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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wooo! That's "Exhibition" by @lxuwrites.bsky.social from Saros SF #1, edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, in the final TOC for Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction!

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌱 2/6

Banded Iron
T.K. Rex
The Sunday Morning Transport

Butterfly Pavilion
G. Willow Wilson
Uncanny Magazine

Exhibition
Lu Xu
Saros Speculative Fiction

greasy luck
Samir Sirk Morató
Cosmic Horror Monthly

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Downloads of FF#27 continue to be sluggish, which is a shame because I think it's a really top notch issue. Anyway, as punishment you must suffer additional promotion. Go read at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

One of those trope promo images, with the curly arrows pointing to fun tropes, with FF#27 in the center. Lemme go counterclockwise here and tell you the tropes, starting at the top:

-Free to read
-Pretty much every character in it is not completely OK
-Invisible lions
-Death by plant
-The liquid ones are watching you right now!!!
-I really want you to read it. Yes, you specifically. The others don't matter to me. Not like you do.
-That "we're here to have a bad time" Trent Reznor meme.

@goblins-galaxies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The spring issue is out now! Subscribers, the issue will be showing up in your inbox/mailbox shortly. If you aren't a subscriber, you can snag the single issue on our website now: https://bit.ly/4t5Sggm

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to see "Exhibition" by @lxuwrites.bsky.social from Saros #1 on the shortlist! Also work by FFers @andtatcat.bsky.social @louisinglishall.bsky.social @octavia-cade.bsky.social @ideofmarch.bsky.social! Congrats all!

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are excited to announce the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! 🌙🌱 The shortlisted stories were chosen for their compelling writing and emotional impact. Finalists will be announced in coming weeks. Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the authors! 🍄💜

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 6mo ago

FF #27 and Saros SF #5 have arrived! Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/ Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!

The covers of FF #27 (featuring a skull with plants/flowers blooming from it) and Saros SF #5 (featuring a sound wave). Overlaid text reads:

FF#27 and Saros #5: Dual Release Day
Now Available!!

Lia Lao @thelialao.bsky.social · 7mo ago

as a new zealander, i’m also eligible for the sir julius vogel awards! 🥝🥹 anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by @fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... sarossf.com/issue-1/

Lia Lao@thelialao.bsky.social · 7mo ago

realised i never made an official 2025 pubs list, so... hi! i had one short out in saros sf (publisher: @fusionfragment.bsky.social, 4k words) last year, feat: 🏍️flying car crashes 💎sapphic nepo babies 🧠 transplanting your situationship's memories into your brain to cope with her death <33

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Excited to see @timjmajor.bsky.social's "Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes" from Saros #1 make the TOC of Best British SF! You can read the story for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/ And congrats to FFers @drfionamoore.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social as well!

Issue #1 - Saros Speculative Fiction

Edited by Megan J. Kerr “Exhibition” by Lu Xu: taxidermy on alien worlds / the hunt / the need to conquer “Looking Glass” by Lia Lao: heiresses / becoming what others want / resistance “Four Fabricati...

sarossf.com

Donna Scott@wishusdonna.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Delighted to share the full ToC for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Pre-orders now available on the Newcon Press website! www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Book cover depicting a section of a fiery sun surface against a dark, starry space background.

Best of British Science Fiction 2025
KEITH BROOKE & ERIC BROWN
LAVIE TIDHAR
ANNE CHARNOCK
TADE THOMPSON
GARETH L. POWELL
STARK HOLBORN
FIONA MOORE
TIM MAJOR
STEWART HOTSTON
E.M. FAULDS
STEPHEN ORAM
...and many more...
Edited by Donna Scott

Hannah Greer @hannahgreer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's release day for Saros #4, edited by me! It contains five beautiful, character-driven post-apocalyptic stories by fantastic authors. I really enjoyed putting this issue together, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it just as much! sarossf.com/issue-4/

Issue #4 - Saros Speculative Fiction

Edited by Hannah Greer “At the Heart of It” by Christina Tang-Bernas: organ harvesting / moon colonies / a fresh start “Brain Leech” by Eric Fomley: memory selling / for the good of the family / corpo...

sarossf.com

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you checked out Saros SF yet? FF's sister mag sees 1st time guest editors completely design their own issue, from sub call to layout. See what @meganjkerr.bsky.social, @speculativekane.bsky.social, and @erratawrites.bsky.social have put together in their issues! sarossf.com/issues-2025/

The three covers for Saros #1, #2, and #3, on a dark blue/black background.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · last yr.

Saros #2 arrives on March 31st! Edited by @speculativekane.bsky.social, this cocktail-themed issue has work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social and @jmbest.bsky.social!

Saros Issue Two Table of Contents graphic, with the following text:

edited by c.a. kane

l. chan: Caddisfly lover
House Trichoptera / crystal chrysalis cocktail / memory

ian li: poured from the stars
bartending audition / celestial ingredients / unresolved feelings

bree wernicke: journal of ron bacewicz (recovered)
camping journal / thirsty mosquitos / nice weather

spencer nitkey: traceback error
gender_identity_matrix / cosmopolitans / punching

jim best: risen
faith / the mysteries of the blood / miracles?

and drabbles by:
Lesley Hart Gunn / Mari Ness / Caroline Hung / Lex Chamberlin / Rien Gray

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · last yr.

Wow! Congrats to FFers @thesuiway.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @angelaliu.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social, @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, and @kurellian.bsky.social on being Nebula finalists, and to @cjlavigne.com for the Service Award! nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2...

2024 - The Nebula Awards®

nebulas.sfwa.org

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

The table of contents for Saros #2 is here! Editor @speculativekane.bsky.social presents flash fiction by @lchanwrites.bsky.social, @ianli.bsky.social, @breewernicke.bsky.social, @spencerwriting.bsky.social, and @jmbest.bsky.social. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! 1/2

Cover for Saros Speculative Fiction #2: Cocktail Edition

In the background, there's a bunch of ethereal blue and pink wisps, like maybe paint strokes or impressionistic clouds? From off cover, a hand in a suitsleeve, holds a halved citrus, from which a tentacle emerges. The tentacle is dripping into a wine glass, which contains an open mouth.

Text on the bottom says:
Edited by C.A. Kane
Featuring original fiction by Jim Best, Lex Chamberlin, L. Chan, Lesley Hart Gunn, Rien Gray, Caroline Hung, Ian Li, Mari Ness, Spencer Nitkey, Bree Wernicke. March 2025.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

The always fantastic monthly short fiction rec list from Alex Brown contains "Rent-A-Joe" by @thesuiway.bsky.social from Saros #1, along with tons of other great stories!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trying to distract from The Horrors? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends ten new short stories by authors who haven't been featured in the Short Fiction Spotlight until now! This month we've got fungal horror (spore-ror?), vampires, and a mysterious djinn 📚 reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

YOU THERE! YES, YOU! Have you read the debut issue of Saros SF yet? It could be yours for the low, low price of free in mere moments! sarossf.com/issue-1/

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

Saros #1 Table of Contents graphic. On the left is cover art, a blue background with the silhouette of mountains and lights (fireflies?) in the foreground. A figure holds a sceptre topped with light. Text reads:

Edited by Megan J. Kerr

“Exhibition” by Lu Xu: taxidermy on alien worlds / the hunt / the need to conquer

“Looking Glass” by Lia Lao: heiresses / becoming what others want / resistance

“Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes” by Tim Major: experiments / stormy time-loops / what is Francine?

“Rent-A-Joe” by A.D. Sui: body rentals / fixing the world you broke / making ends meet

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did you know that Saros has a recommendations section just like FF? Find out why @thelialao.bsky.social loves work by @emilytesh.net (spoiler alert: teeth), why @thesuiway.bsky.social loves work by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social (spoiler alert: blood), and lots more great recs for your TBR pile!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Story #4 in the debut issue of Saros SF is "Rent-A-Joe" by @thesuiway.bsky.social. Read the whole story (for free!) at sarossf.com/issue-1/

"Rent-a-Joe" by A.D. Sui

Mornings are a pain in the ass and this one blows them all out of the water.
Two guys in suits, what’s left of their suits, lay in various degrees of disassembly in the bathtub. Joe doesn’t know how they got there, but he usually doesn’t know how he gets to his apartment every night. That’s the perk of being a Rentable with Rent-A-Body™. Joe never has to remember any of his night work, never does any of it conscious. He goes to sleep at the terminal and wakes up with his bank account a thousand units fatter. Easy.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

A little late, but print copies of Saros #1 are now available for $8.99 CAD + shipping! sarossf.com/issue-1/

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW STORY DAY! My second-ever story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social—and, much like my first story, it’s about an old lady going for a walk! But it’s also about hope, connection, and the way love helps us survive impossible times. www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

The Hag of Beinn Nibheis

In the Dead Month, Brigid goes to the mountain to speak with the hag. She does not know what else to do.Beinn Nibheis towers black and rimeslick over the Narrows, taller than any peak of Nature’s m…

flashfictiononline.com

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Story #3 in the debut issue of Saros SF is "Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes" by @timjmajor.bsky.social. Read the whole story (for free!) at sarossf.com/issue-1/

"Four Fabrications on Francine Descartes" by Tim Major

After closing the door I pause, absorbing all that I have been told. I am an intelligent man, with wits perhaps beyond my station, and the information provided by Descartes has set something moving in my mind. There is a world beyond the practical, a world of thought and ideas. It is seductive. But it would be wrong to barrage a passenger with questions. The model that dictates the successful operation of this ship would not allow for it. I begin to move away from the door—but then I stop again at the sound of voices. One belongs to Descartes. The other is the voice of a young girl.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Story #2 in the debut issue of Saros SF is "Looking Glass" by @thelialao.bsky.social. Read the whole thing (for free!) at sarossf.com/issue-1/

"Looking Glass" by Lia Lao

It’s almost laughable that she couldn’t make the trip in person. Still, you know why. It’s because she can’t stand to see you. You, her daughter. You, her fallen masterpiece. The one who’s torn herself apart with her own hands.
She used to brag about how carefully she created you. How she consulted the best doctors—grew ten mirror images in a laboratory—and decided you were the one who deserved to live.
You weren’t the smartest. You weren’t the strongest. But you were the prettiest and the most amenable and that was what mattered to her.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

The first story in Saros #1 is "Exhibition" by @lxuwrites.bsky.social. Check out the first paragraph and read the rest (for free!) here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

"Exhibition" by Lu Xu

In her dreams, Gael has been fantasizing about stepping barefoot onto the Earth’s grass again. Here on this foreign planet, the land her feet touch is navy blue, so much so that if you flew the space shuttle across a field you would think it an ocean. There is no ocean here, just storms and rain, but when she sleeps she can still taste the saltiness of the endless sea. That is home—where the flora is verdant and the soil is crumbly and brown, not azure. When it thunders here, calamitously, she dreams about the peach trees and the love and the cars. The crows and the elephants and the rats and the sharks.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

For the weekend crowd! Catch the debut issue of Saros SF--a new magazine designed to give the "magazine editing experience" to aspiring editors. Our first issue is edited by longtime FF reader @meganjkerr.bsky.social, who's been published previously in Clarkesworld.

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

Lu #AmWriting @lxuwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

So excited to be featured in this issue! If you’re interested in reading about alien taxidermy, definitely check out my short story in there 👽

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

Megan J. Kerr @meganjkerr.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 is here! Go read these fantastic stories!!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, this issue features stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/

Megan J. Kerr @meganjkerr.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tomorrow!!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros SF #1 arrives on January 17th! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, the debut issue of FF's sister magazine includes stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social with cover art by Barbara Candiotti.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

The submission gates are opened--send us your stories! sarossf.com/submissions/

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's almost submissions time for Saros #3, edited by @erratawrites.bsky.social! For the next month, they'll be reading your post-cyberpunk drabbles and flash fiction! Full submission details at: sarossf.com/submissions/

On a background of a photo of rain drops:

Saros #3: Cyberpunk >> postcyberpunk / solarpunk / lunarpunk / biopunk >> beyond
A digital dystopia in transition, soon to be lost in time, like Tears in Rain: A collection of drabbles and flash.

Submission period January 15th to February 15th

Drabbles, payment $4 CAD
Sets of 5 drabbles, payment $20 CAD
Flash fiction of 500 to 1500 words, payment $40 CAD
Cover art, payment $40 CAD

Megan J. Kerr @meganjkerr.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros #1 is almost here! I am so excited to share these great stories with everyone on January 17th!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros SF #1 arrives on January 17th! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, the debut issue of FF's sister magazine includes stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social with cover art by Barbara Candiotti.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saros SF #1 arrives on January 17th! Edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social, the debut issue of FF's sister magazine includes stories by @lxuwrites.bsky.social, @thelialao.bsky.social, @timjmajor.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social with cover art by Barbara Candiotti.

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2y ago

And although I encourage you to download a copy for free if you don't have the cash, there's an extra incentive for buying an issue. Through 11/24, all proceeds from sales of FF#23 will be donated to Islamic Relief Canada, to aid in their ongoing work in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, and other areas.