy to chat with writers and artists about preserving and finding a home for their papers (whether at the Eaton Collection or another repository!)
Also: barcon with pals!!
Also: barcon with pals!!
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Assigned Media tracked down every single queer author who withdrew from the Polari Prize after they longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF, and linked to all their books.
These authors showed solidarity and our story is blowing up with traffic from people who want to support them in return.
These authors showed solidarity and our story is blowing up with traffic from people who want to support them in return.
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
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August 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Assigned Media tracked down every single queer author who withdrew from the Polari Prize after they longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF, and linked to all their books.
These authors showed solidarity and our story is blowing up with traffic from people who want to support them in return.
These authors showed solidarity and our story is blowing up with traffic from people who want to support them in return.
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if you wanted a baseline against which to recalibrate just how niche your sense of the genre might be: this is a pretty good example of currently popular, mainstream fantasy. NYT bestseller, Goodreads Choice award nominee, 30k+ Amazon reviews at a rating of 4.4, touring to packed rooms of fans &c.
i am begging you if you're doing greek mythology retellings to do literally any research at all
July 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if you wanted a baseline against which to recalibrate just how niche your sense of the genre might be: this is a pretty good example of currently popular, mainstream fantasy. NYT bestseller, Goodreads Choice award nominee, 30k+ Amazon reviews at a rating of 4.4, touring to packed rooms of fans &c.