Piper Hale
@pyperbole.bsky.social
Science communicator, public health professional, bookworm, occasional short story writer, podcast addict, knitting enthusiast, reader of slush for Uncanny Magazine.
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My favourite Halloween story of mine, from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and for anyone who loves A Night in the Lonesome October...
The Portal Keeper - Uncanny Magazine
October 1st The rabbit was back this morning. It stopped outside the portal like it always does and it checked its pocket watch like it always does. It doesn’t matter—the rabbit’s always late. So fa...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My favourite Halloween story of mine, from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and for anyone who loves A Night in the Lonesome October...
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Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...
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Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine 2024 Award Eligibility post! It lists all of our 2024 stories and their award categories! https://buff.ly/4fFUFYv
January 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine 2024 Award Eligibility post! It lists all of our 2024 stories and their award categories! https://buff.ly/4fFUFYv
I've been reading Uncanny submissions since the magazine was founded, and I have NEVER seen a submission deluge like this one. 🥵
Please SHARE! Writers! We want to apologize that we are still processing the recent short story submissions. Uncanny Magazine was hit with a massive volume of submissions due to AI subs. We hope to get through the pile over the next two weeks. Thank you for your patience.
October 12, 2024 at 1:07 AM
I've been reading Uncanny submissions since the magazine was founded, and I have NEVER seen a submission deluge like this one. 🥵
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The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams.
This was murder.
This was murder.
September 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM
The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams.
This was murder.
This was murder.
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My heart aches for Marcellus Williams. This bitter injustice is just so unconscionable.
September 24, 2024 at 10:56 PM
My heart aches for Marcellus Williams. This bitter injustice is just so unconscionable.
With a rockstar roster like this, Year 11 will be the best Uncanny season yet! 🦄
The Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Kickstarter features solicited authors John Chu, Aliette de Bodard, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Scott Lynch, Samantha Mills, and Tade Thompson!
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July 11, 2024 at 10:41 PM
With a rockstar roster like this, Year 11 will be the best Uncanny season yet! 🦄
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Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
March 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
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Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
February 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Please repost! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from February 19-26! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
Update: it is 15 days later and I am still obsessing over Immortality. I am ravingly jealous of anyone who hasn't had the chance to play it yet, who still gets to look forward to the experience of playing through it for the first time.
@mrsambarlow.bsky.social My husband and I played all of Immortality yesterday in a single sitting, and I am still reeling. It was absolutely incredible. I didn't think anything could top Telling Lies! Please keep making rich, literary interactive film-based mystery games. There's nothing like them.
February 6, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Update: it is 15 days later and I am still obsessing over Immortality. I am ravingly jealous of anyone who hasn't had the chance to play it yet, who still gets to look forward to the experience of playing through it for the first time.
I just heard the announcement of @mrsambarlow.bsky.social's Project C and D, and I am HYPED. The world needs more of these strange and wonderful experimental, filmic puzzle box games. (I certainly do!) www.gameinformer.com/2024/01/23/p...
January 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
I just heard the announcement of @mrsambarlow.bsky.social's Project C and D, and I am HYPED. The world needs more of these strange and wonderful experimental, filmic puzzle box games. (I certainly do!) www.gameinformer.com/2024/01/23/p...
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Reading for Uncanny Magazine 2023 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll? Try the short story "Désolé" by Ewen Ma!
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January 20, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Reading for Uncanny Magazine 2023 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll? Try the short story "Désolé" by Ewen Ma!
uncannymagazine.com/article/deso...
uncannymagazine.com/article/deso...
@mrsambarlow.bsky.social My husband and I played all of Immortality yesterday in a single sitting, and I am still reeling. It was absolutely incredible. I didn't think anything could top Telling Lies! Please keep making rich, literary interactive film-based mystery games. There's nothing like them.
January 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
@mrsambarlow.bsky.social My husband and I played all of Immortality yesterday in a single sitting, and I am still reeling. It was absolutely incredible. I didn't think anything could top Telling Lies! Please keep making rich, literary interactive film-based mystery games. There's nothing like them.
Finally getting around to finishing Ted Lasso, and I'm horrified. Season 3 is borderline unwatchable at times. What on earth happened to one of my favorite shows? This feels like one of Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett's parodies of bad sit-coms they used to do on SNL.
December 30, 2023 at 8:24 PM
Finally getting around to finishing Ted Lasso, and I'm horrified. Season 3 is borderline unwatchable at times. What on earth happened to one of my favorite shows? This feels like one of Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett's parodies of bad sit-coms they used to do on SNL.
First time making it across the finish line in November! 🎉🍾
November 30, 2023 at 3:26 AM
First time making it across the finish line in November! 🎉🍾
Less than 2,500 words to the end of the finish line of NaNoWriMo 2023!
November 28, 2023 at 1:48 AM
Less than 2,500 words to the end of the finish line of NaNoWriMo 2023!
Congrats to Prophet Song and Paul Lynch for securing the Booker win! Ironically, and purely by chance, it was the ONLY book on the shortlist I hadn't read any of yet.
November 26, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to Prophet Song and Paul Lynch for securing the Booker win! Ironically, and purely by chance, it was the ONLY book on the shortlist I hadn't read any of yet.
Having read 4.5 of the shortlisted Booker Prize nominees, my pick is The Bee Sting, with Western Lane in close second. Loving the live-streamed event. This is my Super Bowl.
November 26, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Having read 4.5 of the shortlisted Booker Prize nominees, my pick is The Bee Sting, with Western Lane in close second. Loving the live-streamed event. This is my Super Bowl.
5 of 13 on the Booker longlist now read! (And considering I initially planned to knock the whole thing out by the winner's announcement on Sunday, I am way behind!) Paul Murray's The Bee Sting was a masterfully executed multi-generational story full of surprises & it's currently my pick to win. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
November 24, 2023 at 11:19 PM
5 of 13 on the Booker longlist now read! (And considering I initially planned to knock the whole thing out by the winner's announcement on Sunday, I am way behind!) Paul Murray's The Bee Sting was a masterfully executed multi-generational story full of surprises & it's currently my pick to win. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Just hit 40K words on NaNoWriMo! Good luck to other NaNos right now. We're in the home stretch!
November 24, 2023 at 3:50 AM
Just hit 40K words on NaNoWriMo! Good luck to other NaNos right now. We're in the home stretch!
It's been a weird year for NaNoWriMo, but I'm still hanging on and staying slightly ahead of schedule. 35,000 words in, I think I may have fairly good chances of making it to the 50K goal for the first time ever.
November 20, 2023 at 2:36 AM
It's been a weird year for NaNoWriMo, but I'm still hanging on and staying slightly ahead of schedule. 35,000 words in, I think I may have fairly good chances of making it to the 50K goal for the first time ever.
My current Booker Prize longlist read appears to be Juniper-approved.
November 10, 2023 at 11:04 PM
My current Booker Prize longlist read appears to be Juniper-approved.
Today I officially surpassed my previous longest NaNoWriMo attempt, which was a bit over 21K words. Honestly, even if I were to lose steam and tap out tomorrow, I would still call this NaNoWriMo a personal success.
November 10, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Today I officially surpassed my previous longest NaNoWriMo attempt, which was a bit over 21K words. Honestly, even if I were to lose steam and tap out tomorrow, I would still call this NaNoWriMo a personal success.
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That time grammarly really got it wrong.
November 9, 2023 at 8:38 PM
That time grammarly really got it wrong.
Bafflingly, this year's NaNoWriMo productivity streak continues. I'm trying not to make any sudden movements so as to not scare it off.
November 9, 2023 at 2:30 AM
Bafflingly, this year's NaNoWriMo productivity streak continues. I'm trying not to make any sudden movements so as to not scare it off.