Faith Allington
@faithallington.bsky.social
Author 📚 Genre-blending fiction ✒️ Editorial at Flash Fiction Online & Haven Spec 👻 Vaguely goth but also whimsical 🍄 Tea drinker & fungi admirer (she/her)
Happy #LatineHeritageMonth from your friendly neighborhood Chicana-owned tea shop! 🇲🇽☕️❤️ #latinxheritagemonth #hispanicheritagemonth #latinsky #teasky
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
@emlinden.bsky.social’s Like Water begins with a woman extracting her milk-tongue, the language she was born with. As the narrator loses precious details of her life, we know people have to make bargains for living at the expense of themselves, but the ending of this story is so quietly powerful. 🌊
Haven Spec Magazine@havenspec.bsky.social · last wk.👀August 2026 Fiction👀 "Like Water" is a short story by E.M. Linden / @emlinden.bsky.social about losing the things we hold most dear when we are made to assimilate. Read it here! havenspec.com/fiction/like...
“Ponyhenge” by @faithallington.bsky.social is an “unsettling and subversive twist on fairy tales, magic, and the power and peril of childhood play.”
Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2w agoStrange Horizons 5/26, Lightspeed 6/26, and Kaleidotrope Spring ’26: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...
100%. i recently read @faithallington.bsky.social ‘s story “Ponyhenge” in kalaidotrope that has “take back the night with murder” vibes and this is the culture we need to normalize kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/...
Haven Spec Magazine is closing to submissions for the entirety of next month, so send us all the things while you still can! For our complete guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/
Neil's warning is true, if the dismemberment doesn't stop you from reading, the carousel ponies will 💀 "Don’t Read This: Dismemberment, carousel ponies"
Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective@neilwillcox.bsky.social · last mo.I read Poneyhenge by @faithallington.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social a story about what happens when the girls watch a prince kissing one of them, and the carousel ponies at the place it happens nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-re...
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem in our 🌟January 2026 issue🌟 by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those labeled *monster*. Read this one as sanctuary and join the party (a party!) havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...
I read Poneyhenge by @faithallington.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social a story about what happens when the girls watch a prince kissing one of them, and the carousel ponies at the place it happens nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-re...
I Read Stories: Ponyhenge by Faith Allington
Ponyhenge by Faith Allington in Kaleidotrope The girls will learn about the foxglove princes when they are older. They whisper about ...
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Page proofs for my debut have come in! 🥳 In honor of this milestone, I want to do a game I've seen from other authors: give me a number from 1 to 180, and I'll give you quote from that page! (But probably starting tomorrow cuz I've got errands the rest of today)
👀July 2026 Poetry👀 "Wintering Grounds" is a poem by @brokenswanquill.bsky.social about the sorrow that comes with unbridgeable distance and the unsettled ache of whatever love might remain Read it here: havenspec.com/poetry/winte...
Hey writers! The submission portal closed this month but we have some opportunities coming up this fall, including a call guest edited by previous FFO author Ashlee Lhamon. Happy Writing! ✍️ #writingcommunity #amediting www.patreon.com/flashfiction...
FFO Fall 2026 Submission Opportunities | Flash Fiction Online
Dear Friends & Followers, Our submission portal is closed during the month of August; however, we will have a couple opportunities opening t
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Elric doesn't have pointy ears, Tolkien's elves don't have pointy ears, starting to think this is just Big Fake Ear trying to sell to cosplayers
Abby@arobertswrites.com · 2mo agoPointless hill I'm choosing to die on: Tolkien's elves don't have pointed ears.
As a Shirley Jackson scholar, this feels like a trap.
This picture of the real Ponyhenge looks very charming but my story has glitter and blood and feral girls 😉 kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...
“Ponyhenge” by Faith Allington
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Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2mo agoBut yes, as @faithallington.bsky.social notes in this week’s Kaleidotrope newsletter, her story “Ponyhenge” (Spring ‘26) was indeed inspired by a real place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyhenge
It's world ocean day 🌊 and if you don't have an ocean nearby to run screaming into, then may I suggest this ocean themed poem about bargains and your heart?
Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 5mo agoThe lesson of today's poem by Faith Allington is to listen carefully to Sea Witches, even beyond their bargains. They're good at seeing.
Yep we’re open for new stories! Until we reach our 1,000 cap. Can’t wait to read your stories 🤓 #writingcommunity
Duotrope@duotrope.com · 4mo agoFlash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social (Fiction; Open, General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
"I want to feel them cut you out of my brain, piece by piece." Outstanding flash fiction 😀 by Faith Allington www.adventitious.net/stories/raze...
Raze My Brain Open My Eyes by Faith Allington
A haunting speculative story of transformation, memory loss, and becoming something more than human after the end of the world.
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📣 Details for Lark Morgan Lu’s upcoming call for stories, themed “Aftermath,” are now available via our Patreon page. ✔️ Submissions open JULY 1st! ✔️ All genres ✔️ 500-1000 words as per usual This issue will release in January 2027 #writingcommunity #flashfiction
Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu@larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn July, a submissions call for Flash Fiction Online will open for the special "Aftermath" issue. I wanted to give first the greatest of thanks to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for the opportunity to guest edit. One may see the submission guideline below: www.patreon.com/posts/themed...
Is it weird that I'm visiting a friend to make dinner with them and I strongly want to bring my favorite rock with me?
Happy Book-Birthday, Multitude! Book is a book! You can get it anywhere, and also here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul...
Excited to share that I'll also have work appearing in a forthcoming issue of Kaleidotrope! 📖🚪🥚💀 and 🌊🦈🩸👑
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's much nicer sending acceptances.
Looking for a great way to support us but don't have the cash? Consider reviewing us on @thestorygraph.com It's fun, supports great writers, and gives you clear skin. app.thestorygraph.com/books/14cba4...
Adventitious, Issue Two: Strange & Literary Fiction by Adventitious Magazine
Adventitious is a collection of strange and speculative fiction. Issue Two leans into the dark, g...
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ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽
