It's time for the story of the week! Give a read to "Songs Never Sung" by @premeemohamed.com in Issue 46 of @3lobedmag.com. So much broken world and endless years delivered in the few words of a decaying yet deathless protagonist. It's what your weekend needs 🖤 www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

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Our story of the week: "Hope is the Thing with Circuits and Steel" by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska from FFO. The story is weird and ripe with warnings for humanity. Grannies. Consumption. A question probing the nature of emotion acquisition. Give it a read @flashfictiononline.bsky.social.

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SOTW: “The Last Minute Before the Rooster Crows” by Malena Salazar Maciá in The Deadlands. This story of twisted mathematics, the dying breaths of a mother, and odd inheritance had us calculating our love for the inexplicable weird and the hope in horror. @thedeadlands.com

Our story of the week is “Things I Don’t Tell My Sister” by MM Schreier in Factor Four Magazine. This story teases you with one horror of sisterhood only to hit you with a different one altogether at the end. Short, sweet, and sublimely messed up. @mmschreier.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com

Very excited for this new issue of @factorfourmagazine.com. I've got a little #scifi #flashfiction in it called "Things I Don't Tell My Sister" Also pleased to share the issue with my #amwriting friend & critique partner the talented @aerynrudel.bsky.social Check it out here:

We’ve been reading ancient tomes (recently published mags) in search of eldritch truths (Friday’s story of the week). What have you read this week?

🕯️ The Phantom Pulse is open Jan 1–Feb 14, 2026! Seeking speculative fiction that lingers in the grey corners of humanity - dread that seeps under the skin, strange obsessions, and the beautifully bizarre. 💰 $0.03/word (unpublished) 📖 horrortree.com/taking-submi... @thephantompulse.bsky.social

This is Phantom Pulse's first story of the week! From Cosmic Horror Monthly comes "The Ones at the Top Didn't Fall There" by Joule K. Zelman. The story is pleasantly weird, the pacing is seamless, and the characterization is delightful. Shout out to Joule K. Zelman! @joulekzelm.bsky.social

Starting tomorrow, we will be shouting out recent stories we enjoyed every week!

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The first issue of The Phantom Pulse is coming in May. Send us stories and reprints to consider in January!

From the webpage: "The Phantom Pulse does not accept stories or artwork created or developed using AI or machine generation tools. Failure to abide by our AI policy will likely result in a permanent submission ban for offenders. And we will add you to our list of people who suck." I applaud this.

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