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Nadia Steven Rysing
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Nadia Steven Rysing (she/her) is a writer and professional jack-of-all-trades living on the Haldimand Tract in Southwestern Ontario.

Current Publications: https://nadiastevenrysing.carrd.co/
Moodboard and Microblogging: https://a-tendency.tumblr.com/
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Nadia Steven Rysing @a-tendency.bsky.social · Feb 16
I am terrible at marketing myself, but here, I wrote a queer creature feature set just outside my hometown in rural Ontario and maybe you would like to read it??
#indiebooks #queerhorror #sapphichorror #horrorsky #creaturefeature @undertakerbooks.bsky.social
Cover for "Wilder Creatures" by Nadia Steven Rysing.
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Patches 🫶💗 shop.artbytuna.com
Embroidered patch in blue and green that reads “I visited earth and all I got was anxiety” Emb. Patch of a cat being abducted by a ufo Emb. Patch of a grey angel cat motif Emb. Patch of a mothman cat
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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oh to be a Venezuelan poodle moth sitting on a branch🥺
The extremely fluffy Venezuelan poodle moth
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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branacos.bsky.social
Bull Crag Peninsular in November

#nature #naturephotography #autumn #mushrooms #kielderforest #northumberland
Reddy brown mushroom o moss
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
a-tendency.bsky.social
obsessed with "Forest Euphoria" to the point that it's now a week overdue at the library (oops! going back today!) and I will need to buy my own copy now as soon as possible
highlandscurrent.bsky.social The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · Jul 8
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, a Putnam Valley native who’s currently the curator of mycology at the New York State Museum in Albany, is the author of the new book "Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature."
Out There: Slug Life
Exploring “Forest Euphoria”
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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fungirl.bsky.social
Tfw you find exactly what you were looking for ✨💜💚✨
A tiny patch of a baby Purple Coral mushroom, freshly emerged from a sandy, mossy path
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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proud to be the opening act <3 one week away from all of you being able to read this one all about my incredible mother
frostzonepress.bsky.social Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · Oct 9
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost will be here Oct 21 🍁👻
The opening story, "The Crack in Everything" by Nadia Steven Rysing - tells about a quiet encounter with a ghost...
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pre-order:
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Red border, faint image of trees on white background, Ghost to Ghost to Ghost book cover on the left (Title in red and white on top of a translucent, dark-toned maple leaf, an anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada). Text on right: Nadia Steven Rysing "The Crack in Everything" I do not trust what I cannot see...It was here, by this disheveled garden bed that she saw a ghost. Release Date Oct 21, 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Apropos of everything: fascists suck
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Just some mossy moss from my walk this morning.
#Moss #ForestFloor #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography
Macro photograph of a vibrant moss gametophyte (likely a liverwort or Bryophyta moss) emerging from decaying bark. Its translucent, ruffled frond-like leaves display jagged edges and minute cell patterns, capturing the delicate texture of bryophyte biology. Slender rhizoids anchor the moss to the wood surface while filamentous structures hint at spore-producing organs. A soft, out-of-focus forest floor backdrop provides contrast without detracting from this botany-focused macro imagery.
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
only TWO DAYS LEFT to submit to our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest to celebrate the release of ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction!🌺🐛🍄

Don't forget to email your microfiction (max. 300 words) to darian@apexbookcompany.com before midnight on Sep. 25th! 📧
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Sep 5
OUR MICROFICTION CONTEST IS BACK!! ✍️🌺🐛🍄

We had such a great turnout for our first contest that we're back for a second round to celebrate ECO24! Check the pictures/alt text below for full details. The deadline to email your submission to darian@apexbookcompany.com is SEPTEMBER 25TH @ midnight!
“Flora – Fauna – Fungi” An ECO24 Microfiction Contest Write a short piece of speculative ecofiction (up to 300 words) inspired by one of three photo prompts, and e-mail the piece to darian@apexbookcompany.com. The submission period for this contest will run from September 5th-25th, 2025. The top three stories overall will be voted on among Apex and Violet Lichen staff, and the winners will be published on the Apex blog, as well as sent a bookmark and a copy of ECO24: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION upon release day! fig. 1 - flora Ghost Orchid A mossy tree in a dark swamp covered in ghost orchids. The bright white blossoms, shaped like a human leaping, have stems so thin, they look as though they're floating in midair. fig. 2 - fauna Saddleback Caterpillar A saddleback caterpillar, a thumbnail-sized spiky brown caterpillar with a flat, neon green back patch shaped like a horse saddle, sits on a single autumn leaf, drinking from a pool of water. fig. 3 - fungi Mushroom Spore Prints A collection of powdery white mushroom spores against a black background. The lines of the mushroom gills and the black center spot from the mushroom's stem are left behind, making the prints look like a human eye's iris.
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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It's been a cold, gloomy, and wet day so I decided to revisit my photos from a few weeks ago. It was a similarly cold and wet day when I took these photos, but these two curious polar bear cubs made you forget the weather instantly. I took these from atop a tundra buggy, safely out of reach. 🌿🐻‍❄️🦊
Two very wet and dirty polar bear cubs walking towards the photographer who is perched high above them in a tundra buggy. One very wet and dirty polar bear cub walking towards the photographer who is perched high above them in a tundra buggy. Two very wet and dirty polar bear cubs walking towards the photographer who is perched high above them in a tundra buggy.
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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KEEP HONKING! i'm listening to DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE - Leonard Cohen (Various Positions, 1984) in my MIND PALACE
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#swordtember 02, moss 🌱
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Had the chance to hike in Muir Woods when visiting SF. Beautiful place.

Ancient redwoods breathe,
sunlight drifts in still streams,
roots hold time softly
A sunlit dirt path winds through Muir Woods, bordered by wooden railings and surrounded by towering redwood trees. Shafts of light filter through the dense canopy, casting dappled shadows across the trail. Moss-covered branches arch overhead, while ferns and leafy groundcover spread across the forest floor, creating a lush and tranquil scene.
August 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Avocet wading into your timeline #birds 🌿
Elegant shorebird with orange head and neck and long, upturned black bill, black and white wings. Bird is in profile facing left side of the frame while standing on pale blue legs, ankle deep in a marsh.
July 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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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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My favorite part of drafting is writing “then stuff happens” and continuing on to the next part I have figured out already. Sometimes the only way to know the middle is to write the ending.

#WritingCommunity 💙📚📝
tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jul 10
The words do not need to come out in order. That's for editing and that's for another day when these words may not even survive the night on the page. You can do whatever you want. Draw the boundaries later
July 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Chaos- the world right Farmer farming- riders is just trying to finish their book
June 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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My goth self from now on when people ask me for writing advice:
A screen shot of a post by glass-beach text: the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong wwith you. Reply by nanniebimworks text: oh. this is a much better standard to live by.
June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Taken from Sam Landman on FB but not sure if he is the artist. Graphic saying AI is for losers, reject fascism think for yourself. I can make Art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much
May 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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throwing a party at the mind palace tonight. gonna be mad formless presences there
June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I don't know about you, but our summer reading program looks like this 🌻📖🍓
An collage of images, including old paintings of women reading, snoopy on the beach, a book on a beach towel, a cup of tea, and a woman on a picnic blanket. The words "2025 Summer Reading Goals" sits over the image in white font
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Our next fiction window opens on June 4th at 9am UTC!

This window will be dedicated to novelettes (10,000 and 18,000 words). The story cap will be 300.

HAPPY SUBMITTING!

NOTE: Writers may only send one story across all three 2025 windows.
Novelette Submission Guidelines
On June 4th, we will be opening for speculative fiction novelette submissions between the word count of 10,000 and 18,000 words. We will cap submissions at 300.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Sphagnum divinum, pulchrum and papillosum #moss #bryophyte
May 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Roadrunner on coast cholla cactus. 🌿🪶
Roadrunner sitting on top of a thicket of coast cholla cactus.
May 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM