Suzan the chalant goth
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, WFA finalist, Ignyte Co Founder
"SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin
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"SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin
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Thank you to the SFWA and its members for nominating COUNTESS in the novella category!
Congratulations to all my fellow nominees. It's an honor to be nominated with you. And THANK YOU to everyone who has read and supported my feisty book, especially in these times.
I am grateful and verklempt 🖤🖤
Congratulations to all my fellow nominees. It's an honor to be nominated with you. And THANK YOU to everyone who has read and supported my feisty book, especially in these times.
I am grateful and verklempt 🖤🖤
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Still could use a little help with this, if anyone is able.
ko-fi.com/karidru
ko-fi.com/karidru
Support Karidru ❤️
Become a supporter of Karidru today!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Still could use a little help with this, if anyone is able.
ko-fi.com/karidru
ko-fi.com/karidru
Just seeing this. Help support Nia or boost if you can. She's a wonderful person and writer.
Nia Davenport ( @niadavenport.bsky.social ) is a great writer and friend whose young family just lost a husband and father. If you've loved her books or her presence in the writing community, and you can spare something, please contribute.
gofund.me/4299d5593
gofund.me/4299d5593
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just seeing this. Help support Nia or boost if you can. She's a wonderful person and writer.
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Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Men please feel free to performatively read my books everywhere.
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Men please feel free to performatively read my books everywhere.
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
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If you haven't already you've got to read "There Be Monsters" (and you can! just by clicking the link).
This is my work visibility post!
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
There Be Monsters
From mermaids to spies and everything in between, May’s Sunday Morning Transport stories are ready to entice you.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you haven't already you've got to read "There Be Monsters" (and you can! just by clicking the link).
2025 was a quiet year publication wise for me. I've had to tell myself you have been on the go constantly from 2020. Between 2020-2025 I published a collection, a novella, wrote a novel, had 12 short stories pubbed, helped run an award, coedited.
Maybe a tiny rest is okay. Just a tiny one tho 😉
Maybe a tiny rest is okay. Just a tiny one tho 😉
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
2025 was a quiet year publication wise for me. I've had to tell myself you have been on the go constantly from 2020. Between 2020-2025 I published a collection, a novella, wrote a novel, had 12 short stories pubbed, helped run an award, coedited.
Maybe a tiny rest is okay. Just a tiny one tho 😉
Maybe a tiny rest is okay. Just a tiny one tho 😉
This is my work visibility post!
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
There Be Monsters
From mermaids to spies and everything in between, May’s Sunday Morning Transport stories are ready to entice you.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is my work visibility post!
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
I had one original story published in 2025 and I love it. It's "There Be Monsters" in Sunday Morning Transport. A big thanks to @franwilde.bsky.social and the team for publishing it. It's about mermaid murder thoughts!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/there-be-m...
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okay so while @siennatristen.bsky.social is still getting oriented on bluesky, I'm going to take it upon myself to ✨shriek✨ about the fact that the HERETIC'S GUIDE audiobook Kickstarter is $400 from being funded.
[INSERT SHRIEK HERE]
come bring us over the finish line!
LINK: tinyurl.com/cm2utrzz
[INSERT SHRIEK HERE]
come bring us over the finish line!
LINK: tinyurl.com/cm2utrzz
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
okay so while @siennatristen.bsky.social is still getting oriented on bluesky, I'm going to take it upon myself to ✨shriek✨ about the fact that the HERETIC'S GUIDE audiobook Kickstarter is $400 from being funded.
[INSERT SHRIEK HERE]
come bring us over the finish line!
LINK: tinyurl.com/cm2utrzz
[INSERT SHRIEK HERE]
come bring us over the finish line!
LINK: tinyurl.com/cm2utrzz
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I wouldn't have spent a zillion hours doing this if I did not enjoy the act of writing. Even when it's hard (especially when it's hard), it's so rewarding. It's so clarifying. When I finish something, sure I'm proud of it, but I'm already itching to shove it out of my way and start the next thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wouldn't have spent a zillion hours doing this if I did not enjoy the act of writing. Even when it's hard (especially when it's hard), it's so rewarding. It's so clarifying. When I finish something, sure I'm proud of it, but I'm already itching to shove it out of my way and start the next thing.
I love writing but I find it very difficult, especially the first draft. I have trouble focusing on one task for long periods of time and so writing a 0 draft takes a lot out of me. I'm fried after most writing sessions.
BUT it's worth it because the joy of getting through it is euphoric.
BUT it's worth it because the joy of getting through it is euphoric.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I love writing but I find it very difficult, especially the first draft. I have trouble focusing on one task for long periods of time and so writing a 0 draft takes a lot out of me. I'm fried after most writing sessions.
BUT it's worth it because the joy of getting through it is euphoric.
BUT it's worth it because the joy of getting through it is euphoric.
Oh it's snowing. Hmmm
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Oh it's snowing. Hmmm
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Don't take my word for it - I'm just a baby bird in this here Blue Sky
Listen to Evan, he's been here for like at least 15 minutes
You can trust him 👀
Listen to Evan, he's been here for like at least 15 minutes
You can trust him 👀
Ye Amazing @siennatristen.bsky.social is here!
Go back their Kickstarter with IMMEDIACY!
(I got a wee listen a while ago and it is going to rock your socks)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
Go back their Kickstarter with IMMEDIACY!
(I got a wee listen a while ago and it is going to rock your socks)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Don't take my word for it - I'm just a baby bird in this here Blue Sky
Listen to Evan, he's been here for like at least 15 minutes
You can trust him 👀
Listen to Evan, he's been here for like at least 15 minutes
You can trust him 👀
The Gothic manifesto for real.
We are gonna find beauty everywhere....even in the trash and we are going to be extra about it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Gothic manifesto for real.
This is the vibe going into 2026 and every year after.
I stand by your gothness for life ☠️🦇
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is the vibe going into 2026 and every year after.
I have watched the big Gothic movie. I continue my reread of the book ( a favourite of mine)
Of course I have many thoughts about this movie but I just love that big gothic movies are getting made.
BIG GOTHIC MOVIES.
I want gothic movies made out of my work. Keep going gothic film makers!
Of course I have many thoughts about this movie but I just love that big gothic movies are getting made.
BIG GOTHIC MOVIES.
I want gothic movies made out of my work. Keep going gothic film makers!
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I have watched the big Gothic movie. I continue my reread of the book ( a favourite of mine)
Of course I have many thoughts about this movie but I just love that big gothic movies are getting made.
BIG GOTHIC MOVIES.
I want gothic movies made out of my work. Keep going gothic film makers!
Of course I have many thoughts about this movie but I just love that big gothic movies are getting made.
BIG GOTHIC MOVIES.
I want gothic movies made out of my work. Keep going gothic film makers!
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Much beloved friend of the con Sienna Tristen is bringing out an audiobook of their 'Heretic's Guide to Homecoming'!
If you had a chance to listen to the sample in our vendor's room, you know this is going to be AMAZE!
If you didn't - it's going to be AMAZE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
If you had a chance to listen to the sample in our vendor's room, you know this is going to be AMAZE!
If you didn't - it's going to be AMAZE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Much beloved friend of the con Sienna Tristen is bringing out an audiobook of their 'Heretic's Guide to Homecoming'!
If you had a chance to listen to the sample in our vendor's room, you know this is going to be AMAZE!
If you didn't - it's going to be AMAZE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
If you had a chance to listen to the sample in our vendor's room, you know this is going to be AMAZE!
If you didn't - it's going to be AMAZE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
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November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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"Salt Slough" is a story folded into an academic paper trapped into another story by the paper’s footnotes. It is a sentient lagoon. It is a researcher who sees beneath what their eyes show them. Not entirely by choice. Things bloom. Sometimes everywhere.
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
Out now! edited by Rakesh Khanna 144 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 300 g.Paperback ISBN: 9789380636788 Seven Indian authors. Seven stories of the eerie, the gruesome, the demonic, and the melty. Ever watched ...
www.blaft.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Salt Slough" is a story folded into an academic paper trapped into another story by the paper’s footnotes. It is a sentient lagoon. It is a researcher who sees beneath what their eyes show them. Not entirely by choice. Things bloom. Sometimes everywhere.
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I’m so out of it, my self-promo has plunged into a ravine of nothingness, even while I had a brand new story come out exactly two weeks ago in @blaft.bsky.social's deliciously bizarre new anthology, Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales! So let me tell you a little bit about it. 👁️🌿
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I’m so out of it, my self-promo has plunged into a ravine of nothingness, even while I had a brand new story come out exactly two weeks ago in @blaft.bsky.social's deliciously bizarre new anthology, Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales! So let me tell you a little bit about it. 👁️🌿
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“A writer at the Times contacted me to talk. He said he was less interested in Mamdani himself than he was in the Africana Studies part…” On why maybe you shouldn’t talk to the New York Times about Zohran Mamdani.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“A writer at the Times contacted me to talk. He said he was less interested in Mamdani himself than he was in the Africana Studies part…” On why maybe you shouldn’t talk to the New York Times about Zohran Mamdani.
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LAST DAY OF LADZ'S ENTIRE CATALOGUE IS $1 OR LESS
I am giving myself a marketing hiatus, but I'm still keeping my catalogue a dollar everywhere
if you want to make sure I get the most of that dollar, please shop my payhip payhip.com/ladz
if you want to make sure I get the most of that dollar, please shop my payhip payhip.com/ladz
Ladz
Ladz was born in Poland, raised in New York City, and currently lives in Texas. When they’re not a marketing manager for a major digital publisher, they’re writing dark fantasy that tends to straddle ...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
LAST DAY OF LADZ'S ENTIRE CATALOGUE IS $1 OR LESS
lol Just because a very nice person asked I sent it yesterday. See accoutapalumbo!
😅 okay I'm doing it. Thank you for the slapping sense into me. The app closes on Sunday so Friday I will complete it...for accountability purposes.
lol this was like my mom reached through the internet and shook me...you all are trinidadian grandmas apparently.
lol this was like my mom reached through the internet and shook me...you all are trinidadian grandmas apparently.
There's a writer in residence application for the library five mins drive from my house. Is this the year I get over my imposter syndrome and apply? I mean I don't expect to be picked but even applying is a big thing for me...
Hmmm....
Hmmm....
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
lol Just because a very nice person asked I sent it yesterday. See accoutapalumbo!
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Machine translations never work anyways. It's a glorified dictionary that doesn't understand context
Best example for English is unironically, "shit."
A native English speaker knows batshit, apeshit, dogshit, horseshit, and bullshit are all different concepts.
A dictionary thinks you're at a zoo.
Best example for English is unironically, "shit."
A native English speaker knows batshit, apeshit, dogshit, horseshit, and bullshit are all different concepts.
A dictionary thinks you're at a zoo.
I would like Countess and Skin Thief available in French BUT they must be translated by a human who gets paid.
I work with words, and I do not support taking work away from translators. Translation isn't just Word equivalent computing. I don't want that for my books or translators.
I work with words, and I do not support taking work away from translators. Translation isn't just Word equivalent computing. I don't want that for my books or translators.
"Amazon propose une traduction par IA pour les livres Kindle auto-édités"
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Machine translations never work anyways. It's a glorified dictionary that doesn't understand context
Best example for English is unironically, "shit."
A native English speaker knows batshit, apeshit, dogshit, horseshit, and bullshit are all different concepts.
A dictionary thinks you're at a zoo.
Best example for English is unironically, "shit."
A native English speaker knows batshit, apeshit, dogshit, horseshit, and bullshit are all different concepts.
A dictionary thinks you're at a zoo.