Marty Cahill
@mcflycahill90.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling author of Audition For The Fox; author of Critical Role: Armory of Heroes. Repped by Hannah Bowman. Email: Martintcahill @ gmail
Black & Trans Lives Matter. He/Him.
https://www.martincahillwrites.com
Black & Trans Lives Matter. He/Him.
https://www.martincahillwrites.com
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2025 Eligibility Post
Holy shit, I published a lot of stuff this year. Five short stories, one commissioned short story, an essay pamphlet, an article with Writer’s Digest,...
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My 2025 Eligibility post is now live! Holy shit, I had a lot of work out this year. Featuring writing w/ @undertow.bsky.social, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @criticalrole.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social, and more!
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Gay Wizards are IN for 2026. Get in on the ground floor, you could not possibly be more chic than Gay Wizards.
I have a short story in Neon Hemlock’s SHATTER THE SUN. It stars Phasian, Paragon of the Seven Veils, known by some as the Peacock Wizard. He’s having a bad time in a very snaky sinkhole!
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shatter the sun — neon hemlock
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January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Gay Wizards are IN for 2026. Get in on the ground floor, you could not possibly be more chic than Gay Wizards.
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Today is my Dad’s birthday. To celebrate him, I’d like to share one of his beautiful songs, “Not Without a Hand From You.” He wrote and recorded it while taking care of my Mom in her final years.
Love to all the caretakers, and all the caretaken.
Today is my Dad’s birthday. To celebrate him, I’d like to share one of his beautiful songs, “Not Without a Hand From You.” He wrote and recorded it while taking care of my Mom in her final years.
Love to all the caretakers, and all the caretaken.
Not without a hand from you. | Monica Byrne
Get more from Monica Byrne on Patreon
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January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Today is my Dad’s birthday. To celebrate him, I’d like to share one of his beautiful songs, “Not Without a Hand From You.” He wrote and recorded it while taking care of my Mom in her final years.
Love to all the caretakers, and all the caretaken.
Today is my Dad’s birthday. To celebrate him, I’d like to share one of his beautiful songs, “Not Without a Hand From You.” He wrote and recorded it while taking care of my Mom in her final years.
Love to all the caretakers, and all the caretaken.
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what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
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Hello, hello hello!!! We are so excited to welcome the newest member of the SLP family, @mikebove.bsky.social, and his novella A CATALOG OF IMAGINARY HOUSES, which was selected from our 2025 novel/novella submissions period!
COMING IN MAY 2027! Welcome, Mike!!!
COMING IN MAY 2027! Welcome, Mike!!!
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hello, hello hello!!! We are so excited to welcome the newest member of the SLP family, @mikebove.bsky.social, and his novella A CATALOG OF IMAGINARY HOUSES, which was selected from our 2025 novel/novella submissions period!
COMING IN MAY 2027! Welcome, Mike!!!
COMING IN MAY 2027! Welcome, Mike!!!
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Congratulations to @clpolk.com on the new book, and also congratulations on getting a cover reveal in gd COSMOPOLITAN of all places, holy shit! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: C.L. Polk Announces New Dreamy Fantasy Book ‘The Feywild Job’ and It's Cover Reveal is Stunning
No better way to get cozy than this swoony romantasy.
www.cosmopolitan.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Congratulations to @clpolk.com on the new book, and also congratulations on getting a cover reveal in gd COSMOPOLITAN of all places, holy shit! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
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Audition for the Fox, @mcflycahill90.bsky.social Because sometimes you feel lost in the plot of your own life and you need someone to show you that yes, the actions you take do matter. It won't let you forget that there's work still to be done, but that we can and will get through this.
January 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Audition for the Fox, @mcflycahill90.bsky.social Because sometimes you feel lost in the plot of your own life and you need someone to show you that yes, the actions you take do matter. It won't let you forget that there's work still to be done, but that we can and will get through this.
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New year, new YA! Get yer recs here! reactormag.com/young-adult-...
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for January & February 2026 - Reactor
A new year means new books!
reactormag.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
New year, new YA! Get yer recs here! reactormag.com/young-adult-...
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My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
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trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
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Anyway, do I have a cover for one of my novels that's coming out next year? No, not yet. Do I have five minutes to goof off in Canva while I wait for a phone call? Yes, yes I do.
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Anyway, do I have a cover for one of my novels that's coming out next year? No, not yet. Do I have five minutes to goof off in Canva while I wait for a phone call? Yes, yes I do.
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let's play a little game: what is your single most-anticipated book of 2026 that you have not yet seen on any other most anticipated lists?
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
let's play a little game: what is your single most-anticipated book of 2026 that you have not yet seen on any other most anticipated lists?
Alright friends, hit me: what’s the first short story I should read in 2026?
January 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Alright friends, hit me: what’s the first short story I should read in 2026?
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I’m still not sure which Knives Out film I like the most, but I think I feel pretty confident in saying the Louise phone call from Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite scene in the whole trilogy
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I’m still not sure which Knives Out film I like the most, but I think I feel pretty confident in saying the Louise phone call from Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite scene in the whole trilogy
Not that Guerrilla Games asked, but here are the robots to consider for Horizon 3:
*Giant Squid
*Chupacabra
*Panda
*Penguin
*Mosasaur
*Big Ant
*Margit, the Fell Omen
*Quokka
*Grumpy Sloth
*Pikachu
And more
*Giant Squid
*Chupacabra
*Panda
*Penguin
*Mosasaur
*Big Ant
*Margit, the Fell Omen
*Quokka
*Grumpy Sloth
*Pikachu
And more
a group of people standing next to each other in a video game with a sign that says fried chicken
Alt: aloy and the gang dancing
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January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Not that Guerrilla Games asked, but here are the robots to consider for Horizon 3:
*Giant Squid
*Chupacabra
*Panda
*Penguin
*Mosasaur
*Big Ant
*Margit, the Fell Omen
*Quokka
*Grumpy Sloth
*Pikachu
And more
*Giant Squid
*Chupacabra
*Panda
*Penguin
*Mosasaur
*Big Ant
*Margit, the Fell Omen
*Quokka
*Grumpy Sloth
*Pikachu
And more
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Cat is out of the bag! Tor declined my suggestion to include in the blurb "sapphic Winter Soldier, but wizards"; however this is in fact the only accurate way to describe this book torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
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January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Cat is out of the bag! Tor declined my suggestion to include in the blurb "sapphic Winter Soldier, but wizards"; however this is in fact the only accurate way to describe this book torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
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u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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Hey it’s 2026 I’m told. So this thing is coming at your face soon.
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hey it’s 2026 I’m told. So this thing is coming at your face soon.
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Check it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Check it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
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Freelance Additional Writer to Senior Game Designer 2017~2026
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Freelance Additional Writer to Senior Game Designer 2017~2026
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two people dating is not found family!!! sorry!!!!
December 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
two people dating is not found family!!! sorry!!!!
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Excellent review of an excellent novel of last year, a work of city-fantasy that stands boldly alongside the titanic locales of my imagination like Ambergris, New Crobuzon, Ravicka, and the locales of Tchaikovsky's TYRANT PHILOSOPHERS series.
Synesthetic, Uncapturable, Uninterpretable, Irreproducible: @megapolisomancy.bsky.social reviews Hiron Ennes' THE WORKS OF VERMIN (@torbooks.bsky.social)
Synesthetic, Uncapturable, Uninterpretable, Irreproducible: Review of Hiron Ennes’s The Works of Vermin
Zachary Gillan Under Review:The Works of Vermin. Hiron Ennes. Tor Books, October 2025. “In the true work of art”, Walter Benjamin once wrote, “pleasure can be fleeting, it can live in the moment, i…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Excellent review of an excellent novel of last year, a work of city-fantasy that stands boldly alongside the titanic locales of my imagination like Ambergris, New Crobuzon, Ravicka, and the locales of Tchaikovsky's TYRANT PHILOSOPHERS series.
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Speaking of awards, here is my award eligibility thread for work published in 2025, with emphasis on poetry.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of awards, here is my award eligibility thread for work published in 2025, with emphasis on poetry.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.