Phano is proud to submit Blaize M. Kaye's "Endling" for consideration to the 2026 Cain Prize. Fingers crossed! As always on Phano, his far-striding story is free to read here: www.phano.com/articles/end...

I'm really proud/happy/excited to say that my story "Endling" is now live at Phano. www.phano.com/articles/end... It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).

🔥 Phano 14 up at www.phano.com 🔥 Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories... - “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye - “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley - “Winning” by E. M Dasche

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Fair warning: Phano is migrating domains, so fingers crossed on redirect links working when it happens.

For publishers, editors and writers hosted at Cloudflare who don’t want content scraped by AI crawlers, Cloudflare has easy-to-use bot blockers in the control panel. (nice-to-have)

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊 Phano has three brand new short stories, free to read here: www.phano.co - “The End of the Line” by Anna Clark - “The End of Everything, the Beginning of Something” by Peter Barretta - “Symbiosis” by Catherine Tavares Also... 🎂 Happy Birthday Phano - Proud of you! 🎂

🎗️Proud to mail along six stories at Phano to be considered for a Pushcart this year: www.phano.co/articles/lif... www.phano.co/articles/the... www.phano.co/articles/a-c... www.phano.co/articles/rub... www.phano.co/articles/a-d... www.phano.co/articles/ele... Fingers crossed! 🤞🏼

🔥 Phano 12 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue... “Somewhere Between Flesh and Flame” by John Leahy “She Brings the Stars” by Sam W. Pisciotta “The Departure” by Cecilia Maddison Phano Issue 11 if you slept on it… www.phano.co/issues/issue...

A haunting story about periods, bodies, and the moon. The end of a relationship that might also be the end of the world. There's always an opportunity to be true to oneself. Even at the last moment. by @nomonbooks.bsky.social in Phano @ammansabet.bsky.social

Some great selections here! Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).

Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.

My 2025 Eligibility List See the comments below for links. And hey... thanks. 😌 #WritingCommunity

Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025! Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇

I've never done an eligibility post before. Be gentle. Share and share alike. Any consideration when it comes time for awards is greatly appreciated.

Dialogue alone is almost never enough for anyone to care about the story the dialogue belongs to.

The title "poet laureate" should be expanded to "author laureate".

I have a new story out! It's speculative fiction piece about what's left at the end of the world, called The Growing Moon. www.phano.co/articles/the... #litmag #specfic #black #sapphic #phano

🔥 Phano 11 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue... “The Growing Moon” by Mon Misir “Three Days and Two Nights in the Eschatology Arms” by Frank Ward “Elegy for the Nameless Man” by E. B. Helveg Phano Issue 10 if you slept on it… www.phano.co/issues/issue-10

🔥 Phano 10 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue-10 “Hey, Brad Pitt” by Steve Nelson “Affinity Gradient” by Miah O’Malley “Place is to Society as Nodes are to Networks” by Helen Brain Phano Issue 9 if you slept on it… www.phano.co/issues/issue-9

Who records history after humans depart? Birds remember. Finch, Chickadee, Turkey, Crow... Here is our story, made theirs. Check out my avian mythos, "The Last Harvest," in Phano!

“It Takes a Galaxy” published in Phano Magazine. A found family of aliens are adopting a new member and have *all the feelings.*

It's grating to me to read the term "AI" in sci-fi. Not that there shouldn't be a term, or stories with AI. Just seeing the same two letters in every story feels like reaching into a closet for the same coat hanger to hang an idea on when we're looking for new ideas of what it even is (or could be).

When you've completed your story, pat yourself on the back. Not an easy feat. Now, return to your opening line. This line got you, the writer, to write. But the reader probably needs a different door into your story. Thank your opening line for its help. Now re-buid the story entrance for readers.

Reminder: anyone can found and edit a SFF magazine. There’s no regulatory body or hoops. You create the position for yourself. Many of these people are amazing— But mag Editors are just guys who decided to spend a lot of time on something they love. Just people.

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

Read my story “A Darkling Plain” in PHANO issue 9! I honestly think this is one of the best stories I’ve ever written. www.phano.co/article... #Writing #WritingWithoutRules

New story day! "Oasis" is out to read now on Phano, and I'm grateful to @ammansabet.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home (and illustration!). Do give it a read: www.phano.co/articles/oasis

🔥 Phano 9 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue-9 “A Darkling Plain” by Jeff Somers “Oasis” by Plangdi Neple “Holy Mackerel” by Kilmeny MacMichael Phano Issue 8 if you slept on it… www.phano.co/issues/issue-8

Have you read? Look for the Helpers by Dave Walsh at Phano When all she wants to do is help war orphans and they aren't quite good enough. www.phano.co/articles/loo...

Fusion Fragment really puts a ton of effort into boosting their writers! Lovely plug for a story of mine that came out in Phano magazine. Give it a read!!

"Ted's Endless Meat looked exactly as if it was designed by a billionaire, which is to say, expensive, inhuman, and pointless." My story "The Only Good Billionaire" is live now in Phano #8. The billionaires are coming to save us! Beware! Be hungry!

For more of Sam’s fiction, you can check out his recent publication in Phano, “Gratitude of the Dispossessed.” www.phano.co/articles/gra...

"Within every image resides a disavowal of the image. In the beginning God created cancer." "Rubicon" is a story with a slow start to a hypnotizing exploration of being and meaning.

🔥 Phano 8 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue-8 “Rubicon” by Jimmy Christon “Special Economic Zone” by E. M. Woodruff “The Only Good Billionaire” by Andrew Kozma Phano 7, if you slept on it: www.phano.co/issues/issue-7

The best tip (imo) for illustrated books: never repeat what's in the text in the image. Always add something to the narrative in the image. Think of the art and words as two widgets in a machine with slightly different jobs that work together to make the machine work.

Avoiding AI in creative endeavors is about preserving the human communication between the artist and audience that happens through what we make. Let’s not alienate those in our community with purity tests around AI and instead get clearer about why connection between humans is sacred in our arts.

That feeling when a story in the submission pile won't let you go, and you have to hold off on reading the rest of the stories that are queued up for your review. Not untill the spell fades and you can give the rest of them the proper attention they deserve.

New story day! “Dark Sacred Night” is up in Phano #7: www.phano.co/articles/dar...

My new story, Look for the Helpers, is out now on Phano. It's a doozy and I appreciate @ammansabet.bsky.social giving it the right home. www.phano.co/articles/loo...

My story "Transferable Skills" (a vocational history gone awry in our tech-saturated hellscape) is out now at Phano! Love the accompanying image, and impressed with the thoughtful editorial process. Thank you Phano crew! www.phano.co/articles/tra...

🔥 Phano 7 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue-7 - "Dark Sacred Night" by S. L. Harris (‪@slharris.bsky.social‬). - "Look for the Helpers" by Dave Walsh (@dvewlsh.com). - "Transferable Skills" by Joelle Killian (@joellekillian.bsky.social‬). 🔥 Phano 6, if you slept on it: www.phano.co/issues/issue-6

FFer Read of the Day: "A City in her Heart" by Yasmeen Amro in Phano www.phano.co/articles/a-c...

New story out! Find “Gratitude of the Dispossessed” in issue 6 of Phano 🪷 “After three centuries, the Tea Masters once again stand face to face with their creator.”

🔥 Phano 6 is live! www.phano.co/issues/issue-6 - "Gratitude of the Dispossessed" by Sam Pisciotta (@swpisciotta). - "39 Chavchavadze Ave" by Nestan Nikouradze. - "Making a Sound" by Elizabeth Rankin. 🔥 Phano 5, if you slept on it... www.phano.co/issues/issue-5

If you have a vision,and I mean a really grand vision of something meaningful or important, you don’t own it. You are part of it. You belong to it, not the other way around.

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MARCH 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up 10 stories with queer characters and/or themes by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @stephanieburgis.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com & more!!! www.patreon.com/posts/127818...

Happy to see my story We Are Burnout, published at Phano Magazine #2, in Charles's list of queer short SFF! 🤩

My story "Meat is Murder" is now available to read on Phano. In a few decades, when vat-grown meat has replaced killing animals for food, some people will still want "the real thing."