Jennifer Cröw
@writerjencrow.bsky.social
She/her. Poet and fiction writer in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 100% human-made words. Published in Uncanny, Asimov's, Analog, and others. 2023 Rhysling Award winner. Hockey fan, crocheter, and bibliophile. Occasional DM and gamer.
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My brother just described the Canadian curling team as “the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Curling” and it may take me a while to recover.
February 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
My brother just described the Canadian curling team as “the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Curling” and it may take me a while to recover.
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The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...
The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
defector.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN
for Eye to the Telescope Issue 60 on the theme: Paying Tribute
edited by Angela Acosta
details here! ⬇️
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
for Eye to the Telescope Issue 60 on the theme: Paying Tribute
edited by Angela Acosta
details here! ⬇️
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
SUBMISSIONS OPEN
for Eye to the Telescope Issue 60 on the theme: Paying Tribute
edited by Angela Acosta
details here! ⬇️
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
for Eye to the Telescope Issue 60 on the theme: Paying Tribute
edited by Angela Acosta
details here! ⬇️
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
When you finish a project—as in, do the final dusting off and send it to a potential new home—do you struggle to get back into the writing groove?
It’s a perennial problem for me, and I’m wondering if any of you can suggest ways to switch my brain back into creative mode.
It’s a perennial problem for me, and I’m wondering if any of you can suggest ways to switch my brain back into creative mode.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
When you finish a project—as in, do the final dusting off and send it to a potential new home—do you struggle to get back into the writing groove?
It’s a perennial problem for me, and I’m wondering if any of you can suggest ways to switch my brain back into creative mode.
It’s a perennial problem for me, and I’m wondering if any of you can suggest ways to switch my brain back into creative mode.
Sometimes I don’t feel like interacting on social media. Tonight I’m just stopping by to say I’ve been busy writing a story and cleaning/organizing the hutch on my desk. And I don’t want to ruin that good feeling by encountering the current reality.
February 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Sometimes I don’t feel like interacting on social media. Tonight I’m just stopping by to say I’ve been busy writing a story and cleaning/organizing the hutch on my desk. And I don’t want to ruin that good feeling by encountering the current reality.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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I'm reading poetry subs at Strange Horizons this month. You can submit up to 6 speculative poems in a single file or separate files. I recommend separate files, because we allow simultaneous submissions and it's easier to withdraw individual poems. Guidelines: strangehorizons.com/submit/poetr...
Poetry Submission Guidelines
How to submit poetry.
strangehorizons.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I'm reading poetry subs at Strange Horizons this month. You can submit up to 6 speculative poems in a single file or separate files. I recommend separate files, because we allow simultaneous submissions and it's easier to withdraw individual poems. Guidelines: strangehorizons.com/submit/poetr...
For @aliascelli.bsky.social in particular. Excel is, apparently, eternal.
The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
For @aliascelli.bsky.social in particular. Excel is, apparently, eternal.
If you’re in the mood for a fun urban fantasy series, I’ve really enjoyed this one—and Stephen Blackmoore could use a hand.
Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
Eric Carter
Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
If you’re in the mood for a fun urban fantasy series, I’ve really enjoyed this one—and Stephen Blackmoore could use a hand.
Curling!
Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Curling!
Excellent commentary on the Bad Bunny halftime show! I watched his performance just now and was glad to have so much insight into the meaning of it all. What a joyful moment!
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Excellent commentary on the Bad Bunny halftime show! I watched his performance just now and was glad to have so much insight into the meaning of it all. What a joyful moment!
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Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
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NEXT WEEK! 🌟 BBB returns for our monthly Fabulous Reading Event on 2/17 @ 7pm at Barrow's! Join us as we welcome authors/readers
@victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar @fondalee.bsky.social &
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social for a night of sips, socializing, and stories!📚🎙️🍸
More:
BrooklynBooksBooze.com
@victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar @fondalee.bsky.social &
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social for a night of sips, socializing, and stories!📚🎙️🍸
More:
BrooklynBooksBooze.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
NEXT WEEK! 🌟 BBB returns for our monthly Fabulous Reading Event on 2/17 @ 7pm at Barrow's! Join us as we welcome authors/readers
@victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar @fondalee.bsky.social &
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social for a night of sips, socializing, and stories!📚🎙️🍸
More:
BrooklynBooksBooze.com
@victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar @fondalee.bsky.social &
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social for a night of sips, socializing, and stories!📚🎙️🍸
More:
BrooklynBooksBooze.com
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Excited for the 🪐Speculative Fiction Salon✨ at Writers & Books (and virtual!) 2/28. Readings by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, Cassandra Scherr, @daviddegraff.bsky.social & me, celebrating Year’s Best Spec Ecofiction (@apexmag.bsky.social) & We’re Here: Best Queer Spec Fic (@neonhemlock.bsky.social).
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Excited for the 🪐Speculative Fiction Salon✨ at Writers & Books (and virtual!) 2/28. Readings by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, Cassandra Scherr, @daviddegraff.bsky.social & me, celebrating Year’s Best Spec Ecofiction (@apexmag.bsky.social) & We’re Here: Best Queer Spec Fic (@neonhemlock.bsky.social).
After doing the reading last night, today I’m back down to earth and heading out to buy mushrooms for stroganoff. Such a glamorous existence!
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
After doing the reading last night, today I’m back down to earth and heading out to buy mushrooms for stroganoff. Such a glamorous existence!
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February 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“I swear to God this is the absolute final draft.”
“Why does that word look wrong?”
“I need to find out which minor god she sacrificed to in order to get that cover art.”
“I swear to God this is the absolute final draft.”
“Why does that word look wrong?”
“I need to find out which minor god she sacrificed to in order to get that cover art.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“The nondimensionalized system”
“Eigenvalues of the Jacobian”
“Biologically plausible parameter space”
“The nondimensionalized system”
“Eigenvalues of the Jacobian”
“Biologically plausible parameter space”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Uniflow probably closed itself again. Go to the magnifying glass and type 'uniflow' to reopen it."
"Uniflow probably closed itself again. Go to the magnifying glass and type 'uniflow' to reopen it."
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“I swear to God this is the absolute final draft.”
“Why does that word look wrong?”
“I need to find out which minor god she sacrificed to in order to get that cover art.”
“I swear to God this is the absolute final draft.”
“Why does that word look wrong?”
“I need to find out which minor god she sacrificed to in order to get that cover art.”
In about an hour, you can catch me, @akualezlihope.bsky.social, Jean-Paul L. Garnier and Juan Perez doing a Valentine’s Day poetry reading over on Facebook’s Speculative Poetry page.
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
In about an hour, you can catch me, @akualezlihope.bsky.social, Jean-Paul L. Garnier and Juan Perez doing a Valentine’s Day poetry reading over on Facebook’s Speculative Poetry page.
Despair is our source code.
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
February 8, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Despair is our source code.
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
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I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR
Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
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The best way to oligarch-proof your information ecosystem is to follow this starter pack I made of news outlets that actively avoid Generative AI Slop
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
February 8, 2026 at 12:41 AM
The best way to oligarch-proof your information ecosystem is to follow this starter pack I made of news outlets that actively avoid Generative AI Slop
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
How depressing is it when you’re like the only department in the US government that’s trying to keep citizens alive?
If you bought a new TV for the Super Bowl, make sure you anchor it to the wall.
February 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
How depressing is it when you’re like the only department in the US government that’s trying to keep citizens alive?
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So, with $28,000 of unavoidable, unexpected expenses in three weeks, I gotta run a Kickstarter for Pathfinder 1e material I've written already, but never sold as a book....
And it needs a name.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-t...
And it needs a name.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-t...
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 AM
So, with $28,000 of unavoidable, unexpected expenses in three weeks, I gotta run a Kickstarter for Pathfinder 1e material I've written already, but never sold as a book....
And it needs a name.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-t...
And it needs a name.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-t...
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.