weronika mamuna
@weramamuna.bsky.social
strange woman lying about in ponds. currently thinking about: faerie, plant people
yes! ha ha ha... yes!
Oh, what's this? No big deal, just the cover reveal for my next book, QUAINT FOLK -- a story about an obnoxious American family who visits an incredibly quaint British island where people follow the old ways. 😎🖤
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
yes! ha ha ha... yes!
the most weird to ever fiction
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
the most weird to ever fiction
lrt: perhaps i should write that wet science fiction manifesto
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
lrt: perhaps i should write that wet science fiction manifesto
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I have to wonder if contemporary sci-fi is so unpopular because the current mode is a kind of centrist liberalism that hardly anyone (except I guess Chuck Schumer) wants. It is an ideology that has failed to meet the needs of the current moment and most of us are leaving it behind.
The old mode of science fiction writing is vanishing. What's arriving in its place?
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
Science Fiction is Dying. Long Live Post Sci-Fi?
The old mode of science fiction is disappearing. What's replacing it?
www.typebarmagazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I have to wonder if contemporary sci-fi is so unpopular because the current mode is a kind of centrist liberalism that hardly anyone (except I guess Chuck Schumer) wants. It is an ideology that has failed to meet the needs of the current moment and most of us are leaving it behind.
i might have a reason to write short fiction soon
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
i might have a reason to write short fiction soon
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The crime of capitalism is not the existence of the Crystal Shrek, but the fact that the Crystal Shrek is not available to all who would benefit from it.
if you buy this someone should take the rest of your money and give it away
February 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The crime of capitalism is not the existence of the Crystal Shrek, but the fact that the Crystal Shrek is not available to all who would benefit from it.
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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touching my cat’s stomach gives her a reason to attack. sort of a casus belly
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
touching my cat’s stomach gives her a reason to attack. sort of a casus belly
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These are also the three dispositions of basically everyone I know, though.
No matter the breed, every dog has one of three default dispositions:
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
1. Dipshit
2. Has a Job
3. Trying to Pick a Fight with God
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
These are also the three dispositions of basically everyone I know, though.
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I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
I haven't read that massive Substack thing that Gaiman linked to in his whinge, and nor am I going to. If you need tens of thousands of words of rant and innuendo to embed your "shocking evidence" in, you don't have shocking evidence, you have a conspiracy manifesto.
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
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1922 Portuguese Minister: So is the poster for the centenary of the relationship between Portugal and Brazil ready.
Artist: Yeah some really hot yuri, just like you asked
Artist: Yeah some really hot yuri, just like you asked
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
1922 Portuguese Minister: So is the poster for the centenary of the relationship between Portugal and Brazil ready.
Artist: Yeah some really hot yuri, just like you asked
Artist: Yeah some really hot yuri, just like you asked
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Talking in a group is hard
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Talking in a group is hard
i shouldn't get irritated by people just saying shit on the saying shit website
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
i shouldn't get irritated by people just saying shit on the saying shit website
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I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism
February 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism
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Today on Eruditorum Press, a massive post in every sense as Last War in Albion reaches From Hell. Make yourself a fresh pot of tea and settle in with it; this one’s a wild ride.
Chapter Three: The Ordering and Reordering of Data (From Hell)
CW: This post contains multiple graphic images, including Figure 1834, a photograph of a violently dismembered body.
Previously in Last War in Albion: Alan Moore took a big payday cranking out goofy...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Today on Eruditorum Press, a massive post in every sense as Last War in Albion reaches From Hell. Make yourself a fresh pot of tea and settle in with it; this one’s a wild ride.
combine the old London Bridge with Neom and you've got a fantastic weird fantasy setting – a city built on a giant bridge hundreds of kilometers long, stretching across the abyss...
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
combine the old London Bridge with Neom and you've got a fantastic weird fantasy setting – a city built on a giant bridge hundreds of kilometers long, stretching across the abyss...
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Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)
Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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sure it's a good fantasy, but is it suffused with the numinous?
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 PM
sure it's a good fantasy, but is it suffused with the numinous?
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deciding on what to work on for next month
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
deciding on what to work on for next month
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It's Ursula Le Guin's day of death. Every year, I have a lot to say and every year I quote her instead.
"The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.
"The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It's Ursula Le Guin's day of death. Every year, I have a lot to say and every year I quote her instead.
"The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.
"The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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The crazy thing about including validity in the construction of gender, is how it then orients the entirety of how you define yourself around other people’s approval.
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The crazy thing about including validity in the construction of gender, is how it then orients the entirety of how you define yourself around other people’s approval.
she's a 10/10 but doesn't like Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 PM
she's a 10/10 but doesn't like Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)