Lauren Stark
@laurenstark.bsky.social
co-constructor of other worlds. viable paradise ‘25. codex. tin house summer workshop ‘18. www.laurenstark.com
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I really enjoyed Abhijeet Sathe's (@bingingout.bsky.social) story "The Last Wills and Testaments of Captain Kolhe" in August's @translunartl.bsky.social
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The Last Wills and Testaments of Captain Kolhe, by Abhijeet Sathe
The first man to summon me is Whitney, my boatswain on the Dharini. This is how I learn that Virat didn’t cremate me. My body still lies on the white sand of our cove, rotting in the turquoise wate…
translunartravelerslounge.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I really enjoyed Abhijeet Sathe's (@bingingout.bsky.social) story "The Last Wills and Testaments of Captain Kolhe" in August's @translunartl.bsky.social
translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/t...
translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/t...
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My latest story is up in the new @translunartl.bsky.social! Pirates! Indian History! Necromancy! Etc.!
The Last Wills and Testaments of Captain Kolhe, by Abhijeet Sathe
The first man to summon me is Whitney, my boatswain on the Dharini. This is how I learn that Virat didn’t cremate me. My body still lies on the white sand of our cove, rotting in the turquoise wate…
translunartravelerslounge.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My latest story is up in the new @translunartl.bsky.social! Pirates! Indian History! Necromancy! Etc.!
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Unpaid ad. Yes, we have much to learn from the 2018 walkouts! These articles to start. No pay wall! ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cr... @crystaldhowell.bsky.social @erindyke.bsky.social @laurenstark.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Unpaid ad. Yes, we have much to learn from the 2018 walkouts! These articles to start. No pay wall! ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cr... @crystaldhowell.bsky.social @erindyke.bsky.social @laurenstark.bsky.social
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Author @tkingfisher.com is amazing and hilarious and I can’t wait for y’all to hear/watch these @sffaddictspod.bsky.social episodes with her
NEW INTERVIEW INCOMING! Ep. 168 airs on Tuesday, with co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social & Greta Kelly interviewing @tkingfisher.com about her new book Hemlock & Silver, Snow White, art and more.
Available Aug. 19 in audio/video
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youtube.com/@FanFiAddict
@torbooks.bsky.social
Available Aug. 19 in audio/video
linktr.ee/SFFAddicts
youtube.com/@FanFiAddict
@torbooks.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Author @tkingfisher.com is amazing and hilarious and I can’t wait for y’all to hear/watch these @sffaddictspod.bsky.social episodes with her
Tomorrow night!
ICYMI we're holding a special Writers With Drinks in Seattle, featuring "superstars of queer SFF": Cecilia Tan, Andrea Hairston, Becky Chambers, me, Annalee Newitz and Darcie Little Badger!
It's Thurs 8/14 at 7ish. There will be queer vendors and fun stuff.
Tickets are selling fast — RSVP now! <3
It's Thurs 8/14 at 7ish. There will be queer vendors and fun stuff.
Tickets are selling fast — RSVP now! <3
Writers With Drinks | Town Hall Seattle
An evening of queer speculative fiction! Whether you’re a Seattle local or you’re in town for Worldcon, enjoy readings by six authors of queer science fiction and fantasy whose work spans galaxies and...
townhallseattle.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Tomorrow night!
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IT'S TIME!
Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.
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Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.
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a man with long hair is wearing a white shirt with a blue collar and looking at the camera .
Alt: a man with long hair is wearing a white shirt with a blue collar and looking at the camera, saying "It's time."
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July 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
IT'S TIME!
Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.
1/
Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.
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We are millions of Cassandras. We all saw this coming, and we all know the horrors it will cause.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We are millions of Cassandras. We all saw this coming, and we all know the horrors it will cause.
Preorder this book!
Everybody makes those unboxing videos look sooo easy, but it took no fewer than three dogs to help me do it?? Anyway, since this box of ARCs hit my doorstep, I can confirm that Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine is officially a real, rectangular object!
August 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Preorder this book!
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My latest newsletter is all about how to be a resilient writer in the face of career setbacks, ego death and creeping fascism.
I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
How To Be A Resilient Writer
First and floormoose,1 I have a book that comes out in two weeks. It’s called Lessons in Magic and Disaster and it’s about a witch named Jamie who decides to...
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August 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My latest newsletter is all about how to be a resilient writer in the face of career setbacks, ego death and creeping fascism.
I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Reading my fav passage from Lessons in Magic and Disaster, out Aug 19 💖
August 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Reading my fav passage from Lessons in Magic and Disaster, out Aug 19 💖
hey, i have an idea: how about we stop making bombs???
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
hey, i have an idea: how about we stop making bombs???
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🇩🇪 VIDEO: Berliners dance to iconic Kate Bush song on Wuthering Heights Day
Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gather in a park in Germany's capital Berlin to dance together to the British singer's cult hit Wuthering Heights.
Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gather in a park in Germany's capital Berlin to dance together to the British singer's cult hit Wuthering Heights.
July 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🇩🇪 VIDEO: Berliners dance to iconic Kate Bush song on Wuthering Heights Day
Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gather in a park in Germany's capital Berlin to dance together to the British singer's cult hit Wuthering Heights.
Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gather in a park in Germany's capital Berlin to dance together to the British singer's cult hit Wuthering Heights.
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panel report from Readercon: The Allure of Orpheus and Eurydice, with me, @constancefay.bsky.social , Greer Gilman, @tomdoyle.bsky.social , @swingingstorm.bsky.social
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July 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
panel report from Readercon: The Allure of Orpheus and Eurydice, with me, @constancefay.bsky.social , Greer Gilman, @tomdoyle.bsky.social , @swingingstorm.bsky.social
kate-nepveu.dreamwidth.org/1105173.html
kate-nepveu.dreamwidth.org/1105173.html
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got that post-Readercon malaise
a cat is laying on a couch with a remote control .
ALT: a cat is laying on a couch with a remote control .
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July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
got that post-Readercon malaise
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This week went by so fast, it's making our heads spin! 😵💫
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
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There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
a man in a striped suit is riding a yellow toy horse with a woman in a white dress behind him .
Alt: A clip from the Disney film Mary Poppins. Burt (played by Dick van Dyke) is riding a yellow carousel horse while wearing a pinstriped suit and straw boater hat. He hangs his bamboo cane on the horse's ear and puts his feet up on its head, reclining back lazily.
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week went by so fast, it's making our heads spin! 😵💫
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
www.patreon.com/posts/july-f...
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to get settled on this site im gonna link to my publications lol. recently published LET HER COLLECT STAMPS in Apex Magazine. it's about death, stories, and a conversation i had with my mom about keeping ourselves safe and sane as palestinians. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Let Her Collect Stamps
Yes, she must die. I know how hard it is to kill her, but the spell won’t work without it, for every story ends in death.
www.apexbookcompany.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
to get settled on this site im gonna link to my publications lol. recently published LET HER COLLECT STAMPS in Apex Magazine. it's about death, stories, and a conversation i had with my mom about keeping ourselves safe and sane as palestinians. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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This is a very important thing said on the #Readercon panel, Harry Potter and the Undeath of the Author! The author isn't required to write what you want them to write, but if an author's actions disappoint you, you're allowed to grieve the image of them you cultivated in your mind.
@willalex.bsky.social emphasizing that you have to recognize the fact that feeling betrayed by the actions of an author whose work you used to love is valid
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is a very important thing said on the #Readercon panel, Harry Potter and the Undeath of the Author! The author isn't required to write what you want them to write, but if an author's actions disappoint you, you're allowed to grieve the image of them you cultivated in your mind.
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If you're heading to @readercon.bsky.social this year, here's a starter pack of all program participants I could find on Bluesky. Tell me if I missed anyone! I will be there, and hope to do some at-con interviews as I have in the past. Looking forward to seeing and meeting folks! go.bsky.app/TJVbCC8
July 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If you're heading to @readercon.bsky.social this year, here's a starter pack of all program participants I could find on Bluesky. Tell me if I missed anyone! I will be there, and hope to do some at-con interviews as I have in the past. Looking forward to seeing and meeting folks! go.bsky.app/TJVbCC8
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Viable Paradise alumni dinner at Readercon 2025.
#Readercon
#ViableParadise
#VP
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com
#Readercon
#ViableParadise
#VP
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Viable Paradise alumni dinner at Readercon 2025.
#Readercon
#ViableParadise
#VP
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com
#Readercon
#ViableParadise
#VP
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social @jensmind.bsky.social @chrisrose.bsky.social @daviddegraff.bsky.social @skyfyre88.bsky.social @rjtaylor.bsky.social @courtney-floyd.com
first readercon was a dream filled with charming but not at all cultish jellyfish, anti-capitalist whimsy, the delicious musk of books, patio chair heists, obnoxious questions, haunted backpacks, impeccable corsi-rosenthal boxes, and so many beautiful conversations
can’t wait til next year 💜
can’t wait til next year 💜
July 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
first readercon was a dream filled with charming but not at all cultish jellyfish, anti-capitalist whimsy, the delicious musk of books, patio chair heists, obnoxious questions, haunted backpacks, impeccable corsi-rosenthal boxes, and so many beautiful conversations
can’t wait til next year 💜
can’t wait til next year 💜
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The lesson from the past 6 months is to do stuff in your communities with your neighbors and plug in where you can.
July 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The lesson from the past 6 months is to do stuff in your communities with your neighbors and plug in where you can.
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Love the encouragement to submit! 🎉✨ Let your creativity shine and share your stories with the world! 🌍💖 #SFF #WritersCommunity #SubmitYourWork
- @thesprawl.bsky.social
- Cast of Wonders
- Baubles From Bones
- @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
- @analogsf.bsky.social
These deadlines are approaching fast—don't wait, SUBMIT your work now!
- Cast of Wonders
- Baubles From Bones
- @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
- @analogsf.bsky.social
These deadlines are approaching fast—don't wait, SUBMIT your work now!
July 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Love the encouragement to submit! 🎉✨ Let your creativity shine and share your stories with the world! 🌍💖 #SFF #WritersCommunity #SubmitYourWork
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The Readercon 34 program schedule has just been finalized : schedule.readercon.org - Come by and check out our fabulous schedule of events and awesome participants. Looking forward to seeing everyone in July 17 to 20th in Burlington MA. Registration at: readercon.org/registration
Readercon 34 Program Guide
Readercon 34 Program Guide
schedule.readercon.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Readercon 34 program schedule has just been finalized : schedule.readercon.org - Come by and check out our fabulous schedule of events and awesome participants. Looking forward to seeing everyone in July 17 to 20th in Burlington MA. Registration at: readercon.org/registration
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fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.