🪶Save me my wings, little daughter... My poem 'To the Swallow's Final Hatchling' is free to read now from Orion's Belt! If you enjoy fairy tales and free verse, I hope you'll check out this small tale of a bird cautioning her chicks against the world. www.orions-belt.net/archives/to-...

yes. YES. YES!!!!

Quarantine was a rough time. We're not judging anyone for their hobbies or coping mechanisms. Especially not the protagonist of Rachael K. Jones's story "How My Sister Talked Me Into Necromancy During Quarantine" in our third issue:

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

12 hours remain, and stretch goals are waiting. What if 3LBE went from thricely to quarterly issues, or six issues, or twelve? Every stretch goal we reach adds more issues to 2026. Help us bring all the stories alive! kck.st/4mIkEm1

The 2025 #PitchDis pitch form is now open! 🎉 Click below to enter and submit your pitch! Remember - you don't have to rush. Pitches will be posted in random order. Take your time. Good luck and happy pitching! forms.gle/nKMDdnHKJ8MY...

The Spanish word for a river is 'río'. 'Río' and 'river' - these must be etymologically related, mustn't they? No! They're as unrelated as can be. Surprisingly, 'río' is related to 'rival' and 'derive'. 'River' is related to 'riparian' and 'arrive'. My new infographic tells you all about it:

My flash "The Last Items of the Forgotten Hero" is free to read @flashfictiononline.bsky.social today! What happens after a hero grows old ... and has to babysit his granddaughter? (My first reprint!)

ICYMI, I have a new story out in Lightspeed Magazine about lovers aboard a doomed science vessel!! It's short but loaded with joy and grief and lavish descriptions of alien and not-so-alien food. Check it out: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/last...

Just three more downloads and FF breaks our personal best for annual circulation (and it's only September!). Get yourself a free copy of FF#25 (or anything from our backlist) and help us set a new record today! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

organizing the vampire hunters’ union by talking to key stakeholders

🧵I’m putting the MRM contract ordeal behind me to focus on making more art, but I just had 1 more thing to say related to this. Throughout the past several months many writers have reached out to say things like, “I wanted to push back, but I’m a nobody” or “my piece was just a little poem.” 1/5

I’m proud of this story about death and grief and love and my dog Wilfred, who tries so hard to be good even though the world has not always been good to him. I think you’ll like this one if you like 1. dogs, 2. long walks in the woods, 3. crying, or 4. all of the above.

I have a new story out in Orion's Belt! "Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid" asks the important questions, like, what if you were ten and had an axe www.orions-belt.net/archives/fiv...

Are you ready to celebrate? Christine Hanolsy’s “Festival” is a look at the regrets, promises, and wishes which shape one woman’s life. Read it here in our third issue:

Guys, guys. Guess what. THE HUNGER HAS ARRIVED. Get your copy of "All the Skies So Hungry" now!! books2read.com/alltheskiess... #bookrelease #romantasy #fantasyromance #booktwo

Happy release day to the authors in our September 2025 issue! This month, we selected stories with a bend toward word play and meta-fictional commentary. 🤓📚 You can get your copy now at FFO! www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas... #writingcommunity #flashfiction Cover art by Alexa Guariglia

Our September issue is available today! If you've got a subscription, it's in your inbox right now, and if not... well, maybe you should, yeah? Every subscription helps us put more wonders into the world! store.smallwondersmag.com/checkout

FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Sit Up with Your Dead" by @anjbaker.bsky.social on @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...

tonight and tomorrow, my work will appear ONSTAGE!!! this is more terrifying than being onstage myself, actually. if you're in LA, come along for a night of original new works presented by Arroyo Rep! www.eventbrite.com/e/arroyo-rep...

The Cosmic Background is a really cool publication to read and support. www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

I am extremely proud to have received my author copies of my debut picture book, The Fib from @gloobooks.bsky.social . I can't wait for people to read about Pepe and his pet fib in this book about little lies that spiral out of control. Look out for it October 7th!! gloobooks.com/products/the...

And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉 Wound, by Zi Xu

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d

FFer Read of the Day: "Jack of All Faces" by @breewernicke.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com smallwondersmag.com/piece/jack-o...

My collection UNCERTAIN SONS comes out soon, and early copies are already going out to folks who pre-ordered (racing the de minimis change in tariffs!). Now's a great time to pre-order if you're thinking about it. Here's what @wiswell.bsky.social said (art by @cdsart.bsky.social). Thanks, John!

The Saros #5 reading period has arrived and the submission gates have been opened! Send us your 500-2500 words speculative fiction stories focused on sound/silence! We'll stay open until we've reached 111 stories submitted. sarossf.com/submissions/

tomorrow night! come hear us read at Black Cat Fables in Monrovia, CA!

We're getting closer and closer to #PitchDis 2025! We have a lot going for the next 31 days, so I made a list of all the important dates to remember.

It’s new story day for me! “Dislocated” in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social is about a support group for sufferers of long teleportation sickness and certainly has no resonance with real world events. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/disl...

(hello i made a zine recently for @concurrentseattle.bsky.social & it was so much fun i put it up on ko-fi.com/s/f14f5d4a85 )

please spread the news far and wide!! librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!

Now approaching swarm territory We've got @mckatie.bsky.social's "The colour of the ninth wave" www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/the... Also @breewernicke.bsky.social's "Bennamin Gorgeous" www.fusionfragment.com/issue-21/ Welcome all to the FUBF swarm. Keep 'em coming if you got them!

Star*Line issue arrived!! it is so pretty and filled with fun things

Decoding passes in publishing: “I’m not sure how to sell this.” - Out of their expertise. “I lack the editorial vision here.” - Unsure how to edit the project. “I am bound by the Dark Nethergod to reject all work that doesn’t praise his shadowy name.” - They don’t work in the specific genre.

Our latest release is historical fiction flash from Jason Pearce. Check out “A Concise History of the Goldfish Trade.” “God Fish! Only one in the Colonies. Own a piece of Heaven for just twelve pelts.” 📣 #flashfiction #histfic #writingcommunity #ownvoices www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-co...

It's International Non-Binary People's Day. I have written two contemporary romcoms with nb main characters. Allies are actually required to buy these books today. Sorry, allies, I know the rules are tough 🫤 bookshop.org/shop/tjalexa...

The Submission Grinder launched about twelve and a half years ago! In that time, 712,809 submissions have been recorded by 12,436 users. Of those, there were 42,894 acceptances have been recorded by 5169 of those users. So the overall acceptance rate of submissions records on the site is 6.0%.

happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)

Tech bros running the billion-dollar companies cramming genAI down our throats forget their positions could also be outsourced to AI. In honor of this fact, @apexmag.bsky.social and I present my humorous story "How to Install Generative AI on a Zombie CEO." 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

And lo, a new issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social has fallen from the heavens, shiny with gristle & afterbirth. Monstrosities from Joe Koch, Divya Kernan, Morgan Wilson, Nigel Faustino, Avra Margariti, Megan Baffoe, Caro Jansen & Gillian Knox. Cover by @cdsart.bsky.social! www.bafflingmag.com

We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

My novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster comes out in two months! 🔥 a trans witch teaches her lesbian mother to do magic 🔥 we see the struggle for queer liberation in 1996 and 1736 🔥 how do you rediscover desire in the heart of grief/trauma? See pre-order rewards here: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

I had so much fun writing this piece and am so thankful to @theflytrapmedia.com for giving it life!!

Why yes, the Hugo Awards *should* add a permanent category for Speculative Poetry! www.poetryhugo.com

do you like SPIDERS? this story’s got em!!!

Happy National Flash Fiction Day!🎉 My violent little werewolf drama "Of Wolf and Woman" is out now in @flashpointsf.bsky.social!!! 🐺 CN: graphic depictions of violence (as wolves, not humans). Fabulous artwork by Kevin Pabst.

Here's my story up at Trollbreath! 🐲Oh no, it's the apocalypse 🐲But it's not as advertised 🐲A whimsical amusement park 🐲Besties 🐲Epistolary stories for the win

Speculative poets & readers, check out this initiative to add a permanent poetry category to the Hugo Awards. #PoetryHugo

okay but has the center tried holding just a little harder, or