shameless plug, I still need a few doll hairs 🤞 ($446 to be specific) spot.fund/r9cwmxdsb

New poem by me out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social to help get all of us through the season (I hope). Whole issue is worth a look, but I trust that by now you don't need me to tell you that about an issue of Uncanny. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/pray...

Story #3 in FF#26: "A White Day Comes" by @thesuiway.bsky.social If you need a story with: -finding love at the last minute -existential angst (but also acceptance) -greeting the day Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

HALLOWEEN RELEASE: “This Is What Mouths Are For” by Parker M. O’Neill is now available to read for free on FFO! Is it too much to call this horror delicious…? 😏 #horror #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amreading @parkeriswriting.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/this...

I don't have any scary stories to share for Halloween, but I do have a ghost story! "Handsomest Gentlest" is about the flaming-eyed fiend who stalks the forest of the dead. It's also a story about a boy and his dog. I have been told that it might make you sad. 🖤 www.havenspec.com/handsomest-g...

available in e-versions so you can read comfortably like a curled up shrimp cat this very evening books2read.com/uncertain

writing tip: put a creature in it

ok. i am about to get sentimental on main. The Iron Garden Sutra is going to be out in like...4 months, and i have complicated feelings. i love sci-fi. i grew up reading it and now i'm writing it (yay!). but it feels like the genre is shrinking except for the well-established heavy hitters.

24 HOURS LEFT IN OUR KICKSTARTER! Thank you for hitting so many stretch goals and allowing us to publish even more art, reprints, and nonfiction when we open in 2026! It’s not too late to snag rewards (subs! crits! stickers!) and fund some issues of Year 3! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

The narrator of Addison Smith's "I GROW," from Issue 22, is coming to grips with their transformation and what it means for them and the world around them.

HELLO i am doing Hamlet!! if you're looking for something spooky and halloweeny to do in LA next weekend, look no further:

"What's your book about?" Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away

One of the things I enjoyed most about studying Victorian lit in college was how these people would read each other for filth in the most roundabout ways. And "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social puts me exactly in that mindset. I LAUGHED so many times here. Read it!

Our general submission window will open on the first of the month! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines & schedule: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Bourbon Penn 37 is live with brand new stories from Lavie Tidhar, Nick DiChario, Clelia Farris, Bree Wernicke, Nicoletta Giuseffi, S.F. Wright, and Andrew Daniel Dick. @lavietidhar.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @dearnicoletta.bsky.social

it was about an adventurer who finds a bunch of turtles stacked on top of each other endlessly into the sky. all these turtles want help removing whatever's on top of them, so the adventurer climbs up this tower of turtles, which get increasingly larger, until he reaches one too big to climb--

If you're looking for a spooky collection of strange stories to get you in the Halloween spirit, this one was rated 6/5 by someone on the internet. undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta... books2read.com/uncertain

Looking for a short & spooky read this October? At only 750 words, my dark Grimm retelling 'A Single Song' offers a deadly taste of horror. 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans MC 🎵 Musical possession 🦴 A harp made of bones 🩸 Lies behind the legends Read for free online: factorfourmag.com/a-single-son... 🩸📚🤏🌈🚀💫📚💙

new poem out! contains vital safety tips for surviving amidst the horrors! try not to be our next fatality :)

Ogress (The Incredible Shrinking Woman)  by Shana Ross "I cannot give anyone answers, so I become a small chip of flint, a small silence in a conversation, a small carving in the rock face." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff

Our departments have come together to regale you with a poem for our 25th anniversary! Behind the Scenes at Strange Horizons by the Strange Horizons staff "Not ivory towers, but towers that telescope, each climbing step an irregular height." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

I'm thrilled to present you my new novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE, coming in April 2026 from Dark Matter Ink. It's all the things I usually obsess about: Slavic gods and cursed deals, political turmoil, trauma, revenge and duty - but this time with a hefty dose of love 💀

DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰 Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳

My debut picture book, The Fib, releases next Tuesday from @gloobooks.bsky.social I can't wait for people to read this! gloobooks.com/products/the...

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Tuesday I attended EagleCon @ Cal State LA with Bree Wernicke, Jean Paul Garnier, and Wendy Van Camp to speak about speculative poetry. We also sold books & I just donated a portion of my sales to the National Immigrant Justice Center, which defends the legal rights of immigrants. Much love.

My next poem is out in Disabled Tales! "Sleeping Defiant" is one of my favorites I've ever written. Inside the dead of winter / Curls a fiery soul / A little bear that sleeps defiant / Waiting out the cold / www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/sleep...

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

🪶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...