Issue 10 is now available for subscribers! Two pieces are available for all subscriber levels BUT if you give us a cool $18CAD, you get to read the whole thing RIGHT NOW!! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-10/

RIP to Catherine O'Hara, comedic legend and Canadian icon 💔

‼️ ONE MORE WEEK to send in your submissions for @heartlines-spec.com, closing on Jan. 31st ‼️ We're looking for your stories and poems focused on a long-term relationship (any) WITH fantasy or sci-fi. Guidelines and more info here: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g... Write and submit now!! ✍️

Come say hi at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social!! Editor @rebecca-b.bsky.social will be buzzing around and ready to talk short fiction

LAST TEN DAYS FOR GENERAL SUBS! Give us your best relationships!!

Oh shit, writers saw ‘symbiotic’ and ran with it 👀 We have the BEST submitters 💕

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!

TONIGHT!

I'll hopefully get back to writing too lol

Number 9, number 9, number 9. Issue 9 has been released! It's a bittersweet one as we welcome @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social as Poetry Editor and say goodbye to Jess Cho 2 pieces are available now to all subscribers! Snow, Stars, Stone and grotto www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-9/

HEY THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE

Only 1 day left until our next submission period opens! We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS". ⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...

It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time. Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬 Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀

Double vaccinated ✅✅ (yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)

Congratulations @angelvleal.bsky.social !!!! So proud of you!!!

This is the second time our co-founders have woken up to a STRETCH GOAL HIT!! You hit our $9,700 goal overnight—that means ISSUE 7 IS FUNDED! We are now ONLY ONE STRETCH GOAL AWAY FROM YEAR 2 FULLY FUNDED!! AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

It's Truth and Reconciliation Day! Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments): - From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir) - Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction) - 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction) - Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Omg last day is tomorrow! Get your stories/poems in!

Lovely to see Under the Skin by @authortrsteele.bsky.social mentioned in this roundup Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches: www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...

HI YES WE JUST PASSED $2,000 IN 30 MINUTES?!? THANK YOU SO SO MUCH?????? WE'RE ABOUT 37% FUNDED!!!! AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!

Val wants everyone to know that as the lead marketing co-founder, their professional skillset mostly involves them yelling GAY MAGAZINE at people when all other words fail her. It's an important task, someone must do it.

Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝 ✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!

Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently. Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀

Our September newsletter is out for free patrons or higher! In this issue we have interviews from Ash and MR as well as announcements and Kickstarter updates, our new Patreon goals, and SO much more! We’re doing A LOT the next two months and we can’t wait! www.patreon.com/posts/newsle...

I’m so excited for Flights of Foundry! (Even if I cannot believe that it is somehow already mid-September??) Here’s my panel schedule! If you aren’t registered yet, you can still sign up for this fantastic free virtual con here: flights-of-foundry.org Hope to see you there!

Welcome to the team!

Join TEAM NO BURNOUT (maybe some burnout, as a treat)

The dichotomy of me today is being sad that I won't get to work with Jess at Heartlines Spec but happy that I'll get to work with them at OTHERSIDE 🥲

On August 28, an internal EPSB memo was leaked to the public. It contained the list of more than 200 books. The WGA's Board strongly urges both the Government of Alberta and EPSB to revisit and rescind their decisions and stand up for the democratic rights of all readers and writers.

Come work with us at Heartlines Spec ❤️❤️❤️

Good news friends! Moksha added custom form fields and we now have a section for any content or trigger warnings. It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙 heartlinesspec.moksha.io

I only learned recently that flight attendants only get paid for time in the air! Even though sometimes there are delays before takeoff--they are NOT paid for this time! Very unfair!

Get ready, we open soon! Early subs for equity-deserving groups: August 24 General subs: September 1 If you're still tinkering, @rebecca-b.bsky.social created a list of Vibes and Comparables! It's not an exhaustive list but it should kickstart some words. www.heartlines-spec.com/vibes-and-co...

It's important to have a balanced SFF reading diet. @heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day

Go meet my frens!

Would 100% love to see Twin Peaks vibes for the next submission period 🪵🪵🪵 Equity-deserving subs open August 24…

Some fun news: our website is no longer a placeholder! If you want to read our submission guidelines, or just want to learn more about OTHERSIDE’s vision and team, go check it out! Ash did such a kickass job—the website is gorgeous and we are SO thrilled for it to be live!

So many portals!

Issue 8 will be coming to your inbox July 31st 👾 @itsbabypears.bsky.social aced these Unbothered Flirty Objects $18CAD gets you a full year of Issues and helps us continue to pay our artists www.heartlines-spec.com

Our monthly newsletter is out for patrons at both free and higher tiers! Please enjoy interviews with editors @emilyyu.bsky.social and @spacevalkyries.bsky.social as well as this month’s delightful intern of the month and more! www.patreon.com/posts/newsle...

If I won an award, no one told me 😂. Thank you very much for the support!

Tomorrow our newsletter for free patrons goes up! If you want interviews from @emilyyu.bsky.social and @spacevalkyries.bsky.social as well as updates on what OTHERSIDE is up to—AND an adorable pet intern of the month? Sign up at the free tier or higher! patreon.com/OthersideSpec

How's everyone doing in this heat wave? If sky high temps are interfering with pride celebrations, check out our queer Stelliform books by queer Stelliform authors, always $5 on our website: www.stelliform.press...

It's the longest day of the year, so we've got extra time to shine on our contributors for Issue 8! The stories and poems launch portals into griefdom, skirt past acceptance, and take a detour through memory lane. It's gonna be a good one folks!!

✨ Heartlines Spec/@heartlines-spec.com is still open for submissions until May 31st! ✨ ✅ Fantasy and/or Sci-fi - we love intriguing concepts/settings! 🧙🏽 👽🧚🏽 🌌 ✅ Long-term bonds - we welcome familial, platonic, and/or romantic! 🫂 ✅ 500 to 3,500 words - we want to read YOUR story! ✍🏽

Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans. P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Our second free newsletter is here! Somehow it’s been a whole month since we unveiled OTHERSIDE. Please enjoy news, updates, story and poetry recommendations, and what we’ve been up to this month so far! www.patreon.com/posts/128848...

Well said. ✊🏽

did it hurt? when you realized not knowing how to be kind to yourself locks you in a loop where “not being perfect” triggers shame collapse