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KM Praschak
@kmpraschak.bsky.social
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(She/Her) I'm a speculative poet & reader. https://kmpraschak.wordpress.com/
My superhero novel Daughters of Eris is out now, join the team!
Space Living, my SF poetry collection, is orbiting near you.
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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · Jan 1
The new issue of Star*Line includes my fantasy poem "The Unsteady Bicyclist". 🚲
I also enjoyed the poems by @mfrostwords.bsky.social , @devanbarlow.bsky.social & other fantastic poets!

Thank you to @sfpoetry.bsky.social
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Star*Line 49.1 (Winter 2026) – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
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jennygaitskell.bsky.social
terraforming glitch
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness

crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses

we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world

#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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sjonespoet.bsky.social
*EVENT* NorthWest Passages, Feb. 12, 7-8- pm MST.

Join hosts Elizabeth Haynes (TWUC National Council rep for Alberta, NWT & Nunavut) and Jackie Carmichael for this free online reading by authors Lori Hahnel, Samantha Jones, Karen K. Lee & Maiden Manzanal-Frank. #CanLit #ReadingSeries #TWUC
Promotional poster that includes the Writers' Union of Canada logo, and headshots and book cover images for the four featured authors and two hosts.
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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ruthjoffre.bsky.social
Shadow would like to remind you to roll in the grass sometimes. maybe kick your feet in the air! help release that serotonin
A large black dog with speckled white paws rolls joyously in dry yellow grass (it’s February in the Midwest). His mouth is open in a silly grin and he’s clearly having the best time
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3222 must seek an alternate route
A bunny with a truck full of cabbages is driving at night. He is stopped by roadblocks, because a fallen tree is blocking the road. Construction bunnies in hi-vis jackets tell him to go a different way
February 7, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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leebaileswriter.bsky.social
Random musing of the day #poem ☀️- about a Scandinavian issue
A screenshot of a long skeet draft. It reads: "THERE IS LIGHT HERE by Lee Bailes there is sunlight here so I must go out we do not get that kind of thing every day you know in fact, I’m struggling to remember the last time it happened but it’s happening now! so go outside now soak up the warm light fill buckets of it behind those eyes so you can remember what it felt like when the cold, drab darkness comes again you know that grey kind like a nuclear winter store that light deep in your bones make them strong enough to take life’s blows recharge your soul with the gleam of a flaming ball of gas beneath a sky streaked with blue and white that ball that gives us all life that gives us all energy that keeps us all alive and even powers some homes but do not stare into it lest you burn your retinas out and cast yourself into a world of darkness where only your skin will be able to find it again hunting its warm touch hoping it too does not burn there is sunlight here so now I’ll go out let it touch my skin give me vitamins and chase the darkness away prove to others that I am not a vampi-" A photo of the world outside my window, covered in snow, but light is trying to fight through the cloud cover
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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emelkrishnan.bsky.social
I’m going to share something beautiful everyday to combat The Endless Horrors, because my head is a glass jar filled with angry wasps, and I need something to keep me tethered to the here and now, that it’s still all worth it. Today’s pick is a short story by Rebecca Nakaba called “Umeboshi.”
Umeboshi
When I get the first email I think it’s some sort of role-play, a scavenger hunt set up by the conference organizers for participants between presentations. I had only arrived that morning, a day afte...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!

Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.

My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:

buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore
Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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murderbotbot.bsky.social
(I know that’s actually not a permanent solution and pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy in the long run, but there was nothing I could do about it now.)
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
kmpraschak.bsky.social
This week's poem
refuses to declutter
any of its letters while
hoarding the stars.
Striped & other patterned quilts hanging at the Muskogee Public Library. Shelves of books are visible in the background.
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
The Sunfish Considers Flotation Therapy
by Alison Clara Tan

"Don’t know why they
bob? In blue death boxes? Sunless wreck."

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry
POETRY by Alison Clara Tan The Sunfish Considers Flotation Therapy Quote Don’t know why they bob? In blue death boxes? Sunless wreck. 2 February 2026 Strange Horizons
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
kmpraschak.bsky.social
Started listening to the audiobook of No Life Forsaken. Emma Gregory is a wonderful reader, as she was for the previous Malazan books she read.
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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darksapiens.bsky.social
Give Tawny Newsome the keys of Star Trek and let her do whatever she wants with it
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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suleikhasnyder.bsky.social
I'm 48 today! You don't have to buy 48 of my books but one or two would be nice!

#romancelandia

Tikka Chance on Me books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Kick at the Darkness books2read.com/u/4Xrqqv
Frostburn books2read.com/u/47aYWq

Spoiled Brit books2read.com/u/3LBQjw
Nobody's Bargain books2read.com/u/bxD0no
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Frostburn by Suleikha Snyder
books2read.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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merrittk.com
hello i am going to be undertaking a huge life change very soon! if you have been putting off getting a copy of my novella VAMPIROCENE now would be a great time to grab one merrittk.itch.io/vampirocene
Vampirocene by merritt k
A climate horror novella
merrittk.itch.io
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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csignymaraine.bsky.social
‪dreams ghosted
a small life slips by
as just a creak in the floorboards
a looming in the hallways
a haze in the mirror
a breath of will too weak
to shutter candlelight

#vss365 #ghost #poetry #micropoetry
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
kmpraschak.bsky.social
My 3rd day at the Muskogee Public Library. I wrote 2 pages yesterday & 3 this morning. I'm here this week because I'm driving a family member with business downtown. Also, they're reading Daughters of Eris during breaks & finished Meteor Strike on Monday, so that's cool.
2 manga, 2 cookbooks, some magazines, 2 notebooks & a purple pen sit on a white table.
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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jamellebouie.net
a friend’s partner needs a bit of help to make a move across the country if you have a few dollars to spare! www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-t...
Donate to help two trans women get a fresh start!, organized by Maya Ventura
Hello folks! My name is Maya Ventura. You may remember me from such podca… Maya Ventura needs your support for help two trans women get a fresh start!
www.gofundme.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
BABARINO: Ooh ooh! Mr. Kotter!
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER: Vincent, Mr Kotter died years ago. Only we remain. Let this classroom be our tomb, our shrine, our temple
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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lilahsturges.com
Björk has patiently and repeatedly explained over the decades that her name is actually pronounced “byerk” and not “byork” but y’all aren’t ready to sit with that.
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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poorlycatdraw.bsky.social
unigiri 🍙
uni the cat shaped like an inverted onigiri
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social
We have been going through cheerios faster than ever during this prolonged cold snap! We use them to keep residents engaged with foraging and treat toy activities so they don't get too restless from being cooped up. We would be so grateful if you could help us restock!
Amazon: a.co/4VXKis0
Graphic with a background wallpaper of cheerios cereal spilled on a white surface. White text says "oh no. we are completely out of cheerios. can you help?"
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
It’s my book birthday!
#Booksky
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Small wooden circular table sits on a colorful striped rug. On the table is a copy of P.A. Cornell’s retrofuturistic noir love story SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. The book is surrounded by a cup of tea, a bookmark, and a pair of reading glasses.
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
kmpraschak.bsky.social
Muskogee has a nice library. I've been reading Black Clover, Shortcake Cake & The Best of Artisan Bread That I'll Never Make.
Shelves of books upstairs at the Muskogee Public Library.
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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sillysyntax.bsky.social
Me. In Absentia
TW for death of a parent. This is a story ripped from my experiences....
I'd say enjoy, but it's me so um thanks if you get the chance to read!
Also thanks to The Dark Magazine for publishing it. They've been a supporter of my work for years.🖤
www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-absentia/
In Absentia - The Dark Magazine
The loser’s dead, the text read. How do you know? Asha sat down in her office chair. She’d been about to go across the street to buy her regular chicken wrap for lunch but her growling stomach could w...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM