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Our Kickstarter launches Sept. 15, and we recruited a killer lineup of authors to write new stories for us. The first to agree was HUGH HOWEY, author of WOOL, SHIFT, & DUST, the basis of the Apple+ series SILO. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

Next up is SEANAN MCGUIRE (@seananmcguire.bsky.social), author of the October Daye, Incryptid, & Wayward Children series. She's been in LIGHTSPEED more than a dozen times, and we're delighted to have one more! 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch 9/15! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

🎉 Also contributing: Rebecca Roanhorse @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social, NYT bestselling, award-winning author of the Between Earth and Sky trilogy and The Sixth World series. She also guest-edited BASFF with me in 2022! 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

Next up: Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social, NYT bestselling author of LEGENDS & LATTES, et seq., as well as this short I edited "Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk" www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

Bestselling author Victor LaValle will write a new story for @nightmare-magazine.com! He's the author of The Changeling and The Ballad of Black Tom + he & I co-edited A People's Future of the United States. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

We're excited to welcome back acclaimed author Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social to LIGHTSPEED! He's best known for The Dandelion Dynasty series, THE PAPER MENAGERIE, and translating Cixin Liu's THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

We're super excited to be bringing you—in @nightmare-magazine.com—a brand-new story from bestselling horror master @stephengrahamjones.com, author of THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, MONGRELS, and MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...

Well, now, who do we have here, writing us a new story? It's Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social, acclaimed author of ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY, THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, and the Victories Greater Than Death trilogy! 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

We've got new art on the way too! I'm happy to report that Tithi Luadthong (a/k/a Grandfailure) will create all-new illustrations for ALL of LIGHTSPEED's Year 17 & NIGHTMARE's Year 15 covers! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/cover-galler... 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

Our next NIGHTMARE author "scared the hell out of" Stephen King: Award-winning NYT bestseller Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social, author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS, 2026's DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, and a boatload of short fiction. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

Next up is none other than NYT bestselling author Veronica Roth! She's the author of The Divergent series, CHOSEN ONES, POSTER GIRL, and more, plus she served as guest editor of BASFF and was part of my JJA Books imprint. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

At NIGHTMARE, we'll be featuring a new story from SF/F/H master @tananarivedue.bsky.social, author of THE REFORMATORY and winner of the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, American Book, and NAACP Image Awards. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

Also coming up in NIGHTMARE: A new story by @silviamg.bsky.social, NYT Bestselling, World Fantasy, Locus, British Fantasy, & Ignyte-winning author of MEXICAN GOTHIC, GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW, and SILVER NITRATE. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

We're excited to see what Nebula, Locus, and British Fantasy Award winner @pdjeliclark.bsky.social comes up with for us! He's the author of A MASTER OF DJINN, RING SHOUT, THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS, and the Dead Djinn Universe stories. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

The next author to give us NIGHTMARE(s) is bestseller @gradyhendrix.bsky.social! Author of THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES, HORRORSTOR, & MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26

This author is going to either end up in LIGHTSPEED or NIGHTMARE depending on how the story turns out: None other than bestseller @chuckwendig.bsky.social! He's the author of WANDERERS, CALAMITIES, and BLACK RIVER ORCHARD. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! bit.ly/LS-NM-26