To kill the witness is forbidden. However, bringing him to the verge of death and leaving him there for fate’s determination is, technically, allowable. But when two warriors assigned to watch over a death march break their mandate and commit one act of mercy, Asheru lives. #WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT

THRILLED to share that I'm participating in QLN's Lit for Queer Liberation 2026! I've donated signed copies of my cyberpunk lesbian space heist, HAMMAJANG LUCK, and it's standalone sequel starring the wonder kid hacker, THE OBAKE CODE you can bid between March 1st and March 7th at the link below!

ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To break this curse, she’ll have to confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world. #WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT #ND

Our ✨February 2026 Issue✨ is now free to read online! Find it here: havenspec.com/issues/issue... Or get the PDF and EPUB: ko-fi.com/s/805c9b3a99 In it, you'll find five stories and five poems for your reading pleasure. Please spread the word!

this is my fave rukman piece to date - visceral, brutal and boundary pushing, everyone pls give it a read

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JANUARY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's December's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

I must believe there is space for inelegance, ugliness, and grotesque indulgence. That there is something more to do than strive for better.

rukman wrote this lovely insightful thread so pls read but i’ve been writing a lot post viable paradise and i think the main reason isn’t because of some sigma hustle grindset (tm) but bc i remembered writing is really fun?? writing only freak fiction is 10/10 would recommend

Welcome a year of new SFF short stories! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights magical girl burnout, choose-your-own paper fortune, and the inaugural dystopian tale from a brand-new magazine!

I have a new story out today! The Salt and The Cure is about looking at the question of "what is even god" and then wondering if you can love someone horrifyingly into one www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

Some great 2026 short fiction reads for you, including recent work by FFer @thelialao.bsky.social!

guys my @havenspec.bsky.social story “magical girl: corporate failure” was reviewed in reactor??? and was one of @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social’s top ten january reads?? 😭😭😭 feeling super grateful and also freaking out rn

Happy Year of the Horse! My flash story “Firecrackers on 28 Mott Street,” about a couple of kids gathering in a Chinatown alchemy shop for the Lunar New Year, is out today in @castofwonders.org!

My one-sided, sapphic yearning story told from the POV of a sword is out now in Diabolical Plots!

me: am literally in the process of drafting 8 short stories and 2 novels also me: what if i wrote a HIT PIECE on why the DICTIONARY SUCKS and is SCIENTIFICALLY INVALID 😤😤😤

Hugo noms are open. I have one story eligible. Please consider it if you enjoy pirates and/or necromancy and/or indian history and/or romance (Or even just read it. I think it's pretty good.)

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.

as a new zealander, i’m also eligible for the sir julius vogel awards! 🥝🥹 anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by @fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... sarossf.com/issue-1/

realised i never made an official 2025 pubs list, so... hi! i had one short out in saros sf (publisher: @fusionfragment.bsky.social, 4k words) last year, feat: 🏍️flying car crashes 💎sapphic nepo babies 🧠 transplanting your situationship's memories into your brain to cope with her death <33

Eight original short stories published last year. All at wenwenwrites.wordpress.com/publications... but a favorite was in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social "Saltwater Mother" magazine.trollbreath.com/saltwater-mo...

I would appreciate if you checked out my work for the Hugos! I'm in my second year of Astounding eligibility, and I also have a few stories out, available at clairejiawen.com/work -- and I'll link some below!

it was so lovely to see the micro reviews in this issue of haven spec! i feel like it’s rare to directly hear what worked from readers so this was def a pleasant surprise 🥹

My Rapunzel retelling "Parsley Girl, Parsley Girl, Let Down Your Trichobezoar" is out @podcastle.org today! Inspired by pondering how Rapunzel's mother could so easily give up her firstborn to the enchantress, reframed by infertility (bc I've been there) and plant lore. podcastle.org/2026/02/10/p...

3. Magical Girl: Corporate Failure by @thelialao.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social Magical girls! Regrets! A depiction of mundane life after saving the world!

Look I made a graphic! Wendy Darling, struggling mother in post-WWI England, tries to extract her recalcitrant daughter from a war-torn Neverland. Novelette now up @strangehorizons.bsky.social 😍 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

So excited for my werewolf sanctuary poem to appear in such truly stunning company! Also that art! 🔥 🥹 do you need: 🎊 parties as an act of hope 🐺 monsters finding community this poem was written for you havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...

Excited to have a flash fiction piece in Haven Spec! Please read and support all the very talented writers in this issue!

It's here!! You can now read my Weird, sartorial, feminist revenge story "Bootcut" for free @havenspec.bsky.social. This story bristles with rage, dark humor, & many sharp things. And a wickedly, well-fitting pair of jeans. havenspec.com/fiction/boot... (TW: sexual assault, violence)

can’t believe my first pro rate sale is out today in @havenspec.bsky.social! featuring: 💜 the worst sapphic situationship 5eva 👵 the existential dread of a quarter life crisis (spreadsheets! creepy directors!) 💀 “dying a hero is easy; living is harder”

I have a story out today! 'A Sleeper Ship is Like a Game of Go' is probably the most ambitious thing I've ever written, with future tense and a bit of slice of life. It’s about why we tell stories, why we play Go, and the role of AI in both of those. clarkesworldmagazine.com/jia-wen_02_26/

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Excited and proud to announce that I'm guest editing @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue. Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.

#QuestPit HAGRIDDEN, a t4t horromance novella In the rural Carolinas, Judith teams up with her reluctant-werewolf client to vanquish her abusive mother/maker, an ancient hag who means to sabotage Judith's underground health clinic and force her back to her horrific childhood home. #RF #H #Q #OS

pay for my therapy (complimentary)

hi #questpit, almost done revising my sapphic sf crazy rich asians novel, so here's the agent's guide! :)) [BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN #A #SF #LGBT

My originals for Nebula and Hugo consideration. (Am I doing this right? I hope this is right.)

[Literature waiting room] Me: [chanting] weird, weird- Other readers: weird, WEIRD Author: [pounding her typewriter] WEIRD , WEIRD, WEIRD!

Hearts and Half-Measures, my trans manananggal story from @pseudopod.org made the BSFA longlist!? This is a dream come true 🥹😭 Vote if you can!!

another hectic update but honoured to announce i’ve also been accepted into @grantamag.bsky.social’s “writing a literary novel” workshop for my YELLOWFACE x INCEPTION literary speculative fiction novel! 🥹 this month has been so surreal

Guys, it looks *so good*. Can’t wait for you all to read my story in here and the other fictional and poetical delights. The extra cool thing is all the pieces in this issue are in 2nd person!

New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠

still can’t believe i’m typing this but i’ve been accepted into @clarionwest.bsky.social! 🥹😭 so excited to draft my literary speculative fiction novel (YELLOWFACE x MY BRILLIANT FRIEND x INCEPTION but sapphic) about an author and a critic who swap bodies and meet the rest of my amazing cohort!

👀January 2026 Fiction👀 "Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting. Subscribers get it Monday!

thrilled to have a story here and share a toc with so many other amazing writers! 🤩

so excited to announce that i've signed a contract with @havenspec.bsky.social for my short story "magical girl: corporate failure"! delighted that this weird story has found its home (also my first pro-rate sale!)🥹

all rukman stories slap so very excited to read this one! 👀🤩

My @talesfeathers.bsky.social story is now free to read! Mind the content warnings augursociety.org/the-purpose-...

this is my favourite claire story yet and that’s saying something! everyone please go read this instantly 😤😤😤

so excited to announce that i’ve been accepted into viable paradise this year! honoured that my weird logic proof and dating sim shorts resonated and can’t wait to meet the rest of the cohort 🥹🤩⭐️ #VP2025