Hey everyone! Just in time for Christmas, SmashWords is having a sale, and we are participating. From now until January 1, you can get our first anthology, "Inner Workings," as well as our most recent project, "Intergalactic Rejects," at discounted prices! Links to each work are in the comments.

Time for another free story! For the next three weeks, @gregbossert.bsky.social's "Forget-me-not" is available for free on our site! This is such a wonderfully weird, gripping story about the search for meaning and value, so don't miss out!

Big announcement! Our next project, "Missed-Fits" is coming soon! This anthology features stories of awkward lengths (1200-2100 words) about things that don't fit or are out of place. An open call will follow, provided we fund. Click the link and follow to be notified upon launch!

It's time for another free story. Now available, "Brigid and the Snakes" by @jeanmarieward.bsky.social! This is a fantastic(al) alt-history at the intersection of Celtic folklore and the story of Saint Patrick. Available for three weeks only, so don't miss your chance. Read it today!

We've got another free story! For the next three weeks, come check out Rich Larson's "Pod People." It's a fantastic story about found family and transcendent empathy, so you'll be glad you did.

It's new free story time! Now, and for the next three weeks, read @dalesmithonline.com's "Boddah," for free on the Calendar of Fools website! It's a dark, thoughtful tale about what makes us us as opposed to someone else, and it keeps you riveted to the very end! calendaroffools.com/stories/bodd...

It's time for another free story! For the next three weeks, head over to our site and read "Tears in the Nursery" by Catherine Wells for free. Make sure you don't miss out!

Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.

It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.

We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.

We have another free story! @renfestklingon.bsky.social (Erica Ruppert's) "Birdsong" is free to read on the Calendar of Fools site for three weeks. Don't miss out! calendaroffools.com/stories/bird...

Time for another free story! Now available on our site is "Upsized Savior," by @denverauthor.bsky.social! It'll be there for three weeks, and don't forget there's still 10 days left to read "Horses of Pazyryk," by S.L. Harris! calendaroffools.com/stories/upsi...

We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .

More reviews have rolled in from Abyss & Apex and the Jenny Cruise blog! www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r... arghink.com/2025/07/argh... . Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to read "Intergalactic Rejects," and we're thrilled they enjoyed it!

I've faced my fair share of writerly rejection and so am truly honoured to be a part of the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social now available at calendaroffools.com/intergalacti... and anywhere books are sold!

I have a short story Boddah in the new @calendaroffools.bsky.social collection Intergalactic Rejects, released last week. Why not find out more about it at dalesmithonline.com/send-out-sto...? Contains Kurt Cobain.

Our most recent anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects," edited by @stormhumbert.bsky.social just received its first review. Thanks to C.D. Lews if Tangent for taking the time. Hopefully it inspires other readers to do the same :) tangentonline.com/print-other/...

It's TOC announcement day! In addition to our anchor authors listed on the cover image, Intergalactic Rejects will also include stories from @chrisblake.bsky.social, @lrb.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, S.L. Harris, Andrew Jackson, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @sloiaconi.bsky.social 🧵

Thanks to all who have supported our "Intergalactic Rejects" kickstarter thus far. As a thank-you to current backers (and incentive for future ones), David Boop's story "Upsized Savior" is available to all backers via an update! We hope you read, enjoy, and tell your friends! Link in the comments

It's launch day! "Intergalactic Rejects" KSer is live! We'd like to thank our featured authors, Samuel R. Delany, @robertjsawyer.com, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, @penprince.bsky.social, Greg Bossert, @jeanmarieward.bsky.social, William Joseph Roberts, David Boop, and Robert Silverberg!

We launch in five days! So, this seemed like a good time to remind everyone that, in addition to our wonderful anchor authors, "Intergalactic Rejects" will also include our first ever open call. We can't wait to find 8 more stories to publish alongside our featured authors! Kser link in comments.

The folks at Fellowship and Fairydust were kind enough to sit down with our "Intergalactic Rejects" editor, @stormhumbert.bsky.social to discuss the upcoming anthology! We're so happy for their interest in our project. Link to the interview in the comments.

Our final author spotlight for "Intergalactic Rejects" is David Boop! His story "Upsized Savior" feature in the anthology, and we can't wait to share this quirky, fun story with our readers! David's bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.

Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is Robert Silverberg! Instead of a story, Bob is giving us an essay about the most important rejection he ever received, and we're excited to share his insights with our readers! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments.

Today's "Intergalactic Rejects" author spotlight is Greg Bossert! Greg's story "Forget-me-not" has been rejected dozens of times simply because it's very strange and delightfully weird, so we're ecstatic to be able to rescue it and bring it to you all! Bio and KSer link in comments.

The "Intergalactic Rejects" feature author of the day is @robertjsawyer.com! His story "Lost in the Mail" is a perfect fit, as it had been rejected 17 times before going on to significant acclaim and even finishing 2nd for Canada's Aurora award! Bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.

Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is @penprince.bsky.social! Oghenechovwe's story "Destiny Delayed" will appear in the anthology. This story was widely rejected before going on to great acclaim, so don't let those letters get you down! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments!

Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is William Joseph Roberts! His story "Messenger of Death" will appear in the anthology and we can't wait for our readers to see it! Bio and link to the Kickstarter in the comments. Follow to be alerted on launch!

Our featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author of the day is Samuel R. Delany (also known as Chip). Chip's story "The Wyrm" will appear in the anthology, and we're excited to share it with our readers! Link to the pre-launch page, and Chip's bio, in the comments. Follow to be alerted when we go live!

Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is Rebecca Moesta. She is one of the co-authors of "Collaborators," along with Kevin J. Anderson. We love this story, and we can't wait for our readers to enjoy it too. Link to the pre-launch page in the comments. Follow to be alerted on launch!

Today's featured author for the upcoming "Intergalactic Rejects" anthology is Kevin J. Anderson! "Collaborators," co-authored by Kevin and his wife, Rebecca Moesta, will feature in the anthology, and we couldn't be happier! Link to the pre-launch page in the comments. Follow to be alerted on launch!

Our first featured author for our upcoming "Intergalactic Rejects" kickstarter is @jeanmarieward.bsky.social. We're proud to give her story "Brigid and the Snakes" a home in this anthology! Please follow the kickstarter to be alerted upon launch. Link in the comments.

Calendar of Fools is happy to announce our next anthology! This one, "Intergalactic Rejects," focuses on the theme of rejection. Rejection can get heavy sometimes, in writing. It can feel not only like our story isn't good, but that we aren't good. This anthology is a reminder that that's not true.