Su J Sokol (xe, xyr)
@cycling2asylum.bsky.social
Writer of speculative and interstitial fiction; social rights activist, VP 2024 Cycling to Asylum/Les lignes invisible (longlisted for the Sunburst ), Run J Run, Zee. Out in September 2025: Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line!!!🌈
Late but... Amidst hunger and ecological disaster, SETH falls for SEVEN who, like him, wants to heal the world. As Increasingly strange things occur, Seth wonders if Seven is at the centre of the problem. 7/7 TIME is The Time Traveler’s Wife (gay version) meets The Free People’s Village. #DVpit
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Late but... Amidst hunger and ecological disaster, SETH falls for SEVEN who, like him, wants to heal the world. As Increasingly strange things occur, Seth wonders if Seven is at the centre of the problem. 7/7 TIME is The Time Traveler’s Wife (gay version) meets The Free People’s Village. #DVpit
My new duology -- Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line -- is co-launching with master sci-fi writer Rich Larson's new collection The Sky Didn't Load Today and Other Launches on Thursday at 5pm in Montréal at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social. Can't wait!
September 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My new duology -- Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line -- is co-launching with master sci-fi writer Rich Larson's new collection The Sky Didn't Load Today and Other Launches on Thursday at 5pm in Montréal at @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social. Can't wait!
I love snowy, etherial Montréal at night, and this block of colourful row houses are particularly beautiful. If only everyone had a true and realized right to permanent housing!
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I love snowy, etherial Montréal at night, and this block of colourful row houses are particularly beautiful. If only everyone had a true and realized right to permanent housing!
Just finished reading Lost Arc Dreaming by @suyidavies.com. I highly recommend it for its good redemption arcs, great dialogue, environmental justice/eco-fiction focus, and its interesting blend of speculative fiction sub-genres.
January 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just finished reading Lost Arc Dreaming by @suyidavies.com. I highly recommend it for its good redemption arcs, great dialogue, environmental justice/eco-fiction focus, and its interesting blend of speculative fiction sub-genres.
What are your projects for 2025? I'd like to get two short stories purchased, a full draft of my novel-in-progress done by mid-year, and solid progress made on Unréal, an anthology of Montréal-based SFF I am co-editing. I also hope to see the republication of my debut novel along with its sequel.
January 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What are your projects for 2025? I'd like to get two short stories purchased, a full draft of my novel-in-progress done by mid-year, and solid progress made on Unréal, an anthology of Montréal-based SFF I am co-editing. I also hope to see the republication of my debut novel along with its sequel.
Third novel: Zee (available in French and English): Adult and YA story about empathy and its uneven distribution in our society through the metaphor of a kid who can hear the thoughts and feel the emotions of others. #EBookGifts books2read.com/u/bQnNZ6
November 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Third novel: Zee (available in French and English): Adult and YA story about empathy and its uneven distribution in our society through the metaphor of a kid who can hear the thoughts and feel the emotions of others. #EBookGifts books2read.com/u/bQnNZ6
My second novel, Run J Run: friendship, polyamory, and queer, non-traditional family combined with a mystery and a contemporary urban psychological drama. Content warning for suicidal ideation, child abuse, racialized violence. Dark in parts but also full of hope and light. #EBookGifts (2 of 3)
November 30, 2024 at 6:43 PM
My second novel, Run J Run: friendship, polyamory, and queer, non-traditional family combined with a mystery and a contemporary urban psychological drama. Content warning for suicidal ideation, child abuse, racialized violence. Dark in parts but also full of hope and light. #EBookGifts (2 of 3)
In honour of Small Press Book day: My first novel, Cycling to Asylum (longlisted for the Sunburst, sequel coming in the spring): activists cycle across the border from near future NY to Montréal to escape a repressive government. Here's where you can get the ebook: books2read.com/u/m2Xex1 (1 or 3.)
November 30, 2024 at 6:35 PM
In honour of Small Press Book day: My first novel, Cycling to Asylum (longlisted for the Sunburst, sequel coming in the spring): activists cycle across the border from near future NY to Montréal to escape a repressive government. Here's where you can get the ebook: books2read.com/u/m2Xex1 (1 or 3.)
Some folks who belong to SFCanada (Canada's National Association of Science Fiction Professionals) have organized an online event to support small press books. On November 30th, people can talk to authors and buy their ebooks. Look for #EBookGifts.
November 26, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Some folks who belong to SFCanada (Canada's National Association of Science Fiction Professionals) have organized an online event to support small press books. On November 30th, people can talk to authors and buy their ebooks. Look for #EBookGifts.
My three novels: Cycling to Asylum, Sunburst longlist, activists fleeing a repressive U.S. by bicycle (activism, refugees, family, LGBTQ+ ); Run J Run (polyamory, friendship, mental health, mystery, M/M romance); Zee (a kid who can hear thoughts and read emotions -- empathy, found family, LGBTQ+).
November 17, 2024 at 11:43 AM
My three novels: Cycling to Asylum, Sunburst longlist, activists fleeing a repressive U.S. by bicycle (activism, refugees, family, LGBTQ+ ); Run J Run (polyamory, friendship, mental health, mystery, M/M romance); Zee (a kid who can hear thoughts and read emotions -- empathy, found family, LGBTQ+).
My panels at Can*Con this weekend: "Climate Fiction: Existential Anxiety or Inspiration?" w/Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Ben Berman Ghan, Selena Middleton (m), Su J; "Building a Better Near-Future Canada" w/Ed Greenwood, Jason M. Harley, Sarah Ramdawar, Su J (m). See you there? @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 31, 2024 at 2:01 PM
My panels at Can*Con this weekend: "Climate Fiction: Existential Anxiety or Inspiration?" w/Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Ben Berman Ghan, Selena Middleton (m), Su J; "Building a Better Near-Future Canada" w/Ed Greenwood, Jason M. Harley, Sarah Ramdawar, Su J (m). See you there? @canconsffh.bsky.social
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who enabled me to make it to Viable Paradise. I am back after a week of hard work doing the thing I love, filled with new ideas, learning, stories, friendships, and much, much gratitude. @viableparadise.bsky.social #iamwriting #SFF
October 27, 2024 at 2:05 PM
My heartfelt thanks to everyone who enabled me to make it to Viable Paradise. I am back after a week of hard work doing the thing I love, filled with new ideas, learning, stories, friendships, and much, much gratitude. @viableparadise.bsky.social #iamwriting #SFF
Émilie Laramée, who translated my novel, Cycling to Asylum, into French under the title Les lignes invisibles, has been nominated for the Cole Foundation Translation Prize. She is so talented and hard-working and I am very glad that translators are starting to get more recognition. #SFF #translation
October 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Émilie Laramée, who translated my novel, Cycling to Asylum, into French under the title Les lignes invisibles, has been nominated for the Cole Foundation Translation Prize. She is so talented and hard-working and I am very glad that translators are starting to get more recognition. #SFF #translation
This past weekend was Congrès Boréal, Québec's francophone sci-fi convention, and it was great. I also had the good fortune to attend WorldCon this year and can't wait for Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social. So interesting to compare the content, vibes, and structures of these different events! #SFF
September 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
This past weekend was Congrès Boréal, Québec's francophone sci-fi convention, and it was great. I also had the good fortune to attend WorldCon this year and can't wait for Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social. So interesting to compare the content, vibes, and structures of these different events! #SFF
Vegetables are miracles! In my urban yet green-ish neighbourhood in Montréal, these tomatoes grew in my backyard, and their colour was totally unexpected. And peppers are growing from pepper seeds that came from actual peppers I had! I mean, wow! Yes, I am a city person who loves nature.
September 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Vegetables are miracles! In my urban yet green-ish neighbourhood in Montréal, these tomatoes grew in my backyard, and their colour was totally unexpected. And peppers are growing from pepper seeds that came from actual peppers I had! I mean, wow! Yes, I am a city person who loves nature.
Yay #glasgow2024, especially An Ambiguous Utopia: 50 Years of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed; Neurodivergent Approaches to Stories; Vegetables in Space; Revolutions in Speculative Fiction; Reading by @charliejane.bsky.social; Solarpunk: Building Better Tomorrows, w/ @brklyndragon.bsky.social
August 11, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Yay #glasgow2024, especially An Ambiguous Utopia: 50 Years of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed; Neurodivergent Approaches to Stories; Vegetables in Space; Revolutions in Speculative Fiction; Reading by @charliejane.bsky.social; Solarpunk: Building Better Tomorrows, w/ @brklyndragon.bsky.social
WorldCon, here I come. For anyone who will be there and is interested, here is my schedule:
--Friday, August 9th, 7pm, "The Spectrum of Climate Fiction" (moderator)
--Thursday, August 10th, 4pm, "Hopepunk: Dystopia or Utopia?" (panelist)
--Friday, August 9th, 7pm, "The Spectrum of Climate Fiction" (moderator)
--Thursday, August 10th, 4pm, "Hopepunk: Dystopia or Utopia?" (panelist)
August 1, 2024 at 12:27 PM
WorldCon, here I come. For anyone who will be there and is interested, here is my schedule:
--Friday, August 9th, 7pm, "The Spectrum of Climate Fiction" (moderator)
--Thursday, August 10th, 4pm, "Hopepunk: Dystopia or Utopia?" (panelist)
--Friday, August 9th, 7pm, "The Spectrum of Climate Fiction" (moderator)
--Thursday, August 10th, 4pm, "Hopepunk: Dystopia or Utopia?" (panelist)
This book still influences me.
July 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
This book still influences me.
And it still does.
July 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
And it still does.
My fundraising goal has been reached! Next step, utopie -- or at least, Viable Paradise. I am incredibly humbled and grateful to all those who donated, shared, or supported my efforts in any way. Thank you so much -- what an incredible community! 💜💚
July 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
My fundraising goal has been reached! Next step, utopie -- or at least, Viable Paradise. I am incredibly humbled and grateful to all those who donated, shared, or supported my efforts in any way. Thank you so much -- what an incredible community! 💜💚
As promised, I posted an excerpt from my 7/7 Time, my novel-in-progress that I will be workshopping at Viable Paradise. Check it out on my GoFundMe campaign. And boost or donate if you can -- $1000 to go! gofund.me/68018579 #climatefiction #scifi #writingandbooks @viableparadise.bsky.social
July 17, 2024 at 1:02 PM
As promised, I posted an excerpt from my 7/7 Time, my novel-in-progress that I will be workshopping at Viable Paradise. Check it out on my GoFundMe campaign. And boost or donate if you can -- $1000 to go! gofund.me/68018579 #climatefiction #scifi #writingandbooks @viableparadise.bsky.social
Anyone watching Supacell on Netflix? If so, what do you think of the show? I am enjoying it so far, though have only watched a couple of episodes.
#sciencefiction #speculativefiction #superheroes
#sciencefiction #speculativefiction #superheroes
July 9, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Anyone watching Supacell on Netflix? If so, what do you think of the show? I am enjoying it so far, though have only watched a couple of episodes.
#sciencefiction #speculativefiction #superheroes
#sciencefiction #speculativefiction #superheroes
Anyone want to submit an anarchist short story to the latest subversions anthology? It is a non-paying market, but in case you have an anarchist story you'd like to contribute, here's your chance -- en Français or in English.
July 9, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Anyone want to submit an anarchist short story to the latest subversions anthology? It is a non-paying market, but in case you have an anarchist story you'd like to contribute, here's your chance -- en Français or in English.