Alex Brandt
@hoverlight.bsky.social
Tabletop gaming, fiction writing, eating my neighbors' flowers. I forget social media exists for large swathes of time. She/her
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PLEASE REPOST! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 88% funded with ONE WEEK TO GO! We are $6K away from funding a 12th year of Uncanny Magazine! WE CAN DO THIS MAGICAL THING, SPACE UNICORNS!!! buff.ly/HPEcU9t
July 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
PLEASE REPOST! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 88% funded with ONE WEEK TO GO! We are $6K away from funding a 12th year of Uncanny Magazine! WE CAN DO THIS MAGICAL THING, SPACE UNICORNS!!! buff.ly/HPEcU9t
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Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
A sampling of my reading list as I stare down the barrel of 2025. Building grounding, resilience, and self-compassion so I can be the support others need.
Because there will be a lot of need.
(Any suggestions to add to the list are more than welcome.)
Because there will be a lot of need.
(Any suggestions to add to the list are more than welcome.)
December 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM
A sampling of my reading list as I stare down the barrel of 2025. Building grounding, resilience, and self-compassion so I can be the support others need.
Because there will be a lot of need.
(Any suggestions to add to the list are more than welcome.)
Because there will be a lot of need.
(Any suggestions to add to the list are more than welcome.)
Also useful!
And if you don’t know what to say when there is no text to see, here’s a handy guide I saw originally posted by @catsofyore.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Also useful!
Duly noted.
Just a quick note to those new here, if you think someone's post is worth other people reading, repost it. Liking it does not have the same effect here as on the dead-bird site. There is no algorithm. That's one of the reasons we like it.
November 15, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Duly noted.
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Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
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Over on Whatever today I write on how I think the next four years will go for me economically (could be better), whether my experience will be applicable to other creators (probably not) and what you should do to help your favorite creators survive what's coming:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/09/m...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/09/m...
Making Money in the Next Four Years, and Why You Need to Plan Now to Support Your Favorite Creators
This starts out about me, and then becomes about others, too, so stick with it, it’s going places. Over on the former Twitter and elsewhere, at least a few awful people have been publicly cel…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 9, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Over on Whatever today I write on how I think the next four years will go for me economically (could be better), whether my experience will be applicable to other creators (probably not) and what you should do to help your favorite creators survive what's coming:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/09/m...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/09/m...
One of my stories is available to read for free on Allegory e-Zine: www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict... along with a host of other great spec-fic stories in their latest issue! Check it out if you're interested in an X-Men-inspired musing on love and sacrifice--and Allegory in general!
Allegory | Lifeblood
Biannual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror
www.allegoryezine.com
November 6, 2024 at 4:15 AM
One of my stories is available to read for free on Allegory e-Zine: www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict... along with a host of other great spec-fic stories in their latest issue! Check it out if you're interested in an X-Men-inspired musing on love and sacrifice--and Allegory in general!
I can finally announce I have a story (that I LOVE) in the 2024 Holiday Spectacular! The Kickstarter is live right now. Check it out if you love the winter holidays, short stories, and receiving surprises in your email inbox: www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...
WMG Holiday Spectacular 2024
A Holiday Story Delivered Daily through the Holidays! 35 Original Stories Total!
www.kickstarter.com
November 1, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I can finally announce I have a story (that I LOVE) in the 2024 Holiday Spectacular! The Kickstarter is live right now. Check it out if you love the winter holidays, short stories, and receiving surprises in your email inbox: www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...
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I actually did a little decoration for fall!
September 15, 2024 at 7:14 AM
I actually did a little decoration for fall!
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On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
Looking for a supernatural queer read?
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
February 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
You know how you name your cats, and then they end up with a half dozen additional epithets?
So we’ve got Maria: sweet fuzzy void, sweet girl, sweetheart, sweet bean, noisy baby, elderly baby, babiest baby
And then Sophie: deranged girl, little weirdo, land shark, monster, broken baby, the worst
So we’ve got Maria: sweet fuzzy void, sweet girl, sweetheart, sweet bean, noisy baby, elderly baby, babiest baby
And then Sophie: deranged girl, little weirdo, land shark, monster, broken baby, the worst
September 8, 2024 at 5:12 PM
You know how you name your cats, and then they end up with a half dozen additional epithets?
So we’ve got Maria: sweet fuzzy void, sweet girl, sweetheart, sweet bean, noisy baby, elderly baby, babiest baby
And then Sophie: deranged girl, little weirdo, land shark, monster, broken baby, the worst
So we’ve got Maria: sweet fuzzy void, sweet girl, sweetheart, sweet bean, noisy baby, elderly baby, babiest baby
And then Sophie: deranged girl, little weirdo, land shark, monster, broken baby, the worst
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Apropos to recent events in the literary world, I have written a long essay on why a) you should not idolize creative people, b) come to think of it, you shouldn't idolize anyone, c) holy fuck you really should not idolize ME.
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)
In the wake of the various recent allegations involving Neil Gaiman, people have been both very sad that someone who they looked up to as an inspiration has, allegedly, turned out to be something l…
whatever.scalzi.com
August 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Apropos to recent events in the literary world, I have written a long essay on why a) you should not idolize creative people, b) come to think of it, you shouldn't idolize anyone, c) holy fuck you really should not idolize ME.
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
I'm so honored to have my feminist fantasy story, "The Shape of Her Shadow," featured in the latest issue of The Future Fire, which you can read for free here: futurefire.net/2024.70/inde...
#writing #fantasywriter #dragons
#writing #fantasywriter #dragons
The Future Fire: Social-political and progressive cyberfiction
futurefire.net
July 21, 2024 at 11:38 PM
I'm so honored to have my feminist fantasy story, "The Shape of Her Shadow," featured in the latest issue of The Future Fire, which you can read for free here: futurefire.net/2024.70/inde...
#writing #fantasywriter #dragons
#writing #fantasywriter #dragons
Done
If, like me, you think that the clear way forward is to elect Kamala Harris in 2024, this is one of the times I think a direct campaign donation is super worthwhile. This is the link Joe Biden shared on Twitter for people to donate to support Kamala Harris's campaign.
t.co/A0T3v7ItQm
t.co/A0T3v7ItQm
I just gave to Kamala Harris!
Pitch in to help deliver four more years in the White House.
t.co
July 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Done
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No. We're not fucked. There's no giving up, because if we do THEN we're fucked. Don't just give the fuckers the win, now or ever. Fight for yourself, fight for the people you care about, fight for the people who will be even more fucked than you will be. Be pissed that you have to fight. But fight.
July 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM
No. We're not fucked. There's no giving up, because if we do THEN we're fucked. Don't just give the fuckers the win, now or ever. Fight for yourself, fight for the people you care about, fight for the people who will be even more fucked than you will be. Be pissed that you have to fight. But fight.
DO IT
Karen Memory is on sale in ebook for $2.99 in the US!
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Heroic saloon girls fight disaster capitalism in this lesbian adventure novel set in a steampunk gold rush town!
books2read.com/u/mvzzjq
Heroic saloon girls fight disaster capitalism in this lesbian adventure novel set in a steampunk gold rush town!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
books2read.com
July 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
DO IT
I've had five new short stories published as standalone ebooks this year and utterly failed to tell anyone. I want to talk about each one just a little bit. But you can access all of them easily here: books2read.com/Alexandra-Br...
#writing #fantasy #sci-fi #paranormal #superhero #shortstory #ebook
#writing #fantasy #sci-fi #paranormal #superhero #shortstory #ebook
July 19, 2024 at 1:47 AM
I've had five new short stories published as standalone ebooks this year and utterly failed to tell anyone. I want to talk about each one just a little bit. But you can access all of them easily here: books2read.com/Alexandra-Br...
#writing #fantasy #sci-fi #paranormal #superhero #shortstory #ebook
#writing #fantasy #sci-fi #paranormal #superhero #shortstory #ebook
I wrote things! Meet Eithni, a human from the Pictish island of Gull, and Sable Hartkin, the deer-woman from the Summer Realm who falls in love with her.
In 3 historical romantasy novellas, two women navigate a mortal-fairy relationship while fleeing a relentless fey enemy.
See below for links!
In 3 historical romantasy novellas, two women navigate a mortal-fairy relationship while fleeing a relentless fey enemy.
See below for links!
April 22, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I wrote things! Meet Eithni, a human from the Pictish island of Gull, and Sable Hartkin, the deer-woman from the Summer Realm who falls in love with her.
In 3 historical romantasy novellas, two women navigate a mortal-fairy relationship while fleeing a relentless fey enemy.
See below for links!
In 3 historical romantasy novellas, two women navigate a mortal-fairy relationship while fleeing a relentless fey enemy.
See below for links!
Spring comes early.
March 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Spring comes early.