I’ll be at Pittsburgh’s Confluence SFF conference—if you’re in the area, stop by! I’ve got a couple cool panels with @catrambo.bsky.social, our Guest of Honor and Alan from @itgodp.bsky.social !

Confluence: confluence-sff.org/
July 25, 26 & 27 2025
Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel

#SFF #hopepunk

We are now at $898 in donations towards #TheNightDancer and we have about a week to hit the target. I still need about $100 which would cover one actor's payments. Thanks to all who have shown me this kindness, I'm now in pre-production and finally making this short film that I first thought of in 2021. All I can give as rewards is my art, including a first look at my #wip stories. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#fundraiser #mutualaid #art #artist #MutualAidRequest #BuyIntoArt #sff #writing

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

We've been stalled at $898/1000 for a few days now, and I'm hoping you'll support me in making #TheNightDancer short film. I'm left with one actors payment, and the crowdfund campaign runs until 31st May as we start shooting next week, and for every dollar you give, I have lots of rewards in the form of my artworks! Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#fundraiser #crowdfund #MutualAid #BuyIntoArt #fedigiftshop #digitalart #art #sff #writing #writingcommunity #magic #film #filmmaker #blender #b3d

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

So we've climbed over to the last hundred, and are at $922. I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has shown me kindness in making #TheNightDancer. Tomorrow we start our final rehearsals and hopefully next week (if we can get everything prepped by then) we start shooting. I still need your support and I'm giving my artworks as rewards! Detaills: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#fundraiser #crowdfund #mutualaid #BuyIntoArt #fedigiftshop #film #sff #writing #writing #magic #digitalart #art

STORIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD
lnk.to/BGF24website

"These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro and characters trying to find their place in a climate-impacted world."

#booksky #climatesky #greensky #books #SFF #solarpunk #bookstadon

Metamorphosis is a collection of hopeful #climatefiction from @grist and Milkweed Editions (my story Seven Sisters is one).

susankayequinn.com/books/metam…

#SolarpunkSunday #solarpunk #bookstadon #SFF

My collection of #solarpunk short stories, HALFWAY TO BETTER, with gorgeous lino-cut printed cover.

"These hopeful climate-fiction stories take you from the bottom of the sea to the towers of a bot-filled city, from sparkling labs to flooded lighthouses, all imagining futures halfway to a better world."

susankayequinn.com/books/halfw…

(ebook & print & audio — request at your library or local bookshop)

#SolarpunkSunday #climatefiction #climatechange #SFF #bookstadon #LGBTQ #books

For #SolarpunkSunday I have a 🧵 full of works for your consideration:

The new Bright Green Futures anthology of hopeful climate fiction with authors like @sarenaulibarri and @BrightFlame: Each story imagines a way for us to survive the future, together.

lnk.to/BGF24website

(ebook & print, request at your local library or bookstore)

#bookstadon #sff #climatechange #climatefiction

I would smash this into the concrete.

Early in the AI assault-on-everything, I wrote a few short stories about this endless thirst for data, how they would never stop & the invasiveness would quickly go Black Mirror.

Anyway, you can get those stories here: susankayequinn.com/books/close…
#bookstadon #SFF #scifi

Almost there! Another very generous donation left me speechless. Now we are at $878! Your kindness is helping me make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film, and all I can give as thank you is my art. Perk for $20 donations are early access to behind-the-scenes documentary and, if you are the reading kind, a #wip novella titled Eater of Happiness. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #fundraiser #BuyIntoArt #sff #writing #writingcommunity #fundraiserperk #scifi #film @blackmastodon

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

I need just another $120 to reach my target to make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film with dance as a magical force, and it is set in Luo mythology and has one of the most popular characters in the folklore of many cultures in Uganda. I need your support, and as rewards I'll give you pieces of my art! Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#MutualAidRequest #mutualaid #fundraiser #fundraiserperk #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #art #BuyIntoArt #film #filmmaker

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

We now at $773 and almost there to fund #TheNightDancer I can't say thank you enough! I don't normally see such generosity so honestly donno how to respond other than give my art. Perk for $10 is a short story version of the film, giving details on background and worldbuilding + a short film, Akoota (2019), about a young girl trying to save her village from monster mosquitoes. Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #fundraiser #BuyIntoArt #sff #scifi #film #writing #writingcommunity

On Sunday two more very generous donations pushed the total to $348, so that covers the basic overheads. Next target is to raise enough for set constructions. We will have to build graves and a graveyard as we can't shoot in real ones, obviously, and I'm scratching my head hard wondering how we shall pull it off. With your support I'll make #TheNightDancer and all I can give as thank you are my artworks. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#BuyIntoArt #sff #writing #writingcommunity #mutualaid

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

About midway through this campaign I've got $479, almost half of what I need to cover the basic costs of making #TheNightDancer Yay!! Next target is to reach $600 which will cater for set constructions, costumes, and props. I can't say thank you enough to the people who have donated, and all I can do is aim at making a decently good short film, and reward you with my art. Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #BuyIntoArt #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #film

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

Yay! We are now at $600 and that covers the fixed overhead costs (payments that I need to have cash on hand before filming starts). So I can take a breathe and plan for actual shooting dates of #TheNightDancer Next target is to collect the remaining $400 to pay actors, so I'm counting on your continued generosity to help me make this short film! All I can say as thank you is through my artworks! 🙏

Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #BuyIntoArt #film #sff #writing #writingcommunity

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

The shooting date for #TheNightDancer draws near, and as I played in #krita for inspiration on how to film the night scenes during day time, I ended up with this poster. I've raised $600 so far and I still need your support to make this horror short film. As thanks for donating I'll give my works; short films, short stories, digital art, wallpapers.

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #art #film #MutualAidRequest #scifi #sff #amwriting #writing #writingcommunity

We stuck at $600 for a couple of days now and I'm hoping you can come through for me to raise the total. This short film #TheNightDancer has bugged me since 2021 and now I'm in preproduction, ready to shoot it in early June. I need your support and as a reward I'll give you my art.

#perk For $1 you get to download the film and a shout out in the credits!

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #sff #film #BuyIntoArt #writing #writingcommunity #fundraiser #fundraiserperk

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

You guys have made my Sunday! Donations are now at $670 and hopefully will go beyond 700 before tomorrow. Your support is helping me make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy with dance as a tool of power based on Luo mythology. I plan to shoot first week of June.

#perk for $3 is a mention in the credits, digital art for wallpapers, and download of the film. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #fundraiser #fundraiserperk #BuyIntoArt #sff #film #writing #writingcommunity #MutualAidRequest

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

Donations now at 740, meaning we are 75% funded. Yes! The finishing line is in sight, and you can help me reach it as I go into production of the #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film.

#perk for $5 is download access to my short film, Little Red Eve, a #scifi political thriller about a scientist who accepts a dirty job from the military.

Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #fundraiser #fundraiserperk #sff #film #writingcommunity #writing #BuyIntoArt #art

Some #solarpunk is very concrete, some mystical and some outright fantastical — this story about sentient trees somehow manages to do all those things plus tie the future to today in a way I really appreciated.

Grab it free for a short time!
lnk.to/BGF24S5website
#bookstadon #climatechange #sff

...speaking of #Climate #Resilience , my story in the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES anthology is free to download this week. And the pod where editor @susankayequinn and I discussed the story impetus released yesterday.

Have a listen!

pod: lnk.to/BGFPodEp33

story: lnk.to/BGF24S5website

#solarpunk #justice #WritingCommunity #SFF #SpecLit #books #bookstodon #reading #hope #hopepunk

For a limited time, grab this #solarpunk story from @BrightFlame FREE!

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#bookstadon #trees #climatefiction #climatechange #clifi #sff #hope @bookstodon

I'm making a short film, The Night Dancer, and yesterday we had our first day of rehearsal. It's a revenge fantasy, but instead of kung-fu or guns, dance is used as a magical power. This is based on the mythology of Luo people, based in Northern Uganda. I'm crowdfunding the production of this film and need your support. There are more details in this link dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

You can also support it via Patreon patreon.com/dilstories or ko-fi ko-fi.com/dilmandila

I woke up to an email of a 60-dollar donation and I donno how to thank such generosity so I just cry in happiness. We now at $253. It covers rehearsals, meals during shoot, and half the transport costs. With your help I can make #TheNightDancer a popular characters in Ugandan mythology. I can only give you my artworks as a thank you for your donations though a small voice says it's not enough!

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #BuyIntoArt #art #film #sff #writing #writingcommunity

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}