FFer Read of the Day: "The Interior" by @christinogle.bsky.social in @3lobedmag.com www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...

Story #8 in FF#26: "Once Upon the Crossing of Mars" by @straith.ca If you need a story with: -"I hallucinated on Mars and all I got was this t-shirt!" -carbo-loading -ecstatic mysteries Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

Wednesday night 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.

I'm happy to welcome back @breewernicke.bsky.social, whose story "May It Please the Profit" has been acquired for FF#29! In addition to FF and Saros, Bree's work has also appeared in Bourbon Penn, Haven Spec, and Baffling, just to name a few.

Stay tuned for a full-year wrapup thread in late December, but for now just wanna say I'm massively happy with what we put out this year. 48 (!) original works of fiction this year in FF and Saros. Check out the Awards Eligibility headers on both the FF and Saros websites for more details.

Whoever you are, appreciate that handful of people out there who tagged us in various categories for the Chill Subs Best Lit Mags thing. You are either a) the wind beneath my wings, b) the water upon which I float, or c) the fire in my spirit, depending on your elemental preferences.

The lineup for FF#28 is finalized! Amazing fiction by: @estrubbe.bsky.social @awritingwall.bsky.social @sophiecasarico.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social Francis Van Ganson @audreyzhou.bsky.social @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social Coming your way in June 2026!

Excited and honored to announce that I am the winner of this year's SLF Diverse Writers Grant!

Happy to announce that we've acquired "Chutes, Slides, and Ladders" by @awritingwall.bsky.social for FF#28! Allison's work has previously appeared in Crow & Cross Keys, NonBinary Review, and Metaphorosis, just to name a few.

FFer Read of the Day: "When the Shadows Showed All" by @marisca.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...

FFer Read of the Day: "Acephalous" by @schorn.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social hexliterary.com?p=2796

Wednesday afternoon 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.

"Shells" (6988 words) in @fusionfragment.bsky.social - body swapping technology & selling yourself for capitalism & whiteness as proximity to wealth and leisure www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

Been a while since I did a🧵 and I was thinking about how I haven't pubbed many spaceship stories recently. There's one on the way in 2026, but I'd love to give it company. So, I present a brief thread on a selected few of FF's spaceship stories. If you have something like this, send it my way! /1

Story #7 in FF#26: "Mrs. No Face" by @eggandcressida.bsky.social If you need a story with: -Evil colonizer husbands -Sentient (?) gothic estates -Wives in the attic Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

FFer Read of the Day: "Dark Sacred Night" by @slharris.bsky.social in Phano www.phano.co/articles/dar...

Check out some SFF novella recs, including work by FFers @jordankurella.com and @marygthompson.bsky.social!

@lyszflo.bsky.social @jdridges.bsky.social

Watch the FF#26 cover art by @evelynepark.bsky.social take shape in this amazing video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX2p...

One of my fave covers!

FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Echthroxenia" by @avramargariti.bsky.social in @talestoterrify.bsky.social talestoterrify.com/episodes/699...

ICYMI: Both Stelliform books that were in the running for a Small Spec Book Award have come out ahead! R.A. Busby's YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD is the winner for the horror category and Michael J. DeLuca's THE JAGUAR MASK is a fantasy finalist! We're thrilled to be recognized by small press readers!

Wednesday 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.

FFer Read of the Day: "The Church at the Edge of Time" by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Story #6 in FF#26: "The Replacement Sister" by Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta If you need a story with: -Dysfunctional sibling relationships -Trying to control a situation you don't have control over -A parrot spitting truths Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

Oh hey look, is that the latest issue of @smallwondersmag.com with not one, not two, but THREE members of the mighty FF reading team sharing the TOC?!?! Grab a copy to read shorts by @elijah.mea.rs @speculativekane.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social and more! smallwondersmag.com/issue/30/

Frustrated about being beset by AI slop in the reading queue and other places over the past few days. I know it's been said a million times before, but I feel like it's always worth saying again: Stories written by you will always be better than stories written by the robot.

Dum Boc is fundraising for emergency assistance to those affected by the floods in Central Vietnam. I’ve donated a signed copy TWIN TIDES which is available for purchase online 💖👀 #yabooks ko-fi.com/s/776a3c35cb

This Black Friday, all digital copies of FF are ERROR% off! That's right--marked down from $0 to $0! This exclusive ERROR% deal is one day only! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

FF Reading Period Update 36 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 29) 66 unread stories in queue Oldest unread is from 1:18 PM ET on Nov. 17 274 subs received in the last 30 days

Wednesday 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. (Florence finally falls out of top spot, but in classic FF fashion, I just bring in another F with Faetooth)

Short SFFH reading recommendations for you! Includes recent work by FFers @eggandcressida.bsky.social and @andtatcat.bsky.social!

FFer Read of the Day: "Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop" by @straith.ca in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by @russellnichols.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

I had a peek at some FF sales data this morning, and happy to see that 30% of downloads over the last 90 days are from our 2020-2024 issues. Love that those older issues continue to find new readers!

this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,

Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications @hexliterary.bsky.social @fusionfragment.bsky.social @havenspec.bsky.social @khoreo.bsky.social

Story #5 in FF#26: "Root Hog or Die" by @slharris.bsky.social If you need a story with: -the day-to-day grind -growing up on Star Trek -needing help Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/

Thursday 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. (More Florence? More Florence! But also really into this Beach Bunny album which is in the top 5 for the 2nd week in a row.)

And hey it looks like Blurb is having a Black Friday sale, so there's an extra 25% off with code BF2025 at checkout till November 30th!

Print copies of FF#26 and Saros #4 are now available!!! $12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f... $8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4: www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...

I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to [email protected]. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer

With the FF Submitter's Survey last year, we found out oh-so-much about what stories work best for us at FF (www.fusionfragment.com/2024-submitt...) If you submitted to FF in 2025, fill out this year's survey here and let us GROW THE STATS!!! fusionfragment.aidaform.com/ff-submissio...

most gorgeous cover art ever!!! evelyne is absolutely an artist to watch, and make sure to check out the the new @fusionfragment.bsky.social issue (to learn whats up with all those wonderfully painted eyes 👀)!!

FFer Read of the Day: "Riders in the Sky" by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social in @rosesandwf.bsky.social tnf.ola.mybluehost.me/website_7ac3...

Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙 My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.

FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...

FFer Read of the Day: "When It Breaks" by @hannahgreer.bsky.social in Androids & Dragons androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/when-it-br...

"Lucinda Espinosa's Twenty-Seventh Death" (4900 words, sci-fi) is a lot of things: a space western, a queer love story, a tragedy you can't outrun in this or any universe. Published by @fusionfragment.bsky.social, rec'd by Locus, named a must-read by Reactor. (3/4) www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/

Story #4 in FF#26: "A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social If you need a story with: -love, both romantic and familial -a robot body inhabited by a spirit -dystopian, post-climate change societies Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/