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Bree Wernicke

@breewernicke.bsky.social

actor, writer, SAG-AFTRA, Codex. words in: Fusion Fragment, Baffling, Strange Horizons, & more! she/her

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Wen Wen@muteddragon.bsky.social · 2w ago

My latest story is available to Orion's Belt subscribers now! Grief, connection and some special candles.

Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

🌞 OB summer issue #36 is now live for our subscribers, & also available to buy (link below). This issue was made possible by powerful, transformative stories, poems, & interviews that invite us to look inside ourselves, into our past, and at the world around us. Join the read & the journey! 🌞

M.R. Robinson@mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW STORY DAY! “Ghost in the Tank” is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com! It’s about giant mechs and censorship by tech companies and getting punched in the face and desperate queer shame and all the ugliest intersections of technology and culture. I think it’s my best work. I hope you love it.

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 ...

lightspeedmagazine.com

Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Strange Horizons Kickstarter to fund 2027 will begin on Sunday, 7 June, 2026! This is a critical time for SFF publications when the existence of venues publishing short speculative fiction, poetry and non-fiction is sometimes uncertain. We hope that you will keep us publishing for another year!

Strange Horizons annual Kickstarter 7 June 2026
Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fans of FF (FFans?), here's one mag issue in particular you'll probably want to check out. It features (FFeatures?) five (FFive!) FFers: @jyzh.bsky.social @sydneyficant137.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @thelialao.bsky.social and @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social!!!

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HAPPY PRIDE, ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW FOR SUBSCRIBERS!!! Check your email! 🪐🗡️🌈 Issue 2 will be free online on June 15th—but if you'd like to support a queer magazine AND read Issue 2 without waiting, you can snag a copy now! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/3e872a158d Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/others... (1/2)

OTHERSIDE Issue 2 cover on the left, with text on the right that says ISSUE 2: nine stories, six poems, one essay, original art by queer creators available now for subscribers. www.othersidespec.com
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Congratulations to OTHERSIDE authors @mimulus.bsky.social, @tobymacnutt.bsky.social, @breewernicke.bsky.social, and Gospel Chinedu—and all the finalists! Look at all these incredible poems 🤩💜

SF & F Poetry Assn@sfpoetry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Announcing the 2026 Rhysling Award Finalists! The Rhysling juries have made their decisions, and the 2026 Rhysling Award finalists have been chosen. Find the 50 Short Poem and 25 Long Poem finalists threaded below! /

V. Astor Solomon@howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have some stories for you on this fine Wednesday! This time I've pulled things from @breewernicke.bsky.social and @rfdwrites.bsky.social Both have excellent themes on bodies and what we choose (or not choose) to do with them, which is what had me pair these two with each other.

Two Fic Tuesday for May 5th

Hi, hello and welcome! This week we're talking about bodies. About the body you have, and the one you could have, and about what will happen for you to get one you like better, or perhaps one that you didn't get to choose. This topic is one I feel close

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OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our Issue 2 TOC is officially here! 🪐🗡️ We are so excited to reveal this stellar lineup of nine stories, six poems, and one essay by sixteen incredible authors—and we absolutely cannot WAIT for you to read this dreamy, gorgeous, magical issue in June. More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/7)

White text on a blurry orange and purple background. Text reads: Issue 2, June 2026 Original Fiction Crowns - cee-cee manrique First to Rot - J.N. Howell Chī Kǔ - J.Y. Zhang Before She Knew About Magic - Joshua Geller Schwartz This Is C(lone)-Pop - Lia Lao We Who Have Been Raised by Tigers - P.V. Vamsidhar Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - Sydney Paige Guerrero Nonfiction A Noose of Purple Silk - Sidney GradyWhite text on a blurry orange and purple background. Text reads: Issue 2, June 2026 Original Poetry girl flogged by a false-named whip - Amie Shen Masquerade. - Chidera Offor Ganymede - Gospel Chinedu obsolesce - Macey Levington As seen through the hole of the hag stone: - Sienna Tristen Open Your Eyes Again - Toby MacNutt Reprint Fiction Two People - Ben Francisco Spider Kiss - Bree Wernicke
ash vale@ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

absolutely surreal to say, but- I have a poem out in @nightmare-magazine.com !! consumed is cannibal trans dysphoria horror that ponders what it might be like if your girlfriend just ate the parts of you that cause distress 😁 free to read 5/27, available for purchase now!

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 164 (May 2026) - Nightmare Magazine

We're offering up original short fiction from Sarah Grey (“Hollow Cast”), plus an unusual treat---a creative nonfiction piece that reads like a short story: “Art the Clown attends the Jane Hirschfield...

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈@spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 4mo ago

today is the daaaay! my tragic sapphic space jousting/knights story is free to read over at Lightspeed ✨ it’s a little messy and angsty, but there is a cool mechanical pegasus so it’s fine!! I hope you enjoy “Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight” 🪐

Lightspeed Magazine@lightspeedmagazine.com · 4mo ago

This week, on LIGHTSPEED: "Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight" by V.M. Ayala www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/sain...

RM@dorsalstream.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Inspired by @jyzh.bsky.social I give you FF#27 in emoji form 🌿🌿🌿💊🌿🌿🌿 🐦💬🐱💬🐶💬💧😥 👩‍🔬💊🥊 🤖➕❤️=😥 🧏‍♂️📝 🧍🏻‍♀️🤖🧍🏻‍♀️🏠🍳🏭👨🏻‍⚕️ 🥊🚕🦁🚨🚨🦁 (Sorry I'm bad at this, I'm over 40 and use full sentences when I text people.) Anyway, get FF#27 for free here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

Issue #27

“A Prescription for Suicide” by Anya Leigh Josephs: controversial pills / ethical debates / at what cost, freedom?”Digital Love Spell – 78% Effective!” by Katharine Ty…

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J. Y. Zhang@jyzh.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"The Sum of Her Parts" is out in Fusion Fragment today (woo-hoo), and I'm so honoured to be among so many talented writers! I am struggling to describe my story, but it's basically like: 🧍🏻‍♀️🤖🧍🏻‍♀️🏠🍳🏭👨🏻‍⚕️ and if this intruigues you, read and find out xd