FF#28: "Chutes, Slides, and Ladders" by @awritingwall.bsky.social This one knocked our socks off by going all-in on its Lord-of-the-Flies style premise featuring a group of children battling for control over a world of Chutes & Ladders. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Hey, that’s me!! 🫶🫶🫶

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

FF#28: "Chutes, Slides, and Ladders" by @awritingwall.bsky.social This one knocked our socks off by going all-in on its Lord-of-the-Flies style premise featuring a group of children battling for control over a world of Chutes & Ladders. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Inside the issue, you can find links to Allison's work in @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social, @crowkeys.bsky.social, and @exposedbonemag.bsky.social (among others). You can also find out why she thinks you should read work by Mervyn Peake and Susanna Clarke!

Hey, that’s me!! 🫶🫶🫶

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

FF#28: "Chutes, Slides, and Ladders" by @awritingwall.bsky.social This one knocked our socks off by going all-in on its Lord-of-the-Flies style premise featuring a group of children battling for control over a world of Chutes & Ladders. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

ICYMI, FF#28 is live and it's got everything! Birds that live inside you! Board game worlds! People messed up by their parents! Zombies! Not one, but TWO actors re-animated into robot bodies (just to show off how different the same premise can look). Love across the multiverse! SLIME!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

PROOF!!! This just arrived and it's looking good so far, so expect that print copies of FF#28 will be available soon!

Do you need a little futuristic zombie / climate ravaged eco-horror story for your Friday??? If so, check out my new one, Grave Bells, over in the latest issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social!!! www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Using the carousel thingy to share my cover art for @fusionfragment.bsky.social ! Have had the pleasure of working with them several times now, and it's always a joy. Check them out for some fine stories, and support indie publishing! fusionfragment.com #art

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

THRILLED to have work included in this brilliant issue!! Cover is based on my short story: Lord of the Flies meets Chutes & Ladders and/or the ultimate endless McDonald’s PlayPlace. Ridiculously fun to write and, I hope, to read!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

Extra excited for this story to be out as it’s very dear to me and self-indulgent in all respects. And it’s in very good company!!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

Hey Hey! New story out today in the latest issue of Fusion Fragment!!! It's a story about futuristic...but not so futuristic...burial practices in a climate-ravaged world. Is it a zombie story? Maybe :) www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Issue #28

“Birdguts” by Erin Strubbe: speculative biologies / eating stones / maybe the norm isn’t the norm”Chutes, Slides, and Ladders” by Allison Wall: surviving the board gam…

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Almost time! After being closed since the end of February, FF is open again for the month of July! Here's a quick thread with some resources to help you decide what to send in (either for this for future reading periods). First off, guidelines! www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/ 1/5

Submissions

Submission Status: Closed. Will reopen on July 1st. What We Want Science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes ranging anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 words. Although any scien…

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THRILLED to have work included in this brilliant issue!! Cover is based on my short story: Lord of the Flies meets Chutes & Ladders and/or the ultimate endless McDonald’s PlayPlace. Ridiculously fun to write and, I hope, to read!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

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/

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/

📣 QUEERPIT IS ON WEDNESDAY!!! 👀 We can't wait for our next event this week, so we have a few *important reminders* for all our participants.🧵⬇️ 1) #QueerPit is July 1st from 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern time ⏲️ You may pitch using our hashtag, age/genre hashtags during those hours.

Early access copies have just gone out to our amazing Patreon crew! If you like what we're doing at FF, consider joining--Patreon makes up 70% of our revenue and plays a huge role in keeping the mag afloat. www.patreon.com/fusionfragment

FF28 has a release date! On Tuesday, June 30th, you'll be able to read great stories by Sophie Casarico, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @clairejiawen.bsky.social, @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social, @estrubbe.bsky.social, Francis Van Ganson, @awritingwall.bsky.social and @audreyzhou.bsky.social!

Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.

A bunch of older issues of FF have suddenly seen some downloads this week, so time to dust off my intentions to steal a game from @smallwondersmag.com and yell about some great stories in the FF archive. You give me a word. I give you a story.

Shall We Play A Game? - Saw Puppet

Alt: it's that creepy doll from Saw with the text "Shall we play a game?"

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I didn't realize I was writing horror until I was told by readers... Apparently, growing up in high control religion as a closeted queer and neurodivergent woman makes for certain experiences that are not, in fact, universal, and are, in fact, scary. Oops... 😅

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD@nnedi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I asked a horror writer whose work I love how she’s able to write horror novels, because, while I love the genre, I can’t do it. I’ve written two horror SHORT stories (“On the Road” and “Dark Home”) and scared the hell out of myself. Her response was simple: “I don’t believe any of it.” Shit. 😬

Editing tip: select the whole section and delete it from existence forever. (it's going to be fine, it will creep back like weeds anyway, you can't kill this shit) ✍️

🧵🧵🧵 ALERT! FF re-opens to submissions on July 1st and so, between now and then, I'll be sharing updates from members of the reading team on the stories they love and what they wish they saw more of in the reading queue. So, read on to find out what's on the wishlist! 1/

I'm super excited to announce that the LSQ story archive is back! You can access it through Patreon (current issues, exclusive posts, and more) or Payhip (archive-only). All the details: www.patreon.com/post... #SFF #IndiePublishing

🚀Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same🚀 Quick and cute movie review for you today! This indie film was received super well when it was released—but I “wasn’t queer” in 2011, so I missed it. Fixed that this weekend. 👽🏳️‍🌈👭 #moviereview #movie allison-wall.com/2026/05/12/m...

Move Review: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

My quests to (1) find authentic sapphic/lesbian things to watch and (2) become a constantly less mainstream, weirder, more specific version of myself converged in the delightful indie film Codepend…

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Have updated my US print shop (worldwide shipping) and there is a big sale on at the moment too. So if you've been after something, now's the time! Gallery quality art prints, prints on canvas, metal& acrylic, or colourful glossy posters for your enclosure! www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl... #art

🚀Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same🚀 Quick and cute movie review for you today! This indie film was received super well when it was released—but I “wasn’t queer” in 2011, so I missed it. Fixed that this weekend. 👽🏳️‍🌈👭 #moviereview #movie allison-wall.com/2026/05/12/m...

Move Review: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

My quests to (1) find authentic sapphic/lesbian things to watch and (2) become a constantly less mainstream, weirder, more specific version of myself converged in the delightful indie film Codepend…

allison-wall.com

Even if no one buys my book, who cares. I felt like a writer while I was writing it

💫EVERYWHEN💫 🎨Two artists 🏳️‍🌈Both queer 👀See each other ⏳Across time In the past, Peter thinks he sees an angel 🪽 But in the future, Ro knows the truth💡 Can Ro influence Peter to change the future? Has Peter placed his faith in the wrong being? #questpit #Q #LF #S #D #HF

Johanna’s life depends on how she manages her arranged marriage, but her repeated failure drives her into the arms of a fugitive witch who claims women have magical abilities—if they embrace the deadly taboo they’ve been taught to fear: their own menstrual blood. #questpit #Q #A #S #LF #U #H

Bree assumes “joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil politician with a gush of menstrual blood. The Goddess has given Bree real power. Her intentions? Murky. Her appetite? Insatiable. Her contract? Binding. #questpit #Q #A #H #S #LF