NEW SARA AND SIMO STORY IN @diabolicalplots.com!!! My first cowritten short story... grotesque chatter between a car and a cougar and roadkill. hazardous POVs. If you like your prose kaleidoscopic, you should read 🤑🤑 we did it @srinivassimo.bsky.social! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Now finally free to read at @adventitiouswords.bsky.social! www.adventitious.net/stories/a-ga...

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3w ago

Btw this is the story I withdrew from Analog after 7 months of negotiations. Thrilled to finally see it published, as I’m so proud of this one. But why take my word for it? Take it from the man himself, while he was still trying to convince me to sign his contract (at least we agreed on one thing):

Back to our regularly scheduled resistance, we bring you I am My Art by Ayida Shonibar where love and art can topple empires. I think what I enjoyed about this piece, alongside the fantastic imagery is that love is the baseline here regardless of everything else. #resist

ayida shonibar@ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 7d ago

My flash piece—on crafting the statues of colonisers and toppling them—is now free to read! I'm so honoured and delighted to have this story first published in the Luminescent Machinations anthology by @neonhemlock.bsky.social and now shared through Flash Fiction Online's iconic RESIST anthology!!

Less than $500 until QUIET HOURS is funded. I know that you want to get fucked up by Queer Community horror sooner rather than later, so consider backing the kickstarter if you haven’t www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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My heart has been with Black British academics all day. It's my friend's story to tell, but one of the most horrific stories I know about a Black doctorate's journey was over in the UK. The United States is its own "rough beast." But they, they're dealing with the beast's mother. My God.

The only conversation worth having is how Black people are overpoliced & over-punished & held to different standards in all aspects of life. That there is an outrage when Black people transgress that isn’t there when their non-Black counterparts do.

I’m not trying to hear about plagiarism from people who can’t get anything done without AI. You’re disqualified on this one. That plagiarism is bad is supposed to be a settled social belief. AI use muddies the whole thing.

Our Issue 3 TOC is HERE and it is AMAZING 🪐 🗡️ Seven pieces of original fiction, four poems, two reprints, and a special guest essay come together in an issue full of desperation and longing. We can't wait for you to read it in September! More details in the 🧵(1/7)

My flash piece—on crafting the statues of colonisers and toppling them—is now free to read! I'm so honoured and delighted to have this story first published in the Luminescent Machinations anthology by @neonhemlock.bsky.social and now shared through Flash Fiction Online's iconic RESIST anthology!!

Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 7d ago

“I always start with the face. So I don’t forget the kind of monsters they have us commemorate.” Our midweek read, “I Am My Art” by Ayida Shonibar, is part of our RESIST anthology. @ayidashonibar.bsky.social #artisresistance #resist #flashfiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...

"Something squelches beneath my rhodium boot." We Decay In The Dark by @ayidashonibar.bsky.social #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/we-d...

We Decay in the Dark by Ayida Shonibar | Adventitious

A post-apocalyptic novelette of vengeance, divided worlds, and the moment the certainty of our worldview begins to collapse.

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We're getting so close to funding already! As an incentive, here is my little love letter to QUIET HOURS by Esther Alter (@esther-alter.bsky.social) that I'd love to include in this novella series if we reach that first stretch goal. It's really effective piece of queer housing horror.

Chief Justice Surya Kant said that the bench was ‘not interested in videos’ that show police allegedly using excessive force during Monday’s demonstration. scroll.in/latest/10944...

OK, so to give a bit of earlier backstory as to why they're called the CJP, the chief justice of India referred to NEET youth in India as "cockroaches" within the system who were a threat to Indian society who turned to activism or journalism www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

‘Cockroach Janta Party’: Top Indian judge’s comment sparks satire, protest

Controversial remark by Supreme Court chief justice triggers a political movement, with thousands of Gen Z signing up.

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Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 4w ago

i might write up a thread on the Cockroach Janata Party tomorrow if anyone is interested?

Young people putting their bodies on the line, while standing up for their rights, are being tear gassed and lathi charged. Children as young as 12 years old. The state will not tolerate dissent or protests (that matter).

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4w ago

Police attack Cockroach activists as thousands march on Indian parliament https://aje.news/936c0h

very hyped to be featured alongside sooo many crazy good stories!!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 4w ago

Dystopian puppet shows, speculative email threads, and TEETH. and TEETH. and more TEETH. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social rounds up the SFF short stories you need to check out from June!

This ecological, diasporic frog & scorpion fable retelling is one of my more experimental pieces: non-linear, shifting voice/perspective, skating around science & speculation. I wrote it for people boxed into stereotypes by condemnations like "It's in your nature." tasavvurnama.com/in-their-nat...

In Their Nature - Tasavvur

In Their Nature is a South Asian Speculative Fiction story written by Ayida Shonibar for the Summer 2026 edition of Tasavvur magazine.

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Tasavvur Magazine@tasavvurnama.bsky.social · last mo.

Ayida Shonibar's 'In Their Nature' is a beautifully unsettling story where the ordinary takes an uncanny turn. Read the full story on the website. [🔮: #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #fyp #summerissue] Issue 16, south asian literature, speculative fiction magazine, writing community

This ecological, diasporic frog & scorpion fable retelling is one of my more experimental pieces: non-linear, shifting voice/perspective, skating around science & speculation. I wrote it for people boxed into stereotypes by condemnations like "It's in your nature." tasavvurnama.com/in-their-nat...

In Their Nature - Tasavvur

In Their Nature is a South Asian Speculative Fiction story written by Ayida Shonibar for the Summer 2026 edition of Tasavvur magazine.

tasavvurnama.com

Tasavvur Magazine@tasavvurnama.bsky.social · last mo.

Ayida Shonibar's 'In Their Nature' is a beautifully unsettling story where the ordinary takes an uncanny turn. Read the full story on the website. [🔮: #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #fyp #summerissue] Issue 16, south asian literature, speculative fiction magazine, writing community

have you had the chance to read my nerdiest poem yet? ⚡️

gwendolyn hicks@prioryruins.bsky.social · last mo.

“Six Views of a Speedster” in the phenomenal @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is OUT!!! an ode to my favorite superhero archetype a character study a primer on how speedsters helped me make sense of being alive the way i am a poem, i hope, that moves! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-...

This is how I found out that 17 years after my first nomination, my writing actually won a Shirley Jackson. Thanks @johnlangan.bsky.social. Thank you to the jurors. Thank you to my publisher @ghoulish.bsky.social. This is wild, lol.

We celebrate SILK & SINEW contributors with a look at the inspiration behind @ayidashonibar.bsky.social Ayida Shonibar's story, "An Unholy Terroir"! open.substack.com/pub/kpkulski... #badhandbooks #silkandsinewantho #folkhorror #authors #bramstokeraward #asiandiasporastorytelling

Eeee!!! It me!!! I am so thrilled my story "Shelley's System Data for the Play Test of Sinister Susurrations" will be in this anthology. And I cannot wait to read all these other stories. I mean, wow, those titles are PERFECTION! 😍

Merc Fenn Wolfmoor@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · last mo.

I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

my story "the old mill" will be in here!! 🔜🔥🌲

Merc Fenn Wolfmoor@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · last mo.

I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

My ecological, diasporic retelling of the frog and scorpion fable is in this issue! 🦂 I'm always so blown away by the gorgeous covers featured in Tasavvur's issues. This season's surreally beautiful art is by Samriddha Roy! tasavvurnama.com/in-their-nat...

In Their Nature - Tasavvur

In Their Nature is a South Asian Speculative Fiction story written by Ayida Shonibar for the Summer 2026 edition of Tasavvur magazine.

tasavvurnama.com

Tasavvur Magazine@tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The wait is over—Summer Issue 16 is now live! We're excited to share a fresh lineup of South Asian speculative fiction stories, curated by our wonderful guest editor - M.L. Krishnan Read the issue through the link in bio. [🔮 - #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #summerissue #fyp ]

The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵

An incredible discussion and analysis of @ayidashonibar.bsky.social's layered and fabulous story, "An Unholy Terroir" found in Silk & Sinew. I am awestruck. Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social, thank you @r-emrys.bsky.social and Anne M. Pillsworth for all the careful research and excellent deep dive!

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

"If people are going to call you inhuman, and treat you as monsters, wouldn’t it be tempting, sometimes, to prove them right?" Reading the Weird is playing with fire in Ayida Shonibar's "An Unholy Terroir," first published in Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora!

Really surreal to get to say that my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated story (??) “Mother’s Mother’s Daughter” will be in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol 2! Huge thanks to Michael, @garnetonwinter.bsky.social, and @badhandbooks.bsky.social ❤️pre-orders are available now!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

I can't describe what it means to see such in-depth analysis of my writing—including extensive, thoughtful research into the various folklore traditions, historical references, & sociocultural themes in my story (from the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social!) 🖤✨️

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

"If people are going to call you inhuman, and treat you as monsters, wouldn’t it be tempting, sometimes, to prove them right?" Reading the Weird is playing with fire in Ayida Shonibar's "An Unholy Terroir," first published in Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora!

So honoured to be included in Flash Fiction Online's timely collection, alongside this amazing lineup, with my story "I Am My Art," which is about crafting the statues of colonisers—and toppling them. 🔥

Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨COVER REVEAL! ✨We’re super excited our “RESIST” anthology, a collection of resistance-themed flash fiction, is coming out Monday, June 15th!! 🎉 Edited by: @wordrat.bsky.social This cover was designed for us by Andy Cotnam. All proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit Waging Nonviolence.

my story about gender and past lives is now online in @othersidespec.bsky.social and YOUU can read it!!! i love this story and i am so happy to see it in a magazine that i adore 🧡🐅 othersidespec.com/pieces/we-wh... some thoughts on this piece in the thread !