there will be a new story this friday AND submissions will be open. what a week

read @ezhang77.bsky.social’s heart wrencher here www.nightshadesmag.com/the-museum/

Love, love, LOVE this new piece of sci-fi/dystopian flash fiction from @hellena.bsky.social in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social! "But the city's edges blur like old code... The wind tastes like static." #scifi #dystopian #cyberpunk shorturl.at/TcY3n

icymi: samantha’s crab story www.nightshadesmag.com/things-in-th...

there will be a new story this friday AND submissions will be open. what a week

"The pigeons, wired into the municipal guidance field, hang motionless above the square, wings cupped like spoons."

catch up on the latest story

take a few minutes this weekend to visit @hellena.bsky.social ‘s city 🌃 🌆 🌃 www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...

🛸🛸 ”One of them turns its head, or the idea of a head, and looks in my direction. Does it see me?” 🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...

🛸🛸new story today 🛸🛸you have to watch very closely to see

🛸🛸new story today 🛸🛸you have to watch very closely to see

🛸🛸 ”One of them turns its head, or the idea of a head, and looks in my direction. Does it see me?” 🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...

🛸🛸hey guess what 🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26 🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok 🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully! www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

🛸🛸hey guess what 🛸🛸 Night Shades will open for submissions on December 26 🛸🛸 all speculative, pro+ pay, 500 words max, sim subs ok 🛸🛸 please read the guidelines carefully! www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

“ … eels are more than wriggly, they shapeshift in a way Lucille yearns to …” from @iridescentwords.bsky.social, a salty-fresh deep breath www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

“ … eels are more than wriggly, they shapeshift in a way Lucille yearns to …” from @iridescentwords.bsky.social, a salty-fresh deep breath www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

come feed the eels with @iridescentwords.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

come feed the eels with @iridescentwords.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

🛸🛸 new story today from @iridescentwords.bsky.social 🛸🛸 this eel story will cheer you right up www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

Looking for something beautiful to read today? Let me suggest "Hurling Pellets into the Pond to Feed the Eels, Lucille Reflects on the Inevitability of Loneliness" by Malina Douglas, @iridescentwords.bsky.social It's in Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social: www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

I love eels and I love this story.

Just published on Night Shades! Follow the eels and see where they lead...

🛸🛸 new story today from @iridescentwords.bsky.social 🛸🛸 this eel story will cheer you right up www.nightshadesmag.com/hurling-pell...

new story on friday 🛸🛸🛸

“I lost you in the downstairs exhibit, somewhere around the corner between still life and cities on fire.” take care you don’t lose your way in @ezhang77.bsky.social‘s museum www.nightshadesmag.com/the-museum/

“I lost you in the downstairs exhibit, somewhere around the corner between still life and cities on fire.” take care you don’t lose your way in @ezhang77.bsky.social‘s museum www.nightshadesmag.com/the-museum/

what better thing to do on the weekend than visit the museum …

what better thing to do on the weekend than visit the museum …

“ Once, I thought I saw your face in a painting. Eyes closed, mouth open.” 🛸 four heartbeats, from @ezhang77.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/the-museum/

Thrilled to have a story in the very cool @nightshadesmag.bsky.social!

“ Once, I thought I saw your face in a painting. Eyes closed, mouth open.” 🛸 four heartbeats, from @ezhang77.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/the-museum/

🛸🛸 quick reminder that you can get night shades stories by email 🛸🛸only stories go in the newsletter so no fear of weird spam. one a week 🛸🛸 it’s just kinda convenient, you know? www.nightshadesmag.com

from the 10/10 review from a close friend (not my mom i swear): “oh no pa, oh no michael” give my one-sentence debut a read if you have one minute to spare! 🖤

we love a first pub. give @hanmarin.bsky.social your eyes please

we love a first pub. give @hanmarin.bsky.social your eyes please

🛸🛸Get yourself to shelter 🛸🛸You have the time it takes to read this one breathless sentence from @hanmarin.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-p...

🛸🛸Get yourself to shelter 🛸🛸You have the time it takes to read this one breathless sentence from @hanmarin.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-p...

🛸 this new one by @hanmarin.bsky.social — a far future climate story, is one sentence so i can’t clip it for you. you’ll just have to read it immediately www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-p...

I am thrilled to debut in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social with my experimental dark cli-fi micro, “Shelter in Place”. 🌪️ Please give my first (eeep!) publication a read, and feel free to share. Lots of love to you all. www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-p...

🛸 this new one by @hanmarin.bsky.social — a far future climate story, is one sentence so i can’t clip it for you. you’ll just have to read it immediately www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-p...

new story tomorrow. new story who dis post today

🛸p erhaps a reintroduction type post? Night Shades is a speculative fiction magazine publishing flash (500 words max) 4 times a month. 🛸 pro pay (min. $0.13/word) 🛸fast response 🛸sim subs ok 🛸 no rights Opening again Dec 26 www.nightshadesmag.com

“Once I heard the story of an old man living in the forest, birds nesting in his enormous beard instead of flying south for the winter.” read a woodland tale from @sandrakasturi.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...

“Once I heard the story of an old man living in the forest, birds nesting in his enormous beard instead of flying south for the winter.” read a woodland tale from @sandrakasturi.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...

new story for your weekend

🛸🛸 new story today 🛸🛸 a fable, from @sandrakasturi.bsky.social

🛸🛸 new story today 🛸🛸 a fable, from @sandrakasturi.bsky.social

“I heard that the old man’s beatification was performed by an ancient eagle, whose feathers had been touched by God himself.” 🛸 take a walk in the woods with @sandrakasturi.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...

“I heard that the old man’s beatification was performed by an ancient eagle, whose feathers had been touched by God himself.” 🛸 take a walk in the woods with @sandrakasturi.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...

(7) What if you were kidnapped to be a sentient bioreactor? “Blackout” in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/blackout/