Baffling Magazine is open for submissions of queer speculative science fiction and fantasy until June 15th for an upcoming issue on the theme Mecha vs. Kaiju. (Unthemed submissions are also welcome!) For more info: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions

Submissions for Baffling's Mecha vs. Kaiju issue will open on June 1st! Before the day arrives, check out this interview with associate editor D.A. Vorobyov for what he's looking to see in submissions: www.patreon.com/posts/129380... (The Patreon link is publicly accessible for free!)

We'll be open soon for submissions of queer speculative SFF. Stand by for some thoughts on the Mecha vs. Kaiju call by Associate Editor D. A. Vorobyov, who'll be editing this particular theme issue. More info: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions

“Notes on Genocidal Interchronological Incursion 57.7.3 (f.k.a. ‘Friends’)” by @sentencebender.bsky.social in Baffling Magazine is a delight: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-fiftee...

How to Rob a Bullion Van, by Plangsi Neple in Baffling Magazine. I love a good epistolary story, especially when it's also got magic. Vivid and perfectly paced. www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ninete...

Ron, Howard, by Cindy Phan in Baffling Magazine. Very sweet - a man realizes he looks like his fish. Hard to describe but worth reading. www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ninete...

The gorgeous cover art is by Casper Pham (@marcheriest.bsky.social) and--another first and one that I'm still processing--was inspired by my story!!! 👀👀👀

my cover art for Baffling Magazine, Issue XIX

Right this way, you simply MUST check out these short fiction highlights of April 2025, featuring necromancy, a moon journey, and a dead witch-doctor! reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

just got back into this account after realizing i'd been mistyping the recovery email address...sorry for all the reposts as we catch up.

"You will sweat your self-judgments away soon enough. They have no place here." Just read "Lucious Lake" by @babblewocky.bsky.social in @bafflingmag.bsky.social and wow, what a (terrifying) sensory feast. I don’t think I’ve ever read a description that made me want to both eat and run from a mango.

ICYMI I’m still proud of this story I wrote for @bafflingmag.bsky.social a few years ago www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eight/...

Parents' contemplation on their gay sons. "How futile our midnight errands seem against this force that no witch, Bible or pastor has been able to remove. A wildness!" #Afrosurreal story by @dsfalowo.bsky.social in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-two/so...

This is a guide on how to rob those secure vans that transport cash. You'll need some white powder from a babalawo, chameleon & gecko skin, & the ability to teleport... Fun story by @plangdineple.bsky.social in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-ninete...

Thrilled to announce that I have a new story in @bafflingmag.bsky.social! "Ron, Howard" (yes, really) is about love's many transformations. Another fish story (yes, really) it's my first flash fiction, published alongside the work of other fantastic authors. I'd be honoured if you gave it a read!

The new issue of 🪶 @bafflingmag.bsky.social 🪶 has arrived. Check out stories from Teresa Milbrodt, Plangdi Neple, Erin Brown, Cindy Phan, C. L. Sidell, Sara Omer & Soramimi Hanarejima. Plus the rad cover by @marcheriest.bsky.social. www.bafflingmag.com/issue-nineteen

2/2 February short story notes! tanaudel.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/f... Feat. 33 stories from: @clarkesworldmagazine.com @bafflingmag.bsky.social , Short Story Long, LA Weekly, @lightspeedmagazine.com , UQP, @bourbonpenn.bsky.social , @nightmare-magazine.com , @morningtransport.bsky.social

This week's free spec rec is the sweet, queer spy drama "Light on the Dark Side of Mega Corp Moon" by @jasonmharley.bsky.social in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte... “Running hot comes in handy here: space is cold.” All my recs: dannyechase.com/specrecs/ #specfic ✍️ 🔱

Here's my watery piece! 'Across the Waves' inspired by a story by @marisca.bsky.social, and commissioned for the cover of @bafflingmag.bsky.social #art

And you can read @sentencebender.bsky.social’s Notes on Genocidal Interchronological Incursion 57.7.3 (f.k.a. "Friends") in Issue 15 of @bafflingmag.bsky.social here: www.bafflingmag.com/issue-fifteen

“You guide me to the place you have chosen. You use your powerful, flawless machine hands to direct my body. You close the door. Outside our new lovenest, the biohazard warning light begins to strobe.” By Louis Evans in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

“Surrender illuminates the room, recruiting the slick of the moon.” By K-Ming Chang in @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

“The thankful drought of malignant menstruation. Congealing in its place is a growth, both physical and visceral. Sensitivity and the need for indulgence enlarge tenfold to itch against your boxers.” By @caninebrainz.bsky.social via @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

post a short story you love @caninebrainz.bsky.social @bafflingmag.bsky.social www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

Excited to announce that you can read my flash story "Collar" in issue eighteen of Baffling Magazine! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte... @bafflingmag.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Check out my romantic dystopian spy comedy set on the moon in @neonhemlock.bsky.social @bafflingmag.bsky.social newest issue! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighte...

Kick off the new year with @bafflingmag.bsky.social's Sex Issue! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-eighteen Stories from j ambrose, Louis Evans, K-Ming Chang, Bastian Hart, J. Kosakowski, Anya Markov & Jason M. Harley 🪶

🪶 Baffling Magazine. Flash fiction with a queer bent. Open Dec 1-15. <1200 words. $0.08/word. Simsub okay, no multiple subs please. More info: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit