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P.A. Cornell (She/Her)
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Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy-nominated Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey ’02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · May 23
Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Looking for something to read this weekend? I got you. Find even more links here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 22d
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
It's the last month of 2025, & this year, I published two short stories, one novella, and one novel. ❤️

My short story "Mail-Order Magic" is one of the most personal pieces I've ever written, and it's free to read at
@morningtransport.bsky.social : www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...
Mail Order Magic
March comes to you with Sunday Morning Transport stories by Stephanie Burgis, Eric Smith, Sarena Ulibarri, and Leah Cypess.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
This is really not for me, but you enjoy, Norway. 🧀
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
It seems to me people are always looking for novelettes to consider for awards. Can confirm this is a good one. Check it out.
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18h
As Nebula nominations are opening up, I would like to offer my novelette, "Phantom View," which is free-to-read at Reactor! It's a story of disabilities and the supernatural that I've always wanted to write.
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 11d
"Phantom View" is a novelette about disabled caretakers, disabled parents, and ghostliness itself being a disability. It's one of my most personal stories.

You can read it for free at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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gwynnega.bsky.social
I didn't publish a lot in 2025, but I'm proud of what I did publish. I'd especially love it if you'd consider my poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" (eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, and Rhysling awards). strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force
our purple clouds of delight rise above your tear gas
strangehorizons.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Looking for something to read this weekend? I got you. Find even more links here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 22d
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Yup. Dump this guy.
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 1d
Writers, especially women/femmes/nbs:

If you have a partner who does this, DUMP THEM. This isn't "uwu I was worried about you, baby🥺" This is a scheming asshole move to control you. He wants you to be a good tradwife and take care of babies and make dinner, not write YOUR stories. REMOVE HIM
From r/relationship_advice My (24f)'s boyfriend (24m) called the cops because of the content of my book. But he wants me to think it was a 'mistake'. How do we move past this? I (24f) have been working on my book trilogy for years- since i was 16. The book is how I met my boyfriend (John-24m). We met at some writing class 3 years ago and hit it off. John went to university for journalism and creative writing but is not working in either field. I never intended to make money from my works, but I do. It's not my main profession though. Context out of the way, here's where things get weird: I asked John if he could read certain chapters and give notes on things to change/adapt. My usual beta reader was unavailable. Without giving too much away, the MC gets kidnapped and experimented on. It was written to be grotesque and horrifying. And I told John this before he started reading. He said he'd be fine. Well, I find out he made a call to the local police department because the description sounded too real” and there was "non-consensual stuff" in the chapter (NOT SA. The experimentation was not consented to by the MC). He didn’t tell me he made the call. I found out because an officer came to my door the next morning for a "welfare check". I was humiliated. I explained everything immediately and they checked the house, saw nothing, and eventually apologized for the confusion. When I confronted John, he apologised and tried to say the "story got in his head". He said it was a “mistake” and that I should “understand how someone could get worried" given the content. He wants me to just drop it. I'm so fucking embarrassed and honestly really creeped out. My writing is dark, but I’ve been publishing for years and he’s read my material before. This was honestly not even the darkest, most fucked up thing I've written. I don’t know if this is something we can work through or if this is a sign of a deeper issue. I genuinely can't imagine why he'd call the cops if he was so disturbed but also stay at my place and be all lovey cuddly. Could this be an honest-to-god mistake? And how do we move forward? EDIT: when i say 'he made a mistake' I'm referring to calling the police as a misjudgement on his end. not that he literally didn't mean to call the police.
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 8d
Haven’t mentioned it in a minute but SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is still available for pre-orders. Canadians, it doesn’t say so at this link but Amazon finally has a paperback. Not sure what’s taking Indigo so long. Anyway, here are the links so far:
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl – Stars and Sabers
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by award-winning author P.A. Cornell is a sci-fi romance novelette set in a retrofuturistic Toronto, publishing February 3, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Keep this beautiful book in mind when shopping for gifts this season.
jendiagammon.bsky.social Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 1d
This is a delightful book review for my short story collection TO WONDER AND STARSHINE, new this year! It’s the perfect cozy book gift for anyone who needs a flight of fancy. Published via Trepidatio Publishing / JournalStone.
#books #fantasy #scifi #cozy
These aren't Grimm or Anderson fairy tales - rather, these little vignettes are fairy tales of captured moments in time. From the fae to robots to (my favorite tentacled monsters from beyond, they beautifully capture moments of wistful wonder, unlikely friendships, a gamut of emotions from joy and glee to misty sadness and wistful longing. These are the perfect short stories to read to children before bed, and the kids will clamoring for that inevitable, "Another!" Bravo.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Holiday deal alert! the paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just $10 on Amazon!

In case you need a shapeshifting monster in search for love this holiday. www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...
Someone You Can Build A Nest In
Someone You Can Build A Nest In [Wiswell, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Someone You Can Build A Nest In
www.amazon.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Today is your very last chance to snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook romantasy boxed set along with 9 to 11 other fabulous fantasies in the Leading Ladies Fantasy @storybundle.bsky.social.

Grab it before it's gone! storybundle.com/fantasy
This image shows thirteen book covers around the text: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle: November twelfth through December fourth. The books are: Stephanie Burgis's The Harwood Spellbook: The Complete Series, Intisar Khanani's Sunbolt, Tansy Rayner Roberts's Power and Majesty, Tilly Wallace's The Stormborne Vine, Jacquelyn Benson's The Stolen Apocalypse and Empire of Shadows, Victoria Goddard's The Sisters Avramapui Omnibus and The Redoubtable Pale Avramapui, Charlotte English's Hell and High Water, Krista Ball's The Dark Abyss of Our Sins: the Complete Series, Suzannah Rowntree's Tall and Dark, and R.J. Blain's Silent Stalker and Blood Bound.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 8d
Haven’t mentioned it in a minute but SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is still available for pre-orders. Canadians, it doesn’t say so at this link but Amazon finally has a paperback. Not sure what’s taking Indigo so long. Anyway, here are the links so far:
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl – Stars and Sabers
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by award-winning author P.A. Cornell is a sci-fi romance novelette set in a retrofuturistic Toronto, publishing February 3, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
For Canadians: this story is also eligible for the Aurora Awards.
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Stress a hell of a lot less.
basicincomeaction.bsky.social Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.bsky.social · 7d
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Also, Reactor is looking for votes for the best SFF of the year. If this story ticks that box for you, show your love here: reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
If I had my way, my story would remain fiction forever.
labyrinthrat.bsky.social José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 2d
Given the way we're already seeing old actors youngified and deceased actors undeaded through the dubious magic of "AI," @cornellwriter.bsky.social's "Through the Machine" (www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...) seems like, at most, a decade away?

#labyrinthratreads2025
He hadn’t realized this image wasn’t him. It was just a product. Something that could be sold, and then re-sold again and again, with little if any say from him as to how it might be used.
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
1. Amazing news I can’t yet share!!!

2. Also lots of progress on other cool thing I can’t yet share!!!

#vagueskeeting
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Also, Reactor is looking for votes for the best SFF of the year. If this story ticks that box for you, show your love here: reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Five stars on Letterboxd.
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
For Canadians: this story is also eligible for the Aurora Awards.
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
cornellwriter.bsky.social
The day has finally come. Just got my first scam email meant for @paulcornell.bsky.social. Took the bullet for you, Paul. 😂
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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renanbernardo.com
Nebula Awards are now open for SFWA members! ☄️ This year, I'd be very humbled and delighted if members considered my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots.

Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
A book cover: Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle showing a skull inside a space helmet. Myself, a white man in glasses with a beard wearing a t-shirt with a Stargate and a pyramid. I'm holding a book called Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle showing a skull inside a space helmet. Behind me there's a bookshelf with several books.
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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renanbernardo.com
Through the Machine, by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, is definitely one of my faves. An essential read to understand the future of art if we let gen-AI take over the world unchecked.

Pub. at @lightspeedmagazine.com

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM