hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀
Fantasy Magazine
@fantasymagazine.bsky.social
on hiatus... https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/
this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word
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SUPER proud to see #1 deadlands editor in chief @ecatherine.com as a finalist for her work in THE DEADLANDS ...THIS deadlands what?! incredible and a hearty toast to all finalists, a bone-on-bone *clink* well done thanks to the judges and thank you all our readers forever
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…
locusmag.com
they say to vote with your heart but what if you vote with your bones instead? The Deadlands for Hugo Best Semiprozine 2026 BestSEMIPROzine2026 we would like you to vote for us 💀 info and stuff: www.thehugoawards.org
The Hugo Award
The Official Site of The Hugo Award
thehugoawards.org
HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)
hello how are you. GREAT we want to follow more writers and editors and magazine staffs here in the literary & spec fic space if you have 11 second, pls 🙏🏻 reply with some of your favorites, we will follow and say hello let's spread love and recognition like strawberry jam (on toast or other) 💀🍓
we are speechless with joy and pride and wonder @premeemohamed.com's glorious collection One Message Remains is a finalist for the Le Guin Prize!!! AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa 🎉🎉🎉
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
So many wonderful reads, orgs, & ppl on the Ignytes list! I'm EXTREMELY happy to see Ichthyosis by ML Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social included! @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & I are proud of everything we did with @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and it's SO COOL to see this story be celebrated!!!
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are: Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social (1/2)
Outstanding Short Story indeed!! Congratulations @emelkrishnan.bsky.social on your Ignyte nomination for the FANTASTIC Ichthyosis!!
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are: Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social (1/2)
CRYING AND THROWING UP I'm not even going to PRETEND to be cool about this, I'm an IGNYTE nominee???????
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Short Story are: Autogas Ferryman – @champwongs.bsky.social Because I Held His Name Like A Key – @aimeeogdenwrites.com Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s Vessels – @nkereuwxm.bsky.social (1/2)
we are beyond delighted to see @emelkrishnan.bsky.social "Ichthyosis" in this incredible list. it is SUCH a fantastic story and if you haven't already, we can't wait for you to read it 💖
Sneaking this announcement out before the weekend: We are pleased to announce the ToC and share the cover for We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025! www.neonhemlock.com/news/cover-r...
After a grueling couple of months, some incredible news. I'm so thrilled and proud to share that "Ichthyosis," my super queer, Tamil, body horror-mermaid story from @fantasymagazine.bsky.social will be featured in We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025! Am I dreaming? 😱
Sneaking this announcement out before the weekend: We are pleased to announce the ToC and share the cover for We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025! www.neonhemlock.com/news/cover-r...
“What do we owe our ancestors, what do we owe our history, and what do we owe ourselves?” today on the blog!! River of Bones by @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social, reviewed by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social 🖤 psychopomp.com/river-of-bon...
River of Bones Review - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Shingai Njeri Kagunda talks with author Rebecca Roanhorse.
psychopomp.com
Writing Is not about any one submission window, Or agent or award. It's not even about a specific work. Writing is a business of opportunities. One opportunity passes, more always appear. Whatever just happened, you don't know what's coming; or what you'll create in the future.
HEY!!!!!!1 IT'S THAT MAGAZINE WE ARE !!!!!! 👀👀👀 💀 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤
(38/55) Best Semiprozine 🚀 [5 of 6] The Deadlands, publisher Sean Markey (psychopomp.com), editor in chief E. Catherine Tobler (ecatherine.com), poetry editor Nicasio Andres Reed @nicasio.bsky.social, nonfiction editor David Gilmore, necromancer Amanda Downum, art director Cory Skerry
"Someone once asked why My mother’s portrait guards the doorway. “Doesn’t it stop you from healing?” TODAY, beloveds! our first POEM of issue 42: No Mother to Replace by Nosawema O. read it here: ⬇️ 🖤 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
No Mother to Replace - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Someone once asked why / My mother's portrait guards the doorway
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issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD including many deathy fiction and poetry INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh. check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON 💀🦴🖤
The Deadlands - Issue 42 | Psychopomp
Includes the work of Nosawema O., |A. E. Weisgerber, Phoenix Mendoza, R.B. Lemberg, Maya Ysabel Ng, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr., Diana Dima, and Kelsey Dean
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April aside... If you have ever wondered... "what are the experiences of authors of color in SFF???" you should check this out, originally pubbed in F&SF in Summer 2025: arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe... I mean... it's April? But I'm still hoping ppl will read it? : )
By the Numbers 10 - Arley's House
arleysorg.com
Everybody go read this new story by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social
If you were programmed to be respectable, what would you do to break your code? In "Mycelium Memory Makes A Monster," Imani is imprisoned by a cop and finds an unlikely ally in the Once Girl Made of Mycelium, a vast, interconnected network of fungi. Read the full story out now on Tractor Beam! 🍄📖✨
Original flash fiction... Original short fiction... Original poetry... Plus interviews with seriously cool people! We published three issues in 2025! Give them a read! psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Fantasy Homepage - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
FANTASY MAGAZINE is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy-dark fantasy, contemporary
psychopomp.com
Original flash fiction... Original short fiction... Original poetry... Plus interviews with seriously cool people! We published three issues in 2025! Give them a read! psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Fantasy Homepage - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
FANTASY MAGAZINE is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy-dark fantasy, contemporary
psychopomp.com
This is my "Year in Review" piece at Locus, where I talk about some of the titles I enjoyed. locusmag.com/feature/the-... Also - By the Numbers 10, from F&SF, for folks who haven't seen it yet: "What are the experiences of authors of color in publishing?" arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
The Year in Review 2025 by Arley Sorg
The Year in Review 2025 2025 has been another tumultuous, terrible year for a lot of people in this country. Hate and prejudice seem to drive the decisions and actions of individuals in power, refl…
locusmag.com
The review features the following stories: “The Language We Have Learned to Carry in Our Skin” by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social “If Memory Serves” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social
Big news!! I am SO excited to share that my sci-fi novella, Bright Phaedra, has landed with Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social It's a near future story about asexual connection, the temptations of AI, and the unboundedness of love. I can't wait for you all to read this one!!
Get a taste of my short fiction reviews in LOCUS! You can read my thoughts on Fantasy Magazine, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur online at the Locus website. locusmag.com/review/fanta...
Fantasy Autumn, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur Fall: Review by Maria Haskins
Fantasy Autumn ’25 Bourbon Penn 11/25 Tasavvur Fall ’25 Issue #98 of Fantasy Magazine is the second issue since the magazine came under Psychopomp’s publishing umbrella with Shingai Njeri Kagunda …
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It's that time! Vote in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
Big big CONGRATULATIONS!!! To the Nebula Awards Finalists!
Congratulations to all the Nebula Award finalists!