@yiizzy.bsky.social
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Many things shocked John and I as we were finishing Stars That Pause: 2,000 Years of UFO Encounters & Lore, but the sheer number of classical accounts that match up to anonymous experiences today is wild!
Excerpt from an ancient Chinese UFO account
Waiting for An Encounter (1/3)
Excerpt from an ancient Chinese UFO account
Waiting for An Encounter (1/3)
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My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
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itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
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Previous graphic incorrectly states Sunday when this is occurring on **SATURDAY**. Apologies!
Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Previous graphic incorrectly states Sunday when this is occurring on **SATURDAY**. Apologies!
Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
Don't forget to register!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #authortalk #silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
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Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
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“One story she told was about a creature that looked human but wasn’t.”
The Bedtime Story That Keeps Him Awake - Electric Literature
The title story from GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT by Brian Evenson, recommended by Eric LaRocca
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November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“One story she told was about a creature that looked human but wasn’t.”
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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
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"This idea of “irresolvable contradictions” is key to my approach to character."
This is one of the best craft essays on writing I have ever seen.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
This is one of the best craft essays on writing I have ever seen.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
I Am Insecure About My Character(s) - Uncanny Magazine
Great characters are the cornerstone of storytelling. For a story to work, the audience must bond in a meaningful way with a cast of fully realized individuals whose actions and conflicts create drama...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"This idea of “irresolvable contradictions” is key to my approach to character."
This is one of the best craft essays on writing I have ever seen.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
This is one of the best craft essays on writing I have ever seen.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...
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Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
"The government begins excavating the bones in late February"
The Squatters, by Shawna Yang Ryan
Narrator: Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/11/07/p...
This story originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew
The Squatters, by Shawna Yang Ryan
Narrator: Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2025/11/07/p...
This story originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew
PseudoPod 1002: The Squatters
The government begins excavating the bones in late February to coincide with the events planned to commemorate the massacre. It is meant to gesture that they truly do intend to follow through on their...
pseudopod.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Excited to share PseudoPod's wonderful performance (read by Rebecca Wei Hsieh) of "The Squatters" by Shawna Yang Ryan from Silk & Sinew. This is a story that will stick with you for a long long time.
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
Light a candle, snuggle with a blanket, and take a listen.
#badhandbooks #silkandsinew #horror
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Read this!! (Also, buy a copy of Thomas’ book if you can)
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Read this!! (Also, buy a copy of Thomas’ book if you can)
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Best Books of the Year Author Talk:
Join Silk & Sinew Editor Kristy Park Kulski and Author @leemurraywriter.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on the anthology
Register here:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #silkandsinewantho #leemurray #kristyparkkulski #besthorror #bestbook
Join Silk & Sinew Editor Kristy Park Kulski and Author @leemurraywriter.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on the anthology
Register here:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #silkandsinewantho #leemurray #kristyparkkulski #besthorror #bestbook
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Best Books of the Year Author Talk:
Join Silk & Sinew Editor Kristy Park Kulski and Author @leemurraywriter.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on the anthology
Register here:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #silkandsinewantho #leemurray #kristyparkkulski #besthorror #bestbook
Join Silk & Sinew Editor Kristy Park Kulski and Author @leemurraywriter.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on the anthology
Register here:
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
#nypl #silkandsinewantho #leemurray #kristyparkkulski #besthorror #bestbook
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We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora
bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We're having another nice round of sales of @garnetonwinter.bsky.social's SILK & SINEW. Named one of the best horror books of 2025 by the NY Public Library, the anthology features @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social & more!
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
bookshop.org/p/books/silk...
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😭😭❤️
I read this glorious collection by @vanessafogg.bsky.social who is one of my favorite short story writers. A collection that thrives in the negative space. In what the characters don’t say. Words missing or left untold. Connections waiting to be made. ✨
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
😭😭❤️
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‘Some say once you’re gone, you’re gone forever
Some say you’re gonna come back
I think I’ll just let the mystery be.’
In this first-person story, a former hospital chaplain recounts how she served as a sacred hand-holder for the dying, even as aspects of her faith gradually peeled away or evolved.
Some say you’re gonna come back
I think I’ll just let the mystery be.’
In this first-person story, a former hospital chaplain recounts how she served as a sacred hand-holder for the dying, even as aspects of her faith gradually peeled away or evolved.
As a hospital chaplain, my job was holding hands in the dark | Psyche Turning Points
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‘Some say once you’re gone, you’re gone forever
Some say you’re gonna come back
I think I’ll just let the mystery be.’
In this first-person story, a former hospital chaplain recounts how she served as a sacred hand-holder for the dying, even as aspects of her faith gradually peeled away or evolved.
Some say you’re gonna come back
I think I’ll just let the mystery be.’
In this first-person story, a former hospital chaplain recounts how she served as a sacred hand-holder for the dying, even as aspects of her faith gradually peeled away or evolved.
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So happy to be interviewed by the brilliant @rati.bsky.social !
Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social whose brilliant collection "The House of Illusionists" has just been released!
ratiwrites.com/2025/11/04/i...
ratiwrites.com/2025/11/04/i...
Interview with writer Vanessa Fogg
Today I am delighted to welcome writer Vanessa Fogg to my blog. Vanessa is one of my favorite short fiction SFF writers and her collection The House of Illusionists has just been released: wonderfu…
ratiwrites.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So happy to be interviewed by the brilliant @rati.bsky.social !
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Put up a Goodreads review for @vanessafogg.bsky.social's new collection THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS and then read the early reviews by ARC readers and found it really heartwarming and revealing how people love a true array of stories. So many good flavors! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Francesca Forrest's review of The House of Illusionists
5/5: This collection brings together many of Vanessa Fogg’s wonderful stories, along with one new-to-the-collection story. They’re a rich and varied array, with flavors as complex and lingering as any...
www.goodreads.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Put up a Goodreads review for @vanessafogg.bsky.social's new collection THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS and then read the early reviews by ARC readers and found it really heartwarming and revealing how people love a true array of stories. So many good flavors! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Hands-down my favorite speculative lit collection this year so far and a masterclass in everything a short story can be, House of Illusionists blazes into the world today like a strange, beautiful star: www.amazon.com/House-Illusi... Thank you for this, Vanessa Fogg, and Happy Book BDay!
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hands-down my favorite speculative lit collection this year so far and a masterclass in everything a short story can be, House of Illusionists blazes into the world today like a strange, beautiful star: www.amazon.com/House-Illusi... Thank you for this, Vanessa Fogg, and Happy Book BDay!
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The delivery guy arrived amidst the trick-or-treaters last night and brought me this treat! (I loaded the delivery guy up with candy in return.) It’s @vanessafogg.bsky.social ‘s short-story collection THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS. This collection is *wonderful*
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The delivery guy arrived amidst the trick-or-treaters last night and brought me this treat! (I loaded the delivery guy up with candy in return.) It’s @vanessafogg.bsky.social ‘s short-story collection THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS. This collection is *wonderful*
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looking for your next spooky season read? 👀👻🏡
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
looking for your next spooky season read? 👀👻🏡
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Thank you to The Brimming Brain for this lovely review of SILK & SINEW!
"There are often lessons to be learned in these tales, if not by the characters, than by the readers." ❤️
frankskornia.com/2025/09/07/5...
#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
"There are often lessons to be learned in these tales, if not by the characters, than by the readers." ❤️
frankskornia.com/2025/09/07/5...
#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
5 Thoughts on Silk & Sinew – The Brimming Brain
frankskornia.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you to The Brimming Brain for this lovely review of SILK & SINEW!
"There are often lessons to be learned in these tales, if not by the characters, than by the readers." ❤️
frankskornia.com/2025/09/07/5...
#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
"There are often lessons to be learned in these tales, if not by the characters, than by the readers." ❤️
frankskornia.com/2025/09/07/5...
#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks
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The World Fantasy Awards are presented next Sunday, and we're so fortunate to be recognized again in Best Antho and Special Award. And so happy for @hironennes.bsky.social for their Weird Horror story.
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The World Fantasy Awards are presented next Sunday, and we're so fortunate to be recognized again in Best Antho and Special Award. And so happy for @hironennes.bsky.social for their Weird Horror story.
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
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New story by @johnpmurphy.bsky.social in The Sunday Morning Transport:
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/excerpts-f...
I enjoyed this so much. I won't spoil it for you by saying more, but just think about it: how can an autobiography be unauthorized?
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/excerpts-f...
I enjoyed this so much. I won't spoil it for you by saying more, but just think about it: how can an autobiography be unauthorized?
Excerpts from The Unauthorized Autobiography of Benjamin Brick
This week, John P. Murphy brings us a terrifying look at identity, and ownership, in the not so distant future.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New story by @johnpmurphy.bsky.social in The Sunday Morning Transport:
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/excerpts-f...
I enjoyed this so much. I won't spoil it for you by saying more, but just think about it: how can an autobiography be unauthorized?
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/excerpts-f...
I enjoyed this so much. I won't spoil it for you by saying more, but just think about it: how can an autobiography be unauthorized?
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Thank you, Sandra for adding Silk & Sinew to this fabulous spooky-time read pile!
#bookstacks with #spookybookrecs
The horror anthology/short story collection stack features
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper
All These Sunken Souls
Never Whistle at Night
Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts' Casebook of Horrors
Silk & Sinew edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social
The horror anthology/short story collection stack features
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper
All These Sunken Souls
Never Whistle at Night
Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts' Casebook of Horrors
Silk & Sinew edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank you, Sandra for adding Silk & Sinew to this fabulous spooky-time read pile!
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Most people think that the sun and stars, the rivers and trees are what is 'out there.' @bernardokastrup.bsky.social contends that this is impossible - our experience is a dashboard about reality, not a window onto it. Summary of this conversation is here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
Recording: What perception veils and reveals
Dashboards, dials and what lies beyond. Q&A with Bernardo on 14th Oct 2025
www.withrealityinmind.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Most people think that the sun and stars, the rivers and trees are what is 'out there.' @bernardokastrup.bsky.social contends that this is impossible - our experience is a dashboard about reality, not a window onto it. Summary of this conversation is here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
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For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human buff.ly/Ny8Dsjo
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human buff.ly/Ny8Dsjo
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Friends, @acwise.bsky.social has some thoughtful and generous words about @thomasha.bsky.social's novelette "Uncertain Sons" which anchors his collection of the same name.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review
Welcome to another Words for Thought. The stories discussed this time around are all about change, grief, complicated family relationships...
www.apexbookcompany.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Friends, @acwise.bsky.social has some thoughtful and generous words about @thomasha.bsky.social's novelette "Uncertain Sons" which anchors his collection of the same name.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...