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Toria 旻辰 Liao
@suntorya.bsky.social
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writer, editor, queer cat-lady-in-training. she/her.
COO, editorial director @augurmag.bsky.social
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
we are around $8K CAd in the red. help us catch up!

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

🧵
An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
suntorya.bsky.social
One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 23
✨ Augur Editor update ✨

The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨

Don’t miss your chance to apply!
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 8
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!

We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!

DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️

🔗in bio!
September 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!

We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!

DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️

🔗in bio!
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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suntorya.bsky.social
If you have one takeaway from this issue, I hope you'll see it as a call to community and collective action—a reflection that we can deprogram away from the confines of oppressive structures and orient towards justice and liberation. A reminder that we need to take care of each other on the way. 2/7
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
suntorya.bsky.social
I cannot express how proud I am of this team. As my first time solo-leading on an issue, I found myself stretching my wings out of my usual myth & fantasy space into sci-fi and apocalypse for Augur Magazine Issue 8.1.

Some meandering thoughts 🧵 1/7
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Aug 30
🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE! 💫

Check out...
🤖 A disaster relief delivery robot
🧟 Touring a mall in a zombie apocalypse ⭐️ A love letter from a star
& plenty more!

& you can read two FREE pieces on our site NOW!

🔗 Link to Issue 8.1: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

🧵
An illustration with a purple overlay of a tree with a hologram of a man and a young child in the middle of it. There are two people and two robots looking at the hologram. At the top corner and bottom corner, there are purple electrical lines with bulbs at the end. At the top of the image reads: Available now. Augur Magazine 8.1." Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: ghostly dance of vengeance. Losing language among the stars. Shared memories in sacred intimacy. Stealing bottled memories from the rich. Delivery robot saves the day. Mall tour in a zombie apocalypse.
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
We spent $150K in the last month and only raised $58K. Thankfully the earlier Itch Bundle fundraiser meant that we haven’t yet ran out.

All support is deeply appreciated to keep Gazans connected through forced starvation & colonial violence:

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza
August 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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augursociety.bsky.social
GTA Augurians, you're invited to celebrate the LIMITED EDITION print run of Augur Magazine Vol 6! 🎊

🕐 Thursday, August 21st from 7-9:30PM
📍 Society Clubhouse, 967 College St, Toronto

You can expect... 👇
A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. In the middle of the image reads in curved: "You're Invited" then in straight text below it: "print launch." Underneath reads: "Join us for an evening of readings, good food, and launching the print edition of Augur Magazine Volume 6" in purple text. There are two images, one is an image of people at the event and the other is a purple event table with magazine volumes, ceramic teacups, and art prints. Below is the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto in purple text. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.
August 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀
Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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kercoby.bsky.social
✨ Augur is nominated FIVE times across three categories in this year’s Aurora Awards!

I’m so, so proud of our editors, writers, artists, and podcast. It’s the first year every active part of Augur has been nominated.

If you’re Canadian, deets on voting are below 👀✨
augursociety.bsky.social Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Jul 3
HUGE NEWS: Augur has the honour of being a nominee in THREE categories for the 2025 Aurora Awards! 🎊

📌 FYI...
-Voting is NOW OPEN to all CSFFA members & membership is just $10!
-Deadline to vote: July 19th @ 11:59 EDT.

🔗 Link to sign up & vote: www.csffa.ca

Scroll down to see what's nommed! ⬇️
The background has an graphic of a community of houses covered by walls and skeletons with a purple overlay. At the top of is a white bar with "2025" in black text inside of it. Below is "Vote for augur in the" followed by "Aurora awards" in white text. In the middle of the image are the covers of Augur issues 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and the Murmurstations podcast logo within a phone. Underneath reads: "vote at this url https://www.csffa.ca/awards-information/current-ballot/" in white text. At the bottom of the image is "augur" in white text.
July 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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teresempierre.bsky.social
Join me for the Toronto launch of my debut poetry book, "Myth"! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙🌺

April 9. 7PM. Society Clubhouse.

Featuring performances by the amazing: @farahghafoor.bsky.social @faitharkorful.bsky.social @spondeee.bsky.social and @suntorya.bsky.social!

Come through!! ✨️✨️
An event poster for Myth, dominantly orange with white text, with a mermaid, a rocket ship, a palm trees and a crescent moon.
March 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
Just $21,240CAD, $4264USD, and £2000 until we break even. We are already sending new eSims using points thanks to your donations!

We can definitely get there by the end of the month, if not sooner.

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza
“Crips for esims for Gaza URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED Venmo: A QR code PP (US): A QR code PP (UK): A QR code About: A QR code bit.ly/venmo4esims bit.ly/pp4esims bit.ly/esimsUK bit.ly/eSimsRUs” "March Goal:" (text in red) “$33,000 CAD” "etransfer: cripsforesimsforgaza@gmail.com” The background is a gradient between yellow and pink. Bolded headings are in a fluffy sans serif font.
March 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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talesfeathers.bsky.social
Hello wonderful readers

big news today

🌟✨TALES & FEATHERS VOLUME 3 IS RELEASED!✨🌟

Get ready for fish-gyals, hellhound puppies, food, family, friendship, & more. 💖

Subscribers will find the issue in their inboxes within 24 hours, and 2 pieces are free on our site RIGHT NOW. 😍

(scroll for more 👀)
Tales & Feathers Magazine - Volume 3
Join us to explore the idea of connection. The way we can be connected to the people around us and to the worlds we live in.
augursociety.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
Today is 2/25/2025! What if 250 people donated $25CAD by the end of today? That would help us climb out of debt faster.

Remember: the genocide hasn’t ended. Internet is still crucial for everyday survival and urgent news.

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza
February 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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melisfluous.bsky.social
I have a new story out today in Singapore Unbound, about the superstition surrounding the number 4 in Chinese culture and the avoidance of bad luck

singaporeunbound.org/suspect-jour...
The Number Death — Singapore Unbound
How far would you go to avoid bad luck? Read the new story by Melissa Ren to find out.
singaporeunbound.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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teresempierre.bsky.social
This spring, on April 1st, @houseofanansi.bsky.social will publish my debut poetry collection, Myth!

It's a little tropical, a little lyrical, a little speculative, something for everyone! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙

Preorders are open! Please share if you can!
houseofanansi.com/products/myt...
Myth
Myth, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to...
houseofanansi.com
January 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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harshawalia.bsky.social
Huge news! 🎉

Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.

BDS works! We have power wherever we are.

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Giller Foundation, lead sponsor Scotiabank end partnership
The foundation that administers the Giller Prize didn’t say why the partnership ended, but the sponsorship has recently come under fire over a Scotiabank subsidiary’s investment in an Israeli arms com...
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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amalelmohtar.com
This has been extended to Jan 8.

I let my membership lapse because I was too disgusted by the org’s failure to produce even the most lukewarm condemnation of ongoing genocide, but if you’re currently a SFWA member & haven’t forfeited your humanity I think signing it is a good thing to do.
January 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
Thank you Winslow and Barabones for this wonderful graphic <3

We are running critically low on funds rn and could a bit of holigay cheer. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

#ConnectingGaza

bit.ly/eSimsRUs
"This Christmas... give an e-eSim!" in festive and round serif font. A cartoon and boldly colourful santa wearing a red and white kufiya, striped red and green hat with a bell at the end, and a red nose like rudolf. Santa is waving and wearing a red sweater, black belt, and green trousers. "Support over 160 volunteers with Crips for eSims for Gaza Donate to bit.ly/eSimsRUs today!" The background is green and the letters are varying shades of green and white.
December 21, 2024 at 8:19 AM
suntorya.bsky.social
It’s so silly, but I feel like I need to create some kind of celebration ritual for every time I leave my day job on time so that I can reinforce the boundary 😅
December 11, 2024 at 9:38 PM
suntorya.bsky.social
Lovely words from @acwise.bsky.social on the issue that @kercoby.bsky.social and I put together!
December 9, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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sebastianyue.bsky.social
💖 2,000 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY 💖

Prize: one (1) fictional news article about your character or party!

💫 To enter: Follow and repost
💫 Bonus entry: Tag a friend in the replies
💫 Ends 12/12 at 11:59 pm ET
💫 Full rules and more prize examples: sebastianyue.ca/2024giveaway
An image of a newspaper front page. The paper is called The Furnace and the headline reads: “Water jousting makes a splash” with the sub-headline “if regular jousting just isn’t doing it for you, get on board with the latest craze to sweep the Docks.” There is a black and white photo of a hand reaching up from the water as though drowning.
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
suntorya.bsky.social
It was so soothing to listen to @sonj.bsky.social’s podcast voice while streaming this look inspired by the @augursociety.bsky.social Murmurstations logo (by Moccha!).

I’m rusty, but hopefully I’ll revisit my makeup collection more. Won’t be gluing feathers to my face again anytime soon though 😅
Side by side comparison of Toria’s face and the Murmurstations logo, which features a humanoid face wearing pink and blue makeup while peering out from between purple feathers. Toria’s makeup is an imitation of the logo and bright fake feathers are glued to her face. With bright feathers and makeup on in imitation of the Murmurstations logo, Toria gazes dreamily off to the left.
November 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
suntorya.bsky.social
Live in five! Come listen to Murmurstations while I dust off my frankly unmanageable makeup collection. www.twitch.tv/suntorya
November 23, 2024 at 4:58 PM
suntorya.bsky.social
Haven’t streamed in a while but I’ll be live in ~1hour with a makeup stream inspired by the cover art of the @augursociety.bsky.social podcast, Murmurstations! We’ll listen to the most recent episodes while translating Moccha’s gorgeous art in makeup. Come hang if you’re free! www.twitch.tv/suntorya
Murmurstations logo: illustration of a mysterious golden humanoid face peeking through the centre of a collection of purple birds and their feathers. Text: presented by augur, hosted by Sonia Urlando, Murmurstations.
November 23, 2024 at 4:10 PM