Jess
@jesswriting.bsky.social
Fantasy, science fiction, and horror writer. Technology and TTRPG writer. Working on a novel. Tries too hard. Reads too much. Probably dressed weird.
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
Those last few pages of "Children of Time" by @aptshadow.bsky.social filled me with so much joy. Now, as I read the news, all I can do is wonder where the giant, genetically-engineeted spiders are when we really need them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Those last few pages of "Children of Time" by @aptshadow.bsky.social filled me with so much joy. Now, as I read the news, all I can do is wonder where the giant, genetically-engineeted spiders are when we really need them.
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really loved the bunnies; i made sure they were in scene a very brief time, and their owner had them in a large pen with hay and treats otherwise; they were rescue buns who had been dumped in a freezing winter park after years of abuse and now have a pampered life, so i wanted them happy
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
really loved the bunnies; i made sure they were in scene a very brief time, and their owner had them in a large pen with hay and treats otherwise; they were rescue buns who had been dumped in a freezing winter park after years of abuse and now have a pampered life, so i wanted them happy
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I've been waiting to share this one for a long time.
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
All That Means or Mourns - Reactor
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most…
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December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I've been waiting to share this one for a long time.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Good morning, would you like to be blindsided by an excellent short poem?
Get in, reader, we’re going shopping. Browse the shelves but buyer beware in @shanaross.bsky.social’s new poem “I have been to the market.”
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Good morning, would you like to be blindsided by an excellent short poem?
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
I had a dream that aliens transformed a man, via metaphor, into a landmass for them to live on. I woke up with these words echoing in my mind.
"It sings in the fields of Daniel Harris. In his hills and woods and swamps, in the blight and the bloom and the waves that lap at his shore, it sings."
"It sings in the fields of Daniel Harris. In his hills and woods and swamps, in the blight and the bloom and the waves that lap at his shore, it sings."
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I had a dream that aliens transformed a man, via metaphor, into a landmass for them to live on. I woke up with these words echoing in my mind.
"It sings in the fields of Daniel Harris. In his hills and woods and swamps, in the blight and the bloom and the waves that lap at his shore, it sings."
"It sings in the fields of Daniel Harris. In his hills and woods and swamps, in the blight and the bloom and the waves that lap at his shore, it sings."
Doomed lover stories often feel like clockwork: the man does this, the lady does this, and out pops doom like a cuckoo in a clock. @japrenticewrites.bsky.social shows you the mechanism of that story and then does something wonderful with it.
"'Ah, I see,' I said, for I had seen this Story before. 'You are Doomed Lovers. I shall wait then. I will take you soon enough.'" 🐈⬛❤️🔥
New short fiction by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social: "The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New short fiction by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social: "The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Doomed lover stories often feel like clockwork: the man does this, the lady does this, and out pops doom like a cuckoo in a clock. @japrenticewrites.bsky.social shows you the mechanism of that story and then does something wonderful with it.
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Just read this banger published in @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 and it is now one of my top 10 favorite short stories ever easily.
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Liecraft
For a long time now I’d been practicing liecraft five or six times before breakfast. I’d roll over to Khao’s side of the bed and...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just read this banger published in @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 and it is now one of my top 10 favorite short stories ever easily.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"Liecraft" from @apexmag.bsky.social isn't like anything else I've read. It's beautiful and painful and, as with all the best lies, filled with more truth than anyone is comfortable with.
Just read this banger published in @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 and it is now one of my top 10 favorite short stories ever easily.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Liecraft
For a long time now I’d been practicing liecraft five or six times before breakfast. I’d roll over to Khao’s side of the bed and...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"Liecraft" from @apexmag.bsky.social isn't like anything else I've read. It's beautiful and painful and, as with all the best lies, filled with more truth than anyone is comfortable with.
Spinosaurus swims through the air in the Field Museum main hall in Chicago.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Spinosaurus swims through the air in the Field Museum main hall in Chicago.
I love how @maxgladstone.bsky.social flips the script on "Pickman's Model" in this story, both in terms of perspective and what it means to see cosmic horror in the world around you.
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
Crispin's Model - Reactor
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I love how @maxgladstone.bsky.social flips the script on "Pickman's Model" in this story, both in terms of perspective and what it means to see cosmic horror in the world around you.
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A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
Crispin's Model - Reactor
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.
reactormag.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
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I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
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My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Queen Phoebe, first of her name.
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Queen Phoebe, first of her name.
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Holy shit, I got that
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Holy shit, I got that
Probably the most important lesson you can learn from D&D: there is a difference between being lawful and being good.
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Probably the most important lesson you can learn from D&D: there is a difference between being lawful and being good.
S&M's
change one letter, ruin a candy.
Peppermint Potty
Peppermint Potty
change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
S&M's
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Had the thought that the deluge of AI slop is likely to lead to a resurgence in human editors whose job is to review and recommend content.
Which would be HILARIOUS.
Which would be HILARIOUS.
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Had the thought that the deluge of AI slop is likely to lead to a resurgence in human editors whose job is to review and recommend content.
Which would be HILARIOUS.
Which would be HILARIOUS.
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A FINAL ROUND of Kickstarter add-ons are here! 🔮🌙
Grab an ebook from author @aijiang.bsky.social or a critique and SIGNED COPY from @ivygrimes.bsky.social, author of Violet Lichen's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR. Available only on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Grab an ebook from author @aijiang.bsky.social or a critique and SIGNED COPY from @ivygrimes.bsky.social, author of Violet Lichen's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR. Available only on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A FINAL ROUND of Kickstarter add-ons are here! 🔮🌙
Grab an ebook from author @aijiang.bsky.social or a critique and SIGNED COPY from @ivygrimes.bsky.social, author of Violet Lichen's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR. Available only on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Grab an ebook from author @aijiang.bsky.social or a critique and SIGNED COPY from @ivygrimes.bsky.social, author of Violet Lichen's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR. Available only on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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What environmental issues give nightmares to horror writers? Bestsellers like Jeff VanderMeer, Stephen Graham Jones, and Elizabeth Hand shared their fears. https://therevelator.org/horror-writers-environmental-scare/
The Ask: What Environmental Issues Give Nightmares to Horror Writers? • The Revelator
Who needs zombies and serial killers when you have global warming, the extinction crisis and other environmental horrors?
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October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What environmental issues give nightmares to horror writers? Bestsellers like Jeff VanderMeer, Stephen Graham Jones, and Elizabeth Hand shared their fears. https://therevelator.org/horror-writers-environmental-scare/
Apoca-lapse (noun): When you stop thinking about how the world is going to hell for a few minutes.
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Apoca-lapse (noun): When you stop thinking about how the world is going to hell for a few minutes.
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"They grow on the trees with wings like white petals and shining green halos like the portraits of saints that hang beside her bed." 🌼⛪
Announcing the First Place winner of our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest: "Angels in the Forest" by @jesswriting.bsky.social! 🌟
Announcing the First Place winner of our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest: "Angels in the Forest" by @jesswriting.bsky.social! 🌟
ECO24 Microfiction Contest - First Place! - "Angels in the Forest" by
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"They grow on the trees with wings like white petals and shining green halos like the portraits of saints that hang beside her bed." 🌼⛪
Announcing the First Place winner of our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest: "Angels in the Forest" by @jesswriting.bsky.social! 🌟
Announcing the First Place winner of our FLORA - FAUNA - FUNGI microfiction contest: "Angels in the Forest" by @jesswriting.bsky.social! 🌟