Erin K. Dancer (she/her)
@ekdancer.bsky.social
Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy author, artist and reader | 🌈 Queer AuDHD Nerdmother | Earth Scientist | Software Developer | 🐉 TTRPG enthusiast and DM of entirely too many games (colonialism and capitalism are always the BBEGs!)
Happy Holidays! Remember to gently beat your Archimedes kitty with the empty gift wrap tube, or he’ll yowl, steal eggnog from Santa’s mug, pre-open gifts, and bring a (mostly) dead mouse to the seven year old. (Just kidding, he still did all that and then body slammed the dog.) 🥴
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Happy Holidays! Remember to gently beat your Archimedes kitty with the empty gift wrap tube, or he’ll yowl, steal eggnog from Santa’s mug, pre-open gifts, and bring a (mostly) dead mouse to the seven year old. (Just kidding, he still did all that and then body slammed the dog.) 🥴
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Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
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Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
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December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
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TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
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In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
Crying into my latte in public as I finish reading this wonderful story:
Archives w BCS #432: "Another Tide" @gnipahellir.bsky.social, BCS #420, Aurealis Award winner. "situating myself in another’s cultural viewpoint. Yet, presented with a real enemy of the empire, I found myself sinking into the role of bourgeois scold." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/anot...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Another Tide by Will Greatwich
At the university I had studied radical repositioning: the art of situating myself in another’s cultural viewpoint. I considered myself an open-minded woman, an opponent of cultural hegemony. Yet, pre...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Crying into my latte in public as I finish reading this wonderful story:
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It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo
Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire’s Tears
I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m going to die. I shoot out of bed, calling for my mother. First thing I’ve spoken clearly in two days. “Maria!” My mother bursts into my room. “Baby…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo
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Boost!
Just backed Flash Point SF 2025's Kickstarter. They are SO CLOSE to their goal and have only 4 days left. If you are able, please pitch in and give the world amazing flash stories next year!
Flash Point SF 2025
An online literary publication for science fiction & fantasy short stories under 1000 words.
www.kickstarter.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Boost!
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My story "Vanya and the Dog Witch" is now free-to-read at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany.... Please check it out! I am highly biased, but I think it's pretty good.
(Note: please support BCS by pledging to their Patreon or buying e-books. I want them healthy to buy more stories!)
(Note: please support BCS by pledging to their Patreon or buying e-books. I want them healthy to buy more stories!)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Vanya and the Dog Witch by Walter J. Wiese
“My father forbid me to come to you, either with mushrooms or with the dog's collar,” Vanya told the dog witch. It had been early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For sava...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My story "Vanya and the Dog Witch" is now free-to-read at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany.... Please check it out! I am highly biased, but I think it's pretty good.
(Note: please support BCS by pledging to their Patreon or buying e-books. I want them healthy to buy more stories!)
(Note: please support BCS by pledging to their Patreon or buying e-books. I want them healthy to buy more stories!)
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Check out this awesome Defensive Baking art!
Hey @tkingfisher.com, thought you might enjoy the fruit of an illustration challenge centered around your Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking. I believe the illustrators are mostly students or amateurs hoping to develop their skills, and the challenge was to focus on one character. From Facebook.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Check out this awesome Defensive Baking art!
I’m not really sure how to do social media in a way that doesn’t feel disingenuous, but I know that everyone needs to see Sonny watching his stories.
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’m not really sure how to do social media in a way that doesn’t feel disingenuous, but I know that everyone needs to see Sonny watching his stories.
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Since before the dark times, I've maintained this handy list of space opera novels by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors.
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Since before the dark times, I've maintained this handy list of space opera novels by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors.
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
If that sounds like something you need in your life, check out the spreadsheet. Suggestions always welcome via the form! #books
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
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My friend SM Reiher is FINALLY releasing their epic science fantasy (with strong horror elements) novel, which I've edited at many stages & watched grow from idea to full book, in December and you can PREORDER IT NOW
On Itch: smreiher.itch.io/the-mycelium...
Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bPVw2J
On Itch: smreiher.itch.io/the-mycelium...
Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bPVw2J
The Mycelium Palace by smreiher
smreiher.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My friend SM Reiher is FINALLY releasing their epic science fantasy (with strong horror elements) novel, which I've edited at many stages & watched grow from idea to full book, in December and you can PREORDER IT NOW
On Itch: smreiher.itch.io/the-mycelium...
Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bPVw2J
On Itch: smreiher.itch.io/the-mycelium...
Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bPVw2J
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Hey, guess what else: Preorders are officially open for THE HOWLING DARK, my scifi fantasy novel about fugitive werewolf brothers on a perilous journey home across a post-apocalyptic landscape! 🐺🌓
PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hey, guess what else: Preorders are officially open for THE HOWLING DARK, my scifi fantasy novel about fugitive werewolf brothers on a perilous journey home across a post-apocalyptic landscape! 🐺🌓
PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
PREORDER: amazon.com/dp/B0G1KFVKVM
ADD ON GR/SG: thehowlingdark.carrd.co
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I loved this book. Such quiet, devastating, beautiful science fiction.
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I loved this book. Such quiet, devastating, beautiful science fiction.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Just over 40 hours left to share and support the Plot Twist Cafe Kickstarter!
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped spread the word, donated, and been a generally enthusiastic presence. We’ve gotten this far through the power of community 💙📚
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Thank you so much to everyone who has helped spread the word, donated, and been a generally enthusiastic presence. We’ve gotten this far through the power of community 💙📚
campsite.bio/plottwistcafe
August 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just over 40 hours left to share and support the Plot Twist Cafe Kickstarter!
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped spread the word, donated, and been a generally enthusiastic presence. We’ve gotten this far through the power of community 💙📚
campsite.bio/plottwistcafe
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped spread the word, donated, and been a generally enthusiastic presence. We’ve gotten this far through the power of community 💙📚
campsite.bio/plottwistcafe
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69 hours left! Don't let this nice opportunity to support a queer, inclusive bookstore go to waster. And, if you have a cool 9 grand to drop, you can force me to release a book this year that I'm just starting to edit. BUT I'LL DO IT.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bai...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
69 hours left! Don't let this nice opportunity to support a queer, inclusive bookstore go to waster. And, if you have a cool 9 grand to drop, you can force me to release a book this year that I'm just starting to edit. BUT I'LL DO IT.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bai...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bai...