Have you read? Duet of Tears and Laughter by Jo Miles at Translunar Travelers Lounge A story of two towns, sisters by reflection, and how even when they cannot touch, they affect each other. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/d...

Duet of Tears and Laughter by Jo Miles

There exist places where the walls between worlds grow thin. Places like this one, where two villages press together like lips on opposite sides of a glass: Renna-tal and Renna-ba, both perched on …

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Have you read? (In)finitum, by Vaughn Roste at Wyldblood Flash Fiction What if you had all of time to see all of time? wyldblood.com/2026/08/28/n...

New free fiction – (In)finitum, by Vaughn Roste | Wyldblood Press

We have a new story this week - plus we've just published a new Wyldblood Magazine and we'd love you to see it. Details after the story... (In)finitum Vaughan Roste Immortality is boring. There, I…

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It's that time of the month - a review of what I read! I don't trust Canva right now with so much AI, so you're getting the dull slides that Storygraph produces. I read 6 books in August (though I don't track daily reading so you really just get a start & end date.) These are all 2026 debuts!

Have you read? Mother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain by Sarah Pauling at Otherside How could she sit in an icy room with nothing in it but a four-poster bed and pace, and pace, and let the filth of the world watch her, and not want to smash through the glass with her own two hands?

Mother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain - OTHERSIDE

There were walls within the glass mountain, just as clear as its sheer cliffsides. There were floors within the glass mountain—and ceilings, too—but they left just as little to the imagination. A…

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New week, new author thread! This week I'm reviewing Rachel Ashcraft @rachiea.bsky.social “Hold Your Horses Close” | WYSR Review @plotthoundmag.bsky.social A horse on a racetrack remembers freedom. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

Devan Barlow@devanbarlow.bsky.social · 3d ago

Dearest Pets of Bluesky, It's the Narratess Sale! Make sure your humans fill up their ereaders! indiebook.sale Sincerely, Ben

Reposting for the morning crowd - I'm looking for experience on whether buying a kit for a LFL or scratch build (or buy a kit while I work on my scratch build) is worth it.

Adria Bailton@adriabailton.com · 4d ago

Calling anyone who has a #LittleFreeLibrary I'm planning on setting one up after years of reasons I couldn't. Should I buy a kit off the internet and prepare that one or should I build from scratch?

Today's throwback rec is ​Combat by Chocolate by Sheila Massie at The Arcanist (2022) thearcanist.io/combat-by-ch...

Combat by Chocolate

by Sheila Massie

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Calling anyone who has a #LittleFreeLibrary I'm planning on setting one up after years of reasons I couldn't. Should I buy a kit off the internet and prepare that one or should I build from scratch?

Today's throwback story rec is Nearly New Rockports by Anita Brienza at The Deadlands (2022) psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Nearly New Rockports - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Some time ago, a Reuters/ShopSmart survey said the average woman (the average middle-class woman in a first-world country, I’m guessing) […]

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It's that time of year - reviewing my annual writing and publishing goals and seeing where I'm at. Can I take it easy for the rest of the year? Or do I need to put the afterburners on and catch up? Find out at my goal review post on my blog: adriabailton.com/2026-writing...

Why do I write YA science fiction? Because I was the kid who had to go to the adult shelves to get any science fiction. When publishing tells you YA SF is not popular, truth be told, I don't know when they ever supported it. Certainly not when I was growing up.

Have you read? “believer’s peak” by Ian Li at The FairTales I love when a story I got to read an early version of is published! This story has so much world building in such a short space. www.thefairtales.com/believerspeak

Believer's peak — The Fairtales

by Ian Li

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Plan a horror fest using only your first name A Quiet Place Dawn of the Dead Ringu I Am Legend Alien

Ryan Van Ells@ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 6d ago

Plan a horror fest using only your first name Raw You're Next An American Werewolf in London Nosferatu (1922) Not a lot of options for Y

Have you read? States of Matter by Elizabeth Cobbe at Inner Worlds A thesis on religion, g-d and suffering. inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-10-sta...

States of Matter by Elizabeth Cobbe

They are in the middle of saying grace when Emily turns into smoke. She doesn’t mean to. She tries to hold on as a courtesy to her in-laws.

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For some of us Gen-Xers, our parents weren't the best. Figures like Dolly and Tim were key and core parts of our upbringing.

Of course I first think of Rocky Horror because that's an annual watch, but the microseconds later image is always from Earth 2 followed by the original nightmare clown of my youth.

You gave us so much, Tim.

Have you read? The Breeze & the Black Door by Mack W. Mani at The Deadlands This is gorgeous. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

The Breeze & the Black Door - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

I heard some movement at my front door / but it was just a storm.

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META just asked me to verify myself (paid) to prove my "posts and reels come from" me when I just scheduled today's post in app. There's no way I'm paying for the blue check. Feels like prove you're not a bot. Pay us.

My favorite song by Dolly has to be Seasons since it's on a special playlist.

Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton - Seasons (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Bebe Rexha

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Have you read? First to Rot by J.N. Howell at Otherside Magazine Two very different worlds handling death in different ways, and two people forced to face it a third way when the time comes. What a wonderful love story. othersidespec.com/pieces/first...

First to Rot - OTHERSIDE

We stopped burying bodies when the bogs spread centuries ago. Instead, we submerged family into our mire, mingling great-great-grandmamas with grandbabies that died too young. It was not dirt but it…

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Have you read? Visit the Last Gas Station in the World by Lesley Hart Gunn at Small Wonders This one felt like an ode to the '60s muscle car I drove in high school - a car that was double my age when I took the keys. This feels like one of those stories the author wrote just for me.

Visit the Last Gas Station in the World - Small Wonders

It’s tucked behind what used to be the Colorado River, / created by deep fake panels hiding cyber homes and solar drones.

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Today's throwback story is All That Burns Unseen by Premee Mohamed at Slate (2022) slate.com/technology/2...

A New Short Story About the Future of Wildfires—and Fighting Them

In the climate change future of “All That Burns Unseen” by Premee Mohamed, fires may be routine, but that doesn’t make them easier to fight.

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Time loop, you say?

Merc Fenn Wolfmoor@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey pals, come follow my next BackerKit campaign and help me bring a TIME LOOP ANTHOLOGY to life next month!! (It will have an open submission period for writers in October.) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Aw, don't be stressed! Only one more hour until #HorrorWatch!

In an effort to be prepared for Doomsday in 4ish months, my partner &I are rewatching some of the D "suggested" movies. Been a long time since I've seen some of these. Also, it gives him a chance to open some of his newly acquired steel book 4k's. Anyway, I'm recalling *why* Avengers was so popular.

I love speculative fiction - reading it and writing it! You can read some of my short SFF/H via links on my website (see bio.) I also recommend a short story or poem every day here. I'm working on publishing a novel (or two). That's a little about me, if you aren't familiar. Tell me about you!

Today's throwback story post is A Personal Apocalypse by Leon Othenin-Gerard at Apparition Lit (2022) apparitionlit.com/a-personal-a...

Over on Insta, I'm starting a series about how to do some world-building and character-building based upon my experiences moving from region to region of the US (4 different regions!)