J.C. Pillard
@jcpillard.bsky.social
Writer, editor, and logophile. Owns far too many books and too much yarn. Aspiring bog witch. SFWA Member. Rep: Rebecca Strauss at DeFiore & Company.
https://www.jcpillard-writes.com/
https://www.jcpillard-writes.com/
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J.C. Pillard
@jcpillard.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Realizing I should probably put up an introductory post for myself. Hello! I'm J.C., and I write speculative fiction about forests and memories. You can find my work on www.jcpillard-writes.com!
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Finished knitting a new pair of socks and feeling pretty groovy about how they turned out.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Finished knitting a new pair of socks and feeling pretty groovy about how they turned out.
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
I once again collaborated with my very talented artist sister to write a brand new short story for #Drawtober. The completed story, plus her brilliant illustrations, is now up on my website.
www.jcpillard-writes.com/journal/tag/...
www.jcpillard-writes.com/journal/tag/...
drawtober2025 — Drawtober — J.C. Pillard
www.jcpillard-writes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I once again collaborated with my very talented artist sister to write a brand new short story for #Drawtober. The completed story, plus her brilliant illustrations, is now up on my website.
www.jcpillard-writes.com/journal/tag/...
www.jcpillard-writes.com/journal/tag/...
My short story "Glass Slippers, Iron Shoes" came out today with Corvid Queen. This is for anyone who's ever tried to convince themselves they had fun at an objectively not-fun party.
Glass Slippers, Iron Shoes / J.C. Pillard — Corvid Queen
Sitting by the side of the road, the stem of the pumpkin digging into her backside, Ella briefly allowed herself to criticize the fairy’s choice of conveyance.
corvidqueen.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My short story "Glass Slippers, Iron Shoes" came out today with Corvid Queen. This is for anyone who's ever tried to convince themselves they had fun at an objectively not-fun party.
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and--idk quite how to articulate this--but the work of it is... critical to art-making. like you discover your intentions through the labor of expressing them. if I'd woken up at 17 with the technical ability to write a novel, i wouldn't have known what i was trying to say. the work IS the product.
August 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
and--idk quite how to articulate this--but the work of it is... critical to art-making. like you discover your intentions through the labor of expressing them. if I'd woken up at 17 with the technical ability to write a novel, i wouldn't have known what i was trying to say. the work IS the product.
Between writing big things For Publication, I spent the past couple weeks writing a little thing just for some friends in my D&D group, and I can't tell you how nice that has been. There's something delightful about writing a thing that no more than four people will ever see.
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Between writing big things For Publication, I spent the past couple weeks writing a little thing just for some friends in my D&D group, and I can't tell you how nice that has been. There's something delightful about writing a thing that no more than four people will ever see.
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6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
Let's GOOO! Help @uncannymagazine.bsky.social continue to publish amazing work for another year. Please go back the Kickstarter if you haven't already.
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 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Let's GOOO! Help @uncannymagazine.bsky.social continue to publish amazing work for another year. Please go back the Kickstarter if you haven't already.
Ah, late July, when my summertime depression peaks because it is too hot and bright outside for a bog creature like myself.
a boy in a yellow shirt is dancing in front of a wooden wall
ALT: a boy in a yellow shirt is dancing in front of a wooden wall
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Ah, late July, when my summertime depression peaks because it is too hot and bright outside for a bog creature like myself.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Finished up knitting a shawl this past weekend, and I must say, I'm quite proud of it.
July 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Finished up knitting a shawl this past weekend, and I must say, I'm quite proud of it.
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social continues to have some of the best speculative fiction out there. Help them get funded for another year and continue to support amazing writing and art!
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social continues to have some of the best speculative fiction out there. Help them get funded for another year and continue to support amazing writing and art!
Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns!
Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
www.kickstarter.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social continues to have some of the best speculative fiction out there. Help them get funded for another year and continue to support amazing writing and art!
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social continues to have some of the best speculative fiction out there. Help them get funded for another year and continue to support amazing writing and art!
Happy Summer Solstice! My short story, "A Different Kind of Worship," was published today by @hearthstories.bsky.social. This remains one of my favorite pieces that I've ever written, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Hearth Stories: Issue Four, Summer Solstice 2025
A twice yearly speculative fiction magazine exploring connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world.
hearthstories.org
June 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Happy Summer Solstice! My short story, "A Different Kind of Worship," was published today by @hearthstories.bsky.social. This remains one of my favorite pieces that I've ever written, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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And we are live on KS - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - The “Mmeory” anthology is launched with a theme of memory manipulation - magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone wrong. Help us bring this book to life. #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky
Mmeory: A genre spanning anthology of memory manipulation
An anthology of memory manipulation stories: magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone wrong.
www.kickstarter.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am saving this for future reference - it's got some very useful data!
There are loads of ways to rank #literary #magazines, awards is the easiest , but our favorite it probably the Fish List. What other criteria would you include on your ranking list? buff.ly/BtqAxrS
June 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I am saving this for future reference - it's got some very useful data!
Finally got around to seeing Sinners, and it was just as amazing as everyone told me it was.
a man in a suit and tie with the words wooo on the bottom
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with the words wooo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Finally got around to seeing Sinners, and it was just as amazing as everyone told me it was.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Please appreciate this line that I am very proud of having written.
"Lisbet had never spent long in the Labyrinth. Her forays were always quick and vicious, brief skirmishes against an enemy that forever outnumbered and outgunned her."
"Lisbet had never spent long in the Labyrinth. Her forays were always quick and vicious, brief skirmishes against an enemy that forever outnumbered and outgunned her."
April 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Please appreciate this line that I am very proud of having written.
"Lisbet had never spent long in the Labyrinth. Her forays were always quick and vicious, brief skirmishes against an enemy that forever outnumbered and outgunned her."
"Lisbet had never spent long in the Labyrinth. Her forays were always quick and vicious, brief skirmishes against an enemy that forever outnumbered and outgunned her."
Properly deactivated my Twitter account today. (Apparently you can't just delete them? You have to deactivate for 30 days first? Whatever.)
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Properly deactivated my Twitter account today. (Apparently you can't just delete them? You have to deactivate for 30 days first? Whatever.)
In British Columbia this week to get some writing done. It is beautiful and snowy up here on the Sunshine Coast, and whenever I get the urge to look at the news this week, I'm going to look at the sky instead.
February 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In British Columbia this week to get some writing done. It is beautiful and snowy up here on the Sunshine Coast, and whenever I get the urge to look at the news this week, I'm going to look at the sky instead.
New writing goal: write a book that is so offensive* it gets banned in numerous states.
*offensive here means (apparently) showing empathy for anyone ever.
*offensive here means (apparently) showing empathy for anyone ever.
January 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
New writing goal: write a book that is so offensive* it gets banned in numerous states.
*offensive here means (apparently) showing empathy for anyone ever.
*offensive here means (apparently) showing empathy for anyone ever.
I watched Twin Peaks for the first time this winter, and I can honestly say it's some of the most original television I've ever seen. Thank you, David Lynch.
January 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I watched Twin Peaks for the first time this winter, and I can honestly say it's some of the most original television I've ever seen. Thank you, David Lynch.