Happy to announce that we've acquired "In the Wake of Whales" by @clairejiawen.bsky.social for FF#28! Claire's work has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and khōréō.

FFer Read of the Day: "The Human Lifecycle" by @hannahgreer.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-human-li...

Giveaway now live! FF Patreons can enter win their choice of books by @kurellian.bsky.social @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social or magazines from @heartlines-spec.com @undertow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

Hint hint hint, 2 bucks a month for the shiny FF Patreon. And I'm about to run another Patreon-only giveaway timeout! www.patreon.com/cw/fusionfra...

Year's Best Canadian F&SF TOC is out, and it contains Sophie Gazarian's FF#22 story "The World In Our Hands"! Plus work by so many FFers: @drfionamoore.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @tiffmorris.bsky.social @pbarmby.bsky.social! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-22/

Happy to announce that we've acquired "(Non)deterministic Finite Automata" by @audreyzhou.bsky.social for FF#28! Audrey's a Clarion grad who's previously had work published in Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, and Orion's Belt.

FFer Read of the Day: "White Smoke from the West" by @jyzh.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/white-smoke-...

FFer Read of the Day: "Sunflower Loop" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/s...

Monday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week.

FF Reading Period Update 15 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Aug. 22) 63 unread stories in queue Oldest unread is from just before 7:30 AM ET on Sep. 8

SUNDAY STATS THREAD: Time for a quick look at some early results to our 2025 FF Submitter's Survey! First up, let's check out the frequency of subgenres and how they stack up against 2024 rankings. Here's the top 10: 1/

SUNDAY STATS THREAD: Time for a quick look at some early results to our 2025 FF Submitter's Survey! First up, let's check out the frequency of subgenres and how they stack up against 2024 rankings. Here's the top 10: 1/

Tomorrow is the last day to enter the lottery for limited seating sessions at the Flights of Foundry virtual conference, including a chill-n-chat with yours truly! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

FFer Read of the Day: "Winter Love" by EC Dorgan in @unchartedmag.bsky.social www.unchartedmag.com/stories/wint...

FFer Read of the Day: "In the Dream, He is Skinless and Beautiful" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social in Weird Horror Magazine from @undertow.bsky.social www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/skinless-and...

Associate Editor Henry says: Witness my treat! For I am a good boy!

FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "The Outer Body" by @erisyoung.bsky.social on StarShipSofa www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2025/02...

Just three more downloads and FF breaks our personal best for annual circulation (and it's only September!). Get yourself a free copy of FF#25 (or anything from our backlist) and help us set a new record today! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

FF Reading Period Update 17 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Aug. 12) 71 unread stories in queue Oldest unread is from just before 1:30 PM ET on Sep. 2

Sunday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ over the past week.

FFer Read of the Day: "How to Dispose of a Dead Albatross" by @octavia-cade.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

If you haven't registered for FoF but are curious about it, the full program has just gone live here: flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

Snek fren / Ribbit fren (Nature shots from the backyard at FF HQ)

FFer Read of the Day: "Toxic Positivity" by @joellekillian.bsky.social in @cold-signal.com cold-signal.com/toxic-positi...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Last Time Gladys Howled at the Moon" by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Me every time there's a Bandcamp Friday.

FFer Read of the Day: "The Last Harvest" by @marisca.bsky.social in Phano www.phano.co/articles/the...

Happy to announce that we've acquired "Birdguts" by @estrubbe.bsky.social for FF#28! Erin's work has previously appeared in Luna Station Quarterly, Dark Matter Magazine, and Daily Science Fiction.

FF is at FoF! I'll be hosting a limited-seating chill-n-chat on Saturday the 27th at 9 AM Eastern. Join me to chat about anything short fiction related! Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/ And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!

FF is at FoF! I'll be hosting a limited-seating chill-n-chat on Saturday the 27th at 9 AM Eastern. Join me to chat about anything short fiction related! Enter the lottery to get a seat! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/ And if you haven't heard of FoF, it's only the greatest virtual con going!

At 108 of 111! Three more submission slots and then the Saros #5 reading period closes forevermore!

Happy to announce that we've acquired "u last saw hana in the mageverse" by @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social for FF#28! Tuesday's work has also appeared in The Colored Lens, Archive of the Odd, and Bloodletter Magazine.

If you haven't checked out "The New Sound," my story in Saros #3, @cypayseur.bsky.social recommends it in Locus as "chilling in many ways and yet delivered masterfully".

We're at 101 submissions and so down to the final ten spots for Saros #5!

Sunday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ over the past week.

FFer Read of the Day: "Bright Bleeding Girls" by @jlgeorge.bsky.social in @thefuturefire.bsky.social futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...

FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Sit Up with Your Dead" by @anjbaker.bsky.social on @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Appliance Crisis" by @bethgoder.bsky.social (again!) in @smallwondersmag.com smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-ap...

We're at 71 of 111 submission spots filled!

FF Reading Period Update: Big influx of subs over the past few days, and I'm reading more slowly than normal due to some day-job stuff, but will get caught up soon! 11 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from 7/30) 112 unread stories in queue Oldest unread is from just after 3 PM ET on 8/19

FFer Read of the Day: "Mirror-hole" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/mirr...

Tuesday afternoon playlist (since I forgot on Sunday): Five songs from the albums that powered the production of FF last week, courtesy of Kelly Lee Owens, New Candys, Wet Leg, PVRIS, and Russian Circles. Playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Nineteenth Smile" by @authorhien.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-nineteen...

In FF#25, reviewer @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social digs deep into the archives and recommends stories by Marge Simon, Bruce Holland Rogers, Alex Dally MacFarlane, and @kellybarnhill.bsky.social from issues of Sybil's Garage, edited by @matthewkressel.net. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

FFer Read of the Day: "Jack of All Faces" by @breewernicke.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com smallwondersmag.com/piece/jack-o...

We're at 36 of 111!

Happy to announce that we've acquired "Diet Tips for the Apocalypse" by @sophiecasarico.bsky.social for FF#28! Sophie's work has been published in Passengers Journal and The Kudzu Review.

We're at 16 of 111 submission spots filled!