What if magic flowed through star-born trees… and the oppressed could change the fate of kingdoms? Welcome to The Chrysillium Saga Book 3 Kickstarter prelaunch is live! Follow for updates 🔗 in bio ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wonder, darkness, beauty, and longing—a powerful, unforgettable story." #BookSky #FantasyBooks

Here's hoping your writing muse has struck you real good!! Wishing you a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife #inspiration #writesky #writing

Ascending Blackbeard

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I'd rather be editing instead of stuck painting a fence, although my procrastinator-self is celebrating 😝 Listening to a snarky-voiced audiobook while I work! Wishing you all a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #writerslife #writinglife #writesky

Mugman Painting Fence in The Cuphead Show

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Every time someone subscribes to a SFF magazine, a wonder gets its wings. And also, authors and artists get paid. It's pretty neat. Subscribe to Small Wonders today! store.smallwondersma...

#HannahYang 's story "Pandora's Formula", originally published in #StrangeHorizons, will be featured in our inuagural Best Of anthology! Enjoy Yang reading "A Monster in the Shape of a Boy" for the 2023 Locus Awards programming! visit kck.st/4wtYJ6X?utm_s... or our bio!

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/

Oof, thoroughly heartbroken in the sweetest way by this piece. By @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social Check it out! fictivedream.com/2026/06/26/m... #micro #flashfiction #literary

My jumbling tumble of days, forgotten, remembered

by Cole Beauchamp In my kitchen, there’s a woman talking to me, but behind her the cedar-panelled walls swoop and bend. So distracting. She mumbles. Rumbles. Rum – pelstiltskin. Our old stone…

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Trying to start a discord group for women and non-binary writers of speculative (or just kind of strange in all genres) fiction. So we can encourage each other, etc. On the ground floor right now. If you want in, let me know, and I'll send you the link!

Finishing my week with an inbox of rejections as I aim for the next YES! It keeps me humble! 😅 Hope you're ending your week on a stronger note. Wishing you a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #submissions #writerslife #writingcommunity #writesky #queryingsoon #writing

Blue Cat Dancing - Why Me

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Writing is hard. Real life is harder. Now go write!! Wishing you all a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writerslife #writingcommunity #writesky #writing

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Write! And know there's a whole world of writers writing with you! Wishing you all a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife #writing #writesky

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Soon.

Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 3w ago

One more day until Kaleidotrope reopens to submissions. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

You know, after taking 6 weeks to cut 10k of my MS in the midst of a life mess, I finally believe I might be able to hit my 90k goal from line edits. 4k to cut. Hope the sentences make sense! Wishing you all a productive #writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife #editing

Judy Hopps: Exhausted Bunny in Zootopia

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Oof. Looking into a mirror of humanity with this story by @mynachang.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social How do you know when you're human enough? Read on... flashfictiononline.com/articles/nul... #flashfiction #shortstories #speculative #reading

Null Empathy - Flash Fiction Online

Carys leaned against a pock-marked riot barricade overlooking the city’s outdoor market, analyzing the crowd. Concrete grit dug into her back. She shifted her weight in response to the discomfort—just...

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Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter is 38% funded after Day 1! KEEP IT ROLLING!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

You haven't read our latest issue yet?? Now's your chance! A mountain of marvelous fiction and poetry awaits you! Read it free today! Exclamation point! havenspec.com/issues/issue...

Issue Twenty-Three, June 2026, Haven Spec Magazine

Fiction and poetry for the 21st century

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This was such a fascinating story to contemplate!! Check out @abbynicoleyee.com short fiction in @clarkesworldmagazine.com and learn the truth about humanity 👀 clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_04_26f/ #shortstories #speculative #sciencefiction #listening #podcast

Human Studies 401 by Abby Nicole Yee (audio)

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Fixed a story whose ending wasn't working. Finally working I think. Feeling good! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerslife #writing #editing #writesky

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Our midweek read is “Null Empathy” by Myna Chang, an absolute chilling addition to our RESIST anthology. #writingcommunity #flashfiction #sciencefiction @mynachang.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...

RESIST: A Flash Fiction Online Anthology - Flash Fiction Online

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If this is paywalled for you, here’s how to opt out: Go to your IG profile, tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing tab. Go to “allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta” & turn off.

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fuck Meta www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

This is such a cool thing that @mattkendrick.bsky.social does. Congratulations to all the longlisters! 🌟

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

DRUM ROLL!!!! Announcing the longlists for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Congratulations to the writers of these 50 wonderful pieces. Please feel free to celebrate wildly but don't reveal which piece is yours as judging is still ongoing! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

I got feedback on a submission that it was refreshing to have a #speculative in an Australian setting... I can't for the life of me, think what I wrote that made it an #Australian setting!! 😅 Times like these, it really stands out that Australian and American are two different #languages 😂

Koala Mangia Foglie Verdi

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Issue Four lands August 1. But who's in it?🧵 ...(so far)... P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 🤖 Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com👹 Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social 🍇 Stewart C. Baker 🌌 Elijah J. Mears @elijah.mea.rs🍽️ and...

I love this, so I'm actually posting twice this morning. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Hump day! Still slashing away at that word count. 104k down to 95.5k... mostly line edits. Why do we overwrite so much?!? Wishing you a productive writing session! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #queryingsoon #writerslife #writesky

Jhon Wick Knife Reveal

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I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

I'd love to know what #WritingWorkshops YOU would like to take but can't find. I'm putting together workshop pitches and want to fill in those gaps. (Like: I want to take a class on that thing where you create an entire pretend TV show or book or movie and then the book centers around it.)

...the stellar writers of Issue Four cont'd: Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social🌱 Priya Sridhar @priyajsridhar.bsky.social 🪦 Holly Schofield @hschofieldfic.bsky.social 🏡 Rio Lombana & Kaitlin Schmidt @riolombana.bsky.social @kaitlinschmidt4.bsky.social 👩‍🎨 Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social 🕷️ and...

My copy arrived!! Sharing a cover with @liamjhogan.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @tonydunnell.bsky.social and other fantastic writers! Editors Gene Rowe and @rickandwrite.bsky.social did an awesome job putting this together. Thanks @bsfa.bsky.social 🔥 Available through Amazon and Kindle!

My contributor copy of Fission #6 has arrived! Published by the British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social it includes 20 stories - one of which is my dark tale of interstellar obsession, "The Green Willow." Available now on Amazon.🚀 #BookSky #SciFi #ShortStory #SFF #WritingCommunity