Time to polish your stories - or write one if you don't have something ready!

In case you missed it, Issue 14 of Translunar Travelers Lounge is online. Brief notes on most of the stories can be found by following the posts here, or better yet follow the link to read them translunartravelerslounge.com

Listen, I don't often shout out for a book (mostly because I don't do social media much). But if there's one you shouldn't miss, it is Vile Lady Villains by @danaiwrites.bsky.social PRE-ORDER, ORDER, LOVE. It's out of this world and will blow your mind off. Links below 👇👇👇

Kaleidotrope will be open to fiction and poetry submissions April 19-25. Kaleidotrope is currently open to artwork submissions.

🌦️ It's here! Our tenth & final issue 🌦️ Feat: @ncmaha.bsky.social @sagemustang.bsky.social @andymboyle.bsky.social @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social @joannaobviously.bsky.social & more!! inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-ten-ed... #SFF #Horror

Time to polish your stories - or write one if you don't have something ready!

The guidelines say that we're looking for "fun" in the stories. That might mean light-hearted, it might mean serious yet optimistic, it might mean interesting, or brilliantly written. Our latest issue has all of these and more. translunartravelerslounge.com

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

One week to go!

One week to go!

Starting a list of MOSTLY random speculative poems from 2025, partly for Hugo Award consideration, mostly because we could all use a touch of beauty: Bella Chacha's "Orbit Decay," a poem that might be about a relationship, or might be about a star, or both: www.heartlines-spec.com/orbit-decay-...

I definitely recommend checking out the most recent issue for a sense of what TTL is looking for. There is a wonderful range of what 'fun' can mean!

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

You should read Issue 14, but there's no rest for the wicked. Submissions for Issue 15 open soon. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Check out my friends' work on the cover and in this issue!

SOON 👀

No rest, get ready! (polish, polish, polish until it shines 🌟)

You should read Issue 14, but there's no rest for the wicked. Submissions for Issue 15 open soon. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

this THROWBACK THURSDAY, consider Exit Ghost (2023)! is modern witchy (bisexual disaster) girl Hamlet at the Jersey Shore! also includes ride-or-die female friendships and a very good dog named Yorick (who is SAFE he is FINE) books2read.com/ExitGhost

A FANTASY NOVEL? FOR £6.99?! IN THIS ECONOMY??? YES! If you'd like to pre-order my upcoming fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS then you can do so NOW and you can do it HERE and I will love you forever (or at least be positively disposed): forbiddenplanet.com/486220-this-...

Of course you can support us in other ways - you can buy an ebook for Kindle, or donate at the ko-fi. Everything we receive goes to support the magazine. ko-fi.com/D1D01GTCN www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNJG9Q93

Translunar Travelers Lounge exists because we believe in the stories we publish. We want you to read them, and better still to review them and let people know - we appreciate even the smallest post.

Because we broke the link ten days ago, there's four more posts here. bsky.app/profile/tran...

In case you missed it, Issue 14 of Translunar Travelers Lounge is online. Brief notes on most of the stories can be found by following the posts here, or better yet follow the link to read them translunartravelerslounge.com

Does this story have something important to say or is it just nuts? If you have thoughts about either the jokes or the serious topics in this story or the others in Issue 14, we'd appreciate comments or reviews. translunartravelerslounge.com

A story in which a man who has always shown up when needed builds a rocket for a collective of testicles - and maybe learns what his balls were holding him back from. "We Require An Engine," Said The Testicle Collective by @davidanaxagoras.com

A story that is as profound in it's questions about masculinity as it is absurd in it's premise, not to mention one of the best titled stories in all 14 issues of Translunar Travelers Lounge! translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/w...

Oh this is my favourite. Loved it, just btilliant. Full of music and hunour, magic and fantasy, a quest narrative that does different things wuth fabulous descriptions to end in a lovely way. Just the best fantasy story ive read in a while.

A story in which a man who has always shown up when needed builds a rocket for a collective of testicles - and maybe learns what his balls were holding him back from. "We Require An Engine," Said The Testicle Collective by @davidanaxagoras.com

Romance and world-building is a heady combination. If this inspires you why not write a review! translunartravelerslounge.com

Obinna is a cleaner in the sewers, but dreams of more, of passing the exams - and along the way meets Chiamaka a woman from a much higher level. We Dream Of Sunrise In Our Monochrome City by @uchenwaka.bsky.social

In all the excitement we forgot to mention - this is @runesword.bsky.social debut published story!

Rebuilding from the remnants of the old world, the city is hard for some, yet allows room for dreams and hopes - and love. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/w...

In all the excitement we forgot to mention - this is @runesword.bsky.social debut published story!

I can’t believe that’s a debut! What a delightfully demented tale!

Obinna is a cleaner in the sewers, but dreams of more, of passing the exams - and along the way meets Chiamaka a woman from a much higher level. We Dream Of Sunrise In Our Monochrome City by @uchenwaka.bsky.social

Making old elements new again is a core way that genres renew themselves, and how better than to have the characters treat the outrageous absurdity with cynical seriousness? If you enjoy this let us know or write a review. translunartravelerslounge.com

An agent for adventurers seeks out the only man who can stop the dark lord whose animated skeletons can be controlled by xylophones. The dark lord has destroyed every xylophone in the known world - but perhaps another instrument will work? The Necrmancer's One Weakness by R Lochlann

This story re-mixes well known ideas into a pacy, darkly comic, always surprising narrative - something we have a weakness for. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/t...

What if we tagged @runesword.bsky.social in? Our one weakness, forgetting to use the tags and tools available!

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...

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

Oh look, it's me

Classic fantasy tropes are classic for a reason, and self-seriousness is the death of art. Come join me for this shotgun blast at my own literary legitimacy in this high LPM (laughs per minute) tale of the power of song, skeletons, and officially licensed smutty comics.

This story is a balm to the soul.

What if we tagged @runesword.bsky.social in? Our one weakness, forgetting to use the tags and tools available!

An agent for adventurers seeks out the only man who can stop the dark lord whose animated skeletons can be controlled by xylophones. The dark lord has destroyed every xylophone in the known world - but perhaps another instrument will work? The Necrmancer's One Weakness by R Lochlann

Adawele's wheelchair has the spirit of mischief - until Chief Kopolo steals it and uses it to make the city a monument to greed. A rollercoaster ride of a story - The Wheelchair God Of Ibadan by Bella Chacha

The Wheelchair God Of Ibadan is an explicitly Nigerian story, yet with themes that people in all countries understand bone-deep because we live with our own versions of these struggles. We're proud to draw on writers scattered so widely. translunartravelerslounge.com

The BSFA Awards shortlists are up, highlighting an array of excellent work. Do take a look, whether or not you're voting. (Especially if you're in need of an alternative to doomscrolling) bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...