FF Reading Period Update As we start out the week, here's where the numbers are at: 40 stories undergoing additional reads 410 unread stories Oldest unread story is from July 7th at 2:22 PM ET 789 submissions this period (so far!)

Still looking for my secondary world fantasy to sweep me off my feet, so if you have one, please send it to Otherside? I like stories that feel brutal and sharp, beautiful prose, and audacious worldbuilding. Above all, I'm looking for ambition rather than stories that play within an existing canon

Just under a month to publication day! pre-orders are open (link threaded) and if you’re in the GTA you can join me for the official launch on August 22. I hope to see you there!

Absolutely devastating on so many fronts - including the part where their lawsuit had to be dropped because the plantiffs had all died or graduated...this is the outcome transphobes want. We will fight them through our broken hearts.

Just a few more days!

TWO MORE DAYS until Anathema Magazine closes to submissions! We’ve been so honored to receive your wonderful stories, poems, and artworks 💜 With two days remaining, send us your best work, and tell your friends to send theirs along, as well! The clock is ticking ⏱️👀

Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions, closing again after July 25. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

Introducing...the astounding cover for Issue Four (out Aug 1) by artist Kevin McKie! I've never seen anything like it. 😍📸 It's part of a larger graphic novel project Kevin is creating, which you can see on Insta. www.instagram.com/mckie.illust... He also sells prints! www.etsy.com/listing/4522...

stole this banger headline from someone who didn’t use alt text

I understand that it sucks to have to read a book you didn't choose as a kid but when people are like 40 and still going, "well assigned reading turned me off from reading" it's like, ok but you're 40. No one has assigned you a book in like 20 years.

Ghost plant from my walk yesterday

fiction isn't (always) autobiography. it is completely possible to write resonant, powerful, realistic characters outside of your life experiences. it just involves a bit of thinking and care. which is also true for characters who do match your experiences.

“A.i.” reproduces and industrializes the racism of its inputs and reflects the biases of its developers.

Why is this so upsetting

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions July 19-25. If you jump the gun and accidentally send something before then, that's okay, but you *will* need to re-send it when the zine is open. Anything received before this Sunday will unfortunately not be read.

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

Many areas including NY, WI and MI have extremely poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. While public health agencies advise people to stay indoors and avoid strenuous activity, farm workers are out working in these conditions. 1/

a few good Jessica’s

New from @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, "Herkimer Inquiries" by @rathmercury.com: a canny, queer tussle with the supernatural and with City Hall, in Albuquerque. reckoning.press/herkimer-inq...

We’re closing submissions for a bit from tomorrow to get caught up as I’m falling behind on responses. If you’re a writer with a story you want to submit, get it to us by 23:59 BST tomorrow (17th July). If you’re waiting on a response I’m sorry for the delay but will get back to you ASAP.

I had an excellent experience when I sold a story to @aanpress.bsky.social, their books are beautiful, plus editor/publisher Todd Sanders is a good guy, so I'm passing along these eclectic short story calls. They both sound like fun projects.

I don't wanna hear a damn thing from "A.i." pushers about serving underserved communities, etc. Consumer-facing "A.i." is a scam tool for scammers, period.

This idea for a youtube thumbnail entered my head at half eight this morning and I could not rest until I made it real. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

there’s so much more to story structure than just the hero’s journey. come see what’s possible in this online class starting next month hugohouse.org/product/unde...

In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.

Are you a developer who has put a fishing minigame inside your non-fishing video game? Or are you considered a connoisseur of fishing minigames? OR do you have knowledge of how real-life fishing works and how it might translate to games? I would love to speak to you for a story please!

Fun Union Story: My mother discovered by glancing at a coworker's check that she was being paid considerably less than a younger white woman with less experience and far fewer years on the job. She went to her union (shout out 1199). They adjusted her salary and got her retroactive back pay.

Only 10 hours left!!!! Get in there! inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/

UPDATES Call for creative writing: Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993

Where did half the month go already?? Subs remain open for this issue! Check those guidelines and don't self reject!

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

A quick Portals #1 submissions cap report! We are at: 🌖 102 / 150 fiction submissions (68% full) 🌘 36 / 100 poetry submissions (36% full) You still have time to submit, if you’re eligible! Send Angel and Jess your strangest, darkest, weirdest horror. Details: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

Comrades with wildfire smoke: Really do wear respiratory protection, that shit isn't just bad in the moment, it has serious long-term health implications and not just for your lungs! If you don't have an air purifier really do try to get one, if possible, and REMEMBER TO CLEAN AND CHANGE FILTERS.

Just fyi I’ve gotten 2 scam “You’re Invited!” type emails in the last few days from the hacked gmail accounts of SFF folks with whom I’m acquainted but not in regular contact; these arrive with a paperless envelope link to click. idk if it’s the FB-style messages-your-contacts or more insidious

good morning, this is still a great idea:

For those not on the Readercon mailing list, know this.

We are about halfway towards our goal of picking up enough new subscriptions to give our staff, authors, translators, and artists a raise when we publish our 20th anniversary issue in October. Thanks to all who have signed up and/or boosted the signal. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

infected lettuce entering my body to cause explosive diarrhea

Important update about my Aspects of Aelda duology. As I say below, I can't begin to thank everyone for supporting me and other Atthis authors, both publicly and privately. It means a lot to me and I'll be paying it forward where I can 🦑💜

FYI today is your last day to submit work for our consideration for our Solarpunk Horror issue coming out in November!

I sat with him in his table house, & he related to me a movie he was working on. It involved a cliffside town whose inhabitants keep investigating a mystery that leads to them finding out that they're all dead, resetting time and making them start over again. I saw fragments of the movie in my head.

Please if you have this, I need to see it! send me epic fantasy

Exciting news from Lightspeed -- an old hand leaves, an older one returns. I am going to miss the team so much, but I'm so excited for what will come next! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/e...

before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. that way, you can sell the second one to fund your journey. follow me for more Revenge Grindset tips and tricks

Lots of us were raised in ways that make self-deprecation a reflex but: writers, please don't run down your own genres of choice. For instance: If someone says "Hey, you sold a book?" try not to shuffle and reply "Yeah, but it's just small press poetry" or "Yeah, but it's just a horror novel."

Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International.

We hunger for storiesssssss :)

Why do you need me to tell you how many of these squares have motorcycles in them you obviously already know this farce is humiliating for both of us

i’m sorry but ‘literally died of hard heartedness’ is the most hack writing yet in an already weak season