Electric Sheep
@electricsheepsf.bsky.social
Spec fic discussion group & reading series.
Flash & shorts.
Celebrating SFFH authors & magazines.
Read along with us!
https://mynachang.com/electric-sheep/
Flash & shorts.
Celebrating SFFH authors & magazines.
Read along with us!
https://mynachang.com/electric-sheep/
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What a joy to spend a morning with Linda D. Addison - so much knowledge and encouragement and peace! And many quotable moments, such as this: "I don't question the unfolding of the universe." Thank you, Linda!!!♥️
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What a joy to spend a morning with Linda D. Addison - so much knowledge and encouragement and peace! And many quotable moments, such as this: "I don't question the unfolding of the universe." Thank you, Linda!!!♥️
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Forgot to send a huge Thank You to Linda D. Addison (@nytebird45.bsky.social) for joining the @electricsheepsf.bsky.social on Saturday. We had so much fun discussing her poetry and her process. Hope you'll join us again!
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Forgot to send a huge Thank You to Linda D. Addison (@nytebird45.bsky.social) for joining the @electricsheepsf.bsky.social on Saturday. We had so much fun discussing her poetry and her process. Hope you'll join us again!
Can't wait to talk with Linda D. Addison tomorrow! If you'd like to see more of Linda's amazing poetry, check out her website!
@nytebird45.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Linda D. Addison Writer
A Quasar Project
www.lindaaddisonwriter.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Can't wait to talk with Linda D. Addison tomorrow! If you'd like to see more of Linda's amazing poetry, check out her website!
@nytebird45.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
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More of this, please! Oh the enchanting @nytebird45.bsky.social doing a reading of "Mami Wata" poem. Linda bringing poetry to life like this is something everyone needs more of in 2026
December 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
More of this, please! Oh the enchanting @nytebird45.bsky.social doing a reading of "Mami Wata" poem. Linda bringing poetry to life like this is something everyone needs more of in 2026
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I love this video. The poem is great to start with, but hearing it in Linda's voice, in the various locations, really raises the level of impact. Gorgeous work from the video production team as well as the star! @nytebird45.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I love this video. The poem is great to start with, but hearing it in Linda's voice, in the various locations, really raises the level of impact. Gorgeous work from the video production team as well as the star! @nytebird45.bsky.social
Happy to welcome Linda D. Addison to Sheep this week!
First up is The Construct’s Co-Emergence in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
First up is The Construct’s Co-Emergence in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
The Construct’s Co-Emergence - Uncanny Magazine
E = mc2 to C me, beginnings are hidden promises, unplanned, untested, did U plan me first? I hold the Singularity in breath I do not possess, ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy to welcome Linda D. Addison to Sheep this week!
First up is The Construct’s Co-Emergence in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
First up is The Construct’s Co-Emergence in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@nytebird45.bsky.social
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This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
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Diabolical Plots readers:
How you would you describe a "Diabolical Plots Story" in general. Is there something that makes it feel unique to Diabolical Plots, like a DP kind of story is its own thing?
(I have my own thoughts but I am curious what a reader might say)
How you would you describe a "Diabolical Plots Story" in general. Is there something that makes it feel unique to Diabolical Plots, like a DP kind of story is its own thing?
(I have my own thoughts but I am curious what a reader might say)
December 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Diabolical Plots readers:
How you would you describe a "Diabolical Plots Story" in general. Is there something that makes it feel unique to Diabolical Plots, like a DP kind of story is its own thing?
(I have my own thoughts but I am curious what a reader might say)
How you would you describe a "Diabolical Plots Story" in general. Is there something that makes it feel unique to Diabolical Plots, like a DP kind of story is its own thing?
(I have my own thoughts but I am curious what a reader might say)
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been watching this channel for a bit. a couple bought up some acreage in Northern Quebec and now work to increase the biodiversity there.
The Wildlife Homestead
Nature enthusiast sharing adventures from The Wildlife Homestead!
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
been watching this channel for a bit. a couple bought up some acreage in Northern Quebec and now work to increase the biodiversity there.
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Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year Giving Campaign on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year Giving Campaign on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
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Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
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East Coast US midnight. First Monday of the month! 🐈⬛🎉🐈⬛
@jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com
@jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
East Coast US midnight. First Monday of the month! 🐈⬛🎉🐈⬛
@jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com
@jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com
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That's right, issue 6 is live now!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
It's alive!!! New Issue now at magazine.trollbreath.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
That's right, issue 6 is live now!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
If you have a subscription, you can read all the stories and poems online and/or download PDF or EPUB versions of the issue! Subscriptions are $5 a quarter, $20 a year.
If you don't have subscription, you'll have to wait for our Free Fiction Fridays to read up!
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The Dec issue of @lightspeedmagazine.com is out and includes my flash, “The Space Between Us.” A couple strives to make their relationship work despite being from different worlds. Literally. Free-to-read on Christmas Day but available to subscribers now!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/dec-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/dec-2...
Dec. 2025 (Issue 187) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by Nancy Kress (“Reality Check”) and Oyedotun Damilola Muees (“The Hub Living Among the Stars”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Us, in Another Universe” from...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Dec issue of @lightspeedmagazine.com is out and includes my flash, “The Space Between Us.” A couple strives to make their relationship work despite being from different worlds. Literally. Free-to-read on Christmas Day but available to subscribers now!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/dec-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/dec-2...
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Thanks so much @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing "Mama's Labyrinth" in their latest issue. A special occasion as it's my 30th original (flash or) short story out in the world! 😲😊🎉
Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike
When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thanks so much @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing "Mama's Labyrinth" in their latest issue. A special occasion as it's my 30th original (flash or) short story out in the world! 😲😊🎉
Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
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Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Flash Roundup * October-November 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
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If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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The book is also AI generated!
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The book is also AI generated!
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Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Psychopomp is one of the best publishing teams on the planet and I love being a part of it.
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
They consistently put out amazing work. But most of all, they are such good people.
Please support The Deadlands if you're able. We can't lose another. ❤️❤️
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Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
mynachang.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
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Out Nov 30! Order here:
When the Winds Sing (The Perilous Gods Book 2)
Preorder now:
geni.us
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Out Nov 30! Order here:
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Release date Nov 20th in the US and UK!!
(And thank you again to Sam Gretton (art/design). Can't say enough how much I love my covers 😍)
#darkfantasy #mythology #standalone #NoAI #solarisbooks
(And thank you again to Sam Gretton (art/design). Can't say enough how much I love my covers 😍)
#darkfantasy #mythology #standalone #NoAI #solarisbooks
Out next week, WHEN THE WINDS SING, the 2nd book in @ldcolter.com 's thematically linked PERILOUS GODS TRILOGY
When ordinary people find themselves entangled in the games of the gods, they must go to any lengths to survive...
Preorder (only £2.99 in eBook!) https://geni.us/whenthewindss
When ordinary people find themselves entangled in the games of the gods, they must go to any lengths to survive...
Preorder (only £2.99 in eBook!) https://geni.us/whenthewindss
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Release date Nov 20th in the US and UK!!
(And thank you again to Sam Gretton (art/design). Can't say enough how much I love my covers 😍)
#darkfantasy #mythology #standalone #NoAI #solarisbooks
(And thank you again to Sam Gretton (art/design). Can't say enough how much I love my covers 😍)
#darkfantasy #mythology #standalone #NoAI #solarisbooks