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Ross Showalter
@rossshowalter.com
· Sep 5
A Manual for ASL Students - The Offing
Fiction - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
New story! I wrote (yet again) about ASL students, romantic relationships, and the uncertainty that arises when someone starts to learn a language after meeting you.
I'm grateful to @rrrubenstein.bsky.social and @theoffingmag.bsky.social for giving it space.
I'm grateful to @rrrubenstein.bsky.social and @theoffingmag.bsky.social for giving it space.
I wrote my first horny flash fiction of the year. We’re so back.
February 15, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I wrote my first horny flash fiction of the year. We’re so back.
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very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
The Doll House
www.thedollhouse.studio
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
I’m going to AWP just to vibe.
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I’m going to AWP just to vibe.
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one of my standing complaints is every february 1st a lot of you are like read Black writers! and then name the same five people to read. Some writers who could use your pre-orders:
The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Great Wherever: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
one of my standing complaints is every february 1st a lot of you are like read Black writers! and then name the same five people to read. Some writers who could use your pre-orders:
The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Let’s all try to make February a little bit gentler and easier than January was.
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Let’s all try to make February a little bit gentler and easier than January was.
It's quite nice to have my first publication of the year get such a gorgeous cover! I'm delighted.
The beautiful cover for FF#27 has arrived! Stunning work once again by @abistevensart.bsky.social!
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
It's quite nice to have my first publication of the year get such a gorgeous cover! I'm delighted.
TFW you want to write a short story and you know it from start to finish, but you might not be smart or skilled enough to pull off its mechanics and goals.
January 27, 2026 at 2:43 PM
TFW you want to write a short story and you know it from start to finish, but you might not be smart or skilled enough to pull off its mechanics and goals.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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#ICMI: @strangehorizons.bsky.social
is Open for #fiction submissions for the next 46-ish hours. Go forth and SUBMIT SOMETHING asap! strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
is Open for #fiction submissions for the next 46-ish hours. Go forth and SUBMIT SOMETHING asap! strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
Fiction and Poetry -- closing to subs in December
Just a quick note here to say that, as is often the case, the fiction and poetry departments will be closing to submissions in December. So if you have something you've been working on with us in m…
strangehorizons.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
#ICMI: @strangehorizons.bsky.social
is Open for #fiction submissions for the next 46-ish hours. Go forth and SUBMIT SOMETHING asap! strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
is Open for #fiction submissions for the next 46-ish hours. Go forth and SUBMIT SOMETHING asap! strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
I completed a short story for the first time in nine months and a writer I hugely admire has said it is one of her new favorites.
I think I might be getting a little writing groove back. ☺️
I think I might be getting a little writing groove back. ☺️
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I completed a short story for the first time in nine months and a writer I hugely admire has said it is one of her new favorites.
I think I might be getting a little writing groove back. ☺️
I think I might be getting a little writing groove back. ☺️
I have had this strange imagery in my head since April that I want so badly to coalesce into a proper story, but it remains a surreal, subterranean knot.
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I have had this strange imagery in my head since April that I want so badly to coalesce into a proper story, but it remains a surreal, subterranean knot.
let's try this social media thing again
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
let's try this social media thing again
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
I'm genuinely surprised no one I follow has mentioned this one. It's my go-to record to spin when I get home from work.
I'm genuinely surprised no one I follow has mentioned this one. It's my go-to record to spin when I get home from work.
December 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
I'm genuinely surprised no one I follow has mentioned this one. It's my go-to record to spin when I get home from work.
I'm genuinely surprised no one I follow has mentioned this one. It's my go-to record to spin when I get home from work.
This is probably only me and my brand of deafness, but I find podcasts to be much more accessible when they're in a video format as well.
I can lipread speakers. I can turn on captions. I've had more access to information and dialogues and thoughts when I'm able to see how the conversation goes.
I can lipread speakers. I can turn on captions. I've had more access to information and dialogues and thoughts when I'm able to see how the conversation goes.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is probably only me and my brand of deafness, but I find podcasts to be much more accessible when they're in a video format as well.
I can lipread speakers. I can turn on captions. I've had more access to information and dialogues and thoughts when I'm able to see how the conversation goes.
I can lipread speakers. I can turn on captions. I've had more access to information and dialogues and thoughts when I'm able to see how the conversation goes.
Happy holidays, I just got told my credit score could only get better if I got a mortgage. 🤡
December 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy holidays, I just got told my credit score could only get better if I got a mortgage. 🤡
It's strange to be writing in the midst of so much emotion/grief/exhaustion, but the ideas must be given space and realized.
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
It's strange to be writing in the midst of so much emotion/grief/exhaustion, but the ideas must be given space and realized.
Reposting one of my favorite stories I've written, both to celebrate the redesign of @therumpus.net and to remind Deaf folks that Dinner Table Syndrome is an experience more shared than we know, especially around the holidays:
Rumpus Original Fiction: Feast - The Rumpus
I’m the only deaf person at the party, again.
therumpus.net
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Reposting one of my favorite stories I've written, both to celebrate the redesign of @therumpus.net and to remind Deaf folks that Dinner Table Syndrome is an experience more shared than we know, especially around the holidays:
bless the friends who read 18 paragraph-length texts about your chance meeting with your very first partner
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
bless the friends who read 18 paragraph-length texts about your chance meeting with your very first partner
I will never cease to be surprised at how much of themselves people put on the internet.
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I will never cease to be surprised at how much of themselves people put on the internet.
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I cannot stress how important it is that we make “bitch, do something yourself” a language-embedded meme on the level of “kim there’s people that are dying”
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I cannot stress how important it is that we make “bitch, do something yourself” a language-embedded meme on the level of “kim there’s people that are dying”
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This.
This is why printed books are still so important.
This is why printed books are still so important.
We can read 4000 year old texts. We can't open 20 year old digital documents
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This.
This is why printed books are still so important.
This is why printed books are still so important.
Perhaps as a way of burying my head in the sand, I've decided to start learning French; it's actually startling how much American Sign Language borrows from French syntax and structure.
Mais oui.
Mais oui.
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Perhaps as a way of burying my head in the sand, I've decided to start learning French; it's actually startling how much American Sign Language borrows from French syntax and structure.
Mais oui.
Mais oui.
I really, really loved this one. @anniejowrites.bsky.social is always so good, but this really touched me.
"They remember and think of each other often in the intervening years between their conversations and meaningful glances."
"They remember and think of each other often in the intervening years between their conversations and meaningful glances."
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I really, really loved this one. @anniejowrites.bsky.social is always so good, but this really touched me.
"They remember and think of each other often in the intervening years between their conversations and meaningful glances."
"They remember and think of each other often in the intervening years between their conversations and meaningful glances."