The Prix Aurora Awards are given to works and orgs under the speculative fiction umbrella by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA). They have a three-step process for issuing the award: Listing works or organizations that are eligible to be nominated. Nominating the works or organizations to appear on the final ballot. Voting …
CN: stress, mental health Genre: space opera poem Pulled. Pulled. Pulled in all directions. This can’t be good, right? My suit won’t tolerate much more of this. I feel like that elastic action hero from days of old. So far there’s only some pressure on my joints. They said that the suit would only stretch …
Continue reading Mini-fiction Monday: Stretched Thin, Longing for the Deep
My BFF, Talia C. Johnson sent me a meme with this text on the evening of January 31, 2023: January was a tough year, but we made it. (Author unknown?) I wish I knew who to credit for that quote, so please let me know if you do because it’s such a mood. When I …
Continue reading Taking a big step back in order to go forward
I thought it might be fun to post short fiction pieces on Mondays that just streamed out of my brain. We together by Cait Gordon Genre: fantasy You wrap yourself around me and I feel enveloped in the coolness of your skin. Here, I am secure. In the quiet of this place, high above where …
CN: mentions of mental health, violence against children, trauma I’m 53 years old. Recently, I’ve experienced a triggering that brought me back right into the scene of events that were supremely not okay when I was a teenager. So, in case anyone tries to gaslight you with “Oh, that happened so long ago, why are …
Continue reading How Cosplaying a Barbie as Reva Sevander is Helping Me Through Childhood Trauma
Note: Kinda sorta spoilery. So, I am “I was a child when A New Hope came out” years old. I have been a massive Star Wars fan all of my life and a proudly self-labelled Star Wars Nerd. As an adult, I manage complex post traumatic syndrome (cPTSD), anxiety, and depression. My mental illness has …
Continue reading Obi-Wan Kenobi is the Mental Health Representation I Really Need Right Now
Cait Gordon—author and editor 