What kind of psyop nonsense is this? Yes, it is. Living is literally the point of being alive.
jay kang romanus
@jelliclejay.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 sffh writer, big fan of the separation between fiction and reality. editor of DUDES ROCK (the circus '25), stories in podcastle, baffling, kaleidotrope, and more 🔞
HELLO AMERICA IT IS OFFICIALLY HOT 🥵 BOULEUTOPHAGY 🍔 SUMMER 💃
Adventitious.@adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 4d agoAmericans, finally pissed enough, start eating their politicians. (Yes, it's a love story.) "Saul & Noah's Hot Bouleutophagy Summer" by @elijah.mea.rs has: 🚗two boys in a beater at the end of society ❤️queer love 🗽courage vs American fascists 🦺a safe zone? www.adventitious.net/stories/saul...
Don't forget to read and vote for the Ignyte Awards! The deadline is August 16th, and "Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity" is nominated alongside so many excellent books and stories.
The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations finalists! Public voting is now open thru August 16: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/ We encourage you to read or otherwise engage with the nominated works/folks between now and then. Thanks for tuning in!
After giving it some thought, I figure there's never going to be a perfect time to open for horror/Weird fic collection submissions. Why not now while my job is still in a slow period? If you're BIPOC and/or queer, I'm especially interested in reading your work: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. The submi…
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My annual “here’s a ton of free publishing advice” post. You can access: TWENTY successful query letters. Six book proposals that sold. A guide to research agents. And a guide to writing I.P. All for free, right here. www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH
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my main professional goal is to become the kind of writer this is said about
Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social · 2w agoa: no
feel like odyssey is hitting hard even if it's not to everyone's taste because there is a yearning for the idea that a bunch of people can work hard on a film of this scope and have it pay off, but also everyone wants an imaginary dad to come home and beat the shit out of greedy ruinous fucks
someday someone will want my cosmic horror bdsm space opera novella but today is not that day
Look, you simply must be reading Neon Hemlock books. You simply must!
Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey draws inspiration from Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of The Odyssey; today, we're revisiting a conversation between Wilson and @franwilde.bsky.social on mistranslations, movie casting, and interpreting the voices of heroes long past:
All The Voices of The Odyssey: Emily Wilson On Language, Translation, and Culture - Reactor
I recently finished another great boat-centric book that contained the hallmarks of modern action-adventure fantasy: shipwrecks, monsters, intrigue, heroes, a complicated good guy, evil-smashing, regr...
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Big Writing doesn't want u to know that u can just use "says" multiple times in a row instead of killing urself over synonyms. follow me for more writing tips
See ya at One of Us Horror Book Fair this September in Iowa City! If you come, we'll have copies of our November release, Lonesome and Festering, a full two months early and available for purchase.
Queer authors, today is the FINAL DAY to submit your speculative fiction and/or poetry for Issue 3! Spread the word and send your work our way—we can’t wait to read it! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50/poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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i literally don't have time to get a vagina rn stop tempting me!!!
Pre-gaming Pride Month with a Queer Anthologies rec post! I used to not enjoy short stories because I get too attached to characters and have a hard time letting them go in such a short time, but I've read five of these and really like short stories and anthologies now! (1/2)
What if I told you about King Midas. What if I did it three more times. What if it was queer. What if it was trans. What if it was in Small Wonders TODAY.
Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 3w agoYou know the story of Midas, right? Stories shift and warp though, so let's hear that old tale a few more times. Let @elijah.mea.rs tell us how "He Washes His Sins In the River" :
in regards to my last repost, my first publication was sold to @anathemamagazine.bsky.social which WAS in fact defunct for a bit, but i'm so so happy they're back!! that being said, my second publication was published by prismatica and now not even the website is around so u never know
Writers (of whatever), if you've ever sold a short/poem/essay, is the first venue that you sold to still in business? My first actual sale was to Ideomancer back in 2002 or 2003. They are defunct. What was yours?