Jeanna Cammarano
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Jeanna Cammarano
@wordrat.bsky.social
Writer of stories. Drinker of beer. Newly minted Canadian. She/her.
Former game dev. || Assistant Editor at Flash Fiction Online. || Member of Electric Sheep. Codex.
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Just in time to close out 2024!

My Cli-fi story, Taking Root, has officially been published with @onspecmag.bsky.social ! I’m especially pleased this story found a home in a Canadian magazine and in such great company!
Digital version available now and print upcoming in January.
Love that cover!
Hope is a Thing with Circuits and Steel by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska, published by Flash Fiction Online, is on the #BSFAAwards2026 long list! If you haven’t read this story yet, please do. You won’t regret it.
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/hope...
Hope Is the Thing with Circuits and Steel
“You and we—same bucket of disposables,” the grandmothers said as they hoisted their canvas bags, knitting needles sticking out, and joined the 2096 Android Secession. The City wasn’t pleased. They…
www.flashfictiononline.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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This is some good shit
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Adam Serwer is a hell of a writer.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Feels like a good day to remind everyone.
Have a published resistance themed story ready to join an anthology edited by yours truly? It’s not too late to submit. This call closes at the end of January 2026.
Hi folks, I've updated FFO's Submittable page with details about our call for resistance-themed reprints, which is opening on Jan 1st. The editor for this anthology is Jeanna Cammarano ( @wordrat.bsky.social)
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
ffo.submittable.com/submit
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I’ve been taking a much needed social media break. So here’s an apology pup pic. I hope to be posting (in moderation) more writing news for you all. And if nothing else, there will be dogs.
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Have a published resistance themed story ready to join an anthology edited by yours truly? It’s not too late to submit. This call closes at the end of January 2026.
Hi folks, I've updated FFO's Submittable page with details about our call for resistance-themed reprints, which is opening on Jan 1st. The editor for this anthology is Jeanna Cammarano ( @wordrat.bsky.social)
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
ffo.submittable.com/submit
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January 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN

For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.

It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Just felt like this piece should be in red ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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But frankly, if your business is entirely run on Stealing Things That Don't Belong To You And Selling Them, I'm fine with you not having a business anymore.
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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this is a lot of people to be deeply disappointed in (and a lot of nonsense casting, not that that matters anywhere near as much)
Audible’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Expands Cast With Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy, Simon Pegg and More
Audible announced additional casting for its 'Harry Potter' audiobook series, including Keira Knightley, Kit Harington, James McAvoy and Simon Pegg.
variety.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Mandatory Water Conservation Measures in effect for customers serviced by Lake Major

Halifax Water is implementing mandatory Stage 1 water restrictions for Lake Major effective immediately.

To learn more and see if you are impacted visit - halifaxwater.ca/alert/mandat...
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m a fan of everything in this post. Also a great read if you’re interested in the contract situation with MRM and those magazines now under that umbrella.
Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
I'm back with some September updates!
Plus a deep dive into an AI cautionary tale.
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Em dash on ChatGPT allegations
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX
August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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My collection UNCERTAIN SONS comes out soon, and early copies are already going out to folks who pre-ordered (racing the de minimis change in tariffs!). Now's a great time to pre-order if you're thinking about it. Here's what @wiswell.bsky.social said (art by @cdsart.bsky.social). Thanks, John!
August 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Oh hey it turns out another thing Covid cautious people have been saying nonstop for several years is true: lockdowns did not cause “immunity debt,” and Covid infections DO cause immune disruptions that make you more vulnerable to other illnesses.
August 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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We are on scene at an uncontrolled wildfire in the Susie Lake area of Bayers Lake. Residents are advised to stay clear of Bayer’s Lake area. Multiple road closures are in effect.

Please follow @hfxgov.bsky.social as further updates will be sent from the city's main account.
August 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sitting pride of place on my desk is my new print by Kate Leth. A recent acquisition from DCAF! I had a blast. #DartmouthComicArtsFestival #DCAF
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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It's almost July, friends, which means: PodCastle will soon be OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS!

General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!

escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...
June 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Oh my God!? We've been added to the Library of Congress. A literary magazine that I make for fun in my basement as my midlife crisis has been added to the historical record, called the uh, ahem, Taco Bell Quarterly. We are the most prestigious literary magazine of all time.
June 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM