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Hi, othersiders, and happy August! It feels like we just hit send on our July newsletter, but instead summer is nearly over and Issue 3 of O

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Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

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Portals #1 update! This call will be CLOSING to submissions on August 16th at 11:59 pm Eastern… unless we hit the cap before then, so don’t wait! Last chance to send us your darkest, strangest, queerest horror! 🖤 Current subs: Fiction: 121/150 Poetry: 44/100 hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · last mo.

Open NOW! Calling all trans and nonbinary authors: send us your speculative horror!!! Rates: 8 cents/word for fiction, $50/poem. GUIDELINES and the submissions portal: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/3 (Plus, more details in the quoted thread!)

#PoemADay Day 2: "girl, flogged by a false-named whip" by Amie Shen in @othersidespec.bsky.social . There's a lot here that I'm still sitting through. I get more on each subsequent read, which to me makes for a great poem. othersidespec.com/pieces/girl-...

girl, flogged by a false-named whip. - OTHERSIDE

i speak only of beautiful things, i told the eagle on my stomach. it pecked out my liver—a kindness. it stopped the fire from reaching lower. so girl means fire. i took fire from Him, and in turn He l...

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ICYMI, our ✨July 2026 issue✨ is available to read right this very moment! Subscribe or buy a copy and support small presses! And please, spread the word! Issue: havenspec.com/issues/issue... Subscribe: www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag... Buy: ko-fi.com/s/99e6ef7ea8

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It's RELEASE DAY! Lower those shoulders, take a deep breath, and read some fantastic short fiction and poetry! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-11/

the portal (and this link) is calling you! spirit-stolen names, reverse culture shock, complicated relationships, and copious amounts of arroz caldo await you on the other side 👀✨

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 5d ago

“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.

“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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🏳️‍🌈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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We’re hard at work making final decisions for Issue 3 this week, which makes this a great time to remind you that we next open to submissions in October! For Issue 4, we’ll be looking for pieces that connect (even loosely) to the theme “exploration.” Dates + guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines

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Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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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

Lavender Con was a lovely time—thank you to all the amazing OTHERSIDE authors and supporters and friends who navigated our slightly chaotic meetup. We continue to be in awe of the amazing queer folks in this space ✨

The word is getting out! Check out this wonderful review of the "Forged in FIYAH" anthology from Booklist 🙌🏿 We release September 29. Every preorder supports this amazing squad of Black speculative fiction authors. Please share our project with a reader who loves science fiction, fantasy, and horror!

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...

We're working through our queue and hope to have responses within the next week or so. In the meantime, Val will be at Lavender Con in DC this weekend—and there will be an OTHERSIDE meetup Saturday at 1:15pm Eastern (location TBD and bagels might be involved). Say hi for bookmarks and stickers 👀

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📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

While we’re closed to fiction and poetry now… reminder, we’re open to nonfiction year-round, and it’s not too late to submit for Issue 3! We’re looking for essays relevant to readers of queer SFF, though we invite you to interpret that broadly. We have a soft spot for work that makes us think + cry.

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our submissions for Issue 3 are officially CLOSED. We're eagerly reading through our queue and expect to get responses finalized within the next couple weeks. The next open window will be for Issue 4, our "exploration" themed winter issue 🪐 🗡️ See details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Our submissions for Issue 3 are officially CLOSED. We're eagerly reading through our queue and expect to get responses finalized within the next couple weeks. The next open window will be for Issue 4, our "exploration" themed winter issue 🪐 🗡️ See details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

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Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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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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very hyped to be featured alongside sooo many crazy good stories!!

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!

SO happy to see @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social's "We Who Were Raised by Tigers" on this list alongside so many amazing stories!! 🐅💜

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!

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

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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

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Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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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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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 ago

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

Just a few more days!

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4w ago

General 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

Pick a weekend read (or several) from the lit mags in our #DisabilityPride reading list! www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in honor of Disability Pride Month, observed…

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We're still seeking poems for our '27 lineup. If you've got verse that makes you go I DID THAT, share so we can be hype with you! speccolorwaysinverse.carrd.co#guidelines Need an idea of what we publish?⬇️

Spec Colorways in Verse

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Spec Colorways In Verse@speccolorwaysverse.bsky.social · last mo.

Our 1st author Q&A is live—little taste: ". . . I centered this poem on the Moko Jumbie not simply for the sake of invoking a Carnival scene, but to enliven the Moko Jumbie’s origins within resistance and revolutionary witness." ~Dkéama Alexis www.patreon.com/SpecColorway...