Susan Taitel
@susantaitel.bsky.social
Writer, crafter, searching for a third word
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"Choosing" by Susan Taitel is a different take on The Little Mermaid. Check it out in our issue 5:
Choosing - Small Wonders
The silent girl concerns you. You’re told she materialized from the sea, naked and speechless. She follows your betrothed like a besotted puppy and dances with a grace that makes your chest constrict.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Choosing" by Susan Taitel is a different take on The Little Mermaid. Check it out in our issue 5:
Sofia Coppola's Troop Beverly Hills
Wong Kar-Wai's Happy Gilmore
Spike Lee's Madea Goes to Jail
September 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sofia Coppola's Troop Beverly Hills
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I enjoyed this short story. Who hasn't felt their skin tightening like this, and dreamed of such an ending?
Do you like kaiju? Or pop stars? Or the systemic exploitation of the music industry? "What Doesn't Kill You" out in Cast of Wonders today!
Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46-Seize Your Future with stories by Race Harish and Susan Taitel, narrated by Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe and Emily Smith, produced by Jeremy Carter
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I enjoyed this short story. Who hasn't felt their skin tightening like this, and dreamed of such an ending?
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Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
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#Worldcon
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#Worldcon
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
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This Story Hour's guests used sharp writing and exquisite craft to bring us on journeys of delight and melancholy. You can still watch Susan Taitel and B. Pladek read! @bpladek.bsky.social @susantaitel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJJ...
August 20, 2025 Story Hour: Susan Taitel and B. Pladek
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August 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This Story Hour's guests used sharp writing and exquisite craft to bring us on journeys of delight and melancholy. You can still watch Susan Taitel and B. Pladek read! @bpladek.bsky.social @susantaitel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJJ...
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Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46-Seize Your Future with stories by Race Harish and Susan Taitel, narrated by Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe and Emily Smith, produced by Jeremy Carter
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
August 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46-Seize Your Future with stories by Race Harish and Susan Taitel, narrated by Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe and Emily Smith, produced by Jeremy Carter
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
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This Story Hour, B. Pladek returns, and Susan Taitel makes her Story Hour debut! Join us for the warmth, the wit, and the wisdom! Join us Wednesday, August 20 at 7:00 PDT! @bpladek.bsky.social @susantaitel.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This Story Hour, B. Pladek returns, and Susan Taitel makes her Story Hour debut! Join us for the warmth, the wit, and the wisdom! Join us Wednesday, August 20 at 7:00 PDT! @bpladek.bsky.social @susantaitel.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
Do you like kaiju? Or pop stars? Or the systemic exploitation of the music industry? "What Doesn't Kill You" out in Cast of Wonders today!
Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46-Seize Your Future with stories by Race Harish and Susan Taitel, narrated by Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe and Emily Smith, produced by Jeremy Carter
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Do you like kaiju? Or pop stars? Or the systemic exploitation of the music industry? "What Doesn't Kill You" out in Cast of Wonders today!
You had me at Catherine of Aragon invents necromancy.
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!
August 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You had me at Catherine of Aragon invents necromancy.
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We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of @macey.bsky.social 's BLOOD OF QUEENS, a gothic historical fantasy featuring Tudor-inspired court intrigue, necromancy, and an audacious heist. For fans of M. A. Carrick’s The Mask of Mirrors and Holly Race's Six Wild Crowns, this hits shelves Spring ’27!
I'll be on Story Hour on August 20th.
August 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'll be on Story Hour on August 20th.
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Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
May 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
This is one of my favorite stories. I'm so happy to have an audio version thanks to Manawaker.
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
“Dad and Ick” by Susan Taitel
podcastaddict.com/episode/http...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #scifi #parenthood #robots
May 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is one of my favorite stories. I'm so happy to have an audio version thanks to Manawaker.
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Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
April 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
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This, 100%.
there's also people claiming we trans people are "holding allies to a purity test" here and to be clear:
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
"Don't participate in stuff that actively funds the campaign to exterminate us" is a pretty fucking low bar. One might say it's not even "allyship," it's just decency.
Also, Lithgow is trying to muddy the waters by giving interviews where he pretends that the controversy here is that he's American, not that he's signing off on transphobia.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This, 100%.
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If you are promoting AI art, you need to not follow me. If you follow me, that's a block.
April 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you are promoting AI art, you need to not follow me. If you follow me, that's a block.
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Many changes took effect at #Patreon today, all devastating to creators' income,especially those of us who rely on Patreon to...not die
I woke up to my income slashed by 28% despite no change in patrons. I'm not alone--all while our economy burns
I'm not sure what to do, but there's a few things 🧵
I woke up to my income slashed by 28% despite no change in patrons. I'm not alone--all while our economy burns
I'm not sure what to do, but there's a few things 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Many changes took effect at #Patreon today, all devastating to creators' income,especially those of us who rely on Patreon to...not die
I woke up to my income slashed by 28% despite no change in patrons. I'm not alone--all while our economy burns
I'm not sure what to do, but there's a few things 🧵
I woke up to my income slashed by 28% despite no change in patrons. I'm not alone--all while our economy burns
I'm not sure what to do, but there's a few things 🧵
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Everyone I see using the “AI” to create a Ghibli-like image is participating in exploitation and theft.
The way I see people happily doing so doesn’t surprise me because those same people have been trained to exploit by pirating books and movies and making excuses for doing it for decades.
The way I see people happily doing so doesn’t surprise me because those same people have been trained to exploit by pirating books and movies and making excuses for doing it for decades.
April 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Everyone I see using the “AI” to create a Ghibli-like image is participating in exploitation and theft.
The way I see people happily doing so doesn’t surprise me because those same people have been trained to exploit by pirating books and movies and making excuses for doing it for decades.
The way I see people happily doing so doesn’t surprise me because those same people have been trained to exploit by pirating books and movies and making excuses for doing it for decades.
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Jump to conclusions why don’t you? I did not lock her in a basement. I’m not a monster. We live in a tower.
Am I the Asshole for Giving My Daughter a Haircut?
Jump to conclusions why don’t you? I did not lock her in a basement. I’m not a monster. We live in a tower.
www.pointsincase.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jump to conclusions why don’t you? I did not lock her in a basement. I’m not a monster. We live in a tower.
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Bookish Tastes, by Susan Taitel in Small Wonders. I love when flash fiction takes a metaphor and literalizes it, and this is a great example about taste, independence, and how much of us is made of others. smallwondersmag.com/piece/bookis...
Bookish Tastes - Small Wonders
I ate The Hobbit once. I don’t mean I "devoured" it, although I was a voracious reader. I mean that I masticated, swallowed, and digested The Hobbit.
smallwondersmag.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Bookish Tastes, by Susan Taitel in Small Wonders. I love when flash fiction takes a metaphor and literalizes it, and this is a great example about taste, independence, and how much of us is made of others. smallwondersmag.com/piece/bookis...
Clang clang clang goes the trolley, click click click goes my joints.
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Clang clang clang goes the trolley, click click click goes my joints.
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
Vibrainum this, adamantium that, the strongest substance in the MCU is whatever the hulks' pants are made of.
February 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Vibrainum this, adamantium that, the strongest substance in the MCU is whatever the hulks' pants are made of.