"How do you write a story your characters aren’t supposed to tell?" On our site now: Editorial Assistant Mialise Carney reviews @nassos.bsky.social 's *Sour Cherry* (@tinhouse.bsky.social), a reimagining of Bluebeard stories. Link in thread.

Guess who had a story come out over at @100footcrow.bsky.social today? It's a weird little haunting story that I had a lot of fun with. Come give it a poke! 100footcrow.com/linger-just-...

In "Her Right Arm" by @nassos.bsky.social, a man sets out on a voyage accompanied by his fiancée's right arm.

Issue 5.4 is out now! ❤️‍🔥 A wintry, gothic issue underpinned by disasters and dark transformations. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com This incredible cover is by Mary Ainza 🧡

Reading 2025 fiction? Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/B0D6Nhu

I appreciate everyone at @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social. The stunning poet and beautiful creature @angelvleal.bsky.social . @yaffasutopia.bsky.social is exceptional, they are a brilliant light. @amalelmohtar.com for bringing beauty and birds into the dark places. @nassos.bsky.social, my best mentor.

There are so many more. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

What were your favourite fantasy reads of 2025? Short stories, novels, novellas, poetry etc… Enthuse to me!

Chiming in! I'm loving @alixeharrow.bsky.social's The Everlasting right now. Also really dug @nassos.bsky.social's Sour Cherry, @julieleong.bsky.social's Keeper of Magical Things, and @rozaki24.bsky.social's Grimoire Grammar School PTA. In shorts, Dawson's Six People To Revise You jumps to mind:

Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social !

Check out Part 2 of our celebration of the many Tin House books that have landed on "Best of 2025" and "Favorite Books of 2025" lists!🎉 Then read more about these amazing books: tinhouse.com

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

In which I see @raewilde.bsky.social and @nassos.bsky.social on this list of Notable Indie Books. Thank you to Lit Hub for doing this!

📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess use code UGHFINE or you could just buy them! up to you 📚 www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks

Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help: vajra.me/2025/11/29/c...

In fact, let’s do this. Comment with what you’re looking for and I’ll try to recommend a read from a Palestinian author for you from my reading list. I’ll do my best to find you a match.

A beautiful and melancholic story of people looking for meaning in the face of chaos and companionship in the face of cruelty. How would you live in a world full of fallen angels, when miracles seem impossible? by @nassos.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Thanks to some mild time dilation, what day it is when you see this might be variable, but that doesn't matter because this week we're bringing you the apocalyptic "When They Come Back" by @nassos.bsky.social. Experience it!

Halloween has come and gone but the dead return on the eve of the New Year. They remember what the living can never forget, around a dining table full of heavy silences, and broken hearts. But deep inside the ground there's love to be found. @ecastroianni.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social

We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work. locusmag.com/aboutlo...

ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction? Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/lgwg08A

Reading 2025 fiction? Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/lgwg08A

I can't give up on this timeline because it contains the magnificence that is @nassos.bsky.social, and his new story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is everything I needed right now, maybe you too, so here you go. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

New novelette out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! Contains pigeon angels and living burials. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...

Happy paperback day to Dead Girls Don’t Dream! Now with a bonus playlist in the back, which are all songs I both listened to incessantly while writing this, and songs that are thematically or vibe-ally resonant. Available wherever books are sold, and signed copies thru @astoriabookshop.bsky.social

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @nassos.bsky.social about "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels," a poignant tale of funerals and birdlike angels. Read the story: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-... and the interview: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

A final ICYMI for the weekenders of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @nassos.bsky.social. Eavesdrop as he explains why the fact readers won’t need to know anything about Bluebeard to enjoy his Bluebeard-inspired novel is a tragedy — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

ICYMI — a new episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast went live this morning with my guest @nassos.bsky.social. Take a seat at the table and discover what it felt like attending Clarion the same year he was nominated for a World Fantasy Award — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

In the summer, I had the pleasure of chatting with @scottedelman.bsky.social for Eating the Fantastic! Now you can listen to us discuss Sour Cherry, the texture of prose, and the value of ambiguity over a lovely brunch: www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2025!!! 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 August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

I can’t stop thinking about Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social and its horrifying tenderness, the narrator’s desperate lyricism, the beauty and ugliness living cheek to cheek on every page.

I've hit the halfway point in editing the raw audio from my Worldcon conversation with @nassos.bsky.social to be sure all is copacetic before bringing it live as next Friday's episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you'll subscribe to be among the first to join us at the table. pod.link/1083737796

Ended the night editing the first 15 minutes of raw audio from my chat with @nassos.bsky.social — the last of four recorded during the Seattle Worldcon — to remove any infelicities which would prevent you from ingesting his wisdom on the next episode of Eating the Fantastic. pod.link/1083737796

Beautiful reviews for some dark and spooky work, including "Every Ghost Story" (which you can read here: reactormag.com/every-ghost-...)

New story day! "Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.

Read the sublime Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social - everything I love in a book - lush, interweaving stories where the deeply intimate is told through the universal medium of the fairy tale. A successor to writers like Angela Carter and Tanith Lee. (Also gives me hope that Muse will sell)

Hello everyone. Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...

Speaking of fabulous publications, @thedeadlands.com is also raising funds to produce another year of gorgeous death-related fiction, art, essays, and poetry. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

Have we mentioned if we hit the Kickstarter goal for WITCH OF PRAGUE, we'll open pre-orders for our second book? According to @courtneymilan.com, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO is "Poignant, beautiful, and incredibly meaningful." www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Oh hey please subscribe I talk about writing, media, tea and various other things catching my fancy (and to everyone who remained subscribed while it lay fallow, thank you SO MUCH).

UK readers! Sour Cherry is 99p on Kindle this spooky season 👻🍒 amzn.eu/d/buvcraN

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The best of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Just in time to get into the Halloween spirit, I’m teaching a horror writing class with Queens Collaboratory. If you’re in NYC and want to dip your toes into writing horror, this the place to do it. Tickets are $20-$25, and spots are pretty limited. luma.com/9pzyg2tm

"A beautiful read aided by Kurella’s skilled and poetical use of language. This is a story I strongly recommend." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Are you going to @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social? Me, too! Join me at More than the Sum of its Parts: Building Novels from Smaller Parts with @nassos.bsky.social, @vajra.me, and @yarntheory.bsky.social in hour 28. Then @phoebebarton.bsky.social and I talk After Capitalism, Then What? in hour 51.