"Nothing is safe from the muck." Read "Swampland" by the talented @erinbf.bsky.social at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

"I didn’t realize that’s how God worked. That he punished little girls for things their parents did." Read the rest of @marjeec.bsky.social's story at Maudlin House

Hello and happy new year! I'm pleased to announce I'm returning to @clarkesworldmagazine.com with a sci-fi- weird- eco-horror short story that's OUT NOW! It's called "The Desolate Order of the Head in the Water." Read here and subscribe! clarkesworldmagazine.com/prihandita_0...

Happy New Year's Eve, y'all!! This just in: THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY is 1.99 on Bookshop and Rakuten Kobo too! ✨ Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... ✨ Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Read this heartbreakingly gorgeous micro by my friend @lyss-b.bsky.social

I have a new prose poetry piece, "Subway Surfing," out today at the lovely @lostballoon.bsky.social. Thank you to Chelsea and the editors for giving this one a home.

I love this story in 1000 different ways.

If you have a moment, read my friend @marjeec.bsky.social's delightfully chilling story.

Trying an eligibility post for the first time. I'm grateful to myself for showing up this year to tend myself, the work, and community. Thankful for everyone I've met, deepened bonds with, and/or collabed to realize something wondrously meaningful. With and wishing care always, Jeané 🫂

“You name each shape in sing-song, asking me to play along, but it’s the summer before seventh grade and I’m too old for make-believe.” Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:

Today’s rejection therapy

psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨ #thecelestialseas #scifibooks

"Something’s in the air these days, your neighbors say, and you have a sense they don’t mean the smoke or the ash."

Twenty years ago, her parents’ rebellion failed. This is the story of what happened after. THE KING MUST DIE comes out tomorrow! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

A powerful story I think most creatives will relate to.

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

Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!  by Bree Wernicke "Unless you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail to maintain proper quantities of teeth, you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition Association, permanently. Yay!" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry

To celebrate 200 total patrons, we're giving away a 6-month Patreon subscription, including Discord access & Issue 1 of OTHERSIDE in 2026! Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.

We extended this to today (which is not, in fact Monday, if you are like us and lost track of space and time). Last chance to enter! Winner will be pulled at 4pm Eastern Time!

Such great advice from my rejection email today.

Inspired by @moirariom.bsky.social, I have decided to do my own rejection email editing:

“The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoughts for thinking.” Read my friend’s first published story here!

"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—" We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌

$2.99 a month for some really amazing stories and poems, right in your inbox! store.smallwondersmag.com

Sometimes, the bees take you where you need to go. Find the time today for "Bee Kept" by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social:

Take a break today for whimsy, somewhat mad science, and cats. Discover the secret ingredients in "Dr. Hypha's Laboratory" by Brian U. Garrison:

My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings..."

This anthology will include my story "A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus" in which a woman with ice magic has scores to settle🧊🧙‍♀️☠️

UK COVER REVEAL! 🎉 THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS is a standalone sapphic cosy fantasy about lady mages wrangling mischievous magical artifacts in a village full of secrets and at least one catdragon. TELLER is getting a beautiful new paperback jacket! Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape

My story is out in Small Wonders today! “What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.” Read to see what actually happened…

BIG BIG DAY! Pantomime is out TODAY in the US! 🎉 Don't worry UK readers, it will be coming to shelves near you on Thursday💜 Let's fly, me lovelies🎪

If you feel like starting your month with a good cry, here are some beautiful words from the talented @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

Sunday! It comes out! The contest issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social! And my story gets to share it with the winners and I'm so thrilled about it all. 🎉✨

My story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Come for the jungle, stay for the climax of extreme Midwestern passive aggressiveness 😁https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-color-of-things/

🪐🐋COVER REVEAL🌊💕 I am thrilled to share the STUNNING cover for my YA sci fi coming March 2026! THE CELESTIAL SEAS is a fast paced, gender flipped sci fi homage to Moby Dick 🩵 . . #thecelestialseas #writingcommunity #scifibook

did you know if you took a person's bones and laid them end to end in a straight line that'd fucking kill them don't do that bones are for INSIDE

I wrote this! It's a little heavy, but I do feel most of the great things science has done for us—in this case, psychology—is to help.

Check out this anthology of speculative poems, including mine: Journey of a Dandelion Seedling

Preorder links for THE KING MUST DIE, my science fantasy novel about found family, revolution, and second chances are live! Submit receipts via this form to receive a digital poster, drawn by the incredible Eepz. www.simonandschuster.com/p/the-king-m...

I’m so pleased to finally be able to share my winning NYC Midnight story with everyone. I write about grief often—it’s how I process, and how I work though my fears. This story was no exception.

this one was for us #wednesday

New name, who dis? I am excited to change my pen name to something that feels more fitting to me. Goodbye E. S. Hovgaard. Hello Indigo Rue!

We are edging up on August, and it's nearly time for another issue! If you like the things we publish, there are two great ways to support us: 1) Subscribe! At $2.99 an issue it's a great deal, and helps keep the magazine running! store.smallwondersma... 1/3

Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known. youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...

Congratulations to the 2025 WestWord Prize Winners and Finalists! @retreatwest.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social, @joycewhitevance.bsky.social, Charlie Swailes, Bethan Crymble, Dreena Collins, and Andrew Stancek Please check out their stories and mine here:

My friend @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social has a frog story out in Flash Frog today!

I think I know a tiger like this: "...she’d go to the window and wave her tail coyly, bat her eyelashes, curve her striped back until she’s sinuous like sea waves that scream, Look at me, am I not beautiful, don’t I deserve my own happy ending?" Powerful work @awprihandita.bsky.social!

I remember first reading this story when it was only 1k words. Look where it is now! They grow up so fast, don't they?

This is probably my favorite romantasy I've ever read. So if you haven't read it yet, check it out so it can be your favorite too!