Jacob Baugher
@prof-bogs.bsky.social
Words in Flash Fiction Online, Radon, Incensepunk. Forthcoming from Abyss & Apex
Assistant Editor for Flash Fiction Online
Lead guitar for Cokeworks, the band
Creator & Host of The Archetypist substack
Library Assistant
Assistant Editor for Flash Fiction Online
Lead guitar for Cokeworks, the band
Creator & Host of The Archetypist substack
Library Assistant
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Jacob Baugher
@prof-bogs.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Death comes, spiraling down from on high like indignant desert birds. But Jimmy Rivers can talk to death. Sometimes, death talks back.
Gideon the 9th (aesthetic) X Story of Your Life (theme) X Sandman Slim (structure)
❤️Grief
🍺Recovery
👻Spooky
🕵️♂️HOWdunit?
👪Family
#2025PIT #F #A #ParanormalNoir
Gideon the 9th (aesthetic) X Story of Your Life (theme) X Sandman Slim (structure)
❤️Grief
🍺Recovery
👻Spooky
🕵️♂️HOWdunit?
👪Family
#2025PIT #F #A #ParanormalNoir
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How a mag reads through their submission queue is EXTREMELY subjective. It depends on organization-level guidelines and also sometimes even specific readers.
But I can dig deeper into how to we read through the queue at Augur—and why the queue number is mainly aesthetic.
But I can dig deeper into how to we read through the queue at Augur—and why the queue number is mainly aesthetic.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How a mag reads through their submission queue is EXTREMELY subjective. It depends on organization-level guidelines and also sometimes even specific readers.
But I can dig deeper into how to we read through the queue at Augur—and why the queue number is mainly aesthetic.
But I can dig deeper into how to we read through the queue at Augur—and why the queue number is mainly aesthetic.
Libraries exist to provide free access to knowledge and community services.
They don't exist to be a mouthpiece of your particular religion or moral code.
We certainly aren't trying to "recruit trans kids" (wtf?).
We aren't out to "attack Christian morals."
We just want to do our jobs.
They don't exist to be a mouthpiece of your particular religion or moral code.
We certainly aren't trying to "recruit trans kids" (wtf?).
We aren't out to "attack Christian morals."
We just want to do our jobs.
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Libraries exist to provide free access to knowledge and community services.
They don't exist to be a mouthpiece of your particular religion or moral code.
We certainly aren't trying to "recruit trans kids" (wtf?).
We aren't out to "attack Christian morals."
We just want to do our jobs.
They don't exist to be a mouthpiece of your particular religion or moral code.
We certainly aren't trying to "recruit trans kids" (wtf?).
We aren't out to "attack Christian morals."
We just want to do our jobs.
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Since it is making the rounds with publishers today, here is our clear statement. No AI ever. No AI artwork, no AI for submission review or editing on our end. If we detect you sent us an AI story you will be blacklisted.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Since it is making the rounds with publishers today, here is our clear statement. No AI ever. No AI artwork, no AI for submission review or editing on our end. If we detect you sent us an AI story you will be blacklisted.
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Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
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'25 Peppercorns' is out now with @mythaxis.bsky.social.
This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
1/...
This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
1/...
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
'25 Peppercorns' is out now with @mythaxis.bsky.social.
This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
1/...
This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
1/...
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I know things are hard right now. But just hold on, because soon we’re going to lose an hour of sunlight every day and it’ll all seem so much worse.
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I know things are hard right now. But just hold on, because soon we’re going to lose an hour of sunlight every day and it’ll all seem so much worse.
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I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September newsletter just dropped! In which I discuss some contract woes and take a deep dive into an AI nightmare. (Aside from the usual updates).
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
September 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
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Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
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I’m a fan of everything in this post. Also a great read if you’re interested in the contract situation with MRM and those magazines now under that umbrella.
Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
I'm back with some September updates!
Plus a deep dive into an AI cautionary tale.
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m a fan of everything in this post. Also a great read if you’re interested in the contract situation with MRM and those magazines now under that umbrella.
Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
Thank you for holding your ground to set precedent for the rest of us. @cornellwriter.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
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Find a new autumn read today - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #fantasy #sciencefiction. We’ll happily visit the post office on Tuesday to whisk a new package your way.
air and nothingness press - our catalog of books
the air and nothingness press was created to explore book arts and graphic design with an emphasis on limited edition hand-made livre d artiste books and editions of poetry, fantasy and science fictio...
aanpress.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Find a new autumn read today - aanpress.com/aanorder.html #sff #fantasy #sciencefiction. We’ll happily visit the post office on Tuesday to whisk a new package your way.
Absolutely thrilled to be included in these nominations and floored by how invested @radonjournal.bsky.social is in their authors!
We start off award season by congratulating our five 2026 O. Henry Prize nominees:
1) "Into the Blue" (Issue 10) – @prof-bogs.bsky.social
2) "The Cerebral Pitch Experiment" (Issue 9) – MD Harrold
1) "Into the Blue" (Issue 10) – @prof-bogs.bsky.social
2) "The Cerebral Pitch Experiment" (Issue 9) – MD Harrold
September 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Absolutely thrilled to be included in these nominations and floored by how invested @radonjournal.bsky.social is in their authors!
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Our final Issue 10 author interview ends on a high note with @prof-bogs.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
Jacob unpacks teaching creative writing, connecting with readers, Substack projects, use of second person, MFA experiences, and working with @nffr.bsky.social.
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
Jacob unpacks teaching creative writing, connecting with readers, Substack projects, use of second person, MFA experiences, and working with @nffr.bsky.social.
www.radonjournal.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our final Issue 10 author interview ends on a high note with @prof-bogs.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
Jacob unpacks teaching creative writing, connecting with readers, Substack projects, use of second person, MFA experiences, and working with @nffr.bsky.social.
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
Jacob unpacks teaching creative writing, connecting with readers, Substack projects, use of second person, MFA experiences, and working with @nffr.bsky.social.
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@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me.
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher
For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices
www.gofundme.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me.
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
August 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Met several readers at Worldcon who were interested in shorter fiction but just didn’t know where to look for it and who/which stories they might like. It definitely feels like there is an audience, but there isn’t a bridge connecting them to the magazines + short fiction authors they’d love.
Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction
ebx.sh
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Met several readers at Worldcon who were interested in shorter fiction but just didn’t know where to look for it and who/which stories they might like. It definitely feels like there is an audience, but there isn’t a bridge connecting them to the magazines + short fiction authors they’d love.
No, I don't want to enable apple intelligence.
No, I don't want chat GPT for Gmail.
No, I don't want an AI summary of my zoom call.
What I want is Clippy to make sarcastic commentary on my rough drafts in real time.
No, I don't want chat GPT for Gmail.
No, I don't want an AI summary of my zoom call.
What I want is Clippy to make sarcastic commentary on my rough drafts in real time.
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
No, I don't want to enable apple intelligence.
No, I don't want chat GPT for Gmail.
No, I don't want an AI summary of my zoom call.
What I want is Clippy to make sarcastic commentary on my rough drafts in real time.
No, I don't want chat GPT for Gmail.
No, I don't want an AI summary of my zoom call.
What I want is Clippy to make sarcastic commentary on my rough drafts in real time.
@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me.
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher
For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices
www.gofundme.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social Background is running their Go Fund Me.
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
They're a great press, pays pro-rates, and amplifies progressive & diverse voices
📚🪐
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year.
Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it.
gofund.me/ca0c2b7d
Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it.
gofund.me/ca0c2b7d
Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher
For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices
gofund.me
August 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year.
Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it.
gofund.me/ca0c2b7d
Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it.
gofund.me/ca0c2b7d
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I hopped over here because Into the Blue from @radonjournal.bsky.social blew me away!
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/int...
A friend works in palliative care, and this story does a fantastic job of showing how heroic these nurses are.
The ending lines: perfect! Thank you @prof-bogs.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/int...
A friend works in palliative care, and this story does a fantastic job of showing how heroic these nurses are.
The ending lines: perfect! Thank you @prof-bogs.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I hopped over here because Into the Blue from @radonjournal.bsky.social blew me away!
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/int...
A friend works in palliative care, and this story does a fantastic job of showing how heroic these nurses are.
The ending lines: perfect! Thank you @prof-bogs.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/int...
A friend works in palliative care, and this story does a fantastic job of showing how heroic these nurses are.
The ending lines: perfect! Thank you @prof-bogs.bsky.social
.....wow.
Next year's WorldCon is in Los Angeles, and the theme appears to be Westward Expansion or possibly Manifest Destiny. The guests are referred to as Pioneers and the venue as The Frontier. This year the awards were swept by Indigenous writers. The choice is stunning in its ugliness.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
.....wow.
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🛸uh oh, i am feeling haunted by the sensation of time passing. better open submissions
🛸$65 flat/500 words max. that’s pro rate, baby.
🛸read the guidelines but also read the other stories to get a sense of what i’m looking for
🛸NIGHT SHADES IS OPEN🛸
🛸$65 flat/500 words max. that’s pro rate, baby.
🛸read the guidelines but also read the other stories to get a sense of what i’m looking for
🛸NIGHT SHADES IS OPEN🛸
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🛸uh oh, i am feeling haunted by the sensation of time passing. better open submissions
🛸$65 flat/500 words max. that’s pro rate, baby.
🛸read the guidelines but also read the other stories to get a sense of what i’m looking for
🛸NIGHT SHADES IS OPEN🛸
🛸$65 flat/500 words max. that’s pro rate, baby.
🛸read the guidelines but also read the other stories to get a sense of what i’m looking for
🛸NIGHT SHADES IS OPEN🛸
This.
Unfortunately, society rewards success, not bravery.
You're "wasting your life trying to [Do any art]" until you find a measure of success. Then suddenly "you're so brave!"
It's time we reward the bravery to create instead of the "successful" fruits of creation.
Lift each other up.
Unfortunately, society rewards success, not bravery.
You're "wasting your life trying to [Do any art]" until you find a measure of success. Then suddenly "you're so brave!"
It's time we reward the bravery to create instead of the "successful" fruits of creation.
Lift each other up.
People say "you're so talented!" when they see garments I've sewn. They don't see my first attempts. The dress that fell apart because I didn't know about finishing seams. The tunic that fell off my shoulders. The sleeves I couldn't raise my arms in.
Failure is the mother of skill.
Failure is the mother of skill.
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This.
Unfortunately, society rewards success, not bravery.
You're "wasting your life trying to [Do any art]" until you find a measure of success. Then suddenly "you're so brave!"
It's time we reward the bravery to create instead of the "successful" fruits of creation.
Lift each other up.
Unfortunately, society rewards success, not bravery.
You're "wasting your life trying to [Do any art]" until you find a measure of success. Then suddenly "you're so brave!"
It's time we reward the bravery to create instead of the "successful" fruits of creation.
Lift each other up.
My the manufacturer of the new earbuds I bought just pushed a notification to my phone prompting me to try their "AI brainwaves for sleep."
I don't think I can express how much I will NOT be doing that.
I don't think I can express how much I will NOT be doing that.
August 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My the manufacturer of the new earbuds I bought just pushed a notification to my phone prompting me to try their "AI brainwaves for sleep."
I don't think I can express how much I will NOT be doing that.
I don't think I can express how much I will NOT be doing that.
Pro rate fantasy mag trying to get off the ground!
Coming soon, a quarterly fantasy fiction magazine by Hugo and Ignyte Award nominated editor Sonia Sulaiman.
Join the Patreon to stay tuned in!
www.patreon.com/c/NightMarke...
Join the Patreon to stay tuned in!
www.patreon.com/c/NightMarke...
August 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Pro rate fantasy mag trying to get off the ground!