Silvatiicus Riddle
@silvatiicus.bsky.social
4x Rhysling-nominated Dark Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Writer & Poet. May my words be a sanctuary to all that find them; may the stories I tell form a bridge between the mortal realm and the Other.
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Rhysling-Nominated Dark Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Writer and Poet
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With most of my available work for free and for purchase (individual magazines, for now—still working on that collection!)
With most of my available work for free and for purchase (individual magazines, for now—still working on that collection!)
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
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Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Gasp! It’s me, isn’t it? So very honored to be honored with an honorable mention, to be counted among so many talented folks in Speculative Poetry. Congrats to all!
Long Poem Honorable Mentions
The House of Mulberry Leaves • @ryu-ando.bsky.social • Crow & Cross Keys 2/7/2024
The Final Trick • @angelaliu.bsky.social • Strange Horizons 8/26/2024
Medicine For The Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories • Silvaticus Riddle • The Fairy Tale Magazine 5/1/2024
The House of Mulberry Leaves • @ryu-ando.bsky.social • Crow & Cross Keys 2/7/2024
The Final Trick • @angelaliu.bsky.social • Strange Horizons 8/26/2024
Medicine For The Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories • Silvaticus Riddle • The Fairy Tale Magazine 5/1/2024
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Gasp! It’s me, isn’t it? So very honored to be honored with an honorable mention, to be counted among so many talented folks in Speculative Poetry. Congrats to all!
What is everyone reading lately? Bonus if you have a picture.
I’m finishing up “Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia McKillip.
I’m finishing up “Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia McKillip.
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What is everyone reading lately? Bonus if you have a picture.
I’m finishing up “Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia McKillip.
I’m finishing up “Dreams of Distant Shores” by Patricia McKillip.
Watching PBS’s “American Masters” series. Finished Art Spiegelman’s “Disaster is My Muse” yesterday. Today, watching Toni Morrison’s “The Pieces I Am”. Powerful stuff.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Watching PBS’s “American Masters” series. Finished Art Spiegelman’s “Disaster is My Muse” yesterday. Today, watching Toni Morrison’s “The Pieces I Am”. Powerful stuff.
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What have I been doing away from social media and news of the incessant onslaught of horrors? Nearly completed one story, revamped another, and in a week, I’ll have another done. Brain is feeling like mush after writing for 8 hours straight today, but dammit, I want my work to exist in the world. ✨
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
What have I been doing away from social media and news of the incessant onslaught of horrors? Nearly completed one story, revamped another, and in a week, I’ll have another done. Brain is feeling like mush after writing for 8 hours straight today, but dammit, I want my work to exist in the world. ✨
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Congratulations to this year's Hugo winners, and to the Lodestar and Astounding winners, too!
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Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 16, 2025 by Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World…
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August 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Congratulations to all of the winners!
New post at The Goblin’s Reliquary!
On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.
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On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
New post at The Goblin’s Reliquary!
On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.
open.substack.com/pub/silvatii...
On the identity of a writer, fitting inside of boxes, and living and creating weird art with authenticity.
open.substack.com/pub/silvatii...
Each breath is a love letter from the trees, coded with ancient wisdom, healing, and the storied mytho-histories of worlds both seen and unseen. -SR, from Notes, unpublished.
July 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Each breath is a love letter from the trees, coded with ancient wisdom, healing, and the storied mytho-histories of worlds both seen and unseen. -SR, from Notes, unpublished.
Donate if you can, spread the word, tell the world what is happening.
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
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July 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Incredible news!!! Thank you so much to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social for spearheading thing incredible and deeply important initiative!!
Heads-up, poets! The Hugo Awards will now include a “speculative” poetry category. Woo-hoo! Cause for celebration 🍾! #poetry #poetnews #poetrysky
The motion to add poetry to the Hugo Awards has passed. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, discussed this award, sat through business meetings, and nominated/voted in the Hugo Awards. This is a huge, huge deal to poets. I am actually a bit teary. <3 #poetryhugo poetryhugo.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Incredible news!!! Thank you so much to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social for spearheading thing incredible and deeply important initiative!!
NEW POEM is finally out at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! It's called "The Witch is My Mother, The Witch is My Prince"; a darker take on Snow White. I wrote it in the throes of a broken heart, where I honestly felt, at last, relinquished to the abyss of myself, and truly alone. Please give it a read!
The Witch Is My Mother, The Witch Is My Prince
The faeries spied you with the peasant boy
strangehorizons.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NEW POEM is finally out at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! It's called "The Witch is My Mother, The Witch is My Prince"; a darker take on Snow White. I wrote it in the throes of a broken heart, where I honestly felt, at last, relinquished to the abyss of myself, and truly alone. Please give it a read!
“I waited for your kiss,
inside the dank carapace of this body,
but you did not come; the bluebirds
saw you on horseback, hunting pheasants, the sparrows—
at ease on the arm of a handmaid’s daughter.”
By @silvatiicus.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
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inside the dank carapace of this body,
but you did not come; the bluebirds
saw you on horseback, hunting pheasants, the sparrows—
at ease on the arm of a handmaid’s daughter.”
By @silvatiicus.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
The Witch Is My Mother, The Witch Is My Prince
The faeries spied you with the peasant boy
strangehorizons.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If your mag/book/flyer/site/etc. is utilizing GenAI for its art, I’m going to assume any of 3 things:
1) Your writing is also AI.
2) You do not value artists.
3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.
I won’t waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.
1) Your writing is also AI.
2) You do not value artists.
3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.
I won’t waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.
July 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If your mag/book/flyer/site/etc. is utilizing GenAI for its art, I’m going to assume any of 3 things:
1) Your writing is also AI.
2) You do not value artists.
3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.
I won’t waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.
1) Your writing is also AI.
2) You do not value artists.
3) You view yourself/your work as different than art or superior.
I won’t waste my time with your work until this has been remedied.
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
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We're up to $926 now, since writing this post a few minutes ago, and I'm so grateful!
20 poets set out to raise $500 for @wck.org tonight, reading our work on twitch.tv/csecooney. Thanks to the generosity of friends & the Twitch chat, we raised $896! Our donation page is open through tomorrow, but you can donate to World Central Kitchen ANY TIME! donate.wck.org/poetsforwck
Fundraise for World Central Kitchen
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June 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We're up to $926 now, since writing this post a few minutes ago, and I'm so grateful!
NEW POST over at The Goblin's Reliquary! "A Six Month Review: June 2025"
In which I share a round-up list (with lynx!) of my published works over the past 6 months, in addition to upcoming pieces and projects.
In which I share a round-up list (with lynx!) of my published works over the past 6 months, in addition to upcoming pieces and projects.
A Six Month Review: June 2025
or: let's celebrate a few things, shall we?
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June 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
NEW POST over at The Goblin's Reliquary! "A Six Month Review: June 2025"
In which I share a round-up list (with lynx!) of my published works over the past 6 months, in addition to upcoming pieces and projects.
In which I share a round-up list (with lynx!) of my published works over the past 6 months, in addition to upcoming pieces and projects.
The Fairy Tale Magazine interviewed me about my Rhysling-nominated poem, “Medicine For The Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories”! I discuss my writing process, insight into the nature of fairy tales, and the uses of such when we are faced with difficulty, sadness, and the uncertainty of the world
Enchanted Creator: Rhysling Nominee Silvatiicus Riddle, an Interview with Kristen Baum DeBeasi
Today's interviewee for our Enchanted Creators series is the exceptional poet and writer Silvatiicus Riddle (He/They). He is a Rhysling-Nominated Dark Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Writer who lives on...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Fairy Tale Magazine interviewed me about my Rhysling-nominated poem, “Medicine For The Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories”! I discuss my writing process, insight into the nature of fairy tales, and the uses of such when we are faced with difficulty, sadness, and the uncertainty of the world
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Loved writing this one. Silvatiicus Riddle’s “Nightmare Eater” is a dark, shifting little monster of a poem.
#grimlit #darkpoetry #darkfiction #writingcommunity #hauntedbutproductive
#grimlit #darkpoetry #darkfiction #writingcommunity #hauntedbutproductive
We have a review of our latest poem, "Nightmare Eater", by Silvatiicus Riddle. You can read the poem here: cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/fiction-all/...
and read the review here:
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and here:
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and read the review here:
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and here:
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June 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Loved writing this one. Silvatiicus Riddle’s “Nightmare Eater” is a dark, shifting little monster of a poem.
#grimlit #darkpoetry #darkfiction #writingcommunity #hauntedbutproductive
#grimlit #darkpoetry #darkfiction #writingcommunity #hauntedbutproductive
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I have been hard at work on this project with several other poets, and I want to share that we will be proposing a #poetryhugo at Seattle Worldcon 2025. You can read about it here: www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?
www.poetryhugo.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I have been hard at work on this project with several other poets, and I want to share that we will be proposing a #poetryhugo at Seattle Worldcon 2025. You can read about it here: www.poetryhugo.com
And some days, I’m grateful that certain pieces were rejected. Because past-me could only ever be so arrogant as to call a piece “done”, when future-me was waiting all along, carrying with him the exact right words. And now, perhaps, it is done.
May 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And some days, I’m grateful that certain pieces were rejected. Because past-me could only ever be so arrogant as to call a piece “done”, when future-me was waiting all along, carrying with him the exact right words. And now, perhaps, it is done.