SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️‍🌈 www.lucysnyder.com Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social Cats, aquariums and terrariumshttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlyy5vyn5c2cMade a new friend this afternoon. He or she was very happy on my hand and resisted efforts to be escorted onto a bush. But was finally repatriated to a more camouflage-appropriate perch.16 May 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyy5vyn5c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlyspf6sek2aLord of all he surveys.16 May 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyspf6sek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlx74k5ess2oTree frog.16 May 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx74k5ess2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlofdqxtf22eI can't take Columbus*, OH seriously as a city: there's no train service nor an el/subway. The COTA bus system is ridiculous to use. A real city should have robust, usable public transportation. Without that, it's just twenty suburbs stacked up in a trench coat. * Renaming it would be great, too.12 May 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlofdqxtf22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlmpsiv34s27Today, I received a newsletter from a publisher I've worked with several times, and they used an image in their email that has all the hallmarks of AI slop. Very disappointing. And unprofessional. I asked them straight up if they used AI to generate it, and haven't gotten a reply.12 May 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmpsiv34s27https://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlmiyi6zak2xMy decision to not travel by airplane unless it's an absolute emergency is definitely coming to a middle.12 May 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmiyi6zak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlmctvwaz22xI was looking through a gallery of images of Nyarlathotep in the HP Lovecraft Wiki last night for research reasons. Canonically the entity has over 1000 different avatars. And of course many of the images were expected variations of the tentacled monstrosity theme. But ....11 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmctvwaz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlhzgkrgkk24No, autocorrect, when I wrote "Nyarlathotep" I did not mean "marathoner". #TheRunnerOfTheDark #TheDreamQuestOfTheUnknownCadence #TheDreamsInTheFirstAidTent10 May 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhzgkrgkk24https://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mlha2cvfvc2kIf you like coffee ice cream, Graeter's Marrakesh Coffee flavor is really freaking good.09 May 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlha2cvfvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3ml4uclt4lc2nBaby mourning gecko. As size reference, that "branch" she's on is about 0.25" thick.05 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4uclt4lc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3ml3eu2bjns2kI wonder where my gecko went?05 May 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3eu2bjns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mkvoh773ak2aWho's at Mo*Con? Is it amazing? Photos, please.02 May 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvoh773ak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mkqdtd3obk2gI'm about a month out from my deadline to deliver the follow-up novel to Sister, Maiden, Monster. Making good progress. Preliminary title (but subject to change): In The Bones of a Sundered World30 Apr 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqdtd3obk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mkodjoyex22hThe second audiobook in my Jessie Shimmer series releases on June 16h! Audible, Spotify, etc. Narrated by Devon Chandler. Cover art by Dan Dos Santos.30 Apr 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkodjoyex22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mkm5qevilc2eOn June 16th, my Spellbent series will finally be available as audiobooks! Look for it on Audible, Spotify, and elsewhere. Narration by Devon Chandler. Cover art by Dan Dos Santos.29 Apr 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm5qevilc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mhbv4eg3nk2mHot take: 99% of university administrators who push AI are grifters and I suspect they'd lose their careers pretty quickly if anyone checked their hard drives.17 Mar 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbv4eg3nk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mhblppbsn22hWhat a shock that the guy who pushed AI on the staff, faculty, and students of Ohio State University also turned out to be corrupt as hell. What a shock. This is my shocked face.17 Mar 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhblppbsn22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucyasnyder.bsky.social/post/3mf3caxanl22zCheck out A Shadow Full of Stars: A Mind-Bending Fantasy Novel by Rob Cornell. I was a beta reader for this novel, and I recommend it. It's Lovecraft-adjacent but not horror, and has a bit of a "The Good Place" vibe to it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robcornell/a-shadow-full-of-stars-a-mind-bending-fantasy-novel?ref=project_bsky17 Feb 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:4rtqhrnhv43afps4rapzig75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3caxanl22z