Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails
@risawolf.bsky.social
Multi-gendered water elemental (all pronouns, use they/them for myself) pretending to be an ink-stained lycanthrope. Writer-type. Codex, SFWA. Black Lives still matter. I'd apologize for cursing but I'm not actually sorry. More at killerpuppytails.com
Our aurora is *weird,* y’all… it has brightened the clouds way too much.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Our aurora is *weird,* y’all… it has brightened the clouds way too much.
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So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
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🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
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What if I told you...the Republicans are going to let people starve anyway
I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
What if I told you...the Republicans are going to let people starve anyway
RIGHT OMG GIVE PREMEE ALL THE MONEY
I would read and then pause, just thunderstruck at her prose
I would read and then pause, just thunderstruck at her prose
Reading The Siege of Burning Grass by @premeemohamed.com and honestly it is a crime that publishing hasn't given this woman a million dollars to just write books forever
Her prose is beautiful, her worldbuilding exquisite, her characters fascinating
Her prose is beautiful, her worldbuilding exquisite, her characters fascinating
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
RIGHT OMG GIVE PREMEE ALL THE MONEY
I would read and then pause, just thunderstruck at her prose
I would read and then pause, just thunderstruck at her prose
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New pinned post: My debut collection of short stories, The House of Illusionists, is now officially out.
vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
The House of Illusionists – Vanessa Fogg, Writer
vanessafogg.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New pinned post: My debut collection of short stories, The House of Illusionists, is now officially out.
vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
vanessafogg.com?page_id=1020
These are all close to where my family comes from - it's a beautiful area.
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
These are all close to where my family comes from - it's a beautiful area.
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Reading for awards?
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is “Through the Machine.” Thanks. 🙂
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is “Through the Machine.” Thanks. 🙂
A reminder that you can find all my 2025 eligible work right here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-.... Thank you for keeping my stories in mind when nominating or voting for awards.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reading for awards?
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is “Through the Machine.” Thanks. 🙂
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is “Through the Machine.” Thanks. 🙂
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i am going to sit on the house steps with some fellow furloughed folks who do not like the current deal
while also firmly believing all of the current discourse drastically understates how bad the shutdown pain has gotten and what that ultimately imperils
i contain multitudes
while also firmly believing all of the current discourse drastically understates how bad the shutdown pain has gotten and what that ultimately imperils
i contain multitudes
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
i am going to sit on the house steps with some fellow furloughed folks who do not like the current deal
while also firmly believing all of the current discourse drastically understates how bad the shutdown pain has gotten and what that ultimately imperils
i contain multitudes
while also firmly believing all of the current discourse drastically understates how bad the shutdown pain has gotten and what that ultimately imperils
i contain multitudes
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Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
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All of my books are in Kobo Plus, as are those of many other indie writers!
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All of my books are in Kobo Plus, as are those of many other indie writers!
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Social media is great at reminding me that there’s always someone doing the equivalent of reading the 1st book in a 10-book series when the majority is on book 9.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Social media is great at reminding me that there’s always someone doing the equivalent of reading the 1st book in a 10-book series when the majority is on book 9.
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Still super stressed about this.
Pat and I just got our medical insurance renewal. Our monthly rate is going from $763 to $2,323.
Our deductible went up too.
We knew it was going to be bad with the subsidies expiring, but holy hell ...
Our deductible went up too.
We knew it was going to be bad with the subsidies expiring, but holy hell ...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Still super stressed about this.
Again, no freaking surprise.
The Senate has rejected a plan from Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-WI to extend the expiring Obamacare health insurance subsidies for 1 year. Party line vote.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Again, no freaking surprise.
You can laugh at my desire to yell at politicians. You can tell me the answer is to elect better people.
But the next election is a year away,
Ppl are staring down the barrel of losing their health care in two months.
I see your callousness towards the ppl who are facing death right now.
But the next election is a year away,
Ppl are staring down the barrel of losing their health care in two months.
I see your callousness towards the ppl who are facing death right now.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You can laugh at my desire to yell at politicians. You can tell me the answer is to elect better people.
But the next election is a year away,
Ppl are staring down the barrel of losing their health care in two months.
I see your callousness towards the ppl who are facing death right now.
But the next election is a year away,
Ppl are staring down the barrel of losing their health care in two months.
I see your callousness towards the ppl who are facing death right now.
Oh yeah, this is my surprised face
🙄
🙄
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Oh yeah, this is my surprised face
🙄
🙄
When I first read "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything," I remember thinking OMG, YES, THIS. It was like my fury written in comic form. I adore it and recommend it to any/everyone.
New story day! "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" is free to read on @diabolicalplots.com !
My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union.
Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union.
Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When I first read "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything," I remember thinking OMG, YES, THIS. It was like my fury written in comic form. I adore it and recommend it to any/everyone.
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Got a review of Bogi Takács's latest space opera, Song of Spores. This weird, fun sci-fi story is out now from Broken Eye Books.
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Review: “Song of Spores” by Bogi Takács
Release Date: November 4, 2025Publisher: Broken Eye BooksGenre: Space opera, Science fiction Description Hugo Award winner Bogi Takács spins a tale of adventure, mystery, and political intrigue in …
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November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Got a review of Bogi Takács's latest space opera, Song of Spores. This weird, fun sci-fi story is out now from Broken Eye Books.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/10/r...
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/10/r...
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2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)