Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

"okay lucy guo, why don't you kill all the tech bros then?" - lyrics from the fake punk band I made up in my dream last night

everything is boring and made out of plastic

#BandcampFriday 🔥

couldn't think of the word "em-dashes" and called them "thinking stripes" instead 😔

Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.

2025 version of this coming soon

this year I became a full-blown novella guy

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press. bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/12/r...

It's that time again! Free critiques for short stories, novellas, novelettes, novels, poetry and flash or micro-fiction! Also, query letters! Up to 5K, I read all genres! The people that have worked with me have been published and with many, we're still friends! Please RT!

Convincing you to read my poem with the first sentence! My father’s least favorite prophecy has been reviewed by five generations of scholars and soundly dismissed by them all. Read the full poem @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

For me, it's probably my poem 'To Be the Change', which was released this spring from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This was my first explicitly trans piece to enter the world; it tackles familial expectations and ancestral prophecies through a fantasy lens. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

could write 20 zines on batshit linkedin posts tbh

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

TOMORROW!!

how generous of water to let us live on its planet (the sea is calling to me at World Fantasy Con)

Our Kickstarter ends in just 24 HOURS! This is your LAST CHANCE to shop our catalogue of new ebooks, author critiques, and exclusive merch before it's gone for good. Check the 🧵 to see our full selection! Thank you all for supporting another year of Apex. 🖤👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees! Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am! Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!

Sunday, 11 AM, Osborne Reading Room 1. Come talk about speculative poetry for an hour #WorldFantasyConvention2025

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿 We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF. Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...

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

If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.

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We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Hey guys, @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social only needs a little bit more to reach their fundraising goal. They pay pro rates for fiction and $100 (!!!) for poetry and authors get an amazing piece of art for their published work www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

We have some lovely rewards for you over on Kickstarter! Snag a subscription + poetry critique from the wonderful @angelaliu.bsky.social! Angela is a Nebula, Hugo, Astounding, Locus, AND Ignyte finalist—as well as a Rhysling Award recipient! And also the best. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Hey guys, @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social only needs a little bit more to reach their fundraising goal. They pay pro rates for fiction and $100 (!!!) for poetry and authors get an amazing piece of art for their published work www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉 Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

catch me at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social this weekend!

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

Hellllooooo from the static! It is fundraising season for many spec mags out there. We are doing things a little differently with a small gofundme to help us into 2026. We are already at $2 and just need a little boost to help us to our goal of $2400 👻 www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Another announcement you say? 👀 I’m excited to say that my short story collection 💭MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST💭will be forthcoming with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social spring 2027, and will include I AM AI as well! 🙇🏻‍♀️🤍

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d

@thecosmicbgr.bsky.social is gearing up for our third annual Kickstarter this fall. In the past we've mostly sent out merch and offered 1-1 talks, but is there anything else you like to see from a magazine's Kickstarter?

Direct preorders already up!! 👀✨

Do you review short fiction? Want to add @thedeadlands.com and @fantasymagazine.bsky.social to your rotation? Drop me a dm with your review links.

GOOD MORNING, CAN I INTEREST YOU IN SOME MURMAIDER (get it?) Year of the Mer cover reveal. Go buy my book. www.pastemagazine.com/books/l-d-le...

In honor of the #PoetryHugo passing and jumping on the current trend 1 like = 1 opinion about #specpo!

The motion to add poetry to the Hugo Awards has passed. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, discussed this award, sat through business meetings, and nominated/voted in the Hugo Awards. This is a huge, huge deal to poets. I am actually a bit teary. <3 #poetryhugo poetryhugo.com

we have a very important editorial in this week's @strangehorizons.bsky.social issue strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨ We want your books. So we can acquire them. And print them. For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨ Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words. Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread. Pass it on 👀

Advance copies of my first novel arrived at my house yesterday. Soon, they and I will be at @readercon.bsky.social . You can preorder a copy using the @strangehorizons.bsky.social affiliate link at @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/a/114270/978... #unboxing #horrorsky #firstnovel #nothinginthebasement

FUNGI ISSUE IS GO! 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄 I know a certain ecofiction team who is gonna love reading this 👀

Folks, can we please get this funded! This is a VERY reasonable goal for a whole anthology of fantasy comics by Black women, and LOOK HOW COOL IT IS.

FUND THE FUNGI SPECIAL ISSUE 🍄🍄🍄

I have a new poem out in @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social! “Toba Catastrophe Theory” is one of the first spec poems I wrote and still has one of my favorite lines. So happy to see another magazine publishing spec poetry! www.thecosmicbackground.com/poetry/angel...