Okay, okay, I give in, it’s 2025 awards eligibility time! I still have December stories coming, which means I cannot yet bring myself to make an extra-fancy graphic or a full long thread, but… until then, I hope you’ll consider reading some of my stories! Will link a couple favorites in the 🧵 (1/4)

How many books am I currently promoting? 4. How ridiculous do I feel? 15 out of 10. Unplanned. Seeds are planted so long in advance & not all survive. Like the year my dad had 32 pumpkins in the garden solely by accident. This is my year of 4 pumpkins. Oh. Fitcher's Bird Oct 2026. 5 pumpkins.

Loved reading the excellent The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson a fascinatingly claustrophobic tale of ethics, hope and kindness - review to come

Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!

It’s that time of the year again! If you’re voting for the Hugos, the Nebulas or any other SFF awards, I hope you will consider my two very Greek, very angry offerings. Both free to read! Short story: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1... Non-fiction essay: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...

Aw thank you! This story will forever be special to me. It can also be read here if you missed it: psychopomp.com/fantasy/octo...

Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎ www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella

Visit THE MANGROVE DAUGHTERS — Where the trees are always waiting to welcome you home! 🌿🌊 We're thrilled to feature @emlinden.bsky.social's short ecofiction "Mangrove Daughter" in ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION, out November 18th!

Want to snag this natural wonder of a book? Preorder ECO24 BEFORE NOVEMBER 18TH and get 30% OFF at www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...! 🌿🍄💸

Out now in paperback is this gorgeous story of magic, digital ghosts, communities and even a cat - I strongly recommend All The Ghosts In The Forest by @rainewilson.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...

I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...

2025 Eligibility List passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.

“The thing is,” my father says, when I finally get up the courage to tell my parents. “Your daughter is not actually a bear.” In our first @flashfictiononline.bsky.social FamPunk story, @emlinden.bsky.social gives us Ursula, who is perfect as she is. #fampunk #fantasy #flashfiction

Mutual aid frees us. Please share. In the next 14 hours, we need to get this moving because six families CANNOT afford food, shelter, medicine for lupus complications, a C-section for Mai's birth NEXT WEEK. Anything helps + click "weekly." 0/1000 chuffed.org/project/hope...

"The girl’s name was Sherri. She had very sharp teeth. These teeth were very good for swallowing others’ words." TODAY, beloveds! A STORY 💀 The Destruction of All That is Good and Holy, Otherwise Known as Green Beans by Erin Ulm read it here 🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

FFer Read of the Day: "In My Country" by @thomasha.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/

The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️ We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to [email protected]. Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...

Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social! Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart. And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced—congratulations to all! reactormag.com/here-are-the...

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below: commapress.co.uk/books/palest...

I had the pleasure of reading this gorgeous novelette by @cornellwriter.bsky.social. Look at that cover!!

Who needs some haunting reads to top off their spooky season TBR? @mariahaskins.com's got 10 books & a boo-quet of short stories to keep you in thrills, chills, & kills this Halloween & beyond. links.ruadanbooks.com/haunted What's your favorite ghost or haunted house story? #BookSky #HorrorSky

Hey US and Canada folks! My Nebula, World Fantasy & Locus award nominated novel SHIGIDI will (finally!) be out in paperback on Nov 4. If you couldn't get the hardcover when it came out (understandably so!) here's your chance. Its got African gods + a succubus + a heist at the British museum!

Congrats to @amalelmohtar.com and @sgj.bsky.social for landing on this list! www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support. undertowpublications.com

Thank you @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social for including "The Pull of the Herd" (pubbed in Skin Thief and Anathema Spec) in Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre. The book is full of incredible BIPOC work. This is an English major milestone moment for me for sure.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that. Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too. clarkesworldmagazine.com

There are any number of good and true things to be said about Amal's writing, but I would like to specifically say, man, no one knows their way around a semicolon like her. If you love beautiful, magical prose threaded into quality stories, you are going to want this book.

A wonderful review of ECO24! "The diversity of stories reflects the diversity of the authors and also showcases the indefinable quality of eco-fiction." Ben highlights stories by K-Ming Chang, Guillermo G. Mendoza, @hironennes.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com, @kayv.bsky.social & Mathew Freeman 💚

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...

YOU'RE INVITED to an ECO24 launch party! 🥂🎉 Join authors @louisevans.bsky.social and Kay Vaindal at Lofty Pigeon Books on Nov. 18th for reading, conversation, and signings to celebrate ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Reserve your spot; RSVP below!⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...

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...

SFF folks: Archita Mittra is one of ours—you know her Ignyte Award-nominated critical writing in @locusmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, and @reactorsff.bsky.social, and her short fiction, most recently in @lightspeedmagazine.com. She needs our help. gofund.me/cd9b937c2

This is my longest (and favorite) story out this year. Would love if you checked it out 🙏 What if you could relive your favorite memories through a haircut? What if you were the one cutting the hair? This is a story about class, intergenerational trauma, and how far we’d go for the perfect cut.

I read @lyndseycroal.bsky.social's gothic novella and it was delicious - arcane rituals, creepy houses, weird families, a cursed Edinburgh where the rain never stops falling. Easy to make art when a story gives you the perfect visuals. Preorder from @lunapress.bsky.social!

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵 @marinerbooks.bsky.social

Really excited to share this dark fantasy story with backers! 🐢🩸 If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)

Oh my goodness, everyone!! The NAP COMIX Kickstarter is now LIVE! Help me reach my goal of £6k to bring my bittersweet, heartwarming, hilarious webcomic to life in Real Book Form! tinyurl.com/napcomixks Thank you all so much for your support with this project! Rachael xxx

The first half of 2025 was fully SF, in deep space! A novella by veteran writer @deborahldavitt.com and two stellar debut: @madeehahwrites.bsky.social and @skateellis.bsky.social. Cover art @tarabush.bsky.social Discover them here: www.lunapresspublishing.com/shop 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

Look!! I got a story in here. I am so excited to share it!

Look what just arrived in the mail! The House of Illusionists, a short story collection ​by @vanessafogg.bsky.social - lovely human, dear friend, and one of my favorite short fiction writers. Find out more at www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

What an amazing duo! Very excited for both of these. 🤩

October is halfway over! Have you submitted anything for the BEST NEW WEIRD HORROR OF THE YEAR?

This is so worth it, The Deadlands is amazing!

Good morning! ICYMI I've put together a small collection of stories to have some $$$ coming in until our government opens back up and I get a paycheck again Nine stories where the warm Caribbean sun casts long shadows. Find what TropiWeird is all about kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

story hour! story hour! story hour! (@storyhour.bsky.social)

Evening boost Please share!

You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha. go.bsky.app/VaypaqC