congratulations to all the World Fantasy Award Finalists!!!!!!*

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Don't forget to pre-order this beauty, if you haven't. Dropping October. We're not crowd-funding this. The only way it keeps going is through your generosity. Plus, it's pretty good. Shoot me a line if you're unsure if you've pre-ordered. Thx!! undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2 — Undertow Publications

Pre-Order. Shipping October 2026. Cover art by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis PRAISE FOR THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR “Momentous... an indispensable guide to the state of the weird in ...

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Sydney (and Australia) writer peeps: we're trying our hand at putting on a con for speculative fiction writers. Tickets will be live soon. scribes.com.au/consyderation/ Please share.

The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Hey you. Yes, you! Do you have opinions? Do you want to talk about them in front of an enthusiastic and adoring audience? Then Conflux 2026: Beyond the Abyss needs your help! Conflux is Canberra-- nay, Australia's most extremely awesome speculative fiction [...] https://csfg.org.au/?p=8810

Excited to get a copy of Dirtbags by @captainamerico.bsky.social and Madison Lee! Made it to writing group for the first time in a while, got some fantastic book and film recs 🖤

Have you signed up to participate for Flights of Foundry yet? Express your interest by July 31! airtable.com/appFTsG...

Preorders are now open for ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Please support our little imprint and this series by preordering -- it makes a huge difference to the success of the books. And you get 30% off the price ✨🦋🌿

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last wk.

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

Are you interested interested in appearing on a panel or giving a presentation at Flights of Foundry this year? Want to host a meetup or run a workshop? Whatever the activity is, let us know who you are and what your interest is! Sign up: flights-of-foundry.o...

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jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · last wk.

THE BAT'S A CUTE LITTLE ANIMAL: WIGGLES ITS EARS AND EATS WORMS (Evansville Press, Indiana, January 14, 1909)

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur

Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,

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SFF friends in Australia! (Sydney in particular) A small crew of us are running a writers con over 11-13 September at Old Government House in Parramatta Park. At the moment we're open for EOI for panels: forms.gle/a4oiRLjmpLcb...

ConSYDeration Panels

For appearances over the weekend of 12-13 September 2026. ConSYDeration 2026 is the inaugural speculative writers con programmed by Sydney Speculative Scribes in partnership with WestWords. Held at ...

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If you publish with Ingram, you need to opt out from them knowingly selling your books to companies which then use those books to train AI. It should be opt in, but as with all this shit, it's opt out. So make sure you opt out. Here's a link to the opt-out form: www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-...

And now it’s just three more days!

Sesame Street The Count

Alt: Sesame Street The Count says three

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Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2w ago

Kaleidotrope is still open to fiction and poetry submissions for four more days. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

Quick sketches of Max’s signature dance moves drawn at writing group a few weeks ago (I didn’t get anything written)! Life is Strange: Reunion was the sequel I didn’t know I needed—what a perfect ending to Max and Chloe’s story. Hooked from when this video popped up on my YouTube, the nostalgia 🤯🌀🍂💚

Trying to start a discord group for women and non-binary writers of speculative (or just kind of strange in all genres) fiction. So we can encourage each other, etc. On the ground floor right now. If you want in, let me know, and I'll send you the link!

super excited to share my story/rpg and to get to read everyone else's 👀 🔥🔥

Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2w ago

YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY's space-case sibling touches down this October! Nearly 40 trans & GNC creators take Horror & Weird fiction to cosmic dimensions never before explored. YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, out 10/6. Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com Cover art by @mxmorgan.com 🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Really happy with how the canvas prints turned out! This one has winged its way elsewhere but I took the opportunity to hang it on my wall briefly to take a photo! 🖼️ www.inprnt.com/canvas/chpea...

I'd read it

More holiday photos (yes they are overwhelmingly of cockatoos)

I've finally written a newsletter with a whole bunch of updates. It'll go out some time next week. I'll be doing a giveaway of a hardcover of Fitcher's Bird (not due out until Oct), so if you want to be in the running, sign up for said newsletter at www.angelaslatter.com - a prompt should drop down.

he's just an awkward little guy trying to make his way in the world who keeps a pet mouse he fastidiously washes. he's just a little guy who may be two or three guys, most of them trying to get people to open their eyes. he'sjustalittleguiseohtheterroirtheterrorthetower

Alexandria "Ellen" F-J@binaryvixen899.bsky.social · 3w ago

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Bless you for writing Whitby, by the way. How did you even come up with that guy?

We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @geneveflynn.bsky.social 's work, "A Pocket of Soil" & "If I am to Earn My Tether" kpkulski.substack.com/p/a-pocket-o... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling

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Thank you @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social for having us, at another brilliant Story Hour! @tiatashiro.bsky.social's story, "Missing Helen" cuts deep on identity and second lives. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/

Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week, fan favorite Eliane Boey returns—and Tia Tashiro makes her Story Hour debut! Tia will read her Hugo-, Locus- and Sturgeon-nominated “Missing Helen.” Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @elianeboey.bsky.social @tiatashiro.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

INPRNT do circle stickers now as well as square 👀 (I don’t need any more stickers) www.inprnt.com/stickers/chp...

Wanna hear it direct from the Tenebrous mouth? Boss @alexwoodroe.com sat with @paulsemel.bsky.social for a great interview that covers all things BRAVE NEW WEIRD, what we look for in our submissions pile, her own writing, & more! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

Brave New Weird: Volume Four · Alex Woodroe · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "Brave New Weird: Volume Four" Editor Alex Woodroe \ In which she talks about this short story anthology.

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