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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this is so brutal, @ecatherine.com I am sending you all of the well wishes in the world 🖤🖤🖤

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Huh. This feels like something y'all should be preordering, reposting, & generally losing your minds over🖤☠️ YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, companion to our beloved YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY 40~ 🏳️‍⚧️+GNC creators deliver the best Weird Cosmic Horror of the year. Out Oct 6. Get: store.tenebrouspress.com

Publisher holding a test print of YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The sheer number of times I have listened to this since it wandered across my feed though youtu.be/IJeRUcv33lU

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XINA - indiviDuality (Live acoustic)

YouTube video by XINAVEVO

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's not only FF that's open! Saros SF #7, edited by @thompsinator.bsky.social, is open for the month for any stories with a theme of "terminally online". Full guidelines here: sarossf.com/submissions/

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Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'm profoundly moved to see the pre-orders rolling in for my first book. Nowhere else will you see a woolly mammoth go head-to-head with such an array of power and thought and cruelty, trampling the great questions of our age into the crevices of a Weird Ice Age. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...

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Seers in a Broken Season: A Stone And Sorcery Novella

Primal meets The Man with No Name in this Stone-Age fantasy tale. Walks-like-a-Rockslide, wandering warrior of the mammoth-people, seeks an end to the ice choking the world. Instead he finds war, whal...

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

this is how I feel every time I get rejected

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

An unprecedented happening: I came out of a heat wave with a massive CFS/ME flare that kept me mostly in bed for 10 days. Then I came out* of the CFS/ME flare with a full first draft of an unplanned novel. *not really, I'm still in the flare, but the novel is a real thing that did come out of it

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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just a little over $2000 to go before we're FULLY FUNDED! We're down to the wire folks, with about three days to go, so let's get this over the hump and across the finish line! 🙌

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

is there anything more upsetting* than a good @seanbirnie.bsky.social story no I do not think so oh wait there is it is two of them *complimentary

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🏔️💀this is the perfect story to read during a heat wave 💀🏔️

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Fusion Fragment is now open to submissions! Full details at www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So I started a blog/newsletter/something to enthuse about things I adore without the constraints of writing for magazines. I'm a tiny bit obsessed with @allysonshaw.bsky.social this summer so the first book I've chosen to enthuse about is her brilliant Ashes & Stones: buttondown.com/SongsFromaRi...

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001: Ashes & Stones

I have rarely been as moved by a work of nonfiction as I am by Allyson Shaw’s marvellous book Ashes & Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches &...

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Also in this issue, @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social digs through old episodes of @escapepod.org and recommends stories by @natania.bsky.social, Alex Dally MacFarlane, @keffy.bsky.social, and @kijjohnson.bsky.social. And once again, our cover has gorgeous artwork by @carlydraws.bsky.social !

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

FF#28 arrives TOMORROW!!!!!!!

“Birdguts” by Erin Strubbe: speculative biologies / eating stones / maybe the norm isn’t the norm

“Chutes, Slides, and Ladders” by Allison Wall: surviving the board game world / opposing ideologies / the other place

“Diet Tips for the Apocalypse” by Sophie Casarico: disordered eating / dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships / Boston under siege

“Grave Bells” by Corey Farrenkopf: family footsteps / post-apocalyptic communities / the rising water and the rising dead

“In the Wake of Whales” by Claire Jia-Wen: the dead, revived by AI / environmentalism / is it him?

“Iso E Super” by Francis Van Ganson: bespoke perfumes / dating the robot girl vs. playing the robot girl / but how can you be sure?

“(Non)deterministic Finite Automata” by Audrey Zhou: searching for survival in the multiverse / soulmates / “I know you”

“u last saw hana in the mageverse” by Tuesday Pil: immersive MMORPGs / battling mental illness / why did you choose the slime?

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I also want to reshare the Caribbean issue of Strange Horizons that @commanderrika.blacksky.app and I edited for Strange Horizons. Ever grateful to have done this project with her. (Go check her story Chicken Foot Soup in Lightspeed) Please read her editorial! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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A Few Notes on Paradise

an introduction to the Caribbean SFF Special Issue

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This one is close to my heart. What that says about my heart is a different discussion.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The final story in Saros SF #5 is "This Was the Planet of Sound" by @improbablerex.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it's "simply a perfect story in its own right. This is how I want to feel when I read short fiction."

"This Was the Planet of Sound" by Rex Burrows: singing seas / searching shrieks / expectant hush

However, this last example brings to mind other primates, in particular the chattering species that delivered us—and themselves in turn—into catastrophe and collapse and ruin. This was their favored range as well, so we must humbly beg your forgiveness. We have no wish to dwell upon these sounds. We will speak of them no further.

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Did you have a queer SFF story out in May? Then let me know about it so I can get it on my list. Thanks!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This story really messed me up! Another one that I knew I had to have for the issue before I had even finished reading it. Wondrous, awful stuff.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm so excited to have a story in this issue! I grew up reading and being altered by Moore's stories in my parents' motley and battered collection of old SFF anthologies so it's very special to me to get to be part of a tribute to her.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🔥SALE🔥 Prime Day is now thru the 26th? COMPLETELY COINCIDENTALLY, ALL OUR E-BOOKS & MAGAZINES ARE 50% OFF THRU THE 26TH. Buy from our webstore, get your books & mags delivered INSTANTLY, + you own them outright! (Sorry, not applicable to preorders) 🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...

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e-Books

Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN MAY 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 April's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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Some Queer Short SFF - April 2026 | Charles Payseur

And I’ve made it to installment #100 of Some Queer Short SFF! Given how thoroughly I’ve fallen apart this year, I am proud at least that I c

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Anathema: Spec from the Margins is now OPEN for submissions from June 20th to July 20th! We’re looking for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by queer creators of color! We pay a professional SFWA rate! Check the link in bio for submission guidelines!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Once again doing witcheries in the name of manifesting story acceptances / other paid writing opportunities so I can fulfill my (Quixotic?) dream of transmuting words into an electric harp 🕯️ youtu.be/pf6uNyKZtoI

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Introducing Harp-E Version 4: Smoother, Stronger, and Ready for the World

YouTube video by HARP•E

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

FFer Read of the Day: "Snow, Stars, Stone" by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/snow-stars-s...

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Snow, Stars, Stone

Snow, Stars, Stone by Ariel Marken Jack

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Heyyyyy one of my favourite magazines is coming back! I'm so excited to read the next issue!

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The 6th story in Saros SF #5 is "Gardenias Under a Temporal Window" by @kaunvijaya.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it "drifts by as a wisp so delicate I didn't realize until a while after it was finished how powerful a storm of emotions it contains."

"Gardenias Under a Temporal Window" by Vijayalaxmi Samal: the past is present / she can fix it / but I’m right here

Things are difficult at home nowadays. I come back, snow-dipped, blue-skinned, to find my mother has slipped away, out of the time stream. She stands at the window, gripping the curtains and listens. She tells me she can hear conversations from ages ago, but they keep passing by her.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

FF28 has a release date! On Tuesday, June 30th, you'll be able to read great stories by Sophie Casarico, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @clairejiawen.bsky.social, @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social, @estrubbe.bsky.social, Francis Van Ganson, @awritingwall.bsky.social and @audreyzhou.bsky.social!

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 24/03/2026

Lots of spooky things happening recently and I realized it's been a while since I've talked about my first book on here. BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING is a collection of over two dozen essays on horror. It's got chainsaws, it's got blood. It's got witches and UFOs and Led Zeppelin. It's got death.

The book BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING: HORROR ESSAYS by Peter Counter. It is standing upright on a white wooden bench next to a little ghost figurine.

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 12/06/2026

I don't think i know a single artist who isn't disabled, and i know a LOT of artists. Boy am i sick of abled ai fuckos using us as their hypothetical Ideal use case.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This is such a long shot but does anyone else here remember a mid-2000s music blog by someone calling themself Ex Lion Tamer (of course of course) who posted a lot about old synthpop and post-punk albums? They shaped my taste in music at an impressionable age and their influence lingers to this day.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Four khoreo magazine covers over an orange background.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The 5th story in Saros SF #5 is "[Redacted]" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says it "pulls off the magic trick of doing something formally clever without straying from the goal of building up to a hefty wallop of emotional impact."

"[Redacted]" by Spencer Nitkey: erosion / you can't tell anyone / the thing is me

In the quiet, it takes from me. First it takes the word . So I can tell no one what it does to me. It takes and then it takes , where angels live. It is not from . It , my favorite vegetable, so I can no longer order it from restaurants or ask my son to cook it for me with chicken breasts and white wine.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Maybe it's time more awards put respect on David Steffen's name? Perhaps? Hmm?

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We need more rich people with normal interests like "your movie sounds neat" instead of, like, white fertility rates.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I met Marjane Satrapi in the mid-2000s when she did a lecture at my uni while extremely hangry and needed a guide to the nearest vending machine for a desperate snack. She was so funny and brilliant and I was so happy to get to tell her how much I loved her books and I am so sad to know she is gone.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The TOC for Saros SF #6, edited by @chalicotherex.bsky.social, has arrived! Get ready for stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social, Susan R. Morritt, David Kloepfer, and @marisca.bsky.social, with art by @finnmattfour.bsky.social! Stay tuned for release info!

Saros SF Issue #6 TOC. On the left hand side is the cover art, which shows a skull in a broken spacesuit. Some sort of vaguely aquatic looking creature is investigating the skull.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The 4th story in Saros SF #5 is "Solitary, Not Alone" by @roberthelfst.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "It won my heart with colour and light and the wondrous/awful tangled sensory experiences of spring and sickness and transformation."

"Solitary, Not Alone" by Robert Helfst: blue jays (?) / deep breaths / follow the psychopomp

When I’d found this house for sale as a much younger man, before I’d bullied away my wife and son, I was taken with how many blue jays I saw flitting through the woods. I still find peace in this place—though I am solitary, I am not alone.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My absolute gem of a spouse found and acquired for me this marvellous 1975 pamphlet and I am both madly in love with it and completely appalled that nowhere is the illustrator credited beyond the name hidden in each picture. I adore you, Linda, and I will do my level best to find out who you were 🖤

Picture shows a red and yellowy white paperback titled Highland Scottish Folklore & Beliefs by C. I. N. MacLeod. Cover illustration shows a one-eyed giant with a flowing beard reaching toward the viewer.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Downloads of FF#27 continue to be sluggish, which is a shame because I think it's a really top notch issue. Anyway, as punishment you must suffer additional promotion. Go read at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

One of those trope promo images, with the curly arrows pointing to fun tropes, with FF#27 in the center. Lemme go counterclockwise here and tell you the tropes, starting at the top:

-Free to read
-Pretty much every character in it is not completely OK
-Invisible lions
-Death by plant
-The liquid ones are watching you right now!!!
-I really want you to read it. Yes, you specifically. The others don't matter to me. Not like you do.
-That "we're here to have a bad time" Trent Reznor meme.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The 3rd story in Saros SF #5 is "Root Words" by @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social. Editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social says: "A wonder of efficient worldbuilding. This story reveals so much of itself in so few words, and does so very beautifully indeed."

"Root Words" by Yasmeen Fahmy: metamorphosis / linguistic detectives / mercy, mercy, mercy

Dr. Al-Hamid morphed into a mass nearly fifteen years ago in 2187.
It was concluded, at the time, by both us, his colleagues, and a reputable body of international experts, that Dr. Al-Hamid, as he had been known, was gone. Not a haphazard determination, as some gossip suggested; our team spent months prodding the thing, which, though it moved in place, appeared unresponsive to our stimuli. Meals left nearby remained untouched. Verbal, visual, and electrical signals sent received no answer. It only writhed soundlessly, subsuming bits of dust, yet never changing from its brown-beige color or chest-freezer dimensions.

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Augurians! We have FIVE DAYS to get Tales & Feathers to Year 6! 😱 We have: $8,617 We need: $13,000 That's only $4,383 to secure the future of our slice-of-life sibling. 💪 LOADS of great rewards available (including fiction edits, ALL issues of Augur, & more! 👀) Back and share to get us there! 💜

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