Tracy Royce

Delighted to have two new found poems appear thanks to @jotyleon.bsky.social and @rawheadjournal.bsky.social rawheadjournal.org/rawheadblood...

Spooky and gorgeous!

Digby stands beside the trash can and waits until we move it forward, then runs back and forth behind it. (I intended to replace this ancient linoleum ages ago. Whoops. But Digby doesn't mind.)

Oh, space vampires, where have you been all my life?

It's the last day of Banned Books Week 2026 aka "Let Freedom Read Day" - a day of action to defend books & to stand up for librarians, library workers, educators, writers, publishers, & booksellers who make them available! Here are 6 ways to Defend the Freedom to Read - what action are you taking?

Thanks @adelegallogly.bsky.social for sharing this brilliant story by @jekwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social "...she dressed and danced in togas of Kleenex, remembering how, years ago, she’d stuffed her bra with tissues, how all her friends did, too"

"I grew up in Wisconsin, in a town so small we had no stoplights," writes @charlesjensen.bsky.social. "It was isolated intellectually and culturally. The nearest bookstore and movie theater were almost 20 miles away... What my hometown did have was a library" pen.org/no-small-tow... #BannedBooksWeek

So much more than eye-popping visuals. This newsletter is so thoughtfully written, and it even culminates in a Salvador Dalí-painted TV Guide cover. Another Monday miracle thanks to @70sscifiart.bsky.social

Another fantastic flash--Brava, @csquareh.bsky.social

If only.

Here’s issue 5 of Post-ku edited by @petrock.bsky.social America first 1% This is what it’s about: post-ku.com #haiku #micropoetry

Just posted a pic of Peter Lorre, thinking at first it looked like Van Heflin ("Shane"; original "3:10 to Yuma"). Well, Lorre and Heflin weren't exactly twins. Here they are together (maybe on the set of "The Cruel Day")

Love these poems and wish I had this kind of courage. Kudos, @rjgibson.bsky.social

🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

Monday

Friday newsletter today! Once again, @70sscifiart.bsky.social knows about my weekend plans before I do:

A new verse from returning contributor Roberta Beach Jacobson: wiping our assets with his BS — Roberta Beach Jacobson

Congrats to all! Can hardly wait to read.

I love this one. Congrats, @haikuhawk.bsky.social

Big thanks to @petrichorlit.bsky.social for including two of my tiny poems in Pebbles vol. 7!

Rewatching these early seasons now and getting a kick out of recognizing these clips in the episodes. Happy Out of Touch Thursday, Columboheads.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHG...

I can never get enough work by @ninanazir.bsky.social

BIG thanks to @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for featuring my ekphrastic micro today, inspired by photographer Tina Modotti's "Tank No. 1": www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

Today has been a lot like this

Can hardly wait!

Every poem, magnificent.

A new verse from returning contributor Randy Brooks: 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 picking the scab off a haiku cut — Randy Brooks

I woke up cranky but now I'm smiling thanks to Deborah Tapper's micro: fiftywordstories.com/2026/09/23/d...

ICYMI: Blink Ink's EiC on editing and publishing 50-word stories since 2009.

Love this--kudos, @ceejaedevine.bsky.social

So thrilled!! Thank you, @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!

Last day to sign up for my art blog newsletter before the next issue's out! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io This one gets weird: We're looking at the coolest cover art on corporate annual reports from across the 1970s.

Underwater + toothy aquatic creatures? Yes, please. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social

@robrenzetti.bsky.social had a perfect game of Patchwork Halloween, defeating me handily. His completely full gameboard was glorious to behold:

Oh, this one is SO good.

Congrats, @alexhirsh.bsky.social and @robrenzetti.bsky.social !!!

Absolutely loved this Friday subscriber newsletter with a panoply of Virgil Finlay eye-poppers. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/virgil-finlay/

Step away from Bluesky at your peril. Almost missed this magnificent image, courtesy of @70sscifiart.bsky.social

Happy to have my one sentence poem, "Transmission," appear in the new issue of One Sentence Poems. Thanks, @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social www.onesentencepoems.com/august-2026

"When the village is quilted in sleep": lovely words from Terri Yannetti at 50-Word Stories today: fiftywordstories.com/2026/09/04/t...

Thrilled to be such good company. Big thanks to @neologismpoetry.bsky.social EIC Christopher Fields for supporting my work.

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking about Halloween already. Love this, Curt!

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”

He was a magnificent audiobook narrator too.

Wow! Overwhelmed and honored to be in such company. Congrats to the other nominees and BIG thanks to @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...