The #LocusAwards are coming up at the end of May! Horror master #StephenGrahamJones will be joining us as a guest of honor, author of works such as #TheBuffaloHunterHunter and #Mongrels. You can buy tickets at locusmag.com/2026-lo...#LocusAwards#StephenGrahamJones#TheBuffaloHunterHunter#Mongrels.via the link in our bio!

HEATED RIVALRY X FAKE DATING X SOCCER ⚽ #WIPPit #R #A #Con #LGBT #OWN

Speaking of #Ontario... does anyone have any recommendations for places to visit this summer? I'm itching for a little roadtrip (but I've been to so many places I might be running out 😅).

The Ontario is popping out here, but I love The Big Apple and am also partial to the huge Muskoka chair in Gravenhurst.

ISSUE 2 COVER REVEAL! Subscribers got the first look, but now it's your turn! As always, art is by the incredible @hvmator.bsky.social, who has once again knocked it out of the park. Those colors! These authors! We can't wait for you to read this issue 🧡 We know you're going to love it.

Opening page ⚽👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 #WIPSnips

Our Issue 2 TOC is officially here! 🪐🗡️ We are so excited to reveal this stellar lineup of nine stories, six poems, and one essay by sixteen incredible authors—and we absolutely cannot WAIT for you to read this dreamy, gorgeous, magical issue in June. More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/7)

It's here! Our May bonus newsletter, which includes alllll the submissions stats you could want PLUS the reveal of our gorgeous Issue 2 cover illustration by @hvmator.bsky.social PLUS an exclusive look at early drafts, too! Patreon is the best way to support us. Our patrons make OTHERSIDE possible 🧡

hi #questpit, almost done revising my sapphic sf crazy rich asians novel, so here's the agent's guide! :)) [BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN #A #SF #LGBT

Well the Ts have been crossed so I can now announce that I'll be published in Volume 2 of @othersidespec.bsky.social. "First to Rot" is a quietly queer story about being launched into space with a stranger, nurturing platonic life partnerships to survive, and decomposition. 🌱

Ricky's bff and teammate Zhan is papped getting intimate with a man who looks a 𝘭𝘰𝘵 like Ricky. So when Ricky overhears that Zhan may be traded for coming out, he decides to lie that it was him in the photo. Surely they can't trade 𝘵𝘸𝘰 queer players? FAKE DATING / ⚽ PLAYERS #QuestPit #LGBT #W #R #A

Don’t forget Fire and Death has moved up to September 22! If urban fantasy is your jam, be sure to add it to your goodreads ☺️

Sometimes found family is a cranky magical doctor, her intern she plans to fail, her vampiric ex who caused her bisexual crisis 20 years ago, and a baby with dangerous magic. ✨ Waxing & Waning has a home and is coming out through @mythicroads.bsky.social 🍁 in Dec 2026! #QuestPit #A #R #LGBT #F

GET READY TO SUBMIT ‼️ Augur Magazine is opening for a priority call! We're accepting submissions from anyone living within Canada who is also... - BIPOC - 2SLGBTQIA - Disabled on MAY 5TH!!! Open call for international + Canadian subs will take place this summer! Check out our subs guidelines👇

@jeneedutary.bsky.social's book is coming out in September! Super excited for her and excited for me to get my grubby paws on it 🥰. She was one of the editors on Waxing & Waning, so I got to see her skills up close. 👀

I have 2 short stories in this bundle! They are both sapphic! Get Journey Home and A Study on Magic and Crystals alongside a whole bunch more stories with lesbians and sapphics! itch.io/b/3635/lesbi... 💙📚📢📚📦📚🌈📚

💃Can't wait!🕺

Except this fake movie poster for Poster Pit is a real sapphic romance book that's being published by @mythicroads.bsky.social in December 2026! 👀 #PosterPit #A #R #SO #F #C

#CampRevPit: SIGN UP! Hello, campers! Claim your cabin spot and select the activities you'd like to join using the form below! The registration will remain open April 14 to April 16. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm obviously so stoked! The team has been incredible and I can't wait to bring prickly Delilah 👩‍⚕️, pesky Darcy 🧛‍♀️, and their whole magical found family to y'all this December. This story is firmly rooted in Ontario, so I couldn't ask for a better home than @mythicroads.bsky.social. 🇨🇦

Changed my handle here to a pen name for future ✨exciting news✨ that I have to patiently wait to share.

Congrats again on the published piece Lily!!! So exciting!!

How many rats does it take to make a lit mag? We're not sure, we're still counting all of us. But, you don't have to wait for this: Print issue #1 available for order! Order at: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop #ratbaglit #literarymagazine #ratbag

Now that one long-awaited submission has come back with very promising news (‼️) I'm now eyeing all my other outstanding short story submissions like... 👀 ANY TIME NOW.

JOIN OUR NEW BOOK CLUB: The Augur Bookshelf! 📚✨ A sci-fi, fantasy, & specfic book club that meets on the 4th Monday of each month to explore the unknown & the fantastical! 🧚🐉 Sign up on eventbrite, you'll get reminders for every session & 10% off reads thanks to @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social!

If you follow author BJ Wagner you may have seen that he's been hard at work on a follow up to The Moon the Sun Forgot, and today we're thrilled to share that Orphans of the Deep will be published by Mythic Roads Press on March 4, 2027 🙌 #canadianpublishers #canadianauthors #sequelannouncement

My short horror story Quackers was published today by Rat Bag Lit. Please check it out if you have a minute. Thanks! substack.com/@ratbaglit/n...

We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online. 🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines 🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

I'm waiting for like 10+ outstanding submissions. I am too weak for this delayed response life.

🍂🍁 Critique Partner Matching is tomorrow!🍁🍂 For those seeking critique partners, post to the #FiFRevPit feed on Bluesky on Friday, the 14th, and then take some time to scroll through this weekend to find your match! 🧵

Moira's black-out rejection poetry is literally the best thing. Go read it. The worst part is I now look forward to her rejections almost as much as her acceptances, which feels.... weird. 😂

Goya is truly the Halloween It Girl 🦇 I have to resist making the Witches' Sabbath goat my PFP.

I'm comically late on praising @2thestrugglebus.bsky.social 💚 I used her butcher special for an awkward length 50k story that wasn't selling as novel. Jenee took on the impossible task of cutting it down to 40k with zeal. I seriously couldn't have submitted this to proper novella calls without her 🫣

#AugurMicros2025 @augursociety.bsky.social ⭐ From Nebula to Neutron Star

Why send us early subs? You get: ❣️fresh eyeballs (plump, moist, dense) ❣️boundless reading energy (cackling and exhaustion free) ❣️more time to submit again (good vibes of deadlines)

Great people are running this publication 🐀

#queerpit #A #MR #N #R #SN Delilah, a cranky doctor for hidden magical beings, is ambushed by her ex Darcy with a plea: remove her newborn son Noah’s magic with an illegal surgery to stop the danger his “faulty” magic poses. Think Rowell’s Wayward Son (magical road trip vibes) + a second-chance 👭❤️.

Issue 8 has stepped through the portals! Our summer issue is always special because it's powered by a birthday wish, BUT this issue is EXTRA POWERFUL because it's powered by TWO BIRTHDAYS. You should subscribe (or buy online!) -- can't let a birthday wish down 🎂 www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-8/

SURPRISE! We couldn't wait until next week—our Kickstarter pre-launch page is live right now!!! Sign up to be the first to know when it launches in October, and please spread the word and tell a friend! Every sign-up makes a huge difference. We are officially one step closer to OTHERSIDE!

Time to bring back the summoning circle for writers! 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 That email 🕯 or acceptance 🕯 you've been 🕯 waiting for 🕯 🕯 🕯️

We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social! www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...

New Book Cover Reveal! Pre-orders available now at @gravesidepress.bsky.social #bookcoverart #cryptids #horrorart