Morgan L Ventura

A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg

Rivers are living beings.

Botanical garden

A fountain of succulents. 🌵
I want to live here!

Ah it was no bother, it was a gentle fall & quite funny, but thank you Eva 💜 Archaeology definitely not for me, not to mention the ethical dilemmas it raised for me soon after

Oh this is fabulous news (& still feel so honoured to have beta read it!) Soooo good 💜

It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

NEW MAGAZINE ALERT

"When you are in Palestine, you see things exactly as they are." -Sara Yasin @palfest.bsky.social www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

Was on an archaeological dig - the team had located and excavated a tomb. I had only just arrived, 19 years old and clueless. I climbed up the mountain and fell into the tomb.

I’ve never stopped feeling guilty & stupid over this

My end goal is to raise $5,000! This will give our family a much needed cushion until my stepdad's Army pension kicks in.

Thank you so much to people who have already donated! ❤️ if you haven't yet please consider donating and if you can't share this!

If folks can keep boosting and sharing @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social's fundraiser for the loss of their stepfather in such a difficult time, they're trying to raise $5k to help their family.

Hahah my godmother just did this with her dogs. Your cats are adorable, tbf!

I was invited to be on Ancient Aliens in 2013, because my undergrad advisor gave the producer my personal email when he wanted them to stop asking him. Needless to say, I declined 👽 🛸 🏺 🛕

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

I was invited to be on Ancient Aliens in 2013, because my undergrad advisor gave the producer my personal email when he wanted them to stop asking him. Needless to say, I declined 👽 🛸 🏺 🛕

So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.

Translating Noir: On ‘The End of Sahara’ In this conversation with ArabLit’s Tugrul Mende, translator Alex Elinson talks about how literary prizes affect the translation landscape, the draw of detective novels, and how he hones voice in a novel with many starring characters.

Translating Noir: On ‘The End of Sahara’

In this conversation with ArabLit’s Tugrul Mende, translator Alex Elinson talks about how literary prizes affect the translation landscape, the draw of detective novels, and how he hones voice in a novel with many starring characters.

Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!

gofund.me/ac93c03d5

The first print issue of tbq

A flyer for the 13th annual rock and roll reading

A description of a panel at AWP

AWP repost, find us @ T704 hanging out w/ Bullshit Lit! $5 copies of a special print issue while they last, I'm on a panel Friday if you're into that kind of freaky shit, AND if you're around early tomorrow, I'm going to tell you exactly what's wrong with me at Metro Baltimore.

yes but also abolish money - it isn’t even real! Only because we say it is

every time i look at instagram, i feel like im the only adult who doesn't know how to make money

Support My Work You can support my work by donating here.

I don’t like to promote this because there are far more pressing fundraisers for folks to put their money towards…but hey, if you’ve enjoyed my blogs and podcasts and whatnot in the past and have a few bucks, there is a donation page on my website.

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Psst! Canadians! The nomination period for the Aurora Awards is now open!

Red and yellow orchid

a good sci-fi orchid

Horrifying doesn't even begin to cover it. This is, legally and practically, torture. They will deny HRT even to those who can no longer produce their own sex hormones, which can and will have dire medical consequences. They will drive people to suicide.

Scion by Thomas Ha Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Hey there. Latest story, now out, "Scion." Strangeness. Estrangement. And the history that gets lost in between. A son and father in a moving house. Deranged relatives at cross-purposes. A community fleeing a murderous intruder. A crumbling lunar colony in revolt. Hope folks enjoy. Twisty one.

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Nominations have opened for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize!

Anyone can nominate book-length speculative fiction that embodies "hope, equity, and freedom; non-violence and alternatives to conflict; and a holistic view of humanity’s place in the natural world."

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

Congratulations, Eva!! This is wonderful

Nightmare Magazine Horror & Dark Fantasy Fiction

Today, my poem in the March issue of @nightmare-magazine.com is out, “Zooming Past Shotgun Houses,” on preview, and I need to acknowledge how meaningful this is because I did not think I would be here to see it, and I have. The entire issue is wonderful: www.nightmare-magazine.com 🖤🖤🖤

Glasgow & Edinburgh! I am coming to language with ya.

Weds 4 March, Mount Florida Books, Glasgow, 7 pm, w Adam Benmakhlouf

Thurs 5 March, @argonautbooks.bsky.social, Edinburgh, 7 pm, w @erisyoung.bsky.social

www.somayer.net/2026/02/05/s...

I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.

At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.

My cat just ate an entire stick of butter we’d accidentally left unattended on the kitchen table