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Today’s silly idea: opening submissions for people to send their longest, strangest, and most obnoxious bios and then publishing a book of just bios.
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Today’s silly idea: opening submissions for people to send their longest, strangest, and most obnoxious bios and then publishing a book of just bios.
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I'm Joel, I write speculative fictions
I made myself candied jalapenos yesterday and my plan is to put it them on everything I eat for the next week?
I made myself candied jalapenos yesterday and my plan is to put it them on everything I eat for the next week?
#SFFChat Intro: Introduce yourself and share your favourite treat (can be food or not food!).
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I'm Joel, I write speculative fictions
I made myself candied jalapenos yesterday and my plan is to put it them on everything I eat for the next week?
I made myself candied jalapenos yesterday and my plan is to put it them on everything I eat for the next week?
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Hey, @penny-arcade.com, any chance you can throw your weight behind this? There's only so much individuals can do here, but you guys run your conventions through ReedPop, so you can have more impact.
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Hey, @penny-arcade.com, any chance you can throw your weight behind this? There's only so much individuals can do here, but you guys run your conventions through ReedPop, so you can have more impact.
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if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...
![TO: newyork@relx.com
ATTN: RELX CEO Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff (CFO), and Paul Ashton Walker (Chair)
Re: Immediate Termination of contracts between RELX subsidiaries and ICE
February 9th, 2026
Dear Erik Engstrom, Nick Luff, and Paul Ashton Walker,
We are some of the authors that make events like BookCon—run by your subsidiary, ReedPop—possible. Another of your subsidiaries, LexisNexis, has a $22.1 million dollar contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), supplying them with the data they need to surveil and terrorize our neighbors, friends, and families.[1] We condemn any collaboration with ICE and call for the immediate termination of all contracts between RELX and ICE.
ICE has a twenty-two year history of discrimination and abuse against immigrant communities. Under the current administration, their efforts have escalated in both violence and visibility—enabled by their partners in big data, including LexisNexis.[2]
RELX is a multinational corporation worth $40 billion, of which events like BookCon are only a small fraction. Our power is limited. But BookCon advertises itself as a place where "fantasy meets reality,"[3] and the reality is that RELX is profiting from mass terror against communities of color, including the murder of eight people this year alone. The fantasy is that a bunch of readers and authors could ignore it; we know a villain when we see one.
We, as authors, intend to honor our immediate commitments to BookCon and to our readers. If RELX chooses to renew their current contract with ICE–which expires on February 28, 2026[4]–we will be forced to reevaluate our association with all future ReedPop events.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreicnq6khcuo2nkyef76ghhzvaikkm4vojnlasyxpuemjnrtmni4koa@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...
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I can be one of two things:
Well informed
Mentally stable
Well informed
Mentally stable
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I can be one of two things:
Well informed
Mentally stable
Well informed
Mentally stable
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I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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After all this time—going on a five month delay—I can't believe the time is almost here! And to think, the 2026 edition is right around the corner…
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
After all this time—going on a five month delay—I can't believe the time is almost here! And to think, the 2026 edition is right around the corner…
🎙️ David Roe
An interview with the author of Par for the course
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February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
March is shaping up to be a very, very good month for us. Not only do we have our special Mindlessly Massive issue, which is also going to print, but our 2025 edition of The Anthology should be coming out as well. And we are already hard at work on our third novelette and The Foofs: Best of Strange
February 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
March is shaping up to be a very, very good month for us. Not only do we have our special Mindlessly Massive issue, which is also going to print, but our 2025 edition of The Anthology should be coming out as well. And we are already hard at work on our third novelette and The Foofs: Best of Strange
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February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Absolutely loved this story by @crsutton.bsky.social and just finished writing a review of it for @foofarawpress.bsky.social. If you haven’t read “(Skin)” yet, what are you waiting for? Why are you still reading this? Click the link, goddamnit.
DP FICTION #128A: “(Skin)” by Chelsea Sutton – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Absolutely loved this story by @crsutton.bsky.social and just finished writing a review of it for @foofarawpress.bsky.social. If you haven’t read “(Skin)” yet, what are you waiting for? Why are you still reading this? Click the link, goddamnit.
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Did you have a Drabble published in 2025? For one week only, you can submit it to our Best of Strange Fiction (2025) awards and anthology. https://foofaraw.submittable.com/submit/348961/best-strange-drabble-of-2025
Foofaraw Press - Best Strange Drabble of 2025
We are adding a last-minute category to our annual awards and Best of Strange Fiction anthology, The Foofs! Submit your best Drabble from last year. It must have been published in 2025. (Self-published Drabbles or Drabbles published at a market you read or edit at are not eligible.) One nomination per author only. Must be 100 words. We are looking for stories of the strange, surreal, speculative, and slipstream variety. Other genres we enjoy: bizarro, horror, thriller, absurd, experimental, magical realism, and plain ol' weird. Winning Drabble will receive $25 and publication in The Foofs 2025.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Did you have a Drabble published in 2025? For one week only, you can submit it to our Best of Strange Fiction (2025) awards and anthology. https://foofaraw.submittable.com/submit/348961/best-strange-drabble-of-2025
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Could work!
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Could work!
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Did you have a Drabble published in 2025? For one week only, you can submit it to our Best of Strange Fiction (2025) awards and anthology. https://foofaraw.submittable.com/submit/348961/best-strange-drabble-of-2025
Foofaraw Press - Best Strange Drabble of 2025
We are adding a last-minute category to our annual awards and Best of Strange Fiction anthology, The Foofs! Submit your best Drabble from last year. It must have been published in 2025. (Self-published Drabbles or Drabbles published at a market you read or edit at are not eligible.) One nomination per author only. Must be 100 words. We are looking for stories of the strange, surreal, speculative, and slipstream variety. Other genres we enjoy: bizarro, horror, thriller, absurd, experimental, magical realism, and plain ol' weird. Winning Drabble will receive $25 and publication in The Foofs 2025.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Did you have a Drabble published in 2025? For one week only, you can submit it to our Best of Strange Fiction (2025) awards and anthology. https://foofaraw.submittable.com/submit/348961/best-strange-drabble-of-2025
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February 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
If one were to add a Best Drabble category to their best of strange fiction awards for last year (so anything published in 2025), with $50 prize money and publication in The Foofs anthology, would folks be interested..? Thinking about opening nominations for three days only...
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
If one were to add a Best Drabble category to their best of strange fiction awards for last year (so anything published in 2025), with $50 prize money and publication in The Foofs anthology, would folks be interested..? Thinking about opening nominations for three days only...