Start the new year with a new story from me, a historical fantasy in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social , set in 1200s Paris, it asks 'what's the worst thing that could happen if you join a bible study group at university?' kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...

This one is so dark and so good!

Welcome to 2026! The Trollbreath submission queues are now wide open, and will remain open until October 31st. Short stories, poetry, and all types of non-fiction pitches are welcome. This is our first year testing an "always open" policy, so please help support our work with a subscription:

We are looking for some reviews, interviews, and essays in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Speculative genre! Check out our guidelines and submit a pitch or finished product. magazine.trollbreath.com/submissions/

Some FREE sci-fi for your evening read: magazine.trollbreath.com/hiding-the-c... magazine.trollbreath.com/are-you-thin... magazine.trollbreath.com/do-you-love-... magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct... magazine.trollbreath.com/from-the-tow...

First, the freely available poems online: 1) "Technological Distraction for the Troubled Mind" magazine.trollbreath.com/technologica... (From @trollbreathmag.bsky.social) 2) "They Said Robots Are" www.penumbric.com/archives/Jun... (From @penumbricmag.bsky.social)

3) "Micro-OLED Mask" www.baublesfrombones.com/micro-oled-m... (From @bfbzine.bsky.social) 4) "How to Write Poetry in an Alien Invasion" magazine.trollbreath.com/how-to-write... (From @trollbreathmag.bsky.social)

Welcome to another Free Fiction Friday! The first story to emerge from behind the paywall in 2026 is a haunting tale of the cute things children say, mythology, and the coming of a deep and harsh winter... @jonathanhelland.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/drink-poetry...

If you enjoy horror, I hope you'll consider "Whittled and Burned" in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social, a dark glimpse into stealing futures! 🩸 We say that time can be burned, and so we gather wood scraps from its ashes. 💫 Read it now: magazine.trollbreath.com/whittled-and... 4/

Ten Stories from Trollbreath 2025 you should read - Jeffery Edition 10. People Act Stranger Under a Full Moon by Seaton Kay-Smith magazine.trollbreath.com/people-act-s... Free and open to read

A look back on all my publications this year: (Titles and magazines threaded and in the alt text.)

“At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines” in @heartlines-spec.com “Lago das Estrelas” in Short Edition “Hotcakes at the End Times” in @naturefutures.bsky.social “Draconis astronomus” in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social “Ghosts of Summer” in @apexmag.bsky.social

I'm grateful to all the editors who offered my stories a home. Life is busy though, so if you have time for just one, have a look at "Vedritsa of the River" in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social (reprinted [email protected]): magazine.trollbreath.com/vedritsa-of-the-river/ podcastle.org/2025/10/14/p...

Kicking off #12DaysOfPoetry with "What the Birds Taught Me", a hopeful solarpunk poem published this summer with @heartlines-spec.com! 🪶I learned how to sing from a sparrow’s beak, a steel prosthetic to replace its old and crumpled one. Read for free online: www.heartlines-spec.com/what-the-bir...

And it's out! "Whittled and Burned" is a horror poem for a cold, dark night, and it's now free to read as part of @trollbreathmag.bsky.social's sixth issue! 🩸 We say that time can be burned, and so we gather wood scraps from its ashes. #12DaysOfPoetry 🌈🚀💫 magazine.trollbreath.com/whittled-and...

Our last Free Fiction Friday of 2025 brings two spectacular poems about the moon and time! Enjoy these offerings from Mir Rainbird and Nico Martinez Nocito as the clock winds forward and drags us into 2026. magazine.trollbreath.com/strange-topo... magazine.trollbreath.com/whittled-and...

On December 21st (solstice night!), I read Leygr by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks (@prioryruins.bsky.social), published in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social. "My sister asks me how much longer I’ll be dead. I tell her I don’t know." Absolutely floored by this one. A stunning story about grief, death, and life.

A long night and a short day deserve a short story - find the perfect tale at magazine.trollbreath.com

Happy Solstice from the Trollbreath team! Magazine.Trollbreath.com

beautifully paced & plotted, and the way gwendolyn plays with language is so smart. i did cry. if you're looking for a cathartic read before the weekend, this is it <3

“Leygr” is free to read!! 🐚 🪨 an epic mortal-immortal friendship (there’s an aroace reading here for the discerning) 🪨 a bunch of hot immortal siblings who Don’t Get It 🪨 a reason to keep lying in the barrow 🪨 a reason to get up again, and walk outside magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/

Free Fiction Friday is here! This piece explores love , loss, and hope.. and immortality magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/ @prioryruins.bsky.social

Ten Stories from Trollbreath 2025 you should read - Jennifer Edition 10. Sleevenotes by Phil Emery magazine.trollbreath.com/sleevenotes/ Opens for free reading on 20 February

Now is an excellent time to read "All the wayward angels", by @taracampbell.bsky.social. It's funny, surprising, and moving in ways that continue to delight us.

It's been a hard year for a lot of us. @jyzh.bsky.social's poem, "From Dust", reminds us that we can carry on; we can make it whole again. smallwondersmag.com/...

Eligibility Post!!! Give us a look! Spring, Summer, and Fall are open and free to read. Winter is opening week by week. magazine.trollbreath.com

Happy to announce my story "Schema" is coming to @trollbreathmag.bsky.social next March!! Can't wait for everyone to meet my toxic sapphics and their very peculiar flock of sheep 🐑

While wrapping I made accidental AI trash.

Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026! (The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴‍☠️✨)

December 13th's story was Have I Ever Told You about When We Were Eaten? by Bernie Jean Schiebeling, published in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social. "Being eaten does strange things to one’s memory. So does telling and retelling the story of it." Grim, hopeful, gripping, and beautifully written!

Very pleased to say I’m back in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social next June with ‘Or Forever Hold Your Peace’, a love story about tall buildings. It’s a weird story but Trollbreath are so supportive of slipstream and stories that fall between cracks. I’m really thrilled to be back with them for this one.

Contract signed! I am thrilled to have a story in an upcoming issue of @trollbreathmag.bsky.social !! 🥰

We're always open for non-fiction pitches (and come January 1st, we'll be open 10 months of the year for everything!).

My closing out the year tasks include creating a comprehensive style guide for @trollbreathmag.bsky.social . Hey Spec/SF/F authors, indulge my curiosity with your copyediting and style opinions, hot takes, pet peeves, and general ideas

There are so many reasons to say no to generative-AI that have absolutely nothing to do with the quality of its output, even you’ve somehow convinced yourself that its quality isn’t unacceptably low.

Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/

Vendritsa of the River is a great sapphic romance about old age and preservation by @catchingwords.bsky.social. It appeared in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social: magazine.trollbreath.com/vedritsa-of-...

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.) clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Contract signed!! Beyond excited to have my story "Istanai" coming out in March 26 in Trollbreath. @trollbreathmag.bsky.social A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.

"She thought, with the spine-setting certainty of a kindergartner, A dinosaur would never take my book away." this is *funny* and kind and sweet and queer and you should read it

Can't fit it all in, but: "...and a few million years later the universe arranged itself according to trillions-to-one odds so that you can exist and, somehow, instead of living in a perpetual state of wonder and gratitude, you get annoyed that we ran out of toilet paper." Lovely. Give it a read.

Happy Friday! Jump into this portal and see where it takes you! @kkoopman.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/frequently-a...

Another excellent read opens tomorrow with Frequently Asked Questions about the Portals at Frank’s Late-Night Starlite Drive In by Kristen Koopman magazine.trollbreath.com

this is so so so good btw. just absolutely spellbinding. trust me you will want to click on that link

Have I Ever Told You about When We Were Eaten?, by Bernie Jean Schiebeling in Trollbreath Magazine. A new take on a familiar fairy tale (or two). I don't know how to describe it other than extremely good. magazine.trollbreath.com/have-i-ever-...

Indeed, it's a really, really great story. I encourage everyone to read it, along with all the other fiction we've published this year. We've got a lot of authors deserving of award's consideration, and Bernie Jean's work should be included in those conversations.

as of last friday, my fairy tale retelling in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social is available to read online at magazine.trollbreath.com/have-i-ever-told-you-about-when-we-were-eaten/ if you can, please support the magazine by buying a copy! Trollbreath is an excellent publication.

Really enjoyed this story by @sarahpauling.bsky.social in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/gracie-and-l...