It's the last weekend of our submission window, the perfect time to do some final checking of your story (please make sure it fits our guidelines) (Unless you have other commitments; sorry about that, we aren't in charge of your schedule) translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
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Today's SFF story: Like a Scorched House on Fire by @hlfullerton.bsky.social in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. I probably shouldn't be rooting for this protagonist (for multiple reasons), but I really am. www.nightshadesmag.com/ns-like-a-sc...
Like a Scorched House on Fire
by H.L. Fullerton He'd burned down the house three times, and yet still it stood. White-skinned. Two stories squatting over a grave-deep basement. Nine eyes and devil-black mouth in the front; a set ...
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My poem "Swimming the Witch," about how systems of power often create the very things they are attempting to quell, is now free to read at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -- just in time for spooky season! I hope you enjoy! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...
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Free Fiction Friday is here! Winter is coming - long brutal winter. Let this tale send chills down down your spine! magazine.trollbreath.com/rat-song/
Tired: gun and tobacco companies distancing themselves from the effects of their products Still tired: tech companies distancing themselves from the effects of their AI models Wired: Valuing people over products
Free Fiction Friday! Two poems today for your quick lit break: Swimming the Witch by Jennifer Hudak AND Natty Bumppo Bums a Smoke Outside the Stewart’s Shop by Rick Hollon. Great titles topping great poems! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the... magazine.trollbreath.com/natty-bumppo...
Go forth and submit the fun
Translunar Travelers Lounge@translunartl.bsky.social · 3w agoTranslunar Travelers Lounge is open for general submissions. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under. We ask that you read the submissions page carefully before sending us anything. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us? kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
Siap-siap, Gadis Cilik!
Alt: Get ready!
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Welcome to our latest Free Fiction Friday! Z.D. Dochterman offers us a fabulous slipstream tale of Maria, the gas mask gangs, killer purple fog, patricide, blood metal music, and a cat named Korpse with a K. This story is punk and it rocks. magazine.trollbreath.com/gaels-severe...
🛸 jump scare, night shades is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 🛸 gotta keep yall on your toes 🛸 send me your stories! 🛸 closing october 11 www.nightshadesmag.com
Night Shades
Night Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine.
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Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing! soundandcolormag.com
Sound & Color
A digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction
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This is a thoroughly delightful profile of Kaleidotrope and some of the fantastic work I’ve tried to bring to our little town. 😃
Bruce H. McCosar@bmccosar.bsky.social · last mo."Each issue generates a consistent sense of wonder and surprise. I think if independent speculative fiction were a small town, this would be the town square." Read my recommendation and profile of the magazine at bmccosar.com?p=47 @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Check out the line-up for fall! Access the entire issue now for only $5 to support the work! magazine.trollbreath.com
an important update about The Deadlands:
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · last mo.hello. friends an announcement about THE DEADLANDS we are going on a brief hiatus but we'll back. oh yes full details here, please read and share widely, it'd help us out. xo the deadlands psychopomp.com/an-intermiss...
I have a new story out today and available to subscribers of Trollbreath Magazine! ‘My Holiday from the Bringer of the Rain’ is partly about anxiety and small-town obligation, but mostly about going to Corfu to get away from the antlered god-monster that keeps ruining your day.
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My Holiday from the Bringer of the Rain
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"We Make Our Own Wings" is out for subscribers @trollbreathmag.bsky.social Contains troubled family dynamics, questionable decisions and the kind of wishful thinking that could end badly for everybody magazine.trollbreath.com
Issue 9, Fall 2026 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 9, Fall 2026 Fiction Every Anxious Person Dreams of Teeth by EC Hallewell Gael’s Severed Eye by Z.D. Dochterman The Bell Jar Frequency by Gretchen Tessmer Shades of Bruises and Blood by Katherine Quevedo Rat Song by DC Corvino Measure for Measure by Kris Jarden My Holiday from the…
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My essay on Resident Evil Requiem's Grace Ashcroft is out TODAY in Issue 9 of @trollbreathmag.bsky.social!!! "Courage is Not the Absence of Fear"--come read my thoughts on how the newest protagonist of my favorite game franchise has shattered the emotional glass ceiling for heroes:
Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear: Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft Highlights the Heroic Power of Accepting Fear - Trollbreath Magazine
Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear: Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft Highlights the Heroic Power of Accepting Fear
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Today marks the start of submissions earmarked for Issue 15, set for 1 Feb. 2027. It will be our five-year anniversary issue
Horror Tree@horrortree.com · last mo.☢️ @radonjournal.bsky.social opens is open! 🚀 SF, dystopia & transhumanism ✍️ Fiction up to 5K 📝 Poetry welcome 💰 Fiction: 2.5¢/word, $15 min. 💰 Poetry: $25/poem 📅 Deadline: Dec. 31 horrortree.com/taking-submi...
The portal is OPEN! Send us your original flash fiction - hit us in the feels, give us some hope, make it weird, play with fun formats, or hey all of the above if you can manage it in 1000 words! smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
Space Door
Alt: An open wooden door in a starry field. Through the door blue sky and clouds are visible.
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Includes my poem "Golem, Water Ghost"
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last mo.Welcome to Issue 9, fall of 2026! We've got a fantastic slate of authors and poets for you this time around, so as the days get shorter and cooler, you should relax, get cozy, and enjoy some delightful short fiction. Subscriptions are only $5 per issue, or $20 per year. magazine.trollbreath.com
My first ever published story is in this one! It's about how hard it is to make a marriage work when your husband is a human, and it's called Human Promises. My slav fam will probably recognize it as a fairy tale retelling, for everyone else - just #darkfairytale vibes.
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last mo.Welcome to Issue 9, fall of 2026! We've got a fantastic slate of authors and poets for you this time around, so as the days get shorter and cooler, you should relax, get cozy, and enjoy some delightful short fiction. Subscriptions are only $5 per issue, or $20 per year. magazine.trollbreath.com
Welcome to Issue 9, fall of 2026! We've got a fantastic slate of authors and poets for you this time around, so as the days get shorter and cooler, you should relax, get cozy, and enjoy some delightful short fiction. Subscriptions are only $5 per issue, or $20 per year. magazine.trollbreath.com
Issue 9, Fall 2026 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 9, Fall 2026 Fiction Every Anxious Person Dreams of Teeth by EC Hallewell Gael’s Severed Eye by Z.D. Dochterman The Bell Jar Frequency by Gretchen Tessmer Shades of Bruises and Blood by Katherine Quevedo Rat Song by DC Corvino Measure for Measure by Kris Jarden My Holiday from the…
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My latest story, "Dream Your Own Dragon" is out in the latest @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! If you're open to a bit of unabashed sentimentality (with dragons), take a look. magazine.trollbreath.com
Issue 9, Fall 2026 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 9, Fall 2026 Fiction Every Anxious Person Dreams of Teeth by EC Hallewell Gael’s Severed Eye by Z.D. Dochterman The Bell Jar Frequency by Gretchen Tessmer Shades of Bruises and Blood by Katherine Quevedo Rat Song by DC Corvino Measure for Measure by Kris Jarden My Holiday from the…
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New story by me about to launch In this issue-- "We Make Our Own Wings" About secrets, fitting in, and dangerous craft projects
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last mo.Three more days!
Time for submission tetris, friends! (We allow sim-subs, btw, so take that into consideration with your spreadsheets)
Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 2mo agoGuess who's opening to Original Flash Fiction on September 1st?! This magazine! We'll be open for the month of September, and once the portals to slushlandia have opened, you'll be able to submit here: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
Coming soon... my first speculative poem publication! “Why I Divorced The Chosen One” will be out next month @trollbreathmag.bsky.social but you can subscribe now to be the first to read the full issue! Super honored to be on a TOC with these other tremendous writers.
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoSeptember cometh! Subscribe now : magazine.trollbreath.com only $5.00 every 3 months or $20 per year!
It didn't make the surveillance horror antho, but if you like topical, political horror, you're gonna want to read this one.
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoSeptember cometh! Subscribe now : magazine.trollbreath.com only $5.00 every 3 months or $20 per year!
We were just reading this piece again as we finalize edits on the epub version of issue #9. Looking forward to sharing it with everyone! All non-fiction is free to read on our website, but subscriptions help us pay the authors, so please... subscribe if you can. $5/issue, $20/year.
Queen of Swords Press@qospress.bsky.social · 2mo agoPersonal Me again: well, this is timely. I wrote about Russ’s Alyx stories for @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social last year and have a new piece coming out on reading her collected short fiction in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social later on this year. Bookmarking for later!
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