FF#28 Story Preview: "u last saw hana in the mageverse" by @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social There's nothing I love more than a dark-but-hopeful story, and this one, about othering and self-discovery and grief and illness, is exactly that. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Sorry to change things up on everyone, but I'm cancelling the September reading period--I don't think I'll be a properly attentive reader during that time. Hoping to be back to our regularly scheduled reading periods in November!

My contributor copy of @fusionfragment.bsky.social #28 is here! it’s so beautiful!

That's a wrap on the July reading period. We got 1077 (!!!!) submissions during the month, meaning I'm gonna have some real tough decisions to make soon. Current queue numbers: 55 stories undergoing additional reads 305 unread stories Oldest unread from 7/18 at 5:28 PM ET

Print editions of FF 28 and Saros SF 6 are now available for purchase! Skull and cobwebs not included! sarossf.com/issue-6/ www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

FFer Read of the Day: "The Self-Made Women's Circle" by @marisca.bsky.social in @thedeadlands.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

The Self-Made Women’s Circle - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Today we are taking my daughter apart.

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Just a few more days left to get your work in for Saros #7!

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · last mo.

It's not only FF that's open! Saros SF #7, edited by @thompsinator.bsky.social, is open for the month for any stories with a theme of "terminally online". Full guidelines here: sarossf.com/submissions/

FFer Read of the Day: "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...

A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons, Haven Spec Magazine

"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang

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Intermittent website issues going on today--hosting provider is aware and working on it. In the meantime, if you're having trouble loading the site and trying to submit a story, here's a direct link to the FF Moksha portal: fusionfragment.moksha.io/publication/...

Friends: The Salam Award workshop fundraise is nearly 47% funded, thanks to just a handful of backers (including one extremely generous one who donated 4,000$!!) We're at last call. Let's see if we can do one more push and get it over to 75%!

Usman T. Malik@usmantm.bsky.social · 2w ago

Friends: 3rd iteration of SalamAward workshop has been scheduled for March 2027 Elizabeth Bear and Saad Z Hussain will be traveling to Pakistan to teach students If you’d like to support the future of the field, esp for South Asian SF, here’s your chance www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

FF Reading Period Update Here's where the queue stands (after a long morning of reading and lots of responses out!) 46 stories undergoing additional reads 333 unread stories Oldest unread story is from July 12th at 12:04 AM ET 928 submissions this period (so far!)

I'd read a bunch of these before but maaaaaaan do they ever somehow feel even more effective when collected together.

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2w ago

28. Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha horrific creatures / uncertain fathers (OK, well a couple of them have some certainty) / sharing whiskey with the woman-thing

FF#28: "Chutes, Slides, and Ladders" by @awritingwall.bsky.social This one knocked our socks off by going all-in on its Lord-of-the-Flies style premise featuring a group of children battling for control over a world of Chutes & Ladders. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Stoked to have a story in this edish of Saros SF (#6). Thanks to @chalicotherex.bsky.social @fusionfragment.bsky.social for believing get yours today bud sarossf.com/issue-6/

Look what showed up!!! Pumped to check out the latest issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social with my new story, Grave Bells, in it!!! Want to read about futuristic burial practices, ecological nightmares, zombies…and familial love??? If so, check it out :) www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/

Featuring stories from @fusionfragment.bsky.social, @othersidespec.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @lunastation.bsky.social, @unchartedmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @pseudopod.org, @trollbreathmag.bsky.social, @flashpointsf.bsky.social, and @escapepod.org.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2w ago

New short speculative fiction time! My picks from June: reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Picked up the latest @fusionfragment.bsky.social issue & the opening story by @estrubbe.bsky.social, "Birdguts", is a stunner. 🤌🏻 Always love when short fiction mags introduce me to authors whose writing scratches my brain in just the right way. I'll be devouring the rest of the issue this weekend.

Oh hey look some nice words over at Reactor for "Grave Bells" by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social from FF#28! This great list of reading recs also includes recent work by FFers @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social and @jomiles.bsky.social!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dystopian puppet shows, speculative email threads, and TEETH. and TEETH. and more TEETH. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social rounds up the SFF short stories you need to check out from June!

If you're a fan of FF go check out these back issues because, FFun FFact: 90% of them happen to contain at least one FFer!

Inner Worlds@innerworlds.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Inner Worlds archive is now available free to download in pdf and epub format: inner-worlds.ghost.io/downloads/

FF Reading Period Update As we start out the week, here's where the numbers are at: 40 stories undergoing additional reads 410 unread stories Oldest unread story is from July 7th at 2:22 PM ET 789 submissions this period (so far!)

I know, I know, I should've been reading submissions but I made the unwise decision to start this and found that I COULDN'T STOP. Bigolas Dickolas was right.

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2w ago

27. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone love letters / red vs. blue / altering the many timelines

I’ve had two new clifi/eco horror stories published this month. Some far future zombies in @fusionfragment.bsky.social And some dry lakebed scrap hunting in @havenspec.bsky.social www.fusionfragment.com/issue-28/ And havenspec.com/fiction/what...

Some Associate Editor Henry for your Thursday.

Attention SFFH Writers & Critics who are queer people of color: This is a reminder that @anathemamagazine.bsky.social will be open to submissions until July 20th! I’d love to see more nonfiction submissions before this window closes — (1/2)

I mentioned a while back that FF#24 was poised to overtake FF#20 as our bestselling issue of all-time and, well, it happened! But suddenly FF#20 moved a bunch of copies and now we're tied. So, which will catch your eye? www.fusionfragment.com/issue-20/ www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/

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It's #PortfolioDay!? 👀 Here's some of my work! I'm best known for creating colourful, detailed digital art incorporating patternwork and symbolism, as well as designs to represent and power other neurodivergent and disabled people. Portfolio at www.abistevens.com Email abistevens@btinternet.com

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Carly A-F, freelance illustrator making dramatic textured grimy painted art for books, games, posters & more! My work's a mix of traditional media (charcoal, paint, pastels) + digital colour. Booking projects for Aug onwards 🎨 carlydraws.com ✉️ carly (@) carlydraws (.) com

FFer Read of the Day: "The Island at the End of the World" by @slharris.bsky.social in The Dark: www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-island-a...

FF Reading Period Update: The stories keep on rolling in (600+ so far!) so we're not exactly making up ground, but hey, that's a good problem to have. Here's where we are: 26 stories undergoing additional reads 404 unread stories Oldest unread story from 7/2 at 7:03 AM ET.