Cynthia Ward

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SFF writer/editor, co-author/co-founder Writing the Other, cat rescuer, atheist, #ActuallyAutistic, she or they

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Amal is a fantastic poet and fiction writer and essayist and just amazing all over!

Oh hey y’all guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & you can pre-order it if you want! You can do so from anywhere, I recommend your local indie, but meanwhile here’s Macmillan’s link us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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"Sometimes I wonder if all this coverage is because the media knows how to cover a normal problem like a sub-par candidate; they don’t know how to cover something as abnormal and unprecedented as the end of the republic. So for the most part they don’t."

Oh, this is good. This is very good.

Why is the pundit class so desparate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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It held

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In a future divided America, a lone bookstore straddles the border between two new nations. But it's getting harder to avoid choosing a side. My story "The Bookstore at the End of America" just got a beautiful audio adaptation from Cast of Wonders: www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast...

Cast of Wonders 593: The Bookstore at the End of America | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org A bookshop on a hill. Two front doors, two walkways lined with blank slates and grass, two identical signs welcoming customers to the First and Last Page, and a great blue building in the middle…

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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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#Booksky #Minneapolis POINT OF HOPES (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett is in stock at DreamHaven Books! They also carry all our other print titles and many other cool things! dreamhavenbooks.com

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Okay, first set of call scripts. I know I'm not the only one getting 2016/"But her emails!!!" flashbacks.

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in case you weren’t aware of what happened the last time the Democrats dropped their candidate in July

News about Thomas Eagleton's prior treatment for depression (which included electroshock therapy) dropped in July, he withdrew August 1, and in November McGovern won only Massachusetts - far and away the worst defeat in Democratic party history

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turns out the villain monologue is actually incredibly realistic

Everyone watching any Bond movie: this is utterly unrealistic, no one would stand there and say exactly how they were going to do some awful thing, the Incredibles even made a joke about monologuing. Everyone experiencing reality: Oh. Oh, I see.

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2024 Munsey Award Nominees file770.com/2024-munsey-...

2024 Munsey Award Nomineesfile770.com The PulpFest Organizing Committee has announced the eleven nominees for the 2024 Munsey Award. Frank Munsey in 1910. Named for Frank A. Munsey, publisher of the first pulp magazine, the a…

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Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote

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Take extra care of your cats for the next couple of days. Dogs too!

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I wish folks didn't even think things like "I'm a good person". I wish folks knew that good isn't something you are. It's something you do.

The BF has often observed that the goal of a political move is the reaction you create. Something to remember when, say, the N Y T is agitating for the far more mentally and governmentally competent candidate to withdraw from the election.

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Bogi Takács / POWER TO YIELD & OTHER STORIES now out!

I also have a database of ALL the intersex ownvoices books and it's sortable by genre! A great SFF book to start from it is The Unkindness of Ghosts by @riverssolomon.bsky.social! www.bogireadstheworld.com/intersex-own...

Suddenly a database! All the intersex #ownvoices books | Bogi Reads the Worldwww.bogireadstheworld.com

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ANYWAY if you would like not to be thinking about politics, why not distract yourself by preordering my book? Currently half price in e, apparently ARC readers like it, and it'll be out in a fortnight! www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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WE ARE OPEN! SEND US YOUR STORIES!!

It's almost July, friends, which means: PodCastle will soon be OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS! General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending! Full guidelines in an algorithm-friendly location below:

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About that vague announcement: Happy to announce that FF will soon be launching a sister magazine, Saros Speculative Fiction! The goal of Saros will be, of course, to publish more great fiction, but also to give those interested the opportunity to work as an editor for an issue!

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If you said you wouldn't pledge because you were waiting to see if John Jennings would contribute not only a prose piece but also variant cover art, wait no more. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mvm...

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I've probably reread this book and its sequels at least 5 times. They're warm, comforting stories in a lived-in world. People are mostly doing the best they can in the circumstances they have.

#Booksky Sporadic reminder that we put out a new book last week and it’s terrific! POINT OF HOPES (Astreiant #1) is available at Weightless Books as well as everywhere else and it’s an excellent read! weightlessbooks.com/point-of-hop...

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Cats of Yore

If you would like more accessible cat photos in your feed, I made this starter pack of cat accounts that use ALT text: go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

Starter Catsbsky.app Join the conversation

At this point, I must confess, I'd be much more interested in an anthology of Trans Dangerous Visions.

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Eugie Foster's work was and is a huge influence on my own, and I read her stories voraciously before I'd ever written something publishable. To say it's an honor doesn't begin to capture my feelings here. 💜

The Eugie Award finalists: “Even if Such Ways Are Bad” by Rich Larson “Falling Bodies” by Rebecca Roanhorse “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer

If "[t]his is not necessarily the time to be dangerous," why are they releasing Last Dangerous Visions at this time?

That seems the most obvious reason. But he contextualizes by saying how "a single misstep or perceived endorsement can be a terminal mistake. This is not necessarily the time to be dangerous." So, "They don't think they'd be safe being associated with this anthology. I herewith associate them."

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Heads-up, speculative poets:

Please Share!! Poets! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from July 5 to July 19! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to see your gorgeous poems! @betsyaoki.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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#Booksky Only 7 hours left to get your Pride StoryBundle! So many great queer reads!

#Booksky Just 10 HOURS left for the #PrideStoryBundle! Get 13 great queer books by authors like Michael G. Williams, Leigh Harlen, A.Z. Louise, Dee Holloway, Juliet Kemp and more and help support LGBTQ refugees! storybundle.com/pride

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I started my career reporting on how people were using the Internet in dictatorships, and if there's one BIG thing I learned from talking to a bunch of people who literally had served jail time for political blogging, it was "choose your battles wisely, and don't say dumb things in dumb places."

if there is one survival skill I would REALLY like everyone opposed to the fascist GOP to learn right now, it's "do not say things on the public internet that will provide authorities with useful pretenses for coming after you."

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The next president appoints 2-3 Supreme Court spots. That's a huge reason I'm showing up in November. This shit's gotta stop and that's the quickest way to do that.