Crop of the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled. Image by: Silvia Mantovanini #Astronomy

ZamaShort Extras: Meet the Author T.L. Huchu, ZamaShort #7 'When Two Sorcerers Collide'. More in the thread ---⬇ #fantasy #darkfantasy #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙

COVER REVEAL! 🚀💝🌜 We are delighted to unveil SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a #scifi #romance novelette by award-winning author @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Cover art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social! Launching February 3, 2026! Read all about this delightful book and see the fabulous artwork:

I don't read a ton of newer books, but I had a great time with Club Contango. Is "slacker noir" a thing? If so, this is the futuristic version. Much recommend!

Novellavember is a thing.

Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾 Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social

I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...

Day 2 or Singapore Writers Fest, and running from RF Kuang and Amber Chen's panel to the supermarket because I only have rotting spinach and deep frozen bass but families still need to eat when there are talks to attend and books to read?!

I've enjoyed this series! Particular favorites: - Muthi Nhlema, Piss Corpse (very droll) - Libby Young, The Smell of Rain (haunting me since I read it) - Carmelo Rafalà, The Clarity of Ice (my kind of SF 🤩) Also liked Zainab Omaki's The Last and Final Battle.

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My father tells me every day, “Son, I need medicine.” I beg you — I’m too ashamed to go to anyone’s house to ask for help 😭😭 chuffed.org/project/azez

Dear humanity❗ I’m So Tired. 🥺 Look How They Destroyed My Kids 💔 My son Moeen is getting thinner every day because we have no food. My baby RIMA was born in a tent, under bombs. Never saw a cradle, never touched a home. Please help us survive 🙏 he1p: bit.ly/4myLaOt PayPa1: bit.ly/465vVY8

Alright y'all. This is finally happening.

Among the reasons you see me sharing so many Palestinian fundraisers, if you haven't muted yet. The requests for help are many, because an entire people have been left to die amid devastation.

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including Stone and Steel!!!

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Today’s kind words about my novelette SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL come from @rsagarcia.bsky.social. Thank you so much, Rhonda! Pre-order yours: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

New from A CHORUS, DIVERGENT, our neurodiversity reprints issue edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, "Green Leaves Against the Wind", a poem by @mariness.bsky.social expressing the deep, physical interconnection between people and plants: reckoning.press/green-leaves...

Please take the time to watch this informative video #KeepEyesOnSudan

Happy to announce that my novelette, "Jade Fighter," is now available to read in Clarkesworld alongside other imaginative stories & non-fiction! "Jade Fighter" draws from my martial arts background & experiences in Asia, including VR adventures. -with thanks to Neil Clarke and the editorial team!

My friends, I’m going through a very hard time. I have a severe throat infection with white pus, terrible pain, and high fever that left me weak and unable to move. 😭😭 I urgently need $300 for my full treatment. Please, even $1 can bring me hope and ease my pain. 🙏💔 chuffed.org/project/1294...

💞LifeBegan Today, we hope to close the campaign that carried our dream of living with dignity in these hard times. Samar and I dream of a new start a simple, decent life.♥️ With love and quiet hearts, stand with us in this final moment… give what you can, and let’s end it as beautifully as it began.💫

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿 We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF. Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...

want to buy my ENTIRE DIGITAL CATALOG? well you can do that AND benefit Apex! It's an add-on!

Before you hit the costume party don't forget to hit SEND! Subs for our next unthemed issue close Friday!

our #kofi page is up and running correctly now. Your support would be much appreciated! ko-fi.com/roguestarmag

Pssst. One week left until our unthemed issue window closes. Send us your lovely words...! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

We've updated our Submission Guidelines roguestarmag.com/submission-g...

Do give our friends @roguestarmag.bsky.social a follow today! Emerging markets flourish with your support, let's do the thing and show them some love ❤️

My favourite Halloween story of mine, from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and for anyone who loves A Night in the Lonesome October...

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community. #2025IgnyteAwards ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

The Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre goes to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social #2025IgnyteAwards

Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Fiction Podcast goes to @podcastle.org podcastle.org

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE psychopomp.com/we-who-will-... [re-posted for alt-text]

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Support the 2026 @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter! Apex publishes amazing SF, dark fantasy, and horror and we need their stories now more than ever. I'll give an Apex gift subscription and dedication to one random person who promotes this Kickstarter! 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

It's Kickstarter Christmas! 🎁✅ We just added a TON of new tiers, including affirmation critiques with Violet Lichen Managing Editor Nichole Lightner and short story critiques from the most important Apex team members of all: our slush readers! ✨ Don't miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

I highly recommend this new collection by Thomas Ha from Undertow Books. Ha is one of the most exciting writers of short fantastic fiction to come along in years. undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

An even better look at the gorgeous Year of the Mer book 1 (of 2) cover! I gasped just about to death when they told me THEEEE Micaela Alcaino was the one doing it. You can (and should) pre-order it wherever you pre-order your books. Out April 7, 2026. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

New YOTM blurb from @kateelliottsff.bsky.social !

Free yourself from the Canva mines ⛏️🖼️ We're offering a totally new product only on our Kickstarter through the month of October: an author graphics bundle of fully customizable Canva templates for speculative fiction authors! 🎨 check below for details! ⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Palestinian families like Hammam's are being violently displaced & starved to death in Israel's genocidal famine & invasion. Please help by sharing & donating to cover the costs of food, healthcare, & shelter, they urgently need a tent:

The ZamaShort Bundle Special is Live! All our stories one time. Save 24% off the retail price for the individual stories. You will be supporting our future, our authors, African literature, and read excellent stories! selfany.com/s/ZamaShort #AfricanSFF #AfricanLit #booksky 🪐📚💙

The READ THIS! Book of the Month, Not One but TWO Kickstarters, new book, & More at the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog! ginikoch.blogspot.com/2025/10/read... @teresaintrepid.bsky.social @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social @alexshvartsman.bsky.social @meltodd.bsky.social @labyrinthrat.bsky.social @jag4a.bsky.social

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Baraa. Baraa is the mother of 3 children Masa, 6, Ibrahim, 4 and Maha, 7 months. Tragically Maha was killed after a nearby bombing caused gasses to overwhelm her little lungs. Masa is in the hospital because of kidney issues from malnutrition.