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Warning! Sarcasm Levels High—AI Detects Boomer Need Help
(Beth Turnage Blog) Professor Halloran stood before the class and adjusted the display behind him. “HTML was not technically a programming language. It was a markup language. Notice the paired opening and closing tags. This forced early internet users to think hierarchically.” Madison raised her hand. “But why didn’t they just tell the AI…
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2025 in Review
These are the poems I had published during 2025.Some quick links to them: “River of Naming” in Orion’s Belt; “Lesser Zodiacs” in Merganser Magazine, and (again) “In the Sloth Tunnels, at a Time of War” in Small Wonders are all freely available online a…
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Fiction (and other) reading in trying times
The world feels fragile these days. In all this chaos, corruption, and lack of empathy, the arts are as important as ever. So what do you need? I don’t know–maybe it’s to just breathe and find some way to steady yourself. Maybe it’s to take in some (n…
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Award Eligibility / 2024 in review
Are you reading for awards? Or simply interested in what work I’ve had out this past year? I think my story in Factor Four Magazine especially is worth an extra look, if you’re considering fiction nominations. One of these years, hopefully there’ll be …
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"A Benthic Myth of the Deep Sea" in The Pink Hydra!
A short flash fiction story of mine, “A Benthic Myth of the Deep Sea,” recently came out in The Pink Hydra. Lots of other stories and poems in that issue, as well, so plenty of excellent things to read.It’s a stealing-fire-from-the-gods story. Wi…
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Flash fiction: "In the City of the Faced" in Factor Four Magazine!
This publication went quickly from acceptance to being available. “In the City of the Faced” is a story about a person who’s actually a swarm of bees. It’s in the March issue of Factor Four Magazine. Give it a read!
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Flash fiction: "In the City of the Faced" in Factor Four Magazine!
This publication went quickly from acceptance to being available. “In the City of the Faced” is a story about a person who’s actually a swarm of bees. It’s in the March issue of Factor Four Magazine. Give it a read!
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2023 wrap-up (Award Eligibility post)
It’s that time of year to look back at what I had published this past year (and supposedly to advocate for them to appear on year-end recommendation lists and award short lists and the like, but I’m never very good at that part of it). I had 3 short st…
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Reprint in Cosmic Muse anthology!
My story “The Triptych of the Final String” was published last year in New Myths. It’s a flash story about stories and what we can learn from each other’s stories.For those who’ve read (and decide now to read…) The Arcist Chronicles books, the …