C.H. Pearce
Spec fic writer, reader, artist. Wrangles, variously: words, data, two small children. Loves history, New Weird, rats. 💖💜💙 A/member SFWA, HWA. Rep: @clgslr.bsky.social | w: www.chpearce.net | IG: c.h.pearce
- Spot the borb 🕵️♂️ 🐦 #canberrawalks
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- Reposted by C.H. Pearce🚀 Fission #6 - Call for Submissions Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th. We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
- This sounds incredible! 👀 🖤
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceSUBMISSION CALL! submissions are open for (s)crawl magazine's fall 2026 issue (issue no. 02) see submission guidelines and submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com #horrorlitmag #litmag #diversehorror #horrorfiction #horrorwriters
- Reposted by C.H. PearceCongratulations to everyone on the Locus Recommended Reading List!!!🥂 The list opens voting for the poll 🗳️ - which determines the finalists and winners for the Locus Awards!🏆 Anyone can vote (yes... even YOU!) and you can write in any eligible works/publishers/editors/artists/etc!
- 2025 Recommended Reading List locusmag.com/2026/02...
- Reposted by C.H. PearceI am now the Co-Editor of the @bsfa.bsky.social fission anthology. We open for submissions midnight on 13th February, and now pay 3p (roughly 4c) a word. I hope to see lots of great stories. I am very excited about this! 😁 www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
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- Congratulations all! I recognise those names! Stellar shortlist 🤩 📚 🙌🏻
- Congratulations to the finalists of the 2025 Aurealis Awards! aurealisawards.org/2026/02/01/2...
- Reposted by C.H. PearceHey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je... bookshop.org/p/books/bedf...
- I’m going in!! 👀 🚪 🌀 I’ve been meaning to read HOUSE OF LEAVES for ages, better late than never. Book mail and bonus pic of a local sheltering from the heat 🦎 #bookmail #horrorbooks #houseofleaves
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceBook reviewers, do you adore dark, literary, weird novellas that might be a little outside of the norm? Violet Lichen Books would love to send you a copy of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! Just scan the QR code & fill out your preferences to receive a digital or physical ARC 🖤✨
- Reposted by C.H. PearceReminder that TOMORROW, JANUARY 31ST is the last day to register for the ability to nominate for the Hugo Awards! (You can still register for Worldcon after that; you just won't be able to nominate.)
- Reposted by C.H. PearceTriangulation: Bad Romance closes to submissions TOMORROW. Get your trash couples in spec fic into my grubby little hands: www.parsecink.org/submissions
- Reposted by C.H. PearceWe are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025! This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird. BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July. Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
- Reposted by C.H. PearceHalfway through the decade, what are your favorite short story collections by nonwhite authors of the 2020s?
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceSTP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more. The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
- Reposted by C.H. PearceThe deadline to become a WSFS member and nominate for the Hugo Awards is imminent! We have recs to consider and we have guides to help get you started if you're new to the process. 🪐📚💙 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Reposted by C.H. PearceCONGRATULATIONS to everyone on the Stoker ballot!!!
- 2025 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot locusmag.com/2026/01...
- Reposted by C.H. Pearcetell your friends, your frenemies, your favorite writers & publishers... only a couple days left to send us the best nature-based speculative fiction you published last year! We're reading 2025's ecohorror, clifi, solarpunk, anthropomorphic, ecoweird, dystopian, utopian, anti-utopian, ecofuturism!
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- 🥱 ☀️ 42 in Canberra today, nap time for rats (rat yawns always make me laugh, they are v fearsome). Hope you are staying cool!
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- Reposted by C.H. Pearce🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards! Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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- Reposted by C.H. Pearce🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥 Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down. Weird is strong🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
- Reposted by C.H. Pearce📚🚀💀🧚♂️It’s that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read ⏳ #speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
- Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m a watercolour and mixed media illustrator (books, magazines, greeting cards) from Canberra. I love working with Weird, spooky, messy, genrebending speculative projects. 📚 🎨 🌈 🐀 🖤 I’m available for work! www.chpearce.net/portfolio
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceHello #PortfolioDay! I'm Kathleen, a fantasy / fairy-tale / Gothic / fairy-tale Gothic illustrator (books, maps, endpapers, patterns) from Brisbane. I'm available for work, especially in the second half of the year! 📨 kathleen.jennings@gmail.com 🎨 tanaudel.wordpress.com 🎨 kathleenjennings.com
- Reposted by C.H. PearceHi hey my new book comes out on Jan 20, and she's real pretty, and there's a giveaway of ten of these shiny sprayed hardcovers on GR, otherwise you can ask your local bookstore for one and that would mean the world to me! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
- Book mail! My 2nd cover art but 1st time getting my mitts on a hardcopy! Thank you @deadsetpress.bsky.social REBELS & RAINBOWS eds. Austin P. Sheehan & Leanbh Pearson for the commission + including my Aurealis reprint “Integrated Learning” and all the authors for your wonderful stories. 🌈🦜✨
- Happy New Year all! Wishing you a safe and happy 2026 🥳 Blogged about my writing/art 2025 (also rejigged my website, what do you think?) but TLDR it was good, thank you for your support and I am lucky to know you 🥳 🎉 🥂 ❤️ 📚 🎨 www.chpearce.net/post/awards-... #topnine #topnine2025
- Put another small visitor outside but they’re stacking up 🦎 🦎 Also various photos lately 🐀 🦜 🌺 ☀️
- 👀 🍄 🎧 sounds fab, going to listen to this later!
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceThe survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
- SFWA members and general SFF community: In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events. Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey. SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
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- Some locals from the last few days 🦘 🦘 🦘 🌧️ #kangaroos #canberrawalks
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- Reposted by C.H. PearceIt appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:
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