Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing, our 2026 virtual conference, is happening THIS SATURDAY on May 30th! Keep reading this thread or head over to weeknightwriters.com/2026/04/18/s... for the full details! 1/?

Do you delight in words and have climate anxiety? Me too. Me too.

This very ridiculous story by me explores a very real struggle in the world today! Thrilled to join the parade of awesome writers in @ratbaglit.bsky.social this morning.

Super excited to read my story, Some Stories We Tell Ourselves, Others We Don't, in the pages of @templeinacity.bsky.social today. This is a quiet one about complicated grief and not-so-complicated regret. Grateful to be included in the new issue. templeinacity.com/fiction-by-c...

Turning today's rejection into something nice

TODAY! My novel THE COLOR OF TIME is now available everywhere good books are sold 🥳

TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW

I’ve got space whales on my mind! 🐋✨ Painted this while listening to the audiobook of The Celestial Seas by @authortachan.bsky.social

"The machinery of culture, of technology, of society, moves in the hands that sweep, paint, farm, or hammer." 💡🎨🛠️ New nonfiction today by @reasie.bsky.social: "Why it Matters When I Write About Space Janitors" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Simultaneously the best and worst micro I have ever read. Thanks @sashabrown.bsky.social and @ratbaglit.bsky.social for this experience. ratbaglit.substack.com/p/pee-seat

I guarantee you’re not ready for where this story goes.

CALIFORNIANS! we need to talk about the primary. our state is fucked up and does not guarantee a democrat will be on the ballot in november. the top two candidates of ANY party will. so we need to focus right now on making sure Xavier Becerra is one of them, no matter who you might prefer.

This is so fun! science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

I need a hug now. 🫂

"At the bodyhouse, no one ever asks you what you want." Stop what you're doing right now and read the rest.

Congratulations @cmsullivan.bsky.social!

I’m so pleased that this poem found a home. Thank you to January House Literary Magazine for publishing it. 💚 If you like birds and wish you could fly sometimes you might like it! januaryhouselit.com/2026/04/17/b...

We're over the moon to reveal the cover of Violet Lichen's second annual eco anthology edited by @marissavu.bsky.social 🌙✨🪐 ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, blooming onto bookshelves November 17! Cover Art by @tropicalgloom.bsky.social Cover Design by Mikio Murakami, Silent Q Design

Our subscription drive continues! When we get to 50 new or upgraded subscriptions, we'll do a Best Of Year 2 anthology. Help get us more stability so we can keep putting many small wonders into the world! store.smallwondersma...

Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram)

#FundraiserPerk Kemi Ashing-Giwa will name a character after you (or use an agreed upon name). BE IMMORTAL! Comes with the April e-issue of locus and digital art. Donate at http://locusmag.com/... or through our bio! @kashinggiwa

Just one more skirt and he'll love me. If I can balance one more plate, I'll be free. The last frog will definitely be the one that validates me as a princess! Embracing my witch era with all my heart. I want to trace the outline of each of my warts and find peace with every last one.

They spray-painted 666 on the fence. We counted to three. We ran. Girlhood, dares, and the things neighborhoods choose to forget. An excellent story from @marjeec.bsky.social Check it out at Literary Garage: literarygarage.com/come-join-us...

Sword lesbians, chivalry, and mech suit jousting (oh my) Check out my flash fiction in Small Wonders today!

One of the many perks to being a subscriber is early access to the winning stories of the monthly flash contest, like mine, published today: "In Your Diminishing Tongue." tinyurl.com/diminishingt...

I'm thrilled to have my story Bloom Where You Are Planted published with @bcsmagazine.bsky.social today! Many thanks to @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social for his keen eye and support in making this happen. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo...

Hugo noms are open, and I'd love to put forth "Be Kind and Rewind" for your consideration. One year ago, on Valentine's day, Wyngraf published a story about queer/trans love that I coauthored with my lovely partner @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social. I'm a hack, but she made our story brilliant anyway.

I have 2 short stories awards eligible this year! 1. Patient was the Doctor (PDF 📝) analogsf.com/for-your-con... with @analogsf.bsky.social (Locus & SFWA recommended) 2. milt (podcast reprint 🔉) escapepod.org/2026/02/12/e... with @bsfa.bsky.social and @escapepod.org (mild nsfw 🔥)

✅ WEIRD ✅ QUEER ✅ HORNY ✅ HOPEFUL LET'S GO

Listen to this story by @shiwritesprose.bsky.social if you also like weird queer horny mermaid stories

"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.