Jessie Roy
@jessieroywrites.bsky.social
SFF writer, dungeon master, professional lurker. VP 2024. Check me out at www.jessieroy.com
Self-care = taking a break from organizing the preschool silent auction to write a to-do list for next year's auction. Future-me is going to be thrilled.
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Self-care = taking a break from organizing the preschool silent auction to write a to-do list for next year's auction. Future-me is going to be thrilled.
this story absolutely embodies the 🫠 emoji, please read it immediately.
New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠
Academic Neutrality - Lightspeed Magazine
When Amy begins to flay herself during office hours, you aren’t quite sure what to do. You hate office hours. You used to enjoy them, actually, back before the flayings started. Sure, it’s hard sharin...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
this story absolutely embodies the 🫠 emoji, please read it immediately.
It's out! Dream interpretation, money trouble, and a lot of feelings in this story. Thrilled to share it with you all.
Brand new fantasy this week: “Rice Child, Dragon Child” by Jessie Roy is available to read for free on FFO’s website. What’s a good life? And how do you give it to your kid…?
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #fantasy
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#writingcommunity #flashfiction #fantasy
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www.flashfictiononline.com/article/rice...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It's out! Dream interpretation, money trouble, and a lot of feelings in this story. Thrilled to share it with you all.
holy wow, there's a lot more Stardew than last time I checked 🌱🐓
January 15, 2026 at 11:51 PM
holy wow, there's a lot more Stardew than last time I checked 🌱🐓
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Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
struggling a bit tbh. my NYR was to sleep properly every night and I'm doing it, but it's school fundraiser season and I'm kinda not getting any writing *or* any recreation done 😓 hopefully it lets up soon
January 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM
struggling a bit tbh. my NYR was to sleep properly every night and I'm doing it, but it's school fundraiser season and I'm kinda not getting any writing *or* any recreation done 😓 hopefully it lets up soon
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I LOVE THIS STORY! It’s absolutely gorgeous… and it’s flash, so drop everything and read it before you do anything else today, please and thanks.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I LOVE THIS STORY! It’s absolutely gorgeous… and it’s flash, so drop everything and read it before you do anything else today, please and thanks.
This is such a good issue, you guys! And not just because I'm in it!
📣 FFO is thrilled to release our January 2026 issue. Guest edited by Ai Jiang, it explores “regret” across multiple genres. We can’t change the past, only learn from it!
#writingcommunity #regret #litfic #scifi #fantasy #amreading
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#writingcommunity #regret #litfic #scifi #fantasy #amreading
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Flash Fiction Online January 2026
Flash Fiction Online’s January 2026 issue is a collection of regret-themed fiction, selected by our guest editor this month, the award-winning author Ai Jiang. We can’t change the past,…
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January 3, 2026 at 6:21 AM
This is such a good issue, you guys! And not just because I'm in it!
ok, real NYR time: I'm going to write only 4 days per week until September, wrap up my D&D campaign, cut my volunteer commitments down to 2, and get WAY MORE SLEEP. I'm tired of being tired. I want to feel alive again.
Contemplating making "write less, like a lot less" one of my New Year's resolutions, at least for the first half of the year. Also contemplating pausing my D&D campaign, though that's a little more socially fraught. My brain feels burned to a stub.
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
ok, real NYR time: I'm going to write only 4 days per week until September, wrap up my D&D campaign, cut my volunteer commitments down to 2, and get WAY MORE SLEEP. I'm tired of being tired. I want to feel alive again.
my first (ish) short story came out in 2025 and my second one comes out tomorrow! 🎉🎉 Hopefully this is a good omen for 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
my first (ish) short story came out in 2025 and my second one comes out tomorrow! 🎉🎉 Hopefully this is a good omen for 2026.
Contemplating making "write less, like a lot less" one of my New Year's resolutions, at least for the first half of the year. Also contemplating pausing my D&D campaign, though that's a little more socially fraught. My brain feels burned to a stub.
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Contemplating making "write less, like a lot less" one of my New Year's resolutions, at least for the first half of the year. Also contemplating pausing my D&D campaign, though that's a little more socially fraught. My brain feels burned to a stub.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, breathed and drew in the calm in which Elfland basks; and all his realms dreamed on in that ageless repose, of which deep green pools in summer can barely guess; and Erl dreamed too with all the rest of Elfland and so passed out of all remembrance of men.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, said two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half-sunk, a shattered visage lies
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, left from the Grey Havens and sailed to the undying lands.
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, breathed and drew in the calm in which Elfland basks; and all his realms dreamed on in that ageless repose, of which deep green pools in summer can barely guess; and Erl dreamed too with all the rest of Elfland and so passed out of all remembrance of men.
I loved this story! Although I did have to give my daughter an extra kiss before bed ❄️
Perfect for a frosty day, Counting To A Hundred by @aishatuado.bsky.social is full of wintery magic and grief
"The front door yawns wide; winter's teeth bared. Inside, loneliness prowls our home, a beast with misty bayou breath."
www.heartlines-spec.com/counting-to-...
"The front door yawns wide; winter's teeth bared. Inside, loneliness prowls our home, a beast with misty bayou breath."
www.heartlines-spec.com/counting-to-...
Counting To A Hundred
Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado
www.heartlines-spec.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I loved this story! Although I did have to give my daughter an extra kiss before bed ❄️
...I think one of my new year's resolutions is going to be to write less. Or rather, to block off evenings to not write. I didn't do that in 2025, and my writing/life balance got kind of skewed.
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
...I think one of my new year's resolutions is going to be to write less. Or rather, to block off evenings to not write. I didn't do that in 2025, and my writing/life balance got kind of skewed.
This is my 2025 award eligibility post! I wrote one (1) short story but it was a banger, fully deserving of this incredible graphic that definitely didn't take me two hours to make.
(That's true. It took almost three.)
(That's true. It took almost three.)
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This is my 2025 award eligibility post! I wrote one (1) short story but it was a banger, fully deserving of this incredible graphic that definitely didn't take me two hours to make.
(That's true. It took almost three.)
(That's true. It took almost three.)
This story is so good??? This story knows all about the incredibly specific shame of not speaking a language as well as you should, and has something to say about it.
I've also written more stories about language and loss
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Trees Can Have My Soul; in Return, Let Me Have My Grief
The Sen had a curious saying in their musical language they fluted out using their tongue pipes. Ahsa an nira. The land knows you. As Mhyrsa stepped outside Kannari’s only landing pad, she smelled th...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This story is so good??? This story knows all about the incredibly specific shame of not speaking a language as well as you should, and has something to say about it.
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
I'd resigned myself to a school volunteer task on a busy day, and then thought, "No," and worked up the nerve to send a mass email. Someone responded! Someone who AFAIK has never volunteered before! I'm elated ✨ I'm thriving ✨ I have unlocked personal growth and am living my best life ✨✨✨
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'd resigned myself to a school volunteer task on a busy day, and then thought, "No," and worked up the nerve to send a mass email. Someone responded! Someone who AFAIK has never volunteered before! I'm elated ✨ I'm thriving ✨ I have unlocked personal growth and am living my best life ✨✨✨
The title pulled me in and I loved it. Absurdist, weirdly reassuring, unforgettable
Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
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You can read it here!
buff.ly/Vx4qdNX
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The title pulled me in and I loved it. Absurdist, weirdly reassuring, unforgettable
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I missed that Monument Valley 3 was released for iOS last month. A regular purchase — no longer part of Netflix's brief flirtation with being a subscription game service.
Also, some new levels (“The Garden of Life”).
Also, some new levels (“The Garden of Life”).
December 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I missed that Monument Valley 3 was released for iOS last month. A regular purchase — no longer part of Netflix's brief flirtation with being a subscription game service.
Also, some new levels (“The Garden of Life”).
Also, some new levels (“The Garden of Life”).
tiny story, big feelings T_T
Today is a day of almost was and could have beens, and so we revisit "When We Were Infinite" by Wendy Nikel in our sixth issue:
When We Were Infinite - Small Wonders
"The faster your ships, the smaller the universe. The smaller the universe, the more important it is to live harmoniously."
smallwondersmag.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
tiny story, big feelings T_T
sinus congestion has me feeling like a raisin dug out from under a car seat 🤧 that was three prepositions in a row but i don't even care 🤧 send electrolytes 🤧🤧🤧
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
sinus congestion has me feeling like a raisin dug out from under a car seat 🤧 that was three prepositions in a row but i don't even care 🤧 send electrolytes 🤧🤧🤧
My kid requested kimbap for lunch, and instead of last year's “what’s that? is that sushi?” the other kids at school are losing their minds with jealousy. thank you Kpop Demon Hunter 🩷 this is worth having to listen to Golden five hundred times 🩷
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My kid requested kimbap for lunch, and instead of last year's “what’s that? is that sushi?” the other kids at school are losing their minds with jealousy. thank you Kpop Demon Hunter 🩷 this is worth having to listen to Golden five hundred times 🩷
oh wow, good for qntm!! picking this one up right away
Containment Protocol: Sasha Bonkowsky's review for There Is No Anti-Memetics Division is to be kept on Reactor's homepage with as much visibility as possible. Visitors are heavily advised to KEEP EYES on the review AT ANY COST.
You Will Not Remember This Review—qntm’s There Is No Anti-Memetics Division - Reactor
A novel to read—and not forget.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
oh wow, good for qntm!! picking this one up right away
Sat down at the laptop and my brain rebelled. Zero words. Switched to paper and everything's fine. Not sure why that works but it does.
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sat down at the laptop and my brain rebelled. Zero words. Switched to paper and everything's fine. Not sure why that works but it does.