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Ruth Joffre
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Author of Night Beast | Co-founder, Nightjar Arts Collective | Instructor at Hugo House & StoryStudio | Editor at Reckoning | Contributing Editor at Copper Nickel | Codex | Queer | Bolivian American

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · Nov 11
I’m told I’m supposed to promote my writing here?? not just post pictures of my dog??? idk seems wrong but I’ll try it

my story collection Night Beast is for fans of Kelly Link and Carmen Maria Machado

it has: gay sex, sleepwalking, slime molds, soulmate timers & more

bookshop.org/p/books/nigh...
The cover of Night Beast by Ruth Joffre. It has a red background and a shadowy black and white figure of a woman with abstract tentacle things coming out of her head in an art deco style (it actually is an art deco print from like the 1920s). The vibe is spooky sexy
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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I'm a finalist for the inaugural Conjunctions residency!!! 🤯
A flyer for the Conjunctions Writers Residency. It includes photos of all the finalists (including me!). The text says: Announcing our finalists! Winner to be announced March 4! www.conjunctions.com An image announcing me as a finalist for the inaugural Conjunctions Writers Residency. It includes my bio: Ruth Joffre is a Bolivian American writer, editor, and organizer. Author of the story collection Night Beast, she has published work in more than 100 magazines and been shortlisted for the Creative Capital Award. She co-organized the Fight for Our Lives performance series in Seattle and co-founded the Nightjar Arts Collective in Missouri, "a communal third place that supports and cultivates local artists, writers, and activists." She is an Associated Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50 and an editor at Reckoning, where she is currently accepting submissions of novellas on the theme of environmental justice.
February 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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my partner isn’t on social media but she just won a fellowship from her university to complete her dissertation and I’m so proud of her! 🎉🎉🎉
February 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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happy year of the horse! I'm a metal horse and excited for what the year ahead holds. it's already off to a great start. more details to come 👀
February 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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hey if you’re in mid-Missouri and free at 5:30 PM on a Thursday I’m reading for the visiting writer series at the University of Missouri. I haven’t decided what I’m reading yet but I promise it will be good!
A flyer for the MU Visiting Writers Series event taking place on 2/19/26, this Thursday, 5:30 PM on campus in Swallow Hall 101 in Columbia, MO. My author photo is on the left and my book cover is on the right.
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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look at this little land shark
A large black dog rolling in the grass. His head is lolling to the side and his feet are kicking in the air in joy. His open mouth and sharp white teeth make him look almost shark like
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me!
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laworldcon.bsky.social Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 7d
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Hugo Award nominations now open.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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this was the first of three incredible writing-related things that happened to me yesterday 🤯 excited to share more details soon!
ruthjoffre.bsky.social Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 4d
a Valentine's Day story acceptance? what a lovely surprise ❤️
February 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Thread of some services/software I'm using instead of various billionaire-owned surveillance/fascist/"A.i." trash products:

For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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I went to the library for a puzzle swap and then ended up checking out ten other books and DVDs because libraries are amazing ❤️❤️❤️
February 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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We have Best of American SFF, Best of Canadian SFF, Best of British SFF. I wish so badly that editors take up the task of editing an yearly Best of Latin American SFF as well. It would be great!
February 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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a Valentine's Day story acceptance? what a lovely surprise ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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a very cozy way to spend a Friday night 🧩
A puzzle of an extremely cozy scene where someone is drinking tea and reading a book in a room with a wood burning stove, a bookshelf, a tea set, and double doors looking out over trees at sunset
February 14, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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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
The Doll House
www.thedollhouse.studio
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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astrokatie.com
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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I'm on this list 👀👀👀👀👀
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 6d
The 2026 Blue Frog finalists have been selected!

Congrats to these 12 authors! (but don't mention which story is yours) and best of luck! @camilleuadams.bsky.social has some really difficult decisions to make!
Blue flier listing 12 story titles, as the 2026 Blue Frog Finalists.
February 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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The Hugo nomination period is officially open, which seems like a good time to remind folks about my links post gathering eligibility and recommendations from others. I'll continue to update through the nomination period so keep sending links my way!

acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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“I’m in the corner watching you kiss her” — my novel watching me write yet another new short story
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why that’s bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)!

aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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get out and stay out, you fucking fascist
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Ominous bird valentines.
A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”: The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English: '''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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get in losers, we're rewatching Harold and Maude
A promotional still for the film Harold and Maude, starring a young Bud Cort and a much older Ruth Gordon
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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farewell, you beautiful weirdo. I’ll watch Harold & Maude again in your honor
A still from Harold & Maude where actor Bud Cort (Harold) looks directly at the camera and smirks. He’s a death-obsessed, cadaver-looking character in a suit and tie and he was great, this movie was great, do yourself a favor and watch it if you haven’t
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Hugo award nominations are now open and I would love it if you considered my Locus-recommended story “Woodpecker, Warbler, Mussel, Thrush” published in @podcastle.org. it’s about birds, magic, love, and extinction. thank you for your consideration!
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM