Exciting news from Lightspeed -- an old hand leaves, an older one returns. I am going to miss the team so much, but I'm so excited for what will come next! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Editorial: July 2026 - Lightspeed Magazine

Be sure to check out the editorial for a rundown of this month's content and for all of John Joseph Adams's media and book recommendations!

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Not to be all "it's my birthday, buy my books" but it is and you should. THE DEAD WITHHELD: tiny, quick read, queer, paranormal neo-noir, grumpy protag with questionable decision-making YEAR OF THE MER: big, special editions, fantasy, slow burn sapphic tragedy, grumpy protag, worse decisions

And finally, our Year 6 Kickstarter is ongoing! We're hovering at $2800, and we'd love to get over the $3000 hump! Every little bit makes a difference. With your help, we can keep funding another great year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Fusion Fragment is now open to submissions! Full details at www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

Submissions are opening today! We are seeking speculative fiction by immigrant/diaspora writers for upcoming issues. Open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.

Hey! Latest story, "Our Revels Now Are Ended," now out at @clarkesworldmagazine.com. In a library connected to other libraries, a man with redacted memories exchanges ideas with a state interrogator. As always, if you enjoy, feel free to drop a line.

Our Revels Now Are Ended by Thomas Ha

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I have a new story out!!! 🖤✨️🌈 It might be my weirdest and darkest child yet. I love it very much and I hope you do too.

khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Visit an enigmatic queer bar in “Godweapon” by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, and be transported into a story that weaves through seduction, consumption, work/life balance, the commodification of community, and the commodification of queerness.

I'm absolutely thrilled to share that my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon is a finalist for this year's Eugie Awards! Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists! It's a fabulous list! eugiefoster.com/eugieaward

Today's throwback story rec is The Many Taste Grooves of the Chang Family by Allison King at Diabolical Plots (2022) www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-8...

I have a new story out!!! 🖤✨️🌈 It might be my weirdest and darkest child yet. I love it very much and I hope you do too.

khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Visit an enigmatic queer bar in “Godweapon” by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, and be transported into a story that weaves through seduction, consumption, work/life balance, the commodification of community, and the commodification of queerness.

Issue 6.2 is out! The six wondrous stories in our latest issue center memory, death, and the devouring nature of capitalism, with the cover and spot art created by Bali-based artist Gusde Sidhi. Head over to our website to buy a copy and read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com/product/volu...

Sneaking this announcement out before the weekend: We are pleased to announce the ToC and share the cover for We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025! www.neonhemlock.com/news/cover-r...

Cover Reveal & ToC: We're Here 2025 — neon hemlock

We’re delighted to announce, along with editor Bogi Takács and series editor Charles Payseur, the full table of contents for We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025 : “Magical Girl A...

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The 2nd story in Saros #5 is "On the Matter of Homo Sapiens" by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "Both the funniest and the scariest story in the issue. Coleman [is] a writer with great capacity for narratives holding a whole heap of emotional complexity.

Spend a little time with my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space! Available today! Bugs in the physics! Status reports in the form of food! Finding a family! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

1/2 So, the first story in Saros #5, "Land of Lasts" by @probablyharmless.bsky.social, was also the first story that, upon encountering in the issue's submissions pool, I immediately set aside in my "this is special and I think I have to have it" stack. It's the kind of story that sneaks up on you-

1/2 The second story in Saros #5, "On the Matter of Homo Sapiens" by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, is--to me, at least--both the funniest and the scariest story in the issue. It's a neat trick, I think, to pull off a concept that blends both such delightful and such horrifying elements so seamlessly-

What's better than new mag day? A dual mag day! That's right, Saros SF #5, edited by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social, will be releasing on March 23rd alongside FF#27 and you'll be able to get both magazines in one handy download package!

Another short story from @wilwheaton.net’s podcast that makes you want to live in the world far longer than the words allow—in the best way! This one by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social. pca.st/episode/4121...

“Disassembling Light” by Kel Coleman

“Disassembling Light” by Kel Coleman, narrated by Wil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Crawling back from a very nasty bout of flu by posting some of my favorite stories I read last year. Is it a perfect list? No, there's a ton of amazing stuff out there. But I am happy with it and I hope you can find something in here for you <3

AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF GLORIOUS SHORT FICTION THAT I ENJOYED IN 2025 (BY PUBLICATION MONTH).

his love’s ashes on his tongue, by Monte Lin, in The Deadlands (January) I love how this story explores grief and death. It’s a journey in a strange city. A journey inside our minds and the v…

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oh shitttt!!!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We're so proud and happy to hear that @thomasha.bsky.social is a 2025 Philip K.Dick Award Nominee for UNCERTAIN SONS. Congratulations, Thomas!

My spectacularly talented friend Kehkashan Khalid has a new story out now from LIGHTSPEED!!! If you’d like to laugh and cry in only 1300 words, I cannot recommend “Choose Your Own Damnation” enthusiastically enough: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/choo...

Choose Your Own Damnation - Lightspeed Magazine

You’ve gotten a C-minus, and it isn’t your fault. It is also not your fault that your parents are anal, Pakistani immigrants who came to this country with nothing and think a C-minus in tenth grade sp...

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It's my last short speculative fiction spotlight column of 2025 (my Dec picks will come out in Jan). I have 10 stories to tide you through the long, dark nights and short, cold days. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: November 2025 - Reactor

Add some of the best new short fiction stories to your end of year reading lists!

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“Last Meal Aboard the Awassa” by @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, “Compass Rose, Running” by Julie Reeser from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social

Escape Pod, Lightspeed, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Review by Charles Payseur

Escape Pod 8/21/25 Lightspeed 9/25 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 9/4/25, 9/18/25 The 8/21/25 Escape Pod features “35 / F / Lane’s Creek, Oklahoma” by Hans Ege Wenger, a story about Sandra, a remote bot o…

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One more day folks! Send us your queer speculative flash fiction!

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st! More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions

@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social's Those Beyond the Wall is EVERYTHING I could've hoped for in a sequel. A new protagonist—as well-developed as the first one—took me deeper into the characters, settings, and storylines I grew to love and blew my mind!! Don't sleep on this series, y'all. It's gold.

I'm $91 overdrawn. please help.

Space Witches, Esq.@popelizbet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I have $50 in mu account and a $275 phone bill auto debiting tomorrow plus I don't have enough to cover the other bills. please help?

Students touched me so much with their words and deeds during our last classes this week. One told me I was her favorite professor. I joked, "Darn it! That means I can't quit." "Don't quit. We need you." (Give me oil in my lamp. Keep me burning, burning, burning. Give me oil in my lamp, I pray.)

Putting up my editing shingle! I offer constructive developmental editing, and authenticity/sensitivity reading of short and long form prose fiction. I’m an Ignyte and Ember award winning editor. There’s room for a few clients this month and after January. Get in touch! soniasulaiman.com/contact/

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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.