Issue 12 cover reveal! Click the art to experience the full piece by Artem Chebokha. Sixteen authors are coming to you February 1 to share their hearts and imagination. Writer reveals begin this Monday in the lead-up to launch.

Just 20 days left to pre-order SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL (after that, they’re just orders). So I’m starting this 🧵 of what early readers have said so you know what to expect. Pre-order links here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... Today’s blurb:

Of the 16 original stories I published last year, this one means the most to me. I hope you’ll give it a read and keep it in mind if reading for awards.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

5-min distraction incoming: my sci-fi comedy flash-fiction "A Troubleshooting Guide to Your Flat-Pack Planet" is now out in Nature Futures. media.nature.com/original/mag...

Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a flat-pack planet. Your order is being prepared and will be with you soon. Meanwhile, if you have any questions or need help setting up your planet, why not read our handy guide? #scifi by @arthurmanners.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ooooh my story about internet enshittification, "Bots All The Way Down", will be free to read on Jan 15th! Keep an eye on this space, or buy the ebook to read it now! www.lightspeedmagazine.com

ICYMI and are in or around Toronto this February.

I'm happy to announce that my short story, The Trick To Taking Over The World is available now in khōréō!

In "The Trick to Taking Over the World" by @klynn.bsky.social a mother accidentally becomes a leader and a god, in a post-apocalyptic world.

THRILLED to share this wonderful review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES from Locus Magazine! Congratulations to all our incredible authors!

wow?????!!!???? I did NOT expect this

My fun little flash about a fishie on an epic quest is out now! mergansermagazine.com/story/the-ca...

Let's f*cking go. File your claims.

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

Due to the high number of AI submissions and general life things, we are still processing short story submissions from the last open submission period. If you haven't heard anything from us yet, this is why. We hope to have everything processed over the next 2 weeks. Thanks for your patience!

ICE is confirmed to be using tear gas in Lakeview

Read "A Lesson in History," from Michael Baez: In an alternate universe, the clergyman is more than just an acolyte. Link: zurl.co/6YHa4

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Print copies of Issue 11 are appearing out in the wild

If you live in Portland and want to rock a frog costume and can’t afford it I’ll fucking buy you one.

I'm running out 😞😵😤❤️ #angstyromancebooks #enemiestolovers #romancebooktok #monsterromance #sprayededges #cassiealexander #bookstagram

VILE LADY VILLAINS is coming to Greece!!! 🇬🇷 💛 I am ecstatic to have secured my first translation deal 6 months before my book even comes out in the UK or the US—and I’m even more ecstatic that it will be in my native language. 💙🇬🇷

Click the art to view our full Issue 11 cover reveal! Created by our Artist-in-Residence, Ninja Jo, we are excited to have this as our front cover for October 1's Issue. Haunting, eye-catching (literally), and emotional, we hope it'll draw you in as much as it did us. #SciFi

Life goes on.

I need to go outside and play.

New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry mergansermagazine.com/story/halluc...

Wordle 1,506 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The veil has been lifted and now it can be told! My story "Unquiet On The Eastern Front" will be reprinted in Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Stories. Check out the full ToC below.

Oops. Changed my mind. 💣 I scored 100% in 33 seconds! vole.wtf/primesweeper/

💣 I scored 100% in 66 seconds! vole.wtf/primesweeper/

Concerns over the contracts at Must Read Magazines are rising.

Apparently the SFWA won't name names but I will: ANALOG. The new contract under Must Read Magazines includes a moral rights waiver. And they are rather insistent about it. I'm guessing this applies to all the digests under MRM now, though I haven't seen those contracts. DON'T JUST SIGN. NEGOTIATE.

I did it. I won the Bram Stoker Award. What an honor. My heart is full.

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a new addition to the VAMPIRES OF DUMAS series: THE SWORDMASTER by @kateheartfield.com‬. World All Language rights acquired by Amanda Raybould from Jennie Goloboy. Learn more: bit.ly/3HpxuWY

I never imagined being named a Bram Stoker Award finalist.This is definitely one of the proudest achievements of my life. Thank you to the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social & everyone who has read, supported, or voted for this book; it came from the heart. Love you all!

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

Hi friends. It's official podcast launch day! It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton's first episode, a wonderful story called Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death, by Caroline M. Yoachim, is now available wherever you get your podcasts. I'm so excited and pretty anxious! It's a big day!

they're here. damn. real books. 🥲 @undertow.bsky.social

What was once dormant is being reborn. Coming out of its earthly slumber to rise once again. As the world awakens around you, take a listen to some of TtT's best horror for spring.

Since the start of the day on Friday, NWS Forecast Offices have issued 268 tornado warnings and 510 severe thunderstorm warnings (in addition to many other products) Thank you so much to these folks for working around the clock to protect lives and property with lifesaving warnings and information!

Eee! I can finally announce that I'm once again a finalist for the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award! Contest Admin C Stuart Hardwick has given the go-ahead for the top ten contestants to talk about our placement, and when the final results will be announced: SOON. Stay tuned!

So, how soon before the second printing has "The Book Meta *DOESN'T* want you to read!" on the cover? And how do I get Ryan Daniels to try suppressing the 3rd edition of Attack Vector: Tactical? I could use the sales boost...

Seriously Google? How does your "AI" get "but has also faced criticism for publishing AI-generated stories" from the countless news stories written about us NOT WANTING GENERATED STORIES and actively fighting against them. Oh wait, it's not actually intelligent, is it? Just bullshit all the way down

Bourbon Penn 35 is live with brand new stories by Benjamin Parzybok, Steve Toase, Margaret Roach, Josh Pearce, Gretchen Tessmer, Andrew Zhou, and Jennifer Hykes. @sparkwatson.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social @margaretroach.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social

With a thunderous roar we are thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS by John Wiswell about a dragon whose three heads bear three mismatched personalities and one dragon rider’s quest to befriend the beast in time for them to save the world together.

Just an FYI...