Phoenix Alexander
@dracopoullos.bsky.social
Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, The Dark, & more! Rep: Angeline Rodriguez, WME Books. 🏳️🌈🇨🇾
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
See you this afternoon, Seattle! I’ll be at World Con with my curator hat on for the next few days, and will be very happy to chat with writers and artists about preserving and finding a home for their papers (whether at the Eaton Collection or another repository!)
Also: barcon with pals!!
Also: barcon with pals!!
August 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
See you this afternoon, Seattle! I’ll be at World Con with my curator hat on for the next few days, and will be very happy to chat with writers and artists about preserving and finding a home for their papers (whether at the Eaton Collection or another repository!)
Also: barcon with pals!!
Also: barcon with pals!!
First ever Comic Con: check! I had a blast on this panel with @noethematt.bsky.social, Daryl Maxwell, Lauren Salerno, Misty Jones, and our wonderful moderator Eric Guignard, sharing what libraries can do for creators and their materials #sdcc
July 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
First ever Comic Con: check! I had a blast on this panel with @noethematt.bsky.social, Daryl Maxwell, Lauren Salerno, Misty Jones, and our wonderful moderator Eric Guignard, sharing what libraries can do for creators and their materials #sdcc
Really happy that ‘Slickerthin,’ published last year in F&SF, gets a mention in the ‘Notable Stories’ section of Best American SFF 2025! Thanks so much to the editors @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social, and congrats to the all the other authors here! 🥳
May 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Really happy that ‘Slickerthin,’ published last year in F&SF, gets a mention in the ‘Notable Stories’ section of Best American SFF 2025! Thanks so much to the editors @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social, and congrats to the all the other authors here! 🥳
My first published story of 2025 is out today: ‘Praise Song for the God of Restless Hands!’
Pushing myself into an angry, cathartic space here, reflecting on atrocity and the men who commit it.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/praise-song-...
CW: implied sexual assault, body horror, implied murder
Pushing myself into an angry, cathartic space here, reflecting on atrocity and the men who commit it.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/praise-song-...
CW: implied sexual assault, body horror, implied murder
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My first published story of 2025 is out today: ‘Praise Song for the God of Restless Hands!’
Pushing myself into an angry, cathartic space here, reflecting on atrocity and the men who commit it.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/praise-song-...
CW: implied sexual assault, body horror, implied murder
Pushing myself into an angry, cathartic space here, reflecting on atrocity and the men who commit it.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/praise-song-...
CW: implied sexual assault, body horror, implied murder
It was the honor of a lifetime meeting the legendary LeVar Burton last night at the Huntington Library’s Founder’s Day! Kudos to Karla Nielsen and her colleagues for a wonderful evening of programming in honor of another legend: Octavia E. Butler!
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was the honor of a lifetime meeting the legendary LeVar Burton last night at the Huntington Library’s Founder’s Day! Kudos to Karla Nielsen and her colleagues for a wonderful evening of programming in honor of another legend: Octavia E. Butler!
Mickey 17 was pretty good! Goofs around for about an hour of its runtime but remembers to give us a final act just in time. Stellar performances, great world building and actually pretty funny sf. A rarity! Satire is impossible these days but the movie pulls it off.
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Mickey 17 was pretty good! Goofs around for about an hour of its runtime but remembers to give us a final act just in time. Stellar performances, great world building and actually pretty funny sf. A rarity! Satire is impossible these days but the movie pulls it off.
We’re so back! 💪🏼🤪
February 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We’re so back! 💪🏼🤪
More self-promotional yelling, apologies!!
Two (!) of my stories made the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List: ‘Slickerthin’ (F&SF) and ‘In Thin Air’ (The Dark).
CONGRATULATIONS to all the wonderful creators who share this honor, and to the editors, reviewers, and readers who see our work ❤️
Two (!) of my stories made the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List: ‘Slickerthin’ (F&SF) and ‘In Thin Air’ (The Dark).
CONGRATULATIONS to all the wonderful creators who share this honor, and to the editors, reviewers, and readers who see our work ❤️
February 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More self-promotional yelling, apologies!!
Two (!) of my stories made the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List: ‘Slickerthin’ (F&SF) and ‘In Thin Air’ (The Dark).
CONGRATULATIONS to all the wonderful creators who share this honor, and to the editors, reviewers, and readers who see our work ❤️
Two (!) of my stories made the Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List: ‘Slickerthin’ (F&SF) and ‘In Thin Air’ (The Dark).
CONGRATULATIONS to all the wonderful creators who share this honor, and to the editors, reviewers, and readers who see our work ❤️
I’m over the moon to see my short story, ‘In Thin Air,’ on the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards Longlist, along with many other amazing works!! Thank you to Sean Wallace, and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for their poignant review of it on Reactor ❤️ BSFA members can vote for their faves until February 28th!🙏🏼
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m over the moon to see my short story, ‘In Thin Air,’ on the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards Longlist, along with many other amazing works!! Thank you to Sean Wallace, and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for their poignant review of it on Reactor ❤️ BSFA members can vote for their faves until February 28th!🙏🏼
Morning after desk 😅
Thank you *SO MUCH* to all our wonderful panelists and attendees who made the Eaton Symposium such a success!! Videos of all the panels will be uploaded to UCR’s YouTube channel in the next few weeks!
Thank you *SO MUCH* to all our wonderful panelists and attendees who made the Eaton Symposium such a success!! Videos of all the panels will be uploaded to UCR’s YouTube channel in the next few weeks!
January 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Morning after desk 😅
Thank you *SO MUCH* to all our wonderful panelists and attendees who made the Eaton Symposium such a success!! Videos of all the panels will be uploaded to UCR’s YouTube channel in the next few weeks!
Thank you *SO MUCH* to all our wonderful panelists and attendees who made the Eaton Symposium such a success!! Videos of all the panels will be uploaded to UCR’s YouTube channel in the next few weeks!
@witchywonderer.bsky.social, Michael Capobianco (SFWA), Sherryl Vint, @andrecarrington.bsky.social, Liza Trombi (Locus), Jasmine Anne Moore, yours truly, and many more!
January 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
@witchywonderer.bsky.social, Michael Capobianco (SFWA), Sherryl Vint, @andrecarrington.bsky.social, Liza Trombi (Locus), Jasmine Anne Moore, yours truly, and many more!
*deep breath* @charliejane.bsky.social, @ebonidunbar.bsky.social, Carl Engle-Laird (Tor), @brentclambert.bsky.social, @izzyxen.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social @jhameia.bsky.social …
January 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
*deep breath* @charliejane.bsky.social, @ebonidunbar.bsky.social, Carl Engle-Laird (Tor), @brentclambert.bsky.social, @izzyxen.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social @jhameia.bsky.social …
The virtual Eaton Symposium is TOMORROW, 9am - 4.45pm PT! Do sign up if you haven’t already:
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-virtu...
Our keynote speakers are the legendary Steven Barnes and @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and our panels are also stacked with SF/F stars like…
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-virtu...
Our keynote speakers are the legendary Steven Barnes and @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and our panels are also stacked with SF/F stars like…
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The virtual Eaton Symposium is TOMORROW, 9am - 4.45pm PT! Do sign up if you haven’t already:
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-virtu...
Our keynote speakers are the legendary Steven Barnes and @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and our panels are also stacked with SF/F stars like…
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-virtu...
Our keynote speakers are the legendary Steven Barnes and @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and our panels are also stacked with SF/F stars like…
A very humble Βασιλόπιτα is ready for midnight here in California! Wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A very humble Βασιλόπιτα is ready for midnight here in California! Wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2025!
“If ‘Saint’ crept into sf/f’s chicken coop and quietly made away with a few hens, ‘Rakesfall’ empties it out.”
- from the STELLAR review of @vajra.me’s ‘Rakesfall’ by Dan Hartland in the latest issue of @bsfa.bsky.social’s ‘Foundation.’
- from the STELLAR review of @vajra.me’s ‘Rakesfall’ by Dan Hartland in the latest issue of @bsfa.bsky.social’s ‘Foundation.’
December 5, 2024 at 6:24 PM
“If ‘Saint’ crept into sf/f’s chicken coop and quietly made away with a few hens, ‘Rakesfall’ empties it out.”
- from the STELLAR review of @vajra.me’s ‘Rakesfall’ by Dan Hartland in the latest issue of @bsfa.bsky.social’s ‘Foundation.’
- from the STELLAR review of @vajra.me’s ‘Rakesfall’ by Dan Hartland in the latest issue of @bsfa.bsky.social’s ‘Foundation.’
Finally, 'Loamblood' is a tender, gay age-gap love story between a lethemancer and his former lover, over at the wonderful @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social.
www.podomatic.com/.../2024-07-...
Thanks for considering my work, as always. May 2025 bring fierce(r) energy to our writing hands!
www.podomatic.com/.../2024-07-...
Thanks for considering my work, as always. May 2025 bring fierce(r) energy to our writing hands!
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Finally, 'Loamblood' is a tender, gay age-gap love story between a lethemancer and his former lover, over at the wonderful @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social.
www.podomatic.com/.../2024-07-...
Thanks for considering my work, as always. May 2025 bring fierce(r) energy to our writing hands!
www.podomatic.com/.../2024-07-...
Thanks for considering my work, as always. May 2025 bring fierce(r) energy to our writing hands!
'Hiyannet' is a sequel to my very first publication, 'Gennesaret’ (also at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! ❤️) and continues the story of the reptilian Ssurung as they struggle under a tyrannical regime. A rare fantasy effort from me, we love to see it!
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/hiya...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/hiya...
December 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
'Hiyannet' is a sequel to my very first publication, 'Gennesaret’ (also at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! ❤️) and continues the story of the reptilian Ssurung as they struggle under a tyrannical regime. A rare fantasy effort from me, we love to see it!
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/hiya...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/hiya...
'Slickerthin' means a lot to me, as a Greek-Cypriot writer, and tells the story of two patriarchal factions - one human, one harpy - as they make uneasy community. I'm eternally grateful to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for giving this one a home ❤
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December 2, 2024 at 7:09 PM
'Slickerthin' means a lot to me, as a Greek-Cypriot writer, and tells the story of two patriarchal factions - one human, one harpy - as they make uneasy community. I'm eternally grateful to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social for giving this one a home ❤
weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...
weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...
'In Thin Air' was inspired by a spirit I encountered whilst driving (really!), and became an angry, spiritual paean to queer people who've lost their lives to violence. It featured in @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social’s 'Must Read Speculative Fiction' Reactor column!
www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-thin-air
www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-thin-air
December 2, 2024 at 7:08 PM
'In Thin Air' was inspired by a spirit I encountered whilst driving (really!), and became an angry, spiritual paean to queer people who've lost their lives to violence. It featured in @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social’s 'Must Read Speculative Fiction' Reactor column!
www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-thin-air
www.thedarkmagazine.com/in-thin-air
2024 awards eligibility post!
(Graphic design is my passion, etc.)
I've had four stories published this year, and I'm very proud of each of them.
A little 🧵!
(Graphic design is my passion, etc.)
I've had four stories published this year, and I'm very proud of each of them.
A little 🧵!
December 2, 2024 at 7:06 PM
2024 awards eligibility post!
(Graphic design is my passion, etc.)
I've had four stories published this year, and I'm very proud of each of them.
A little 🧵!
(Graphic design is my passion, etc.)
I've had four stories published this year, and I'm very proud of each of them.
A little 🧵!
Currently reading this extraordinary collection edited by @margaret.bsky.social and it’s absolutely blowing my mind. Can’t recommend it enough. Alan Moore’s binaries of fascism/anarchy (vs capitalism and communism) and diversity vs uniformity is revelatory. And that’s just one interview!
November 25, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Currently reading this extraordinary collection edited by @margaret.bsky.social and it’s absolutely blowing my mind. Can’t recommend it enough. Alan Moore’s binaries of fascism/anarchy (vs capitalism and communism) and diversity vs uniformity is revelatory. And that’s just one interview!