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a journal of ends and beginnings https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/ published by @psychopomp.com, tweets by @feliciafm.bsky.social and @seanmarkey.bsky.social
this Throwback Thursday, please enjoy my short story "doorbell dot mov" in @thedeadlands.com ! psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
doorbell dot mov - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
It’s 3:00 a.m. and the doorbell rings, because that’s always when the doorbell rings, if it’s going to. I don’t have to go to the door; I can pull up the video on my phone, always overexposed, too whi...
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quick TL;DR -- @ecatherine.com was recently hospitalized and needs time to recover, so we will wait for her. full details in our POST
hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
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hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
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"When Deehah, my grandmother, dies, I decide that I will take her eyeballs before the family swoops in." today's FICTION, beloveds!! read Inheritance by Shobhita Narayan HERE: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Inheritance / Shobhita Narayan / Psychopomp
Read Inheritance, by Shobhita Narayan, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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YES this is actually the best we are not biased xo also #1 poetry editor @nicasio.bsky.social is THE BEST true facts #ReadMoreDeathPoetry2026AndFutureYearsAsWell
Bruce H. McCosar@bmccosar.bsky.social · last mo.I will let you in on a secret ... not a secret, really, but I wish more people were in on it. The poetry in @thedeadlands.com is the best. Or maybe it just suits me the best. You decide, eh? psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Do yourself a favor and read this poem by @rukman.bsky.social when you have a moment… #poetry #newpoems
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · last mo."Emptiness is its own language, but you and I, we have learned to speak it. " TODAY beloveds this poem this poem this poem!!! There are lonely things in the forest by @rukman.bsky.social read it here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"Emptiness is its own language, but you and I, we have learned to speak it. " TODAY beloveds this poem this poem this poem!!! There are lonely things in the forest by @rukman.bsky.social read it here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
There are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / Psychopomp
Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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"Emptiness is its own language, but you and I, we have learned to speak it. " TODAY beloveds this poem this poem this poem!!! There are lonely things in the forest by @rukman.bsky.social read it here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
There are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / Psychopomp
Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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"as Dark Souls III demonstrates, even the grandest of bonfires eventually burns down to ashes." TODAY beloveds!! our latest non-fic 🔥 Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life by Kelsey Nichols 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Dark Souls III / Kelsey Nichols / Psychopomp
Read Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols, an essay from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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just so so delighted and excited and in awe of @premeemohamed.com!!!!
Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 2mo ago🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 In One Message Remains, @premeemohamed.com explores the way people—soldiers, civilians, bureaucrats. gallows-builders—live during wartime, occupation, & colonization. The cumulative effect is complexly anti-war & realistically hopeful.
"as Dark Souls III demonstrates, even the grandest of bonfires eventually burns down to ashes." TODAY beloveds!! our latest non-fic 🔥 Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life by Kelsey Nichols 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Dark Souls III / Kelsey Nichols / Psychopomp
Read Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols, an essay from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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This poem, "Maybe" in @thedeadlands.com by @phodiso-modirwa.bsky.social is INCREDIBLE. Give it a read: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe / Phodiso Modirwa / Psychopomp
Read Maybe, by Phodiso Modirwa, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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in case you missed it and trust us you want to read this one! 🖤
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 2mo ago"Briny air fills your nostrils, sunlight knuckles at your eyes, and the boarding queue finally starts to move." today, beloveds!! our newest fiction: Your Name Goes Here by Rich Larson psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
did you know there's just ONE DAY LEFT to vote in the 2026 Hugo awards??? VOTE SKELETON 💀 🥹 pretty please? 🫶 www.thehugoawards.org/2026/05/2026...
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This is from an announcement sent to LAcon V members by Hugo Award Administrator Tammy Coxen: Hugo Award voting is now open! Anyone who is an Attending, Online (Virtual), or World Science Fiction S…
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"Briny air fills your nostrils, sunlight knuckles at your eyes, and the boarding queue finally starts to move." today, beloveds!! our newest fiction: Your Name Goes Here by Rich Larson psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Your Name Goes Here / Rich Larson / Psychopomp
Read Your Name Goes Here, by Rich Larson, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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This is me! In more ways than one!
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 2mo ago"This isn’t funny, the ant thinks as the foot comes down." TODAY, beloveds!! a new poem, just for you Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet? by @andrewkozma.net read it here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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…
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"This isn’t funny, the ant thinks as the foot comes down." TODAY, beloveds!! a new poem, just for you Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet? by @andrewkozma.net read it here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Do You Believe There are People Who… / Andrew Kozma / Psychopomp
Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet?, by Andrew Kozma, from issue 43.
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LOVE TO HEAR IT thanks @amalelmohtar.com hello @khoreo.bsky.social we 🖤 you
Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · 2mo agoMan I love seeing @khoreo.bsky.social & @thedeadlands.com on the semiprozine list. My short fiction reading has really dropped off in recent years but I very reliably find the stuff they're doing really exciting.
new story first story from issue 43 for you to read ON LINE Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger by @clairejiawen.bsky.social "At the time, my mother hadn’t yet instilled in me that you can only implant a body with a corporeal spirit." READ MORE NOW! 👇
Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp
Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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new story first story from issue 43 for you to read ON LINE Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger by @clairejiawen.bsky.social "At the time, my mother hadn’t yet instilled in me that you can only implant a body with a corporeal spirit." READ MORE NOW! 👇
Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp
Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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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
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This is the church that inspired my story "The Morthouse" in @thedeadlands.com. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Morthouse - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
but once, after Sunday service, she heard the sexton say that there are places where the dead traverse a river after death, paying a boatsman to ferry them across the water.
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FFer Read of the Day: "The Self-Made Women's Circle" by @marisca.bsky.social in @thedeadlands.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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Today we are taking my daughter apart.
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Fine, fine, twist my arm. Just arrived, my author’s copy of @thedeadlands.com Issue 41, featuring ‘The Skull of Francisco Xalbec’ by yours truly and a collection of excellent poetry and short fiction by other fine writers. More info - and more stories - at psychopomp.com/deadlands/.
Welcome to The Deadlands: Death-focused Stories & Poetry
The Deadlands is a twice-hugo-nominated quarterly journal that publishes death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Read The Deadlands online for free.
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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author@autumnwolff.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m calling everyone out.
READ MORE POETRY specifically THIS poetry the poetry we JUST PUBLISHED in issue 43 it is called MAYBE and it is GOOD POETRY here is a link so you can READ MORE POETRY please like and share thank you #marketing #smallpress #thedeadlandsmarketingteamwashere psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe / Poem By Phodiso Modirwa / The Deadlands
Read "Maybe" by Phodiso Modirwa from issue 43 of The Deadlands.
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TODAY, beloveds! our first poem of issue 43 🖤 "Maybe you’re beautiful and like all of us, had fears Maybe you picked the wrong mask, so we never saw your face." Maybe by @phodiso-modirwa.bsky.social read the full poem here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak
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TODAY, beloveds! our first poem of issue 43 🖤 "Maybe you’re beautiful and like all of us, had fears Maybe you picked the wrong mask, so we never saw your face." Maybe by @phodiso-modirwa.bsky.social read the full poem here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak
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