Morning at the Tidal Basin in DC. Cherry blossom time here has such special memories for me.

This face is my happy thing for today. He is so cute when he naps.

Things that make me happy these days: finding uranium glass jewelry at the thrift store.

I read “Festival,” by @christinehanolsy.com, and was just blown away by the worldbuilding and the emotion packed into one tiny piece of flash fiction. Highly recommend you take a moment to read it! smallwondersmag.com/piece/festiv...

Now that SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is out in the world, I thought I'd share some of the things readers have been saying. Get your copy: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... @starsandsabers.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 10 of our look back through the TTL 2025 archive and All These Inscriptions Are For Me by @carolscheina.bsky.social a story of the books inscribed to Paula - but a Paula who has lived a very different life.

NEW FICTION: "The Fridged Wives Book Club" by @carolscheina.bsky.social #SFF #flashfiction flashpointsf.com/2025/07/25/t...

May Spec Flash Roundup! Featuring: @naturefutures.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social Punk Noir @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com

There is some GREAT fiction here!

"When a dream dies, it burns into ashes that then scatter through the atmosphere." But does that mean the end of a dream? Read more in my story, "Ash Mothers," out now in Factor Four Magazine. factorfourmag.com/ash-mothers-...

Issue 23 is coming in May! The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. Authors and poets are @carolscheina.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social, @timothyquinn.bsky.social, Bret Nelson, @bogiperson.bsky.social, Gendel Gento, @jonmhansen.bsky.social, @lilliantsay.bsky.social, and @annewilkins.bsky.social.

What scents mean 'home' to you? How have they changed over time? Today, read @carolscheina.bsky.social's "The Scent of a Thousand Homeless Footsteps" and consider how the definition of 'home' can change: smallwondersmag.com/...

Includes @carolscheina.bsky.social’s fantastic story, “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” and @elainemwill.bsky.social’s brilliant cover art from Hexagon Issue 20. 🧡 Thank you for reading, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!

Some short but sweet short speculative fiction from March. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Eugenia Triantafyllou is an amazing writer whose magical realism is so potent and vibrant. Do yourself a favor and read her works. Just do it. You can thank me later.

Cover art and TOC for Hexagon’s 20th issue! 🧡 🐸 “Ant Soup” by Jordan Hirsch “To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka “Seeds of Hope” by Sylvia Heike “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” by Carol Scheina “When We Go, the Frogs Persist” by Kit Calvert Cover art by @elainemwill.bsky.social

@carolscheina.bsky.social omg how could you do this to me?! Best use of second-person I’ve seen in a long time. 🥹❤️

Early access is available to subscribers in just a few hours! 🐸 Featuring stories from @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social, @kitcalvert.bsky.social, @carolscheina.bsky.social, @sylviaheike.bsky.social, and Uchechukwu Nwaka! 🧡 Patreon.com/hexagonmagazine

"Organization seemed entirely of hand-written notes taped onto the shelves: “Sci-fi with super cool laser guns,” or “Fantasy where horses never die,” or “Literature that’s not boring, I promise.” Delightful & uplifting! @carolscheina.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social

Love this story by @carolscheina.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social. It’ll give you all the feels. Sometimes you just have to be your own cheerleader. translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/a...

Being anti-ai is not ableist. What is actually ableist is to suggest that disabled people need to resort to plagiarism and theft to create art.

I have 6 award-eligible stories this year, so I thought I’d make a thread to tell you a little bit about each of them (links included). Here’s my full eligibility post though to start: www.pacornell.com/2024-awards-...

From Orion’s Belt, @carolscheina.bsky.social’s “With the City on Her Shoulders.” www.orions-belt.net/archives/wit...

Yesterday we released the first of an entire slate of original speculative fiction for the month of August!! Happy release day to @carolscheina.bsky.social and the dragon Mal in the story “Give a Smile at Ye Old Photographie Shoppe.” 🐉😄 READ HERE: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/give...

it’s new flash day at @interstellarflight.bsky.social with a lovely story from @carolscheina.bsky.social

🎉⚡️FFO’s August 2024 issue is here! This month we’re exploring new takes on some classic characters. A huge thank you to Samir Sirk Morató for the wonderful cover art 🙌 Get your copy today!! www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas... #flashfiction #writingcommunity #speculativefiction

Absolutely loved this story by @carolscheina.bsky.social. Got right to the heart of this city girl. www.orions-belt.net/archives/wit...

Oh this is such a sweet, touching story that feels like a HUG. Loved "With the City on Her Shoulders" by @carolscheina.bsky.social in Orion's Belt www.orions-belt.net/archives/wit...

New additions to our upcoming slate of guests! Grateful to these fantastic writers & editors for sharing their insights! Carol Scheina @carolscheina.bsky.social Katherine Karch @karchwrites.bsky.social Radon Journal Editors @radonjournal.bsky.social David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social #sffh

New flash by @carolscheina.bsky.social!

My new short fiction roundup features stories by @vanessafogg.bsky.social Kathleen Schaefer, Cameron Fischer, @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social @georgiemorvis.bsky.social AA Ademola, @carolscheina.bsky.social @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Beston Barnett & more:

"Bottled Words" by @carolscheina.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com is a tender story about memory and how families communicate with one another. 6/ www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-9...

"Bottled Words" by Carol Scheina @carolscheina.bsky.social Unbottle a voice and it would vibrate through air, giving you one—just one—chance for your brain to turn those waves into recognizable words. diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-9...

I loved a lot of stories this year, but 12 of them I reread more than once. I posted about them here: killerpuppytails.com/2023/11/19/m...

Hexagon’s 2024 Best of the Net nominations! 🧡 Fiction Midsummer Magic - by @sylviaheike.bsky.social Life with Your Haunted Hearing Aids - by @carolscheina.bsky.social Poetry The Nettle Queens - by Anna Madden Art from Thais Leiros, @allsorrows.bsky.social, and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social

A beautiful September moon and a ... meteor beneath the moon? I don't think this is the Nishimura comet, as I thought it would be lower on the horizon.

Megalodon means "big tooth," but their fossilized teeth aren't always huge. Found my smallest megalodon yet!

My weird little SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social has enough funding to pay our writers 3 cents per word, but we still need funding to commission art and to fund Issue 2. If you can help out, I and the crabs, will love you forever. ko-fi.com/crabtalesmag...

My story, "There Are No Hearing Aid Batteries After the Apocalypse," will be appearing in this anthology of gorgeous, amazing stories! You can pre-order "Soul Jar" at https://bookshop.org/.../soul-jar-thirty-one.../19651067

If you haven't read this, I highly recommend it!

What if you could make one lie come true? Read more in "The Lie You Live With," out now in Factor Four Magazine. https://factorfourmag.com/the-lie-you-live-with-by-carol-scheina/