New Barnes & Noble opened up on Napa. Might’ve over done it…

🎉 Weekend edition vol.084 https://foofaraw.press/weekend-edition-vol-084/

I know it’s too early but I couldn’t help myself

Edits for the anthology are **finally** starting to go out to writers. My sincerest apologies for trapping all of these wonderful stories away for far too long. Can't wait to get this thing out into the wild!

My current goal for Foofaraw is to be able to pay $0.03 per word in our next submission window (Q2 2026).

Went ahead and paid the $50 so I can nominate myself for the fan zine Hugo and get some of our short stories in there too…

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

🕹️ Ghosts & pits https://foofaraw.press/ghosts-and-pits/

From today's newsletter: "Not as many people will read DEAR STUPID PENPAL as *should*. But the ones who do? Get ready to hear them talking about it a whole lot, for a long time to come. This book changes people. It changed me." Preorder @rascalhartley.bsky.social's debut: store.tenebrouspress.com

A nice (healthy) twist on the "life path" coming-of-age ceremony often seen in fantasy and dystopian sci-fi.

🎙️ Larina Warnock https://foofaraw.press/larina-warnock/

The Calling by Larina Warnock https://foofaraw.press/the-calling/

Question for other litmags... for the OHenry nominations “Stories will be considered from September 1 to August 31 of the following year.” Does this mean from Sep 1, 2025, to Aug 31, 2026, they accept stories published from Sept 1, 2024, to Aug 31, 2025, or stories from the calendar year of 2025

Our judges have narrowed down contest entries to our long list of fifteen! Listed alphabetically without author names to ensure judges continue to judge blindly. We will have another update by the end of the month with our top three prizes and five honorable mentions.

🧑‍🏫 The Calling https://foofaraw.press/the-calling/

I've got a flash fiction coming out in @foofarawpress.bsky.social in January! I'm very excited! I think @foofarawpress.bsky.social is publishing some fabulous, impressive stuff and I'm proud that my possibly-humorous meditation on life/accidentally shoving old women to the ground will be part of it.

🚧 OBSTRUCTION #10 https://foofaraw.press/obstruction-10/

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

A very special Illustration for me inspired by an incredible 100 word story by the wonderful @slashnburnett.bsky.social Please read it here: www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes... @fiveminutelit.bsky.social Timelapse to follow!

As a tremendous fan of Emma’s writing, it was an easy decision to become a Sergeant Patron 🫡

My latest Patreon post is live. It's got some life updates, and for paid supporters, it has a snippet from my upcoming book, Ex Partum (coming soon from @atthisarts.com). www.patreon.com/posts/140919... #scifi #specfic #booksky

😈 ​Worse than a Devil https://foofaraw.press/worse-than-a-devil/

📺 The media guide S6E16 https://foofaraw.press/the-media-guide-s6e16/

Looks like we will be closing our submission window early this Sunday as we've accepted 24 of the 150 submissions we've received so far. That leaves two spots for S7, so if you've been waiting to submit, now is the time.

Got paid by Foofaraw @foofarawpress.bsky.social Magazine for my short story “Until I’m Well” last night! Prompt and a really clear and straightforward contract. Definitely would work with again!

Big victory for our “quelipses" as our columnist, Nicholas De Marino, had his smol poem published today with one..! https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/werewolf-fashion-set-in-stone-nicholas.html

I'm so so so excited to have a story in Malarkey. They are a wonderful press and I've read and loved so many of their short fiction collections. (Subscribe to their book club!!!) Please read and share my story if you are so inclined and please forgive my use of too many exclamation marks!!!

Reading Allison Whittenberg's "Depths" at @foofarawpress.bsky.social and it's strange and unsettling and it doesn't seem like I'm supposed to feel good after reading it yet these days there's a kind of hope in the idea of awe-inspiring terror winning out over wealth. foofaraw.press/depths/

I recieved an acceptance email from Foofaraw Magazine last night, and they will be publishing My short psychological horror story “Until I’m Well” sometime in Dececember. Check in for more news and updates! @foofarawpress.bsky.social #fiction #horror

A dream of mine is to have a long running novella series in the vein of Robert B Parker’s Spenser novels.

November issues of @clarkesworldmagazine.com, Forever,and the new-to-us @foofarawpress.bsky.social have arrived and are on their way to subscribers: weightlessbooks.com/2025/11/

🎉 Weekend edition vol.083 https://foofaraw.press/weekend-edition-vol-083/

📮 November zines https://foofaraw.press/november-zines/

Some observations about "marketing" as practiced by one novice. I've tried bookbub ads, social media engagement both indirect (like this) and more direct (links and offers in Discord) I reckon I make a pretty engaging podcast guest I'm relatively widely published for a self-publishing novelist

Look at us, close to the top of the Literature section on Ghost's explore page. It's not much, but it's also not nothing.

🔭 The (Moon) essay https://foofaraw.press/the-moon-essay/

Hello. I wrote a story about bumper stickers, a demonic cassette tape, and sad clowns. Big thanks to @foofarawpress.bsky.social for giving it a home & Fright Club for the space (and idea) to write. foofaraw.press/squeeze-my-n...

🎙️ Sydney Bollinger https://foofaraw.press/sydney-bollinger/

PS there's nothing stopping you from giving it 5-stars too... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242209946-the-bodies

The reviews are in—The Bodies is a bona fide hit with three 5-star reviews. (One of those three may or may not be me… 🤫) https://foofaraw.press/the-bodies-by-d-h-parish/

🤡 Squeeze my nose for a good time https://foofaraw.press/squeeze-my-nose-for-a-good-time/

⚒️ Deep in the realm of the dead https://foofaraw.press/deep-in-the-realm-of-the-dead/

🖖 irony https://foofaraw.press/irony/

🚅 instantly https://foofaraw.press/instantly/

Just playing around with the Squarespace site builder for the idea I really don't have time to be working on...

📺 The media guide S6E15 https://foofaraw.press/the-media-guide-s6e15/

Schedule is starting to come together for 2026 and it's a thing of beauty. Don't want to give away too much yet so some things are blurred out.

Does it make sense? No. Does it have to? Also no. So here we are…

I want to publish more poetry, so I'm setting a goal to publish at least one poem a month in 2026.

Our publishing schedule originally took 3 weeks in Dec/Jan off and 3 weeks in Jun/Jul off, but I'm thinking of still publishing short stories during those weeks, but stories in July and December just wouldn't get artwork and narration. Would that peeve writers if they got slotted there..?