A.M. Lomuscio
@lomush.bsky.social
Science fiction writer. Editor and story producer for reality TV shows. Wine and cheese lover. Clarion Writers workshop Class of 2019. She/her. Bi. http://linktr.ee/lomush
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@lomush.bsky.social
· Oct 31
GOOD REAL HISTORY - Uncharted
The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects. I can see why it’s considered one of the seven wonders o...
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Like reality television? Like antics in ancient history? Then you'll love my story "Good Real History"
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
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It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
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ICYMI
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ICYMI
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New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.
December 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.
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1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.
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Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
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Tales & Feathers...on a podcast? 👀
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
Cosy Fantasy | Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection
Stephen talks with Yilin Wang and André Geleynse of Tales & Feathers magazine about cosy fiction.
Tales & Feathers magazineAugur magazineFacebookTwitterInstagram
Merril Links
The Merril Collec...
unknownworlds.podbean.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tales & Feathers...on a podcast? 👀
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
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HELLO I'm on a podcast?? This is very exciting but also listening to my own voice is physically painful actually? How do people do this on a regular basis and survive??
Tales & Feathers...on a podcast? 👀
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
It's true! Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection interviewed our former Co-EIC @yilinwriter.bsky.social and current Managing Director @andregeleynse.com about cozy fantasy & slice-of-life fiction! It's a wonderful discussion, we're honoured to be on the podcast!
Cosy Fantasy | Unknown Worlds of the Merril Collection
Stephen talks with Yilin Wang and André Geleynse of Tales & Feathers magazine about cosy fiction.
Tales & Feathers magazineAugur magazineFacebookTwitterInstagram
Merril Links
The Merril Collec...
unknownworlds.podbean.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
HELLO I'm on a podcast?? This is very exciting but also listening to my own voice is physically painful actually? How do people do this on a regular basis and survive??
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Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, plus a sexy gravedigging scene—and it’s out now
More info ⬇️
More info ⬇️
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Based on true events, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is a contemporary gothic horror set in a cursed manor on a coconut plantation—it’s got ghosts and witches and creepy crawlies and demons, plus a sexy gravedigging scene—and it’s out now
More info ⬇️
More info ⬇️
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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If you can't tell, yesterday's announcements have made me incredibly hype for @laworldcon.bsky.social!
Yesterday, @laworldcon.bsky.social announced that there would be a Poetry Hugo Award in 2026.
The 2025 Poet Laureate (and friend of the blog) @therisingtithes.bsky.social was kind enough to offer us a guest post celebrating this decision.
Guest Blog Post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
The 2025 Poet Laureate (and friend of the blog) @therisingtithes.bsky.social was kind enough to offer us a guest post celebrating this decision.
Guest Blog Post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you can't tell, yesterday's announcements have made me incredibly hype for @laworldcon.bsky.social!
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This is going to be amazing. Join us!
Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun.
asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is going to be amazing. Join us!
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Looking forward to our anthology launch tomorrow, and this event on Thursday!
and on THURSDAY all three editors will be in conversation with @issuesinst.bsky.social @edfinn.bsky.social @craigcalhoun.bsky.social in what promises to be a fascinating virtual event - join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
What Is Fiction’s Role in Imagining Better Social Policies?
Join us for a conversation on how social scientists, advocates, and policy makers can use fiction to imagine better futures.
issues.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking forward to our anthology launch tomorrow, and this event on Thursday!
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ALL US SAINTS now has a gorgeous cover and is available for preorder wherever you get your books!!
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ALL US SAINTS now has a gorgeous cover and is available for preorder wherever you get your books!!
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This short story by @breewernicke.bsky.social is so bizarrely wonderful, especially if you think *stepping* on Legos is painful ... 👀
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...
Bree Wernicke > Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed > Bourbon Penn
Help! Possible curse?? Hi! Not sure this forum is the right place to post this, but bear with me. So about a week ago I came down with horrible stomach cramps. I assumed it was something I ate (I’m la...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This short story by @breewernicke.bsky.social is so bizarrely wonderful, especially if you think *stepping* on Legos is painful ... 👀
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...
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After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️
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PLAY NICE made the final round for the Goodreads Choice Awards 🥳 Another banger year for the genre & these titles are all exceptional 🖤 Also, it’s mostly women 💅
Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Horror of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Horror in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
PLAY NICE made the final round for the Goodreads Choice Awards 🥳 Another banger year for the genre & these titles are all exceptional 🖤 Also, it’s mostly women 💅
Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
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TONIGHT TONIGHT
LAUNCH EVENT! Join me at the Strand as we usher into the world my gothic horror child, with one of my horror idols @claymcleod.bsky.social (Jsyk, his delicious new book Acquired Taste pairs well with mine, so go pick it up).
More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
TONIGHT TONIGHT
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
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Also got interviewed by the delightful @marissavu.bsky.social ❤️ I always appreciate the research and thoughtfulness she puts into her interview questions!
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Also got interviewed by the delightful @marissavu.bsky.social ❤️ I always appreciate the research and thoughtfulness she puts into her interview questions!
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hello friends, Romans, countrymen, I am back in Lightspeed with a new story about unhinged teenage girls www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl - Lightspeed Magazine
We put my body double together in June Lee’s basement. Her mom was one of those chill Asian moms who liked having an artsy-fartsy daughter she could brag about at Bible study. She was already pushing ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
hello friends, Romans, countrymen, I am back in Lightspeed with a new story about unhinged teenage girls www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...
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If you want to get involved, please check out Equality Florida. Since the State of Florida is the origin of so many hateful bills, I urge you to join us here. Equality Florida has accomplished amazing successes in the midst of so much awfulness.
www.eqfl.org
www.eqfl.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you want to get involved, please check out Equality Florida. Since the State of Florida is the origin of so many hateful bills, I urge you to join us here. Equality Florida has accomplished amazing successes in the midst of so much awfulness.
www.eqfl.org
www.eqfl.org
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"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The biggest piece of writing advice I always keep in my brain is that anything can work if you can make it work." 🪸💬
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New interview by @marissavu.bsky.social: Interview with Author @leahning.bsky.social"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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Apple is the one butting its AI head into Scrivener. Here's some more info from Literature & Latte.
A link to the Scrivener article, since the one going around is a screenshot, doesn't have the actual link, AND no alt-text, making it useless.
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Please share this.
www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Apple is the one butting its AI head into Scrivener. Here's some more info from Literature & Latte.
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Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
Sample Contracts - OTHERSIDE
Sample contracts for OTHERSIDE, including the language for nonfiction, reprints, original fiction and poetry.
othersidespec.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...