Couple tidbits about this one: -It started as a homework assignment for a creative writing class (as did my BCS story "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon") -The original title was "The City Which Lies [DIRECTION] From [A PLACE UNNAMED] -It was originally second person, but that didn't work well

Adrian Ward@adrianwardwrites.bsky.social · 6d ago

"At first I thought it a mirage. On leaving, I wished it had been." My story "The Unnamed City, As Seen at Three Points" is out in Adventitious! It's a bit Calvino and a lot my fear of dying towns, and it is now free to read! www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...

"At first I thought it a mirage. On leaving, I wished it had been." My story "The Unnamed City, As Seen at Three Points" is out in Adventitious! It's a bit Calvino and a lot my fear of dying towns, and it is now free to read! www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...

Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 7d ago

For the dusk crowd: A city you can't find on any map. A town square empty but not dead. Its mirrored statues pulling you down ancient streets until you fully, gleefully, lose your way. The Unnamed City, As Seen At Three Points by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

"In the hospital, they say my brain is melting out my nose. They don’t say it like that. They say I’m dying of a prion disease." 🦠🦌🧫 New fiction today by @anjbaker.bsky.social: "Cervidae, New and Sharp" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

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On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...

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@adventitiouswords.bsky.social Issue Four is available to subscribers today, including my flash piece "The Unnamed City, As Seen at Three Points"! Lots of very talented people doing cool stuff in this issue, so check it out! Cover by Kevin McKie.

Joining our Patreon today gets you access to Issue Four early + a bunch of cool goodies and potentially the chance of naming our lost astronaut mascot. We'll see. www.patreon.com/Adventitious...

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Join the expedition! There's a lot of world out there, and like this handsome froggy guy, it's all waiting for your eyes, ears, and other se

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IT'S HERE IT'S HERE! My new story is up!! I'm proud to be in Clarkesworld again after a few years absence. I'm proud to be in the anniversary issue of the magazine's conception. I'm proud of taking ellipses back from AI 😉. Read it here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_07_26/

This Is an Emergency Broadcast by R.S.A. Garcia

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Introducing...the astounding cover for Issue Four (out Aug 1) by artist Kevin McKie! I've never seen anything like it. 😍📸 It's part of a larger graphic novel project Kevin is creating, which you can see on Insta. www.instagram.com/mckie.illust... He also sells prints! www.etsy.com/listing/4522...

The first line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs hold and doesn't let go. The rest of the story is just as gripping:

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I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma.

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Happy to say that I have a story coming in next month's Adventitious! It's a quiet little piece. I hope it disquiets. (Also, that is one heck of a ToC. Very excited to be in such talented company.)

Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Issue Four lands August 1. But who's in it?🧵 ...(so far)... P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 🤖 Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com👹 Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social 🍇 Stewart C. Baker 🌌 Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs🍽️ and...

Wanted to work on an older unfinished piece but couldn't find the outline. Taking it as the universe telling me I need to finish the current WIPs, which is a very sensible suggestion that I am choosing to ignore.

Highly recommend "u last saw hana in the mageverse". It's a grief story that does an excellent job digging into the lead's relationship with the deceased and how the lead's other relationships change in the aftermath. There's also a neat video game framing that ties together "avatar" and-

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FF#28 has arrived! Stories by @estrubbe.bsky.social @awritingwall.bsky.social @sophiecasarico.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social Francis Van Ganson @audreyzhou.bsky.social @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social! Get your copy (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

A little cyclops never hurt Nobody

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Very happy to say that as of today, I'm up to three acceptances and four holds this year, which is as many acceptances and one hold more than I had in 2025. I have now jinxed myself by mentioning them, but it feels pretty good.

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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The Strange Horizons Kickstarter to fund 2027 will begin on Sunday, 7 June, 2026! This is a critical time for SFF publications when the existence of venues publishing short speculative fiction, poetry and non-fiction is sometimes uncertain. We hope that you will keep us publishing for another year!

We call pre-cut bread pre-cut because it is post cut The beauty of English

Many thanks to @apexmag.bsky.social for this copy of Marie Vibbert's "Multitude" (and neat keychain!) Looking forward to reading!

The cover art for FF#28 by @carlydraws.bsky.social has arrived! FF#28 will have work by @estrubbe.bsky.social @awritingwall.bsky.social @sophiecasarico.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @audreyzhou.bsky.social @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social and Francis Van Ganson!

I'm behind on this year's stories, but recently read and really enjoyed "Those Who Left History" by Wanxiang Fengnian (translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu). Very cool use of "mixed media" (diary entries, interviews, articles, etc.) and toying with time. clarkesworldmagazine.com/fengnian_03_...

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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Those Who Left History by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu

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THE DEADLINE IS ALMOST HERE! Vote on or by April 1 in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

A bit late, but post/thread of some of my favorite short stories & novelettes from 2025! adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/2...

2025 Recommendations

List of stories I especially recommend from 2o25. I’ve chosen to alphabetize the list by author’s last name rather than sort by awards category, but I’ve labeled the lengths for c…

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Welcome to the Small Wonders Subscription Drive! We've been hard at work behind the scenes working to bring you ✨fancy things✨! But first, lets talk about subscriptions - why we need 'em and what you get with them... 1/10

I've got a microfiction [love] story out today with Apex! I had a ton of fun writing this one—got to toy with a few "first contact" premises in a short space, and managed to work in the kind of story hard corals pretend not to read. Soft corals, on the other hand... zero shame, those guys.

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"The translator could not pass on the nuances of [collect] and [specimen] and [scientific value], so you could not understand my panic." 📱💉 Congratulations to the second place winner of our MULTITUDE microfiction contest: "The Salt of You on My Tongue" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social! 🎉

"The translator could not pass on the nuances of [collect] and [specimen] and [scientific value], so you could not understand my panic." 📱💉 Congratulations to the second place winner of our MULTITUDE microfiction contest: "The Salt of You on My Tongue" by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social! 🎉

MULTITUDE Microfiction Contest - Second Place! - "The Salt of You on M

In honor of Marie Vibbert's upcoming novella, Multitude, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to imagine a moment of alien contact. We got some amazing submissions, and after much trial and t...

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Since the year's winding down, my 2025 award eligibility and the stories I had published: Links and story info in the thread below, as well as on my site at adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/work/ Thank you for your consideration!

Question for the lawyers Does possession void copyright ownership Like if Beethoven's spirit possessed me and wrote such a bangin sonata that his soul was finally able to move on from this earthly plane would the copyright be mine or his? (Assume I have not been dead for 70 years)