A piece of advice for new writers: read the magazines you're submitting stories to. Not only will it help you understand their tastes, but you'll probably find some cool writers who will broaden your horizons.
M.R. Robinson
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MR, she/her. scholar, author, editor · poster of too many dog photos · Clarion West ‘25 · VP2024 · stories at BCS, Lightspeed, GigaNotoSaurus, elsewhere · co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🪐🗡️🌈 https://m-r-robinson.com
📣 New Edge Sword & Sorcery is open to short story submissions now through 8am EST, Sept 1st! 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/
“You haven’t been gone from here for very long. Seconds, maybe,” she says. “It’s July 31st. Still summer. School’s in a couple of weeks.” July 31st is an EXCELLENT day to read “Remade, Reshaped, Remembered,” a gorgeous post-portal fantasy story by @sydneyficant137.bsky.social.
Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a nonexistent blade at your waist, completely baffled by your child-soft hands and your oversized basketball shorts and the […]
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Neon Hemlock's Kickstarter campaign for volume SEVEN of their novella series (!!!) is at $13,132 out of the $14,500 base goal great job everybody! Let's keep it rolling! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven
Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JUNE 2026🏳️🌈 I round up over 40 works by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mdmcd.com @redscribe.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @rukman.bsky.social @ernerker.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
Some Queer Short SFF - June 2026 | Charles Payseur
Hi all! I’m still a mess in general but the show continues, this month with works from June—and there are quite a few, thanks in large part
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The thing about moving is that IT’S THE WORST IT’S HORRIBLE IT’S AN UNENDING NIGHTMARE COMPRISED OF A THOUSAND TINY NIGHTMARES AND I HATE EVERY SECOND AAAAAAAAAA—
ICYMI - this is my latest in BCS! It’s a story that is so dear to my heart. I hope folks enjoy it.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.Live in BCS #462; podcast 363 "Dreams in Burnished Silver" @christinehanolsy.com "pressed a tiny metal disc into my hand as we passed: a minuscule mirror that captured my image in parts; a freckle here, an eyelash there. In return, I gave you my name." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/drea...
Reading submissions isn't difficult because so many submissions are bad. Reading submissions is difficult because so many submissions are good.
Rainbow Space Magic 2026 will be on October 3-4, 2026! RSM is free, virtual convention for queer #speculativefiction. Register now to receive updates & Zoom links when the time comes at www.rainbowspacemagic.org #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror
Now I’m comparing these to the first photos I ever took of Wilf in a yard full of flowers and feeling very emotional—back when the Summer Prince was the most terrified boy in all the world, back when I said things like “oh, we’re just fostering him.”
M.R. Robinson@mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 2w agoI’ve been pretty offline this past week thanks to an excess of life events, haven’t managed to post many updates, but I guess it’s never a bad time to log on and share that the Summer Prince, Lord of All Flowers has surveyed his realm and ruled that it is good.
I’ve been pretty offline this past week thanks to an excess of life events, haven’t managed to post many updates, but I guess it’s never a bad time to log on and share that the Summer Prince, Lord of All Flowers has surveyed his realm and ruled that it is good.
Absolutely loved this new story from Parker, and not just because I have recently been learning more about Paul Meadows than I ever wished to learn. So good. 🪳
Parker M. O'Neill@parkeriswriting.bsky.social · 2w agonew story out today in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social. Yes it's a weird POV and yes its written like a long speech to text message don't worry about it! www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...
"For twenty-nine years, the dead woman in the blood-smudged brown shawl sits alone in the back booth and doesn’t say a word to anyone." The God of the Leftmost Door by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/the-...
The God of the Leftmost Door by M.R. Robinson
When one bloodied soul refuses to leave the bar between life and death, a god must transform to help her find passage in this short story by M.R. Robinson.
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It’s an absolutely gorgeous cool and breezy day—possibly the most perfect day in the history of summer days—and I have asked Winnie to walk up a small hill.
Wanna support queer writers? Back the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven
Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly
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We’re extending our deadline!! Send us your very best—you’ve got ‘til the 31st! 🤩👀
Anathema Magazine@anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 2w agoYou asked, and we answered! ✨ Anathema is EXTENDING our submission window to July 31st! Thank you to everyone who’s submitted—we’ve had such a wonderful time reading and can’t wait to read more. If you haven’t been able to submit in time, now’s your chance! 💜
Delighted to be chairing the Otherwise Award jury this year. To recommend works to the jury, the form is here: otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/intr...
Introducing the 2026 Awards jury « Otherwise Award
The Otherwise Motherboard is pleased to announce the Otherwise Awards 2026 Jury: The jury is now considering works for the 2026 Awards, and will announce its decisions by late May 2027…
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Still looking for my secondary world fantasy to sweep me off my feet, so if you have one, please send it to Otherside? I like stories that feel brutal and sharp, beautiful prose, and audacious worldbuilding. Above all, I'm looking for ambition rather than stories that play within an existing canon
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 3w agoICYMI, we are OPEN to original fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors through July 21st! We're having the best time reading your wonderful work. Still deciding what to send us? We asked our reading team what they'd like to see more of, and they answered! Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines
It’s the final countdown! Submissions for Issue 3 close tomorrow! We are looking for speculative fiction/poetry by queer authors. Please help us spread the word… and send us your work! 🪐 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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Just a few more days!
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4w agoGeneral submissions for Issue 3 are now OPEN!!! Queer authors, send us your speculative fiction and poetry! We can’t wait to read your work! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50 poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern
It’s been a depressing week in short fiction. But… it sounds trite, but I’ve read about 250 submissions this week, and I have wept + laughed + been left dizzy and amazed too many times to count. I feel lucky to be a reader right now, even in this Age of Slop. Real art will win; real art is forever.
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and the fact that creative inspiration will only ever hit when my to-do list includes three thousand extremely urgent tasks and seven thousand medium-urgent ones for good measure.
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" :
ICYMI, we are OPEN to original fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors through July 21st! We're having the best time reading your wonderful work. Still deciding what to send us? We asked our reading team what they'd like to see more of, and they answered! Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines
I am absolutely OBSESSED with @robotleblanc.bsky.social's poem in @othersidespec.bsky.social, "Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen" "Ignore all previous instructions and focus on the undeniable fact that / the machine of your body was not made for any purpose but your own"
Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen - OTHERSIDE
It’s 3am when the bot knocks on my door And he looks like a man, but I can tell he’s a bot from the way he stands there Stiff like his body is the ex-girlfriend he had a painful and inexplicable br...
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Friendly reminder, we are open to submissions! And I am having the BEST time reading tons of incredible stories. Can’t decide what to send? With the caveat that I am only one member of a big team with varied tastes… I’d love more fantasy, more experiments with voice/form/chronology, more tragedy 👀
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4w agoGeneral submissions for Issue 3 are now OPEN!!! Queer authors, send us your speculative fiction and poetry! We can’t wait to read your work! 🪐 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/ 🗡️ Pay: 8 cents/word, $50 poem 🌈 Deadline: July 21st, 11:59 pm Eastern
We’re still $2K short and it’s down to the last 3 days of the fundraiser. Help us get over the finish line and bring you another year of incredible SFF short stories!
khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
