🥁 Our #BestOfTheNet nominations this year go to... 🥁 @rukman.bsky.social for 'Planting Trees as Graves' inner-worlds.ghost.io/inner-worlds... @mererain.bsky.social for 'Concealment Failures' inner-worlds.ghost.io/inner-worlds...

"Already weeds have begun colonizing the burial mound. And with the recent rains, there are now mushrooms." Read 'Forest' by @jolantru.bsky.social CW bereavement, grief inner-worlds.ghost.io/forest-by-jo... #FlashFiction #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction #Fabulism #Fantasy #Fungi

"Already weeds have begun colonizing the burial mound. And with the recent rains, there are now mushrooms." Read 'Forest' by @jolantru.bsky.social CW bereavement, grief inner-worlds.ghost.io/forest-by-jo... #FlashFiction #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction #Fabulism #Fantasy #Fungi

asylummagazine.org/2025/09/asyl... The Autumn Issue 2025 of the Asylum magazine is out❤️ With 3 sample articles that can be downloaded free of charge on the Asylum website

The story submission portal is open for writers of color. Our first readers are looking forward to seeing them. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

This is just one of the many panels that's happening Oct 4 & 5 at the 6th annual Rainbow Space Magic. This free virtual con is for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction. Full schedule at www.rainbowspacemagi... #LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy

This is *phenomenal* -- and useful. Give it a read, and learn.

"Consider: why is the demon talking shit at you? Cruelty, yes, the cruelty is the point. But is it strength?" Good advice here for fighting your inner demons. Maybe some outer ones too.

Hot damn this is excellent

Need a lil pick-me-up? Try this flash from Cindy Phan. Good stuff!

I super enjoyed this

The best part about fighting a demon is, you can fight dirty. It is necessary and correct. Thanks again to @innerworlds.bsky.social for giving this fiendish flash fic a home! I had a blast writing it…it was almost too much fun 😈

"Look at the fucking thing. Really look. See the horns, claws, that festering skin, all those yellow fangs, those fucked-up eyes? Big fucking deal." Read 'What to Do When A Demon is Talking Shit at You' by @cindyphanauthor.com inner-worlds.ghost.io/what-to-do-w...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Human Lifecycle" by @hannahgreer.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-human-li...

Everything is awful except fiction. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Here's the (promised!) blog about my recent story. I go into the thought-process behind the themes of my story "Lungs" My notes on how a "ghost" story should be in conversation with the world it is written in/to/for. And more! busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...

"'Oh, are your eyes glitching, miss?' squelched the man’s open neck. 'I did see on the news that there was an outage today! They said two million subscribers were affected!'" Read 'Glitches' by Arvee Fantilagan inner-worlds.ghost.io/glitches-by-... #SFF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic

I have a new flash story in Lightspeed! "On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting" Somewhere in the borderlands between folk horror and hard SF... Hard fantasy??? #Hauntology something. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/on-a... @lightspeedmagazine.com

Ugh, so true ❤️ Thrilled to see Mary Wanjiru's 'The Shift Room' from our latest issue featured here among these other brilliant stories. What a selection! 🌟

Read 'Lungs' then read @busayo.bsky.social's excellent blog post exploring the opportunities and responsibilities facing writers when we summon phantoms in our work. busayomoji0.wixsite.com/a-busayo/pos...

@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social is recommending a body horror summer camp, a Carmilla retelling, and a cursed postman (and many more). Which of August's must-read SFF short stories will you pick up first? reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Easy to see why!!! inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-shift-ro...

@innerworlds.bsky.social Issue 8's Mary Wanjiru in this Must-Read list!!

Featuring stories from @3lobedmag.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @innerworlds.bsky.social, Augur Magazine, The Dark, and Skull & Laurel.

Ugh, so true ❤️ Thrilled to see Mary Wanjiru's 'The Shift Room' from our latest issue featured here among these other brilliant stories. What a selection! 🌟

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!

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

"I study her face. Skin like parchment. Gossamer, as if it might tear at any moment. Her pale blue eyes are rheumy and clouded by cataracts, but her mind’s still sharp as a pin." Read 'Soul Cakes' by @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/soul-cakes-b... #SpeculativeFiction

Wrote blog posts about my most recent pieces. Because I love writing about the inspiration behind my works. One of them drops tomorrow! I'll be sharing the story behind the story of "Lungs" recently published in @innerworlds.bsky.social Excited to share it!

"I study her face. Skin like parchment. Gossamer, as if it might tear at any moment. Her pale blue eyes are rheumy and clouded by cataracts, but her mind’s still sharp as a pin." Read 'Soul Cakes' by @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/soul-cakes-b... #SpeculativeFiction

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions! Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Our story submission portal for writers of color is open. Please read the guidelines, as that makes things easier for everyone! Looking forward to seeing your stories. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

"I was born with a tree branch on one side instead of an arm... The branch was a strangler fig that grew smoothly out of my shoulder, starting as little more than a twig and growing as I did." Read 'Strangler Fig' by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi... #SpecFic

My fable "Strangler Fig" is in @innerworlds.bsky.social I struggle with contextualizing this story as it's about my disability, which is a hard thing to talk about. Most of the moments in this tale are memories. I hope you enjoy it 💪🏼🌿

"I was born with a tree branch on one side instead of an arm... The branch was a strangler fig that grew smoothly out of my shoulder, starting as little more than a twig and growing as I did." Read 'Strangler Fig' by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi... #SpecFic

After such a beautiful line, you just have to read on: "She took pills that looked like planets and tasted like dust." Lovely story!

"There was a sound, too heavy to be fluttering, but definitely the sound of wings, and then the feeling of three-taloned toes digging into her calf." Read 'The Cockatrice' by @lost-squonk.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-cockatri... #Fabulism #SFF #Fantasy #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction

"There was a sound, too heavy to be fluttering, but definitely the sound of wings, and then the feeling of three-taloned toes digging into her calf." Read 'The Cockatrice' by @lost-squonk.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-cockatri... #Fabulism #SFF #Fantasy #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction

On a social media break for a few days. Take care everyone ❤️

"Each time I align the jump ignition sequence, I feel the shipsuit respond to my intention, its answer a thrum of power I can hardly comprehend. It opens a rift in space, and I slip through." Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu... #SFF #SciFi

cannot BELIEVE my story is in here thank you @manylittlewords.bsky.social for making my dream come true!!

Check out my story “My Heart Goes out to Her” in this super fun anthology! This book features sidekicks, superheroes, and super villains 🦹 www.amazon.com/Madam-Dont-F...

Are you really "not making enough progress" or is it just that your expectations of yourself outpace both what you'd expect of anyone else *and* the laws of physics

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

The erotic eco-horror anthology Silk and Foxglove has officially launched, and my story "All That Came From Our Lips Were Lilies" is within. books2read.com/u/mvwAv6

Check out my story “Just Visiting” in the @chmmagazine.bsky.social August 2025 issue! Plus, if you go to my website, there’s also a link for a narration of the story (and interview) through Cosmic Goblins. 🐍

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took a 5th century Tamil epic poem, gutted it for pieces, and used it to build a sapphic retelling? Never? Read A Song To Rival Gods today to find out

Release day! "Robots Past and Future" out today from Flame Tree, including a reprint of my "Arboreal Recovery Cluster, Node 896". It has giant robots (duh!), vultures, and tiny seeds. www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-...

Today's the day... 🌺🌼🌸🏵️ Happy BOOK BIRTHDAY to SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC ECO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY, unleashed and waiting for your outstretched hands and straining eyeballs NOW 👀 Thrilled to have my own erotic tale (my first...published), All Her Darling Little Ones, included in this killer TOC

For international folk: Publisher link: www.atthisarts.com/product/wolf...