gwendolyn maia hicks
@prioryruins.bsky.social
tender-hearted writer of fiction (and fanfiction). they/them
🖇️ Clarion ’22, SFSU MFA ’27, Lambda ’25
🖇️ Rhysling finalist
🖇️ words now or soon in Heartlines Spec, Small Wonders, Trollbreath, Uncanny, Kaleidotrope
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🖇️ Clarion ’22, SFSU MFA ’27, Lambda ’25
🖇️ Rhysling finalist
🖇️ words now or soon in Heartlines Spec, Small Wonders, Trollbreath, Uncanny, Kaleidotrope
🌐 prioryruins.carrd.co
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GWENDOLYN MAIA HICKS: HAND SIGNS | COTTONMOUTH
www.cottonmouthjournal.com
I wrote a poem about Close Encounters of the Third Kind, my favorite Spielberg film. 🛸
I wondered if Roy Neary’s oldest son missed his father the same way I miss mine.
“Hand Signs” is now free to read in Cottonmouth Journal Volume 1, Issue 4: www.cottonmouthjournal.com/gwendolyn-ma...
I wondered if Roy Neary’s oldest son missed his father the same way I miss mine.
“Hand Signs” is now free to read in Cottonmouth Journal Volume 1, Issue 4: www.cottonmouthjournal.com/gwendolyn-ma...
so this was neat @kqedforum.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
so this was neat @kqedforum.bsky.social
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you can always flip off a waymo. it’s always morally correct
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
you can always flip off a waymo. it’s always morally correct
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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Just for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today.
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Duotrope's Interview with Trollbreath Magazine
Read Duotrope's editor interview with Trollbreath Magazine to learn what they're looking for and gain more insight into this publication.
duotrope.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today.
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
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Winter Cover Reveal!!!! Issue 6 drops on December 1st, 2025
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Winter Cover Reveal!!!! Issue 6 drops on December 1st, 2025
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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looool @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social confirming for everyone that he was in fact, going to be petty boots at the primary debates:
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
looool @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social confirming for everyone that he was in fact, going to be petty boots at the primary debates:
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Now is the perfect time to join this movement for economic justice, human rights, and a better world.
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
act.dsausa.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Now is the perfect time to join this movement for economic justice, human rights, and a better world.
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if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
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i heart writing unpublishable stories
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i heart writing unpublishable stories
there’s nothing scarier than just staying alive despite it all. but there is also? maybe nothing more rewarding
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social from Issue 8
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks
www.heartlines-spec.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
there’s nothing scarier than just staying alive despite it all. but there is also? maybe nothing more rewarding
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It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social from Issue 8
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks
www.heartlines-spec.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social from Issue 8
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
www.heartlines-spec.com/its-charlis-...
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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:
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
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:
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
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Richard Siken, speaking on poetry better than I ever could. His collection, Crush, was life-changing.
(Read the whole interview on @adroitjournal.bsky.social: theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-...)
(Read the whole interview on @adroitjournal.bsky.social: theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-...)
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Richard Siken, speaking on poetry better than I ever could. His collection, Crush, was life-changing.
(Read the whole interview on @adroitjournal.bsky.social: theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-...)
(Read the whole interview on @adroitjournal.bsky.social: theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-...)
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If magazine teams were paid fairly and writer rates increased, mag budgets would be $200k+. Minimum.
If you can, subscribe. That’s regular, renewable revenue mags can use to plan for the future.
This industry is sustained on free labour and free content.
Passion is high, but so is burnout.
If you can, subscribe. That’s regular, renewable revenue mags can use to plan for the future.
This industry is sustained on free labour and free content.
Passion is high, but so is burnout.
October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If magazine teams were paid fairly and writer rates increased, mag budgets would be $200k+. Minimum.
If you can, subscribe. That’s regular, renewable revenue mags can use to plan for the future.
This industry is sustained on free labour and free content.
Passion is high, but so is burnout.
If you can, subscribe. That’s regular, renewable revenue mags can use to plan for the future.
This industry is sustained on free labour and free content.
Passion is high, but so is burnout.
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Complete 2024 Hugo Voting
Complete 2024 Hugo Voting
Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, received 1,962 valid ballots, down from 3,436 at Glasgow 2024. 1,338 nominating votes were cast electronically (another two sent …
locusmag.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Complete 2024 Hugo Voting
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I truly can’t imagine the person I would be, the art I would’ve made, the choices I might’ve made, the wide-open vistas that might exist in my brain if the constant anxious horror of the last 10 years in America wasn’t just 24/7 squatting its horrible carcass on every cell of it.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I truly can’t imagine the person I would be, the art I would’ve made, the choices I might’ve made, the wide-open vistas that might exist in my brain if the constant anxious horror of the last 10 years in America wasn’t just 24/7 squatting its horrible carcass on every cell of it.
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ICYMI: I brought back a classic Catapult essay on why I love reading about grief...but how reading grief stories will never replace community.
In a Time of Mourning, Grief Stories Are a Lifeline
The comfort found in reading about loss will never replace the need to be in community with grievers.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ICYMI: I brought back a classic Catapult essay on why I love reading about grief...but how reading grief stories will never replace community.
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Congratulations also to the other finalists: Andrea Hairston, Nola Hopkinson, Margaret Killjoy, Jared Pechaček, Eden Robins, Nghi Vo, and Ursula Whitcher. It was an extraordinary short list, and I highly recommend reading all of these books. More info on all of them below!
Ursula K. Le Guin — 2025 Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Congratulations also to the other finalists: Andrea Hairston, Nola Hopkinson, Margaret Killjoy, Jared Pechaček, Eden Robins, Nghi Vo, and Ursula Whitcher. It was an extraordinary short list, and I highly recommend reading all of these books. More info on all of them below!
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On her birthday, a poem by #UrsulaKLeGuin
"let’s hurry, yes, to offer
everything and count on nothing,
make and break no promises ...
Outside trust, what air
is there to breathe?"
lithub.com/a-poem-by-ur...
"let’s hurry, yes, to offer
everything and count on nothing,
make and break no promises ...
Outside trust, what air
is there to breathe?"
lithub.com/a-poem-by-ur...
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
On her birthday, a poem by #UrsulaKLeGuin
"let’s hurry, yes, to offer
everything and count on nothing,
make and break no promises ...
Outside trust, what air
is there to breathe?"
lithub.com/a-poem-by-ur...
"let’s hurry, yes, to offer
everything and count on nothing,
make and break no promises ...
Outside trust, what air
is there to breathe?"
lithub.com/a-poem-by-ur...
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Doing a LitCrawl! Months ago I was given a prompt and asked to curate a lineup. @prioryruins.bsky.social @chloehsmith.bsky.social @nmamatas.bsky.social & Giovanna Lomanto said yes! We were granted the power to change one literary event from history. What did we change? How is the world different?!
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Doing a LitCrawl! Months ago I was given a prompt and asked to curate a lineup. @prioryruins.bsky.social @chloehsmith.bsky.social @nmamatas.bsky.social & Giovanna Lomanto said yes! We were granted the power to change one literary event from history. What did we change? How is the world different?!
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Overworked and underpaid agents are the bottleneck protecting overworked and underpaid editors and the quest for writing that adheres to a recognizable formula clouds people's ability to register novelty, let alone genius.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Overworked and underpaid agents are the bottleneck protecting overworked and underpaid editors and the quest for writing that adheres to a recognizable formula clouds people's ability to register novelty, let alone genius.