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Sophie Stern

@sophiestern.bsky.social

Your favorite Kansas City romance author ❤️ Host of Write Something Weird Spooky fiction maven ✍️

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · last wk.

Thanks so much for hosting with these great #HorrorWritersChat questions Eryn!! 👻 Promoting something new now: I’m honored to have been interviewed by @sophiestern.bsky.social for her rad “Write Something Weird” series, and I talk about “Aromantic Frankenstein” a bit! bsky.app/profile/noct...

Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 4w ago

In this delightful interview with @sophiestern.bsky.social, I have the pleasure of talking about writing “Aromantic Frankenstein,” an a-spec lens on Gothic lit and poetry, and more! youtu.be/C5e3ELq476I?...

Kathy Steinemann, Writer, Author, Poet@kathyswriter.bsky.social · 3w ago

"… seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays." publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2026/08/79-c... #WritingCommunity #KathySWriter

84 Calls for Submissions in September 2026 - Paying markets

This September there are seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, eve...

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dr. kimberly ann@kimannjosouth.bsky.social · 3w ago

I know it doesn't count because it's no longer operational, and part of that is finances though the much bigger reason was because I just didn't have the time to do all the things anymore, but I ran a FEE-FREE *PRINT* literary journal for 16 years.

Julian Day@julianday.ca · 3w ago

I do that right now, and I pay contributors. Not as much as I'd like, since it's basically a money loser, but I hate submission fees, and I hate that lit mags (at least, mainly US ones) have normalized the practice. It's shit. Writers shouldn't have to pay for what will in all likeliness be "no".

Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks so much Mary!! Glad to stop by #HorrorWritersChat again. Saw many ppl expressing catharsis and self-(s)care in their responses and thought, “you know what, yeah I could use that rn.” Sharing this latest interview! @sophiestern.bsky.social runs a delightful series! bsky.app/profile/noct...

Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 4w ago

In this delightful interview with @sophiestern.bsky.social, I have the pleasure of talking about writing “Aromantic Frankenstein,” an a-spec lens on Gothic lit and poetry, and more! youtu.be/C5e3ELq476I?...

ben peek@nosubstance.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nothing turns me off submitting to and reading a mag/antho quicker than the membership levels that dictate payment and other various nonsense. It's just submission fees and other scams dressed up in a pretty hat.

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last mo.

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Mistbored 🌙💜@mistbored.bsky.social · last mo.

The funniest thing about writing a nearly 125k word fic is I can’t whine and be like “I’m not a writer idk what I’m doing 😩” cause obviously I thought I was one when I sat down and wrote that shit every night. Now if I think my writing is shit I’ll have nothing to hide behind lmao