Gloria Wickman
@gwickman.bsky.social
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Gloria Wickman
@gwickman.bsky.social
· Oct 25
So excited to announce I'm part of the Skull x Bones Anthology coming out soon! @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social have really put together a great collection of stories and I'm honored to be a part of it. You can preorder on Kickstarter here: tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones
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If you haven't read these, do yourself a favor and get "The Cloud Roads" forthwith! I might just go read it again right now! (Moon is one of my favorite characters of all time.)
Stories of Raksura Vol. 1 by @marthawells.com I have such love for the Raksura series and Moon, Stone, and Jade as characters. This volume collects a pair of novellas and short stories in the universe and was a delight. This is a series I'm desperate for everyone to read please check it out!
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
If you haven't read these, do yourself a favor and get "The Cloud Roads" forthwith! I might just go read it again right now! (Moon is one of my favorite characters of all time.)
Thread of some of my favorite things I read in 2025 (in no particular order because I'm very bad at ranking things)
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thread of some of my favorite things I read in 2025 (in no particular order because I'm very bad at ranking things)
My copies of Skull x Bones arrived today! My story "The Pirate and the Frog" appears in the anthology alongside a lot of other great works all edited and put together by the great @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social Check it out!
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My copies of Skull x Bones arrived today! My story "The Pirate and the Frog" appears in the anthology alongside a lot of other great works all edited and put together by the great @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social Check it out!
So happy to announce that the Skull X Bones anthology is officially out today! My story "The Pirate and the Frog" is in it along with a lot of other great works you'll love. You can pick it up at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or direct from the web shop zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site/product/skul...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So happy to announce that the Skull X Bones anthology is officially out today! My story "The Pirate and the Frog" is in it along with a lot of other great works you'll love. You can pick it up at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or direct from the web shop zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site/product/skul...
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Coming December 15th! A new #sff anth about #pirates! SKULL X BONES from ZNB by ed @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Preorder the #ebook now!
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Coming December 15th! A new #sff anth about #pirates! SKULL X BONES from ZNB by ed @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Preorder the #ebook now!
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Only one week left!
Coming December 15th! A new #sff anth about #pirates! SKULL X BONES from ZNB by ed @davidbcoe.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Preorder the #ebook now!
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Only one week left!
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Out sister magazine—Goblins and Galaxies—just came out with issue #1!
Get your sword and sorcery on here: https://bit.ly/49IRpfy
Get your sword and sorcery on here: https://bit.ly/49IRpfy
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Out sister magazine—Goblins and Galaxies—just came out with issue #1!
Get your sword and sorcery on here: https://bit.ly/49IRpfy
Get your sword and sorcery on here: https://bit.ly/49IRpfy
This is the movie that introduced me to Bruce Campbell and for that alone I'll always treasure it. And it was via Bruce Campbell that I discovered the Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr. which is really an insane, trippy, campy gem of a tv series
The original Evil Dead trilogy is one of the best watches for Halloween season, and there's something so deliciously absurd about Army of Darkness's radical departure from cabin in the woods zombie horror to medieval dark fantasy that it might be my favorite of the three.
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is the movie that introduced me to Bruce Campbell and for that alone I'll always treasure it. And it was via Bruce Campbell that I discovered the Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr. which is really an insane, trippy, campy gem of a tv series
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Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happy Halloween!
So excited to announce I'm part of the Skull x Bones Anthology coming out soon! @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social have really put together a great collection of stories and I'm honored to be a part of it. You can preorder on Kickstarter here: tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones
October 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So excited to announce I'm part of the Skull x Bones Anthology coming out soon! @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social have really put together a great collection of stories and I'm honored to be a part of it. You can preorder on Kickstarter here: tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones
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Finished checking the page proofs of my pirate story in the upcoming SKULL X BONES anthology. Thanks again to editors @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social for inviting me to revisit Eddie LaCrosse and one of my favorite of his sidekicks, Jane Argo. Watch for the release soon!
October 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Finished checking the page proofs of my pirate story in the upcoming SKULL X BONES anthology. Thanks again to editors @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social and @davidbcoe.bsky.social for inviting me to revisit Eddie LaCrosse and one of my favorite of his sidekicks, Jane Argo. Watch for the release soon!
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The cover for Goblins and Galaxies #1 is here! This issue features cover art by the wonderfully talented Jimmy Spence, as well as stories by @christinaladd.bsky.social , Alex Wolfgang, Olaitan Akano, Grace Quon, and more!
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The cover for Goblins and Galaxies #1 is here! This issue features cover art by the wonderfully talented Jimmy Spence, as well as stories by @christinaladd.bsky.social , Alex Wolfgang, Olaitan Akano, Grace Quon, and more!
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"The classic decision is always the same, whether to retreat or go on. There comes a time when it is easier to continue upward, when the summit, in fact, is the only way out. At such a moment one must still have strength." —James Salter, SOLO FACES (and a metaphor for novel writing?)
October 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"The classic decision is always the same, whether to retreat or go on. There comes a time when it is easier to continue upward, when the summit, in fact, is the only way out. At such a moment one must still have strength." —James Salter, SOLO FACES (and a metaphor for novel writing?)
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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25% THERE!! 🍾🎉 That means we're only 5% away from opening to NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS for the first time EVER! Thank you all so much for your support 💜👽
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
25% THERE!! 🍾🎉 That means we're only 5% away from opening to NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS for the first time EVER! Thank you all so much for your support 💜👽
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
🌙🐄 Come fly to the moon with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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I did a playlist for Queen Demon, which will be out Tuesday October 7 in hardcover, ebook and audiobook (narrated by Eric Mok). Published by Tor Books, edited by Lee Harris, cover art by Cynthia Sheppard, design by Christine Foltzer and Greg Collins.
marthawells.dreamwidth.org/670115.html
marthawells.dreamwidth.org/670115.html
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I did a playlist for Queen Demon, which will be out Tuesday October 7 in hardcover, ebook and audiobook (narrated by Eric Mok). Published by Tor Books, edited by Lee Harris, cover art by Cynthia Sheppard, design by Christine Foltzer and Greg Collins.
marthawells.dreamwidth.org/670115.html
marthawells.dreamwidth.org/670115.html
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For BCS, very much this. We're seeing a lot more gen AI and especially part AI/part human 'hybrid' subs this summer, we've gotten better at spotting them, and we're noting who has sent them.
I just want to add: the chances of an editor not noticing, much less thinking the story is good enough to publish, are incredibly slim, while the consequences for submitting AI to publishers who don’t want it are likely severe and lasting. You might as well try writing the story yourself.
Let’s say you “write” a story with AI, and you don’t disclose that to an editor, who somehow doesn’t realize and publishes the story, which no reader ever calls out as AI—what of any worth, exactly, have you accomplished?
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For BCS, very much this. We're seeing a lot more gen AI and especially part AI/part human 'hybrid' subs this summer, we've gotten better at spotting them, and we're noting who has sent them.
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Writer Beware expose coming tomorrow (spoiler alert: these scams are coming from Nigeria)
Here’s AI trying to tell me that this person’s 2000+ English language readers will leave me reviews for one of my Italian editions.
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Writer Beware expose coming tomorrow (spoiler alert: these scams are coming from Nigeria)
Finished @emmypax.bsky.social Death on the Caldera the other night and absolutely loved it. The worldbuilding was so rich and the pacing had me speeding through it. Would definitely enjoy seeing more of the Linde (& extended) family in the future.
September 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Finished @emmypax.bsky.social Death on the Caldera the other night and absolutely loved it. The worldbuilding was so rich and the pacing had me speeding through it. Would definitely enjoy seeing more of the Linde (& extended) family in the future.
NEW MURDERBOT NOVEL BY @marthawells.com NEXT YEAR and look at that gorgeous cover!! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW MURDERBOT NOVEL BY @marthawells.com NEXT YEAR and look at that gorgeous cover!! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
September 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
“Justice ain’t death,” Win said, bravely standing down Loop, “nor is paying pain for pain. It’s paying kindness for pain. Doing good.”
September 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“Justice ain’t death,” Win said, bravely standing down Loop, “nor is paying pain for pain. It’s paying kindness for pain. Doing good.”
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ICYMI, my newest short story came out earlier this week with Beneath Ceaseless Skies! "Bloody Muddy Water" is a fantasy detective story where spellbreaker Rugg and his alligator mount, Tugboat, must solve the mystery of the Headsick plague spreading through the swampy canals of Blackvill.
Live in BCS #439: "Bloody Muddy Water" @jduckwriter.bsky.social "Rugg read her. The knit of the veil was funny to his eye, not the usual fine hatching but a more elaborate twisted warp and weft. It was a conjanet—a special weave made to protect" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Bloody Muddy Water by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Rugg read her. Not just her face but the veil in front of it. The knit was funny to his eye, not the usual fine hatching but a more elaborate twisted warp and weft, and the fiber looked to be made fro...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
ICYMI, my newest short story came out earlier this week with Beneath Ceaseless Skies! "Bloody Muddy Water" is a fantasy detective story where spellbreaker Rugg and his alligator mount, Tugboat, must solve the mystery of the Headsick plague spreading through the swampy canals of Blackvill.
Sometimes you read a description so tailored toward toward your interests you can hardly believe it AND THEN the story ends up not only delivering but being even better than you hope. This is one of those stories. Absolutely loved the characters and worldbuilding immensely.
ICYMI, my newest short story came out earlier this week with Beneath Ceaseless Skies! "Bloody Muddy Water" is a fantasy detective story where spellbreaker Rugg and his alligator mount, Tugboat, must solve the mystery of the Headsick plague spreading through the swampy canals of Blackvill.
Live in BCS #439: "Bloody Muddy Water" @jduckwriter.bsky.social "Rugg read her. The knit of the veil was funny to his eye, not the usual fine hatching but a more elaborate twisted warp and weft. It was a conjanet—a special weave made to protect" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo...
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sometimes you read a description so tailored toward toward your interests you can hardly believe it AND THEN the story ends up not only delivering but being even better than you hope. This is one of those stories. Absolutely loved the characters and worldbuilding immensely.