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Author Romie Stott, who is the same person as filmmaker and musician Romie Faienza. Poetry editor at Strange Horizons. Texan in Massachusetts. Capisco italiano un po. ⚥ Sign up for my mailing list at romiesays.kit.com.
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I got “Nothing in the Basement” by @romiesays.bsky.social at Readercon. I sped through it and can’t stop thinking about it. Absolute banger of a haunted house story. 🏚️ #amreading #horror
You should trust Gillian, who is brilliant.
You can order the book in many places, including through the Strange Horizons affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/114270/978...
You can order the book in many places, including through the Strange Horizons affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/114270/978...
canonically the best lake
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
canonically the best lake
ooooh this hurts my feelings because I love Lando *so much*
and am also a diehard Democrat
oooooooof
(with the small consolation of a half cape)
and am also a diehard Democrat
oooooooof
(with the small consolation of a half cape)
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
ooooh this hurts my feelings because I love Lando *so much*
and am also a diehard Democrat
oooooooof
(with the small consolation of a half cape)
and am also a diehard Democrat
oooooooof
(with the small consolation of a half cape)
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
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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
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.
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
perhaps your lunch break is coming up and you would like a break from reading about things which are true and horrifying... you could instead read this humorous story of *fictional* mismanagement and ego! and monkeys!
Oh, so you love the monkeys when they're making bold artistic choices, but at the first explosion that's our fault? Read the first free story of Issue 5, where @romiesays.bsky.social explains why that is unjust and improper.
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
perhaps your lunch break is coming up and you would like a break from reading about things which are true and horrifying... you could instead read this humorous story of *fictional* mismanagement and ego! and monkeys!
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I honestly don’t think they mind being called killer whales
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I honestly don’t think they mind being called killer whales
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Oh, so you love the monkeys when they're making bold artistic choices, but at the first explosion that's our fault? Read the first free story of Issue 5, where @romiesays.bsky.social explains why that is unjust and improper.
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Oh, so you love the monkeys when they're making bold artistic choices, but at the first explosion that's our fault? Read the first free story of Issue 5, where @romiesays.bsky.social explains why that is unjust and improper.
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
Read it here: dielaughingmag.com/2...
the thing about gender is I don't have a favorite color, and this seems to anger a lot of people. I've had people tell me they know my favorite color even though I don't know it. (That's not an allegory; that exact thing has happened.) But I don't have a favorite, nor is my favorite "no colors"
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
the thing about gender is I don't have a favorite color, and this seems to anger a lot of people. I've had people tell me they know my favorite color even though I don't know it. (That's not an allegory; that exact thing has happened.) But I don't have a favorite, nor is my favorite "no colors"
just heard an antivaxxer "holistic doctor" say that covid vaccine causes not just cancer, but a new thing called "turbo cancer" which we should treat by cutting sugar intake and taking ivermectin
local lifestyle daytime tv show in South Carolina. Host (female) constantly brings these people on
local lifestyle daytime tv show in South Carolina. Host (female) constantly brings these people on
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
just heard an antivaxxer "holistic doctor" say that covid vaccine causes not just cancer, but a new thing called "turbo cancer" which we should treat by cutting sugar intake and taking ivermectin
local lifestyle daytime tv show in South Carolina. Host (female) constantly brings these people on
local lifestyle daytime tv show in South Carolina. Host (female) constantly brings these people on
I went to a church wedding recently and about half of us were Dallas-origin (dressed fabulously) so one of the best parts was getting to watch everybody walk down the center aisle to take communion, total fashion show
I would like more opportunities to watch each other promenade
I would like more opportunities to watch each other promenade
Worn #onthisday in 1979 by Adda Thompson (with a white hat) at her church #wedding to Augustus Clements in Winona, MN. Saint Paul dressmaker Mary Worley made the plum velvet and satin gown and matching dolman trimmed with fur and a chenille fringe. #OTD 📷 Minnesota Historical Society
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I went to a church wedding recently and about half of us were Dallas-origin (dressed fabulously) so one of the best parts was getting to watch everybody walk down the center aisle to take communion, total fashion show
I would like more opportunities to watch each other promenade
I would like more opportunities to watch each other promenade
oh gosh, I want this so.
dream car.
dream car.
Bring back America's kei truck!
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
oh gosh, I want this so.
dream car.
dream car.
New poem by me out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social to help get all of us through the season (I hope). Whole issue is worth a look, but I trust that by now you don't need me to tell you that about an issue of Uncanny.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pray...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pray...
Prayer for Winter - Uncanny Magazine
It is cold, and I am a small animal compared to the heavy sky. Food to heat my blood is not plentiful. My friends are lean and sleepy. There is so much I am afraid of: that a stumble could lay a chi...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
New poem by me out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social to help get all of us through the season (I hope). Whole issue is worth a look, but I trust that by now you don't need me to tell you that about an issue of Uncanny.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pray...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pray...
I feel like a big squishy bruise. Not an animal bruise: a fruit bruise.
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I feel like a big squishy bruise. Not an animal bruise: a fruit bruise.
I've been reading poetry slushpiles for 15 or so years. Today was the first time I saw someone submit something in a tiny font (think 7pt), and it happened twice (two people, two weird and tiny fonts)
if you don't want me to be able to read your poem there's an easier way you know
if you don't want me to be able to read your poem there's an easier way you know
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I've been reading poetry slushpiles for 15 or so years. Today was the first time I saw someone submit something in a tiny font (think 7pt), and it happened twice (two people, two weird and tiny fonts)
if you don't want me to be able to read your poem there's an easier way you know
if you don't want me to be able to read your poem there's an easier way you know
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TOMORROW!!
Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
TOMORROW!!
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
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Trump is letting homeowners get tricked.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump is letting homeowners get tricked.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
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when was the last time a Halloween novelty song caught on? I don't think it counts if a band is always goth or it comes from a movie soundtrack. I mean those songs where you just meet dracula and he teaches you a dance or whatever
October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
when was the last time a Halloween novelty song caught on? I don't think it counts if a band is always goth or it comes from a movie soundtrack. I mean those songs where you just meet dracula and he teaches you a dance or whatever
Majority of the people executed during the French Revolution were NOT nobility and were NOT wealthy. They were peasant "enemies" mad about inflation and foreign wars of expansion, or libs who weren't sufficiently leftist. Reign of Terror Jacobins were astonishingly MAGA.
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Majority of the people executed during the French Revolution were NOT nobility and were NOT wealthy. They were peasant "enemies" mad about inflation and foreign wars of expansion, or libs who weren't sufficiently leftist. Reign of Terror Jacobins were astonishingly MAGA.
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Hello scary, silly friends! We are proud to present the FIFTH issue of Die Laughing Mag, complete with four shorts, 2 flashes, and more laughs and scares than you can shake a stick at. Available now for a perfect Halloween treat!
Buy DL Issue 5 here for $5: ko-fi.com/s/3936f3817e
Buy DL Issue 5 here for $5: ko-fi.com/s/3936f3817e
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hello scary, silly friends! We are proud to present the FIFTH issue of Die Laughing Mag, complete with four shorts, 2 flashes, and more laughs and scares than you can shake a stick at. Available now for a perfect Halloween treat!
Buy DL Issue 5 here for $5: ko-fi.com/s/3936f3817e
Buy DL Issue 5 here for $5: ko-fi.com/s/3936f3817e
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Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!
Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!
gaze upon his works
Ozymandias just legs
sand lone and level
Ozymandias just legs
sand lone and level
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
gaze upon his works
Ozymandias just legs
sand lone and level
Ozymandias just legs
sand lone and level
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A crank take of mine that really pisses people off is that I believe a major contribution to police violence in the US is that a ton of cops have lead poisoning from indoor ranges making them impulsive and dumb, and fixing this would have huge positive effects www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/re...
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A crank take of mine that really pisses people off is that I believe a major contribution to police violence in the US is that a ton of cops have lead poisoning from indoor ranges making them impulsive and dumb, and fixing this would have huge positive effects www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/re...
