Madalena Daleziou
@madalenadaleziou.bsky.social
#SFF writer scribbling stories with too many ghosts.👻
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The noon-bell rings. A silence. Frodo speaks. ‘I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The noon-bell rings. A silence. Frodo speaks. ‘I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
Elrond answers, ‘If you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great.’
Having gotten sick 4 times within 2 months had the unintended effect of being back on social media.
Any #bookrecommendations? Ι could go with something cozy/spooky/both.🍁🎃 #CozyGaming ideas welcome too.
#CurrentlyReading "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" and I already have a feeling it will destroy me.
Any #bookrecommendations? Ι could go with something cozy/spooky/both.🍁🎃 #CozyGaming ideas welcome too.
#CurrentlyReading "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" and I already have a feeling it will destroy me.
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Having gotten sick 4 times within 2 months had the unintended effect of being back on social media.
Any #bookrecommendations? Ι could go with something cozy/spooky/both.🍁🎃 #CozyGaming ideas welcome too.
#CurrentlyReading "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" and I already have a feeling it will destroy me.
Any #bookrecommendations? Ι could go with something cozy/spooky/both.🍁🎃 #CozyGaming ideas welcome too.
#CurrentlyReading "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" and I already have a feeling it will destroy me.
I had such a v i s c e r a l reaction to this. Can't believe that their argument used to be they're keep the
Parthenon marbles to "protect them" because Greece "didn't have the infrustracture" or something, then refused to return them even after the Acropolis Museum, but this is somehow ok??
Parthenon marbles to "protect them" because Greece "didn't have the infrustracture" or something, then refused to return them even after the Acropolis Museum, but this is somehow ok??
Champagne, celebs and artefacts: British Museum hosts first lavish ‘pink ball’ fundraiser
Champagne, celebs and artefacts: British Museum hosts first lavish ‘pink ball’ fundraiser
£2,000-a-ticket event, where 800 guests will hobnob among world’s treasures, could herald new reality in desperate arts funding climate
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I had such a v i s c e r a l reaction to this. Can't believe that their argument used to be they're keep the
Parthenon marbles to "protect them" because Greece "didn't have the infrustracture" or something, then refused to return them even after the Acropolis Museum, but this is somehow ok??
Parthenon marbles to "protect them" because Greece "didn't have the infrustracture" or something, then refused to return them even after the Acropolis Museum, but this is somehow ok??
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"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social.
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social.
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social.
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"A Dragon's Hunger," one of my favourite stories I've written, is on @bfbzine.bsky.social.
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
It's partly inspired by my grandmother's experience growing up during WW2.
Featuring:
⛪Assassin nuns
🐲A dragon
✨A girl making a tough choice
Read it here:
www.baublesfrombones.com/a-dragons-hu...
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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
Floored by a stomach bug so I'm spending the day filling by Kobo account with free ebooks. What do you mean I'll end up with tons of titles I'll never read.
August 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Floored by a stomach bug so I'm spending the day filling by Kobo account with free ebooks. What do you mean I'll end up with tons of titles I'll never read.
Reposted by Madalena Daleziou
For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them.
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
July 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them.
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
Reposted by Madalena Daleziou
The em dash has finally pushed back on all that generative AI slander.
"Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you. You simply don’t read enough. If you did, you’d know I’ve been here for centuries."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
"Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you. You simply don’t read enough. If you did, you’d know I’ve been here for centuries."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The em dash has finally pushed back on all that generative AI slander.
"Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you. You simply don’t read enough. If you did, you’d know I’ve been here for centuries."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
"Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you. You simply don’t read enough. If you did, you’d know I’ve been here for centuries."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them.
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
July 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
For a long time, I shied away from Ancient Greek retellings, partly because many authors had already written them.
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
But Leto's story has always appealed to me and I've written a fierce, rage-filled story about her.
You can read it at The Lorelei Signal: www.loreleisignal.com/dark-earths-...
Finally got myself a proper website✨️
Still bare bones, and only my publicationations are there but I'm excited and feeling Professional.
madalenadaleziou.com
Still bare bones, and only my publicationations are there but I'm excited and feeling Professional.
madalenadaleziou.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Finally got myself a proper website✨️
Still bare bones, and only my publicationations are there but I'm excited and feeling Professional.
madalenadaleziou.com
Still bare bones, and only my publicationations are there but I'm excited and feeling Professional.
madalenadaleziou.com
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If we're doing groceries and take-out discourse, here's my take:
Man-made famines are crimes against humanity.
If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.
Man-made famines are crimes against humanity.
If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If we're doing groceries and take-out discourse, here's my take:
Man-made famines are crimes against humanity.
If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.
Man-made famines are crimes against humanity.
If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.
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Can campus domains just block the ChatGPTs and the like? To prevent plagiarism? I know people would get around it, but I do wonder if we can make doing the work easier than faking it.
I don't work in IT or on first amendment law. Block me, unfollow me, it's BlueSky I don't care.
I don't work in IT or on first amendment law. Block me, unfollow me, it's BlueSky I don't care.
April 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Can campus domains just block the ChatGPTs and the like? To prevent plagiarism? I know people would get around it, but I do wonder if we can make doing the work easier than faking it.
I don't work in IT or on first amendment law. Block me, unfollow me, it's BlueSky I don't care.
I don't work in IT or on first amendment law. Block me, unfollow me, it's BlueSky I don't care.
My short story, "Hauntless House" has made it to the Brave New Weird shortlist. I'm humbled and so grateful that my little creepy tenement monologue resonated with others!
Congratulations to all the brilliant authors on the BRAVE NEW WEIRD shortlist! And a hearty & exhausted thanks to the nearly 1000 submissions we had to agonize over.
Full list here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/3/...
Or in the screenshots🖤☠️
Final Table of Contents will be announced...one day.
Full list here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/3/...
Or in the screenshots🖤☠️
Final Table of Contents will be announced...one day.
![The BRAVE NEW WEIRD SHORTLIST:
Ainsley Hawthorn - Big Cats of Newfoundland
Aleksandra Ugelstad Elnæs - Spolia
Alex Fox - The City of Cities, Inverted; A Shadow Cast By Many Hands
Angela Liu - A Contract of Ink and Skin
Ann LeBlanc - Memories Held Against a Hungry Mouth
Avra Margariti - Unbirthday Means You Wish Yourself Unborn
Azure Arther - Reciprocity
Briar Ripley Page - Birth Of a Sucker
Calla Eris Orion - Kiss of a Toad
Casey Lawrence - Ten Things I Have Learned About Human Skin: A Presentation
[sarah] Cavar - Mad Studies
Dane Erbach - Something Else
David Corse - The Amassing Man
E.G. Condé - Sibilance
E.M. Linden - Mangrove Daughter
Elad Haber - End of Line
Elana Gomel - Mother Black Hole
Eleanna Castroianni - Zarghána](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hzezf3upipcqfyabakveo4ub/bafkreif4g5ufdn52dkb3a5gm3lhgslinhv5yq6azkeuiiptdf3rbbcoiwq@jpeg)
![Emma Burnett - Plastic-eating fungus caused doomsday[2][3]
Emma E. Murray - An Angel of God
Emmett Nahil - Vining
Erik McHatton - The Man Who Collected Ligotti
F. J. Bergmann - The Museum of Etymology
Faith Allington - Teacakes for Foxes
Guan Un - Painted Surfaces
Hannah Greer - To Be Human
Ira Rat - Soft
Jack Klausner - Cardboard Faces
Jack Lennon - The Scottish Welfare Fund Application Form
James Cato - Wonders of a Plastic Ocean
Jes Malitoris - The House of Coiled Earth
Jess Elizabeth Reed - The Belly
K. A. Roy - Welcome to Rebirth Grove
K.A. Wiggins - The Tangle (Did Not Kill Kitsault)
Kay Vaindal - Pig House
Kelsea Yu - Creature
Lena Ng - The Halloween Horror Show
Leo Oliveira - They Remember Faces
Leslie What - Wayback](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hzezf3upipcqfyabakveo4ub/bafkreiaqg4pvbmizoysrvsneyiafydojomf72sg7iq4qj7lahtrsakvrli@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My short story, "Hauntless House" has made it to the Brave New Weird shortlist. I'm humbled and so grateful that my little creepy tenement monologue resonated with others!
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Delighted to see @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social 's housing crisis horror "Hauntless House" from our second issue on the shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD III. Congratulations everybody!
Congratulations to all the brilliant authors on the BRAVE NEW WEIRD shortlist! And a hearty & exhausted thanks to the nearly 1000 submissions we had to agonize over.
Full list here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/3/...
Or in the screenshots🖤☠️
Final Table of Contents will be announced...one day.
Full list here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/3/...
Or in the screenshots🖤☠️
Final Table of Contents will be announced...one day.
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Delighted to see @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social 's housing crisis horror "Hauntless House" from our second issue on the shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD III. Congratulations everybody!
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I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.
Help us convince the UK government to uphold the law on copyright which Meta has ignored in order to use the illegally shared work of thousands of writers, without asking permission and without payment, with the explicitly stated aim of making money for themselves.
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
March 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.
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Calling all explorers, wanderers, and adventure-seekers…
In preparation for The Map of Lost Places anthology coming out this April, we’re hosting a scavenger hunt!! 🧭🗺️
Do you have what it takes to find all the treasures? Then read on for more details! 🧵
In preparation for The Map of Lost Places anthology coming out this April, we’re hosting a scavenger hunt!! 🧭🗺️
Do you have what it takes to find all the treasures? Then read on for more details! 🧵
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Calling all explorers, wanderers, and adventure-seekers…
In preparation for The Map of Lost Places anthology coming out this April, we’re hosting a scavenger hunt!! 🧭🗺️
Do you have what it takes to find all the treasures? Then read on for more details! 🧵
In preparation for The Map of Lost Places anthology coming out this April, we’re hosting a scavenger hunt!! 🧭🗺️
Do you have what it takes to find all the treasures? Then read on for more details! 🧵
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Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
March 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.
March 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.
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I can't recommend this project enough for #DnD fans: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jou...
The Traveling Joust: A DnD 5e Supplement
Join the Traveling Joust: Host Medieval Tournaments in your DnD game and learn how to wield Love Poetry Magic! #ZineQuest
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I can't recommend this project enough for #DnD fans: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jou...
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In honor of the Andor trailer out today, I today repost my greatest online achievement: The Andor Characters as Dril Tweets series. I'm going to put them out as I get spare time over the next couple days, as I'm going to put alt text on them too. Starting with the man himself
CASSIAN ANDOR
CASSIAN ANDOR
February 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In honor of the Andor trailer out today, I today repost my greatest online achievement: The Andor Characters as Dril Tweets series. I'm going to put them out as I get spare time over the next couple days, as I'm going to put alt text on them too. Starting with the man himself
CASSIAN ANDOR
CASSIAN ANDOR
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right on time.
Andor | Season 2 Trailer | Streaming April 22 on Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
right on time.
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Listen I know shit sucks but PLEASE find the things that make you happy and keep doing them.
It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.
It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.
February 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Listen I know shit sucks but PLEASE find the things that make you happy and keep doing them.
It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.
It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.