Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦
@yelenacrane.bsky.social
Borscht and black coffee meets mad scientist turned science/spec fiction writer
https://www.yelenacrane.com/
Assistant Editor FFO
https://www.yelenacrane.com/
Assistant Editor FFO
Part of what makes Before Sunrise such a strong romance is there's no real 3rd act conflict trope to split up the couple. The whole movie is us watching 2 people fall in love from start to finish, or as Celine would say, finding God/magic "in this little space in between" them.
October 9, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Part of what makes Before Sunrise such a strong romance is there's no real 3rd act conflict trope to split up the couple. The whole movie is us watching 2 people fall in love from start to finish, or as Celine would say, finding God/magic "in this little space in between" them.
My fav by Akis. "The Bot Who Cried ‘Wolf Motherfuckers Wolf’" is great dark humor and a crit of our times.
"Surely the rich didn’t come to be wealthy by telling only lies."
"Surely the rich didn’t come to be wealthy by telling only lies."
I finally published something properly mature
Read this, motherf*ckers, read this!
"The Bot Who Cried 'Wolf Motherf*ckers Wolf'" @unchartedmag.bsky.social @linardos.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
"The Bot Who Cried 'Wolf Motherf*ckers Wolf'" @unchartedmag.bsky.social @linardos.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
October 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
My fav by Akis. "The Bot Who Cried ‘Wolf Motherfuckers Wolf’" is great dark humor and a crit of our times.
"Surely the rich didn’t come to be wealthy by telling only lies."
"Surely the rich didn’t come to be wealthy by telling only lies."
So many fantastic stories in this issue. I am especially obsessed with @parkeriswriting.bsky.social 's flash "right here, on this spot" and how exploring the past of one place serves as an exploration of self.
Today, we’re very excited to be releasing our Oct 2026 “Paranormal Noir” issue 🎉
This collection is sure to kickstart spooky season for you with ghosts, spies, cosmic horrors and the _mostly_ dead 👻
#litmagweek #flashfiction #horror #fantasy #sciencefiction
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This collection is sure to kickstart spooky season for you with ghosts, spies, cosmic horrors and the _mostly_ dead 👻
#litmagweek #flashfiction #horror #fantasy #sciencefiction
flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...
October 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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October 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
So many fantastic stories in this issue. I am especially obsessed with @parkeriswriting.bsky.social 's flash "right here, on this spot" and how exploring the past of one place serves as an exploration of self.
"Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social is a deep introspection on "self" that ingeniously uses the 2nd person to build characters and story immersion (a lot coming from me as ordinarily I hate this POV but it really worked here). Loved it! A must read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/
Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social is a deep introspection on "self" that ingeniously uses the 2nd person to build characters and story immersion (a lot coming from me as ordinarily I hate this POV but it really worked here). Loved it! A must read: clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/
They don't make em like Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure anymore. What a film.
"Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!"
"Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!"
September 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
They don't make em like Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure anymore. What a film.
"Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!"
"Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!"
Of all the overrated movies in AFIs 100 list, American Graffiti takes the cake (so far) What are the people making this list being bribed with?
At a certain point admit you want a 2hr car advertisement and go look at a magazine (the cars were nice!)
Which flick on this list do you love to hate?
At a certain point admit you want a 2hr car advertisement and go look at a magazine (the cars were nice!)
Which flick on this list do you love to hate?
September 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Of all the overrated movies in AFIs 100 list, American Graffiti takes the cake (so far) What are the people making this list being bribed with?
At a certain point admit you want a 2hr car advertisement and go look at a magazine (the cars were nice!)
Which flick on this list do you love to hate?
At a certain point admit you want a 2hr car advertisement and go look at a magazine (the cars were nice!)
Which flick on this list do you love to hate?
"The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous." -Butler in Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
September 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous." -Butler in Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
"To Walk This Distant Shore with You" by A.D. Sui is a beautiful and bittersweet love story across space time. Read it here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/sui_09_26/
To Walk This Distant Shore with You by A.D. Sui
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
"To Walk This Distant Shore with You" by A.D. Sui is a beautiful and bittersweet love story across space time. Read it here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/sui_09_26/
“So Many Many Awful Things Lived On; And So Did I” is it. It's the best of me. All of my heart went into this. If I never write again, this will be enough.
In “So Many Many Awful Things Lived On; And So Did I” by @yelenacrane.bsky.social, some rent their bodies to survive, while others hijack the tech to rebel in a nation at war. Driven by revenge, a woman rises through enemy ranks by leaving copies of herself behind.
September 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
“So Many Many Awful Things Lived On; And So Did I” is it. It's the best of me. All of my heart went into this. If I never write again, this will be enough.
Current WIP (among my many other WIPs). This one is for the children.
Someone jump on it before it sells like hotcakes.
Someone jump on it before it sells like hotcakes.
September 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Current WIP (among my many other WIPs). This one is for the children.
Someone jump on it before it sells like hotcakes.
Someone jump on it before it sells like hotcakes.
Are we not entertained?
Kay Vaindal is back in STP with An American Execution.
A woman travels to witness the resurrection-execution of one of the 9/11 hijackers with the daughter of her abducted neighbour and her boyfriend who claims to be an emissary from another universe.
Dark and wacky in pure Vaindal-esque fashion.
A woman travels to witness the resurrection-execution of one of the 9/11 hijackers with the daughter of her abducted neighbour and her boyfriend who claims to be an emissary from another universe.
Dark and wacky in pure Vaindal-esque fashion.
"An American Execution" by Kay Vaindal - Seize The Press
He’s delusional. Good in the sack, though. I flatten the popcorn bag on the microwave carousel and hit two minutes, express cook, and he asks me why I hit two minutes and not the button that says popc...
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September 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Are we not entertained?
Reposted by Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦
NEW RELEASE!! Our Sept 2026 TINY GODS issue, guest edited by Jennifer Brozek is out today 🎉
@jenniferbrozek.bsky.social
#flashfiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity
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@jenniferbrozek.bsky.social
#flashfiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity
weightlessbooks.com/flash-fictio...
September 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NEW RELEASE!! Our Sept 2026 TINY GODS issue, guest edited by Jennifer Brozek is out today 🎉
@jenniferbrozek.bsky.social
#flashfiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity
weightlessbooks.com/flash-fictio...
@jenniferbrozek.bsky.social
#flashfiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity
weightlessbooks.com/flash-fictio...
"A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions." -Middlemarch by George Eliot.
A case where fewer presents is truly better.
A case where fewer presents is truly better.
September 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions." -Middlemarch by George Eliot.
A case where fewer presents is truly better.
A case where fewer presents is truly better.
As if it's not bad enough that AI is trained on us.
Read Kings_Gambit.exe to see how much worse it can still get. Be careful, you Viktor Korchnois of today!
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
Read Kings_Gambit.exe to see how much worse it can still get. Be careful, you Viktor Korchnois of today!
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
For the night crowd:
A dead grandmaster resurrected as an AI chessbot. Imprisonment of the digital soul. Techlords owning us forever.
Can we get a happy ending?
Kings_Gambit.exe by @yelenacrane.bsky.social
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
A dead grandmaster resurrected as an AI chessbot. Imprisonment of the digital soul. Techlords owning us forever.
Can we get a happy ending?
Kings_Gambit.exe by @yelenacrane.bsky.social
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
Kings_Gambit.exe by Yelena Crane
A Grandmaster is resurrected as AI and forced to play forever. Free sci-fi story by Yelena Crane at Adventitious.
www.adventitious.net
August 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
As if it's not bad enough that AI is trained on us.
Read Kings_Gambit.exe to see how much worse it can still get. Be careful, you Viktor Korchnois of today!
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
Read Kings_Gambit.exe to see how much worse it can still get. Be careful, you Viktor Korchnois of today!
www.adventitious.net/stories/king...
Thoughts on AI published & award winning works that give me solace: eventually they'll be found out. People will pikachu-face surprise, though the tells were always there.
It took 15 years for the truth to come out about Rosalind Franklin's work being stolen. See how the arc of the universe bends.
It took 15 years for the truth to come out about Rosalind Franklin's work being stolen. See how the arc of the universe bends.
August 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Thoughts on AI published & award winning works that give me solace: eventually they'll be found out. People will pikachu-face surprise, though the tells were always there.
It took 15 years for the truth to come out about Rosalind Franklin's work being stolen. See how the arc of the universe bends.
It took 15 years for the truth to come out about Rosalind Franklin's work being stolen. See how the arc of the universe bends.
"I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul rememb'ring my good" writers.
I have doth made un starter park with thyne fauvourite Adventitious writers, and I dost though not understand olde tyme Englishe. Please follow them anyway (yes, thou).
go.bsky.app/P6ETCHR
go.bsky.app/P6ETCHR
August 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul rememb'ring my good" writers.
"A pickle is just a cucumber with experience." - Irena Chalmers
We love our experienced cucumbers.
We love our experienced cucumbers.
August 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"A pickle is just a cucumber with experience." - Irena Chalmers
We love our experienced cucumbers.
We love our experienced cucumbers.
The irony of AI is it had all the potential to be a great tool. Instead, the powers that be created a tumor that feeds on the fat of our knowledge, creativity, and desire for connection.
August 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The irony of AI is it had all the potential to be a great tool. Instead, the powers that be created a tumor that feeds on the fat of our knowledge, creativity, and desire for connection.
Unpopular opinion: There are way too many Westerns in AFI's 100 greatest American films of all time.
August 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Unpopular opinion: There are way too many Westerns in AFI's 100 greatest American films of all time.
"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mystery solved? Peanut snuck in while my darling true love was unloading groceries from the car. A feeling of whimsy overtook the feline. Sure he's had the zoomies before. But this? This is new! This is wild! In a moment of idiot savantness, he locked himself inside.
So... do I drive to work?
So... do I drive to work?
July 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Mystery solved? Peanut snuck in while my darling true love was unloading groceries from the car. A feeling of whimsy overtook the feline. Sure he's had the zoomies before. But this? This is new! This is wild! In a moment of idiot savantness, he locked himself inside.
So... do I drive to work?
So... do I drive to work?
"Remember me," he meows. I imagine he is thinking of driving off into the sunset.
July 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"Remember me," he meows. I imagine he is thinking of driving off into the sunset.
We're playing tippy tap. Well I am playing, trying to keep him calm. He wants to break the window.
July 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
We're playing tippy tap. Well I am playing, trying to keep him calm. He wants to break the window.
This idiot cat got himself stuck in the car. Battery is dead. Key fob is inside. Can't get him out. And so the cat car adventure begins.
July 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This idiot cat got himself stuck in the car. Battery is dead. Key fob is inside. Can't get him out. And so the cat car adventure begins.
Kiddos: Mama, can we play video games. PUHLEASE!!!
Me: We have video games at home
Video games at home 😈:
Me: We have video games at home
Video games at home 😈:
July 23, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Kiddos: Mama, can we play video games. PUHLEASE!!!
Me: We have video games at home
Video games at home 😈:
Me: We have video games at home
Video games at home 😈: