Issue 2 drops in just THREE DAYS for subscribers! Support a queer magazine this Pride AND read this amazing issue two weeks before everyone else: Digital and print options (+ extra perks!): www.patreon.com/OthersideSpec Digital via @weightlessbooks.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/otherside-ma...

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New craft essay on creating characters through what they notice in a scene! "I’ve been thinking a lot about noticing, how our worlds are shaped by what we see and what we don’t see, what we actively look at and what we try to ignore." tommydean.substack.com/p/the-detail...

I loved this! After the first chapter, I forgot I knew the author...& forgot I needed to do laundry & prep for school & take the dog out. The characters are real & flawed & relatable. @ericscottryon.bsky.social's writing made me laugh & cry. A beautiful story re: friendship, grief & forgiveness.

A beautiful interview with @mynachang.bsky.social 🙏💖💖

Egregiously fake agency alert (this "person" is part of the Nigerian AI marketing scam industry) www.mcdonaldgroup.company

New MicroVerse interview with Caroline Bock about her upcoming novel, THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! @cabockwrites.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social

Ex Partum is officially out next week. Here's what @mynachang.bsky.social thought of it (and we all know she has SUPERB taste in stories). Sound like it's up your alley? I hope so! Pre-order here: emmaburnett.carrd.co #booksky 🪐📚

Big thank you to @mooncitypress.bsky.social. Congratulations & best of luck to my fellow finalists!

@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and John Gilstrap are going to unhelp you unstuck your novel! Don't miss it!

Excited to attend this talk by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social at the local library for her collection of flash! #shortstories #Aussiewriter #Antipodean #litfic #literary #flashfiction #writesky #reading #writerslife

Really enjoyed "Incite" by Lisa Para in Cast of Wonders! @lisapara.bsky.social @castofwonders.org

Wishing @ericscottryon.bsky.social the very best of author-ly luck as his publication tour rolls on! @greenapplebooks.bsky.social

These books are officially out at midnight! I feel like I'm 10 years old again & it's the night before Christmas. asterismbooks.com/publisher/pi...

The SF & F Poetry Association’s ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social ) Annual Poetry Contest opens for subs on June 1st! Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social is contest chair! I’m honoured to be contest judge! Looking forward to reading your brilliant spec poetry subs! sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

Thanks @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social & @flashfictioninst.bsky.social Flash as be-bop: "...start with the solos, which don’t exactly repeat the melody, but refer back to it...you can infer it from the details and feel it...bopping on the page" flashfictioninstitute.substack.com/p/tara-campb...

We have a thriving community over on our Discord. Come hang out with us! http://discord.gg/dr...

Thank you for the wonderful conversation Scott! Had a great time✨

New poem free to read at @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social! It's called "auxiliary abel" and is about...a machine lover helping me feel gender euphoria in my sleep. It's part of "MOTHERBOARD" a free anthology stuffed with mechanical trans & queer poems/stories! 🤖💅❤️ fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...

Some poetry recommendations you say? 👀✨

Meteor strike!

Today's the FINAL DAY to submit your microfiction to our PLAGUE BIRDS writing contest! ⏰⏰⏰send 300 of your finest words to [email protected] by midnight EST for a chance to get published on the Apex blog!

Fun prompt!

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It's just SEVEN days, EIGHT hours and FIFTY-TWO minutes until entries open up. Or to put it another way, it's SEVEN buffalos, EIGHT warthogs and FIFTY-TWO meerkats...

"Once you know that (it) exists, it’s hard not to think about it every time you see a sudden flood of enthusiastic posts about a famous person’s new project or haircut or outfit or relationship or face." web.archive.org/web/20260515...

AAAAAAAAA you guys did this, I’m seeing an orange banner for the first time in my life 😭😭😭 you made my stabby sapphics rank No1 I’m losing my mind thank you so much 😭

Darlings! My new poem, "When Death Comes, Look to The Tower," is out at @smallwondersmag.com!! It's for anyone who needs a reminder of their own strength -- that you have all the power within yourself, that you tell your own story. smallwondersmag.com/piece/when-d...

Love this new cover. Radon really brings out the best cover art!

How much longer we will be the collectors? (from the last poem!!) Wow!! thank you @aijiang.bsky.social for curating, and to Myna, always.

There’s a new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape!

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Four SFFH Short Stories I Read and Loved in April ✨ TWELVE FACTS ABOUT THE DERMESTID BEETLE by @marisca.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com TEN AND OUT by @mynachang.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social WELCOME TO HEROISM by @wiswell.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

I was looking up older flash for a writing group and found this one at the top of my list. Of all Kathy Fish's stories, I think this is my all-time favorite: @kathyfish.bsky.social

The next Welkin workshop is "The Backwards Gaze" on Thursday 28th May at 7pm BST. A reminder that if you're a low income writer and would like to join any of these workshops, you can apply for a free place: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

My next flash collection comes out March 10, 2027, from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social. I'd love to do a blog/substack/podcast tour, so let me know if you'd like me to contribute to your thing! Or want to do an interview or review?

Special MicroVerse roundup with poetry recs by the amazing Ai Jiang! @aijiang.bsky.social

new review out now in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! in which I talk about abortion rights, the Dobbs decision, the multi-award winning story "Rabbit Test," and the kinds of narratives we need now, in this political moment. check it out!

weekly talk story about my writing life… www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Absolutely thrilled to have come in at 3rd place in the NYCM 250-word Microfiction Challenge!

A group of publishers just won a major default judgment in their copyright infringement lawsuit against pirate site Anna's Archive, which must pay maximum statutory damages for 130 pirated works publishers.org/news/associa...

Hey friends, have you used poetic forms or devices in your flash fiction? I'm writing about this now and I'd LOVE to include some more published examples. Thanks!

This is tonight! It is virtual! It is free! Come hang with us

Today is the paperback release of GIRL IN THE CREEK! If you would like to check out a fun romp in the woods with spooky mushrooms -- a romp that's been nominated for a Stoker award & was one of Booklist & Library Journal's best horror books of 2025 -- get a copy at a bookstore or library!

What are the touch stone 'how to'/'how not to' texts on voice-oriented, or experimental, writing? It seems common for early writers to have the drive and interest in writing experimental work, but not quite grasp what makes experimental writing work. (Frequently, they are just breaking grammar.)

While I'm momentarily here. It was book statement season for me while I was away. I'd like to thank everyone who has bought copies of Skin Thief or Countess. I'm not a big name author. It's difficult trying to maintain a writing career and you helped. I appreciate all of you. 💜

My friend, Emma Burnett, @slashnburnett.bsky.social has a new novella coming out in June that I'm super excited about! It's a sci-fi novella about what it's like to be a new parent. Something I can still (kinda 😝) relate to! emmaburnett.carrd.co

Rebecca Roanhorse writes it all—comics, novels, even television scripts! She’ll be with us in Seattle on July 23 to discuss her process, her inspiration, and more. She’ll be in conversation with award-winning writer Tara Campbell. RSVP here: bit.ly/4u8IX0w

I’m reading and talking about my new book Salt City Runaway in the SmokeLong Village this weekend! Would LOVE to see you there!

Join us tomorrow! Admission is free.