Do you enjoy a good cutting session? Word-cutting is very satisfying for an introvert 😁 Wishing you a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerslife #writesky #writing

Thinking of a teensy weensy story taking flight today. Because thinking is writing!! 😁 Wishing you a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writinglife #microstories #writing #writesky

The Cold House author copies from @titanbooks have arrived in Brisbane. Alas, I'm in Hobart for 3 months so housedad #1 took photos for the 'gram. Oz, there's a paperback release then hardcovers arriving later. Suggestion: a paperback reader copy & a hardback for the "It's Our Precioooous!" shelves.

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st! We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th. Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

👀 Want a cover sneak peek?!?!? Of Beasts & Bones, the newest Inky Bones Press anthology coming in 2026, features horror stories with creatures & monsters that will haunt you and scare you to the bone. 😱🦴💀🖤

Trying to bend a witch to my words, but she's cackling at me from my pages and won't fall under my writing spell! Hope you're all having a more successful writing session! #5amwritersclub #writesky #writerslife #authorslife #writingproblems #writing

Just in case I haven't shouted gleefully about it enough lately, @sentencebender.bsky.social and I have a Saga Double coming out on October 21. You can preorder now from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-St...

Hey, I'm leading a two-hour generative writing session on Sunday, Sept. 28th through wonderful Cleaver Magazine! Would love to see you there. I have fun things planned! cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

Had a rad set of interconnected drabbles come out in Saros SF earlier this year. The whole issue is stacked with cool cyberpunk/tech-noir stories n nonfic. Give it a go. If ya like it, you're in for a treat this summer... sarossf.com/issue-3/

I made a VERY fun video demonstrating the ways point of view changes the story profoundly for my upcoming #WritingWorkshop with @reachyourapex.bsky.social -- see you there? $10 USD discount: POVFALL10

🖤 Dark fantasy readers 🖤 I'm currently looking for street team members for my dark fantasy novel docs.google.com/forms/d/1hbl...

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!

A fantastic read of the Twelve Dancing Princesses by @mariecroke.bsky.social in The Orange & Bee. I just love how this story comes together from 12 different views. It's one for the #fairytale lovers! theorangebee.substack.com/p/but-do-you... #fantasy #princesses #shortstory #happilyeverafter

We're opening subs for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize on 15 Sept! Read what judge Graham Faulkner wants: "Capturing the decisive moment with arresting detail. Writing to the questions, not the answers. The ability to create a mood, an intimacy, a connection." newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

I follow behind Butcher. A lot of nights spent imagining what I’d say to him. Home, Laced in Web by Cameron Schoettle Narrator: Rae Lundberg Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Chelsea Davis CW for body horror, spiders pseudopod.org/2025/09/12/p... This story was first published by The Dodge in 2024

Big Indie Weekend Panel: PREDICTING THE FUTURE. Are authors soothsayers or simply extrapolating from the data given? @emilyinkpen.bsky.social, @liamjhogan.bsky.social, @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social and @jcmberne.bsky.social talk crafting future set worlds in Sci Fi and Fantasy. #writingcommunity

Took a little to get into but I loved the voice in this! The magic-system and #worldworldbuilding was a great bit of #YAFantasy that I highly recommend! Whether you're a Peacock or a Crow, try this #fantasy #adventure #read! #amreading #bookrecommendations #tbr #booksky #bookstagram #books #reading

Here's a laugh for your next #coffee read! Thanks @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for inviting these petty gods into your mag. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/prot... Thanks #furiousfiction for the original prompt! #flashfiction #speculative #gods #amreading #Writesky #diaspora #fantasy #read

Cover Reveal! September 15th! Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! Ten killer flash by ten amazing writers. And we're thrilled to feature new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in the SmokeLong Master Series. Cover art by Mario Loprete.

Attended a great micro fiction workshop run by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social as part of Fremantle's Totally Lit Festival and was reminded that cutting but keep the essence is such an amazing skill 🤯 There's always so much more to learn in #writing! #writingtips #amwriting

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Here's a laugh for your next #coffee read! Thanks @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for inviting these petty gods into your mag. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/prot... Thanks #furiousfiction for the original prompt! #flashfiction #speculative #gods #amreading #Writesky #diaspora #fantasy #read

Opened my manuscript, edited two paragraphs and promptly fell asleep. Thanks, head cold! Wishing you a more successful #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting #writerslife

This is a gorgeous story by @kaunvijaya.bsky.social that shares the humanity in war. I highly recommend giving this a read! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/post... #speculative #shortstory #speculativefiction #fantasy #mustread

Been away enjoying nature for the last week. Thought I'd get a bit of reading and writing done on the side, but it was impossible... too distracted by the scenery! Time to restart tomorrow. Wishing you all a successful #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife

Send us your poetry, fiction, CNF, digital art and more! SUBS ALWAYS OPEN!!!

💚💫 Issue Eight has landed! 💫💚 This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences. If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-... #SFF #Horror

Good morning, creatives! Our internet signal at the cabin is very weak at present, so that's frustrating. At least the coffee maker is still going strong! Be BRAVE. Don't lose your sense of humor! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #resist

Taking Submissions: Translunar Travelers Lounge Fall 2025 Window from @translunartl.bsky.social‬ horrortree.com/taking-submi... Submission Window: September 15th through October 15th Payment: 3 cents per word Theme: Speculative Fiction in the science fiction or fantasy variety #WritingCommunity

My @lascauxreview.bsky.social Prize-winning story! "You used to cook for four, now after the kids have gone to college, and the divorce is finalized, and you and your husband, you keep forgetting to put the ex in front of this yoking title," lascauxreview.com/if-you-didnt...

Today we are thrilled to announce MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST, a collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories / novelettes by @aijiang.bsky.social! The new collection is comprehensive at 40 stories / novelettes and around 120,000 words. 👀 MEMORIES will be out Spring 2027.

Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

My poems “Tickseed” and “Sufjan Stevens glues wings to his back” are in this lovely issue of Delicate Emissions!

This piece! 😭😭😭 I love how bittersweet and soft and warm and sad this story is even as I'm being told about stone people. It's a must read!! #shortstory #speculative #yafantasy #families

Free drabble. Thank you @reachyourapex.bsky.social and Kirsten ❤️

Anyone ever feel like writing a novel is like building a house? Creating a chapter one word at a time, just like making a wall one brick at a time... With an occasional feature! Have a productive #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writerslife #writesky #novelwriting #writingcommunity #words

#Aussiewriter Lynette Noni continues to keep readers on edge with this #fantasy of love, monarchs, and #betrayal. Should Kiva support the prince caring for his people or her family's revenge? Fantastic read! #YAfantasy #fantasy #lynettenoni #bookclub #booksky #amreading #tbr #reading #readnow

Best #read this week! YA urban fantasy about three young #witches trying to survive wealthy witch hunters with the help of #demons and #spells along the way. This was a thrilling read that kept me hooked! #audiobook #readingnow #yafantasy #booksky #amreading #mustread #tbr #reading

Spending time today providing feedback for other writers' stories. It's such a useful skill to grow better at and being a #slushreader has leveled it up! I highly recommend improving your craft in this way! Wishing you a productive #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife

Has someone already made a list of publishers publishing #flashfiction collections? If not, who should I add? bsky.app/profile/did:...

Aaaaaaaand morale booster time is over. Back to the rejection emails. Thickening the armour one bit at a time! Wishing you all a productive #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #writerslife

Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l... #speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic

I finally finished work and have time!! Should I nap, cook, clean, or write? I know which one I'm gonna do... It's part of my writing process... Please don't judge me! How about you? 🙃 Have a great #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writerslife #writingcommunity #writesky #writer #catnap

Submitting to Penguin Oz's recent open has me focusing on getting my novel #query ready. So it was a delightful surprise to get two #flashfic acceptances in email! It's the little wins that keep us going 💪 Have a productive #writing session! #5amwritersclub #querying #writingcommunity #writerslife

Need a story with your coffee break? This one's a gorgeously sweet story on finding a loved one again, by the wonderful @ephiny.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com smallwondersmag.com/piece/all-th... #fantasy #cozy #flashfiction #shortstory #cozyfantasy #reincarnation

Book of Doors was so much fun to #read! I'm sure every #bookworm secretly wishes they had one of these #magic books, and can partake in its secret society. A great mysterious #urbanfantasy to enjoy! #bookofdoors #books #audiobook #bookrecommendations #amreading #tbr #booksky #readingnow #fantasy

Shhh. It's my reading time. #books #bookworm #read #reading ##readingcommunity

🆕 #agentsguide to match #PosterPit. Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing. #amquerying #q #wf w/ #r #litagents #filipinorep🇵🇭

So many exciting-sounding things coming up from the likes of @alinaetc.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @summermoth.bsky.social @taniahershman.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social

A quick fun read on an overly obedient and helpful wife! 😉 Thanks @gaylemarien2024.bsky.social for this very entertaining piece! #literary #humour #flashfiction #shortstory #aussiewriter #litfic