Victoria Brun
@victorialbrun.bsky.social
SF/F writer. Words in Nature Future, Clarkesworld, Uncharted Magazine, & other nice places. Editor at 100-Foot Crow. victoriabrun.com
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It turns out when you actually sit down and write, words appear on the page and the story progresses. #5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
The world feels quieter than usual this #5amwritersclub. Nothing but the clack of my keyboard.
September 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The world feels quieter than usual this #5amwritersclub. Nothing but the clack of my keyboard.
I just finished The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com and wow. I've never read a book that jumped between hilarious, harrowing, and heart-melting so seamlessly.
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I just finished The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com and wow. I've never read a book that jumped between hilarious, harrowing, and heart-melting so seamlessly.
Working on a scene with too many characters. #5amwritersclub
a black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat
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August 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Working on a scene with too many characters. #5amwritersclub
What's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi?
Fantasy sells MUCH better.
Fantasy sells MUCH better.
August 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi?
Fantasy sells MUCH better.
Fantasy sells MUCH better.
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This sums up short story life.
August 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This sums up short story life.
This is the best skit on our AI future I've seen: www.youtube.com/shorts/ez7YV...
AI Data Mines in Wisconsin – Manitowoc Minute Special Report
YouTube video by Charlie Berens
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August 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is the best skit on our AI future I've seen: www.youtube.com/shorts/ez7YV...
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The advice "write the story you'd like to read" works a lot better for people who like to read popular things that sell.
August 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The advice "write the story you'd like to read" works a lot better for people who like to read popular things that sell.
I finally finished revamping my website and monthly newsletter!
I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/
#5amwritersclub
I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/
#5amwritersclub
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August 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I finally finished revamping my website and monthly newsletter!
I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/
#5amwritersclub
I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/
#5amwritersclub
I'm so excited to be part of this incredible lineup!
did you SEE that table of contents?
we can't wait for you to read this one 🖤
out in OCTOBER
check out what's to come in the thread below
we can't wait for you to read this one 🖤
out in OCTOBER
check out what's to come in the thread below
PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
July 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I'm so excited to be part of this incredible lineup!
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PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
psychopomp.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
thread/
psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Last day!
Last day of Diabolical Plots submissions for this window! window closes at midnight where our server is. if you visit the Submission page it will tell you how much time is left.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Last day!
I got my first ever ARC! "The Last Soul Among Wolves" is a solid follow-up to the amazing "The Last Hour Between Worlds."
July 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I got my first ever ARC! "The Last Soul Among Wolves" is a solid follow-up to the amazing "The Last Hour Between Worlds."
Kudos to the Submission Grinder for doing this.
July 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Kudos to the Submission Grinder for doing this.
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Welcome to episode 701. A boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions, we sample an exclusive menu brimming with exotic flavours, and a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands.
talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun
talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun
July 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Welcome to episode 701. A boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions, we sample an exclusive menu brimming with exotic flavours, and a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands.
talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun
talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
July 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
My story "God of Fire, Demon of Shadow" is now available at @talestoterrify.bsky.social! Ahhhhh!
Get it in your ears here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/701...
Get it in your ears here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/701...
701 | Derek Alan Jones, Nick Badot & Victoria Brun – Tales to Terrify
Welcome to episode 701. We have three tales for you this week. First, a boy learns the importance of respecting […]
talestoterrify.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My story "God of Fire, Demon of Shadow" is now available at @talestoterrify.bsky.social! Ahhhhh!
Get it in your ears here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/701...
Get it in your ears here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/701...
No work today, so #5amwritersclub is commencing at 6am for me.
June 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
No work today, so #5amwritersclub is commencing at 6am for me.
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How to be a writer, n. 284758:
In sunlight, write
In winter, write
In summer, write
In springtime, write
In good times, write
In tough times, write
When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write
Repeat until the world ends
Tea
In sunlight, write
In winter, write
In summer, write
In springtime, write
In good times, write
In tough times, write
When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write
Repeat until the world ends
Tea
June 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How to be a writer, n. 284758:
In sunlight, write
In winter, write
In summer, write
In springtime, write
In good times, write
In tough times, write
When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write
Repeat until the world ends
Tea
In sunlight, write
In winter, write
In summer, write
In springtime, write
In good times, write
In tough times, write
When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write
Repeat until the world ends
Tea
Just learned it's "on tenterhooks" NOT "on tender hooks." I guess I'd never seen it written before!
June 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just learned it's "on tenterhooks" NOT "on tender hooks." I guess I'd never seen it written before!
I'm scrolling on social media but I should be writing. #5amwritersclub
June 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I'm scrolling on social media but I should be writing. #5amwritersclub
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.
More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
bookstores cannot exist economically. publishers print the price on the book, which means you can't change it if your shop has, say, 200x the rent/COL of a shop elsewhere. that's why they all sell so much other merch. they have to
bookstores cannot exist economically. publishers print the price on the book, which means you can't change it if your shop has, say, 200x the rent/COL of a shop elsewhere. that's why they all sell so much other merch. they have to
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
counterintuitive behavior in victims of violent/domestic/sexual assaults is the norm, not the exception. "if this really happened they wouldn't do--" they would and they have and they will. unlearn the fantasy of a "perfect" victim.
counterintuitive behavior in victims of violent/domestic/sexual assaults is the norm, not the exception. "if this really happened they wouldn't do--" they would and they have and they will. unlearn the fantasy of a "perfect" victim.
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.
More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.
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is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
January 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
And there it is! Disney has bolstered copyright protection before. Can the mouse do it again?
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
And there it is! Disney has bolstered copyright protection before. Can the mouse do it again?
Anyone have tips for writing novellas? I can write novels and short stories, and I read a lot of novellas, yet I can't hit that word count. #WritingCommunity
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anyone have tips for writing novellas? I can write novels and short stories, and I read a lot of novellas, yet I can't hit that word count. #WritingCommunity