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a journal of ends and beginnings https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/ published by @psychopomp.com, tweets by @feliciafm.bsky.social and @seanmarkey.bsky.social
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The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 23h ago"This isn’t funny, the ant thinks as the foot comes down." TODAY, beloveds!! a new poem, just for you Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet? by @andrewkozma.net read it here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
SUPER proud to see #1 deadlands editor in chief @ecatherine.com as a finalist for her work in THE DEADLANDS ...THIS deadlands what?! incredible and a hearty toast to all finalists, a bone-on-bone *clink* well done thanks to the judges and thank you all our readers forever
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
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"This isn’t funny, the ant thinks as the foot comes down." TODAY, beloveds!! a new poem, just for you Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet? by @andrewkozma.net read it here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Do You Believe There are People Who… / Andrew Kozma / Psychopomp
Do You Believe There are People Who, Noticing an Insect on the Sidewalk, Step Out of Their Way to Crush It Under Their Feet?, by Andrew Kozma, from issue 43.
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LOVE TO HEAR IT thanks @amalelmohtar.com hello @khoreo.bsky.social we 🖤 you
Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · 4d agoMan I love seeing @khoreo.bsky.social & @thedeadlands.com on the semiprozine list. My short fiction reading has really dropped off in recent years but I very reliably find the stuff they're doing really exciting.
new story first story from issue 43 for you to read ON LINE Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger by @clairejiawen.bsky.social "At the time, my mother hadn’t yet instilled in me that you can only implant a body with a corporeal spirit." READ MORE NOW! 👇
Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp
Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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new story first story from issue 43 for you to read ON LINE Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger by @clairejiawen.bsky.social "At the time, my mother hadn’t yet instilled in me that you can only implant a body with a corporeal spirit." READ MORE NOW! 👇
Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger / Claire Jia-Wen / Psychopomp
Read Vessel, Skin, Daughter, Stranger, by Claire Jia-Wen, a short story from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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they say to vote with your heart but what if you vote with your bones instead? The Deadlands for Hugo Best Semiprozine 2026 BestSEMIPROzine2026 we would like you to vote for us 💀 info and stuff: www.thehugoawards.org
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This is the church that inspired my story "The Morthouse" in @thedeadlands.com. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Morthouse - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
but once, after Sunday service, she heard the sexton say that there are places where the dead traverse a river after death, paying a boatsman to ferry them across the water.
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FFer Read of the Day: "The Self-Made Women's Circle" by @marisca.bsky.social in @thedeadlands.com psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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Today we are taking my daughter apart.
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Fine, fine, twist my arm. Just arrived, my author’s copy of @thedeadlands.com Issue 41, featuring ‘The Skull of Francisco Xalbec’ by yours truly and a collection of excellent poetry and short fiction by other fine writers. More info - and more stories - at psychopomp.com/deadlands/.
Welcome to The Deadlands: Death-focused Stories & Poetry
The Deadlands is a twice-hugo-nominated quarterly journal that publishes death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Read The Deadlands online for free.
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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator@autumnwolff.bsky.social · last wk.I’m calling everyone out.
READ MORE POETRY specifically THIS poetry the poetry we JUST PUBLISHED in issue 43 it is called MAYBE and it is GOOD POETRY here is a link so you can READ MORE POETRY please like and share thank you #marketing #smallpress #thedeadlandsmarketingteamwashere psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe / Poem By Phodiso Modirwa / The Deadlands
Read "Maybe" by Phodiso Modirwa from issue 43 of The Deadlands.
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TODAY, beloveds! our first poem of issue 43 🖤 "Maybe you’re beautiful and like all of us, had fears Maybe you picked the wrong mask, so we never saw your face." Maybe by @phodiso-modirwa.bsky.social read the full poem here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak
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TODAY, beloveds! our first poem of issue 43 🖤 "Maybe you’re beautiful and like all of us, had fears Maybe you picked the wrong mask, so we never saw your face." Maybe by @phodiso-modirwa.bsky.social read the full poem here 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Maybe - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
We will not negate. We’ll avoid but entirely / when we speak
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Thank you to the magazine sponsors of the speculative Poetry Hugo #poetryhugo, a full list is on our website: @utopiascifi.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @analogsf.bsky.social Polar Borealis/Polar Starlight @interstellarflight.bsky.social Uncharted Magazine... poetryhugo.com
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issue 43 is live and available for Patrons THANK YOU for being a patron, we hope you love and read this issue. if you love THE DEADLANDS please support us by becoming a patron! if you do (and we can't stress this enough) YOU GET TO READ ISSUE 43 RIGHT NOW!!!!1!!~!!💀!!11!
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quick important ISSUE 43 update: it's late it's gonna BE late the state of this issue's being is one of lateness but do no worry it will arrive SOON and YOU will be the first to hear about it if you're on our email list or if you follow us here on BSKY sorry and thank you and goodnight
in case you missed it! issue 43 is imminent 💀🫶
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 3w agoit's time, beloveds! 🌮 🌮 🌮 it's TOC o'tuesday! and issue 43 is looking AMAZING shall we begin? thread/
HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)
HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)
it's time, beloveds! 🌮 🌮 🌮 it's TOC o'tuesday! and issue 43 is looking AMAZING shall we begin? thread/
THANK YOU TO ALL PATRONS THAT HELP KEEP US literally and figuratively ALIVE YOU ARE THE BEST YOU WILL HAVE UNBRUISED APPLES BIRDS WILL ALWAYS SING TO YOU A HERMIT CRAB WILL NEVER CLAMP YOUR EAR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE OCEAN we love you like bones love osteogenic loading you make us stronger
Psychopomp@psychopomp.com · 3w agothe deadlands is ALMOST, but not quite, fully funded consider joining as a patron and two things happen: 1. we keep publishing amazing deathy works 2. you get epub/phsyical copies of the deadlands and OH BY THE WAY the next issue (in 7 days) contains A WHOLE NOVELLA + regular deadlands content!
next week: summer deadlands ToC Reveal week after: SUMMER DEADLANDS! IT'S SUMMER IN THE DEADLANDS and we have SEVERAL apocalypses to share /w you. right now: all of issue 42 is online to read FOR FREE - a novelette - short stories - poetry don't NOT click this link 👇
The Deadlands - Issue 42 | Psychopomp
Includes the work of Nosawema O., |A. E. Weisgerber, Phoenix Mendoza, R.B. Lemberg, Maya Ysabel Ng, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr., Diana Dima, and Kelsey Dean
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hey it's us THE DEADLANDS with an update for authors (please leave the room if you are not, sorry) we are going to be making an ANNOUNCEMENT 4 AUTHORS soon but not yet this is an announcement of an announcement we have an email announcement form for authors, you can sign up to stay up 2 date:
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Send us your best death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Read the full guidelines before you submit.
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hello how are you. GREAT we want to follow more writers and editors and magazine staffs here in the literary & spec fic space if you have 11 second, pls 🙏🏻 reply with some of your favorites, we will follow and say hello let's spread love and recognition like strawberry jam (on toast or other) 💀🍓
hello how are you. GREAT we want to follow more writers and editors and magazine staffs here in the literary & spec fic space if you have 11 second, pls 🙏🏻 reply with some of your favorites, we will follow and say hello let's spread love and recognition like strawberry jam (on toast or other) 💀🍓
1. poetry is now open properly, so go submit your poetries if you'd like. 2. the site got redesigned, sorry for BUGGS if there are buggs do not squash just tell us and we will release them outside. 3. the site is pretty go look at it: psychopomp.com/deadlands 4. please become patron it's very
Welcome to The Deadlands: Death-focused Stories & Poetry
The Deadlands is a twice-hugo-nominated quarterly journal that publishes death-focused stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Read The Deadlands online for free.
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we are speechless with joy and pride and wonder @premeemohamed.com's glorious collection One Message Remains is a finalist for the Le Guin Prize!!! AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa 🎉🎉🎉
Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · last mo.We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
“The Three Apocalypses of Kabir Vasudeva” coming soon…
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · last mo.this ticket entitles you to one (1) novella next month from: THE DEADLANDS by: @amalsingh.bsky.social NEXT MONTH'S ISSUE FIRST NOVELLA FROM THE DEADLANDS IT'S HAPPENING TICKET 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️💀🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️it's so good🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️
