Live in BCS #453: "Mother’s Hearth" @wahamilton.bsky.social "Everything the woman served seemed to be just what Sigrun had wanted. “It’s something I’ve always dreamt of,” Sigrun found herself saying, not sure where her words came from." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/moth...

3.- Mejor relato largo -“Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh”, by Marie Croke (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)” -“Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)” -“We Begin Where Infinity Ends”, by Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld)” -“The Name Ziya, by Wen-Yi Lee (Tor)”

I read The Crow's Second Tale by Marissa Lingam in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social a story about a crow with only one tale and Kris, who tries to give the crows more stories. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/i-re...

"They need me." Her belt's voice thrummed oddly against her hips, dragged tight as driven snow weighed down her leggings; the bow's voice vibrated against her palm. Both said: "Bring my strength home."

What happens when the angel gunslinger Azrael rides into a strange town of the dead and becomes trapped in a supernatural card game? Find out in "The Angel Azrael and the Dead Man's Hand," a Locus recommended read. #WeirdWestWednesday www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

Links to all the Azrael the angel gunslinger stories in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social here: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/authors/pete...

BCS #454 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social and @jonolfert.bsky.social , behind cover art by Silas Goewey: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

"Precipice Sun" by Ewen Ma in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is an elegant and gorgeously appointed new way of saying "no matter where you go, there you are"; I loved the world Ma built for us to grub around in here.

I wrote a Bombadil riff in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social imagining the encounter as a deleted chapter that still recontextualizes the epic. "Interlude: Shelter From the Storm" "Later, when the tale was done, Tankrit knew this would be a mere interlude..." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/inte...

New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social and @jonolfert.bsky.social and cover art by Silas Goewey! weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...

“Half Drowned” by @slharris.bsky.social (Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 423, short story) BCS is known for literary takes on adventure fantasy, and “Half Drowned” is an exemplar of it. It follows a family fleeing from their home after an invasion- www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/half...

“Lies From a Roadside Vagabond” by Aaron Perry (Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 432, short story) After receiving a ring from the titular roadside vagabond, the narrator begins to notice odd behavior from the people around him. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/lies...

Nominating for Hugos? Deadline is Sat! Here's eligible BCS stories, category, links, and link to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts. (Pls DON'T nominate BCS for Semiprozine; we recused. You can nominate Scott for Editor Short Form if you find him worthy.) www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...

SFFH short story writers, learn ways to effectively draw readers into your story, in this webinar from Scott H. Andrews, award-winning editor/publisher of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! Registration deadline 4/1!! odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-online/webinars/story-openings-that-engage/

Looking for an easy way to follow SFF magazine posts (no replies, no reposts)? Try this feed (or find it under my profile/feeds). Run a magazine and want to be added? Let me know! bsky.app/profile/bmor...

Mother's Hearth, by W.A. Hamilton in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. A beautiful fable about motherhood and witches and fear. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/moth...

*Absolutely* read the magazine's GLs. Last year, 15% (!!) of subs to BCS did not follow the GLs. Not little things like SMF but some major thing that meant we were not able to consider those subs unless they were resubbed following the GLs. Don't be that person.

New Issue: BCS #453 out today, featuring stories of mothers and life about children by @wahamilton.bsky.social and @justinferguson.bsky.social, Ferguson podcast read by MK Hobson, new cover art by Silas Goewey: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

‘Mother’s Hearth’ is out today in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, a story about overcoming fear and building a life worth living. It’s also about the struggles of bringing a child into the world, written right before my own daughter was born. Hope that folks enjoy it. #fantasy #shortfiction #shortstory

New cover art, starting with BCS #453 today: "Imbue" by Silas Goewey. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/imbue/

And which ones are willing to disclose that.

Writers, if you want to track a zine submissions % that has bearing re getting your stories published: what % of a zine's published stories were solicited and what % were from open subs. That shows how accessible they are to non-solicited writers/how many slots they have to publish open-sub stories.

Acceptance rates are irrelevant b/c publication isn't a random lottery. All subs don't have the same chance. If you send BCS SF, odds are 0%. If you send a story that makes me cry, odds are high. Writers: ignore acceptance rates b/c they have no bearing on whether YOUR submission may get published.

Featuring stories from @penumbricmag.bsky.social, @talesfeathers.bsky.social, @flashpointsf.bsky.social, @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @adventitiouswords.bsky.social, @pseudopod.org, and @radonjournal.bsky.social .

Congratulations @mariecroke.bsky.social, whose novelette "Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh" from BCS #423 has been voted a finalist for the Nebula Awards! It's a great story of family, memorial, loss, and compassion. You can read it here: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-...

Huge congratulations to Odyssey graduates @rfkuang.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, and @cornellwriter.bsky.social on their Nebula Award nominations!! 🎉🎉🎉

Two more days! 🎉

Congratulations to our four Nebula Award finalists: @wtalabi.com, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @hhpak.bsky.social, and @thomasha.bsky.social! Links to their stories in thread. Full list of finalists here: locusmag.com/2026/03/2025...

This article makes the point that some kind of universal standard is needed. Agreed, though what that would be & how it would be verified is easier said than done. As long as these certification programs rely primarily on good faith assurances, they are meaningless www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you think you need genAI to make your art, I think that’s sad and self-defeating and will lead to badly derivative art, but that’s not why I oppose it. GenAI was built unethically, is maintained exploitatively, often to enrich the worst people, and is environmentally disastrous. That’s why.

Congratulations to all the Nebula Award finalists!

Congratulations to our Nebula Finalists for the 61st Nebula Award for Best Novelette! #SFWA #Nebulas #61stNebulaAwards

A few writing updates, including news about the Plague Birds books that will be published this year, my recent novella "Where the Dream Train Goes" in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, and new Genre Grapevine columns out tomorrow and later next week. www.patreon.com/posts/153028...

Nominating for Hugos? Here's eligible BCS stories, their category, nominating links, and link to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts. (Pls DON'T nominate BCS for Semiprozine; we recused. You can nominate Scott for Editor Short Form if you find him worthy.) www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...

Live today: the second half of the @jasonsanford.bsky.social science-fantasy novella in BCS #452, the third double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 8, alongside a story by JW Halicks and art by Tyler Edlin: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Ok now that the contract’s all signed: “The Four Rules of Needlework” will come out later this year (I think) in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, which is literally my ideal home. This will be my second story with them!! If you love fantasy & aren’t reading BCS, you should be. There’s nothing else like it.

(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription @weightlessbooks.bsky.social gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you!) weightlessbooks.com/genre/fictio...

BCS #453 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of mothers and their children by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson, behind new cover art by Silas Goewey: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

BCS #453 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of mothers and their children by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson, behind new cover art by Silas Goewey: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

In the March issue of Locus Magazine, I review stories from @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @diabolicalplots.com @smallwondersmag.com @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social . Get it here: subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

In the February issue I reviewed stories from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com @smallwondersmag.com @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @castofwonders.org @podcastle.org and @fantasymagazine.bsky.social - subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here! Featuring stories by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson and new cover art by Silas Goewey. weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, Small Wonders, and Bourbon Penn: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...

Live in BCS #452 Science-Fantasy Month 8: "The Book Collectors" by JW Halicks "When Bishop tried the first button, it sent the doors creeping open, admitting a sliver of blue light: the glow from the faceplate ports of the Falmians on the other side" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

Honestly, sending polite, hopefully prompt rejection letters feels like the very least a magazine can do.

Another BCS cat story: "Shadowdrop" by @librariangoblin.bsky.social. The narrator is "I, Shadowdrop, most magnificently tragic of black cats," and they must save the city of Archaeopolis from malefactors. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/shad...

Little Thief And The Martyr’s Head by J A Prentice in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social in which little thief makes a friend - who is dead www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/litt...

Nominating for Hugos? Here's all eligible BCS stories, category, nominating links, and link to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts. (Pls *DON'T* nominate BCS for Semiprozine; we recused. You can nominate Scott for Editor Short Form if you find him worthy.) www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...

To quote from memory Scott Andrews, editor of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social: "Write the story only you can write."

This column features stories from @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @diabolicalplots.com @smallwondersmag.com @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social .