Melissa Burkart

A cool new discovery from @eso.org and the #VeryLargeTelescope! A dying star system could hold clues to what might happen to our own solar system. Learn more! happycrabconservation.com/blog/remnant...

I'm...not great at social media, but here I am managing 2 Bluesky accounts 🤷‍♀️ Related: please follow our quirky little podcast!

The Smithsonian Zoo's baby cheetah cam is awesome. Try it out for instant relaxation:) nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...

Nothing like coming into the school for a day of subbing and getting pulled into recreating a meme 🤣 (No arm twisting necessary!)

So glad to be included in MER's latest folio, related to the duality of self in motherhood.

We're finally adding Patreon support! We've got a single tier for now at $2 a month to help support our work. And best of all, a Patreon membership at just $2 gets you access to all the same great content the moment a new issue is released! www.patreon.com/trollbreath4...

Last week I released Spite & Spellwork, the sequel in my debut series. This is a glance at what that looked like for me. youtu.be/p9DLyWy8Re8

I just saw the typo in this. Coffee. He asked about coffee, not code 🤦‍♀️ #ThanksAutocorrect

This whole thread.

Spouse-creature: Do you want your code now? Me: …yes. Him: Turns out, you *can* say “no shit, Sherlock” in fewer words 🤣🤣🤣

I WIN 🥳 🤣

Want to get a jump on your Christmas shopping? I've lowered the prices of my journals because I'm changing how I am doing things in the future (standardizing some things, etc). So now's your chance to grab one! Free US shipping! Please share to help me out! #handmade happycrabconservation.com/store

How is Maine even real

Hey folks! New hair, new introduction: I'm Lyz - I do a lot of stuff! Paint miniatures, sew dice bags and costumes, and write (mostly solo) TTRPGs, along with performing in APs and talking a lot about doing my nails. You can find all my projects over at bio.site/emgiosia - Glad to have you here!

Lyz’s games are AMAZING 🤩 Go get them, and the rest of the bundle!

“The socks I am holding in my hands. With my hand things.” Ah, the state kids reduce us to… #ParentSky

Reminder: we turn off the submission queue at the end of the day tomorrow (00:00 UTC; 8:00 PM EDT). Last chance to send us your poetry, short stories, or non-fiction pitches. And remember folks:

I have local events where I'll be selling my hand-bound journals, sketchbooks, and greeting cards with my nature-inspired art on them!

Dear comfort corner of the internet, Please send me vibes for good news! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

To be clear: when I say “boy doll” I don’t mean some bullshit gendered marketing gimmick I mean a male-presenting doll. They are remarkably hard to find with rainbow or sparkle anything, and my male-presenting child would like one NOW please and thank you

My mom’s response to finding out my 5 y/o boy would actually love Barbies, thanks, was to ask if he’d like GI Joe 🤦🏻‍♀️ Why is it so hard to find a boy doll with rainbows and sparkles? #ParentSky

Someone just called a whoopie pie a whooping pie and 🤣🤣🤣

I'm delighted to announce that @lightspeedmagazine.com just bought a new story from me -- head on over to their Kickstarter to help them fund this and more fiction in the coming year! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...

Happy mushroom season!

📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Character Deep Dive Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...

Autumn is upon us, and I have the perfect hand-bound journal for you in my shop! lookingupwithmel.com/store/p/hard...

And... By far, the greatest danger with short stories is that people conclude too early that they understand them.

Updating the "AI" community's own words for short fiction marketing: Short stories won’t replace humans, but humans who read short stories will replace those who don’t. The true power of short stories lies not in replacing humans, but in working alongside us to achieve what neither can do alone.

OMG @keitichandesu.bsky.social DON’T DO IT (But this thread has me cackling)