Get ready to bloom! On February 1st, The Icarus Writing Collective will open to prose and art submissions for our FIFTH Issue: Blossom 🌼 Fae and flowers will be at the heart of this spring issue. 🪻 Visit www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submission-g... to learn more. #litmag #literarymagazine

Coming soon. 🌷🦋🌼🌱🌸🧚‍♂️🌻

"Instead [pop culture adaptations] are just another stage, another layer being added on top of older ones. By interacting with these modern works, we bring our own ideas to them—and then we too, whoever we may be, become part of mythology." - Joshua Frydman, 'The Japanese Myths'

just fyi: blog submissions are open! they are unthemed! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

With our latest issue having set sail, it's time for the big announcement. Introducing our nominations for the upcoming Pushcart Prize. ⭐️ If you haven't read these stories, and more, in Issue 04: Currents yet... What are you waiting for? Dive in. 🌊 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/currents

SUBMISSION CALL COMING! Wednesday, 1/14, 10 AM (MT) / 12 PM (ET) / 6 PM (CET) Subs will be capped at 150, so be quick. The nitty-gritty: 750 words for prose (or 2 micro pieces of equal combined length) 1-2 poems & hybrid pieces (each no longer than 2 pages) guest ed: @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

Losing Twitter all that time ago has affected our magazine's influence and reach. But, we grew and are still growing. This is us saying, we're still here! Still mythical, still classical, still very queer. If you're craving retellings, The Icarus Writing Collective will sate that hunger.

New @, same magazine you know and love! 💛

Sounds intriguing! Richard M. Ankers often crafts deep emotional experiences in sci-fi. “The Somewhere Blues” must be a gem! Have you explored themes of identity in sci-fi? 🪐📚 #SciFiReads

I feel like I should advertise my writing more, but honestly, this project I got to be part of has so many other really cool stories that I'm just going to recommend them instead :p #Writesky

Our FINAL (😭) teaser for Issue 04 is here! If you love this snippet from Solstice Lammarre's (@sollylamarre.bsky.social) flash fiction piece, "Stolen Skin," you can read the full thing now at the link in our bio!

We hope you've been enjoying all of these teasers and the stories in Currents! Today we're highlighting Leonie Jacobs' flash fiction piece, "Where am I?" Read it now at the link in our bio! 🌊

While we may have been holding on to it for dear life, with the most recent update to X's Terms of Service, we will be deleting and deactivating our account on that platform. We do not support any AI usage and will remain firm in support our contributor's works. Find us here, IG, and TikTok!

Today’s teaser is from Robin Zubek’s flash fiction piece, “Queen Jurata and the Amber Palace”. Start some new year reading with some of our pieces such as this one in Issue 04: Currents, on our website now! 🌊

We’re back with another short fiction teaser, this time from Taylor Catalana’s story “What the Sea Goddess Said.” You can read it NOW in Issue 04: Currents at icaruswritingcollective.com

Today’s teaser is from Richard M. Ankers’s flash fiction piece, “The Somewhere Blues”. Start some new year reading with some of our pieces such as this one in Issue 04: Currents, on our website now! 💙🌊📖

Today’s teaser is from Richard M. Ankers’s flash fiction piece, “The Somewhere Blues”. Start some new year reading with some of our pieces such as this one in Issue 04: Currents, on our website now! 💙📖🌊

Happy New Year!! 🎆🎉🍾Today’s teaser is from Zenia deHaven’s short fiction piece, “Red River”. Remember to ring in the New Year with our most recent issue, Issue 04: Currents, on our website now!💙

Today’s teaser is from Sirius’s short fiction piece, “The Lights of a Hunting Party”. Please enjoy it! Ring in the new year with some new reading such as all the pieces in Issue 04: Currents, on our website now! 📖💙🌊

Good morning! We have another teaser today from sumedha’s flash fiction piece, “Eternity is Terribly Dull Without Company." We hope you enjoy it! Remember you can read this and other amazing pieces in Issue 04: Currents, on our website now! ✨📖🌊

So grateful to all the hard working writers and editors involved with @icaruszine.bsky.social! Proud to have been a part of the magic! ✨

Today, we hope you dive into Ginny McSheehan’s ( @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social ) Flash Fiction piece, “The Drowning of Loki”. You can find other wonderful pieces such as this in Issue 04: Currents, out now and live on our website! 🌊💙📖

Today, we hope you dive into Rian Moneypenny's Short Fiction piece, "To the Sea and Stars" ⭐️ You can find this duplicity story and so many more wonderous, watery works in Issue 04: Currents, out now and live on our website!

Today's teaser comes to us from Jules Leclerq and his story "The Sea Bride.” Remember to dive into the new year with some new stories such as this one that you can read it NOW in Issue 4 Currents! 📖💙🌊

Today we have a teaser from K. Martin's short story "Dans Sœur!" You can read it in full in Issue 04: Currents, which is out now!!!

Sounds intriguing! 🌌 Short stories can pack a punch. "Sovereign and Spice" brings to mind the intricate world-building of Frank Herbert's Dune. What themes resonate most with you? 🪐📚 #SciFi #Short

Closing out 2025 with my first published SFF story! "My Trust Must Be" puts the Lady of the Lake on a generation ship, frozen/thawed/refrozen again to fit a hero's journey. Honored to be part of @icaruszine.bsky.social's Currents issue, with fiction related to water—or in this case, cryogenic pods.

Today's teaser comes to us from Bella Vedder and her story "Phantom of the Brine.” Remember, you can read it NOW in Issue 4 Currents! 💙📖🌊

Hope you all are doing well! 💙 Today’s teaser comes to us from Ocean and his story “Iris the Rainbow”, you can read it NOW in Issue 4 Currents. 🌊

Water you up to readers? 🐋 Waiting for another teaser? Well here it is! Today, it’s D.J. Clark’s short story piece, “Sovereign and Spice and Everything Nice.”

Happy day after publishing day! We have another teaser from Vy Lieu’s flash fiction piece, "Buckwheat Flower of the Ocean." 🌊

🌊 The tide is coming in, which means the fourth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective is finally here! 🩵 Read it for free on our website or consider purchasing a copy to support the magazine 🔱 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/currents ⬅️

My piece 'The Drowning of Loki', and many other sea-worthy stories are out today in Currents! Please check it out!

Issue 4 of @icaruszine.bsky.social is here! It's filled with some excellent stuff, and I'm so psyched to part of their line up :) (seriously, please grab an issue!)

🌊 The tide is coming in, which means the fourth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective is finally here! 🩵 Read it for free on our website or consider purchasing a copy to support the magazine 🔱 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/currents ⬅️

Hook, line, and sinker for this next teaser! 🐠 This time, from Julian's flash fiction piece, "To have, to hold."

I'm super excited to be part of this project! There are plenty of other awesome writers in this zine, so please check it out! :)

How exciting! 🌊✨ Teasers always leave me wanting more! Can't wait to dive into "My Trust Must Be" by Natalie. Her storytelling is always a treasure! 🐠📚 #ShortFiction #SFF

This piece is absolutely brilliant and I cannot wait for everyone to read it! @zutsuit.bsky.social is fucking phenomenal at story crafting.

What’s all the comm-ocean? 🐟 Another teaser! This time from Natalie’s @zutsuit.bsky.social short fiction piece, "My Trust Must Be."

We have another beautiful teaser that you are shore to like! 🌊Today, it’s from G.J. Brillante’s short fiction piece, “A Song of Silence for the Mother of Grendel.”

Whale hello there! 🐳 We have another teaser for you all today, this time from Muze’s (@muzetrigger.bsky.social) flash fiction piece, "Rain."

We’re thrilled to announce The Icarus Writing Collective Issue 04 publishes THIS SATURDAY 12/20! To kick off the celebration, here is a teaser of the flash fiction piece “Under the Water of the Lake” by Edward Daschle.

Issue 04: Currents is well into development 🌊 While we're aiming for a mid-December publication date, we thought we'd step back for a moment and share some of the books we turned to for inspiration for this issue!

I have been swimming in grief and bad news, but I finally have something good to announce. My flash fiction piece, “The Drowning of Loki” will be published in the next issue of @icaruszine.bsky.social! @aprilrc.bsky.social thank you for telling me to channel my grief into it.

Hello our dear artists! Thank you for patience, but we're happy to announce that ALL ISSUE FOUR RESPONSES have been sent out. Please check your emails!

Whew! What a rush. SUBS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ISSUE 04. Thank you to everyone who submitted and considered us at The Icarus Writing Collective as a nice possible home for your incredible talents. Stay tuned on our socials for updates and keep an eye on your emails in the coming weeks. 💙

Whew! What a rush. SUBS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ISSUE 04. Thank you to everyone who submitted and considered us at The Icarus Writing Collective as a nice possible home for your incredible talents. Stay tuned on our socials for updates and keep an eye on your emails in the coming weeks. 💙

🐚 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT TO OUR FOURTH ISSUE. 🔱 The form will close TONIGHT at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

Two days before submissions close!