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Manuela Amiouny
@manuelaamiouny.bsky.social
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Canadian SFF writer/poet (she/her/elle) 🖤🤍💜
Words in Augur Magazine, Utopia Science Fiction, Heartlines Spec and Small Wonders. Poetry Editor: Heartlines Spec.
Other socials: Twitter (@Robotic_Nebula) and IG (@manureads)
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teresempierre.bsky.social
Just remembered that poetry used to be in the Olympics. We should bring that back
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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elea.fyi
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
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Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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premeemohamed.com
Oh also here is the other pen I got in France, it is a mournful sardine
a pen shaped like a sardine, with a transparent plastic tail-shaped cap
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Create something beautiful out of the rubble of the past. Five of Us by Jayasri Sridha is a meditation on building, recovering, and loving.

Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
If there's gotta be an apocalypse, let's make it a cosy one.

On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times

Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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angelvleal.bsky.social
My last poem released today is called "writing letters in our sleep" inspired by a recurring dream I have of meeting my father as a trans woman after so many years of him being in prison, and the dream letters we send to introduce ourselves
#queer #poetry
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November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
For me, it's probably my poem 'To Be the Change', which was released this spring from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This was my first explicitly trans piece to enter the world; it tackles familial expectations and ancestral prophecies through a fantasy lens.

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To Be the Change
When the heir becomes a daughter…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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katieaki.bsky.social
Keep Trying
#art
a digital drawing of a gray cat with a capped eye and studded collar, leaning forward and bleeding from the nose. It looks at the viewer with defiance or determination. Text around it says “get killed eight times/ come back nine”. The red border around the image has two cars, arrows, knives, and poison bottles, numbered to match its deaths.
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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kercoby.bsky.social
Delightful time launching Year’s Best Canadian SFF today at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social !!

Many thanks to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for the work put into bringing this antho to life, and congrats to my fellow TOC members ✨

Always love an excuse to read a little slice of a tale 🪞
A nonbinary person in a soft brown hat stands in a SFF bookstore with a copy of Best Canadian SFF open in front of their face
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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csffa.bsky.social
Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025.

If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀

Loving something with your whole heart 🖤

Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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atlanta-gamer.bsky.social
@manuelaamiouny.bsky.social hit it out of the park with The Long Way Home from Gaia BH1 in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 2. In the opening section a returning pilot notices something off about the person greeting her. We are on a wild ride. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Poetry by:
@brokenswanquill.bsky.social

Holly Easton
@mernadyerskinner.bsky.social

Leah Duarte
Jayasri Sridha

Nonfiction by:
Monique Cuillerier
Laura DeHaan
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.

Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬

Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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jkmakes.bsky.social
#MakeAThing
Watercolor doodle of a butterfly standing up on two legs like a human and smoking a cigarette. It says, make shitty art if you want to, who's going to stop you?
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Hark! The skies darken, there's the chill in the wind, and figures loom on the horizon 👀

We called the corners because the Editor's are assembling tonight.

West(ish) 🍃: @emilyyu.bsky.social
North(ish) ☁️: @rebecca-b.bsky.social
South(ish) 🔥: Jess Cho
East(ish) 🌊: @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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yilinwriter.bsky.social
would be great to see more countries doing something similar

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Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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juliedillon.bsky.social
Millie has never looked so pleased with herself.
A black and white tuxedo cat lounges smugly and decadently on a pillow in a sunspot.
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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romiesays.bsky.social
Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)
benjaminckinney.com Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com · Oct 13
New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.

Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.

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Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...
Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."
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October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted 🎉 stay tuned - winners to be announced next week 👀

Check out #AugurMicros2025 to read the AWESOME subs!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 5
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!

THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!

More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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theignyteawards.bsky.social
Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION
2025 Winner Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works - THYME TRAVELLERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Sonia Sulaiman
October 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
hey canadian friends you can tell the govt what you think about AI (🚮)! survey closes at the end of the month. it's a tad long but worth it. #CanPoli
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Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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onspecmag.bsky.social
With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM