Favorite SFF novels I read last year! Many of these were published in 2025, so check them out if you're nominating for Nebulas/Hugos, or just looking for some great new reads! medium.com/@katefrancia...

The kingdom is drowning, reality is collapsing, and now this hot married couple, in ignorance of the time loop he's oathbound to maintain, is playing kissing games with Sir Gavin. The yearly beheadings don't seem to be helping. Neither does being "good". Time to try something different 🏳️‍🌈🌈✨

IT'S HERE! We are SO thrilled to officially reveal our Issue 1 table of contents! Every single piece in this issue is unbelievably good, and we cannot wait for you to read these stories and poems in March. These authors are amazing 🪐🗡️ More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)

Nebula Awards are now open for SFWA members! ☄️ This year, I'd be very humbled and delighted if members considered my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots. Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!

I'm flattered to see "Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished" alongside some of my favorite stories from 2025!

"Ghosts of Summer" received a lovely shout-out from @katefrancia.bsky.social alongside some truly spectacular works of fiction. I am so delighted to see my story included amongst authors I greatly admire. Thank you! Check out the list below, which includes links to read the stories as well!

Belated, but I'm so thrilled to find "Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social on the 2025 BSFA longlist, along with so many stories I've loved this year! ICYMI you can read the story here: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/holl...

hello! new story day!! this one is a weird western murder mystery set on the back of a jackalope. did i say weird western? i meant WEIRD western. it's hell living on the back of prey

A lovely little review of my @strangehorizons.bsky.social story THIRTEEN SWORDS THAT MADE A PRINCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARMS AND ARMORY COLLECTION (Plus some other excellent stories!)

More SFF short story recommendations! Amazing stories by @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

There's a month to nominate for the Nebulas, so I'm going to shout about my novella again if you don't mind! 🌌 I'd be very humbled if anyone considered Kap's Needle in a ballot! Art is under attack and we haven't many reasons to celebrate in general as of late, so let's at least celebrate art.

Whoa! A House Between Sea and Sky is featured on BookBub today! 🤯This came as a total shock to me. Grab the book while it's on sale for $2.49! amzn.to/4lb2R73 [promo link]

New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠

want to lol at a bunch of really bad optical illusion puns stitched together into the shape of a story? ENJOY: translunartravelerslounge.com/2023/08/15/m...

2025 speculative poetry recommendation list! If you need a quiet moment with some stunning words, take a deep breath with one of these poems by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social @joemario.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/smal... Cannot recommend this perfect, bittersweet flash story by @katefrancia.bsky.social highly enough

Thank you @castofwonders.org! So happy this story got a second life and really fun narration last year at Cast of Wonders :)

So excited to see my story “Small Prayers for the God of Sow Thistle Hill” in great company in this roundup of Dec flash stories! Check it out for some more amazing story recs 😊

December Speculative Flash Roundup! Some truly phenomenal stories this month, and a bonus craft article!

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-...