Catherine Castellani
@ccastellani.bsky.social
'wright | Team Oxford Comma | Codex | Viable Paradise 2023 | https://linktr.ee/cmcastellani
Oh how I love our new cover. (Can't figure out what to buy your weird nephew for Xmas/Hannukkah/It's Winter Here's a Present? This.)
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh how I love our new cover. (Can't figure out what to buy your weird nephew for Xmas/Hannukkah/It's Winter Here's a Present? This.)
To the Jellyfish in my life.
💙🪼
“Although World Jellyfish Day may sound a bit odd to some, it only makes sense to celebrate an invertebrate that has been on this earth for millions of years longer than humans.“
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/jellyfi...
“Although World Jellyfish Day may sound a bit odd to some, it only makes sense to celebrate an invertebrate that has been on this earth for millions of years longer than humans.“
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/jellyfi...
World Jellyfish Day
Floating gracefully, this ocean creature displays a stunning dance of translucent elegance beneath the waves, an embodiment of the sea's mysteries.
www.daysoftheyear.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
To the Jellyfish in my life.
Hey! It's Tuesday!
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hey! It's Tuesday!
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A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC x HOUSE M.D.
Days before graduation, blood-magic medical student Nettle accidentally girlbosses herself into the middle of a murderous conspiracy. Her best friend has been hiding his radical political activism. And worst of all, she’s *really* broke.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ
Days before graduation, blood-magic medical student Nettle accidentally girlbosses herself into the middle of a murderous conspiracy. Her best friend has been hiding his radical political activism. And worst of all, she’s *really* broke.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult.
Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.
Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm
#dvpit #a #f #queer
Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.
Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm
#dvpit #a #f #queer
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Moonset, New York City.
October 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Moonset, New York City.
End of an era.
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
End of an era.
Saw Improvised Shakespeare tonight in Brooklyn and why aren't they on Bluesky so I can hype them up? (Will email, because I am that stranger that replies to your newsletter and says, hey, get on Bluesky so I can hype you up!)
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Saw Improvised Shakespeare tonight in Brooklyn and why aren't they on Bluesky so I can hype them up? (Will email, because I am that stranger that replies to your newsletter and says, hey, get on Bluesky so I can hype you up!)
Season opener for @nakedangelsnyc.bsky.social Tuesdays @ 9:00! Huge thanks to Jean-Marie McKee, @michaelcoday.bsky.social, @barbaramato.bsky.social and this killer cast who threw caution to the wind on a read from my new farce The Misopeds:
September 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Season opener for @nakedangelsnyc.bsky.social Tuesdays @ 9:00! Huge thanks to Jean-Marie McKee, @michaelcoday.bsky.social, @barbaramato.bsky.social and this killer cast who threw caution to the wind on a read from my new farce The Misopeds:
Your chance to fund a bingo square on Christie Yant's fab Tools for Writers:
The Fantastic Fiction at KGB series has raised $7K, enough for two years. THANK YOU TO ALL DONORS! We'd like to raise another $7K, for a total of four years. Can you reshare to make that happen? Details here: @datlow.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...
Donate to Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar, organized by Matthew Kressel
Fantastic Fiction at KGB is a monthly speculative-fiction reading seri… Matthew Kressel needs your support for Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar
www.gofundme.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Your chance to fund a bingo square on Christie Yant's fab Tools for Writers:
M*th*rf*ck*rs. It never ends.
Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:
September 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
M*th*rf*ck*rs. It never ends.
See? Hire @apottern.bsky.social
OK, I promised @apottern.bsky.social awhile ago that I would start a newsletter so I am FINALLY starting a newsletter -- next week! Sign up here (please): www.kmveohongs.com/newsletter
Newsletter — K.M. Veohongs
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September 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
See? Hire @apottern.bsky.social
Ooo I took a class from @apottern.bsky.social ! Marketing, which she excels at and which gives me anxious fits. GAVE me anxious fits: now I have class notes. Allison is practical and will give you forms. I need those.
Just booked a writing retreat, so, er, I'd love to fit in a couple more clients/workshops for fall to help offset the cost!
I'm a writer, editor, & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵
I'm a writer, editor, & marketing coach. My sweet spot is helping authors w forthcoming titles navigate the book marketing engine + plan for launch. (pottern.com) 🧵
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ooo I took a class from @apottern.bsky.social ! Marketing, which she excels at and which gives me anxious fits. GAVE me anxious fits: now I have class notes. Allison is practical and will give you forms. I need those.
So the 2:30am - 3:30am insomnia draft seems to be the keeper?
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So the 2:30am - 3:30am insomnia draft seems to be the keeper?
Reposted by Catherine Castellani
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.
venturebeat.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
Hey! We missed the Bérchules New Year—it came early on August 2nd this year. But we can catch up quick with a big sale on spec fic anthology New Year New You running through WorldCon. books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention by Chris Campbell
books2read.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hey! We missed the Bérchules New Year—it came early on August 2nd this year. But we can catch up quick with a big sale on spec fic anthology New Year New You running through WorldCon. books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
Been dipping back in to the start of the Night's Edge series as it's racing towards its close. If you need a distraction from the current unfolding apocalypse.
The 4th book in the Aurora Award–winning Night's Edge series returns readers to a rich and atmospheric fantasy world. A Shift of Time by Julie E. Czerneda, a charming, heartwarming, hopeful fable and a must read for fantasy lovers, is out now 🥳 🥳
buff.ly/0208B0M
buff.ly/0208B0M
August 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Been dipping back in to the start of the Night's Edge series as it's racing towards its close. If you need a distraction from the current unfolding apocalypse.
I am reluctantly—reluctantly—setting aside the idea of taking a broadsword class at #seattleworldcon. I reserve the right to change my mind.
August 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I am reluctantly—reluctantly—setting aside the idea of taking a broadsword class at #seattleworldcon. I reserve the right to change my mind.
ALWAYS a good time at Fantastic Fiction at KGB.
Our longrunning Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series needs your help to continue. Would you please donate and share? @datlow.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...
www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...
Donate to Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar, organized by Matthew Kressel
Fantastic Fiction at KGB is a monthly speculative-fiction reading seri… Matthew Kressel needs your support for Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar
www.gofundme.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ALWAYS a good time at Fantastic Fiction at KGB.
Yay! New story out by @traewrites.bsky.social.
New Issue: BCS #438 out today, featuring stories of lands beyond and coming home from them and from war by @stephenrcase.bsky.social and @traewrites.bsky.social Hawkins, From the Archives story by Sara Saab, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #438 by Scott Andrews
The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case. The Forgotten by Trae Hawkins.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yay! New story out by @traewrites.bsky.social.
Reposted by Catherine Castellani
Our pocket Constitutions are the perfect size to keep handy — and will always spell out your rights in full.
Order yours today at aclu.org/pocketconstitutions.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our pocket Constitutions are the perfect size to keep handy — and will always spell out your rights in full.
Order yours today at aclu.org/pocketconstitutions.
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Subscribed.
So apparently, if I don't keep encouraging people to subscribe to Clarkesworld, they don't.
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All new subscriptions go towards increasing staff pay. They deserve it, so I can't be silent.
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All new subscriptions go towards increasing staff pay. They deserve it, so I can't be silent.
Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Subscribed.
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Why Chutzpah?
It takes chutzpah to:
write a book
to ask peers for a critique
to submit it
to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous reviewers
and, yes, even to shout, "I'm here. Please like and share."
What act of creative chutzpah have you done today?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
It takes chutzpah to:
write a book
to ask peers for a critique
to submit it
to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous reviewers
and, yes, even to shout, "I'm here. Please like and share."
What act of creative chutzpah have you done today?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
August 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why Chutzpah?
It takes chutzpah to:
write a book
to ask peers for a critique
to submit it
to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous reviewers
and, yes, even to shout, "I'm here. Please like and share."
What act of creative chutzpah have you done today?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
It takes chutzpah to:
write a book
to ask peers for a critique
to submit it
to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous reviewers
and, yes, even to shout, "I'm here. Please like and share."
What act of creative chutzpah have you done today?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
One week until I fly to Seattle for my first WorldCon. Reader, I am not ready. seattlein2025.org
Seattle in 2025
Welcome to Seattle Worldcon 2025! Building Yesterday's Future—For Everyone. August 13–17, 2025.
seattlein2025.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One week until I fly to Seattle for my first WorldCon. Reader, I am not ready. seattlein2025.org
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No idea why, but Am*zon put our book on deep discount!
Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!
Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀
Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!
Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀
August 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No idea why, but Am*zon put our book on deep discount!
Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!
Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀
Get our kickass anthology IN PAPERBACK feat. stories by @matociquala.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social and up-and-comers from @viableparadise.bsky.social FOR LESS THAN $5!
Go, now, before the algorithm changes its mind! a.co/d/0NE0fgO 📚🚀