Shana Ross
@shanaross.bsky.social
Writer of poetry and more; facilitator/coach of leadership learning; recent transplant to Edmonton/Treaty Six lands. Yale Theater Studies and <checks notes> MBA?
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get in, we're raising funds for Elise
this october
instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS
we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay.
no coin fundraiser
only fundraising Elise
🖤🖤
pls join us + spread the word
instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS
we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay.
no coin fundraiser
only fundraising Elise
🖤🖤
pls join us + spread the word
www.gofundme.com
October 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
get in, we're raising funds for Elise
I hate when my most cynical dystopian imagination remains relevant. From @smallwondersmag.com , last year: smallwondersmag.com/piece/inters...
Interstellar Catalog: Death Penalty - Small Wonders
On this world they still have the death penalty. / If found guilty of certain crimes, you / are sent into space, alone in a capsule.
smallwondersmag.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I hate when my most cynical dystopian imagination remains relevant. From @smallwondersmag.com , last year: smallwondersmag.com/piece/inters...
If you are in Alberta- this is an amazing opportunity!!!
Applications are now open for the Writers' Guild of Alberta 2027 Mentorship Program!
Deadline: October 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM MT (late applications will not be permitted).
Deadline: October 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM MT (late applications will not be permitted).
October 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
If you are in Alberta- this is an amazing opportunity!!!
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COMING OCTOBER 1: 🌏🦠⚗️📺
More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social
More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
COMING OCTOBER 1: 🌏🦠⚗️📺
More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social
More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social
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In Augur Issue 9.1, you'll find:
✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social
✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social
✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan
✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu
🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s
✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social
✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social
✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan
✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu
🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s
September 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
In Augur Issue 9.1, you'll find:
✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social
✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social
✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan
✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu
🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s
✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social
✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social
✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan
✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu
🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s
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Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us?
kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
Siap-siap, Gadis Cilik!
Alt: Get ready!
static.klipy.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us?
kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
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Also yes hello this is TOMORROW Sept 15 at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! 7 pm! Be there or be a rectangular thing and get a small amount of swag! :D
(You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)
(You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)
"Wickhills" Book Launch with Premee Mohamed | Audreys Books
Edmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children
audreys.ca
September 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Also yes hello this is TOMORROW Sept 15 at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! 7 pm! Be there or be a rectangular thing and get a small amount of swag! :D
(You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)
(You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)
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Announcing: my next book! THE LAST INFINITY is a time travel novel full of queer characters, wonky timelines, and cute robots. Check it out here! alexisamesbooks.com/2026/05/18/a.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
Announcing: THE LAST INFINITY
If you are subscribed to my newsletter, you have already heard the news, but: my next book is coming out in August! (This is a fake book cover made in Canva and not the real cover. Stay tuned!) The…
alexisamesbooks.com
May 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Announcing: my next book! THE LAST INFINITY is a time travel novel full of queer characters, wonky timelines, and cute robots. Check it out here! alexisamesbooks.com/2026/05/18/a.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
OMG I cannot wait for this one...
Do you like dystopian speculative fiction? Stories about food? A focus on parenting? Raging against the predatory capitalist machine?
Awesome because I have a book for you!
Pre-order your copy here: emmaburnett.carrd.co
#scifi #stories #booksky 📚🪐 #parenting #food #agroecology
Awesome because I have a book for you!
Pre-order your copy here: emmaburnett.carrd.co
#scifi #stories #booksky 📚🪐 #parenting #food #agroecology
Emma Burnett
Writer of stories
emmaburnett.carrd.co
May 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
OMG I cannot wait for this one...
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Congratulations to Deadlands 2025 poets continued!! Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Belle Biscotti, @shanaross.bsky.social, and last but not even a little be least: Ellen Romano.
These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
April 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Congratulations to Deadlands 2025 poets continued!! Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Belle Biscotti, @shanaross.bsky.social, and last but not even a little be least: Ellen Romano.
These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
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"War in the dust, in the glass pitcher / of water with the sun flooding through. / Today my people are grieving / and I am in a city far away"
From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month.
➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month.
➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
April 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"War in the dust, in the glass pitcher / of water with the sun flooding through. / Today my people are grieving / and I am in a city far away"
From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month.
➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month.
➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
Hoooooo-wheeeee this is a dense and toothsome story
I have a little gothic story in @fracturedlit.bsky.social today! I'd love for you to read it!
"I recognize the haunt by her milk-shot eyes. She is wolfen this time."
"I recognize the haunt by her milk-shot eyes. She is wolfen this time."
Changeling Bramble | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
March 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Hoooooo-wheeeee this is a dense and toothsome story
Putting this bug in your ear, @nicoledubuc.bsky.social (will vouch for it being a hell of a novella)
I mean, all pointing and laughing aside, I wrote THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST to be *extremely* political, and I would love someone to a) option it and b) turn it into a weird stop-motion animated movie of about 85 minutes (what, I'm allowed to be specific when I manifest things into the universe)
The Butcher of the Forest
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...
us.macmillan.com
March 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Putting this bug in your ear, @nicoledubuc.bsky.social (will vouch for it being a hell of a novella)
poets.ca/incomplete-r... Thanks to the LCP for showcasing this one - it's particularly tender for me, still.
"Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross, part of the League's Fresh Voices program.
poets.ca
March 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
poets.ca/incomplete-r... Thanks to the LCP for showcasing this one - it's particularly tender for me, still.
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It's that time of the year: time to nominate your favourite Canadian spec fic! Nominations close on April 4, 2026.
The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
March 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
It's that time of the year: time to nominate your favourite Canadian spec fic! Nominations close on April 4, 2026.
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friends, please share ❤️👹:
everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less
i’m tired of being unpopular
lfg
everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less
i’m tired of being unpopular
lfg
March 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
friends, please share ❤️👹:
everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less
i’m tired of being unpopular
lfg
everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less
i’m tired of being unpopular
lfg
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You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category!
The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
March 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category!
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Oh, this is a fun challenge:
Sarah Pinsker
Lydia Davis
Ted Chiang
Emma Burnett
Yiyun Li
Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
Sarah Pinsker
Lydia Davis
Ted Chiang
Emma Burnett
Yiyun Li
Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
I often see posts saying name an author who you've read 5 books by.
I'm interested in short stories. So how about, name an author you've read 3 short stories by?
Also, the stories have to be published in the last 10 years.
Also, don't say me. 😂
I'm interested in short stories. So how about, name an author you've read 3 short stories by?
Also, the stories have to be published in the last 10 years.
Also, don't say me. 😂
February 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Oh, this is a fun challenge:
Sarah Pinsker
Lydia Davis
Ted Chiang
Emma Burnett
Yiyun Li
Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
Sarah Pinsker
Lydia Davis
Ted Chiang
Emma Burnett
Yiyun Li
Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
In case you are nominating/voting on things...
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
In case you are nominating/voting on things...
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@mynachang.bsky.social says I’m harrowing, and I couldn’t be more flattered 😍
We're grateful for all the buzz - Ex Partum by
@slashnburnett.bsky.social, watch this space for pre-order information, starting in March. #BookSky
@slashnburnett.bsky.social, watch this space for pre-order information, starting in March. #BookSky
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
@mynachang.bsky.social says I’m harrowing, and I couldn’t be more flattered 😍
Peine forte et dure - the news feels like stone after stone being added, and I'm still trying to stand.
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Peine forte et dure - the news feels like stone after stone being added, and I'm still trying to stand.
And all backers now get a copy of my gingerbread recipe, which...is actually that good. You'll never bother with another.
We have some pretty cool limited tiers for backers of a writerly persuasion for the Fascination anthology, including short story and poetry edits by authors & editors Robert Bose, Travis Burnham, Jon Negroni, & Suzanne Willis.
Become a backer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Become a backer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology
A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
www.kickstarter.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
And all backers now get a copy of my gingerbread recipe, which...is actually that good. You'll never bother with another.
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Hey folks! Come out to support this fantastic anthology - edited by a Canadian, and published by a Canadian small press with a global group of authors.
Next up for stretch goals: interior art
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Next up for stretch goals: interior art
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology
A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
www.kickstarter.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Hey folks! Come out to support this fantastic anthology - edited by a Canadian, and published by a Canadian small press with a global group of authors.
Next up for stretch goals: interior art
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Next up for stretch goals: interior art
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
There's nothing like getting sick (cough, headache, general bleh) to make me realize how much work it takes to stay open to people, always find a generous interpretation, stop myself from fiery rants about complicity and malignant capitalism, etc. Am tired. Please send soup.
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
There's nothing like getting sick (cough, headache, general bleh) to make me realize how much work it takes to stay open to people, always find a generous interpretation, stop myself from fiery rants about complicity and malignant capitalism, etc. Am tired. Please send soup.