Rebecca Fraimow
@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social
author of Lady Eve's Last Con, The Iron Children, & various shorts. one half of @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social. writes fiction, archives things, etc.
https://rebeccafraimow.com
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Syr Hayati Beker's What A Fish Looks Like got me thinking about how much I like spec-fic that's as much or more about a community as it is about a person or people
(relatedly, my favorite page from What A Fish Looks Like)
(relatedly, my favorite page from What A Fish Looks Like)
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Syr Hayati Beker's What A Fish Looks Like got me thinking about how much I like spec-fic that's as much or more about a community as it is about a person or people
(relatedly, my favorite page from What A Fish Looks Like)
(relatedly, my favorite page from What A Fish Looks Like)
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Now look, I'm not able to nominate/vote in the #Hugos, but I'd like to propose that those of you who can nominate @elisacatrina.bsky.social for Poetry, @eruditorumpress.com's "Cuddled Little Vice" essay for Related Work, and vote on a "fuck Neil Gaiman" slate
since the Hugos have poetry again I'm attempting to start my own little grassroots campaign on behalf of Elisa Chavez, whose poem WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARNED; OR: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT OF NEIL GAIMAN, HEREAFTER "DECEDENT" is eligible this year
www.tumblr.com/ecc-poetry/8...
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💬 9 🔁 56 ❤️ 116 · Find a Google doc version of this poem here.
For a plain text version (no footnotes), see below the cut.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARNED
(OR: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT
OF NEIL GAI…
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February 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Now look, I'm not able to nominate/vote in the #Hugos, but I'd like to propose that those of you who can nominate @elisacatrina.bsky.social for Poetry, @eruditorumpress.com's "Cuddled Little Vice" essay for Related Work, and vote on a "fuck Neil Gaiman" slate
we WILL be returning to Dalemark in bonus stuff so please do feel free to write in with your hot takes on who comes first in the Dalemark Bad Dads Pageant (Mitt's dad disqualified for blowing all the competition out of the water)
Finally, we've made it all the way from Drowned Ammet to Crowned Ammet, and we do feel very lucky that, unlike readers in the 70s, we didn't have to wait 15 real time years for it
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The Crown of Dalemark by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
Mitt at last came out with the real cause of his disappointment with the North. "They told me it was free here," he said. "They told me it was good."
North and South, history-time and story-time, pas...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
we WILL be returning to Dalemark in bonus stuff so please do feel free to write in with your hot takes on who comes first in the Dalemark Bad Dads Pageant (Mitt's dad disqualified for blowing all the competition out of the water)
since the Hugos have poetry again I'm attempting to start my own little grassroots campaign on behalf of Elisa Chavez, whose poem WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARNED; OR: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT OF NEIL GAIMAN, HEREAFTER "DECEDENT" is eligible this year
www.tumblr.com/ecc-poetry/8...
www.tumblr.com/ecc-poetry/8...
Reblog by @ecc-poetry · 5 images
💬 9 🔁 56 ❤️ 116 · Find a Google doc version of this poem here.
For a plain text version (no footnotes), see below the cut.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARNED
(OR: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT
OF NEIL GAI…
www.tumblr.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
since the Hugos have poetry again I'm attempting to start my own little grassroots campaign on behalf of Elisa Chavez, whose poem WHAT YOU NEED TO BE WARNED; OR: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT OF NEIL GAIMAN, HEREAFTER "DECEDENT" is eligible this year
www.tumblr.com/ecc-poetry/8...
www.tumblr.com/ecc-poetry/8...
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please feel free to celebrate valentine’s with these custom mbta-themed ecards made by yours truly
February 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
please feel free to celebrate valentine’s with these custom mbta-themed ecards made by yours truly
SEEKING EMERGENCY BUNNY ASSISTANCE, my friend @wakeupnew.bsky.social's extremely adorable rabbit needs support if anyone in the area has a healthy bunny who's up to be a donor 🙏
in related news if you know anyone who (1) has a rabbit in new england and (2) is available to bring said rabbit to donate blood this afternoon, hmu
February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
SEEKING EMERGENCY BUNNY ASSISTANCE, my friend @wakeupnew.bsky.social's extremely adorable rabbit needs support if anyone in the area has a healthy bunny who's up to be a donor 🙏
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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hello beautiful friends, if you are looking for (yet another) way to help mn, the school i am volunteering with has an ongoing fundraiser. we distributed over 100k to help with february rent and food and that is expected to continue for the next x months […]
[Original post on federatedfandom.net]
[Original post on federatedfandom.net]
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
hello beautiful friends, if you are looking for (yet another) way to help mn, the school i am volunteering with has an ongoing fundraiser. we distributed over 100k to help with february rent and food and that is expected to continue for the next x months […]
[Original post on federatedfandom.net]
[Original post on federatedfandom.net]
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
yesterday i sneezed in chorus so loudly that our chorus director stopped everything and looked at me and said That Was A Perfect Sneeze. getting an a in sneezing IS reasonable to want and possible to achieve it turns out
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
yesterday i sneezed in chorus so loudly that our chorus director stopped everything and looked at me and said That Was A Perfect Sneeze. getting an a in sneezing IS reasonable to want and possible to achieve it turns out
me, trying to lend this book to anybody: look, it makes PERFECT SENSE! you just have to read it twice. or maybe three times. five? but once you have I promise it's one of the best ones --
perhaps you'll say: was it really necessary for this to be a four hour episode? to which I say: look forward to at LEAST another hour of Hexwood Time in this season's Q&A. Happy Hexwood Day, everyone!
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Hexwood by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
This wood is like human memory. It does not need to take events in their correct order. Do you wish to go to an earlier time and start from there?
It's a portal fantasy! It's a space opera! It's an ...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM
me, trying to lend this book to anybody: look, it makes PERFECT SENSE! you just have to read it twice. or maybe three times. five? but once you have I promise it's one of the best ones --
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Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
Maine Solidarity Fund
When Our Neighbors are Under Attack, We Stand TogetherRight now, immigrant and Trans Mainers are facing unprecedented threats to their safety, dignity, and basic rights. Families are afraid to leave t...
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January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
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Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
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New year, new DWJ - and in today's episode, it's definitely a new DWJ, as she throws everything she knows out the window and sets out to write the wildest book of her career to date. We're definitely in the back half of the nineties now!
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A Sudden Wild Magic by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
The restraints of knowledge harmed this wild power. In order to use it, Zillah could not know what it was. It would only answer a being as untrammeled as itself.
Time for elves, centaurs, demons, god...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:19 PM
New year, new DWJ - and in today's episode, it's definitely a new DWJ, as she throws everything she knows out the window and sets out to write the wildest book of her career to date. We're definitely in the back half of the nineties now!
zencastr.com/z/4YIgZkmy
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COVER REVEAL: Call Me Traitor, my sapphic Winter Soldier-esque fantasy! Beyond delighted with this stunning @eliotbaum.bsky.social art with design by Jess Kiley. Preorders gratefully welcomed if it’s your thing! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
COVER REVEAL: Call Me Traitor, my sapphic Winter Soldier-esque fantasy! Beyond delighted with this stunning @eliotbaum.bsky.social art with design by Jess Kiley. Preorders gratefully welcomed if it’s your thing! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Farah Mendlesohn's Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore - artist Judith Clute.
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Farah Mendlesohn's Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore - artist Judith Clute.
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
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my friend is involved in this fundraiser to help support immigrant parents & families in south Minneapolis who are facing hardship—and in some cases eviction—because they can't go to work. please give if you can:
Donate to Support South High School Families, organized by Rachael Staab
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically for South fam… Rachael Staab needs your support for Support South High School Families
www.gofundme.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
my friend is involved in this fundraiser to help support immigrant parents & families in south Minneapolis who are facing hardship—and in some cases eviction—because they can't go to work. please give if you can:
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@usefulnoise.bsky.social requested we write about life in Minnesota right now and @dbrauer.net's post moved me, so here's mine: awningfawning.xyz/in-minneapol...
In Minneapolis
What do you do when fascism comes to town?
I live on a major bus line, which means I live across from and next to large apartment buildings. I have not seen my neighbors, their children, since coming...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
@usefulnoise.bsky.social requested we write about life in Minnesota right now and @dbrauer.net's post moved me, so here's mine: awningfawning.xyz/in-minneapol...
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I'm really proud of this little story of a big robot and all the lives around it in and above the soil, and I hope you enjoy it!
In “The Valley In Thaw,” a long-dormant robot awakens to witness the seasonal rebirth of a valley and the fragile persistence of lives, human and otherwise, that occupy it.
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
The Valley in Thaw | Tractor Beam
If this is our home, how can we care for it?
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I'm really proud of this little story of a big robot and all the lives around it in and above the soil, and I hope you enjoy it!
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If you love me, if you remember Anna fondly, if you know what this month is, please go donate. Repost and share if you can't give money. That counts, too.
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
If you love me, if you remember Anna fondly, if you know what this month is, please go donate. Repost and share if you can't give money. That counts, too.
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We are pleased to announce that @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social and @epbirdsall.bsky.social have joined our spy thriller anthology, OF INTRIGUE AND ESPIONAGE, out May 2027! More details here: www.starsandsabers.com/2025/03/13/s...
Stars and Sabers Publishing announces a spy thriller anthology.
Stars and Sabers Publishing announces a spy thriller anthology, Of Intrigue and Espionage, to be edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell, for May 2027.
www.starsandsabers.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We are pleased to announce that @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social and @epbirdsall.bsky.social have joined our spy thriller anthology, OF INTRIGUE AND ESPIONAGE, out May 2027! More details here: www.starsandsabers.com/2025/03/13/s...
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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...
novel: u gotta accept that sometimes u need to kill people
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
novel: u gotta accept that sometimes u need to kill people
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
me: for the purposes of the fiction, sure
novel: sometimes, actually, murder? Good!
me: you seem very invested in this
novel: there's Good People and Bad People, u gotta kill the Bad People, for the Good People,
me:
novel: & that's Feminism.
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Short fiction submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast open up tomorrow! (Or already, if you're on the other side of the International Date Line.) Here's hoping you all make it very difficult for me to pick just four stories to publish!
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Call for Submissions: 2026 Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Fiction Series | Alpennia
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast will be open for submissions in January 2026 for short stories in the lesbian historic fiction genre, to be produced in audio format for the podcast, as well as publ...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Short fiction submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast open up tomorrow! (Or already, if you're on the other side of the International Date Line.) Here's hoping you all make it very difficult for me to pick just four stories to publish!
mail.alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/...
mail.alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/...