#ThrowbackThursday on Kaleidotrope’s 20th anniversary—and on the release day of its 73rd issue—the cover of the first issue, way back in October 2006!
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
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Hugo Award finalist, World Fantasy and Ignyte Award winning online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, since 2008. Read/listen online: https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
New Issue: BCS #467, Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue! Stories by KJ Parker and Zet Madej today, next week @tommarcinko.bsky.social and @katarinagarcia.bsky.social (all available now in the ebook) & Garcia podcast, cover art by Bruce Brenneise: beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #467, Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue by Scott Andrews
Featuring two bonus stories and new cover art: "Garden of Solitude" by Bruce Brenneise. Oh Grave, Thy Victory by K.J. Parker. Every Force Evolves a Form by Tom Marcinko. In Search of Better Deaths by ...
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How can I become a professional writer? My debut poetry collection, Delphinium Gospel, was published by a small press two years ago. A short story of mine was republished in Neon Hemlock's queer anthology series, We're Here 2024. I got a novelette published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies a couple of
#writing advice I heard @bcsmagazine.bsky.social editor Scott Andrews impart on a Zoom seminar: “Write the story that only you can write.” (Years later: He just published one of my stories) #WritingCommunity
Today's #DailyShortSFF: Seneschal of Shattered Tor by Abhijeet Sathe in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sene...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Seneschal of Shattered Tor by Abhijeet Sathe
The foals don’t recall the age of enthrallment because we never taught them of that dark eon when the kin marched on the cities of man. I do. I was in that horde scouring the land, mindless tools of t...
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From the Archives w BCS #466: "The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King" @jelenawrites.bsky.social BCS #429 "like a wild boar yet standing on hind legs and vaguely man-shaped, as if someone who had never seen a man tried to construct one." beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King by Jelena Dunato
Katarina, who had seen her share of premature deaths said, “Nonsense. I’m not a physician, I don’t cut live women open.” Still, death was coming for Vlasta, diving like a hawk on its dark wings. The b...
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"Beyond the Fold" @oldheneel.bsky.social, BCS #436. "does a great job balancing the characters’ love and passion–their need to express themselves through their art–and the reality of the violence they are complicit in...Recommended" —Charles Payseur, Locus beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/beyo...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Beyond the Fold by Holden Lee
The power to fold life carries great responsibility, so we must fold a thousand cranes before we can touch a sheet of living paper. We fold them with writing paper, with newspaper obituaries, with pla...
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From the Archives w BCS #466 "The Thirteenth Dancer" @leahcypess.bsky.social BCS #416 "My sisters all looked fresh and beautiful; the past ten years had not touched them. But what made the new girl look younger—or rather newer—was the way she held herself" beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Thirteenth Dancer by Leah Cypess
The rest of us, too, had grown to about that age before our immortality took hold. My sisters all looked fresh and beautiful; the past ten years had not touched them. But what made the new girl look y...
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"The Brittle Terrain" by @stephenrcase.bsky.social, BCS #438. "builds an intricate plot around this broken land and peoples the story with an interesting cast all trying to do the right thing" —Charles Payseur, Locus beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case
Grey had felt a drift of air against the back of her legs when she had stepped behind the earl’s table. She knew she would find a slit in the tent fabric that the earl’s killers had used to enter. She...
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Hopefully another dog witch story will be available for your reading pleasure sometime in late fall or winter...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · last wk."Vanya and the Dog Witch" @walterwriter.bsky.social, BCS #447 "As the tale unfolds through its traditional three attempts, we realize the true importance of Vanya’s dog stories, and the true nature of the witch’s magic. Recommended" @mariahaskins.com Locus beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany...
"Vanya and the Dog Witch" @walterwriter.bsky.social, BCS #447 "As the tale unfolds through its traditional three attempts, we realize the true importance of Vanya’s dog stories, and the true nature of the witch’s magic. Recommended" @mariahaskins.com Locus beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Vanya and the Dog Witch by Walter J. Wiese
“My father forbid me to come to you, either with mushrooms or with the dog's collar,” Vanya told the dog witch. It had been early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For sava...
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Live in BCS #466: "The Cold That Brings You Home" @emlinden.bsky.social "while the mother and baby slept or cooed at each other, Jesset delivered the grace-bread for the Kind Ones, to pay respects and hope, in exchange, they would keep their distance." beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Cold That Brings You Home by E.M. Linden
Afterwards, while the mother and baby slept or cooed at each other, Jesset was freed to the fresh air to deliver the grace-bread. Sister Grain baked two loaves after every birth. One for the church, t...
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BCS #467 Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue ebook out early @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers; stories KJ Parker, @tommarcinko.bsky.social Zet Madej, @katarinagarcia.bsky.social; new art Bruce Brenneise weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #467, Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue
Issue #467 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, our Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue, featuring stories by K.J. Parker, Tom Marcinko, Zet Madej, and Katarina Garcia and cover art by Bruce Br...
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I can’t tell you all how excited I am to have this story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Weightless Books@weightlessbooks.bsky.social · last wk.It's the 18th anniversary double issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Featuring stories by K.J. Parker, @tommarcinko.bsky.social, Zet Madej, and @katarinagarcia.bsky.social and cover art by Bruce Benneise: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
Just recognised a story we declined 3 years ago from the title alone. I have no idea why my memory can do this, but it can. Um, don't do this? We will not re-consider rejected stories unless we specifically invited a resubmission.
Today's fantasy story: The Voice And Her Knife by @anamariacurtis.bsky.social. I love beautiful stories about terrible people. Raw meat and devotion. What else could you want? beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Voice and Her Knife by AnaMaria Curtis
The ambassador takes a bite of her fish. It rolls across her tongue, rich and sweet with the barest hint of salt. It is not the flavor that she savors. She can feel the burst of energy from it almost ...
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It's the 18th anniversary double issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Featuring stories by K.J. Parker, @tommarcinko.bsky.social, Zet Madej, and @katarinagarcia.bsky.social and cover art by Bruce Benneise: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
"Bloody Muddy Water" by @jduckwriter.bsky.social , BCS #439. "Rugg proves a good detective, in that he finds that doing the right thing is rarely rewarded but is still worth doing Recommended" — @cypayseur.bsky.social , Locus test.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Bloody Muddy Water by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Rugg read her. Not just her face but the veil in front of it. The knit was funny to his eye, not the usual fine hatching but a more elaborate twisted warp and weft, and the fiber looked to be made fro...
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Live BCS #466: "Sous Lumière Aigre" @jduckwriter.bsky.social "Guy got behind his cart and pushed it forward. To his displeasure, amid the shushing song of cicadas and the loud creak of the wheels, he also heard soft footsteps following behind. Damn girl." beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sous...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Sous Lumière Aigre by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
He had neither the energy nor the interest to argue. Nor to talk at all. With a grunt, Guy got behind his cart and pushed it forward. The night would only get darker, and he had a long way to go to th...
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Updating the "AI" community's own words for short fiction marketing: Short stories won’t replace humans, but humans who read short stories will replace those who don’t. The true power of short stories lies not in replacing humans, but in working alongside us to achieve what neither can do alone.
This is a lovely story! I absolutely treasured reading it. ✨
"Slayer of Dreams" by @aahabershaw.bsky.social , from BCS #457. "a thrilling depiction of magic and battle in both the real world and realm of dreams. Recommended" — @mariahaskins.com , Locus test.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/slay...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Slayer of Dreams by Auston Habershaw
Even here, in the midst of the mob, they could sense her power somehow. A feeling of unease, perhaps. Despite the crowd, no one touched her. Those who brushed against her clothing shuddered, though it...
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Really enjoyed this story by @kjkabza.bsky.social in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 3mo agoLive in BCS #460 "The Ecstasy of the White Sea" @kjkabza.bsky.social "My body screamed at me to flee or to hide, but perhaps it did not matter. My death was still near, whether that be in the Comet's return or in the White Sea's soft and endless arms." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fantasy Short Stories feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fantasy Short Stories feat. @apexmag.bsky.social @bcsmagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fantasy-short-stories-51CIR9SM
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Delighted to narrate this lovely story by Jonathan Louis Duckworth for @bcsmagazine.bsky.social !!
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 2w agoNew Issue: BCS #466 out today, featuring stories of bargains with other ones and their cost by @emlinden.bsky.social and Jonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social, podcast of Duckworth read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, cover art by Sam Jumisko: beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
New Issue: BCS #466 out today, featuring stories of bargains with other ones and their cost by @emlinden.bsky.social and Jonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social, podcast of Duckworth read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, cover art by Sam Jumisko: beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #466 by Scott Andrews
The Cold That Brings You Home by E.M. Linden. Sous Lumière Aigre by Jonathan Louis Duckworth. BCS 366: Sous Lumière Aigre by Jonathan Louis Duckworth.
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New followers, hello. I am Summer. I wrote this a long time ago. I'm working on something that's taking its own time. If you are also struggling with output, I have no advice. I hope we end up with something we enjoyed making. ⚔️ beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Only Way Out is Through by Summer Fletcher
True horror settled over Dagn when Rille's distinctive heavy tread scuffed on the hall’s stone floor, drawing nearer. Just her luck. On the eve of the invasion's final stroke, of course she’d be stand...
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