Ramez Yoakeim
@yoakeim.bsky.social
SFFH Writer. Codex/ASFS. Words in Flame Tree, Baffling, Heartlines, Reckoning, TranslunarTL, Cast of Wonders, UtopiaSF +more. 🏳️🌈 Husband 🇪🇬🇦🇺🇺🇸 Immigrant. Coffee status: It's complicated! yoakeim.com
THRILLED to have won the Aurora Award for Best Related Work for Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3! Such a stacked category this year and a sign of the great SFF work being done by Canadians. Congrats to the other finalists in this and all the other categories #PrixAuroraAwards #AuroraAward #CSFFA
In an alternate, pre-industrial Egypt, following an accidental discovery, Mourad can either safeguard the dead, or enrich a few beyond their wildest dreams, but never both. "Ethereal Vibrations" is coming Summer 2028 to @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, thanks to @unrealfred.bsky.social. I can't wait!
icymi, latest story dropped in Bourbon Penn last month. highway roadhouse where things are not what they seem. this story brought to you by promo. www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/38/mid...
Thomas Ha > Middle Song > Bourbon Penn
People usually pass through the gray silence of the desert. Beyond charred sumps and refinery towers, oil fields and dust walls, they drive without an intent to tarry. Most know this for a middle plac...
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur
Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,
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From IT WAS PARADISE, our special issue on environmental justice in war and conflict edited by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social, "Life According to Tabeeb", a story about a decidedly humanist medical AI assigned to a hospital in Cairo, by @yoakeim.bsky.social: reckoning.press/life-accordi...
Life According to Tabeeb | Reckoning
It may take a decade or longer to train a human clinician, but it took a team of Ministry of Health technicians only seven days to certify me a Clinically Adept Machine Sentience (CAMS) and hand me co...
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PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/Gab1zWu
We hit our base goal, but there's still 33 hours left to go, and your continued support means the world to us! With our first stretch goal, we can pay our ultra-talented human artists more, we can increase our average story length to 4000+ words, and expand to author interviews 🧡
khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
I haven't seen the official announcement yet, but I was just told that I was allowed to announce it: My book Power to Yield and Other Stories has been selected as the 2025 fiction winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award for best book by a Kansas author!!! (Just linking the book page for now)
Power to Yield and Other Stories — BROKEN EYE BOOKS
Power to Yield is a collection of speculative tales exploring gender identity, neurodivergence, and religion from author Bogi Takács, who deftly blends sci-fi, fantasy, and weird fiction.
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The reviews are in on our latest issue and we're thrilled to say that "Past" by @engel-cox.com and “Pomegranates for Kangaroos" @yoakeim.bsky.social have not only been recommended but received Tangent's second highest rating. tangentonline.com/e-market-qua...
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN MAY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's April's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
Some Queer Short SFF - April 2026 | Charles Payseur
And I’ve made it to installment #100 of Some Queer Short SFF! Given how thoroughly I’ve fallen apart this year, I am proud at least that I c
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Hi. I am launching my first short story collection, APARTMENT WARS AND OTHER STORIES, on #Kickstarter. ✨✍️✨ It’s my first ever KS campaign, and it would make my day if you checked it out. 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver... #Booksky #Books #ShortStories #IndieAuthor #ApartmentWars
Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works (2/5): Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity: ED. @leemandelo.bsky.social
Cover Reveal! The Bad Romance cover is complete. Art by Grace Vibbert, layout by Brian Crick. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parsecink/1015533499?ref=2k6q6c
It's the last day of the Bad Romance Kickstarter!! Last chance to get the fancy limited edition boutique-printed volume (it will remain available via print-on-demand after) and last chance to push us up to 5 cents a word for our authors! www.kickstarter.com/projects/par...
Bad Romance: An Anthology of Trash Couples
The 23rd annual Triangulation Anthology: fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories and poems.
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One premium that's still available is a professional edit of your work by ME. I literally never agree to do these for non-workshop-mates. Six hours to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/par...
Bad Romance: An Anthology of Trash Couples
The 23rd annual Triangulation Anthology: fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories and poems.
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Out today from Space Cowboy Books - @jamesmachell.bsky.social's Human Voices, Alien Conversations - a collection of interviews with SF authors, editors, and artists bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
Human Voices, Alien Conversations
Check out Human Voices, Alien Conversations - <em>Human Voices, Alien Conversations</em> is a tour through the modern world of speculative fiction, featuring a variety of perspectives. Authors, critic...
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I have a new story in this issue! My cosy kid-POV "Pomegranates for Kangaroos" shares a TOC with some really good stories and poems, check them out.
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine@utopiascifi.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur new issue is best enjoyed curled up by the glowing ember of a neutron star. Cozy contributors include @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social, @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @travisbaldree.bsky.social, and many other comforting voices in the SFF. #sciencefiction www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...
I am launching my short story collection on Kickstarter this September! Ten character-driven stories that span from gritty dystopia to upbeat solarpunk. If you enjoy science fiction, check it out. 🙂 @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
Coming soon: Apartment Wars: A Speculative Short Story Collection
Vera Brook's exciting debut collection of short fiction with hand-drawn illustrations and author's story notes.
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Bad Romance is just $500 away from Interior Art! Our cover artist, Grace Vibbert, has been busily drawing! We'd love to pay her and use these! Here is a sneak peak! Shakchunni from "Stories Our Parents Told Us" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parsecink/1015533499?ref=2k6q6c
We are Live on Kickstarter! Please help us launch Bad Romance: An Anthology of Trash Couples! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parsecink/1015533499?ref=2k6q6c
And SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is retro-futuristic sci-fi and can be purchased here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl – Stars and Sabers
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by award-winning author P.A. Cornell is a sci-fi romance novelette set in a retrofuturistic Toronto, publishing February 3, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
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Looking for a novelette to read? I have two out so far this year. Both are getting great reviews. “The Soundtrack of My Afterlife” is fantasy and free-to-read here: www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
The Soundtrack of My Afterlife
A soul reincarnated as a car narrates this haunting, music-soaked speculative short story by P. A. Cornell.
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Contract signed! My Nebula, Hugo, and Rhysling Finalist poem "The Mourning Robot" (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social) will be translated into Chinese and published at Science Fiction World! This has been one of my top writer bucket list items for a long, long time. Can’t wait to show my parents 😭
Super psyched to have two poems selected as Rhysling Award Finalists! “The Language of Fireflies” (in @thedeadlands.com) and “The Mourning Robot” (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social). Thanks so much to everyone who nominated and congrats to all the wonderful finalists!
SF & F Poetry Assn@sfpoetry.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to all the finalists! Voting for the Rhysling Award begins July 1; a link to the ballot will be sent with the Rhysling Anthology, as well as with the July issue of Star*Line. More information on the Rhysling Award can be found here: sfpoetry.org/wp/rhysling-...
FFer Read of the Day: "Swallow Test" by @angelaliu.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/swal...
Swallow Test - Nightmare Magazine
Most of us speak and eat/swallow without thinking about how complicated these processes actually are, how a single malfunction in the system can completely alter how we live or interact with others. A...
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MARCH 2026🏳️🌈 I round up over 40 stories by @jennahanchey.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @awritingwren.bsky.social @historyneverwas.bsky.social @benfrancisco.bsky.social @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/156917...
Some Queer Short SFF - March 2026 | Charles Payseur
Some Queer Short SFF - March 2026 by Charles Payseur on Patreon. Join Charles Payseur's community for exclusive content and updates.
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In case you missed it yesterday, I have a new story out in the April issue of Nightmare Magazine! The Final Girl Trap is now available to read online. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Final Girl Trap - Nightmare Magazine
You can know something is a trap and walk right into it anyway. There’s a vicious kind of glee in the snap of steel jaws springing closed, biting through skin and splintering bone. You can think aha, I knew it as you swallow the pain.
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Nebula short story #1: "Because I Held His Name Like a Key" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com. A story about Alan Turing, about brilliance & curiosity, about love that we can't (or won't) quite recognize and about the gaps that can't quite be bridged. Beautiful & heartbreaking. I really enjoyed this story.
Because I Held His Name Like a Key
When I met the young Mr Turing, I had not yet ascended as Autumn’s King. Nowadays it has become fashionable for the sons and daughters of the lesser fey gentry to improve their position in the shif…
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Alex Koppel@arsduo.bsky.social · 5mo agoSo excited to share that Oscaround (our little awards tracking website by @meakoopa.bsky.social and me) now supports THE NEBULA AWARDS! Last year had a ton of amazing scifi & fantasy, books & short stories & poems—you can track and share what you've read and liked 🥰📚🤗 (I'm jazzed about the poems)
Really excited to be joining this virtual spec poetry open mic session! Come read some of your poems or listen to me read some of mine ☕️ 📖
Gwynne Garfinkle@gwynnega.bsky.social · 4mo agoSFWA members and Nebula attendees, save the date! April 25th at 11 am Pacific, @angelaliu.bsky.social will be the guest poet at the SFWA Quarterly Poetry Open Mic! Read a poem or just listen! @sfwa.org
![Quarterly Open Mic!
SFW Members!
Join us on April 25 to share your words and hear from...Angela Liu!
[photo of Angela Liu]
Speculative Poetry
11:00 AM PST
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