i have a new poem in the wonderful @stonecirclereview.bsky.social

POEM 332: "more legs, more legs, more legs to run" by Nora Ray (@noraraywrites.bsky.social) "i am alone on this hill: my only salvation from the water murdering the phlox, its petals loose and overwhelmed; it has been raining for half my age" stonecirclereview.com/more-legs #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem

Ok. Just seeing the phrase "lacerate my retina" is already making my eyes water. Gonna try to read this anyway.

"The surgeon asked me not to move my eyes. He was specific. He told me if I moved them, the red dot would lacerate my retina." If eye surgery wasn't already horrific enough, Nora Ray adds a whole new layer in the unsettling displacement of her weird horror story "LASIK".

i have my new horror story in @seizethepress.bsky.social ‘s new issue!!

I also failed to link to February's with stuff by @crystalkoo.bsky.social and Perry Ruhlands plus work from @lcvonhessen.bsky.social @noraraywrites.bsky.social and others in the latest @seizethepress.bsky.social Ah, and of course the Of Montreal Outback SteakHouse ad buttondown.com/shortstoryre...

"The hospital is built on a cliff overlooking the ocean. From his room, I can see down the coast to where the fires burn. When I’m not sitting at his bedside, I walk the long hallways..." Today on ergot.: 'The Forest of Almost Death' by @timothyfox.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Timo...

i have been very busy moving, i hope i will get back to writing asap. i think i won't be publishing many short stories this year, though

STP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more. The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.

We've got a new issue coming out very soon and you can get a sneak peak at the sick cover art by Ana Luna.

We're open for fiction submissions! We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it. No closing date, open indefinitely.

ducks!!!!!!!

if you want a free query critique, please approach me! i can do up to three this week

hi!!! follow me on ig @ norarayauthor

read my new anxiety piece in LIBRE my agoraphobia has gotten better but her shade is still here librelit.com/2025/12/13/n...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! THEME: TIDAL LIGHT🌊✨️ Submit on Duosuma - Check out our website for more information. Also, please vote for CDJ if you have a moment for Chill Subs annual BEST LIT MAGS: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...

still processing that i got a full request after only a few sent queries

read my new flash in Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/septem... artist @damicandrea.bsky.social

Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social. "An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough." tinyurl.com/5a36bueh

today's Chris Scott short really found a way to crawl inside me and not get out "If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..." https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi

5 Reasons To Rent This Apartment by Nora Ray maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...

and here is my another new story! (someone has been productive this year, right?) it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻 maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...

My new story "Three First Dates with You!" 🍷 is published in Flash Fiction Magazine i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...

TWO OF MY POEMS ARE OUT THERE IN APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL "you woke up to the sounds of the agonizing sun. it whistled, clapped, and screeched." apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...

i got food poisoning

Submissions for LOST & FOUND close in ONE WEEK ✨️📅 Visit our website for more information: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/submission-g... We can't wait to see your creations!

i have three poems in the new issue of Frigg Magazine! friggmagazine.com

Work by Grant Frazier, daniel joseph, Sean Lovelace, John Mandelberg, Bruce McRae, Sreeja Naskar, Cee Pugsley, Nora Ray, Milla van der Have, and Rachel Weinhaus. Many thanks to staffers Dennis Mahagin, Elizabeth Glixman, and Al Faraone.

The spring/summer 2025 issue of Frigg is live! (I'm pretending it's still spring. I'm pretending a lot of things.) friggmagazine.com

🍎my short-short story "FRIDAY IS RED" is out there in the @twinbirdreview.bsky.social summer issue! www.twinbirdreview.com/ray-banerjee...

hi there! i'm finally here again. i had a disastrous trip this month and have been offline a little too much (not complaining). now i'm waiting for my novel editor to get back to me!

rereading your favorite book is a divine experience

i wrote a hilarious poem and submitted to a mag. generally, i'm fine

🌿Call for Photography & Visual Art Submissions 🍃 Theme: In the Company of Strangers Check out our website for more information! Submissions close ⭐️April 15th⭐️

🕸🌵 my new little creep "Why Do You Hate Nature?" is now published in Propagule Magazine www.propagule.co/musings-mote...

first poetry acceptance???

clouds

#FF It’s National Caramel Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “C”: @cherrytreelit.bsky.social @cicadasongpress.bsky.social @coolbeanslit.bsky.social @corporeallitmag.bsky.social @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social @cottonwoodku.bsky.social Cont ⬇️

Submissions close for IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS in 10 days. We are looking for poetry, Flash fiction and nonfiction, short story, and photography/visual art. Spread the word ✨️

"...and don’t forget that time in the kitchen when your older teenage sister was cooking crayfish and you watched them trying to crawl out of the steaming water, screaming..." Today on ergot.: 'Brief Interlude with the Night Hag' by David Luntz @dluntz.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Davi...

soothing my anxiety about the future by looking at beautiful fabrics. this is a linen wool blend in a taupe houndstooth

write what you don't know

there's a character in my novel who's obsessed with stationery, she's so me 📖📖📖

The Mad River - what you should know You don't need a Medium account to submit and be published The river is fussy, but fair We love reprints We nominate for #Boost #Submissions are open Weird, wonderful, ethereal, &/or experimental #Fiction #Poetry #CNF medium.com/the-mad-rive... #LitMag

my favorite question is, "what's your favorite color?"

"Even people who don't generally enjoy fantasy novels absolutely love these books!" Servants of the Moon and Sun, an epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil? www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

We're back! STP #12 is out now and it's full of dark weird upsetting fiction from Kay Vaindal, Joe Koch, Samuel M. Moss, Tabitha Bast, & Z.D. Dochterman. Plus Tiffany Morris interviews Ivy Grimes, Shinjini Dey on writing disaster in The Singularity, and stellar insightful reviews from Zach Gillan.