So living with my parents abruptly became unsafe (mentally/emotionally) and I'm leaving ASAP. I have somewhere to go, but it's out of state. I'm packing now but I have to register my car before I go and that's $500. Anything helps. 🫀 Venmo: probablyharmless PayPal: theohillwriter at gmail

Another shout out for this survey, if you have 10 minutes to spare! Working on the conference abstract today :-)

kith crit: cohort one kithbooks.com/crit

best shows of the year 10/10 no notes

my favourite christmas movie

kith crit: cohort one let's get into the weeds

This story literalises apocalyptic imagery, making clear how appalling it is and offering an alternative. Translunar Travelers Lounge has fun as our central theme, yet sometimes fun stories can be dark too. We welcome comments and reviews.

It's day 23 and now we have Deliverance by @esichr.bsky.social a story about the end times, of heaven coming down from it's hiding place in the moon, and how terrible and sordid all that is

kith crit: cohort one

hiiiiii manuscript subs are open until sunday 12/21 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

My story "The Creeping" is now out in @penumbricmag.bsky.social along with stories by @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social and others! A depressed woman lies in bed...and something starts happening to her ceiling. CW: suicidal ideation, self-harm #writing 💙📚 #horror www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

It was a wonderful first year of publishing! I'm proud of everything that was released this year, but I would be especially grateful if you considered my poetry and my recent story in Inner Worlds as you nominate this awards season. Links to every piece in the thread below! 🧵

Calling all Inner Worlds writers and readers: please tell me your thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction! 🧠❤️

I've made a short survey with some prompt questions. If you have time and inclination to add any answers I would be very grateful indeed. Here's the link! www.cognitoforms.com/InnerWorlds1...

My second ever poetry publication is out today from my dearly beloved God's Cruel Joke if you want something to chew on today that might just chew you back.

if you're on the fence: the sale of these anthologies does a lot. this year, profits from 1 full-price anth sale are able to pay 3 contributors to next year's publications!

hello all semi/nonhuman entities & accomplices, i'm editing a @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog series on multispecies / alterhuman writing, and submissions are open now through Dec 15!!! You should submit something! Especially if you're unpublished! Don't self-reject! fifthwheelpress.com/blogsubs

MONSTROUS ANGELS is out! Get a copy and feast your multitudinous seraphic eyes on this anthology of angelic horror! Mine’s called GIVE ME WINGS and it’s got music, madness, movies, and a mysterious monk. 🪽🪽

It was way too early in the morning when I first reposted this so I didn't say anything but this is one of my favorite stories I've ever written and I stuck with it through 37 rejections and it would mean a lot to me if you'd take a look. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥

Obsessed with this one by @esichr.bsky.social from HAD (I forget if I’ve shared it before, but it’s so good it’s definitely worth sharing twice!)

since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)

I did the thing :)

We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online. 🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines 🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

Admit it, you want to win a Cummie. The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books. forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...

I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.

Is it an awards eligibility post? Is it a retrospective? I dunno, but here it is. I published some words this year. Check it out. (If there is anything you'd like to read and can't find, let me know and I'll get it to ya!) 🫀

Weird Year in Review: 8 books. 3 magazine issues. 2 sleep-deprived co-publishers. Let's do it again in '26! Missing anything from your bookshelves? Hit up our webstore🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

Read our Pushcart nominated stories! Deliver by @safiyacherfi.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/deliver-safi... They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by @esichr.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise... Strangler Fig by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi... 2/2

🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁 Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees: Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan Deliver by Safiya Cherfi They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall

award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction

check out my piece here: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...

I just enjoyed this awesome story by @esichr.bsky.social published in @innerworlds.bsky.social Try out this sci-fi read... It'll leave you thinking! inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise... #shortstory #sciencefiction #scifi #amreading #shortstories

Open call for submissions! Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻 Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co 🌈📚🪐💙

award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction

in love with my haul from @ascalaphid.com - shipping was so fast and these lil critters are my fave lil guys

When you feel a story with your whole dang heart, and realize now's as good a time as any for a cathartic cry and fist shake at the universe ... inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise... @esichr.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social

two new releases that i didn't expect to love but they delivered

Just finished reading They Promised This Would be Beautiful by @esichr.bsky.social It was amazing! inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise... I hope to see the PDF version in the future for the proper formatting ^_^ #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky

ALL HAIL THE BLACK FLAME this book made me fall in love with novels again @scumbelievable.bsky.social

finally catching up on posting after being offline/ill/travelling

this story is a mix of many different vulnerablities and inspirations, i wasn't sure if it would ever get published - im so grateful to @innerworlds.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home. (also this is my year of scifi and i love it!) inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...

my story that's the pitt meets annihilation is in here!! 🌌🏥

Elena's story was one of three chosen from the open submission call I ran, and it gave me chills. Within seconds I knew I wanted it in my anthology!! Hopefully we'll get to work together again in the future!

General submission open on Monday 22 September. We are looking for speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Our remit is very broadly fun, but don't self-reject - a truly superb story offers an enjoyment of it's own.

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/

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

Deliverance by @esichr.bsky.social a story about the end times, of heaven coming down from it's hiding place in the moon, and how terrible and sordid that is. translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/d...

@augursociety.bsky.social if an author submits 2 stories to augur during an open call but has to withdraw one, can said author submit another story or is the cap 2 submissions total regardless of withdrawal?

⭐️ One week to go and it's Issue Eight TOC time! ⭐️ Featuring 14 fantastic stories by @cindyphanauthor.com @busayo.bsky.social @jolantru.bsky.social @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social @katharinetyndall.bsky.social @esichr.bsky.social @chloehsmith.bsky.social @lost-squonk.bsky.social & more!

biggest cinema letdown of the year