ErinLindiCairns
@erincairns.bsky.social
Writer, artist, caffeine addict and cat-person. Perpetually exhausted, occasionally well-dressed.
If I followed you, it's because I liked something you wrote
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Inkfounder and tag wrangler at InkFoundry.net
If I followed you, it's because I liked something you wrote
♠️Ace♠️
Inkfounder and tag wrangler at InkFoundry.net
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@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
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"Don't post if you don't want random strangers to reply" remains one of the most most hilariously illogical things I have seen people say on social media.
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Don't post if you don't want random strangers to reply" remains one of the most most hilariously illogical things I have seen people say on social media.
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
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Whenever I attempt to plan out short stories they never fail to head in directions I don’t expect when I actually start writing 😂😶🌫️
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Whenever I attempt to plan out short stories they never fail to head in directions I don’t expect when I actually start writing 😂😶🌫️
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Yesterday I posted about my favorite novellas of the year, and today I'm posting about my favorite short fiction collections of 2025.
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Favorite Collections of 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yesterday I posted about my favorite novellas of the year, and today I'm posting about my favorite short fiction collections of 2025.
acwise.net/favorite-col...
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"The Millay Illusion," by @sarahpinsker.bsky.social.
This was a magical story, and I would have happily spent way more time with Lottie and Susanna.
#labyrinthratreads2025
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
This was a magical story, and I would have happily spent way more time with Lottie and Susanna.
#labyrinthratreads2025
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Millay Illusion - Uncanny Magazine
For the whole of the year that I now look back on as the best of my life, Susanna Miller’s act began twenty-three minutes after mine ended. I went first, to warm up the crowd, followed by the dog trai...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"The Millay Illusion," by @sarahpinsker.bsky.social.
This was a magical story, and I would have happily spent way more time with Lottie and Susanna.
#labyrinthratreads2025
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
This was a magical story, and I would have happily spent way more time with Lottie and Susanna.
#labyrinthratreads2025
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Hmm... yes... I see.
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hmm... yes... I see.
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I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
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I want to shout out @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social for their work in creating upwards of 50 authors pages in InkFoundry (In the past WEEK) to connect authors and their stories in the database. They're a SUPERSTAR!
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I want to shout out @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social for their work in creating upwards of 50 authors pages in InkFoundry (In the past WEEK) to connect authors and their stories in the database. They're a SUPERSTAR!
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The leftism leaving people's bodies like cartoon ghosts when people say "artists need to be paid" and "don't steal books."
i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The leftism leaving people's bodies like cartoon ghosts when people say "artists need to be paid" and "don't steal books."
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Hoping to see this one on some awards lists - check it out!
@slashnburnett.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
@slashnburnett.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Bone-eater Earth was in @unchartedmag.bsky.social.
If we don’t get our act together, Mother Earth is gonna make some big decisions for us. So, hey, maybe we consider degrowth, instead?
CW: amputation, rude language, techbros
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...
If we don’t get our act together, Mother Earth is gonna make some big decisions for us. So, hey, maybe we consider degrowth, instead?
CW: amputation, rude language, techbros
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...
Bone-Eater Earth - Uncharted
I lose my finger during the private flight back from Japan. It isn’t the whole finger, of course, just the bone. When I drugged myself into oblivion at the start of the flight, it was totally fine. Wh...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hoping to see this one on some awards lists - check it out!
@slashnburnett.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
@slashnburnett.bsky.social @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Looking for gift ideas?
A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
chainedspace.com
A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
chainedspace.com
The Chained Space Series - D.N. Schmidt
Jay Jordan and his space junk salvage crew travel the Domain, bending the law like a pretzel and sneaking their loot past wormhole security. All he wants out
chainedspace.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking for gift ideas?
A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
chainedspace.com
A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
chainedspace.com
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November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
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fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
Support | Radon Journal
Ways to support Radon Journal. Patreon tiers, social media, and anon donations through Ko-fi. Support independent publishing!
www.radonjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
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This is a great offer! Online magazines, Erin's help has been instrumental getting story metadata in order!
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a great offer! Online magazines, Erin's help has been instrumental getting story metadata in order!
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I feel so embarrassed for Black Friday. Like, it used to be a nice TV so cheap that you would camp outside of the store overnight and kill a man with a toilet plunger, and now it's like, SURPRISE BESTIE, 10% OFF RETURN ADDRESS LABELS IF YOU GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER!!!! Have some dignity.
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I feel so embarrassed for Black Friday. Like, it used to be a nice TV so cheap that you would camp outside of the store overnight and kill a man with a toilet plunger, and now it's like, SURPRISE BESTIE, 10% OFF RETURN ADDRESS LABELS IF YOU GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER!!!! Have some dignity.
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The reality for speculative fiction zines and publishers is pretty damn terrible right now. I know many of us are struggling to keep it together, and they are too.
Read this, mourn what we lost, and, as much as you can, support the zines and publishers you love.
Read this, mourn what we lost, and, as much as you can, support the zines and publishers you love.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The reality for speculative fiction zines and publishers is pretty damn terrible right now. I know many of us are struggling to keep it together, and they are too.
Read this, mourn what we lost, and, as much as you can, support the zines and publishers you love.
Read this, mourn what we lost, and, as much as you can, support the zines and publishers you love.
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
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YESSS!!! The taggggs.... the taggggggssss :D Check this out! IT'S SO FRICKIN' COOL!
Working on Enhancements to the "Stories" page, where you can find all of Diabolical Plots's published stories on The Submission Grinder. Now with dates! Word counts! Teaser pitch! Genres! And Tags!
Big thanks to @erincairns.bsky.social and the DP team!
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market/Stori...
Big thanks to @erincairns.bsky.social and the DP team!
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market/Stori...
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
YESSS!!! The taggggs.... the taggggggssss :D Check this out! IT'S SO FRICKIN' COOL!
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"Shadowdale"
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Shadowdale"
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
D&D Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun
AD: Emi Tanji
I was incredibly honored to paint this one (acrylic, 16x12 in.), because Shadowdale is one of THE most iconic places in all of Faerun!
AHHH! Shoutouts make me feel all wibbly!!! Go discover some Diabolical Stories here: thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market/Stori...!
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
AHHH! Shoutouts make me feel all wibbly!!! Go discover some Diabolical Stories here: thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market/Stori...!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
In the mood for a gut-wrenching Thanksgiving horror story? May I recommend "Turducken" by Lindz McLeod?
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ten/tu...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ten/tu...
Turducken — Baffling Magazine
by Lindz McLeod “Halfway through peeling the carrots for Sunday lunch, Petey announced he’d bred a turducken.”
www.bafflingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In the mood for a gut-wrenching Thanksgiving horror story? May I recommend "Turducken" by Lindz McLeod?
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ten/tu...
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ten/tu...
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I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.