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An orphan develops the habit of talking to the moon as if it were a parent—just telling it about their day, and occasionally announcing milestones in their life, like their admission to college. Unbeknownst to them, the moon has been listening all along, and it's so very proud.
Do you want a werewolf mate? Because this is how you get a werewolf mate!
to survive on tumblr you must either; not go to the club, experience long term celibacy (wanted or unwanted) or be unemployed.
Check check fucking check
As an ex-smoker, sometimes the smell of cigarettes is so nasty I want to punch the smoker and take away his cigarettes, but sometimes it smells so good I want to punch him and take away his cigarettes.
And this is why reformed smokers are the worst
Hey, so, I finally quit smoking…
I quit smoking for 11 months, then quit quitting
Not my picture but me and my mom agree- this is a cat 3 purricane, and we’re calling it Catrina
Sees photo- awww
Reads "cat 3 puricane"- snorts through my nose
Reads "Catrina"- literally laughs out loud then immediately thinks "Too soon!"
Does the math - FUCKING KATRINA was almost 20 years ago
A prayer for 5 family members- may health find them quickly Dear Lord and Lady, Please embrace these 5 of mine: 1 with cancer 1 with internal infection 1 with endocrine imbalance 1 with an upcoming hip replacement 1 with an upcoming thyroid- ectomy Each with a heart bigger than the sea Each with a mind stronger than the wind Each with a voice brighter than the flame Each with a vision grounded beneath the dirt Dear Lord and Lady, By these candles five Of Rosemary and Oil I ask of you to care for mine, As I will, so mote it be
you have not experienced true fear until a poster falls down in the middle of the night
One time I thought a poster had fallen down in the middle of the night, but when I turned on my light, it actually was an opossum that fell through my ceiling into my room. So, that’s actually true fear.
oh.
One time, an opossum broke into our house, and climbed into bed with my parents. My mom woke up to my dad (Blue collar worker, gruff, real man's man), jumping up and down on the bed, screaming like a banshee, "something's in the house! Something's in the house!"
Humans are Space Orcs-
Yeah, yeah, but what about aliens who take on human fashion and eccentricities.
I want an alien that has toxic venom for saliva, razor sharp teeth, and exposed mucus membranes for a nose with Instagram eyebrows, sparkly temp tattoos, and a less than healthy fear of black cats and Friday the 13th.
so I’m looking at short story publishers (fantasy)
Tor, cream of the crop. 25 cents a word. Stories can be read for free (YES). Slowish response time at ~3 months. Prefer under 12k, absolute maximum is 17.5k. Don’t bother if it’s not highly professional quality. SFWA qualifying.
Crossed Genres. 6 cents a word. Different theme each month (this month’s is “failure”). Submissions must combine either sci-fi or fantasy with the theme. Response time 1 month. 1k-6k, no exceptions. SFWA qualifying.
Long Hidden, anthology from CG. 6 cents a word. 2k-8k, no exceptions. Must take place before 1935. Protagonist(s) must be under 18 and marginalized in their time and place. Must be sci-fi/fantasy/horror. Deadline 30 April. Response by 1 October.
Queers Destroy Science Fiction. Sci-fi only right now, author must identify as queer (gay, lesbian, bi, ace, pan, trans, genderfluid, etc, just not cishet). 7.5k max. Deadline 15 February. Responses by 1 March. You can submit one flash fiction and one short story at the same time. (My network blocks the Lightspeed site for some reason, so I can’t get all the submission details. >_>) Probably SFWA qualifying?
Women in Practical Armor. 6 cents a word. 2k-5k. Must be about 1) a female warrior who 2) is already empowered and 3) wears sensible armour. Deadline 1 April. Response within three months.
Fiction Vortex. $10 per story, with $20 and $30 for editor’s and readers’ choice stories (hoping to improve). Speculative fiction only. Imaginative but non-florid stories. 7.5k maximum, preference for 5k and under. (I kind of want to support them on general principle.)
Urban Fantasy Magazine. 6 cents a word. 8k max, under 4k preferred. Must be urban fantasy (aka, the modern world, doesn’t need to be a literal city).Â
Nightmare. 6 cents a word. 1.5-7.5k, preference for under 5k. Horror and dark fantasy. Response time up to two weeks. SFWA and HWA qualifying.
Apex Magazine. 6 cents a word. 7.5k max, no exceptions. Dark sci-fi/fantasy/horror. SFWA qualifying.
Asimov’s Science Fiction. 8-10 cents a word. 20k max, 1k minimum. Sci-fi; borderline fantasy is ok, but not S&S. Prefer character focused. Response time 5 weeks; query at 3 months. SFWA qualifying, ofc.
Buzzy Mag. 10 cents a word. 10k max. Should be acceptable for anyone 15+. Response time 6-8 weeks. SFWA qualifying.
Strange Horizons. 8 cents a word. Speculative fiction. 10k max, prefers under 5k. Response time 40 days. Particularly interested in diverse perspectives, nuanced approahces to political issues, and hypertexts. SFWA qualifying.Â
Fantasy and Science Fiction. 7-12 cents a word. Speculative fiction, preference for character focus, would like more science-fiction or humour. 25k maximum. Prefers Courier. Response time 15 days.
Scigentasy. 3 cents a word. .5-5k. Science-fiction and fantasy, progressive/feminist emphasis. Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. 15 cents a word. 3k maximum. Any sci-fi/fantasy, they like a literary bent. (psst, steinbecks!) They also like to see both traditional and experimental approaches. Response time two weeks.Â
Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 6 cents a word. 10k maximum. Fantasy in secondary worlds only (it can be Earth, but drastically different—alternate history or whatever). Character focus, prefer styles that are lush yet clear, limited first or third person narration. Response time usually 2-4 weeks, can be 5-7 weeks. SFWA qualifying.
Clarkesworld. 10 cents a word up to 4000, 7 afterwards. 1-8k, preferred is 4k. Science-fiction and fantasy. Needs to be well-written and convenient to read on-screen. Appreciates rigour. No talking cats. Response time 2 days. SFWA qualifying.
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. 6 cents a word. Any length. Science-fiction and fantasy (along with fantastic horror). Good world-building and characterization. Clear straightforward prose. Response time three months. Yes, OSC is editor-in-chief. SFWA qualifying.
Interzone. Sub-pro rates if anything (but highly respected). 10k max. Short cover letter. Science-fiction and fantasy.
In Basic White Girl, we don't say, "I love you." Instead we say, "I bought you a mocha frappuccino," and I think that's beautiful
With seven billion people, who are awake 16 hours a day on average, that’s 112 billion hours of thinking done every day.
Just cause I'm awake, doesn't mean I'm thinking. Just cause I'm asleep, doesn't mean I'm not thinking.
Note to self
Champagne sucks. Don't ever buy it again.
Hi Joshua, random queston for you, but we have these streets here that we refer to as "cul de sac" and i was wondering what that actually means? (Google literally just trandlated it to cul de sac and i don't know of anyone else who speaks french)
- Laughing -
Litterally cul de sac means “ ass of a bag ”. Cul is often used as a synonyme to “bottom” so can be used to refer to the bottom of something.
Like with “cul-sec” when referring to a “ bottom up ” drink.
In this case it’s used to mean a dead end street.
This is the best thing I’ve ever heard! I often tell people I live at the “ass end” of such and such road….I think the French may be my people
My DNA results came back and in 30% French/German, so there's that
As an ex-smoker, sometimes the smell of cigarettes is so nasty I want to punch the smoker and take away his cigarettes, but sometimes it smells so good I want to punch him and take away his cigarettes.
And this is why reformed smokers are the worst
Hey, so, I finally quit smoking...
The Houses as Authors
Slytherin: Intentionally kills readers’ favorite characters; names unlikable characters who are jerks after people who have hurt them, possibly letting that character meet an awful death; writes cliffhangers that frustrate the readers endlessly
Ravenclaw: Intricate plots that must be carefully read (and written) for everything to be understood; symbolism in names or events early in the story that are important later; unexpected betrayals
Gryffindor: A great amount of action or adventure; bold, strong protaganists who can fight and defend themselves; playful relationships between several main characters
Hufflepuff: Well-written relations between characters; using deep, complex characters to drive the story rather than fitting characters to the plot; having potent emotions throughout the story that play a significant importance
from justin mcelroy’s “What it has taken me 33 years to learn”
To my fellow neurodivergent peeps, what kind of numbers do you prefer?
Even, odd, multiples of five (5), multiples of ten (10), etc.? Are there certain numbers that you hate?
Double numbers bring a pleasant feeling, (11, 22, 33). I don't have any unease at any other numbers, but anytime I see a double (or tripple) number, I feel a bit easier.
Unless, it's 666, and then, after the initial pleasant feeling, I start to feel the fire and brimstone licking my toes. Thank you so much staunchly conservative Christian upbringing (/s)!
