E.M. Linden
@emlinden.bsky.social
Nebula-nominated writer from Aotearoa NZ. Caffeinated. Words in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, PodCastle, Kaleidotrope, The Dark, Flash Fiction Online, ECO24 & elsewhere
EVERYONE -- there are SO MANY staggeringly gifted humans on the World Fantasy Award shortlist! @edenroyce.bsky.social !! @jordankurella.com! @thomasha.bsky.social! @undertow.bsky.social! @raforall.bsky.social!! @wnwagner.bsky.social!!! Daniele Serra for art! Many more! 📖 📚 ✍🏻 ⌨️
Eugenia Triantafyllou@foxesandroses.bsky.social · yesterdayCongratulations to all the lovely finalists!!
will never not be in awe of Tina’s power to make me laugh one sentence and shudder the next + what an incredible last sentence, which made me do both❤️go read this story!!
tina s. zhu@tinazhu.bsky.social · 4d agohello friends I have a story in The Dark this month!! it’s a reprint from an anthology that I hope is spooky heheh (cw toxic relationship, racist character) www.thedarkmagazine.com/portrait-of-...
The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026: A Shortlist Discussion Dan Hartland ( @danhartland.bsky.social ), who is Reviews Editor at Strange Horizons, joins our @chloroformtea.bsky.social for a meaty discussion of the shortlist: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/08/the-... #blueskybooks #booksky
The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026: A Shortlist Discussion
Awards season rolls around once more, and so it is time for our annual discussion of the Clarke Award shortlist. The Arthur C. Clarke Award...
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The Small Spec Book Awards is doing interviews with all of the finalists. Here’s mine for Casual along with Dear Stupid Penpal and Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once. www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/08/smal...
Small Spec Book Awards - 2026 Semi-Finalist Feature #3
First, I featured fantasy authors , then horror authors. For my 3rd SSBA Semi-finalist post, I will be focusing on 3 of the science-fiction ...
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@emmiechristie33.bsky.social offers such insightful short fiction reviews. 🥰 Thanks so much for reading and so deeply considering my work!
Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social · 6d agoNew week, new author thread! This week I'm reviewing Amanda Helms @amandaghelms.bsky.social 1. The Worth of Ashes | WYSR Review @podcastle.org Aselya struggles to feed her children and ends up selling her sister's ashes. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
“An effective piece of flash fiction that explores the way relationships transform over time, as well as the fragility and discomfort of human bodies.” @acwise.bsky.social always gives such thoughtful reviews. Really appreciate this one for my story “The Doll Problem” in @nightmare-magazine.com
A.C. Wise@acwise.bsky.social · last wk.My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is now available to read online! Discussing stories of transformation by Suzan Palumbo, @angelaliu.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social and @bethgoder.bsky.social. Happy reading! www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...
Speculative short story people! Has anyone read any recent thoughts on the craft of writing speculative short stories, especially in e.g. introductions, speeches, etc, where they might not be easily findable?
Guess what? I've got an *extra* short fiction review this month! I took a look at a handful of stories from Adventitious, Kaleidotrope, and Reckoning. All had stories worth reading, with Reckoning in particular standing out: www.tarvolon.com/2026/07/27/t...
Tar Vol's Magazine Minis (Again!): Adventitious, Kaleidotrope, and Reckoning - Tar Vol on
Two Magazine Minis in a month? In this economy?
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Here's what some fantastic authors have thought of @rainewilson.bsky.social 's @clarkeaward.bsky.social finalist - THE SALT ORACLE... Inc. @ianthegreen.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com @bingewriting.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @angelaslatter.bsky.social Buy: geni.us/saltorac
ICYMI - this is my latest in BCS! It’s a story that is so dear to my heart. I hope folks enjoy it.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.Live in BCS #462; podcast 363 "Dreams in Burnished Silver" @christinehanolsy.com "pressed a tiny metal disc into my hand as we passed: a minuscule mirror that captured my image in parts; a freckle here, an eyelash there. In return, I gave you my name." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/drea...
Extraordinarily excited to have a story in this! :D It's a super queer and very autistic SF short about repairing relationships and also SPACE. Can't wait for you all to read "If You Don't Return, I Want You To Know" in issue 24 of Haven Spec!
Haven Spec Magazine@havenspec.bsky.social · last wk.Our ✨July 2026 issue✨ is locked! Subscribers get it Wednesday, July 29th, and everyone else can read it August 5th! Subscribe now and be the first to read it! havenspec.com/subscribe/
Absolutely loved this new story from Parker, and not just because I have recently been learning more about Paul Meadows than I ever wished to learn. So good. 🪳
Parker M. O'Neill@parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 2w agonew story out today in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. Yes it's a weird POV and yes its written like a long speech to text message don't worry about it! www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...
Spooky botany flash out now in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW HORROR: “Fragments Recovered from the Wreck of the Seaglass” by E. M. Linden. Always bring a naturalist to document the expedition… @emlinden.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
Everything @gautambhatia88.bsky.social has said here about The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away is so dear to me. I am thinking now about this line specifically, how reading could conjure “a slice of the time that formed me.” (1/5)
Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's the third Monday of July, so here's a new issue of Words for Worlds, the F-SF newsletter with an Indian slant: gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... feat. James Baldwin, the Otherwise Award, thoughts on @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social's Womb City and @tanawir.bsky.social's novella & more.
fun fact: this piece was included in dave ring's reading recs for "The Bog Body Motif in Trans SFF" panel at Reader Con 💐⚰️💑 bsky.app/profile/neon...
Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 3w agoReading "limerence" by @spicycloaca.bsky.social for the first time made me go, "Oh, so THIS is what flash fiction can be." A story about bog bodies, love, and longing that gets inventive with its form. Read it here: flashfictiononline.com/articles/lim...
Spooky botany flash out now in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
Flash Fiction Online@flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW HORROR: “Fragments Recovered from the Wreck of the Seaglass” by E. M. Linden. Always bring a naturalist to document the expedition… @emlinden.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
NEW HORROR: “Fragments Recovered from the Wreck of the Seaglass” by E. M. Linden. Always bring a naturalist to document the expedition… @emlinden.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #amreading flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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the cognitive dissonance required to threaten to sue *Amnesty International* out of existence and still think of yourself as a good person is incredible
It is U.K. release day for The Dragon Has Some Complaints! I'm still utterly enchanted by the cover Stephen Player created for my dragon. U.K. readers, I can't wait to hear which head winds up being your favorite!
John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday I get to unveil the UK cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! The art is by the legendary Stephen Player, who has done art for Barker and Pratchett. I adore how he shows off the different personalities of Garrodigh's heads! It comes out in the UK from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social this July!
💥💥Last 72 HOURS of the annual Strange Horizons fund-drive!! 💥💥 - $445 away from raising author pay to 9c/word for 2027 - $5445 away from raising author pay to 10c/word for 2027 Lots of rewards still on offer. To support: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser
The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!
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Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 4w agoDelighted to say that we have made our basic funding goal of $22K, which means that Strange Horizons will continue to exist as a weekly, free magazine of SFF for the 27th year running! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... However, with ten days left, it’s not over. Read on: 🧵
I always love Maria's reviews & I love it even more when one of my stories is included! Thanks to @mariahaskins.com for reading & @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for publishing!
Maria Haskins@mariahaskins.com · 4w agoRead part of my short fiction review column for the June issue of LOCUS in Locus Online. I read and recommend stories from Otherside, Flash Fiction Online, and Small Wonders! 👀 locusmag.com/review/other... Get the issue here: subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...
“A Perfect Light” by Laura Duerr is a bottom depths, barnacle-scraping, can’t-trust-what-you-see-in-the-sea horror story. Check it out! @lduerr.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #sciencefiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...
July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online
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holy gosh!!!! The Death of Mountains won the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social for Best Novella!!!! thanks so much to the judges, to @lethepress.bsky.social for making this book a reality, and @ceciliatan.com for being there in person to read my speech!! all told, Death of Mountains did a very good job
Cecilia Tan@ceciliatan.com · 4w ago
4 days to go for our Kickstarter! I know these are tough times for all, but I’m so frigging proud of the work khōréō has been doing all these years featuring immigrant and diaspora authors. So many more stories to tell. Back us, if you can? I’m also offering query critiques as one of the rewards.
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...
"How did the ocean carry you?" First Peter asked, according to the old formula. Like the grim no-news of the war, James's answer never varied. "By boat and not by faith," grunted James... Today on ergot.: 'Lively Stones' by S.L. Harris @slharris.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/S.L....
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Hello UK friends! I’m delighted to say that my novel Song of the Saltings is now out in your country at all good bookshops! Pubbed by the wonderful folk at Guppy Books. Please spread the word! If you liked The Grimmelings I hope you’ll like this. #ukkidlit #kidlituk guppybooks.co.uk/book/song-of...
Just a heads up! @khoreo.bsky.social is 5 days from the end of their kickstarter and the mag hasn't funded. L pointed out last month that if we want nice things, we have to communicate that via dollars. Let's retain this important magazine! khōréō Year 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
khōréō: Year 6
Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!
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We just dashed past 800 reviews for Grief Eater on NetGalley! If you enjoyed the book, it would be super helpful to add your review to Amazon! Anyway here’s what people are saying: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... @interstellarflight.bsky.social
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