📣Fellow Sci-Fi Writers📣: looking for 2 - 3 folks willing to write a cover blurb for a dual POV novellete (11,000 words, ~36 pgs double spaced, all about space travel & testy team dynamics), due for publication in 2026! DM me for the details (I'll pay a nominal fee for your time and eyes)🙏

"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social, Fall Contest 2024 Finalist (Theme: Flirt), in case you missed it

She's live! Read all about @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social here: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...

second window's funds raised: a whopping $2,709.32, for a total of $3,628.88. you people rule! I've got lots of reading to do, I'll randomly select the merch winners when I'm done!

Psst, there's some exciting new content dropping on salenacasha.substack.com tomorrow, namely an interview with editor extraordinare and all around lovely human, @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social ! It goes live at 10AM ET, so a perfect read to have with your morning coffee.

After REJECTION FALL 2025, I received not one but *two* super secret contract offers today! Cannot wait to share them once I sign on the dotted line but until then, enjoy a bit of Kristen Wiig

Running an interview series from my substack promoting female and nonbinary indie authors (and their books) who write in scifi/speculative genres! If you fit the bill, DM me and I'll add you to the series/send you the qs. I promise, they are fun! #indie #selfpub #scifi #specfic

1266 words this morning for a short story (and maybe 100 towards a new novel). Good chaotic this November, no goal except to write something every day.

October didn't disappoint: three pieces of flash⚡️ out in the world with @vialofboneszine.bsky.social @surelymag.bsky.social & Writer's Hour Mag and a Best of the Net nom from F(r)iction. Read all about it here! open.substack.com/pub/salenaca... #microfiction #aicommentary #meditation #magicrealism

Adore technothrillers? Skeptical of AI? Interested in being an ARC reader and love a good queue?! Teresa 2.0 might be for you. Get yourself on that waitlist: teresaseesyou.com #AI #technothriller #indie #arc #therapy #coverreveal #nearfuture #thefutureishere #scifi

Proud of us☠️

Curious about my querying stats so far for Teresa 2.0 Will See You Now? Want a peek at some real-life personalized rejections? Take a read on my substack here: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...

There's really nothing quite like this feeling😶‍🌫️. Thank you a million times over to the folks who put their heart and souls into literary magazines and lift their authors up in the process❤️best of luck to all the nominees!

Another feature from @surelymag.bsky.social. do not sleep on this issue surelymag.com/a-story-abou...

issue 32 starts with the cozily surreal A Story About a Fire by Salena Casha surelymag.com/a-story-about-a-fire

First standalone book review of Empire of AI and why it matters to my WIP is live! salenacasha.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

Lucky to have my coffeeshop observations (second set this month!) included by @mosspuppymag.bsky.social ! Read it here: www.mosspuppymag.com/pop-up-issue...

Guess what? It's here! The Cedar pop-up issue curated with Kelli Lage is live for your viewing on our website. Feel free to check it out here: www.mosspuppymag.com/pop-up-issue...

It me!

Always aiming to be a little bit creepy. Thanks for the share, @tomljanovic.bsky.social !

You make for the parallel bars base and you’re almost there when you feel it: a push between your shoulder blades. —"Freeze" by @salenacasha.bsky.social in case you missed it https://www.fiveminutelit.com/freeze

Dream publication loading with @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social It's a riff on a conversation I heard at a coffeeshop once, read it here: gooseberry-pie.com/prospective-...

"I don’t really don’t enjoy being in, like, the same space as one because of the #vibes and also I had a really bad experience once" Love the tone of voice in this gem from @salenacasha.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/prospective-...

When Ariel Morelli first began replacing therapists with AI, she was just doing her job. As her boss ramps up engagement, Ariel must decide: say nothing or stop the algorithm before it drives a patient to do something they can’t take back. THE LOOKING GLASS (77K) #bluepit #BluePit📖 #A #OS #SF #WF

June newsletter has arrived with pubs from @foofarawpress.bsky.social , @natflashfictionday.bsky.social, @zoeticpress.bsky.social, F(r)iction, & Brilliant Flash Fiction❤️ salenacasha.substack.com/p/writing-up...

I'm about 40 queries in for my near-future techno thriller with 14 rejections so far and 5 requests (3 partials and two fulls). I want to try something new with my query (gah, I know, the editing and overthinking never ends) and would love to trade with someone for feedback! Anyone interested?

Lucky to be a part of this one with @natflashfictionday.bsky.social! Grab your copy today!

That moment of brief stillness when the third revision is done and in the hands of a trusted editor and suddenly you're itching to fix that one thing you noticed but you resist you resist you resist #amwriting

"I’ll tell you the things I remember, then you can show me the things I don’t. How does that sound? " Read "Moorings" by @leighloveday.bsky.social and @salenacasha.bsky.social: buff.ly/WCoZHyf #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #WritersLift #LiteraryJournal #OpenForSubmissions

Check out our story "Moorings," cowritten with @leighloveday.bsky.social over with @mgliterary.bsky.social!

A snack-sized romance to start the day! “Unlike Ships In The Night,” Read here: open.substack.com/pub/microman...

What a wonderful reminder from my co-writer, @leighloveday.bsky.social ! I can't believe it's only been a year. So grateful that @icebreakerslit.bsky.social brought us together!

Even though she’s new to Wellington, she knows these are not her friends. —"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social Fall Contest 2024 "Flirt" Finalist, in case you missed it https://www.fiveminutelit.com/with-love

ICYI got about 15 spots left before we close for a while ! 👇

How about a shortlist??!! Here are the twenty micros we sent to judge Deb Olin Unferth! Congrats to you all! fracturedlit.com/2024-micro-p...

Huge thank you to @librelit.bsky.social for the publication!❤️

squee my litl story "This Is Not a Eulogy," born in one of last year's @smokelong-quarterly.mn.co workshops, made the list! So many fantastic folks and titles on here❤️ thank you for making a 2025 dream of mine come true @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

I cannot actually believe the submission window for Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine is still open. If you got something, send it in! StanchionZine.com/submissions

You know what to do: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...

👀😱😶‍🌫️ (if you know what I mean)

Our new contributor interview series, In the Ear, is officially here. I had the pleasure of speaking with @salenacasha.bsky.social about mental health, doom scrolling, visualization, and writing revisions. Read the interview, here: www.librelit.com/in-the-ear/s...

It doesn’t matter who is It because he’s playing. Blond hair, navy slacks, white polo; his head flashes by the monkey bars. —"Freeze" by @salenacasha.bsky.social in case you missed it https://www.fiveminutelit.com/freeze

This was so fun to read for, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the next theme brings! Congrats to all those selected and to those who put their heart out there and submitted. You're the true stars 🌟

High Fives to our contributors who published all over the place last month: @salenacasha.bsky.social @anchalastudio.bsky.social @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social @loricramerwriter.bsky.social @markhpoetry.bsky.social @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social and Sarah Frederick. Links: fiveminutelit.com/newsletter

Some days, I can't believe this ten-year-old was me. Even though we're separated by decades now, I am thankful for who she helped me become.

January 2025 newsletter is up and running, bookended by publications in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social and @theforge.bsky.social. check it our here: open.substack.com/pub/salenaca...

This story is a little piece of my heart. Thank you to @theforge.bsky.social & @talesfromaspace.bsky.social for the selection❤️

The best sort of Sunday announcement. Huge congrats to fellow finalists and a massive thank you to @fiveminutelit.bsky.social !

Trash Cat folks are good folks. Some sub calls and stories in here well worth your attention, and if you have a very specific hankering for a 500-word tearjerker about the trials of a city girl and her cryptid, there's a link to one of those as well. It's as if they knew.