Liz J. Bradley🌠
@lizjbradley.bsky.social
Just a small town girl who took the midnight train going anywhere.
Writer. Dreamer. Doer.
SFWA member, host of Sci-Fi Snacks Podcast
https://www.lizjbradley.com
Writer. Dreamer. Doer.
SFWA member, host of Sci-Fi Snacks Podcast
https://www.lizjbradley.com
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Liz J. Bradley🌠
@lizjbradley.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Lots of new friends here so I’m gonna do a pinned post of who I am!
📖 SFF writer and poet
🫶 Swiftie born in 1989
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Mom of 2 boys
🐾 husky rescue pup
🔭 (un)healthily obsessed with space
📋 Virtual Executive Assistant
🥾 Slow Hiker
🏕️ pop-up camping fan
🧶🎨🖍️multi-hyphenate crafter hobbiest
Hi! 👋
📖 SFF writer and poet
🫶 Swiftie born in 1989
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Mom of 2 boys
🐾 husky rescue pup
🔭 (un)healthily obsessed with space
📋 Virtual Executive Assistant
🥾 Slow Hiker
🏕️ pop-up camping fan
🧶🎨🖍️multi-hyphenate crafter hobbiest
Hi! 👋
It really is such an amazing resource!!
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It really is such an amazing resource!!
Omg I just found out about Dracula Daily and I’m obsessed with that idea! Signed up and I know I’m going to forget between now and May so what a wonderful surprise that will be!
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Omg I just found out about Dracula Daily and I’m obsessed with that idea! Signed up and I know I’m going to forget between now and May so what a wonderful surprise that will be!
Wrote something. Got paid for it. Bought a delicious spicy turkey sandwich.
Sometimes you’ve got to remind yourself of little milestones that really matter.
Sometimes you’ve got to remind yourself of little milestones that really matter.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wrote something. Got paid for it. Bought a delicious spicy turkey sandwich.
Sometimes you’ve got to remind yourself of little milestones that really matter.
Sometimes you’ve got to remind yourself of little milestones that really matter.
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Just discovered the Where is My Husband song by Raye and I’m about to make it my whole personality despite being happily married for over 13 years now.
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just discovered the Where is My Husband song by Raye and I’m about to make it my whole personality despite being happily married for over 13 years now.
I have uploaded tomorrow’s Sci-Fi Snacks podcast episode before 11pm the day before, please clap.
a woman is talking to a man and says `` man ... i 'm pretty awesome '' .
Alt: Taylor is talking to a man and says `` man ... i 'm pretty awesome '' .
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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I have uploaded tomorrow’s Sci-Fi Snacks podcast episode before 11pm the day before, please clap.
Thanks for showing out Virginia. This year I can sleep better.
Logging off to read and chill. 💙
Logging off to read and chill. 💙
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thanks for showing out Virginia. This year I can sleep better.
Logging off to read and chill. 💙
Logging off to read and chill. 💙
Wanna hit refresh with me over and over again as I watch number come in for Virginia?
enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
Election Results
enr.elections.virginia.gov
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wanna hit refresh with me over and over again as I watch number come in for Virginia?
enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
Now listed on InkFoundry!
(Also if you haven’t checked out InkFoundry you need too! Such a great way to discover new short fiction!)
@inkfoundry.bsky.social
(Also if you haven’t checked out InkFoundry you need too! Such a great way to discover new short fiction!)
@inkfoundry.bsky.social
The Slowly Freezing Heart of Florence Centauri by Liz J. Bradley
A mother and indentured servant on a gravity ski resort must make a difficult choice if she wants her child to avoid a similar fate.
inkfoundry.net
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now listed on InkFoundry!
(Also if you haven’t checked out InkFoundry you need too! Such a great way to discover new short fiction!)
@inkfoundry.bsky.social
(Also if you haven’t checked out InkFoundry you need too! Such a great way to discover new short fiction!)
@inkfoundry.bsky.social
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
This week on Planetside… Ever dreamed of writing a sci-fi or fantasy play?
“How to Get Started Writing SFF Theater” by Monica Cross breaks down what’s possible and how to make it happen: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/04/h...
“How to Get Started Writing SFF Theater” by Monica Cross breaks down what’s possible and how to make it happen: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/04/h...
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This week on Planetside… Ever dreamed of writing a sci-fi or fantasy play?
“How to Get Started Writing SFF Theater” by Monica Cross breaks down what’s possible and how to make it happen: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/04/h...
“How to Get Started Writing SFF Theater” by Monica Cross breaks down what’s possible and how to make it happen: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/04/h...
Afternoon at the cat cafe 🐾
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Afternoon at the cat cafe 🐾
Offered the pizza delivery guy Halloween candy and omg it was like he was a little kid again so excited.
You come to my door on Halloween you’re gonna get candy!
You come to my door on Halloween you’re gonna get candy!
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Offered the pizza delivery guy Halloween candy and omg it was like he was a little kid again so excited.
You come to my door on Halloween you’re gonna get candy!
You come to my door on Halloween you’re gonna get candy!
Not gonna lie, the loss of NaNoWriMo didn’t really hit me until now. Sitting here handing out candy to trick or treaters I usually stay up till midnight and do a writing sprint to kick everything off with my region and now… it’s just not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not gonna lie, the loss of NaNoWriMo didn’t really hit me until now. Sitting here handing out candy to trick or treaters I usually stay up till midnight and do a writing sprint to kick everything off with my region and now… it’s just not the same.
Foot X-rays came back all good so I can ditch the boot and I have been cleared to go back to unrestricted activities!
I’m so freaking excited.
I’m so freaking excited.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Foot X-rays came back all good so I can ditch the boot and I have been cleared to go back to unrestricted activities!
I’m so freaking excited.
I’m so freaking excited.
Self promo always feels weird, but im so proud of this story and excited that it is finally available to read for free online.
If you like sci-fi and morally grey moms, this one’s for you over at @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/lizj...
If you like sci-fi and morally grey moms, this one’s for you over at @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/lizj...
The Slowly Freezing Heart of Florence Centauri — IfTheresAnyone
Life-long memories await you under the red sun of Club Med: Proxima Centauri. After your restful slumber in a luxury cryogenic sleep lounge aboard our signature space vessel, you will arrive refreshed...
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Self promo always feels weird, but im so proud of this story and excited that it is finally available to read for free online.
If you like sci-fi and morally grey moms, this one’s for you over at @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/lizj...
If you like sci-fi and morally grey moms, this one’s for you over at @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/lizj...
Putting together a writing sample to apply for a creative writing MFA: no sweat, I’ve got this.
Putting together a CV for the first time for said MFA application: 😅😅😅😬😩
Putting together a CV for the first time for said MFA application: 😅😅😅😬😩
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Putting together a writing sample to apply for a creative writing MFA: no sweat, I’ve got this.
Putting together a CV for the first time for said MFA application: 😅😅😅😬😩
Putting together a CV for the first time for said MFA application: 😅😅😅😬😩
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
/erp/donate/create/fund
alaskacf.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
I joined the upcoming Autumn Short Story Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 26, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More www.writingbattle.com/join-battle
Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world.
Receive oodles of feedback.
Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
www.writingbattle.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I joined the upcoming Autumn Short Story Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 26, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More www.writingbattle.com/join-battle
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness 😀
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness 😀
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
This week on Planetside… A brand-new series called Back to Basics!
“Story Submission 101” by @lrb.bsky.social covers everything from submission managers and simsubs to querying and contract basics. Read it here: www.sfwa.org/2025/10/21/s...
“Story Submission 101” by @lrb.bsky.social covers everything from submission managers and simsubs to querying and contract basics. Read it here: www.sfwa.org/2025/10/21/s...
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This week on Planetside… A brand-new series called Back to Basics!
“Story Submission 101” by @lrb.bsky.social covers everything from submission managers and simsubs to querying and contract basics. Read it here: www.sfwa.org/2025/10/21/s...
“Story Submission 101” by @lrb.bsky.social covers everything from submission managers and simsubs to querying and contract basics. Read it here: www.sfwa.org/2025/10/21/s...
Reposted by Liz J. Bradley🌠
Gadzooks! Our first closing date is coming up fast for HARP: a mentorship project for writers with out-of-print back catalogs. If you're an author interested in digitizing & re-publishing older work, drop us a line ASAP to be matched with a mentor to help in the process!
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/02/p...
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/02/p...
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Gadzooks! Our first closing date is coming up fast for HARP: a mentorship project for writers with out-of-print back catalogs. If you're an author interested in digitizing & re-publishing older work, drop us a line ASAP to be matched with a mentor to help in the process!
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/02/p...
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/02/p...
It’s new episode day! This week it’s a diesel punk fairy tale retellings of Pinocchio:
You can listen to Sci-Fi Snacks on your favorite podcast platform and here:
www.lizjbradley.com#podcast
You can listen to Sci-Fi Snacks on your favorite podcast platform and here:
www.lizjbradley.com#podcast
Liz J. Bradley | Speculative Fiction Storyteller
Official website for Liz J. Bradley, speculative fiction author and poet
www.lizjbradley.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s new episode day! This week it’s a diesel punk fairy tale retellings of Pinocchio:
You can listen to Sci-Fi Snacks on your favorite podcast platform and here:
www.lizjbradley.com#podcast
You can listen to Sci-Fi Snacks on your favorite podcast platform and here:
www.lizjbradley.com#podcast