An unprecedented happening: I came out of a heat wave with a massive CFS/ME flare that kept me mostly in bed for 10 days. Then I came out* of the CFS/ME flare with a full first draft of an unplanned novel. *not really, I'm still in the flare, but the novel is a real thing that did come out of it

Cain Culto is such a balm to my soul 🖤 youtu.be/FenfMIIQLbI

Just a little over $2000 to go before we're FULLY FUNDED! We're down to the wire folks, with about three days to go, so let's get this over the hump and across the finish line! 🙌

is there anything more upsetting* than a good @seanbirnie.bsky.social story no I do not think so oh wait there is it is two of them *complimentary

🏔️💀this is the perfect story to read during a heat wave 💀🏔️

Fusion Fragment is now open to submissions! Full details at www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

So I started a blog/newsletter/something to enthuse about things I adore without the constraints of writing for magazines. I'm a tiny bit obsessed with @allysonshaw.bsky.social this summer so the first book I've chosen to enthuse about is her brilliant Ashes & Stones: buttondown.com/SongsFromaRi...

Also in this issue, @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social digs through old episodes of @escapepod.org and recommends stories by @natania.bsky.social, Alex Dally MacFarlane, @keffy.bsky.social, and @kijjohnson.bsky.social. And once again, our cover has gorgeous artwork by @carlydraws.bsky.social !

FF#28 has arrived! Stories by @estrubbe.bsky.social @awritingwall.bsky.social @sophiecasarico.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social Francis Van Ganson @audreyzhou.bsky.social @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social! Get your copy (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

FF#28 arrives TOMORROW!!!!!!!

This one is close to my heart. What that says about my heart is a different discussion.

The final story in Saros SF #5 is "This Was the Planet of Sound" by @improbablerex.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it's "simply a perfect story in its own right. This is how I want to feel when I read short fiction."

Did you have a queer SFF story out in May? Then let me know about it so I can get it on my list. Thanks!

Harp time with Demon Baby

This story really messed me up! Another one that I knew I had to have for the issue before I had even finished reading it. Wondrous, awful stuff.

I'm so excited to have a story in this issue! I grew up reading and being altered by Moore's stories in my parents' motley and battered collection of old SFF anthologies so it's very special to me to get to be part of a tribute to her.

🔥SALE🔥 Prime Day is now thru the 26th? COMPLETELY COINCIDENTALLY, ALL OUR E-BOOKS & MAGAZINES ARE 50% OFF THRU THE 26TH. Buy from our webstore, get your books & mags delivered INSTANTLY, + you own them outright! (Sorry, not applicable to preorders) 🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN MAY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's April's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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...

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Once again doing witcheries in the name of manifesting story acceptances / other paid writing opportunities so I can fulfill my (Quixotic?) dream of transmuting words into an electric harp 🕯️ youtu.be/pf6uNyKZtoI

FFer Read of the Day: "Snow, Stars, Stone" by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/snow-stars-s...

Heyyyyy one of my favourite magazines is coming back! I'm so excited to read the next issue!

The 6th story in Saros SF #5 is "Gardenias Under a Temporal Window" by @kaunvijaya.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it "drifts by as a wisp so delicate I didn't realize until a while after it was finished how powerful a storm of emotions it contains."

FF28 has a release date! On Tuesday, June 30th, you'll be able to read great stories by Sophie Casarico, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @clairejiawen.bsky.social, @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social, @estrubbe.bsky.social, Francis Van Ganson, @awritingwall.bsky.social and @audreyzhou.bsky.social!

Lots of spooky things happening recently and I realized it's been a while since I've talked about my first book on here. BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING is a collection of over two dozen essays on horror. It's got chainsaws, it's got blood. It's got witches and UFOs and Led Zeppelin. It's got death.

Oh I love this!

I don't think i know a single artist who isn't disabled, and i know a LOT of artists. Boy am i sick of abled ai fuckos using us as their hypothetical Ideal use case.

This is such a long shot but does anyone else here remember a mid-2000s music blog by someone calling themself Ex Lion Tamer (of course of course) who posted a lot about old synthpop and post-punk albums? They shaped my taste in music at an impressionable age and their influence lingers to this day.

This is such a long shot but does anyone else here remember a mid-2000s music blog by someone calling themself Ex Lion Tamer (of course of course) who posted a lot about old synthpop and post-punk albums? They shaped my taste in music at an impressionable age and their influence lingers to this day.

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...

The 5th story in Saros SF #5 is "[Redacted]" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it "pulls off the magic trick of doing something formally clever without straying from the goal of building up to a hefty wallop of emotional impact."

Maybe it's time more awards put respect on David Steffen's name? Perhaps? Hmm?

We need more rich people with normal interests like "your movie sounds neat" instead of, like, white fertility rates.

I met Marjane Satrapi in the mid-2000s when she did a lecture at my uni while extremely hangry and needed a guide to the nearest vending machine for a desperate snack. She was so funny and brilliant and I was so happy to get to tell her how much I loved her books and I am so sad to know she is gone.

The TOC for Saros SF #6, edited by @chalicotherex.bsky.social, has arrived! Get ready for stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social, Susan R. Morritt, David Kloepfer, and @marisca.bsky.social, with art by @finnmattfour.bsky.social! Stay tuned for release info!

The 4th story in Saros SF #5 is "Solitary, Not Alone" by @roberthelfst.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "It won my heart with colour and light and the wondrous/awful tangled sensory experiences of spring and sickness and transformation."

My absolute gem of a spouse found and acquired for me this marvellous 1975 pamphlet and I am both madly in love with it and completely appalled that nowhere is the illustrator credited beyond the name hidden in each picture. I adore you, Linda, and I will do my level best to find out who you were 🖤

Downloads of FF#27 continue to be sluggish, which is a shame because I think it's a really top notch issue. Anyway, as punishment you must suffer additional promotion. Go read at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

The 3rd story in Saros SF #5 is "Root Words" by @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "A wonder of efficient worldbuilding. This story reveals so much of itself in so few words, and does so very beautifully indeed."

Augurians! We have FIVE DAYS to get Tales & Feathers to Year 6! 😱 We have: $8,617 We need: $13,000 That's only $4,383 to secure the future of our slice-of-life sibling. 💪 LOADS of great rewards available (including fiction edits, ALL issues of Augur, & more! 👀) Back and share to get us there! 💜

🧵🧵🧵 ALERT! FF re-opens to submissions on July 1st and so, between now and then, I'll be sharing updates from members of the reading team on the stories they love and what they wish they saw more of in the reading queue. So, read on to find out what's on the wishlist! 1/

🤭🥰🫀 could not be more proud of a publication! nor could i be more stoked for a book to arrive than i am for my copy of Gore Poetics (i am very excited to look my adorable local indie bookseller in the eye and tell them *all* about the work of visceral genius i have caused them to order in)

🤭🥰🫀 could not be more proud of a publication! nor could i be more stoked for a book to arrive than i am for my copy of Gore Poetics (i am very excited to look my adorable local indie bookseller in the eye and tell them *all* about the work of visceral genius i have caused them to order in)

Help I am drowning in rhubarb and need all of your best recipes!

Remember that seriously bent cosmic horror piece I finished at the beginning of the year? Feast of Saints It’s in a @tenebrouspress.bsky.social anthology. It’s lyrical and gory and queer as hell and you can pre-order it here: #translit #booksky 🏳️‍⚧️📚😱

With FIYAH going on indefinite hiatus it's really fucking important we support the mags publishing POC. If you have the means, support the things you love or they will disappear. Everyone's probs sick as fuck of hearing it but a magazine for Black voices stopped publishing today, it isn't abstract.

The 2nd story in Saros #5 is "On the Matter of Homo Sapiens" by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "Both the funniest and the scariest story in the issue. Coleman [is] a writer with great capacity for narratives holding a whole heap of emotional complexity.