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“The Devil planned our Australian trip in greatest detail, though I sensed our plane would probably crash or land somewhere unpleasant like Baltimore or the surface of the sun.” 🛸🛸🛸 new one from
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Me and the Devil
by Sandra Kasturi I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts. My Devil boyfrie...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/me-and-the-devil/
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ChaseJ▪️xyz
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hey if you have a <=100 word story you can just publish it via burger (originally published in
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“The Devil planned our Australian trip in greatest detail, though I sensed our plane would probably crash or land somewhere unpleasant like Baltimore or the surface of the sun.” 🛸🛸🛸 new one from
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Me and the Devil
by Sandra Kasturi I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts. My Devil boyfrie...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/me-and-the-devil/
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“I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts.”
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Me and the Devil
by Sandra Kasturi I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts. My Devil boyfrie...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/me-and-the-devil/
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“I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts.”
@sandrakasturi.bsky.social
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Me and the Devil
by Sandra Kasturi I dreamt my boyfriend was the Devil. He had floppy hair and looked suspiciously like a writer I know. Because really all writers are the Devil—these are just facts. My Devil boyfrie...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/me-and-the-devil/
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🛸🛸🛸 tomorrow
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returns to NS! 🛸🛸🛸 read this (which is nominated for a Rhysling Award btw) to get ready:
www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...
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Beard of Birds
by Sandra Kasturi 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. He would dole out bear hugs to bears until the...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-birds/
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Michael Staniforth
15 days ago
Day 116! I read A Refracted Truth by Mizuki Yamamoto published in
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. Perhaps the rain can wash away your sins. Read my review here:
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/s...
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S/D/Y Apr 26 – A Refracted Truth by Mizuki Yamamoto – Night Shades
Sometimes I wonder about the border of speculative and literary fiction. This story definitely lives there. There is a sense that all the fantastical elements we see in this story are not to be tak…
https://mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/s-d-y-apr-26-a-refracted-truth-by-mizuki-yamamoto-night-shades/
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H. Marin
19 days ago
“Shelter in Place” (
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Shelter in Place
by H. Marin I questioned when the seafoam alien sky turned black in the middle of the day and the two suns batted and finally closed their eyes behind the gathering clouds like they were shy but when...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/shelter-in-place/
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“There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer.” 🛸🛸 new one from
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Everything Must Go
by Mercer Eddy There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer. If you throw in a rock, there’s no rock anymore. If you flick in a contraband joint, no you didn’t....
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“There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer.” 🛸🛸 new one from
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Everything Must Go
by Mercer Eddy There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer. If you throw in a rock, there’s no rock anymore. If you flick in a contraband joint, no you didn’t....
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/everything-must-go/
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new story in the morning, sleep tight 🛸💜
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meagan kane
about 1 month ago
Saddled, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece in
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-- my notebook reads: "weird! like really quite weird! im into it!" I agree with myself. A stylish, bizarre little bite of?? Horror???
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Saddled
by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece “The gun is in my mouth,” I say. “It’s in mine,” she says. We are facing each other near the window. If I could look behind myself, I would see a cheap oil painting of a canyon. Horses trot in the foreground. A cowboy is on
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/saddled/
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🛸🛸 read the latest, from
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“The rod creaks under Your weight. i undress as fast as possible, leave the clothes just outside the curtain, pre-warmed and safe.”
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Watching As it Circles
by Chase Anderson i’m only here because i’m expected to be. The last time isn’t reachable in memory; it could be four days, a week. Too long, too far, i can’t let someone say something, again. Dry sh...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/watching-as-it-circles/
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ChaseJ▪️xyz
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story about sittin down in the shower!!!!
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🛸🛸 new one from
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“The rod creaks under Your weight. i undress as fast as possible, leave the clothes just outside the curtain, pre-warmed and safe.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/watching-as-...
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Watching As it Circles
by Chase Anderson i’m only here because i’m expected to be. The last time isn’t reachable in memory; it could be four days, a week. Too long, too far, i can’t let someone say something, again. Dry sh...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/watching-as-it-circles/
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🛸🛸 this week
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returns to NS!🛸🛸 🛸🛸 you may begin the necessary preparations, by reading this:
www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-what-id-w...
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What I’d Want to Have Said Before You’ll Kill Me Again
by Chase Anderson When you first arrived to tell me I might not be crazy, I should’ve used these then-fledgling powers to rewind time once more, to before I first failed to save the woman I thought I...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-what-id-want-to-have-said-before-youll-kill-me-again/
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🛸🛸 this week
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www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-what-id-w...
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What I’d Want to Have Said Before You’ll Kill Me Again
by Chase Anderson When you first arrived to tell me I might not be crazy, I should’ve used these then-fledgling powers to rewind time once more, to before I first failed to save the woman I thought I...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-what-id-want-to-have-said-before-youll-kill-me-again/
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happy opening day to all who celebrate 🛸⚾️
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Butane City Leafs
by Pierre S. Robes Carl looked both ways. Latitia had her earbuds in and was turned to the hot dog steamer, humming an anxiety-support song he didn’t recognize. He turned against the wall & slid a pi...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-butane-city-leafs/
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Die Booth
about 2 months ago
I'm gonna have a weird little story in
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! Read more here
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and do please check out their bite-sized free reads, an excellent magazine!
#freereads
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Do Not Feed the Horses
It’s been a slow start to the year, but I’ve had a couple of fantastic story acceptances, and I’m delighted to announce that my surrealist flash fiction ‘Do Not Feed the Hor…
https://diebooth.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/do-not-feed-the-horses/
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i can’t really pull another quote from
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Monica Lyrehart
about 2 months ago
If you get it, you get it. It's also okay if you don't 🫶. Thanks,
@nightshadesmag.bsky.social
, for sharing this over the weekend!
www.nightshadesmag.com/your-head/
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Your Head
by Monica Lyrehart You carefully part your braids, left and right, and watch yourself in the mirror as you leave. Downstairs, Mom expertly flips pancakes, passing Dad a plate without turning. You k...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/your-head/
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i can’t really pull another quote from
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you don’t know where this one is going, i promise
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“You keep your eyes on the clock and your breakfast, the analog arms ticking red circles in your syrupy stack.”
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Your Head
by Monica Lyrehart You carefully part your braids, left and right, and watch yourself in the mirror as you leave. Downstairs, Mom expertly flips pancakes, passing Dad a plate without turning. You k...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/your-head/
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you don’t know where this one is going, i promise
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👁️👁️ new one from
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“You keep your eyes on the clock and your breakfast, the analog arms ticking red circles in your syrupy stack.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/your-head/
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Your Head
by Monica Lyrehart You carefully part your braids, left and right, and watch yourself in the mirror as you leave. Downstairs, Mom expertly flips pancakes, passing Dad a plate without turning. You k...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/your-head/
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🛸 new story in the morning 🛸 🛸 NS publishes 2 stories a month and pays $75 flat for 500 words max. that’s a pro rate 🛸 NS is for speculative fiction. short and strange! 🛸 subscribe via email for free
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Night Shades
Night Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine.
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/
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🛸🛸 submissions are closed and all replies have gone out 🛸🛸 if you haven’t heard from me please query
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🛸🛸 closing tonight at 11:59pm eastern! send me your stuff. new for this call if you got a rejection you can submit again! no rights pro pay sim subs ok!!
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🛸 i’m going to close submissions on monday march 16 at 11:59 pm. submissions sent after that (even one minute!) will be deleted unread. but i’ll be open again soon. 🛸 if you haven’t heard back from me as of this post you’re in my read again folder and you’ll hear by end of the day monday
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🛸🛸”I want to be a bear. I want to do some damage. That’s how angry I am. But the best I can manage is panda.” 🛸🛸from Justin Ocelot
www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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In My World
by Justin Ocelot In my world, we dance under ten-carat stars, derringers in our boots, and aces up our sleeves. In my world, our sock drawers are never empty, the shower water never gets cold, milk c...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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🛸🛸 welcome to Justin Ocelot’s world 🛸🛸 “So I send you an invitation and a first-class ticket. The glass rocking horse will collect you at the station. The glass key will let you in.”
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In My World
by Justin Ocelot In my world, we dance under ten-carat stars, derringers in our boots, and aces up our sleeves. In my world, our sock drawers are never empty, the shower water never gets cold, milk c...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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🛸🛸”I want to be a bear. I want to do some damage. That’s how angry I am. But the best I can manage is panda.” 🛸🛸from Justin Ocelot
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In My World
by Justin Ocelot In my world, we dance under ten-carat stars, derringers in our boots, and aces up our sleeves. In my world, our sock drawers are never empty, the shower water never gets cold, milk c...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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🛸🛸 welcome to Justin Ocelot’s world 🛸🛸 “So I send you an invitation and a first-class ticket. The glass rocking horse will collect you at the station. The glass key will let you in.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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In My World
by Justin Ocelot In my world, we dance under ten-carat stars, derringers in our boots, and aces up our sleeves. In my world, our sock drawers are never empty, the shower water never gets cold, milk c...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/in-my-world/
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🛸hello from the awp registration line i live here now 🛸catch up on the latest while you’re waiting
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🛸big week in night shades world 🛸🛸it’s the first week of the new $75 flat rate. only 2 stories this month! 🛸🛸we’re still open for subs! 🛸🛸i’ll be lurking awp with stickers! 🛸much to consider
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“This is how I know the gun is in my mouth. It’s not transparent. It would block the pathway to her insides. With the plan being that it would make a new one.” 🛸🛸🛸 from Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
www.nightshadesmag.com/saddled/
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Saddled
by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece “The gun is in my mouth,” I say. “It’s in mine,” she says. We are facing each other near the window. If I could look behind myself, I would see a cheap oil painting ...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/saddled/
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“This is how I know the gun is in my mouth. It’s not transparent. It would block the pathway to her insides. With the plan being that it would make a new one.” 🛸🛸🛸 from Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
www.nightshadesmag.com/saddled/
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Saddled
by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece “The gun is in my mouth,” I say. “It’s in mine,” she says. We are facing each other near the window. If I could look behind myself, I would see a cheap oil painting ...
https://www.nightshadesmag.com/saddled/
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ok you’ve been at it all weekend take a break from the news and read jocelyn’s story 🛸🛸a freaker-outer but in a different way than current events
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🛸big week in night shades world 🛸🛸it’s the first week of the new $75 flat rate. only 2 stories this month! 🛸🛸we’re still open for subs! 🛸🛸i’ll be lurking awp with stickers! 🛸much to consider
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