We have forsaken, and been forsaken by, the 🔔🔔 of a drop, so there was a good old scheduled post for the deliverance of February Prompt #2 🎇🪙🤝🌾🌆: www.patreon.com/posts/februa... Tell us how it goes 🙂 @akualezlihope.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @jdridges.bsky.social @lyszflo.bsky.social

Throwback Wednesday - spec poetry/verse story on @anathemamagazine.bsky.social. www.anathemamag.com/diary-of-war One of my favorites to write.

For February, @jdridges.bsky.social & @lyszflo.bsky.social will be doing something different and dropping In Verse's prompts on Patreon. 8 am EST/1 pm UTC Feb 16 for #1 🌋🦴〰️✊🪸 & Feb 27 for #2 🎇🪙🤝🌾🌆. Subscribe, spread the word, get excite. ❤️🤎Support Black-led creative projects how/whenever you can💚🖤

Can you guess when @lyszflo.bsky.social and @jdridges.bsky.social time travelled to for January's reckoning final prompt 🍂👻? (& with this continued brrr, U.S. Mid to East, there sure is a longing for days steadily above fifty. Radiating extra toastiness to y'all 🫖🧣🍲): www.patreon.com/posts/januar...

Anathema | In Verse's first prompt of the year is up. Prepare for reflecting and imagining here to elsewhere 🛣️🛋️🌌: www.patreon.com/posts/januar...

@lyszflo.bsky.social and @jdridges.bsky.social's first post as poetry coeditors is live on Patreon. If you're intrigued, do read to learn about their plans for the column Anathema | In Verse: www.patreon.com/posts/happy-...

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We're excited to announce the founding of Shiraki Press! We are an independent publisher focusing on short form genre fiction for adults with a hopepunk vibe. Our submissions are open! Learn more at shirakipress.com #booksky #publishing #smallpress #hopepunk #books

Hi Bluesky! 🦋👋 We're Foglifter Press & Journal, a San Francisco based small press and literary journal by and for queer writers. We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈

y’all,,, it has been a hell of a week. we publicly launched our crowdfunding campaign for our worker-owned newsroom on MONDAY! last week I thought v few would give a shit with so much happening in the world. givebutter.com/coyotemedia

🚨 THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW LIVE!! 🚨 We are a queer & Black owned small publisher of illustrated novels and novellas!✨ Help us fund the initial print run of our debut novel by @mythjae.bsky.social @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social sky.social and @fusspot.rip www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

Someone asked about the books in my profile pic on Zoom. They're part of my collection of Palestinian speculative fiction. It needs updating, but here's my very big curated reading list for you all: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

There's only $20 between us and $4500! That's just one more person to join the campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

📢 It's here! The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2026 has begun! 📢 Help us raise the $20,000 we need to fund our fiction, poetry, and non-fiction for next year! Beyond that are our stretch goals including some compelling special issues! Donate at the link ⬇️

issue 97 of Fantasy Magazine is LIVE! featuring works by: @edenroyce.bsky.social @sydneyficant137.bsky.social Mu’izz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí Vanessa Kyn Aishat Yahkub Seoung Kim you can read this entire issue RIGHT NOW by subscribing below (please like and RT and celebrate with us!) - sean

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - APRIL 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 45 stories with queer characters and/or themes by @nealauch.bsky.social @cindyphanauthor.com @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @plangdineple.bsky.social @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social @lizawemakor.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/130301...

I'm just saying who can I persuade to play a TTRPG with the OTHERSIDE editors as a Kickstarter goal to offer 2-3 people 😂 (but also 👀) But also truly if you are a writer and/or editor and are interested in donating a virtual reward such as a crit or chat we'd greatly appreciate it!

I want to be buff and have muscles, but I don't like going to the gym, so I am soft and squishy. Having AI lift the weighs for me accomplishes nothing. What I like to do with my time is write and draw, so I'm good at writing and drawing. Those are the kind of weights I lift, so I am strong this way.

I might be missing something, but: I want to provide a roundup of podcasts & webinars I've done in recent months! Tomorrow, I'm going to record the @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social podcast

Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1. rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...

Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 32 now out! t.co/BHY5bBqOlr

Strange Horizons is looking for a volunteer Webmaster! The role is ideal for someone with a Computer Science and engineering background, who has an understanding of WordPress and time to dedicate to Strange Horizons. The time commitment will be around 1-2 hours a week. More info at the link!

Submissions to the Afrosurrealist Special Issue close at 4am UTC. Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (she/her) and Shingai Njeri Kagunda (she/they) are looking for Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction. The submissions call is open to writers of African descent ONLY. Find more information at the link in our bio!

When Famuyiwa meets Ara, he thinks he's met the love of his life. But when their daughter Nje turns 4, he finally realizes why Ara loves the water so much... Beautifully written #africanjujuism story by Ayodele Olofintuade in @anathemamagazine.bsky.social www.anathemamag.com/the-woman-wi...

Good morning! FIYAH Issue No. 34 is NOW LIVE! You don't want to miss this phenomenal collection of stories and poems. Download yours now 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/issues/issue...

ALSO sending: an interview w/ Shingai @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & Arley @arleysorg.bsky.social conducted by LP @lpkindred.bsky.social Going to free & paid subscribers ¡TODAY! (only $5/quarter - support awesome authors AND be among the first to get content!!!💖) fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...

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When the intent of a ruling oppressive power is to starve the body and soul of its people so they can't fight back, you have to find ways to fuel the fire. It's why resistance and underground art is historically so important. But you have to not just make art, but make space for others to do it.

Thinking a lot these last few months about how Anathema and FIYAH both launched in 2017. FIYAH's still going and Anathema's relaunching this year under a new masthead. (Been on hiatus a bit.) Making art under a fascist regime can feel impossible. Can feel unimportant. But it keeps the spirit alive.

Have your ever wanted to work with Anathema? Here's your chance! The incoming co-editorial team is looking for people to take on or help out with a variety of roles in the run-up to the relaunch. See the thread for more details, and spread the word as wide as possible! :D

3 days left to apply!

I'm so proud of what we built with Anathema, and so thrilled to see it resurrected with a brilliant new masthead of editors committed to continuing the mag's mission of platforming queer BIPOC spec authors and poets.

Anathema's coming back under a new masthead! The new team is a fantastic group, and if you've ever wanted to work with the mag, now's your opportunity: the incoming team is seeking additional editors in various roles. See the quoted thread, and spread the word!

Loved this mag! Can't wait to see it emerge multi-headed and victorious 💜

Join us!

Read this entire thread, @anathemamagazine.bsky.social is looking for co-editors for fiction, non-fiction and poetry as well as a managing editor as they work towards a relaunch.

I published a story about a cyberpunk Sherlock Holmes way back in the day with this mag, really good experience and a great selection of fiction

We come bearing good news: we are slowly but surely working towards the re-launch of Anathema Mag: Spec from the Margins, which involves expanding our team. Would you like to be part of it? (1/3)