Our last story of 2025 is “Small Prayers for the God of Sow Thistle Hill” by Kate Francia. We hope your new year is filled with kindness & folks who don’t need sacrifices to feed their ego 💚 @katefrancia.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #fantasy www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal...

Sometimes, you have to ask the small gods instead of the big ones. This is touching and timely in a timeless way? www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... by @katefrancia.bsky.social

In honor of the solstice, tonight's the perfect time to read my story, "Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth"! This story takes place on Modraniht, or Mother's Night, an ancient solstice festival honoring the mothers of your line who've passed on. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/holl...

If you want to support LSQ as we continue to champion women-identified authors and their work, I hope you will consider becoming a paid Patreon member this holiday season. I'm currently offering a 20% discount for your first year or month (all tiers) using this code: ED8FC (offer ends Jan 3rd)

Nominations are open! I would be honored if you considered my stories but especially my novelette "The Life and Times of Alavira the Great" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social written as a series of Goodreads reviews! 🙏

Here's my 2025 ✨ Awards Eligibility ✨ post - only 4 stories but I'm very proud of them all and would love for more people to see them 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who has read / published / been supportive of my work this year! ❤️ 🧵

"Chantilly, bobbin, guipure, knotted, knitted, on and on. Where is the floor? The door? The wiry buttermilk cat that led me into this maze? And how might I leave?" Read "Wonderful" by @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social in our new issue: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-wond... #SFF #Fantasy #Fabulism

This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.

Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES. psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...

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It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!! I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜

TTL got another one 🎉 If you like warm and cozy (and knitting) translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/y...

I’d love to throw my story “Wonderful” into the pile! A struggling human wanders into a weaver’s workshop. It was just published in @innerworlds.bsky.social Issue 9 ♥️ inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-wond...

More story recs today, combining two of my favorite things: SFF and fiber arts! Stories by @rukman.bsky.social @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @reasie.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @samtasticbooks.com @trailofleaves.bsky.social, Dee Straith medium.com/@katefrancia...

I have a new Uncanny story! Set in a village that was flooded and is no more, though its inhabitants remember...but what they remember and what's the truth - that's another question. Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)

I’m so excited to read this! I read ”In My Homeland Memories are Forbidden” a few weeks ago; stunning story, can’t wait to read the rest!

This story was delightful; so funny but with a poignant core!

The heart knows what the heart wants, and today: it's the alien. You'll fall in love too with "Loving the Alien is the Easiest Thing In The World" by @elijah.mea.rs:

in this month's (slightly late) newsletter, I talk a lil about pressure around the holidays (esp with kids), social overwhelm, and what I've been up to lately. I also have story recs from @crystalkoo.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social 🐆 and @aishatuado.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com ❄️

Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...

New month, new story! I am so excited to have a piece in the latest issue of FFO, one of my very favorite magazines. Do you like queer stories inspired by myth? Petty goddesses? Ovidian transformations? Being sad? Birdwatching? “Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings” was written just for you! 🐦‍⬛

So so excited to have a story in this issue of FFO!! I highly recommend checking out the whole issue; I read it last night and all the other stories are amazing!!

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾 Includes numerous CREATURES. inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e... #SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag

i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!

Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

More story recommendations! Short stories about monster women hitting all my favorite themes, by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @christinehanolsy.com @catchingwords.bsky.social, plus the novel Greenteeth by @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited This has been a long time coming! Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...

It's pub day for CURSED PRINCESS CLUB: A MOST UNUSUAL PRINCESS, my early YA novel (ages 12+) adapted from LambCat's webcomic & graphic novel! @slj.com called it "endearing & hilarious!" 💕 Come celebrate tonight at @wordbookstores.bsky.social in Brooklyn! Cupcakes, fun prizes, and signed books!

I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...

Author me had several works emerge in 2025 for your consideration! * “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF * “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos * A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press) * A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon) 1/2

eligibility post time!!!! this year i published two things: novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social 🧵

Absolutely loved this book! So beautifully weird and good!

💀Celebrate the announcement of SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY, the third book in @csecooney.bsky.social 's World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH series, by grabbing SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER & SAINT DEATH'S HERALD for just 0.99 alongside a wide variety of other Solaris titles! geni.us/Solarissale

This story was stunning, can’t wait to read the whole anthology!

OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death b) my imagined version of her grave marker

✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨ Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...

Looking for something to curl up with this fall? Check out our newly released Augur Issue 8.2! ✨ Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫 🔗 Link in bio!

GASP! The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!! THREE BUCKS!!!!!

issue 98 is out in the world and yours to read! read it here for free! and hey, if you love what you find, consider subscribing. every sub helps us to keep bringing you the kinds of stories and poems you love 💖 psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

This book was an absolute delight, and also as a bonus, it’s full of delicious descriptions of cheese!

In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal! Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We're SIX DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter and 75% FUNDED 🚀✨ Remember, it's YOUR donations keeping us a proudly pro-rate magazine, which financially compensates the skilled authors who bring Apex to life. Help artists thrive in 2026 and donate TODAY 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!! The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩 🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever. I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We're only $1,064 away from the halfway mark!! Thank you SO much for all of your support so far! 💜👽 If we manage to hit $10k by the end of today, we JUST might squeak in under our deadline 🤞 It's scary cutting it so close, but we're no stranger to scary! 🛸 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

It’s a great day to back Apex’s kickstarter if you haven’t checked it out yet! Apex published my tiniest, strangest microfiction piece a few years ago; they are awesome to work with and such a cornerstone for the SFF community!