When I tell you I loved this piece. It is elegiac, atmospheric, and bittersweet. It is about desiring to see yourself across history. To feel you have invented nothing. To be part of an endless line of invisible kin, starting millennia before your birth until the end of time. Read it.

Happy release day to Aviary: a sapphic, surreal, literary-leaning horror-thriller that was so hard to write it almost drove me into total madness. In addition to the stated dedications, it is *especially* dedicated to angry women and my fellow chaos queers.

I have preordered a grand total of three (3) books this year, and this is one of them. Would highly recommend preordering. I believe this book is standalone, but I also wish I could read "Dark Woods, Deep Water" and "Ghost Apparent" again for the first time, so get on those too!

Speculative poets—if you have Elgin-eligible work, I want to read it! Anyone who wants to send me their poetry for consideration please feel free to shoot me a DM. ✨

Out now! "Curriculum for Girls Who Will Survive" by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social is a zombie story unlike any zombie story you've ever read. It's a harrowing and beautiful study of girlhood, growing up, and survival. Let it break your heart today. 🪐🗡️ Read here: othersidespec.com/pieces/curri...

I adore Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in all its permutations, and this is no exception. That last line cuts to the bone. Such force of feeling packed into such a small space.

New story day! ✨ Ever wondered what it's like to be an NPC living in a TTPRG world? Get your weekly update in "Duskhollow Township Unbituaries, Week of the Harvest Moon"!

New story out <3 othersidespec.com/pieces/curri...

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

@nadiaradovich.bsky.social's "Curriculum for Girls Who Will Survive" has Nadia's signature flare for structurally inventive and sharply effective. What an ending! othersidespec.com/pieces/curri...

"Duskhollow Unbituaries" will be free to read later in the year, but you can read it (and all the other amazing stories in the issue) now if you subscribe to Augur!

Bumping this story because it's been getting some unexpected love this week!

We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️ Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

With Issue 1 out soon, a reminder that we have community copies available if you can't afford to subscribe right now, donated by lovely Kickstarter backers. Please don't stress or feel you have to justify yourself—we don't ask questions! Simply use our contact form to request a community copy 🪐🗡️

Sharing again my favorite poem from last year (by @rjaurand.bsky.social), because it was nominated for a Rhysling <3 smallwondersmag.com/piece/false-...

Loved in 2025 (for awards) STORIES “Jimmy. Fucking. Bang.” @mynachang.bsky.social “Terraforming: An Unearthly Earth” @aliciahilton.bsky.social “Five Things You Can See” @nadiaradovich.bsky.social “The Dance of Narcissus and Echo” @rajivmote.bsky.social “The Walled Garden” @drfionamoore.bsky.social

This book is coming out in April, which means you have enough time to read "Dark Woods, Deep Water" AND "Ghost Apparent" before it comes out.

Our free Patreon newsletter got the first peek, but now it's your turn! HERE IT IS: OUR ISSUE 1 COVER!!! Art by the incredible @hvmator.bsky.social. We cannot WAIT for everyone to read these amazing pieces soon 🪐🗡️ We know you're going to love this issue just as much as we do.

we are 80% funded (if you were curious) 80% of a skeleton cannot lift a thanksgiving turkey 80% of a liver is not enough to feed a bear 80% off is a going out of business sale please keep us in the business of publishing death things 4 u join us! get fiction! 👇

Does anyone have any nonfiction recommendations about the history of gender in theater (kabuki, troupes in Shakespeare's day, etc. where women were banned from performing)? Finding a renewed fascination in this and want to know more.

It’s that time of year! I’m in my second year of Astounding eligibility, and I also published nine eligible short stories in 2025. If you only have time to read one, I hope you’ll consider “Handsomest Gentlest,” a love letter to my very good dog. You can find all nine here: m-r-robinson.com/fiction/

“How does the multiverse ACTUALLY work though” Me:

i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...

SO beyond excited to be in this incredible issue! <3 <3 <3

More SFF short story recommendations! Amazing stories by @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

I really, really loved this one.

Apex published some really great work this year, including pieces by @gmmitchell.bsky.social and @nadiaradovich.bsky.social that I really loved! Make sure you vote for your faves 👇

Love Lethal, Death Divine is on NetGalley. Request if you want dark fantasy with a touch of romance, Slavic folklore and political intrigue.

My short story, "Looped," is now free to read in Heartlines Spec! I absolutely adore the art <3 www.heartlines-spec.com/looped-by-na...

hey Fantasy lovers did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form? THEY ARE and Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy just saying for REASONS 💖💜🦄 (get those noms in!)

IT'S THE FINAL HOURS TO SUBMIT TO OUR GENERAL WINDOW!! Get your submissions in 🪐 🗡️ Our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors runs from Jan 15-21. We open again in April—and our submission schedule for the year is on our guidelines page! othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Did you know we have a FREE membership tier? It gets you 6 free stories every month instead of 3, plus you'll also get our regular newsletters which include news, roundups and even more free blogs. You can signup here: aftermath.site#/portal/signup

Loved "A Rare and Exceptional Delicacy" by @gmmitchell.bsky.social from the most recent @apexmag.bsky.social . It felt so sinuous and inevitable. 💙📚

Behold! The cover art for our upcoming Arthurian issue, as created by the inestimable @teradiamart.bsky.social ! We're incredibly thankful for this amazing art, and we're thankful for all the lovely stories our authors provided for this issue. Keep eyes peeled for a ToC reveal in the near future!

Story Hour is taking a few weeks off from streaming, so where can you watch videos of writers reading their own speculative fiction? Story Hour's YouTube channel has over five year's worth of stories to browse. But if you want specific Story Hours, read on! 1/? www.youtube.com/@StoryHour2020

If you are an older person who doesn’t take care of yourself… do your cancer screenings. If you know an older person who doesn’t take care of themselves, tell them to do their cancer screenings.

someone help I tried to see if I could expand on sfwa's nonsense rule #2 about "process" in a way that would give adequate guidance across prose, poetry, games, comics, film, tv, and plays without stressing writers or administrators into an early grave I'm 7 pages in and it's not even good

My 2025 Recommended Reading List is finally ready! Honestly, just writing these descriptions made me excited about this year's sci-fi/fantasy all over again. www.tarvolon.com/2025/12/18/t...

This holiday season, why not give the most thoughtful gift of all: an Aftermath subscription: aftermath.site/aftermath-gift...

It was a wonderful first year of publishing! I'm proud of everything that was released this year, but I would be especially grateful if you considered my poetry and my recent story in Inner Worlds as you nominate this awards season. Links to every piece in the thread below! 🧵

Losing my MIND

This melted my brain (complimentary) <3

No, this isn't the exact same graphic I used last year, and yes, I absolutely 100% understand how Astounding eligibility works 🥲 thank you for reading, it's been a good year ❤️

New words from me! Very excited for this issue 😍

Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!

Reeeeead thiiiiiiis <3

Don't drop your stitches! Looped by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social sticks with you, even if you just want to reset. Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

SO excited to be in Heartlines soon! 🥰

WE DID IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉 over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽 Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...