Our full submission guidelines are now available. Put it on you calendar: Submissions will open on December 1st! www.briefecology.com/p/rlm-submis...

today’s the last day! get those stories to me before the clock strikes midnight

My son got one of those helmets to fix his head shape so I was googling it and found an article about a woman flipping out over people asking why her baby is in a helmet but idk I think it makes ‘em look pretty tough and stuff 😂

FCQ7 is our rage-themed volume and features excellent writing by: @kayv.bsky.social @nicholeon.bsky.social C.O. Davidson @abigailkemske.bsky.social @alexhoeft.bsky.social C. Lenz @corriehaldane.bsky.social @jdlskie.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social Myra Stephenson Rachel Desiree Felix

It’ll always be the Tappan Zee in my heart

I enjoyed Frankenstein (2025) but it still prefer Pan’s Labyrinth…I also have *thoughts* on how Victor’s character was handled in the film vs the book but overall a good watch

well now I watched a video on the Maya and I would like to go to Chiapas, Mexico and see Palenque 😭

I would very much like to publish six novelettes or novellas for Pink Hydra Press next year. Submissions open Monday! www.thepinkhydra.com/submissions/... We are a one-woman operation situated in South Africa, and afaik the only one welcoming international queer SFF authors and erotic fiction.

woo, more gremlins!! 😭

I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them

If you're in New Orleans on Nov 15, I'm having a book release party for Midnight Brew, an urban fantasy novel of vampires and witches. Parleaux Brewery 6-7:30 pm.

I always love seeing people's awards eligibility posts to remind me of things I haven't had a chance to read yet, so I thought I'd post my very first one! Just a couple of articles, I'll link them here: reactormag.com/the-90s-goth... nighttidemag.com/2025/03/21/s...

It's award eligibility season! Here's a list of everything I've published in 2025. This is also my first year of eligibility for the Astounding Award! 💫 Follow the thread below for links and info on my stories. Or see my website/linktree in my bio. 🔗 DM me for copies. 👩‍💻 Thank you for reading! 🙏

ICYMI 🌟 Lofty Pigeon Books is hosting a ✨FREE✨ ECO24 launch party with @louisevans.bsky.social and @kayv.bsky.social on Nov. 18th @ 6:30! Enjoy a night of readings, book signings, a Q&A and reception! Seats are limited! Reserve your spot at the event link below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

I finally got a cap on my front tooth. When I was 10 I fell off my bike and smashed my face. I had to get a root canal. The tooth died and was slowly getting grayer. The dentist said to easier match the fake tooth to my teeth he had to file down the mamelons on my other teeth. I miss my teeth bumps.

Hey I've seen a preview and it's pretty cool!

A gorgeous #Uhura piece for you today from @pop_goesmyheart on IG! Who wouldn’t want to love on a #tribble?!? I bet they’re soft and floofy… #SupportArtists #ArtNotAI #StarTrekArt #TroubleWithTribbles #StarshipTempest

Our Ko-Fi Shop is open for Vol. 1 pre-orders! 8.5 x 11 in. Nearly 100 pages featuring 10 original short stories and 3 non-fiction essays related to music. Each story includes an original B&W interior illustration. PDF, physical copy, physical copy + swag options available. ko-fi.com/sluggerficti...

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

I need to not reread my own work when I wait for submission responses because I just decide it's terrible and see everything wrong with it @_@

It might be a silly reality show with questionable fairness and super expensive insurance and legal team and I have negative athletic skill but I want 10 more seasons of Physical: Asia

surprise! i'm in this issue of The Dark with a reprint of my coastal new weird story "Twilight Tide," which features undead marine creatures, love letters, neurodivergency, and estranged hornysad monsterfucking 🐠💍🦷 i am delighted this was the story they liked

A Cat Walked Across the Keyboard by Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social is our first story in SLUGGER Vol. 1! It's free to read and posted on our website (sluggerfiction.com/horror-ficti...) Interior art by Emma Fujikawa!

Netflix invited me to their preview club and so far it’s just been surveys; maybe they realize that inviting me to a focus group will open a Pandora’s box of very wordy opinions of mediocre genre films and I will finally ascend to my true form

This is the first time in like 7 years that I’ve had Trick or Treaters 😭

Oh additionally preferably somewhere that isn't demanding I come up with a marketing plan. I mean, I have a rudimentary one (as in I know some bookshops that will let me do a reading/promo event) but I'm not a marketing strategist even if the protagonist of the book is.

Every once in a while, my brain does this sort of thing, and every once in a while, it turns into something, and I couldn't be more thrilled that @clashbooks.bsky.social is behind this thing 100% with so much enthusiasm. Here's to a something slithering your way soon 🐍🤎🤘

so I have now outlined the plot of a full novella (or short novel?) expanded from my "milk drunk venom" short..i havent attempted to write a thing longer than a short novelette in a while, so im worried if i can keep the pace and connect multiple strands in a way that makes sense but we'll see...

Yes hello I am 6 years old but am still adept at puppy eyes

Synthetic biology shows promise for helping species. The decision at last week’s #IUCNcongress to endorse case-by-case decision-making on it was important, writes WCS’s Dr. Elizabeth Bennett. 🌍 www.context.news/nature/opini...

Graphic design is my passion. Preorder today! store.tenebrouspress.com/products/dea... store.tenebrouspress.com/products/dea...

Say hello to today's #BirdOfTheDay, the Grey Teal duck. This fine feathered friend was on the fence about having their portrait snapped (quite literally) #ducks #birds #photography

this morning on the way to work I witnessed a bus driver who had rear ended a cybertruck. bus driver was trying to do his part 😭

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ducks Hope you have a peaceful day 🫶 #birds #birding #photography #MallardMonday #landscape #scape #nature #wildlife #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

Leaning more toward expanding my venomous breast milk dystopia short into a novella per the suggestion of a rejection a while back (funnily a different market wanted me to cut it down “significantly“). it’s a depressing world to imagine but ive got a half formed idea of where the plot might go…🤔

Introducing THE SHATTERED CITY by C.J. Subko, a novel I'm currently #querying -- a pitch deck 🖤Adult #dystopian dark #fantasy with #Halloween #autumn #fall vibes 🖤93,000 words of magic, death, and romance Let's go, #writing community

Hey #writing #querying #amquerying #writingCommunity people, look what I did today!

It might be nostalgia goggles but the back cover of Hork Bajir Chronicles will always be one of my favorite pieces of scifi art

my story about a neverending cosmic apocalypse & those trying to delay it will be in issue #13! excited for y'all to read it and the other stories i'm privileged to share space with 🪐🫀

I've put together a PowerPoint on the different editing levels, how to determine what your MS needs, and guidance on how to find & choose a freelance editor IF you need one. Feel free to DM me your email address if it would be of use to you! #Writing #AmWriting #Editing #Editors

in october 2022 this story was posted by the AITA twitter account and as a result it got (iirc) twice as many page views in a single day as the future fire usually gets in a month. so. that was hecking cool. (but also, more people should read the future fire!)

Again I’m asking editors to agree with me that not all spec short stories need to be fast paced and streamlined and exposition and tangents are ok especially if they add to setting 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

As baseball season winds down (??) perhaps you'd be interested in my baseball story (that's also about climate change and the fae) corvidqueen.com/stories/boys...

I miss eating this like once a week. My friend and I used to use this as our hangover soup every weekend when I was in grad school in Seoul

Cover by Kae Ranck! Kae is a freelance artist and writer currently slugging their way through life with their two cats. They graduated from Oregon State University in 2025 with a degree in Art and, as all art majors do, is now seeking out a JD at the University of Kansas. Full bio on our Insta.

When you keep seeing BOLD rejections on the submission grinder for a market you submitted a story to and you've gone past their stated response time but you also submitted a story with a setting they've stated they're tired of, so you're afraid to ask...😅

huh, TIL there's a whole type of animal I never knew existed called Velvet Worms that are not really arthropods (bugs, crabs) but also not really snails or shell fish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychop...

I just saw a pdf of the whole mag, including really cool artwork made to go with my story! There's so much attention to details and the meaning of the story. What talented folks! There's also lots of other very cool pieces in different styles across thole issue