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cat is out of the bag, skylanders!! read this tender poem of mine here!! so much gratitude goes to the wonderful OTHERSIDE team for giving this the absolute best home, xx

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social

Issue 2 is out now on our website! To celebrate, we'll be sharing quotes from each piece in the coming days 🪐🗡️ First is "Masquerade." by @chideraoffor.bsky.social. This poem opens the issue with a knock at the door and a tender, moonlit embrace. 🌒 Read it here: othersidespec.com/pieces/masqu...

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Ink In Thirds
@inkinthirds.bsky.social

PSA: We DON'T support AI at any stage of your writing journey. People have been writing for thousands of years without generative AI or chatbots for critiques. We want concept, writing, revisions, and submissions, the old-fashioned way. BTW, subs open! inkinthirds.org/submissions/

inkinthirds.orgSubmissions - Ink In ThirdsWe have two reading periods for submissions: April 1st – July 31st (for fall/winter issues) October 1st – Jan 31st (for spring/summer issues)

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khōréō magazine
@khoreo.bsky.social

We will be open again for submissions by immigrant and diaspora writers from November 1 to November 30 🍁 We are 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.

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OTHERSIDE
@othersidespec.bsky.social

Portals #1 is ALMOST HERE! Get excited for some incredible trans horror! We're celebrating with a new trans pride version of our latest t-shirt. Proceeds from sales of these shirts support Trans Lifeline, just like sales of Portals #1. Snag yours today! otherside-shop.fourthwall.com/

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Reckoning
@reckoningmag.bsky.social

Submissions for our weird environmental justice flash fiction special issue close on Halloween! Still time to write something to blow @andrewkozma.net's mind....

Reckoning@reckoningmag.bsky.social

And don't forget about our call for weird flash fiction about environmental justice, for a forthcoming special issue edited by @andrewkozma.net! 15c/word, closing October 31: reckoning.press/reckoning-fl...

reckoning.pressReckoning Flash Fiction Call – Reckoning Gets Weird | ReckoningFor Reckoning’s next special issue, we are asking for environmental justice flash fiction of 1000 words or less. While we'll take 1-1200 words, we strongly prefer things in the 500-1000 range. Outside...

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Trollbreath Magazine
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social

Have you bought it yet? You should. 250,000 words of short fiction and poetry, all in the palm of your hand (depending on the size of your device and/or whether or not you get the print edition). 🙃 All proceeds go to keeping the magazine running! magazine.trollbreath.com/trollbreath-...

magazine.trollbreath.comTrollbreath Magazine Volume One (2024-2025) - Trollbreath MagazineFrom the pages of Trollbreath Magazine comes Volume One, an anthology of short speculative fiction. We’re celebrating the amazing authors whose short stories and poetry we were privileged to bring to ...

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NYGEL 🐙
@nygelmag.bsky.social

✨️NYGEL's next submission period is December 1 2026 through January 31 2027! ✨️ That's right, a full 2 month sub window so you have plenty of time during the holiday season to cook up a diabolically horny monster erotica story! 😈 We want weird, unique, explicit smut involving anything non-human 👽

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️
@eliseswords.eurosky.social

Head's Up & Sorry Author Friends, My gov's latest decision is gen ai companies don't need licenses to train their gen ai on ANYONE'S work within Australia. All authors get is an opt out. Author's Guild have concerns about how well that opt out will work, and so do I. Sign your opposition in link!

authorsguild.orgAustralia May Legalize AI Training on Your Books. Sign a Statement Opposing It.The Australian government has announced that it is planning to introduce legislation that would change copyright law to allow AI companies to use authors’ work, without a license, to build their model...

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
@nnedi.bsky.social

I said this two years ago, and I’m saying it again today: For women who are Trump supporters, for some perspective, I recommend reading Clarice Lispector’s short story, “The Chicken” (it’s titled “The Hen” in this post…probably a different translation). jenny-mcphee.com/2010/12/04/t...

jenny-mcphee.comTwo Stories by Clarice Lispector Translated by Elizabeth BishopIn my pantheon of favorite writers, Clarice Lispector is right there at the top.  She’s a writer, like Muriel Spark or Thomas Bernhard, who always make me ask when reading their work: Is this…

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E. Catherine Octobler
@ecatherine.com

Thought I would be going home on Friday, but my wound care is complicated and so I am not yet going home (2 months in the hospital now 🙃). If you can contribute, it will really help. www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

gofundme.comDonate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markeyhello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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Charles (Cy) Payseur
@cypayseur.bsky.social

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

patreon.comSome Queer Short SFF - August 2026 | Charles PayseurHi all! The year continues to be a difficult for me personally but I’m still happy to be able to help spread the news about some recent quee

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Mike Stabile
@mikestabile.bsky.social

Because porn is a critical part of queer history. It was some of the only queer-owned media and a radical and positive documentation of sexuality at a time when it was being violently suppressed elsewhere.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

I spent an afternoon with Loyd Powell and Robert Conn, who run the Heart of Leather Foundation in Houston. Their dream is to open a museum of LGBTQ history. Until then, they have over 35,000 artifacts sitting in storage, and they let me see them: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

chron.comI got a rare look at Houston's amazing gay history—in a storage unit"It needs a home of its own and a museum that belongs to the community."

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The Deadlands
@thedeadlands.com

we love see all the support for our Elise thank you thank you for all the shares, the donations, and the kind words about her--it means a whole world. if you can donate/share/send good vibes, we'd love to receive them still xo

gofundme.comDonate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markeyhello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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Jason Sanford
@jasonsanford.bsky.social

A few minutes ago Must Read Magazines, publisher of Asimov's, Analog and F&SF and the mystery magazines Alfred Hitchcock’s and Ellery Queen’s, sent this release to myself and other people in the genre. I sincerely hope MRM does exactly as they say here. I'm also encouraged by their statement. 1/

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Trollbreath Magazine
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social

We're finally adding Patreon support! We've got a single tier for now at $2 a month to help support our work. And best of all, a Patreon membership at just $2 gets you access to all the same great content the moment a new issue is released! www.patreon.com/trollbreath4...

patreon.comSubmissions Queue Closed and Other Updates | Trollbreath MagazineSubmission Queue Update – It was a long nine months, but ultimately we feel it was worth it and we plan to do it again next year. We receive

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Christopher Caldwell
@seraph76.bsky.social

I was genuinely shocked to win the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and ill-prepared to accept. There were any number of people I should have thanked but didn’t, and many more I meant to praise but didn’t. Mostly I tried to be as gracious as I could through my surprise.

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Neon Hemlock
@neonhemlock.bsky.social

okay this deadline is in two days, and then we open for novella submissions 😅

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

neonhemlock.submittable.comNeon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/NoveletteNeon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...