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Congratulations to Casey Aimer, whose poem "They Said Robots Are" (published in #Penumbric's June 2025 issue, www.penumbric.com/archives/Jun...) is a finalist for the first-ever Nebula Poetry Award! 🥰 #poem #poet #poetry #scifi

It's International Women's Day, and thus it makes sense that today is 4.17% shorter than your typical day but you still have to do as much work in it.

in Canada we have a store called "Canadian Tire" and you're probably thinking "a store named after a tire definitely has a circle for a logo" but no, you're wrong. they chose a colossal red triangle

We fkn love you ❤️

Check out my story, "The Dregs of a Fiftul Hour" in the latest issue of @penumbricmag.bsky.social ! This one's for the tired out people pleasers: www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

And still more thanks! Rachel Rodman, @pixieb.bsky.social, and Joshua Kepfer. And to Joel Bisaillon for the cover art! 🥰🥰🥰 www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

And more thanks! @karinasteffens.bsky.social, @christinasng.bsky.social, @lisacai.bsky.social, Brian Malachy Quinn, @kitharding.bsky.social, Alison McBain, @postupak.bsky.social, Garth Upshaw ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

Thank you to all the contributors in February's #Penumbric! Kathryn Ptacek, Vekhan Sametyaza, @nershwood.bsky.social, Carl Scharwath, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, Viviana De Cecco, @ianli.bsky.social ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

And yet more thanks! @sherry-xy.bsky.social, Sydnie Beaupré, @mahailasmith.ca, @stefthescribbler.bsky.social, Irina Tall (Novikova), Alexandra Haverská, @bethcato.bsky.social ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

9) An Unsparing Harvest by @stefthescribbler.bsky.social: people-eating tree kindly allies with human to get more food. Gentle start, chilling end, very smooth throughout

Candy alternatives to hand out on Halloween: - moss balls - imp eggs - banned books - unknown bones - forest gravy - slightly cursed nickels

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

You can read my horror tale set in Iceland, "Two Voices, One Song," in the latest issue of On Spec magazine, among many other great stories! @onspecmag.bsky.social

New issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social is here! weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga...

Check out my story, "An Unsparing Harvest," in the latest issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social! It's perfect for the spooky season. weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga...

Issue #133 is at the proofing stage now. But you can buy and read #132 while you wait!

So excited for my piece to be featured in the latest issue of @trampset.bsky.social. Do check it out & the amazing work of fellow writers <3

Today is the LAST DAY to submit stories to Fascination, a new anthology edited by Rhonda Parrish! Details: tychebooks.com/submissions

Almost ready to send On Spec Issue #133 to the designer for a mid-September release. Please support us by making a small donation or purchasing a copy of issue #132 from our Ko-fi page.

Me after saying I wasn't gonna buy any more books for a while

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.

New issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social is here! weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga...

I have a new story in Orion's Beau! Witches? ✅ Mermaids? ✅ Heartbreak ✅ What do you do when your time has come, and you have no soul left to barter for passage into the afterlife? www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...

Wait… does this mean I have to be a nickleback fan now

If you see this, post a GIF from your favorite Studio Ghibli film.

for the evening crowd - Fantasy is BACK!🐉 Subscribe so we can stick around - maybe even grow & bring you lots of awesome things! psychopomp.com/fantasy/ 💖WRITERS💖 - Submissions are open! Jan 22-25 open to work by BIPOC authors Jan 26-29 general subs for everyone psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Announcement: Psychopomp is relaunching Fantasy Magazine WELCOME BACK, FANTASY! full details here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

2024 was a beautifully chaotic year! Writing-wise, two more publications under my belt (a micro in @shackleboundbooks.bsky.social Drabble Dark III, and an upcoming pub in @penumbricmag.bsky.social), and in December, my greatest composition: my newborn son 😊. Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025!

Not that I even need to say this, judging from my mailbox lol, but our #fiction and #poetry submissions window is now open! It will be open through 15 March. The #art submissions window of course continues to be open. See our submissions guidelines at www.penumbric.com/subs.html

Ah, that’s all right then

People ask when we will open to submissions. Probably early in 2025. With a slight change. This round of submissions will consider stories and poems written by Canadians only. While we’ve found wonderful work by non-Canadians, we need to return to our roots.

Oh, and how about a link lol ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

And still more thank-yous! @lynnesargent.bsky.social, @artbyfirestar.bsky.social, and Maureen Bowden. And to @umbra-ludus.bsky.social for the cover art! I could never do this without you all! 🥰 #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror

Thank you to all the contributors in December's #Penumbric! Yuliia Vereta, Mike Morgan, Tim Hildebrandt, Ritiksha Sharma, Zary Fekete, Denny E. Marshall, @simonchris.bsky.social, Kasia Runté, Meg O’Connor, Adele Gardner, Sonali Roy ... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror

Using AI doesn’t make writing easier, it just robs you of everything that makes the hard part worthwhile.

Congratulations to @marisca.bsky.social and @christinasng.bsky.social for making @datlow.bsky.social's recommendation list, Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen (2023) for work in #Penumbric! 🥰

Pouring one out for Francine Pascal, best known for the Sweet Valley High books (I read at least two dozen) and the pre-franchise Victoria Martin trilogy, starting with timeslip fantasy Hangin' Out with Cici, and ending with Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo, still an all-time great title. 🎁🔗

So excited to be in @shackleboundbooks.bsky.social 's Drabbledark III with such awesome company! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWM6FN6...

Pieces in Ryga: www.rygajournal.ca/current-issu... Piece in Hearth and Coffin: www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/i-can-b...

As 2023 closes, I have learned to not give up on my dreams. It was the year I achieved 5(!) publications through Ryga Journal, Hearth and Coffin, and a piece in an upcoming drabble collection. Cheers to more in 2024! 🥂

Finally got an invite for Bluesky and happy to be here!