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@alanvmichaels.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 12:26 AM

Halloween looms again! 👻

My “The Last Science Fiction Story” debuted in #DarkMatterMagazine ’s Halloween 2021 issue.

It’s a chilling, unique first contact story from the protagonist-author’s POV.

It enabled me to join #SFWA as a professional SF author—a dream since I read my first #SF novel.

1/5

The image of a wide-eyed, distraught, frightened, wide-eyed, middle-aged, Caucasian man. The tips of his fingers are digging into both sides of the flesh of his jaw.

The story title is shown under the picture, along with the author’s and the narrator’s names, and the first two sentences of the story:

The Last Science Fiction Story

By Alan Vincent Michaels Audio Narration by Ward Roberts “It’s blood,” I mutter, picking at the sticky, silvery mass on my forearm. I look up and stare at the bald, stocky man sitting behind the g...

@indigoskye.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:27 AM

CALL FOR SPECULATIVE POETRY: Elsewise

Elsewise is seeking speculative poetry for its inaugural annual anthology.

Deadline: 11/30/2026

Payment: None
Contributors receive credit and PDF copy

Full guidelines: blueangellanding.com/2024/11/11/s...

#opencall #sfpoetry #sfpa #sfwa #poetry

@indigoskye.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:20 PM

Verse-Virtual Poetry Journal
October 2026 Issue
verse-virtual.org/2026/october...

Two poems by Wendy Van Camp are published
"Ghost" & "Jack of the Lantern"

#WritingCommunity #poetry #PoetryCommunity #poetrylovers #poetsandwriters #poetryworld #sfpoetry #writerscommunity #versevirtual #sfpa #sfwa

@mwl.io Sep 26, 2026, 3:10 PM

I will need new health insurance after my divorce finalizes (yay USA!).

At one point I was an #SFWA member. I let it lapse, but could reactivate it. Anyone use their health insurance? Opinions?

sfwa.org/2020/06/10/h...

@sfwa.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 4:30 PM

ICYMI: This week on Planetside: "Taking the Catastrophe Out of Climate Change: Using Fiction to Give Readers Hope" by Eowyn Scott!

Read more on SFWA:
sfwa.org/publications...

#SFWA #Planetside #WritingCommunity #SFF

@sfwa.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 4:30 PM

This week on Planetside: "Taking the Catastrophe Out of Climate Change: Using Fiction to Give Readers Hope" by Eowyn Scott!

Read more on SFWA:
sfwa.org/publications...

#SFWA #Planetside #WritingCommunity #SFF

@indigoskye.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 10:21 PM

Indie Author Magazine Staff Writer Wendy Van Camp is published in IAM on September 21st

Q&A: Three Authors Explore How They Build Their Writing Careers Alongside Other Professions

Read on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

#IAM #SFWA #amwriting #writinglife #writingcareers

@sfwa.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

This week on Planetside...Our series Writing for Hire continues with "Work for Hire vs. Fiction Contracts" by @willmcdermott.bsky.social of our Game Writing Committee, read by Misha Grifka Wander.

Read at sfwa.org/publications... #sfwa #planetsidemagazine

This week on... Planetside

Work for Hire Vs. Fiction Contracts by Will McDermott

In the worlds of franchise tie-in and game development fiction, it's important to learn new contracts.

For the Writing for Hire series

@sfwa.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 4:38 PM

This week on Planetside...Our series Writing for Hire continues with "Work for Hire vs. Fiction Contracts" by @willmcdermott.bsky.social of our Game Writing Committee, read by Misha Grifka Wander.

Read at sfwa.org/publications... #sfwa #planetsidemagazine

@boingball.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 5:23 PM

be there. - next sat, sept 12, Seattle Town Hall. #SFWA #clarionwest #seattle #scifi #writers