Claudia Wair
@cwtellstales.bsky.social
Writer of literary and speculative stories (and occasional CNF). Words in Pithead Chapel, MetaStellar, Astrolabe, The Centifictionist, Tangled Locks, JMWW, Writers Resist and elsewhere.
Quaker. Tea drinker. Star Trek lover.
claudiawair.com
Quaker. Tea drinker. Star Trek lover.
claudiawair.com
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Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
Still needed: $2295 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 10:36p EST / 05:36 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Jacqueline Nyathi and Malka Older for the reposts.
#SmallBusinessSaturday
Still needed: $2295 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 10:36p EST / 05:36 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Jacqueline Nyathi and Malka Older for the reposts.
#SmallBusinessSaturday
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
Still needed: $2295 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 10:36p EST / 05:36 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Jacqueline Nyathi and Malka Older for the reposts.
#SmallBusinessSaturday
Still needed: $2295 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 10:36p EST / 05:36 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Jacqueline Nyathi and Malka Older for the reposts.
#SmallBusinessSaturday
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Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
mynachang.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
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The event is free to all but space is limited!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Electric Sheep Reading Series - Poetry Edition!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath, Speculative Poetry Initiative
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison, SFPA President
Ai Jiang, Hugo Nominee
Oliver K. ...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The event is free to all but space is limited!
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Go to the poetry reading! You know you want to!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Go to the poetry reading! You know you want to!
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Excited about this reading! Hope you can join us!
Angela Liu's Hugo-finalist poem, “there are no taxis for the dead," Uncanny Magazine. Come hear Angela read!
@angelaliu.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@angelaliu.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
The event is free to all but space is limited!
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excited about this reading! Hope you can join us!
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New editor interview with @marissavu.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and the upcoming anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION!
Editor Interview * Marissa van Uden
I was ridiculously excited to get a sneak peek at ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa van Uden and published by Violet Lichen Books. The TOC features some of my f…
mynachang.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New editor interview with @marissavu.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and the upcoming anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION!
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I have a little ghost story in SFPJ today -
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have a little ghost story in SFPJ today -
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Ostentiferous [os-ten-TIF-er-us]
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.
Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.
Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ostentiferous [os-ten-TIF-er-us]
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.
Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”
(adj.)
- That which brings omens, monsters, or strange manifestations.
Used in a sentence:
“The book’s ostentiferous properties had rendered it too perilous for scholarship and too sacred for destruction.”
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My short story “The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker” is now up at Crow & Cross Keys! 🖤
Something is chiming in the tower this evening. We've looked everywhere but we still can't find it. What we can find is today's short story...
"The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker" by @mimulus.bsky.social
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/10/25/t...
"The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker" by @mimulus.bsky.social
crowcrosskeys.com/2025/10/25/t...
October 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My short story “The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker” is now up at Crow & Cross Keys! 🖤
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This is going to be a great meeting! @clclark.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
This week’s guest is C.L. Clark! We’ll focus on the craft of short stories vs longer works – and getting them published. Huge thanks to C.L. for taking time to talk with us!
@clclark.bsky.social
@clclark.bsky.social
Honing the Blade
C. L. Clark is the author of the Magic of the Lost trilogy (The Unbroken, The Faithless, and The Sovereign), Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, and Fate's Bane.
clclarkwrites.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is going to be a great meeting! @clclark.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
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This story is so well done. A master class in character development. So much is accomplished through the body & movement. 💔❤️
@clclark.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clclark.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
“With my eyes closed, I see: constellations of my future—the hero, the lover, the companions, the enemies to slay.”
Love the expertise on display in this story! @clclark.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !
Love the expertise on display in this story! @clclark.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !
You Perfect, Broken Thing - Uncanny Magazine
When I leave the kill floor, my legs are wasted. I shuffle to the women’s locker room. I can’t stand anymore, but I know if I sit, I’ll never get back up. At least, not for another hour. I prop myself...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This story is so well done. A master class in character development. So much is accomplished through the body & movement. 💔❤️
@clclark.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clclark.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Looking forward to @electricsheepsf.bsky.social with @joshrountree.bsky.social this weekend so I'm reposting this interview in MicroVerse!
Author Interview * Josh Rountree
Josh Rountree is a busy writer! His novel, The Unkillable Frank Lightning, is barely out of the gate and now his new novella, Summer in the House of the Departed (Psychopomp), is open for preorders…
mynachang.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Looking forward to @electricsheepsf.bsky.social with @joshrountree.bsky.social this weekend so I'm reposting this interview in MicroVerse!
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My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and…
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and…
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
I was purged from the voting roll.
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.
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Looking for:
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
October 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking for:
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
Looking for:
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
October 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking for:
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
1. Fantasy novels featuring Black protagonists.
2. Contemporary fantasy novels by Black authors
Any suggestions?
Excited to find that someone wrote a craft essay on my use of dialogue in a recent story. ICYMI:
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
Wild Mint
Keisha was half-asleep when she heard the back gate slam. She kicked out her leg to wake Ray, but of course, he wasn’t there. Glancing at the clock, she cursed herself for sleeping so late. T…
flashfictionmagazine.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Excited to find that someone wrote a craft essay on my use of dialogue in a recent story. ICYMI:
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
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Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS!
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
Author Interview * Vanessa Fogg
Vanessa Fogg has long been one of my favorite writers. Several of her short stories are on my secret “all-time best” list, so it’s a treat to learn about her new collection, The House of Illusionis…
mynachang.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS!
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
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HANNA X SPIDERHEAD
Locked away in a clandestine lab, a daring hacker twin, a clone anomaly carrying secrets, and a desperate robotics expert must face malicious oppressors, their origins, their own inner demons & maybe even each other in an explosive bid for truth and freedom. #DVPit #Dis #A #H #SF
Locked away in a clandestine lab, a daring hacker twin, a clone anomaly carrying secrets, and a desperate robotics expert must face malicious oppressors, their origins, their own inner demons & maybe even each other in an explosive bid for truth and freedom. #DVPit #Dis #A #H #SF
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Jane Barton Griffith was codirector of an AFSC humanitarian project during the Vietnam War. Nguyen thi Mai was a double amputee who came to the center for medical assistance and was later offered a job and invited to live in the AFSC house.
Two Women, One War is Jane's account of their friendship.
Two Women, One War is Jane's account of their friendship.
REVIEWED: Two Women, One War: An Unlikely Friendship During the Vietnam War
A memoir of a remarkable wartime friendship between a Quaker relief worker from the U.S. and a local Vietnamese woman.
www.friendsjournal.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jane Barton Griffith was codirector of an AFSC humanitarian project during the Vietnam War. Nguyen thi Mai was a double amputee who came to the center for medical assistance and was later offered a job and invited to live in the AFSC house.
Two Women, One War is Jane's account of their friendship.
Two Women, One War is Jane's account of their friendship.
"A plague of gods have given us a bad name
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."
My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon
kaleidotrope.net
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"A plague of gods have given us a bad name
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."
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If you're a BIPOC writer trying to find the time to finish your book or want personalised advice for tackling your writing projects, be sure to join us for the How To Finish Your Novel workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after!
events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...
Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after!
events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you're a BIPOC writer trying to find the time to finish your book or want personalised advice for tackling your writing projects, be sure to join us for the How To Finish Your Novel workshop with Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after!
events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...
Nov 29 & 30 or get the video after!
events.humanitix.com/how-to-finis...