Anna Clark
@annaclark.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction, welder of ships, and artist of dragons. Stories in Diabolical Plots, Factor Four, and Flash Fiction Online. She/they annaclarkswritings.com
I consistently enjoy stories by @clairejiawen.bsky.social, and this is no exception! When parental expectations and a difficulty saying no extend to the realm of death. Just beautifully rendered characters. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp
Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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Sometimes I'm in more of a headspace to read than write. It feels a bit frustrating as my stories sit incomplete in the folder, but I figure it has to be part of a healthy word cycle.
July is over, and I’ve got a round-up of the sci-fi and fantasy I read and reviewed over the course of the month, including a handful of short fiction recommendations that didn’t make it into my previous magazine reviews www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/02/j...
July 2026 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany - Tar Vol on
I've gone heavy on the short fiction this month, with a pair of Magazine Minis and my regular magazine review, alongside a couple of longer reviews from my
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"Free for subscribers" is one of those phrases that unreasonably niggles me and is everywhere. The service/product is available for a subscription fee. Fee and free sound very similar, but actually mean something quite different.
"As the Tide Loves the Diver, as the Diver Loves the Tide" by @ravn-j-silver.bsky.social is a wonderful end to my Saturday of reading. We are perhaps in an over information age, and this imagines an entity that would save us from it, for better or worse, but it is also a story of deep affection.
I just read this! It's a fantastic story that is, in part, about knowing there's a creator of the world and choosing to want nothing to do with them, and what it means to love someone who wants different. Very much recommend!
ZamaShort@zamashort.com · 2w agoZamaShort #16 'Ethics after the End of the World' by Blaize M. Kaye @bomoko.bsky.social What if you suddenly knew the true purpose of life. A touching tale and exploration of a mathematician and philosopher faced with the ultimate truth of reality. #AfricanSFF #Africanfuturism #booksky 🪐📚💙
It's the last day of July! Tomorrow, my story, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST, goes to the @clarkesworldmagazine.com archives. But you can still read it on the front page today, now with an incredible audio performance by Kate Baker! Enjoy your weekend! clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_07_26/
This Is an Emergency Broadcast by R.S.A. Garcia (audio)
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Beautiful piece from @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Take a read.
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2w agoA contemplative release this Friday— A sleepy winter seaside has messages from ghosts in the sand for Agnes. Check out “Seastrand Beyond” by Anna Clark, now free to read on FFO ✍️ @annaclark.bsky.social #fantasy #writingcommunity #slipstream #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
I have a new story online: flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-... It's about afterlives and the ones that don't want them.
July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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"Ms Anaria’s Classroom Rules for ̶W̶e̶l̶l̶-̶B̶e̶h̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶K̶i̶n̶d̶e̶r̶g̶a̶r̶t̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶When Alien Ambassadors Dock with the Wrong Ship"--reprinted, revamped, and free to read with @smallwondersmag.com
Ms Anaria’s Classroom Rules for Well-Behaved Kindergartners When Alien Ambassadors Dock with the Wrong Ship - Small Wonders
1. Be patient with each other. Ms Anaria is not a United Earth government official.
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new story out today in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. Yes it's a weird POV and yes its written like a long speech to text message don't worry about it! www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...
Your Mother’s Speech-to-Text Instructions for Visiting Nana
by Parker M. O'Neill Listen I'm making soup right now so I'll be quick if you’re really hellbent on visiting Nana you should know there's Mold all through her house water damage hairy black fungus on...
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A story partly inspired by my grandparents (a vicar and a grief counsellor). It's part of a wonderful issue, and I definitely recommend the other stories accompanying it; E.M. Linden's epistolary horror is genius!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2w agoA contemplative release this Friday— A sleepy winter seaside has messages from ghosts in the sand for Agnes. Check out “Seastrand Beyond” by Anna Clark, now free to read on FFO ✍️ @annaclark.bsky.social #fantasy #writingcommunity #slipstream #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
I have a new story online: flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-... It's about afterlives and the ones that don't want them.
July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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It's a new day. Come be gay and trans and sinister in the woods for 25% off: www.waterstones.com/book/folklor...
Folklore Horror Short Stories by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, Patrick Barb | Waterstones
Buy Folklore Horror Short Stories by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, Patrick Barb from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Ellis Nye@ellisnyeland.bsky.social · 2w agotake my hand. come be gay and trans and sinister in the woods with me. for 25% off.
This is such a good story by @rsagarcia.bsky.social, packed with enough ideas to fuel a dozen others. I haven't seen anything that so perfectly captures the pace of news and information. 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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Spooky botany flash out now in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW HORROR: “Fragments Recovered from the Wreck of the Seaglass” by E. M. Linden. Always bring a naturalist to document the expedition… @emlinden.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
Had a rubbish morning that improved once I started working on a story. I feel so down about the impact of AI and don’t have a lot of solutions, but even with this hopefully misplaced feeling of doom, I still want to write. I still get joy out of it. I still want to share and read. Hanging onto that.
And “Ghost in the Tank” by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social is such a visceral study of a character getting herself killed in VR for a living, all the while pining after a former lover and opponent in a way that’s more than a bit toxic but totally gripping www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ghos...
Ghost in the Tank - Lightspeed Magazine
The first time you killed me, I cried like a baby. Stupid, stupid, to cry over something make-believe—stupid and ugly and pathetic, too, when already the only thing I wanted in the world was for you ...
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Oh I’m so incredibly grateful to have my editorial for the RESIST anthology mentioned in @mynachang.bsky.social‘s MicroVerse Flash Round Up! And what amazing company to be in. Thank you! Happy reading!
Myna Chang@mynachang.bsky.social · last mo.May/June Spec Flash Roundup is out today!
Help me, people in my phone! I am halfway through painting my bedroom and I’ve just finished an audiobook I hated, which means 1. I need a new one, and 2. I no longer trust my own judgment. Tell me your audiobook recs with great narrators! Any genre, any vibe, anything that’s a really good listen.
Okay research question: What is the least liminal place you can think of? Like a public building or store or something similar but firmly planted on one reality and not two? Asking for reasons...
Love seeing Ex Partum out in the wild. Look how lovely it is, sitting there in the sunshine. Right before it rips out your faith in the system. Order yours! emmaburnett.carrd.co
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Sarah Starr Murphy@sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a lovely Sunday to read @slashnburnett.bsky.social’s new novel!! I love her work and I’m flying through this already. Unsettling stories of motherhood are my jam!
This is a richly told tale of an alien civilization in decline. A dying leader and his desperate attempt to leave something of meaning behind. Because mere knowledge is nothing without compassion. by @thomasha.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_03_26/
Scion by Thomas Ha
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In a world where "AI" submissions are a plague, human-written stories are the cure for an editor's breaking heart. Don't let the flood discourage you from sending your work out there. You are better, no what the hype of the moment says. We want your stories. Not the slop-infested noise.
My cyber-noir story "Ten and Out" is free today in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! "But I need to know: did Harrad betray me, too? The last time I saw him, when he inked my tenth contract tattoo…was his good luck kiss actually a kiss goodbye?"
April 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions.
a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door
Alt: a sign that says sorry we're open hangs on a glass door
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