Sylvie Althoff
@sylvie-althoff.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher, and jazz banjoist based in Lawrence, Kansas. Fiction appearing in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Inner Worlds, Saros, and more. 🏳️⚧️🚲🍃
Look for my story "Hot Teeth" in Space Wizard's new anthology Lesbians in Space!
Look for my story "Hot Teeth" in Space Wizard's new anthology Lesbians in Space!
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2025 Awards Season Eligibility — Sylvie Althoff
I’ve had six published stories in 2025! If you’ve enjoyed reading them, keep them in mind when submitting for this year’s awards season.
www.sylviealthoff.com
My first awards season eligibility post! All stories linked in the blog post, so you can check out any you've missed. If you like queer speculative fiction, I think there's definitely something here for you.
This is a really, really good story, and Courtney is a fantastic writer. If you like any of my writing, check this one out. www.castofwonders.org/2025/11/cast...
Cast of Wonder 665: A Siren Stranded in a Sea of Grass | Cast of Wonders
The Great Plains can be disorientatingly flat, feeling more akin to the distant oceans than to the forests or mountains of neighboring states. In a tiny oasis anchored by a gnarled old bur oak…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is a really, really good story, and Courtney is a fantastic writer. If you like any of my writing, check this one out. www.castofwonders.org/2025/11/cast...
Happy 6-7th day of school to absolutely nobody and nothing and I hate it goodbye
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Happy 6-7th day of school to absolutely nobody and nothing and I hate it goodbye
Guess who won Greek Mythology trivia night? All it took was some inventive spelling and the (stolen) team name “Euripides Shorts.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Guess who won Greek Mythology trivia night? All it took was some inventive spelling and the (stolen) team name “Euripides Shorts.”
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
My first awards season eligibility post! All stories linked in the blog post, so you can check out any you've missed. If you like queer speculative fiction, I think there's definitely something here for you.
2025 Awards Season Eligibility — Sylvie Althoff
I’ve had six published stories in 2025! If you’ve enjoyed reading them, keep them in mind when submitting for this year’s awards season.
www.sylviealthoff.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My first awards season eligibility post! All stories linked in the blog post, so you can check out any you've missed. If you like queer speculative fiction, I think there's definitely something here for you.
Had another chat with Howie of Mr. Furious Records, this time about music-making, covers, and putting together a fun live set. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
1Q w Sylvie - Building a Setlist
Podcast Episode · Dat Fury Radio · 11/18/2025 · 22m
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November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Had another chat with Howie of Mr. Furious Records, this time about music-making, covers, and putting together a fun live set. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Honored and thrilled to have "Come F*** Yourself" nominated for the Pushcart by Inner Worlds. Give my weird lil' story a read!
Read this year's Pushcart nominated stories!
Lungs by @busayo.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Come F*** Yourself by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/come-f-yours...
Grand Mal by @marybuchanan.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/grand-mal-ma... 1/2
Lungs by @busayo.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/lungs-by-bus...
Come F*** Yourself by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/come-f-yours...
Grand Mal by @marybuchanan.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/grand-mal-ma... 1/2
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
You break them out of Building 826 around 6:30 that morning when the dew is at its most gluey and the sleep-bitten guards at the security check are oiling their throats with caffeine.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Honored and thrilled to have "Come F*** Yourself" nominated for the Pushcart by Inner Worlds. Give my weird lil' story a read!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
I may have just hit on something: internal family systems, but instead of a family (upsetting), my feelings and impulses are a '90s-era Trek starship crew (wholesome, supportive, silly).
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I may have just hit on something: internal family systems, but instead of a family (upsetting), my feelings and impulses are a '90s-era Trek starship crew (wholesome, supportive, silly).
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I'm so grateful to every one of you creating art and telling stories. Whether it's for you or published, whether it's ephemeral or documented - you keep blood in the veins of the world.
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm so grateful to every one of you creating art and telling stories. Whether it's for you or published, whether it's ephemeral or documented - you keep blood in the veins of the world.
Had the pleasure of chatting with good friend Howie at Dat Fury Radio last weekend. We talked about sci-fi, music tech, and aliens, among other things. Give us a listen!
1Q w Sylvie Althoff -
Podcast Episode · Dat Fury Radio · 11/11/2025 · 28m
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November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Had the pleasure of chatting with good friend Howie at Dat Fury Radio last weekend. We talked about sci-fi, music tech, and aliens, among other things. Give us a listen!
Shout out to the child in my class whose snack, rather than a fruit roll-up or chips, was 40-50 black olives in a plastic container. She ate every damn one, like an absolute queen.
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Shout out to the child in my class whose snack, rather than a fruit roll-up or chips, was 40-50 black olives in a plastic container. She ate every damn one, like an absolute queen.
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It's like peanut butter and chocolate, but with Lesbians and Space! Check out this amazing collection of 21 short stories, all with #sapphic themes. Includes 4 stories from Hugo award winning and nominated authors!
#fantasy #scifi
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
#fantasy #scifi
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before
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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's like peanut butter and chocolate, but with Lesbians and Space! Check out this amazing collection of 21 short stories, all with #sapphic themes. Includes 4 stories from Hugo award winning and nominated authors!
#fantasy #scifi
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
#fantasy #scifi
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...
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I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
"Loved everything about the vibes on this one."
"It's not too often I get hung up on a story's length, but I couldn't shake the feeling that this one would be fantastic as a novelette or novella."
...Yeah, I've gotten worse rejections! Back to it.
"It's not too often I get hung up on a story's length, but I couldn't shake the feeling that this one would be fantastic as a novelette or novella."
...Yeah, I've gotten worse rejections! Back to it.
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Loved everything about the vibes on this one."
"It's not too often I get hung up on a story's length, but I couldn't shake the feeling that this one would be fantastic as a novelette or novella."
...Yeah, I've gotten worse rejections! Back to it.
"It's not too often I get hung up on a story's length, but I couldn't shake the feeling that this one would be fantastic as a novelette or novella."
...Yeah, I've gotten worse rejections! Back to it.
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
We as a society really lost our way when we stopped worshiping cats as gods. Look at this magnificent motherfucker.
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We as a society really lost our way when we stopped worshiping cats as gods. Look at this magnificent motherfucker.
While the Punch a Nazi anthology is no longer available on Ko-Fi, you can still read my queer Jewish ghost story “Bubbe Hates You” for free on my website! Give it a read, and if you like it, consider throwing some money to the Trevor Project (link in story).
Writing — Sylvie Althoff
www.sylviealthoff.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
While the Punch a Nazi anthology is no longer available on Ko-Fi, you can still read my queer Jewish ghost story “Bubbe Hates You” for free on my website! Give it a read, and if you like it, consider throwing some money to the Trevor Project (link in story).
The latest in unsolicited student portraiture:
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The latest in unsolicited student portraiture:
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️🌈
I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur
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September 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️🌈
I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!!
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That's now 126 writing rejections for 2025. You WISH you were this rejected. 👑
September 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That's now 126 writing rejections for 2025. You WISH you were this rejected. 👑
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i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view