Rachel A
@rachiea.bsky.social
Librarian by day, attempted word scribbler at night. Find said words in GrendelPress, Even Cozier Cosmic, Apex’s Strange Locations, Malarkey , and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex
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Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
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Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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Cover reveal for Plott Hound Issue 3 (by @madbrake.bsky.social) ✨🍂
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cover reveal for Plott Hound Issue 3 (by @madbrake.bsky.social) ✨🍂
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Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
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Cats in Moonlight — Tomoo Inagaki
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Cats in Moonlight — Tomoo Inagaki
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Never forget all the good people who live in red states.
BREAKING: Democrats make history and break super majority in deep red Mississippi.
Republicans now have 34 seats in the Mississippi Senate, one short of a super majority. No one expected this.
Republicans now have 34 seats in the Mississippi Senate, one short of a super majority. No one expected this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Never forget all the good people who live in red states.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I currently have a question mark in my schedule for what I'm going to publish on Dec. 26. If you've got a boxing day story that fits our guidelines, send it my way.
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Submission Guidelines – Hell Itself
hellitself.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I currently have a question mark in my schedule for what I'm going to publish on Dec. 26. If you've got a boxing day story that fits our guidelines, send it my way.
hellitself.com/submission-g...
hellitself.com/submission-g...
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Traveling by moonlight, a group of moths act as celestial messengers to tell the physical world of soon-to-be-departing spirits, continuing the cycle of life and death. 🪰🌝🪰
Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!
Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!
Sphinx | Tractor Beam
Where do we start the story?
www.tractorbeam.earth
September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Traveling by moonlight, a group of moths act as celestial messengers to tell the physical world of soon-to-be-departing spirits, continuing the cycle of life and death. 🪰🌝🪰
Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!
Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!
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GOOD LORD, sorry, and hello everyone.
Illness, and a bit more illness, an international move, a new job. Jesus. I can't respond to DMs yet because of a UK ID rule.
I will be emailing folks about issues 1 and 2 over the next week to see if they are still interested in being included.
Illness, and a bit more illness, an international move, a new job. Jesus. I can't respond to DMs yet because of a UK ID rule.
I will be emailing folks about issues 1 and 2 over the next week to see if they are still interested in being included.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
GOOD LORD, sorry, and hello everyone.
Illness, and a bit more illness, an international move, a new job. Jesus. I can't respond to DMs yet because of a UK ID rule.
I will be emailing folks about issues 1 and 2 over the next week to see if they are still interested in being included.
Illness, and a bit more illness, an international move, a new job. Jesus. I can't respond to DMs yet because of a UK ID rule.
I will be emailing folks about issues 1 and 2 over the next week to see if they are still interested in being included.
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Gut-punch of a story from @cjtavares.bsky.social. Check it out!
"Ghosts of Summer" is now free to read on the Apex website! Grab a popsicle, bring some tissues, and come say hi to the ghosts!☀️👻
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Ghosts of Summer
September, 100° F
The apartment is dark when I return, the blackout curtains doing their job of keeping the late afternoon sun...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Gut-punch of a story from @cjtavares.bsky.social. Check it out!
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I’ve seen a few people asking about the Nebula reading list lately. Since the forums have been down, @sfwa.org members can now suggest work they like via this new form. If you missed this in the Singularity, here’s the link: www.sfwa.org/reading-list...
Reading List Suggestion Form - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
www.sfwa.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’ve seen a few people asking about the Nebula reading list lately. Since the forums have been down, @sfwa.org members can now suggest work they like via this new form. If you missed this in the Singularity, here’s the link: www.sfwa.org/reading-list...
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Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever.
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Welcome back monarchs on Sunday,
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Welcome back monarchs on Sunday,
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
No kings next Saturday.
A sign like this should work for both.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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If Mario can dress as a frog and fight tyrants then so can you.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If Mario can dress as a frog and fight tyrants then so can you.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉
Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉
Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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We're pleased to announce that you can now download each month's stories in a handy .pdf digest, available on our website at the beginning of the following month. September's is out now, featuring stories by @rachiea.bsky.social @crboltz.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com and @ktwagner.bsky.social
Downloads – Hell Itself
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October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We're pleased to announce that you can now download each month's stories in a handy .pdf digest, available on our website at the beginning of the following month. September's is out now, featuring stories by @rachiea.bsky.social @crboltz.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com and @ktwagner.bsky.social
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October 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My story, “A Ghost Sits on the Edge of Lake Michigan” is live at Brilliant Flash Fiction.
“If you put your ear against the surface of lake Michigan, you might hear it.”
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“If you put your ear against the surface of lake Michigan, you might hear it.”
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SEPTEMBER 2025
CrowsBy Hugh Behm-Steinberg A crow, a big one, lands on the fence around the bins at the edge of the parking lot. I’m in our car, doomscrolling. It’s October, still broiling; I’m waiting in the onl…
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September 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My story, “A Ghost Sits on the Edge of Lake Michigan” is live at Brilliant Flash Fiction.
“If you put your ear against the surface of lake Michigan, you might hear it.”
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/09/30/s...
“If you put your ear against the surface of lake Michigan, you might hear it.”
brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/09/30/s...
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Apparently on Christian tiktok they're predicting a rapture on Tuesday. So I'm going in to work early, laying out an outfit of clothing in my office and pretending it got me.
September 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Apparently on Christian tiktok they're predicting a rapture on Tuesday. So I'm going in to work early, laying out an outfit of clothing in my office and pretending it got me.
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Writers often advise, "Keep submitting that story till Hell itself won't have it."
Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit.
My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication!
hellitself.com/reaping-whir...
Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit.
My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication!
hellitself.com/reaping-whir...
Reaping Whirlwinds – Hell Itself
hellitself.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Writers often advise, "Keep submitting that story till Hell itself won't have it."
Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit.
My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication!
hellitself.com/reaping-whir...
Well, now there is a magazine called Hell Itself that specializes in those stories that, for whatever reason, don't fit.
My story, "Reaping Whirlwinds," is their first publication!
hellitself.com/reaping-whir...