Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held
Writer of speculative fiction and professional archaeologist. Two sexy yet misunderstood professions in one person! she/her
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldNew (double!) Issue: BCS #450 Science-Fantasy Month 8! Stories Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social and Ewen Ma @ewenmaer.bsky.social today, @rhiannonheld.bsky.social and @eskaftun.bsky.social next week (but in ebook now), podcast of Theodoridou. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldScience-fantasy cover art for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 8 (starts tomorrow; first of three double-issues has @nassos.bsky.social @rhiannonheld.bsky.social @ewenmaer.bsky.social @eskaftun.bsky.social): “Project Elderidge 1” by Tyler Edlin. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/proj...
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldAct now! The highly-profitable science fiction magazine sector makes a great investment opportunity. For only $3.99/month you can get 1 subscription which yields 1 epub issue/month. That's 12/year! So many words! So much value! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldIn the coming days you might well hear arguments that surveillance is the answer to the tragedy of gun violence, and therefore Seattle shouldn't turn off SPD's cameras. I urge you to interrogate this framing.
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldHey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldBCS #450 ebook--double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 8!--out early @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers; stories @nassos.bsky.social @rhiannonheld.bsky.social @ewenmaer.bsky.social @eskaftun.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJN1JQWD
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldDo you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky? Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices? NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN... Press release: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
- ALERT ALERT, IKEA IS NOW SELLING MIMICS www.ikea.com/us/en/p/grej...
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- Did I, having decided to try again giving blood (tiny veins), remember I had a donor card from when I last tried, ca. 2005? Yes. Did I find that card immediately? Also yes. Has the donor numbering system changed utterly since that time, rendering it useless? Definitively yes.
- Sometimes they escape! You gotta check!
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldRelated, I need an artist who: 1) is open to creating fuckable monster / alien art 2) needs paid work 3) would rather eat a shoe than use AI If you're intrigued and wish to know more, @ me a link to some fuckable monsters you've designed. If chosen, I'll DM & we'll go from there. (pls share)
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldFiction submissions are open now! The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldThe rule is that if my mutual posts about their niche hobby that I know nothing about, I must like the post to let them know I encourage the enrichment that’s been put in their enclosure
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldStrange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday! The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026. There will be no cap. More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
- I read a draft, and while I'm not familiar with the others, it is indeed Mad Max...to the max. 😁
- Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word. So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldJust filled this out with a big hell no. I know there's a lot going on but thought some of you might want to do the same so am reposting.
- Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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- I've been pondering for a while, given our current need to find joy where we can, about maybe seeing if I can share the joy I find in taking "holiday snaps" (borrowing a useful term I see @princejvstin.com use). Thread:
- Next 2025 stat: 40 short story submissions (2 submissions so far for 2026)
- 2025 reading stats! (I was adding to the list until I went to sleep last night) "Books" (including graphic novels) read: 135 Averaged novels (calculated as total pages / 300): 119 I've been keeping track for 11 years now! 2025 is: 8th in books 7th in pages
- Me: On vacation I can catch up on all the new TV I'm behind on! Also me: PBS Passport has all of the old Poirot! I haven't watched that in forever!
- I want you all to know that I'm on a local-ish trip to (try and) relax at the coast, and when I let the car radio scan, the hits station is: Clammy 99.7, "All the music you dig"
- No lie, I needed this.
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- Sculpture: The Non-Thinker
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- Look, it's my eligibility list for this year! 😅
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldI say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful: All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
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[Not loaded yet] - Will tonight be the last time I turn off my writing music and briefly freak out at the noises that are actually my very quiet dishwasher running? Odds seem to be on the side of "no."
- A quick revision, I thought. Surely tweaking the secondary character will only take a sentence or two...
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- "When evening came, they needed to eat dinner, but every restaurant in the town was entirely booked. Finally, one host took pity on them and offered them a table on a patio that had been closed for the winter."
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- I'm the gourmet kitchen without a single fixture!
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldBCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
- I love it so much!
- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldDoes anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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- Last night, as I'm falling asleep: Fire alarm: *chirp* Me: *pulls it down, discovers it's old enough to drink* *tries to sleep, instead obsessively researches replacements* *puts down phone, imagines all the ways the house could burn down* (To be clear, this is only one of five in the house) 1/3
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Heldidiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Heldspoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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- Reposted by Rhiannon Held/R.Z. HeldIf you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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