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Indeed, time is growing slender for Apex and they still have a ways to go to reach their funding goals. Now is your chance to wander over and pick up some great extras while supporting one of the premier SFF magazines in the industry today.

W/ BCS #468: "Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea" CL Clark, BCS #296 "I stopped counting my steps across the ice after three hundred. I couldn’t distract myself from the thought of that gap closing between me and the ship. Between me and you." beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/forg...

The Sunday Morning Transport has a timetable to keep with a story from Mur Lafferty (@mightymur.bsky.social) about a diary that just might contain a reliable method of time travel. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story!

Just a reminder that there's lots of ways people are trying to fund their efforts, like putting out anthologies.

"Compass Rose, Running" @abetterjulie.bsky.social BCS #440. "a complex and compelling character ...shows the messy limits and costs of self-preservation and how sometimes the better course is not the quickest or safest. Recommended" —Charles Payseur, Locus beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/comp...

It's release day for FF#29 and Saros SF #7! Get both issues in one handy download package at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-29/ or sarossf.com/issue-7/ Head downthread to find out all the great stuff we've got for you in these two issues!

Welcome, sophonts, to Flashback Friday! Today we bring you back a story about a struggle between rivals ending surprisingly: "A Struggle Between Rivals Ends Surprisingly" by Oliver Buckram. Check it out!

A tentacled, fully strange cosmic horror / noir mashup, our weekend read is “In the Garden of Death” by Chris Clemens, part of the Oct 26 is edited by @prof-bogs.bsky.social! Dare you pick the fruit?! 🦑 #flashfiction #horror #writingcommunity flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...

PseudoPod 1053: Put Your Metal Blade to the Earth “There is an inherent danger in digging” Put Your Metal Blade to the Earth by Madeline Logemann Narrator: Lewis Davies Host: Graeme Dunlop Audio: Chelsea Davis This story is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Mass graves, plague

Welcome to 769. We have tales about innocence in the face of death (read by @boojums.bsky.social), an eldritch contagion (by @nymeriarush.bsky.social) and bittersweet new beginnings (read by @alephbaker.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/769-rick-kennett-peter-terry-nicholas-starr-kellogg

Free Fiction Friday! Ever been the one holding things together & getting no appreciation? Ever imagine walking away & letting it all crash and burn? This one's for you. My Holiday from the Bringer of the Rain by Louis Inglis Hall magazine.trollbreath.com/my-holiday-f...

"The Shapeshifter's Daydream" is one of flight, and escape. Would you go so far to be free?

Cast of Wonders 707: The Discipline of Small Evil by Arthur H Manners narrated by Dennis Robinson audio production by Andrew Jack www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

Welcome to a random Throwback Thursday. From issue 4, summer of 2025, comes this modern version of the tale of Tam Lin. "hold me fast and hold me fast and—" by Katherine Heath Shaeffer. magazine.trollbreath.com/hold-me-fast...

Issue 3 is HERE! This issue's nonfiction selection is special. We're thrilled to share an essay by @hvmator.bsky.social, our Year 1 cover artist, about the figure pictured on each OTHERSIDE cover... but also about art, the body, and much more. 🎨 Read it here: othersidespec.com/pieces/why-d...

This week in LIGHTSPEED: "All the Shapes We Have Ever Been" by Kehkashan Khalid www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/all-...

They say 'you can never go home again,' and that's even more true when your people decided to sacrifice you. "Sacrifice Homecoming" in our April issue is a tight little prose poem by Manuela Amiouny:

Every Day I Feed Mother by Imogen Ma "I keep her in a bucket in the kitchen closet." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Subjected to Secondary Use by Hannan Khan "when they fetch the child out, he is fulgent in the wrong way" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

There was a lot if interest in this at #Pictcon at the weekend: The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes by Kirsti Wishart is now available for preorder. Publication Date: 5th November. And here's an illustration of the Silver Selkie for you. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/the-...

"Fire cannot survive beneath the earth, which is why the Flamekeepers need you." 🌬️🔥🌍 New fiction today by @cmsullivan.bsky.social: "The Light Below" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

10 DAYS TO GO until the end of the Apex 2027 Kickstarter, and we're 40% away from our funding goal! ⏰⏰⏰ if you've been considering treating yourself to an annual subscription or some exclusive Apex merch, now is the time to do so! Let's lock in another year of strange, shocking, beautiful fiction! 💪

Live BCS #468: "Islands in the Styx" James Morrow “In eras gone by, I have been the Egyptian deity Set,” said Pluto, “the Sumerian goddess Ereshkigal, and the Persian spirit Agra Mainyu. Hell’s advent will transform me into the endlessly malevolent Satan” beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/isla...

In this essay, Drishya explores what the women of South Asian horror reveal about the fears, injustices, and power structures that shape their worlds. Read the full essay on Tasavvur's website. [🔮: #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #Fyp #drishya]

"My Mother-in-Law Was Not a Dragon" is a story and a eulogy rolled into one. This marvelous story by Anami Sheppard is in from October of 2024:

🥰Thanks so much to everybody who has helped get the word out already! If you haven't already, please consider following the link to learn more about Charles R. Saunders and Dossouye. 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Issue 3 is OUT NOW! We know you're going to love today's piece, "His Face, in the End, Inches from Mine," by @elijah.mea.rs. And by "love," we mean "you might be too busy crying to admire all the incredible details of this gorgeous story, sorry." 🔥 Read it here: othersidespec.com/pieces/his-f...

In the woods the rule is one for me, one for you. And "Mrs. Virginia Tuttle" has followed it to the end of her days. Our story by JulieR today is a softer kind of creepy, but there are definitely shadows in this forest:

We're less than a month away from publication of The Best Science Fiction of the Year: 2025 in hardcover, trade paperback, and ebook editions. You can order them from: neil-clarke.com/where-you-ca... Print copies ordered direct from Wyrm will be signed by me.

Our latest release is “You/We/Us” by Beth Goder. Like a fully tentacled alien, this story tickles your brain with POV shifts. Are you me? Is I us? Read on and see! @bethgoder.bsky.social #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #flashfiction #noir flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...

We've been offline for a few days to attend Can*Con in Ottawa. Back now, and will soon get back to reposting the newest stories, issues, and calls for funding from your favorite genre magazines.

The rapture is scheduled for 2pm this Tuesday but the nuns are playing basketball in the snow by Molly Knox "When He tells the nuns how much time they have left to score, the smooth frosted pitch is swallowed by a devastation of light." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Three downsized coworkers walk into a strange microbrewery. The beers are named for cosmic horrors—and one sip brings out more than expected. 'The Love Craft Microbrewery' by Angelique Fawns. go.dfstory.com/love-craft

Issue 3 is OUT NOW on our website! And if you're looking for the perfect almost-Halloween read... you're in luck. @algaeross.bsky.social's “The Monster at the End of this Film” is a love letter to monster movies and final girls. 🎥 Read it here: othersidespec.com/pieces/the-m...

The Exorcism of Mrs. Sen by Soyam Siddha gives the supernatural a sci-fi twist. Read the full story on Tasavvur’s website. [🔮: #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #Fyp #Mandirapattnaik] writing community, issue17, Southasian literature, scifi stories

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Almost halfway there! Thanks to each and every one of you from the bottom of our fungal little hearts 🍄🖤👽 We have another backer exclusive to celebrate: a previously unpublished flash fiction from @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social! There's lots more in store for our backers, and YOU can become one now! ⬇️

What would you look for in "The Field Where Things That Leave Go"? Pravy Jha's poem today is a subtler kind of spooky, but still disquieting and uncanny:

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...

It's Lightspeed and Nightmares, two of our industry mainstays. What are you folks waiting for? Fly, my pretties, and help them reach their funding goals! Please? Plus get cool swag! Everyone wants cool swag!

Our fourth and final episode for #BannedBooksWeek - Cast of Wonders 706: The Little Free Library at the End of the World by @sallysultzman.bsky.social narrated by Dan Carter produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

The Sunday Morning Transport considers the possibilities today with a story from Emma Osborne (@redscribe.bsky.social) about an incredible journey through grief and reunion. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole thing!

Lose yourself in @kittrick.bsky.social's new poem "Good Morning Forgetfulness." kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

The October issue is online! You can find it at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... or pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... Thank you as always to all our contributors! 🥰 #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

Cast of Wonders 703: Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives by Maya Prasad narrated by Katherine Inskip produced by Andrew Jack hosted by Alicia Caporaso #BannedBooksWeek www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

How to Cook for an Alien Tourist by Lee Hallison @leeh70.bsky.social "Turn on the stove. See it startle." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...