Lynne M. MacLean
@lynnemmaclean.bsky.social
SFF Writer/Poet, former community & mental health researcher, and forever a firefly wrangler. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She/her. https://www.lynnemmaclean.com
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"It's out of our hands." Haunting new poetry March Crones 2020 by Lynne M. MacLean now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/march-c... @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social
March Crones 2020 by Lynne M. MacLean
Last year, 2019,
on the eve of the Vernal Equinox,
during the calling in of Spring,
we stopped a late-season blizzard,
halted it, [...]
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I'm delighted to share that my poem, "March Crones 2020" has been published by DarkWinter Literary Magazine. It's free, online, and Canadian! Thank you, DarkWinter.
I'm delighted to share that my poem, "March Crones 2020" has been published by DarkWinter Literary Magazine. It's free, online, and Canadian! Thank you, DarkWinter.
"It's out of our hands." Haunting new poetry March Crones 2020 by Lynne M. MacLean now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/march-c... @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social
March Crones 2020 by Lynne M. MacLean
Last year, 2019,
on the eve of the Vernal Equinox,
during the calling in of Spring,
we stopped a late-season blizzard,
halted it, [...]
www.darkwinterlit.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I'm delighted to share that my poem, "March Crones 2020" has been published by DarkWinter Literary Magazine. It's free, online, and Canadian! Thank you, DarkWinter.
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hello. friends
an announcement about THE DEADLANDS
we are going on a brief hiatus
but we'll back. oh yes
full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out.
xo the deadlands
psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
an announcement about THE DEADLANDS
we are going on a brief hiatus
but we'll back. oh yes
full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out.
xo the deadlands
psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
An Intermission - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Hello friends.
psychopomp.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
hello. friends
an announcement about THE DEADLANDS
we are going on a brief hiatus
but we'll back. oh yes
full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out.
xo the deadlands
psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
an announcement about THE DEADLANDS
we are going on a brief hiatus
but we'll back. oh yes
full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out.
xo the deadlands
psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
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#CelebrateCanada - Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, Toronto's stalwart independent fantasy and science fiction bookstore.
Bakka-Phoenix Books
Science Fiction and Fantasy specialty bookstore since 1972
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August 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
#CelebrateCanada - Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, Toronto's stalwart independent fantasy and science fiction bookstore.
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This is today! If you can make it, please join me.
Are you in or near Toronto? Join me at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social on Aug 22 at 2pm for the launch of my collection (Book info threaded). There’ll be snacks and SWAG for all who attend. RSVP and reserve your book using the link. @starsandsabers.bsky.social
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/58652...
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August 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
This is today! If you can make it, please join me.
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This is a REALLY BIG THREAD of disabled authors, many of whom are dear friends of mine
Go follow them & support them & buy their books!
Go follow them & support them & buy their books!
Disability Pride Month seemed a good time to do a;
♿Disabled ✍️Writers Thread! 🧵
@roselinbooks.bsky.social
@wasphole.bsky.social
@sadhbhgirl.bsky.social
@debraguckenheimer.com
@vincentlore.bsky.social
@ferretlord.bsky.social
@reyanth.bsky.social
@leehulme.com
@riengray.bsky.social (1/?)
♿Disabled ✍️Writers Thread! 🧵
@roselinbooks.bsky.social
@wasphole.bsky.social
@sadhbhgirl.bsky.social
@debraguckenheimer.com
@vincentlore.bsky.social
@ferretlord.bsky.social
@reyanth.bsky.social
@leehulme.com
@riengray.bsky.social (1/?)
July 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is a REALLY BIG THREAD of disabled authors, many of whom are dear friends of mine
Go follow them & support them & buy their books!
Go follow them & support them & buy their books!
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Anytime you need a little cheering up, I highly recommend watching Doug Ford swallow a bee live on the CBC.
Just watched the video of this event with my family, to everyone's delight.
July 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Anytime you need a little cheering up, I highly recommend watching Doug Ford swallow a bee live on the CBC.
Had a multi-city zoom reunion with fellow spec fic/mystery writers @bobbykarmakar.bsky.social, @silentsea92.bsky.social, @courtclz.bsky.social, and @maggiefindlay.bsky.social where we settled all the problems of Canadian spec fic, including bookcases and paint colour. So wonderful to see you all!
June 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Had a multi-city zoom reunion with fellow spec fic/mystery writers @bobbykarmakar.bsky.social, @silentsea92.bsky.social, @courtclz.bsky.social, and @maggiefindlay.bsky.social where we settled all the problems of Canadian spec fic, including bookcases and paint colour. So wonderful to see you all!
I'm delighted to say a poem of mine, "March Crones 2020," will be published in DarkWinter Literary Magazine's September 7 online issue. Thanks, DarkWinter! @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social, #poetry
June 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I'm delighted to say a poem of mine, "March Crones 2020," will be published in DarkWinter Literary Magazine's September 7 online issue. Thanks, DarkWinter! @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social, #poetry
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IT IS TIME
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GO THROW MONEY AT STRANGE HORIZONS
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SPREAD THE WORD
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GO THROW MONEY AT STRANGE HORIZONS
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SPREAD THE WORD
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The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year!
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For new supporters - welcome aboard.
For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵
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For new supporters - welcome aboard.
For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵
Strange Horizons
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June 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
IT IS TIME
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
GO THROW MONEY AT STRANGE HORIZONS
💵💵💵💵💵
SPREAD THE WORD
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
GO THROW MONEY AT STRANGE HORIZONS
💵💵💵💵💵
SPREAD THE WORD
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Strange Horizons is moving off kickstarter and onto BackerKit. This has delayed our fundraiser launch by about a week. Won't you join us? Here's our prelaunch page:
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Get Ready for Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser
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June 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Strange Horizons is moving off kickstarter and onto BackerKit. This has delayed our fundraiser launch by about a week. Won't you join us? Here's our prelaunch page:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Some awards eligibility periods are closing soon! 👀
Please check out "As The Earth Dreams" for your anthology considerations! 💜🩵🖤
Filled with beautiful and haunting stories of ancestry, memory, labor, freedom, and more, this is the first Black Canadian SFF anthology, and hopefully not the last.
Please check out "As The Earth Dreams" for your anthology considerations! 💜🩵🖤
Filled with beautiful and haunting stories of ancestry, memory, labor, freedom, and more, this is the first Black Canadian SFF anthology, and hopefully not the last.
A very short awards eligibility post:
This year, I edited an anthology of Black Canadian SFF, "As The Earth Dreams." I'm honored to champion these writers!
Also, all of the stories in the collection are so amazing and diverse! Please consider them for awards, too!
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This year, I edited an anthology of Black Canadian SFF, "As The Earth Dreams." I'm honored to champion these writers!
Also, all of the stories in the collection are so amazing and diverse! Please consider them for awards, too!
houseofanansi.com/products/as-...
As the Earth Dreams
A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy. This bold and innovative anthology of speculative short ficti...
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March 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Some awards eligibility periods are closing soon! 👀
Please check out "As The Earth Dreams" for your anthology considerations! 💜🩵🖤
Filled with beautiful and haunting stories of ancestry, memory, labor, freedom, and more, this is the first Black Canadian SFF anthology, and hopefully not the last.
Please check out "As The Earth Dreams" for your anthology considerations! 💜🩵🖤
Filled with beautiful and haunting stories of ancestry, memory, labor, freedom, and more, this is the first Black Canadian SFF anthology, and hopefully not the last.
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May 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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There are days
when the feeling is like motoring
through sargassum
that lies on the ocean
as thick as a Persian rug;
but Sundays, we let it be easy.
Happy, #EasySunday, friends.
when the feeling is like motoring
through sargassum
that lies on the ocean
as thick as a Persian rug;
but Sundays, we let it be easy.
Happy, #EasySunday, friends.
May 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
There are days
when the feeling is like motoring
through sargassum
that lies on the ocean
as thick as a Persian rug;
but Sundays, we let it be easy.
Happy, #EasySunday, friends.
when the feeling is like motoring
through sargassum
that lies on the ocean
as thick as a Persian rug;
but Sundays, we let it be easy.
Happy, #EasySunday, friends.
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Happy Friday!
My new poem "Post-Extinction Spoilers" 🦴🌌is now up in Issue 60 of Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social Enjoy!!
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My new poem "Post-Extinction Spoilers" 🦴🌌is now up in Issue 60 of Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social Enjoy!!
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/060...
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
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May 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Happy Friday!
My new poem "Post-Extinction Spoilers" 🦴🌌is now up in Issue 60 of Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social Enjoy!!
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My new poem "Post-Extinction Spoilers" 🦴🌌is now up in Issue 60 of Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social Enjoy!!
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/060...
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A poem of mine is free to read! It's called "ode to beasts and puppets" a tribute to that bittersweet sadness I felt when Pinocchio finally became a real boy & the Beast from Beauty & the Beast became just a man..
There's a kind of longing to pass in these old tales to me
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There's a kind of longing to pass in these old tales to me
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May 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
A poem of mine is free to read! It's called "ode to beasts and puppets" a tribute to that bittersweet sadness I felt when Pinocchio finally became a real boy & the Beast from Beauty & the Beast became just a man..
There's a kind of longing to pass in these old tales to me
eyetothetelescope.com
There's a kind of longing to pass in these old tales to me
eyetothetelescope.com
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IT'S POEM DAY! My poem "The Mechanic Explains Treason to Her Daughter" is in today's edition of Eye to the Telescope- "Paying Tribute" edited by Angela Acosta. Check it out! eyetothetelescope.com
May 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
IT'S POEM DAY! My poem "The Mechanic Explains Treason to Her Daughter" is in today's edition of Eye to the Telescope- "Paying Tribute" edited by Angela Acosta. Check it out! eyetothetelescope.com
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Out now: the new ETTT, in which I pen tribute to Earth, my parents who inspired the poem, & my favorite geologist.
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Lucky to share a ToC w/ @miguelmitchell.bsky.social @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social
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Lucky to share a ToC w/ @miguelmitchell.bsky.social @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
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May 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Out now: the new ETTT, in which I pen tribute to Earth, my parents who inspired the poem, & my favorite geologist.
eyetothetelescope.com
@sfwa.bsky.social
Lucky to share a ToC w/ @miguelmitchell.bsky.social @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social
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@sfwa.bsky.social
Lucky to share a ToC w/ @miguelmitchell.bsky.social @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social @lynnemmaclean.bsky.social @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social
I'm delighted to announce that my poem, "The Council of Elders," is now up in the current issue of Eye to The Telescope Magazine, Issue 60, Paying Tribute. It’s keeping excellent company with 21 other wonderful poems edited by Angela Acosta: eyetothetelescope.com #poetry #SFPA #ETTT
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
May 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my poem, "The Council of Elders," is now up in the current issue of Eye to The Telescope Magazine, Issue 60, Paying Tribute. It’s keeping excellent company with 21 other wonderful poems edited by Angela Acosta: eyetothetelescope.com #poetry #SFPA #ETTT
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This pic goes from uncanny to cute to unsettling and back around again
(I love it)
(I love it)
April 20, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This pic goes from uncanny to cute to unsettling and back around again
(I love it)
(I love it)
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Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
April 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
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April 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Hey Gang, I'm delighted and honoured to have a poem, "Tallgrass Wellness Check," in this issue, along with all these other wonderful poets.
We're excited to welcome the Spring issue of Arc Poetry Magazine! In this issue you'll find the most recent Diana Brebner-winning poem and eight new pieces by Arc's 2024 – 2025 Poet-in-Residence, T. Liem. And more!
This issue of Arc Poetry is available to order from our website now: buff.ly/ZG1dQG9
This issue of Arc Poetry is available to order from our website now: buff.ly/ZG1dQG9
April 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Hey Gang, I'm delighted and honoured to have a poem, "Tallgrass Wellness Check," in this issue, along with all these other wonderful poets.
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Bees sleep between five and eight hours a day. They enjoy company and even hold each other's feet.
March 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Bees sleep between five and eight hours a day. They enjoy company and even hold each other's feet.
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