Excited to announce that I am in the @therebis.com's upcoming issue: THE MOON. Pre-orders are here: therebis.com/products/moon 🌙

showing friends early versions of your draft feels like this

Wythout sayinge your age what was your favorite filme when you were 20 and also your currente bankinge passworde?

Memories, folktales, glimpses, and sparrows. "Three Stories From My Grandmother" is out in Bourbon Penn now!

Bourbon Penn@bourbonpenn.bsky.social · last mo.

Bourbon Penn 39 is live! Featuring new fiction from Corey Farrenkopf, Mari Ness, Rich Larson, Nick DiChario, Ruth Joffre, T. L. Xue, and Charles Wilkinson. @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @ruthjoffre.bsky.social @tixanfy.bsky.social

Develop a weird glint in your eye. It works better than any credential or award you could rattle off. Just flash that slight refraction of light back at them while you dart your eyes saying something not at all grounded in reality and the world will nervously shuffle aside for you

Contract signed with @talestoterrify.bsky.social 🐊🏖️🦐!

My short story about choosing between a bad situation and a worse situation (feat. worms) is in here!

@chmmagazine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

COVER REVEAL! Issue #73 is our tribute to C.L. Moore—featuring some incredible cover art from Becca Snow!

COVER REVEAL! Issue #73 is our tribute to C.L. Moore—featuring some incredible cover art from Becca Snow!

A massive wave of open submission calls is set to hit the bow of this ship in July. Quick, everyone go to your nearest body of water and throw in a gatorade or arizona ice tea flavor of your choice. I'll find it along the way. Your help is majorly appreciated.

Writer on a blue website will proclaim that new thing is in the works. They are not allowed to talk about new thing, other than to say it is in the works. If too many details are shared about "new thing" or "in the works", a spec fic magazine will "kill" the writer. do you understand?

Contract signed! Very excited, gang.

Isla L@bookended-islal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Exciting news! My short story about choosing between a bad situation and a worse situation (feat. worms) has just been accepted.

I love explaining to folks the very strange ecosystem that is spec short fiction publishing because they always make the same face when they see the Submission Grinder. Unparalleled experience, actually.

wow I did NOT expect to see my story on this list. thank you so much for including "End of the World, Simon et al." alongside all these incredible stories!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Capybara researchers, lady knight mech jousts, and a brand new SFF magazine! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends the must-read short stories of March 2026, now with bonus alien invasions:

My story published with heartlines spec is out to read for free today! A very loose retelling of the little mermaid that now includes the life cycle of a tadpole, the forever war, and a meditation on "motherhood". www.heartlines-spec.com/cradle-root-...

Cradle Root Rot

Cradle Root Rot by Isla Lader

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Exciting news! My short story about choosing between a bad situation and a worse situation (feat. worms) has just been accepted.

My little mermaid retelling (with 100% more frogs and the forever war) is in here! Very excited to share this with you all.

Heartlines Spec@heartlines-spec.com · 6mo ago

Issue 10 is now available for subscribers! Two pieces are available for all subscriber levels BUT if you give us a cool $18CAD, you get to read the whole thing RIGHT NOW!! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-10/

Issue 10 is now available for subscribers! Two pieces are available for all subscriber levels BUT if you give us a cool $18CAD, you get to read the whole thing RIGHT NOW!! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-10/

Issue 10

The stories and poems in Issue 10 take place in the grey area between worlds. The line between reality and the speculative becomes blurred as characters dive into the ocean, robots tell stories, and a...

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LOOK! Look with your special eyes! Our cover for Issue 10 is inspired by a folktale of New Brunswick's ghost ship--a ghostly, firey schooner that appears in the Northumberland Strait. @itsbabypears.bsky.social used gorgeous colours to mimic the eerie effect of St. Elmo's Fire Coming March 31!

contract has been signed for a story about Chopin and the difficulties of getting a body across (interstellar) state lines for burial!

My latest story "The End of the World, Simon et al." is out in issue 065 of @lunastation.bsky.social! If you like cosmic horror and academic articles that will never be peer reviewed, check it out. www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/065/

Luna Station Quarterly

Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010

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One week until Issue 10! Water, family, and death are big themes (with cryptids lurking throughout). Get the vibes before you dive deep: Short Fiction 🚜🛰️☄️ by @pbarmby.bsky.social 👣👣👣 by Rachel Esser 🍄🏚️🍄 by @crystalkoo.bsky.social 🏝️♊👩‍✈️ by @bookended-islal.bsky.social

My story in Heartlines coming out a day before Passover gives me a lot of things to talk about at the seder (frogs)

Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year. Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

NEW ISSUE UPDATE: Issue 065 is live: www.lunastationquart... You'll hear more from me soon about the details and some really exciting news for this year. Unfortunately, a family medical emergency has taken my attention. (it's going to be okay) Thank you all for your patience and support!

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

🛸🛸 big news 🛸🛸 just updated the guidelines. for a lot of reasons i can get into later, NS is switching to 2 stories a month (instead of 4) but that means 🛸🛸 rates are going up 🛸🛸 NS now pays $75 flat for a max of 500 words. that’s min. $0.15/w NS IS 🛸OPEN🛸 www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes two speculative stories per month. Night Shades is OPEN I'll let you know when we're closing! Night Shades opens sporadically and for in...

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My friend wrote this! Read it because it's a GREAT story

Tales to Terrify@talestoterrify.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Welcome to episode 731. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman trapped in a time loop, in an endless fight for her freedom (and the truth). talestoterrify.com/episodes/731-corinne-engber

Issue 10 has its bones! Our exquisite corpse will be affixed with short fiction from: @pbarmby.bsky.social Rachel Esser @crystalkoo.bsky.social @bookended-islal.bsky.social Anne Liberton @parkeriswriting.bsky.social Scott Payne Julia Raye

🛸🛸”When it’s too late to go back and the new member of your family is docile in your arms, the groundskeeper will give you the rundown of everything you need to know about space dogs.” 🛸🛸 from @bookended-islal.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/a-dog-who-we...

A Dog Who Went to Space For Your Daughter

by Isla Lader Andrei is told that past the cenotaph shaped like a dog’s house is where the cosmonauts end and the bitches begin. After that, it’s going to get a little messy, a tad mundane–shovels ar...

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Ecstatic for this to be out there in the world.

Night Shades ⏾@nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“The soil doesn’t feel strange, though. If it does feel strange, that’s just because you think it should.” new story from @bookended-islal.bsky.social you’ll need to get your hands dirty www.nightshadesmag.com/a-dog-who-we...