I'm reading at Story Hour tomorrow with Matt Tighe. It will be a festival of flash fiction!

I'm so thrilled to be reading at Story Hour tomorrow with Matt Tighe!

It's alive! My collection of bittersweet sci-fi and fantasy is now out, but you can only order it if you have good taste. Includes: a giant hare, a sad titan, spaceship dudes making diamonds, a dead man who builds boats, and a gravity-eating slug. Plus some weird stuff. books2read.com/MarketofLoss

If you're following my posts of favorite monthly pieces I reviewed, here is May's! A. P. Howell @aphowell.com Marc A. Criley @marcc.bsky.social Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

I've just realized I'm two novellas behind on Nghi Vo's wonderful Singing Hills Cycle and this cannot stand! I must acquire these books immediately.

Here's a spotlight of my work, done by the wonderful @emmiechristie33.bsky.social It's been so fun for me to see reviews of my stories, including some older ones (like one of my favorites, "Murder or a Duck," which was a very early story of mine.) 💕

Here is a very cool dark fantasy anthology, which includes a reprint of mine. books2read.com/u/3LPZ7J

I'm thrilled to share the cover for my upcoming book, NO DREAM LIKE FOREVER. Can I tell you how deeply thrilled I am? Over the past week I kept opening the file and giggling at how much I love it. I mean, Frith's sake, it's so damn gorgeous.... 1/2

I finished the first draft of my first novel! 🎉

New week, new author thread! This week I'm featuring Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social 1. Why You Should Read "Arachnomorphosis” | WYSR Review @strangehorizons.bsky.social Olivia turns into a spider every night, and it’s starting to become a real issue. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

Thrilled to have another story forthcoming soon from Small Wonders!

With the #RECORDED campaign launching in just under two weeks (!!) I wanna talk a little more about weird/found media formats I love! 👀📽️ follow on BackerKit (I'd love to get to 30 followers on that!) ➡️ tiny.cc/recordedantho submission guidelines ➡️ mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#recordedantho 🧵(1/)

I'll be sending out my first newsletter tomorrow! You can sign up here: bethgoder.com

(the Shortlist 3/3) Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social E. M. Linden @emlinden.bsky.social and Adriana Kantcheva @catchingwords.com in @podcastle.org Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com

I loved The Raven Scholar! A huge fantasy tome packed with action and intrigue. (And the main character starts out as an archivist, although she soon advances to another position.)

Heyooo I'm doing an AMA over at r/Fantasy today! Come hang out and ask questions if you have an account. I'm giving away three signed copies of Rabbit Test and Other Stories, anywhere USPS will ship. www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

Newsletter signups are open! bethgoder.com

I have made a newsletter! You can sign up at my website. You'll get links to my stories when they come out, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at my writing process. 🖋️ bethgoder.com

Issue 1 is available on our website! If you loved the issue and want to support The Phantom Pulse, consider joining our Patreon. www.patreon.com/cw/ThePhanto...

Read Beth Goder's "The House That Leapt into Forever" for a taste of harbored doom 🏡 @bethgoder.bsky.social www.thephantompulse.com/2026/04/29/t...

Defiler, an anthology of dark fantasy stories, is up for pre-order. Five frightening and fantastic stories, including "Seven Ribbons." www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2QKPZ6

I'm thrilled to have a reprint in the first issue of Phantom Pulse! Look at that gorgeous cover!

FFer Read of the Day: "Photobombing the Apocalypse" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/photobombing...

The first issue launches in 4 days with original stories from @amandacecelia.bsky.social, @johnkpeck.bsky.social, Rowan Hill, and Lex Chamberlin and reprints from @bethgoder.bsky.social, @brandoncase101.bsky.social, and @spires.bsky.social!

Introducing In Your Spare Time: A Podcast of the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin! inyoursparetime.libsyn.com

You don’t know who is finding meaning in your stories and novels. You don’t know who your words are helping though dark times.

The Hugo Awards nominating period closes tomorrow, and as you complete your ballot, I hope you'll consider Eating the Fantastic in the category of Best Fancast. To refresh your memory, here's where you can sample all 28 of the podcast's 2025 episodes. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Sounds like the moss @bethgoder.bsky.social was writing about in this delightfully alluring story... www.flashfictiononline.com/article/moss...

@podcastle.org did such an amazing job with this story! Truly beautiful narration and a lovely outro. I'm so happy that my spider story got podcast here. 💕🕸️💕 podcastle.org/2026/03/17/p...

Here's my weird spider story, reprinted in Hivemind! hivemind.modlangs.gatech.edu/fiction/arac...

Hello I have written a weird story about moss

Our March 2026 "Transformations" issue is a milestone for us! This is our 150th issue!! 😃 To celebrate all the growth and changes we've made over the years, we've assembled stories that feature visceral transformations. #flashfiction #writingcommunity www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

I didn't write a whole lot last year, but I did work on some awesome projects! Behold!

In case you're doing some last minute reading for the Nebula awards, I'll gently place my weird spider story here. This made it on the Locus Recommended Reading List and it will be reprinted in Podcastle soon. It's a story that's close to my heart. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

FFer Read of the Day: "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @thedeadlands.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

I love this ask & I added some folks I think don't get enough love, so I think this is worth a THREAD of my fave stories from the folks I posted. 1/11

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...