Christopher Mark Rose
@chrisrose.bsky.social
Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM 🇺🇦
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All you writers, take strength from the knowledge that what you write may long outlive you. What you write may be indelible. #amwriting
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MARISSA DOES IT AGAIN www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
MARISSA DOES IT AGAIN www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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The new issue of the rebooted Worlds of If Magazine, is coming out. Oh look, it has new stories by David Gerrold and John Shirley! Oh now I'm really stoked. i wonder what John Shirley wrote. I hope it was better than his last one. Interview with Robert Silverberg and much more.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The new issue of the rebooted Worlds of If Magazine, is coming out. Oh look, it has new stories by David Gerrold and John Shirley! Oh now I'm really stoked. i wonder what John Shirley wrote. I hope it was better than his last one. Interview with Robert Silverberg and much more.
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Did you know that famous poster Joyce Carol Oates also writes books?
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Did you know that famous poster Joyce Carol Oates also writes books?
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I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
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Olga made nutella cookies last night!
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Olga made nutella cookies last night!
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Joyce Carol Oates from the top rope 😆
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Joyce Carol Oates from the top rope 😆
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It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
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Winter Cover Reveal!!!! Issue 6 drops on December 1st, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Winter Cover Reveal!!!! Issue 6 drops on December 1st, 2025
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com
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I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
Always a repost—
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Always a repost—
A good idea that seems especially relevant today—
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A good idea that seems especially relevant today—
OK, I assumed this would just be rage bait for me, but he makes some good points, maybe(?) Gift link, so you can judge for yourself—
Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OK, I assumed this would just be rage bait for me, but he makes some good points, maybe(?) Gift link, so you can judge for yourself—
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
i was today years old when I learned that Cookie Monster's actual name is Sid(??!) We've been this close for so long, and he's never told me? I'm like WHAAAA—?
#monsters
#monsters
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
i was today years old when I learned that Cookie Monster's actual name is Sid(??!) We've been this close for so long, and he's never told me? I'm like WHAAAA—?
#monsters
#monsters
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
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November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
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For real. Please check this out, if you haven't. Share if you have. And nominate if you're so moved!
If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading.
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...
Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism
Zachary Gillan I have been thinking, for obvious reasons, about living in a world of reactionary politics, and about the political valences of the irreal, and about ARB’s insistence upon the radica…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For real. Please check this out, if you haven't. Share if you have. And nominate if you're so moved!
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That's gonna leave a mark—
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That's gonna leave a mark—
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As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As of today I have been a Wikipedia editor for 20 years
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
🧵of my favorite things I've seen and done in my two decades on the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit