Jason A. Bartles
@jabartlesauthor.bsky.social
Queer SFF Writer. Clarion West '23.📍Philly
Assoc. Ed. @ Uncharted Mag
https://linktr.ee/jabartles.author
Assoc. Ed. @ Uncharted Mag
https://linktr.ee/jabartles.author
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BookLife reviewed A VALLEY TO HARNESS and chose to feature it as an EDITOR'S PICK!
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#booksky #queerbooks #clifi #fantasy #scifi
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You’re going to want to read this one!
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture.
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Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
You’re going to want to read this one!
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I said I wouldn’t write for themed calls anymore, but here we are. Hoping this story has potential elsewhere if it gets rejected bc I also think I’ve deviated too far from the theme/tone they want 🙃😅
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I said I wouldn’t write for themed calls anymore, but here we are. Hoping this story has potential elsewhere if it gets rejected bc I also think I’ve deviated too far from the theme/tone they want 🙃😅
Watching Zillow for all the upcoming condos for sale in the Upper East Side
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Watching Zillow for all the upcoming condos for sale in the Upper East Side
Let’s keep these judges in PA!
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Let’s keep these judges in PA!
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Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
FATE'S BANE by @clclark.bsky.social is a great read!
Sitting down now to take some notes on the prose. Clark knows how to compose stunning descriptions. I may have to buy the trilogy next!
Sitting down now to take some notes on the prose. Clark knows how to compose stunning descriptions. I may have to buy the trilogy next!
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FATE'S BANE by @clclark.bsky.social is a great read!
Sitting down now to take some notes on the prose. Clark knows how to compose stunning descriptions. I may have to buy the trilogy next!
Sitting down now to take some notes on the prose. Clark knows how to compose stunning descriptions. I may have to buy the trilogy next!
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Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Oh, that’s why I’m wide awake at 6 am
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Oh, that’s why I’m wide awake at 6 am
What’s one more raccoon in South Philly?
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What’s one more raccoon in South Philly?
You turn 40 and suddenly they trust you to provide performance evaluations of your colleagues.
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You turn 40 and suddenly they trust you to provide performance evaluations of your colleagues.
in my talk today with @electricsheepsf.bsky.social, i shared a bit about the poetry exercise that this story came from.
afterward, i decided to write it up. deceptively simple, it can deepen your use of language and turn up some gems.
clclarkwrites.com/a-writing-ex...
afterward, i decided to write it up. deceptively simple, it can deepen your use of language and turn up some gems.
clclarkwrites.com/a-writing-ex...
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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This week’s guest is C.L. Clark! We’ll focus on the craft of short stories vs longer works – and getting them published. Huge thanks to C.L. for taking time to talk with us!
@clclark.bsky.social
@clclark.bsky.social
Honing the Blade
C. L. Clark is the author of the Magic of the Lost trilogy (The Unbroken, The Faithless, and The Sovereign), Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, and Fate's Bane.
clclarkwrites.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This week’s guest is C.L. Clark! We’ll focus on the craft of short stories vs longer works – and getting them published. Huge thanks to C.L. for taking time to talk with us!
@clclark.bsky.social
@clclark.bsky.social
@arunsethuraman.bsky.social happy birthday!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@arunsethuraman.bsky.social happy birthday!!
Today a lot of people are learning that one company owns most of the internet
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today a lot of people are learning that one company owns most of the internet
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A story in Helen McClory's collection, "Lore," creeped me out so much I still remembered it years after I read it. It's in her wonderful collection, MAYHEM & DEATH. It's available at 404 Ink if you're in the UK.
@helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social
@helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social
Mayhem & Death - Helen McClory — 404 Ink
‘A writer completely unafraid’ - Ali Smith | ‘Shiny dark licorice mind candy’ - Margaret Atwood
www.404ink.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A story in Helen McClory's collection, "Lore," creeped me out so much I still remembered it years after I read it. It's in her wonderful collection, MAYHEM & DEATH. It's available at 404 Ink if you're in the UK.
@helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social
@helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social
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I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
If we have to leave BlueSky, I’m sorry, but you’ll have to find me in real life. I said when I came here this was my last big social media move.
October 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If we have to leave BlueSky, I’m sorry, but you’ll have to find me in real life. I said when I came here this was my last big social media move.
Ok Jawbreaker is kinda amazing
October 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ok Jawbreaker is kinda amazing
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
Keep it going!!
Our co-founders went to sleep and woke up to ANOTHER STRETCH GOAL HIT! Thank you so so much—that's Issue 6 funded WHICH IS HALF OF YEAR 2 FUNDED!! AND it's only Day 2!? Let's see how far into our stretch goals we can go. We added a new one to the list 👀
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September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Keep it going!!
Lorde concert tonight!
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lorde concert tonight!
It’s my novel’s first birthday! 🎂
It's release day!
This story began as a wee novella in the summer of 2020 when I needed a distraction from the world. Over the past four years, and countless revisions, it grew into this novel.
Available now: books2read.com/u/b6gJ26
Near-future #fantasy
#ClimateFiction
#Queer fiction
And magic!
This story began as a wee novella in the summer of 2020 when I needed a distraction from the world. Over the past four years, and countless revisions, it grew into this novel.
Available now: books2read.com/u/b6gJ26
Near-future #fantasy
#ClimateFiction
#Queer fiction
And magic!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It’s my novel’s first birthday! 🎂
Tomorrow at noon!
It's almost my novel's 1st Birthday!
To celebrate, I'm giving a short talk and a reading from A Valley to Harness on campus. It's free and open to all as part of our Sustainability Seminar.
Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Noon (EST)
DM me if you'd like a clickable zoom link.
To celebrate, I'm giving a short talk and a reading from A Valley to Harness on campus. It's free and open to all as part of our Sustainability Seminar.
Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Noon (EST)
DM me if you'd like a clickable zoom link.
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tomorrow at noon!