FFer Read of the Day: "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

More SFF short story recommendations! Amazing stories by @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

Oh my goodness, there I was making notes about stuff I want to read from the Locus Recommended Reading List when I came across two of my stories! "Arachnomorphosis," my spider story in Strange Horizons. "Murder on the Eris Express," my novella in Analog. Mind blown! 🤯 locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

'Miles To Go Before I Sleep' by @bethgoder.bsky.social was such a powerful, surreal story with very real emotions, that I've chosen it along with two other stories for the category Most Emotional Short Story, 2025. @thedeadlands.com

I'm so thrilled to have one of my stories make this list!

Not finished with awards reading, but here is a batch of stories I really loved by @bethgoder.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @fictionaljosh.bsky.social, @reasie.bsky.social, @emlinden.bsky.social, @effies.bsky.social, and @samtasticbooks.com. Thank you for creating these great stories.

Anyway, I read @bethgoder.bsky.social "Arachnomorphosis" in Strange Horizons yesterday and it was a lovely story about loneliness and finding your way through it. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Overall revenue was $1,738 in 2025 vs. $1,602 in 2024. So, big shoutout to Team Patreon. FF's Patreon subscriber base is just 35 people, but they make up the majority of our revenue and help keep the lights on. And of course, if you want to join: www.patreon.com/fusionfragment 4/

Here's a gorgeous book, Afterlives : The Year's Best Death Stories. It includes my story, "Labyrinth." psychopomp.com/product/afte...

Our reprint today is an unexpected connection between a sun and a hungry space creature. Check out "Eating the Sun" by @bethgoder.bsky.social here:

NEW STORY: "House Heartbeat" by @bethgoder.bsky.social. 100footcrow.com/house-heartb...

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/

Day 4 of TTL's look back, and @bethgoder.bsky.social takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to

And on a cheerier note after my recent downer updates — for those who prefer to ingest your science fiction via pixels rather than paper, an electronic edition of my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded is also available. pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

When editing feels like butchering lol. Everything I loved about that story is gone, sigh. No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰 translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/s...

People are doing year wrap-ups already (give December a chance, people!) buuuut I'm curious -- What's the thing that's most dear to you that you've published this year and why?

FFer Read of the Day: "Seven Ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

I just read "An Account of the Land of Witches" by Sofia Samatar. I was blown away by the beauty and depth of this story. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/an-a...

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful. @bethgoder.bsky.social #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WritersLife strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

I'm an archivist, so of course I couldn't resist writing a story that is all photograph captions. : )

"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle. The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story. podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...

Behind the Revolving Door releases today! ✨ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

And also featuring work by @bethgoder.bsky.social Olufunmilayo Makinde @dianadima.com and Christine Butterworth-McDermott itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/shor...

Author Beth Goder returns to FFO with “Emerald Gears,” a story in which the setting is also the main character. What is the antidote to a life of wandering and bargaining…? Could it be poetry? #writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi @bethgoder.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...

"Emerald Gears" is out at Flash Fiction Online! Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...

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I will no longer be submitting to F&SF, Analog, and Asimov's while they are published by MRM. I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog. The editors are great. The publisher is not.

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)

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

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

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

“She thinks of her life as a path that’s narrowed, a twisting stairway she has always been walking down. She remembers her grandmother telling her that the things that feel inevitable are not always so, that gentle moments have power.” @bethgoder.bsky.social

This story took me years to write. I was so nervous about sending it out, but it got accepted on its first submission. I'm so happy this story has a home at The Deadlands and that I can share it with y'all.

Eating a salad at 10AM. It is not breakfast or lunch. It is the Time of Salad. 🥗

I am excited to have a story in this anthology but also I can't wait to READ this anthology! Holy cats, that's a lot of great stories. And the categories are so intriguing. 😍

I'm so thrilled to have "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" sharing this amazing TOC.

Beautifully illustrated Print Issues, taking you into worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy where ideas dominate over dissatisfaction and the human adventure is just beginning. Support us now on Kickstarter. go.dfstory.com/open-channel

New fiction! "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by Beth Goder! @bethgoder.bsky.social www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

"Please Properly Cage Your Words" is up at the amazing @diabolicalplots.com! 🏠Whoa this is a weird house in San Francisco 🏠But everything is fine 🏠Except the author is talking 🏠And the words are getting out 🏠Monkey puzzle trees 🏠Metafictional nonsense 🏠...! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

"seven ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social from @apexmag.bsky.social is about sisterhood, rebellion and borders: their power, their arbitrariness, and how the way we think about borders shapes us. Beautiful story and very inportant right now. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com rewrote my brain in the best possible way. It’s metatextual, it’s creepy as hell, it never goes the way you think it’s going to go. I absolutely loved it! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

FFer Read of the Day: "Arachnomorphosis" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

The new issue of Worlds of Possibility is out! It has my drabble, "Princess Reimagined," along with so many amazing stories and poems. And look at that beautiful cover. 😍 www.juliarios.com/introducing-...

Enjoy another Free Fiction Friday and face the end times with a smile and a friend! magazine.trollbreath.com/photobombing...

Here's my story up at Trollbreath! 🐲Oh no, it's the apocalypse 🐲But it's not as advertised 🐲A whimsical amusement park 🐲Besties 🐲Epistolary stories for the win

Story rec alert! Contains two from FF! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social / @jrdewitt.bsky.social stories from 2 members of the FF reading team! @bethgoder.bsky.social / @noirbettie.bsky.social and a writer who's had multiple FF pubs! @jenniferhudak.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/06/worl...

magazine.trollbreath.com @fishlyssa.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @seatonks.bsky.social @chuntastic.bsky.social James Cato, David Vonderheide, @kathrynyelinek.bsky.social Katherine H. Shaeffer, @amulderwrites.bsky.social @cornellwriter.bsky.social

How to support artists, part 2. #supportartists #catcomic #ink #digital #comic #support #art

Two sisters tied together by blood, borders, and ribbons. How quickly can their tight-knit bond become a suffocating prison? 🫀🪢 Don't miss "Seven Ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social, out now! www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...