Shana Ross
shanaross.bsky.social
Shana Ross
@shanaross.bsky.social
Writer of poetry and more; facilitator/coach of leadership learning; recent transplant to Edmonton/Treaty Six lands. Yale Theater Studies and <checks notes> MBA?
@jaclynf.bsky.social - you must see this! (I suspect it's gonna be exciting to other people too. Who doesn't love a little unexpected Austen?)
Three of my Austen-adjacent cartoons are featured in the The Jane Austen Society of North America’s latest instalment of ‘Unexpectedly Austen’:
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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love what he said in French.
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is a great list - my library holds are now sagging with new weight...
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For your consideration:
My latest Patreon post is live. It's got some life updates, and for paid supporters, it has a snippet from my upcoming book, Ex Partum (coming soon from @atthisarts.com).

www.patreon.com/posts/140919...
#scifi #specfic #booksky
November, novella, new beginnings | Emma Burnett
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November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In case you missed my middle of the night posting a couple of days ago...I'm so grateful to have these pieces out in LIT: www.litmagazine.org/love-in-the-...
Love in the time of distance; Someone to Carry On With; I am most myself when someone is holding my hand – LIT
www.litmagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
writers take note - new outlet sprouting/unfurling...
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
*stares pointedly* This is a political poem. (I'm so grateful to @thedeadlands.com for the platform)
"This could be a good day.
If? If.
If a whole generation stops dying."

TODAY'S POETRY!

I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things by @shanaross.bsky.social

psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This could be a good day.
psychopomp.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Three hybrid pieces - an urgency of love and connection: www.litmagazine.org/love-in-the-...
Love in the time of distance; Someone to Carry On With; I am most myself when someone is holding my hand – LIT
www.litmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Game 3 of the World Series will continue until morale improves.
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Am facilitating a full day retreat for 50 people tomorrow - have done all the prep, am now just in that zone of nerves-but-somehow-need-to-sleep...and whether I'm celebrating or have flopped spectacularly, it'll be behind me by dinnertime tomorrow.
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
art speaking to art is one of my favorite modes of conversation...
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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My story "The Mountain" now lives again on the Bulb Culture Collective. Read about the end of the world! Climb a mountain! Say goodbye to time!
The light is on for Andrew Kozma! @andrewkozma.net💡

“The Mountain” blew us away from the very first paragraph. This is a haunting and beautifully composed story about a pilgrimage that gets more and more surreal as the story goes on.

Check out Andrew’s stunning writing over at the site!
The Mountain - Andrew Kozma — Bulb Culture Collective
They came to the mountain because that’s where their prophets had told them to go.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I still think it's rude to have the high stakes part of the baseball season overlap with hockey time...but I'll allow it. GO BLUE JAYS!!!
a toronto blue jays pitcher throws a ball in front of a crowd
Alt: a toronto blue jays pitcher throws a ball in front of a crowd, caption reading "let's go blue jays"
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
OK, I'm excited. LMK when it's time to pre-order. :)
👀 👀 👀
It’s official! Book news appropriate for the season
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This cover gives me chills (See you Oct. 30...)
And the issue is officially out! Stories will start to go online from tomorrow onwards, but this is a good moment for you to subscribe to a truly excellent magazine and read the whole thing right now psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
October 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It's out! it's out! This one is deeply personal: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... (in ways that make me feel half awkward calling it speculative) @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Ogress (The Incredible Shrinking Woman)
We are not all built to be beautiful, we are not all built to rampage.
strangehorizons.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I have a number of real/sensible/intense anxieties. <gestures vaguely at entire world> But what did my brain decide was worth 8 hours of nightmares last night? Not being able to log on to a zoom call. 😑
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Some kind words for This Exquisite Topology.

www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...
From the Fantasy community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community
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October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TOC is out for the next issue of The Deadlands....Drumroll please!
POETRY

Amanita Season, Belle Biscotti

I had a dream and in the dream I knew I was dreaming so I believed I could change things, @shanaross.bsky.social

Bay nakht afn altn mark: A rehearsal, by @rblemberg.bsky.social

Not a Bird, Ellen Romano
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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"I have been to the market
where they sell futures packed in mason jars"

Love this new poem by Shana Ross in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social

@shanaross.bsky.social
“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross
kaleidotrope.net
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How cool is this??? Beautiful words, beautiful way to experience literature as a community...
My words are projected onto the side of Freo Ports building as part of a series with other amazing local writers for a literary festival! 🥹 Catch @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social and @belindarowe.bsky.social too!

(Looks like AI has ruined em dashes for good?!)

#totallylitfreo #microstories #flashfic
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I feel very ridiculous to show up to this party with my wee little tiptoes into writing/publishing, and also...I'm giddy about this:
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think of Chelsea Market when I picture this poem...but it's an ode to a Canadian skill I'm learning: when to refuse an individual desire for the sake of others kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross
kaleidotrope.net
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope also features amazing new poems by Chris Clemens, @mimulus.bsky.social, @fictionaljosh.bsky.social, @shanaross.bsky.social, @writerjencrow.bsky.social, Robert Borski, and @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social!
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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OH MY GOD YES
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM