Take a walk back through our most-read personal narratives of 2025, where you can peer into the open window of someone else’s life, and maybe find a piece of yourself in the process.

With the holiday season flurrying upon us, we are hunkering down and preparing for our upcoming Winter 2026 issue. Releasing early next year! The theme: METAMORPHOSIS. What will you become? Deadline to submit is Jan 12th.

Life is confusing: Selection of dystopian books in which the world ‘takes a wrong turn’ #DystopianBooks #BookRecommendations #DarkLiterature #MustRead #LiteraryFiction

We hate literary magazines that are like, "We don't know what we are looking for, but we know it when we see it." Bullshit. We know what we are looking for, and we aren't trying to hide the ball. We even made videos to explain it! buff.ly/9rF4FX6

Been working on your submission for a while, but need some outside eyes on it? 👀 Why not our eyes? With our feedback response submission option, our editing team will give your story or poem a full critique, including some ideas on where you can take it. fantasticother.com/feedback-res...

Page Against the Machine @pipt.bsky.social looks at a project exploring “creative ways to demonstrate the power that human words, poetics & writing might have in resisting the influence of artificial intelligence in the literary sphere & beyond” www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/09/page...

The writers as resistance festival is on throughout September with lots of talks and events, see writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

We are now open for an extended Feedback Response period, from September to the end of November! Have a story or poem that you're struggling to find a home for? You can send it our way for a donation, and we'll share our thoughts and ideas: fantasticother.com/feedback-res...

“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower Now announcing the theme for our Winter 2026 issue: METAMORPHOSIS Send us your metamorphosed poetry, fiction, and art! fantasticother.com/submissions/

I scratched an arm with a manicured fingernail. Iridescent scales flaked in the breeze like dust. Under microscopy these chitinous flecks were hexagonal coins, a treasure chest’s worth. My value, measured in scales. magazine.trollbreath.com/all-the-rain...

WHEN WE TALK OF STOLEN SISTERS This multi-award-winning collection of Jessica Doe’s poetry call our attention to the disappearance of Indigenous women, the cultural genocide that continues, and the courageous survive. Learn more and find links here: bit.ly/DoeSis

Goodness, wouldn’t that be terrible

If you're looking to sit down with a cozy ghost story, you'll find both chills and warmth in Steven Bryan Bieler's "My Spring Cleaning." You can read it now for free in our Summer 2025 issue! #ghoststory #fiction fantasticother.com/issue-10-hun...

Honoured that @thefantasticother.bsky.social have published another short story of mine! Check out AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS in their tenth issue with other brilliant contributors and a stunning cover 😍

Congratulations to Madeehah Reza, @madeehahwrites.bsky.social, part of our All World's Wayfarer writing fam! She has a new story out today in @thefantasticother.bsky.social. Way to go Madeehah!

The Summer 2025 Issue is now out! 🎉 That makes our tenth full issue! Thank you all, readers and contributors, for making this possible. This issue features fresh, eclectic poetry and fiction, including a special piece from returning contributor Madeehah Reza. fantasticother.com/issue-10-hun...

Only 2 days left until the release of our Summer 2025 issue!!! There are some bombshell stories we're excited to share. And if you haven't yet, be sure to check out our Author's Spotlight interview with Madeehah Reza, whose work will be featured in this issue! fantasticother.com/2025/07/06/a...

Take a trip back in time to our first ever Summer issue with ‘Stone Horses’ by Darrell Lindsey. pulpliterature.com/throwback-th... #ThrowbackThursday #tbt #Throwbackpoetry

BCS Archives w #437: "Turn To Stone Ourselves" @mariecroke.bsky.social BCS #364 "another little girl centuries before, who had grown up to claim her youth-name, her adult-name, and her elder-name, yet who had never been quite content with any of those" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/turn...

“SECULARISM, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA brings together diverse disciplinary and regional perspectives on the pressing issue of Islamophobia.” Tahir Abbas, Leiden University https://bit.ly/40EgJOn ##Islamophobia #Racism #Culture #Religion

Now announcing the cover art for our Summer 2025 issue! This vibrant piece is "Richey" by Cynthia Yachtman. You can see more of her work at www.instagram.com/cynthiayatch... The whole issue will be available on our website August 3rd!

There is just over 12 hours left to enter to #win a free digital copy of Bodily Harm! Get those entrees in today! :) kingsumo.com/g/107eqv3/wi...#win#Contest #Giveaway #AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity

"[Yee] invites us to rethink informality not as a failure or deviation, but as a key mechanism of state formation and urban life," writes Leandro Benmergui for Planning Perspectives. Read the full review here: bit.ly/40n4Qwn

ICYMI today's story is Bolting by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/07/25/b...

We are so excited to announce the fiction and poetry contributors for our Summer 2025 issue! Check us out Aug 3rd to read works by: Madeehah Reza, Kristy Bowen, Devony Hof, Joy Yin, Jen Tombs, Steven Bryan Bieler, Veera Laitinen, Marcus Whalbring, Monti Sturzaker, and Kari West. Thank you, all!💙

Author Spotlight #8: Louis Faber (anoldwriter.bksy.social) and his poem, "Seeing Double." Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/seeing-doubl... . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #disability

New Issue: BCS #436 out today, featuring stories by @almaalexander.bsky.social and Holden Lee @oldheneel.bsky.social, podcast of the Alexander guest-narrated by Dominick Rabrun, BCS Archives story by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, cover art by Ankush Sharma: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Happy Sunday! Our special interview with Madeehah Reza is now available to read on our website: fantasticother.com/2025/07/06/a... In this interview, she shares pieces of her writing journey, what motivates her, and lends advice to other authors on the speculative spectrum. 💙

Keep your eyes out tomorrow! We will be publishing an exclusive interview with Madeehah Reza, a returning contributor for us, whose writing we're just crazy about! Madeehah will be discussing topics like the importance of a #writingcommunity, what fuels her writing, and more!

We are now closed to submissions for our Summer 2025 issue! Thank you to all authors and artists who shared your work with us! 💙 Stay tuned for the acceptance announcements, publication date, and a special surprise: an exclusive interview with our rep author Madeehah Reza!!

‼️Today is the day! ‼️ Submissions for our Summer 2025 issue will close at midnight EST. Don't wait to share your #fiction, #flashfiction, #poetry, and #art with us. We'd love to see your fantastic work! fantasticother.com/submissions/

Only 3 days left to submit for our Summer 2025 Issue!!! Submit your #fiction, #flashfiction, #poetry, and #art to us by the end of Monday. Submissions are always free! We can't wait to put this fantastic issue together. fantasticother.com/submissions/ #callforsubmissions

Time is a crazy thing!!! 🕙 It's already one week away from the deadline for submitting to our summer 2025 issue! We've been getting blessed with your subs, but we are greedy and always want more. 💙

Write harder, revolutionists! ✊

New Issue: BCS #433, featuring stories of transit to strange places & self-defining struggle there by @andregeleynse.com and @theotherjustin.bsky.social Howe, From the Archives story Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social, cover art Erin Costello: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

This lovely tale of new beginnings and last chances comes on a wing and a fresh breeze off the Cornish coast. SPRING FLIGHT, by Kevlin Henney @KevlinHenney mastodon.social/@kevlin fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/ #shortstory #fantasy #cornwall #flying

Get ready for Sunday and this fabulous tale in issue 85!

Talking about living in a sci-fi, here's some books to try out from an alternate timeline! 😂

Weather's warming up over here, which can only mean one thing: time to get ready for our summer issue! We want this issue to be hot, thirsty, and all-embracing. No themes! Just send us the most fantastic fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and art you got up your sleeves. Submissions are always free.

Competition Twenty-Seven Highly Commended:

brb just hunting for the perfect song to add to our writing playlist 💽📻🎼 There's just TWO WEEKS left to submit your flash fiction! Remember, May's theme is HUNT! You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/may-fl...

The portals are open, the moon is bright, and everything from Issue 7 is now free-to-read! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-7/

Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/F9Eewzp #writingcommunity

Set your sails and brave our turbulent "storm"-themed Winter 2025 issue, where you can read Matthew Wilson's poem and more. The full issue is available to read for free at our website ⛈️ fantasticother.com/issue-09-a-s...

A snail carries its whole house on its back and never complains. If that kind of quiet persistence feels familiar, show us what it looks like in your art. Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art! thedodgemag.com/submissions

#FF It’s National Eight Track Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “E”: @echolitmag.bsky.social @ettereview.bsky.social @eunoiareview.bsky.social @everscribemag.bsky.social @everydayfiction.bsky.social @excusememag.bsky.social

"We will not delete you. / We would give you / anything we have. / Your pain is not money." From "Current Affairs," one of three new poems by Naomi Shihab Nye for National Poetry Month. ➡️ buff.ly/kDRPTQD

@xanindigo.bsky.social As newcomers to literary Bluesky, we would be excited and honored to be added to 📖Litmags & Publishers!

Only 3 days to #AWP2025! Not excited to fly, but excited to see y'all! 💙

Shutter the Department of Education and you’re a stone’s throw from burning books. That’s a lesson from Fahrenheit 451. I'll have a double Bradbury neat, bartender. #booksky 💙📚 #HistoricalFiction ⏳📚 #booksky.club/main 📚💙 #bookskychat #sanity #litfic 🖋️📚