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Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!

Reposting for those of you nominating poetry for the Nebula, etc. bsky.app/profile/gwyn...

With Rhysling nominations open today from @sfpoetry.bsky.social, it's time for a awards-eligible poetry thread! 🧵 These poems are all eligible for the Rhysling (short form), Nebula, and Hugo, among others. 1/

Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions 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 others whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

Please do one thing for me in 2026: use that nice thing you've been saving for a special occasion. We will not be dying with hoards of untouched notebooks, scented candles, fancy perfumes, nice whiskeys, cute craft supplies, etc etc etc. Use it today. You deserve a little luxury.

I'm happy to welcome back @breewernicke.bsky.social, whose story "May It Please the Profit" has been acquired for FF#29! In addition to FF and Saros, Bree's work has also appeared in Bourbon Penn, Haven Spec, and Baffling, just to name a few.

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

For your general consideration....we published eight novellas this year. Three issues of Baffling. And a short story collection by Christopher Caldwell. (Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)

this weekend i lost my phone because it fell off a rollercoaster, which is the most baffling thing that's happened to me all year i didn't even notice until i stood up, and turned back thinking it must've fallen in my seat, but then several people went "we saw a phone fall! :D ...was it yours"

The first story I wrote in 2025 is also my final story of 2025! "Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings" is the tale of a priestess and the woman she wants desperately not to love, told by a bitter goddess. It's about faith, all-consuming love, and also birds 🐦‍⬛ Out now at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!

Duel Point of View, a swordsman4swordsman romcom where they simply cannot stop challenging each other to meet on the duelling ground

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILF! It’s one of the best days of the year: the day we celebrate the miracle that is this guy somehow living long enough to find us. I’m so glad he did. “Handsomest Gentlest” is a love letter to my boy. Today might be a good day to read it: www.havenspec.com/handsomest-g...

Issue 30 (ISSUE 30!!!), with cover art by Amanda Yskamp, comes out tomorrow! It's not too late to subscribe and get all of our stories and poems as an ebook and in your inbox as they show up on our website. smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...

This short story by @breewernicke.bsky.social is so bizarrely wonderful, especially if you think *stepping* on Legos is painful ... 👀 www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...

Just read @breewernicke.bsky.social's outrageously fantastic "Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed" and I can't stop thinking about it! If you're in the mood for a strange and twisted tale of cursed Legos relayed through a series of online forum posts...⬇️ www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...

Today's read is a fun story of Legos gone awry, a nice bit of epistolary weird fiction written by @breewernicke.bsky.social, and published by my fave mag @bourbonpenn.bsky.social Read at the link below. Go. You won't regret it. #weirdfiction #indiepublishing www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...

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!