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Parlei Rivière
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Parlei Rivière is interested in language, anti-colonialism, and space. Member of SWFA and Codex. My work can be found in Uncanny Magazine.
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Working on my Fiction page this morning on my clunky website. Check it out: anticolonialpedagogy.wixsite.com/jbrooks/proj...
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the good thing about short stories is that each one is a clean slate. you write one that sucks, write another. write one you love that gets ignored, write another. write one you think is perfect down to the last period, write another. write an ok one phoned in, write another. wait did i say good
December 7, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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Finally received my copies of Afrofuturism Tales. My first short story sale! 🥰 Shoutout to #FlameTreePress, @isisasare.bsky.social (editor), @nisishawl.bsky.social (foreword), @sandramgray1.bsky.social (intro). #SFF #SpecFic #BlackSFF #BlackSpecFic
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm participating in #NoNotWriMo this month but something that has always eluded me is how to stay organized. I have hundreds of little snippets of ideas all over the place because that's how I meet my writing goal. How do you all stay organized? #amwriting #writingcommunity #freewrite
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Excited to share I'll be joining @futurescapesww.bsky.social Long Manuscript Workshop with Miriam Cortinovis! This is a huge step as I've struggled with writing beginnings, so I'm excited to sharpen up my early worldbuilding and get this novel done! #amwriting #speculativefiction #amwritingscifi
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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My first short story in 7+ years is in this issue of Augur. Give it a read! 🍯
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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This thread rules.
It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The Seaglass Blade queer epic fantasy kickstarter launched this morning and hit its initial funding goal in 10 minutes! 🥰

We have unlocked the first stretch goal and I hope we'll reach stretch goal 2 soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
After a year of my laptop not being backed up, and a month after I found the backup drive, can I now say I backed it up and can finally stop panicking anytime I take my laptop somewhere. Ok meteor, you can now crash into my car and destroy my laptop, my novel is secure (pls don't actlly do that)
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Book 1: *My spoiled character doesn't get to enroll in military school and gets grounded on Earth* --> Poor lil dude *pat, pat*
Book 2: *my character experiences horrors upon horrors* --> Please, stop! He's already nearly dead! Think of the children 🥺😭

Sorry/not sorry the plot told me to.
💡Writing Tip: Your plot should test your character—not just physically, but emotionally & morally.
Readers remember stories where characters are changed by their choices.

What’s one moment in your WIP where your protagonist has to make a difficult decision?

#WritingTips #SpecFicWriters
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I still remember the looks I got when I shopped at Walmart in college for basic goods but we were all supposed to be so socially "aware". Sorry, but I literally couldn't afford underwear at the boutique shop.
Before I go to bed, unfriendly reminder that boycotting Amazon and other services is just *not feasible* for some people. Income, disability, access to other services, lack of transportation, delivery fees, etc.

It doesn't mean they're "complicit". It means they're a victim of capitalism too.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trying to push through the disappointment, but at this point 13 rejections / 14 submissions this year (goal was 1 sub / month which I was so happy to exceed) is really weighing on me. I just needed ONE win. Ugh #amwriting #writingrejections
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Awesome masterclass coming up with NK Jemisin through BlueStoop. Can't wait!
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Day 9, Black SpecFic month recs

1. MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-soul-to...

2. A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-necessar...

3. My free bonus story, 3rd in a series: BISHOP'S OPENING
clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_01_22/

Share & enjoy!
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Short stories to add to the reading list
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As someone from the West Coast now living on the East, I apologize for pretending we don't live up to every stereotype imaginable out here.
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The point about talent vs. skill is so on point. I have no talent as a writer, but it's the one thing I've wanted more than anything. That means refining my skill, studying great writers, and working really hard. My writing is not a product of talent, but obsession. #amwriting #writingcommunity
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You, maybe: Why in the world are you up at 2am when you know you're too old for that sh*t and you have to get up early tomorrow?
Me: But it's about da mooooooon 😭🌔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY7Z...
Common Moon Mistakes
YouTube video by minutephysics
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October 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
*sigh* I need healthy ways to deal with getting a story rejected.
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...
Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
reactormag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The last one "The Princess can save herself!" goes hard.
This is Guinevere! And this is Guinevere! And yes, this is Guinevere as well. 💙I drew so many different versions of the princess for the opening montage 🌠
September 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM