We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @chrishannhorror.bsky.social Christopher Hann's story, "Under Blades We Lie Still"! kpkulski.substack.com/p/the-limbo-... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling

We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @geneveflynn.bsky.social 's work, "A Pocket of Soil" & "If I am to Earn My Tether" kpkulski.substack.com/p/a-pocket-o... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling

Just finished reading this novella, and it is the perfect summertime horror story. Deliciously creepy!

fiction isn't (always) autobiography. it is completely possible to write resonant, powerful, realistic characters outside of your life experiences. it just involves a bit of thinking and care. which is also true for characters who do match your experiences.

Had a thoroughly good time with Isabel J Kim's Sublimation: locusmag.com/review/subli...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live!

My first search engine.

Read this thread describing the short stories in @vanessafogg.bsky.social’s House of Illusionists and you will want to devour every single one. And it will be worth it! One of my favorite collections, every piece was amazing (even though the clown story heebied my jeebies).

Also (although I love and am grateful for this entire thread), I’m particularly gratified by this reaction to “Sweetest” because I had so much difficulty placing it with magazines! So I ended up placing it in this book (grateful now how it all turned out)

What a beautiful thread of analysis for my stories! What a gift for a writer!

"Her algorithm thrummed with the adjustment and she nodded. She was getting better at this. Maybe someday she would be able to enjoy the company of a companion. Publicly. Fearlessly." Stunning & such a chilling ending @mynachang.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...

Back home (and jet lagged as hell) after family trip to Thailand. Fell in love with Bangkok’s chaotic, crowded glory—sumptuous malls, insane traffic, the BTS/MRT train system. Water monitor lizards in Lumphini Park, food everywhere, a moment of peace on the river

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

Here's a lovely review of the book that was in @skiffyandfanty.com

I have a story in the new @lightspeedmagazine.com, "Hungry Like The," and I hope you will pick up the issue and give it a read. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/light...

Renee Gladman - Ravicka Mary Gentle - Rats and Gargoyles Jeffrey Ford - The Well-Built City Jeff VanderMeer - Ambergris Leena Krohn - Tainaron KJ Bishop - The Etched City Vajra Chandrasekera - The Saint of Bright Doors Alex Pheby - Mordew Gene Wolfe - Shadow of the Torturer etc

We’re close to the end of our fundraiser and still haven’t met our goal — we need ~$4k in four days. Frankly: I’ve used… a lot of personal funds to keep us afloat over the years between Kickstarters. I now have a child who’ll need daycare. I won’t have enough left over to bridge khōréō’s gaps.

I mean, it's good??? reactormag.com/werewolves-i...

"A young god wants to destroy the world." "The Young God" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social

New story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social today! "Leavetaking" is about an itinerant young woman seeking to break the curse that keeps her on the road—and reckon with the memory of the cousin that cursed her. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/leav...

WE ARE LIVE! Help us have a great first day? We REALLY want to make this SFF anthology work & start a new annual SFF Best Of series! Head to locusmag.com/anthology (link in bio) to get a pledge in! Be a part of something special! #BacktheBook Sharing helps us tremendously:)

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

Scenes from family travel to Thailand (the last food pic is “American fried rice,” a children’s favorite in Thailand, made with hot dogs and ketchup and, in this case, raisins)

Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/

For the evening crowd. From time to time, when writing budget allows, I commission illustrations for my website. This one is a striking one by @emo-sludge.com. I saw Zach's portfolio and was blown away. I thought, "Bet he could do something real messed and freaky for this story!" And boy did he.

I read a whole lot of short SFF, and khōréō is easily one of my favorite magazines; they publish incredible + important work. The field needs them. Please consider joining me in backing their Kickstarter + sharing the word! They still need $13,215 to meet their goal and the campaign ends July 15th.

There’s too much horror focused on gleeful taboo and transgression, we need more weird fiction about sad sacks unsettled by a world they can’t understand

You can read part of my short fiction review column for the May issue if LOCUS in Locus Online! Featuring stories from @bafflingmag.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social and @lightspeedmagazine.com !

Hey, more good words about The Subtle Art of Folding Space and other books, including The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com screenrant.com/best-sci-fi-...

👀 OK, so this is SO EXCITING because a) this is the first novella I have ever worked on as editor, and b) this vampire story knocked my socks off when I read it in slush, and I love it SO fiercely. Get your pre-orders in right now! 🦇

ICYMI: my latest short fiction recs are now up! With stories from @undertow.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social @morningtransport.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @bafflingmag.bsky.social and @othersidespec.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/06/shor...

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

My short fiction recs for April-May are now up! With stories from Rory Say @breathinghead.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @anamariacurtis.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social @kyliu99.bsky.social @mynachang.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/06/shor...

I'm absolutely thrilled to share that my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon is a finalist for this year's Eugie Awards! Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists! It's a fabulous list! eugiefoster.com/eugieaward

I will end the week with the good news that started it. www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/si...

Finally got around to reading this, and it's utterly riveting. Twisted and f*cked up in all the best ways. I love it

My Locus review of @slhuang.com ‘s brilliant The Language of Liars is now online and free to read! locusmag.com/review/the-l...

Rough day, so have a poem about the Jar of Moles in the Grant Zoology Museum in London that everyone has regarded as too thoroughly batshit to publish

Some updates on my blog itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/06/upda...

It's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

It’s pub day for the WOMEN OF THE WEIRD WEST Anthology, an imaginative, multicultural collection of weird wild west stories! My story “How To Kill A Yaoguai” is in here, inspired by Chinese immigrants in the 1800s and the women who were often trafficked to the so-called “new world."

Hey ho, look at all this. Pretty good. Might be your jam, and we have the ebook on sale for just $4. undertowpublications.com/ebooks/uncer...

ISSUE 2 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Tiger princesses! Cyborgs! Spacefaring scientists and sword-wielding students! Our second issue is warm, tender, hopeful, and sometimes horrifying in the best way. It was a joy to assemble, and we hope you enjoy it too🪐🗡️🌈 othersidespec.com/issues/issue-2/

Happy Sunday! Here is a thread for writers about approaching indie bookstores for readings, signings, and finding out whether they want to stock your book. I already posted this as a reel over on Instagram, if you're a video person, but here's the text-friendly version.

Autogas Ferryman is a banger of a story and I'm glad to see the Ignytes recognize it.

Strange Horizons is an incredible pillar of SFF fiction and poetry, and they're currently funding their next year! When they hit $20k, my poem <view advertisement source code>, a not-so-futuristic take on tech giants' suppression of mutual aid, will go live as part of their Fund Drive issue.

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

萬壽僧彬師嘗對客，貓踞其旁。謂客曰：「人言雞有五德，此貓亦有之。見鼠不捕，仁也；鼠奪其食而讓之，義也；客至設饌則出，禮也，藏物甚密而能竊食，智也；每冬月輒入灶、信也。」 Master Bin of Wanshou Temple welcomed a visitor. A cat drowsed beside him. "They say chickens display the Five Virtues,” Master Bin said. "Well, so does this cat." (1/2)

This sounds amazing