“Commander Maeb Len knows that, more than anything, an army needs hope in order to struggle onward. They need a vision to fight for and faith that the future will be better than the past. Better than the present.” @clclark.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social!

This is going to be a great meeting! @clclark.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social

“With my eyes closed, I see: constellations of my future—the hero, the lover, the companions, the enemies to slay.” Love the expertise on display in this story! @clclark.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social !

This week’s guest is C.L. Clark! We’ll focus on the craft of short stories vs longer works – and getting them published. Huge thanks to C.L. for taking time to talk with us! @clclark.bsky.social

“The air is birdsong and honeysuckle and the electric touch of approaching thunderstorms, and I can almost imagine myself happy here.” February Moon by Josh Rountree in Beneath Ceaseless Skies! @joshrountree.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

“Night sits heavy against the harvested fields as my bones stir beneath the soil. They find one another, grind together, and take shape as I inhabit that old skin and prepare to play my part once again.” Another lush story from Josh Rountree! @joshrountree.bsky.social @thedeadlands.com

“The witch hunter caught up with me along the banks of the Guadalupe River. He was barely old enough to grow a moustache, and I figured my husband had paid him half of what he would’ve paid someone with more experience.” Loved this! @joshrountree.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

“They step so softly they appear to drift above the graves. Bones bright as blades in the moonlight.” Josh Rountree in Pseudopod! @joshrountree.bsky.social @pseudopod.org

This week’s guest is Josh Rountree! We’ll look at several short stories & his novella SUMMER IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEPARTED! @joshrountree.bsky.social @psychopomp.com

What a story! Can't wait to talk about it with @aimeeogdenwrites.com and the @electricsheepsf.bsky.social gang!

Haven't shared this for a while. If you provide recs, reviews, news, or commentary about SPECULATIVE SHORT STORIES, I'm happy to add you!

This week's guest is Helen McClory! First up is "The Companion" in Wigleaf! "At this time of day, the risk of attack was minimal, and all she had was that noise, that taste, the treachery beneath, and the cold air around." @helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

"The sound was high and wrenching. There was a strong, wild smell now. She and I stood watching the second wave of the storm as it broke, droplets spattering, dense as white oil." Love the relationship amid the storm! @helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

"I want to tell you about this other film I saw, one night when you were out sticking twigs in your hair and shoving your hand into the mouths of foxes, you dank, fleshy monster." Every bit of this story is unexpected! And sharp as a snakebite. @helenmcclory.bsky.social in Winter Tangerine!

Political shenanigans prevent some of us from ordering directly from the press, which sucks. But you might find a copy at the evil place:

Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS! @interstellarflight.bsky.social

A story in Helen McClory's collection, "Lore," creeped me out so much I still remembered it years after I read it. It's in her wonderful collection, MAYHEM & DEATH. It's available at 404 Ink if you're in the UK. @helenmcclory.bsky.social @404ink.bsky.social

I'm so excited to talk shop at Electric Sheep tomorrow!

"Frank thought all the battle-drones had been deactivated. Certainly, none of them had ever looked around with curious little twitches of their front-facing cameras before." 💜 @erincairns.bsky.social in @escapepod.org

"The civilians were dancing on the train again, stomping their feet to the heartbeat of the engine." Eager to talk about "A Smokeless and Scorching Fire" by @erincairns.bsky.social - originally pub in Writers of the Future: Volume 34 & republished at @inkfoundry.bsky.social !

This week's guest is Erin Cairns! We'll read several of Erin's stories and geek out about InkFoundry! InkFoundry is a phenomenal spec fic aggregator with a robust tagging system. It's easy to find whatever you want to read! @erincairns.bsky.social

It me! I'm really excited to visit Electric Sheep and talk writing, reading, and all things stories!!!

"When we first met, I was a woman and she was a child, and the carnival was winding its way through one of those dusty states where everyone looks weary..." Gorgeous work from @madpelletier.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!

Thrilled to have a story up at Uncharted. It's got Crow. It's got Death. It's got carnival folk. Go on. You know you want to read it.

Important news for fans of Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social. In short, Apex was screwed by the bankruptcy of the parent of Diamond Book Distributors, who placed their books in retail stores. This hits my fiction hard. Please read and share this thread. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Looking for more fantastic fiction from Jason Sanford? Here's a great list of stories to pick from! @jasonsanford.bsky.social

Looking forward to hearing about Genre Grapevine! Jason's reporting and essays provide tremendous genre insight - if you're not already a Grapevine reader, check it out! @jasonsanford.bsky.social www.patreon.com/c/jasonsanfo...

This week’s guest is Jason Sanford! We’re starting with The Eight-Thousanders! Read along with us! @jasonsanford.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social

"He’s looking down at the withered garlic in his hand, and it’s coiling around his thumb. He’s listening to it breathe, that little soft up and down, a pulse in his hands." So much tension in this story! 😯 @thomasha.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

Cat's out of the bag, Space Unicorns! Uncanny’s Michael Damian Thomas and Lynne M. Thomas are the Content Editors of It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton!!! www.vitalthrills.com/its-storytim...

Had a fantastic chat with the folks of @electricsheepsf.bsky.social about horror and dark fantasy writing -- it was a great way to start my day! (If only I hadn't read the news afterward ...)

Today is our birthday! Electric Sheep has been hosting guest authors, craft discussions, and readings for 4 years! We've had more than 100 guest authors & editors, and we've read & shared almost 1000 spec short stories & articles. Thanks to everyone who has visited & supported us!

Such a fun discussion today with F.E. Choe! She is an amazing writer! If you're interested in more of her work, check out her website!

Guest Editors: Rhonda Schlumpberger, Intrepidus Ink EIC @intrepidusink.bsky.social Wendy N. Wagner, Nightmare EIC @wnwagner.bsky.social @nightmare-magazine.com 2/3

If you've ever found yourself thinking, "Wow, Radon authors sure are cool people. I'd love to follow them." Well do we have something for you today: A Radon Journal Author Starter Pack, with all Radon authors past and present who are on Bluesky. go.bsky.app/F6PjTVf

How can we not brag when a member of Electric Sheep is a finalist for the Philip K. Dick award?? Huge congrats to @taracampbell.bsky.social & @sfwp.bsky.social for CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES!

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Thrilled to welcome @chriscampbell.bsky.social this week! First up is “Fatal Conditions.” Find “Fatal Conditions” in: FIYAH #18 NightLight Horror Fiction Podcast The Tentaculum Issue 3 Read along with us! Links ⬇️ #sffh

Announcing our Winter 2025 Lineup! We hope you’ll read along with us! Featured Authors: Chris Campbell @chriscampbell.bsky.social F.E. Choe Yaroslav Barsukov @barsukov.com Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social Premee Mohammad @premeemohamed.com 1/3

"Genetic molecular structures were designed in haste to sub-atomically dismantle toxins, dioxins, heavy metals, plastics, silica, and general waste." Option One - An elegant & satisfying poem by @pedroiniguez.bsky.social in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social - check it out! #sffh #poetry

*deep sigh* Anyway, I did my round-up post of award-eligible work for the year! Nothing much, just one novel, three novellas, one novelette, and seven short stories, ha ha, I am going to go lie down now premeemohamed.com/eligibility-...

Sharing again! Welcome new friends! This starter pack includes folks who provide: *News *Reviews *Recommendations *Commentary for short speculative fiction! If you provide these things, I'm happy to add you to the list! (Will also remove you if you don't want to be included!)

Wole Talabi’s Nebula-nominated novelette reeled us in with the title—“A Dream of Electric Mothers”—and kept us spellbound with the prose! First published in the Africa Risen anthology, reprinted at Reactor @wtalabi.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/a-dream-of-e...

This week we’re reading stories by Wole Talabi! First up is “Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application for an Eternal Spirit Core” in @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Read along with us! @wtalabi.bsky.social #sffh #shortfiction

Hello new followers! :) I am Eugenia Triantafyllou a Greek writer who has a soft spot for dark stuff but occasionally strays towards sff. My fiction has won the Shirley Jackson Award and have been nominated for the Ignyte, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Awards.

Anyway, happy Friday! I have hours of work to do before going out with friends which I haven't done for like... months here?? I don't know. Today might be a good day to buy THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, a story about... having... a nice day out with animal friends! 🦊🦄🍎🌲

Good morning Bluesky. Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer. go.bsky.app/KDY26rh

Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.

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