Monique AC

I have 2 new stories out! They're very different, but somehow, they both involve space stations & plants 🤷 Links at notwhereilive.ca

This is awesome & so very cool to see @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social right at the top of it

Many thanks to Kimberly Lemaire and Apt613 for chatting with me and @mariebilodeau.bsky.social, plus fellow panelist Natalie Poulson, at this year's @canconsffh.bsky.social! Check out the full feature here: apt613.ca/cancon-ottaw...

I’ve been saying it for years, and I’ll say it again. This city is not going to change unless someone comes forward, promising real structural change. Systemic change. I’m talking de-amalgamation, federal district, online voting, rank choice, borough system.

This is absolutely disgusting. I don’t know what the solution is, but not one candidate for anything left flyers in my apartment building foyer or came to the door this time, which seems far from ideal (I’m in Capital ward).

CBC calls the mayoral election for Olivia Chow.

No line up at all to vote in Old Ottawa East, just saying :-) 🤞 we don't end up with another 4 years of this shit

15 hours now!

You work hard, pay your taxes, and do your part. You deserve a city that does its part, too. I’m running for mayor because Ottawa can do better. Not in another four years. Now. Let’s get the basics right, put Ottawa back on the right track, and build a city that works.

This is absolutely pathetic. Who is responsible for this? It isn't 'all road users', is it? And what is OPS going to do about? Actual road safety enforcement?

The left in Canada has to take a stand and never again prop up any minority government without getting rid of FPTP being part of the bargain. This is fucking ridiculous. It's unconscionable that we have to keep living this way.

This👇 (& the whole thread)

What the absolute fuck is going on with drivers in Ottawa?

28-24 - we’re so close, but still a lot of work to do…

Aside from the great points made in this thread (& the various comments on it), a grown-ass adult should be embarrassed to admit they're scared of museums and art galleries: "Some, forbiddingly, come with informational plaques."

This. This is @canconsffh.bsky.social joy. This is why you should come next year. Everyone is so lovely and smart and welcoming. @mariebilodeau.bsky.social @brandoncrilly.bsky.social @jenralbert.bsky.social @tonialaird.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social

This is a two-person race. Vote accordingly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

also ALSO we're open for novella submissions right now more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

What a wonderful Can*Con with so many amazing people contributing to  make it what it is. I am too tired for more words now, but here is one of the few pictures I took, from last night’s dance party 🦖

Diabolical Plots submissions are open again for one week, this time for the Diabolical Rot theme! guest edited by @amandaghelms.bsky.social www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/

End of con party!!! Come to the consuite on the 3rd floor between 2:30 and 4 to say goodbye and grab food for the road!

Leaded Glass tap tap tap fingers scratch against the glass shadows twist and bend the light something moves out in the grass monsters skulk within the night Tap TAp TAP

TriCon Halifax 2027 is ready to roll! May 21-23 2027, we coordially invite you to join us in Halifax, Nova Scotia for three days of fun, conversation, and career development for speculative writers at all stages of their journeys! Early BIRD Registration is now OPEN! admitone.com/events/other...

We’re at Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social ALL WEEKEND! Join us in the vendor room at Brookstreet, or catch us at panels. Editors @rebecca-b.bsky.social @emilyyu.bsky.social and @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social will skulking about

This is what I want to see from them

It’s Can*Con eve & I’m already at the hotel and pondering whether to go for a swim before dinner…

This weekend—Friday through Saturday—we will be at Can*Con at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa! The vendors room is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC—no con membership required—which means you can come get all your books signed! Meet @kevinhearne.bsky.social & @marissalingen.bsky.social & @chuckwendig.bsky.social!

Tomorrow at 4:30pm at @canconsffh.bsky.social opening ceremonies, I will officially promote @brandoncrilly.bsky.social to Co-Chair. Anyone who knows Brandon knows he is kind, dedicated, and cares about the community, and I'm thrilled to once again have a co-chair! Join me in congratulating him!

Awesome!

Listen to me blather on about my story, “Foliaceous” (available in the Manufactured Ecosystems anthology here, www.manufacturedecosystems.com/anthology) youtu.be/JmekmJK95CA?...

Listen to me blather on about my story, “Foliaceous” (available in the Manufactured Ecosystems anthology here, www.manufacturedecosystems.com/anthology) youtu.be/JmekmJK95CA?...

If anyone at Can-Con wants copies of CATALYST or CASTOFF, Bakka will have them! They're my author copies on consignment, so you're only supporting me and this amazing bookstore 💜

According to Kickstarter tracking service, Kicktraq, the LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE campaign is trending toward only reaching 94% of our goal. So WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. If you love SF, fantasy, and horror short fiction, please consider backing today and sharing this post. bit.ly/LS-NM-26

Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising (the series). There’s an excellent 2022 BBC radio adaptation by Robert Macfarlane of The Dark is Rising (the book) that’s 3.5 hours on its own.

Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma was so fucking good (probably should have gone to see it at the theatre)

Your daily affirmation: You are strong. You are powerful. You could devour worlds if you wanted to, though the worlds would have to be very small, like maybe cupcake sized.

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

Dragon being a spooky little ghost for Halloween

Amalgamation & the city we could have had

Oh ffs

It is such a joy to get to work on RSM & I am so grateful (& yes, I finally set up a proper mailing list, you can sign up & everything on the site lol) 🌈 🚀 🪄

It is such a joy to get to work on RSM & I am so grateful (& yes, I finally set up a proper mailing list, you can sign up & everything on the site lol) 🌈 🚀 🪄

Our last panel is coming up in 15 minutes! You can still join, rainbowspacemagic.org

Day 2 of Rainbow Space Magic starts in just over an hour! Details at rainbowspacemagic.org

I'm doing a reading in 15 minutes (well, the session starts in 15, my reading will be a little later ;-) ) from my story "The Orchard-Bay" from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social's anthology, Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds. Details at rainbowpsacemagic.org

Congratulations to all the winners! I loved this book in particular so fucking much. The writing, the story, everything about it is perfection.