Meredith Mooring

"For your consideration" poster featuring 2 pieces of Photoshop composite art. One shows a giant octopus grabbing a man, for the short story Patient was the Doctor. The other is a red mermaid curled up in the sea, for the story titled milt. Both stories are stated to be free to read/listen to.

QR code for milt, reprinted in audio/podcast format on Escape Pod

QR code for Patient was the Doctor, in PDF form, on the Analog Magazine website

I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year!

1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF 📝) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended)

2. milt (podcast reprint 🔉) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw 🔥)

This sounds so cool and I love the art

The UK, commonwealth countries, and the EU have similar rules to the US. Outside of that, I'm not sure.

Yep it's considered monopolization 💀

Right. Coordinated business activity among independent contractors can be an antitrust issue. This same behavior is treated differently if you're a W2 employee.

writers can't unionize in the way actors etc. do because we retain ownership of the IP, among other legal issues.

combined with the soul magic and body jumping of WITCH KING by Martha Wells and the ecology, animal behavior, and biological mutation of BORNE by Jeff Vandermeer. It will appeal to fans of Seth Dickinson, Kerstin Hall, A.K. Larkwood, and Tamsyn Muir.

Art by Mary Metzger 💙

envelopes the valley they call home.

THE DARK SEASON is an atmospheric climate fantasy in the vein of N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy,

Now Cerrida and Evy must learn to master Speech, Tamar’s commands, and their growing feelings for each other in order to prove themselves in the competition, uncover the truth about the botanists’ plot, and save the villagers they’re tasked with protecting—all before the shadow of the Dark Season

As a mysterious plant-based plague spreads through the valley, Cerrida can’t ignore the clues linking the scourge to her botanist brother, while Evy struggles to free her mind of the collective souls fighting for control of her body.

who accepts Cerrida’a offer of apprenticeship while hiding the awful truth about herself: she is a soul jumper—the very thing Wardens seek to destroy.

To make matters worse, a competition between the Wardens’ apprentices is fast approaching, and with no apprentice of her own, Cerrida must find someone worthy of competing—and of working alongside. Until she meets Evy, a sighted shepherdess brave enough to kill a wolf infected with shadow-sickness,

must learn to master his immortal guide dog, Tamar, who she’s inherited along with his title, as well as Speech—a powerful ability to control life with a spoken word—which has diminished after centuries of sheltering beneath the surface.

An illustration of a shepherdess and her sheep on the left and a blind woman wearing a mask with her guide dog on the right. They’re in a snowy wooded area. The text says “the dark season. a dark climate fantasy about a blind warden, her guide dog, and the soul-jumping shepherdess who deceives her as the world ends Meredith Mooring”

💨❄️🐕 THE DARK SEASON

In the wake of her father’s violent death, Cerrida must take up his mantle as a blind Warden of their remote mountain valley to protect the villagers from the Dark Season, a soul-eating shadow which is fast approaching. Without the training she should’ve received, Cerrida

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This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.

Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

I read this for the first time recently and could not put it down

You've convinced me to give it a watch

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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.

Our fifth and final day of prompts and also the last day to get those applications in!!!

Our mentors want to know: What do you hope to learn from RTM?

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Honestly hour: I represent several weed stores and now my clients will lose their livelihood because of this.

Donald Trump Signs THC Ban Hidden in Government Spending Bill, So Stock Up Now A hidden clause in Congress’s new spending bill outlaws hemp-derived THC, delta-8, and your favorite THC drinks. Here’s how to deal.

The bill to end the government shutdown has this bullshit provision banning hemp derived THC products that have been legal in all 50 states since 2018. The ban goes into effect IN ONE YEAR so there’s time to complain.
www.vice.com/en/article/f...

Hi Mihika!!! RTM works on a round table format, so we are able to consider submissions that have us down as options and submissions that don't have a named mentor. We can consider everyone, basically. I love books that blend genres so I'm always interested in those.

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The time has come🥳Mentee applications are now open until November 21st! Interested parties should head over to www.roundtablementor.com/apply and feel free to DM for any questions!

We can't WAIT to dive into your submissions!!!! ❤️

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@roundtablementor.bsky.social is holding an AMA on their account, but you can also ask me questions here about the program, what I’m looking for in a mentee, etc.

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I'm excited to be working with Round Table Mentor this year as a mentor 🎉 If you're interested in being a mentee, look out for my MSWL in the coming weeks!

Congratulations Jenny!!!!!

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oh my god I love this 😅