Aaron Perry
@aaronperry.bsky.social
Spec-fic writer | https://aaronperrysf.wordpress.com
Latest fiction | https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/lies-from-a-roadside-vagabond/
Latest fiction | https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/lies-from-a-roadside-vagabond/
It was a pleasure for my take on magical rings to appear in the BCS 2025 lineup, also weird to think that was earlier this year and not like...three years ago. Time has felt strange recently. Take care going into 2026, friends!
BCS stories of 2025! "Lies from a Roadside Vagabond" @aaronperry.bsky.social BCS #432 "The vagabond’s ring did not make my body imperceptible but my intentions. It turned them into incomprehensible things impossible for others to notice." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/lies... #BCSof2025
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Lies from a Roadside Vagabond by Aaron Perry
Realization bowled me over like a gale. The vagabond’s ring did not make my body imperceptible but my intentions. It turned them into ghostly, incomprehensible things impossible for others to notice. ...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It was a pleasure for my take on magical rings to appear in the BCS 2025 lineup, also weird to think that was earlier this year and not like...three years ago. Time has felt strange recently. Take care going into 2026, friends!
The boys invite me to BDubs on the condition that I stop calling it capsaicin mithridatism.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The boys invite me to BDubs on the condition that I stop calling it capsaicin mithridatism.
My wife has been forgetting to use her eye drops, so now four times a day her phone goes, "Zhu Li, do the thing!" and if this isn't why I married her I don't know what is.
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My wife has been forgetting to use her eye drops, so now four times a day her phone goes, "Zhu Li, do the thing!" and if this isn't why I married her I don't know what is.
BCS is worthy of all the support I can imagine. It has weathered a lot as publishing has changed, and it would be a shame to let a magazine like this falter. Please contribute if you can, and if you can't, help spread the message!
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
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December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
BCS is worthy of all the support I can imagine. It has weathered a lot as publishing has changed, and it would be a shame to let a magazine like this falter. Please contribute if you can, and if you can't, help spread the message!
We spent the evening talking with old friends, mostly laughing, and shocked the poor kebab vendor with how many we wanted. Great night.
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We spent the evening talking with old friends, mostly laughing, and shocked the poor kebab vendor with how many we wanted. Great night.
@maryrobinettekowal.com When you came to Tokyo for Hal-Con 2024, I recall you asking for Japanese yarn recommendations. Did you ever find a place to buy some?
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
@maryrobinettekowal.com When you came to Tokyo for Hal-Con 2024, I recall you asking for Japanese yarn recommendations. Did you ever find a place to buy some?
Reposting twice because it's important.
Saw this on threads and oh my fucking god gdrive is fast again
Fuck the forced AI integration
Fuck the forced AI integration
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposting twice because it's important.
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Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions
Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]
Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions
Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]
Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]
Maybe this has been said elsewhere, but I recently stumbled onto an amusing but useful trick for coming up with a single sentence pitch/summary of a novel: Make it a goofy, run-on light novel title. You can smooth out the awkwardness later.
October 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Maybe this has been said elsewhere, but I recently stumbled onto an amusing but useful trick for coming up with a single sentence pitch/summary of a novel: Make it a goofy, run-on light novel title. You can smooth out the awkwardness later.
My R'Lyehan Grammar Professor Taught Nonsense Phrases for Safety, But Now Nyarlathotep Says The Cloud-Thing Needs To Know If I Want Fries With That.
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My R'Lyehan Grammar Professor Taught Nonsense Phrases for Safety, But Now Nyarlathotep Says The Cloud-Thing Needs To Know If I Want Fries With That.
Saw some geese in V-formation, going south, occasionally honking, and thought, "Wow, how picturesque and autumnal." Then one peeled off and headed north. The others freaked out and wheeled around to follow, honking nonstop, then gave up and turned south again. No idea what I saw but it felt tragic.
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Saw some geese in V-formation, going south, occasionally honking, and thought, "Wow, how picturesque and autumnal." Then one peeled off and headed north. The others freaked out and wheeled around to follow, honking nonstop, then gave up and turned south again. No idea what I saw but it felt tragic.
That moment when you finish a short story and even pre-revisions you know it's gonna be the best thing you've written to date.
a man with a mustache is talking about barbecue sauce
Alt: Ted Lasso from the show "Ted Lasso" says, "Barbecue sauce," before throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
That moment when you finish a short story and even pre-revisions you know it's gonna be the best thing you've written to date.
Get your short fiction submitted today! AHHHHH!
MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄
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
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Get your short fiction submitted today! AHHHHH!
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Thinking about the discussion of, "What are the classics and should they be pushed," and I think here is another place where short fiction shines. I don't have that much desire to read the so called Golden Age stuff (I'm currently living through a Golden Age) but I'll always read a short story.
August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thinking about the discussion of, "What are the classics and should they be pushed," and I think here is another place where short fiction shines. I don't have that much desire to read the so called Golden Age stuff (I'm currently living through a Golden Age) but I'll always read a short story.
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"Woman Like Stone Like Water" is live today in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, a quiet, spooky little mystery born in the cradle of humankind
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Woman Like Stone Like Water by Malda Marlys
The stranger turned at the noise she was making and stared at her rather rudely. (Did plains people not train their children properly?) He didn’t quite seem able to stand, but he scooted away from her...
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July 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Woman Like Stone Like Water" is live today in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, a quiet, spooky little mystery born in the cradle of humankind
name five games you'd play at any time--not your top 5 of all time, just five games you'd play any time
FTL
Slay the Spire
Fire Emblem 7
Bloodborne
Stardew Valley
FTL
Slay the Spire
Fire Emblem 7
Bloodborne
Stardew Valley
name five games you'd play at any time--not your top 5 of all time, just five games you'd play any time
Hades
Joust
Resident Evil 4
The Stanley Parable
Galaga
Hades
Joust
Resident Evil 4
The Stanley Parable
Galaga
name five games you'd play at any time--not your top 5 of all time, just five games you'd play any time
Caves of Qud
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Thief
System Shock 2
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
Caves of Qud
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Thief
System Shock 2
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
July 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
name five games you'd play at any time--not your top 5 of all time, just five games you'd play any time
FTL
Slay the Spire
Fire Emblem 7
Bloodborne
Stardew Valley
FTL
Slay the Spire
Fire Emblem 7
Bloodborne
Stardew Valley
Late to the party, but I just read Not a Fish by @adykstal.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I can't overstate how good it is. Tense, thoughtful, captivating. Took me a while because I kept stopping to marvel at what was unfolding on the page.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/not-...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/not-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Not a Fish by Andrew Dykstal
Our god did the hard part, or our priests did: they’d draft up a prayer for the defeat of the opposing army, the spectacular death of any parts of the foreign aristocracy judged intractable, and somet...
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July 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Late to the party, but I just read Not a Fish by @adykstal.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I can't overstate how good it is. Tense, thoughtful, captivating. Took me a while because I kept stopping to marvel at what was unfolding on the page.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/not-...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/not-...
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For those of you who read GigaNotoSaurus magazine, we will be putting a pause on publishing for the months of August and September. We will reopen in October.
giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...
giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...
GigaNotoSaurus on Pause for August and September - GigaNotoSaurus
Hello friends, GigaNotoSaurus will be pausing its publications for August and September. We will resume our publishing schedule in October. While we wish we didn’t have to interrupt our schedule, we b...
giganotosaurus.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
For those of you who read GigaNotoSaurus magazine, we will be putting a pause on publishing for the months of August and September. We will reopen in October.
giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...
giganotosaurus.org/2025/07/14/g...
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We report as light moves from the sky to the street lamps: there is a patch of wasteland between two houses where heather blooms in the summer. Our expert took us there tonight, and the crickets could be heard from down the road, and the smell of the dry brush coloured the air.
July 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We report as light moves from the sky to the street lamps: there is a patch of wasteland between two houses where heather blooms in the summer. Our expert took us there tonight, and the crickets could be heard from down the road, and the smell of the dry brush coloured the air.
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There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
I'm late getting to this, but @graceseybold.bsky.social's story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social this month is good. Very good. I'm struggling not to fall into hyperbole here. Just go read it.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/unbe...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/unbe...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Unbeaten by Grace Seybold
“Let me teach you revolution,” I begged them, each new boy or girl who plied the ox-goad as we drew our furrows in the field. They listened eagerly enough to my stories, then grew into adults who cowe...
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May 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm late getting to this, but @graceseybold.bsky.social's story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social this month is good. Very good. I'm struggling not to fall into hyperbole here. Just go read it.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/unbe...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/unbe...
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I don't get why cons for readers & writers give air to genAI; platforming its 'benefits' or 'showing both sides'. That's mainstream chat; not discussion for creatives & attendees come to see them. Treat genAI like the environmentally destructive inaccurate plagiarism machine we creatives know it is.
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't get why cons for readers & writers give air to genAI; platforming its 'benefits' or 'showing both sides'. That's mainstream chat; not discussion for creatives & attendees come to see them. Treat genAI like the environmentally destructive inaccurate plagiarism machine we creatives know it is.
It's live, people!
New Issue: BCS #432 today, with stories of revolution by @graceseybold.bsky.social and @aaronperry.bsky.social, Seybold podcast read by @thesummerfletcher.bsky.social, From the Archives story Will Greatwich @gnipahellir.bsky.social, art Erin Costello: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #432 by Scott Andrews
Unbeaten by Grace Seybold. Lies from a Roadside Vagabond by Aaron Perry. BCS 347: Unbeaten by Grace Seybold.
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May 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's live, people!
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We're happy to announce that the Launch page for our next crowdfunding campaign is live today! Share and follow for updates on our next issues, which include ILLUMINATED pages and a special ARTHURIAN issue!
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Get Ready for Old Moon Quarterly: The Dark Fantasy Magazine
From Old Moon Publishing - Get Ready for Old Moon Quarterly: The Dark Fantasy Magazine
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May 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We're happy to announce that the Launch page for our next crowdfunding campaign is live today! Share and follow for updates on our next issues, which include ILLUMINATED pages and a special ARTHURIAN issue!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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