We are reading now! Seeking sci-fi stories that disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. 8c / word. www.planetscumm.space/submit

Lots of industry badies opened for submissions this week. I mean badies in a good way…. goodies? Ick, no. Whatever WHERE TO SUBMIT THIS WEEEEEK


 Find them on: www.chillsubs.com/browse

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We are reading now! Seeking sci-fi stories that disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. 8c / word. www.planetscumm.space/submit

Hugo Nominations are open until March 9th! I have 1 novelette and 5 short stories published in 2023 and eligible for a Hugo. If you want to read ONE thing that I published, may I humbly recommend my novelette "A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair".

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Les Miserables who? New brick just dropped: Planet Scumm's second anthology is more than twice the size of the last one. Madness, we tell you! Get the prettiest new addition to your shelves and start the new year right, with stellar sci-fi! www.planetscumm.space/shop/planet-...

TIME'S RUNNING OUT! Our absurd, spectacular deal of a FREE back issue with the preorder of EVERYTHING! VOL. 2 will expire this Friday!! Get the equivalent of SEVEN Planet Scumm issues limited time only -- two more days!

Who needs Santa when you have Scummy Claus to tell you what list you're on this year? Have you pre-ordered Vol.2 yet? NICE LIST! Have you NOT preordered, even though you'll get a free book with it? NAUGHTY! But there's still time before Scummy slimes your chimney... 🎅👽

at very long last i will finally head over to Australia in March to do some book events. Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane over three days. all ticket links are in my bio, and recommendations for how to make the most of my brief time in AUS very welcome!

Holiday season and we know what you're thinking: what to get that one friend who has everything? Why, EVERYTHING! Vol. 2, of course! And you get a FREEBIE BACK ISSUE if you preorder before 12/15, so scurry on down! planetscumm.space/shop/planet-sc…

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You can now read my story "A Man, Running" that was published in @planetscumm.bsky.social #13, along with the amazing art done for it! #SpecLit

Don't get caught out in the cold this winter! Get bundled up... ...with Scumm deals! Like our Threefer bundle of Issues 13, 14, & 15 for just $30! planetscumm.space/shop/planet-sc…

Sales season isn't over yet! There's still time to snag some slime-covered deals! You'll be the talk of the town, the envy of your friends, the master of your intergalactic fleet... www.planetscumm.space/shop?categor...

BLACK FRIDAY RECKLESS DEALS! Follow up your food coma with such treats as: 🦃Free back issue w/preorder of Vol 2 ($35) 🦃Value pack of issues 13/14/15 for $30 🦃The FEAST: Vol 2 preorder, 3-issue subscription, 13/14/15 bundle, and a raccoon print www.planetscumm.space/shop?categor...

The new anthology from @planetscumm.bsky.social collects issues #5-10, and features my story Zone 59. The story was originally published in Issue #7: A Wrinkle in Slime, way back in 2019. Available in paperback and ebook from their website: www.planetscumm.space/shop

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's EVERYTHING! Vol. 2, our sequel anthology of issues 5-10: a wild amount of sci-fi for your buck Need a white elephant prezzie? Shopping for a hard to shop for relative? Want a paperweight? PREORDER VOL. 2, out 12/15 www.planetscumm.space/shop/planet-...

Here comes Award Eligilibity season! Those are the works I published in 2023 that are eligible for the Hugos, Nebulas, and other SFF awards Tell me if you need a copy for consideration!

"The Throat of San Dante" – @planetscumm.bsky.social #15 San Dante is a city that is always changing. According to economic algorithms, neighborhoods are transformed overnight. Rita tries to convice her aunt to move out and will find out many things about herself.

A wild Planet Scumm booth (and EiC Tyler Berd) spotted at the Portland Book Festival! Here's hoping he was selling people some amazing sci-fi books and not sacrificing them to the intergalactic despot Scummy...

Thank you to everyone who sacrificed their story babies to the issue 18 submission call! We received around 1000 subs from y'all 🤯 We have a hardworking, enthusiastic team of first readers, and we appreciate your patience as we get through the pile as quickly as possible 😎👽🤖

Had a blast at #portlandbookfest spreading the good news about our overlord Scummy! Thanks to @literaryarts and all who swung by to share the love! Couldn't make it? Visit our online shop for slimy, sci-fi goodies! planetscumm.space/shop

Last 3 days to submit your weird, slipstream sci-fi for Issue 18 of Planet Scumm! We close at midnight on Nov 5, so polish those slime babies up and send em our way! www.planetscumm.space/submit

I add to this list: YOU! People should subscribe Interzone AND IZ Digital. And: @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @planetscumm.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com All of whom offer an awesome variety of the written word at the highest level of craft.

🎶That's us in the corner That's us in the spot light Open for submissions 🎶 (but only until Nov 5, get those scifi gems locked, loaded, and jettisoned to the Planet Scumm airbase asap!) #submissionsopen #opencall #litmag www.planetscumm.space/submit

This was my 3rd short story ever published. :) Enjoy!

It's the weekend, so you should submit an SFF 250-word story about crabs to Crab Tales 🦀 crabtalesmagazine.com

SUBMISSION AIRLOCK IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! Send us your weird/quirky/tasty morsel of a sci-fi story, and do it before Scummy changes his mind! (though we've negotiated with his imperial slimeness that you have until Nov 5 to submit. And you will. Submit.) WE PAY 6¢/WORD www.planetscumm.space/submit

SUBMISSION AIRLOCK IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! Send us your weird/quirky/tasty morsel of a sci-fi story, and do it before Scummy changes his mind! (though we've negotiated with his imperial slimeness that you have until Nov 5 to submit. And you will. Submit.) WE PAY 6¢/WORD www.planetscumm.space/submit

FOUR DAYS LEFT! come get yourself a sweet sweet yearly subscription to Planet Scumm (which includes 3 gorgeous paperback issues) while the price is $30 buckaroos, because on 9/7 the price is raising to $40 buckaroos! snag that sale price while you still can! www.planetscumm.space/shop/subscri...

Support the POWELL’S BOOKS strike. Support the workers. During the strike, DO NOT shop the website instead. The people who work the floors are the people who make bookstores what they are. SUPPORT THE STRIKE🖤☠️

I’ve been reading OutSmart ever since I moved to Houston 15 yrs ago, and I’m incredibly honored to be profiled in this month’s issue! Pick up a copy if you’re out & about in Houston, or read it digitally here: https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2023/09/a-queer-climate-activist/

I love sending acceptance letters to people who say they have yet to be published. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #litmag #litmags

MEMBERSHIP PRICE CHANGE!!! If you've ever wanted a yearly subscription to Planet Scumm (receiving THREE paperback issues/year), NOW'S YOUR CHANCE to get such a treat for just $30--the price will bump to $40 when our subs open on 9/7, so SNAG IT WHILE YOU CAN! www.planetscumm.space/shop/subscri...

Fun post-apocalyptic story where ghosts haunt their zombie-former-bodies. One ghost seeks to resolve whatever issue from his life leaves him tethered to his zombie body. Dark with humor. Great! @planetscumm.bsky.social @irregularhenry.bsky.social Go read! www.planetscumm.space/blog/full-st...

My contributor copy of @planetscumm.bsky.social #15 has arrived! It contains my SF piece "The Throat of San Dante". You can get your copy below and follow the thread for a bit of trivia about how this story came to be! t.co/YKHMltPMPS