The Lottery has been on my to-read list for a while and all I can say is what www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...

I’m so sad to read this. Inner Worlds was the perfect home for my first published story. Everyone give Sarah her flowers please! 💐

The Markaz Review @markaz-review.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Mother Tongue. #CallforSubmissions

Woah I won one of these! Can’t wait to read it, premise sounds fascinating

What a gorgeous, wistful visit to the deep. "Once, her house—like her—used to swim in the sunny waters that now pass for her sky. Everything falls in the end, whales and women alike."

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...

If everyone could speak to me the way my partner does when I’m at the dentist that would be great. 🥺

Writing I aspire to

The most compelling character I’ve seen in a while.

I love eels and I love this story.

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants go.nature.com/3Ymtiwg

Call for subs: The Orange & Bee – Jan 1–14, 2026 🧡🐝 Fairy-tale/folklore-inspired poetry, flash, short fiction & essays. Pay: $50/poem, $80/flash, $0.08/word short. No reprints, no AI, 1 piece. Info: horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Calling all Inner Worlds writers and readers: please tell me your thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction! 🧠❤️

A little crushed tbh 🥲 a dream market

Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times with a gif (Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR, or Marvel).

the next scene in my bad-romance-space-opera got beamed into my brain this morning; much gratitude to the muse as always 🙇🏻‍♀️

My first (!!) story is out in the world. Thank you Sarah @innerworlds.bsky.social for tucking it in with the vibrant, heartfelt stories of Issue 9. ✨ In a few words: sartorial, surreal, warm, wistful, like a good cry inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-wond...

With only 10 days left, this year's Kickstarter is not trending in a hopeful direction... This funding is what keeps us online. If you can, we would deeply appreciate your support. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...

First snow day!! ❄️

"Chantilly, bobbin, guipure, knotted, knitted, on and on. Where is the floor? The door? The wiry buttermilk cat that led me into this maze? And how might I leave?" Read "Wonderful" by @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social in our new issue: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-wond... #SFF #Fantasy #Fabulism

Ever wondered what it might be like to taste someone's final moments? Look no further 👇

This!! We are only here for a short while, go ahead and be effusive!!

Gonna say it: Everyone should read the works of Omar El Akkad. www.cbc.ca/books/omar-e...

A story of which there are thousands, yet no less worth sharing. "Her son, Sa’ad, was born just before their exile, shortly after what people called “America’s first invasion” of the capital."

Ok I’m caught up on Pluribus. My only thought so far has been “wow she’s handling all this much better than I would be” Then again, I don’t drink and she seems like a functional alcoholic so maybe that’s the gamechanger 💀

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

My first (!!) story is out in the world. Thank you Sarah @innerworlds.bsky.social for tucking it in with the vibrant, heartfelt stories of Issue 9. ✨ In a few words: sartorial, surreal, warm, wistful, like a good cry inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-wond...

Don’t we all dream of an encounter like this these days? “The light of your eyes has gone dull and your heart’s been worn threadbare. That’s why I’m here, you know? An old woman of the forest whose only purpose is to provide rest.”

👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾 Includes numerous CREATURES. inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e... #SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag

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.

Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/

Please give what you can ❤️

Important and worth the read.

finished Red Rising last week and need to cleanse my brain of the YA male protagonist tone so, here we go

It’s Thanksgiving night and the cranberry sauce has spoiled and the mashed potatoes are already turning and you’re too busy scribbling away by candlelight to even notice. Why? Because Rotting Leaf Mag will open to submissions on December 1st, 12am EST

Voted for @innerworlds.bsky.social for @chillsubs.bsky.social best lit mags of 2025 awards ♥️ Sarah runs an impressive operation and alone! (from what I can tell) Vote here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

We Global South women, women of colour etc have the right to write in any genre we choose. It's not all necessarily torture porn about how "oppressed" we are for your consumption nor are we required to write "revolutionary" writing based on your limited understanding of revolution or autonomy.

🛸p erhaps a reintroduction type post? Night Shades is a speculative fiction magazine publishing flash (500 words max) 4 times a month. 🛸 pro pay (min. $0.13/word) 🛸fast response 🛸sim subs ok 🛸 no rights Opening again Dec 26 www.nightshadesmag.com

How painful this must have been… The last two years have been so traumatizing I’ve struggled to mourn the smaller losses like this one (loss of trust in systems of justice, former friends, authors I used to admire etc.)

Tales of Sley House is open Dec 1–3 for cozy folk horror on Patreon 🍂🏡 Stories, poems, and art that feel warm on the surface with rot underneath. Up to 6k words, 35 dollars per piece, later in Tales of Sley House. Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social #amwriting

Dentist now feels like going to the spa? Is this happening for everyone? I got offered an essential oil hot towel after my fluoride treatment…not complaining, just confused!

This is so good! You need to watch this interview from The Palestine Festival of Literature. Rare Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates talking about Baconi’s queer Palestinian memoir: youtu.be/eYW0Iy5jUcw?...

This is a good way to be! And I appreciate it as someone who doesn’t drink and doesn’t care to explain why.

Eeeee this is such a good TOC!! I can’t wait to read it. Includes my fabric-filled story “Wonderful” which makes me cry every time I re-read it.

A moment for the vibrant, joyous wedding I attended today 🪷 बधाई हो

a post about Psychopomp in 2026 please read and share thank you very much

Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜

Happening now here! video.ibm.com/asutv

Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!