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Six-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 14/06/2024

My story "Remembrance" is live today on ergot. It's about being trapped in someone else's memory, kind of! #SpecLit #FlashFiction

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ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Reminder that I am running a promotion to get The Nightmare Box into libraries! 📚 See below ...

Text from an image: 1) Request The Nightmare Box and Other Stories at your local library; 2) Reply to this post with a screenshot/receipt of the request; 3) On 7/1 we'll enter you into a drawing for a free copy of the book

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Avra Margariti @avramargariti.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

I have published more than 400 of my stories and poems across 6 years, read/edit for several journals, and have worked with clients who went on to publish in many pro venues (from unthemed magazines to themed anthologies). Give my editing services a try!

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Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Finally feeling slightly better than hot-boiled shit, so a very belated update: Happy Pride, congrats to all the Stoker and Nebula winners, billionaires shouldn't exist, fuck the police, and have a great weekend!

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Avra Margariti @avramargariti.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

Oh hey, I have another story out today! My return to StP is a queer horror tale of revenge, of making and unmaking. Read my little story of unbirthdays here and find about the vivisected shape of the world once it refuses to accommodate you:

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Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Support for Reckoning has flagged a bit since our 2022 fundraiser. We don't want to roll back payrates--we want to pay more, so more marginalized folks can have room to write about environmental justice and teach us how to be better! Please help if you can? reckoning.press/one-more-cal...

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One More Call for Support | Reckoning

I hate asking for money. We asked for money in 2022 and it was rough: a lot of work, a lot of feeling sorry for pressuring people in those ridiculously hard times. But we managed, and it let us raise ...

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

It's THAT time of the year again! The annual STRANGE HORIZONS FUND DRIVE is now live. To donate: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... Over the next 36 days, we're looking to raise $13,500 to stay alive through 2025, and beyond for some very special special issues!

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 08/06/2024

Everything You Need to Know About the Coming Fascism But Were Afraid to Ask!

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Avra Margariti @avramargariti.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

New month, new slots available! Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism. Lit or spec 🌌💜

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 06/06/2024

Good morning! This is your reminder that we are open to late pledges, and they still totally count for stretch goals and such. We will be closing to pledges sometime next week, so now is a good time to get in if you've been thinking about it... www.kickstarter.com/...

A graphic featuring the cover art for all the year 1 issues of Small Wonders magazine. In the center is a black square that says "year 2 Small wonders, now live on kickstarter" with the magazine's URL at the bottom. Starting at the upper left is a green and brown forest creature with a moth for eyes and an open mouth, a black looming robotic figure over a cracked open world with a swan in it, a gray troll bathing, a woman repairing a robotic cat, a turtle with geometric patterns on its back, a feathered fox with a golden eye turned toward the viewer, a huge swan in front of a tiny castle, a woman in a green dress looking up while holding a universe in her lap, an art noveau style piece with a figure in an orange circle and a skull and bones beneath, a three headed golden tree creature, a giant sulking child above a city, and a figure asleep on a train with fish outside the windows.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Love libraries? Love free books? Cynthia and I are running a challenge to get The Nightmare Box and Other Stories in as many libraries as possible--and give away a free book to one lovely person who makes a library request! Want to enter? See Cynthia's post for details and reply there.

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Avra Margariti @avramargariti.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Queer, dark, surreal, my chapbook features 13 connected poems of lunar lunacy 💃🏻🌔 avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...

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The Thirteen Scorned Wives of La Nuit by avra margariti

A poetic degeneration

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 05/06/2024

Our gratitude for each one of you is immense. We feel this. We know we can get there. This 15 is a real number, it's the lowest goal we could set and not have to cancel projects. If we can get to that 15 today, the weight lifted would be immense. Here's the thing: www.gofundme.com/f/a-small-pr...

85% there: gofundme.com/a-small-press-a-big-boost kisses to kisses to Lalita, Cislyn, Tanouska, Karen, and four mystery lovers

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R.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

My story 'Sleeping Arrangements' is listed here alongside other incredible recommendations from Reactor. Thank you, Alex Brown, for the story's inclusion and the wonderful review!

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Melissa Ren @melisfluous.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Ahhhhh! Been holding this news in! I am beyond stoked to be a part of this! Huge thanks to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social for including me in this lineup! 🙌 🎉 ✨

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

I'm thrilled to announce that our first finalist for 'An Honour and a Privilege' is the effervescent @melisfluous.bsky.social! Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 04/06/2024

Feel like this needs to be said this morning. Short fiction is not dead. We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple

A few copies of Clarkesworld Magazine with buttons that read "Repeat After Me Short Fiction is Not Dead" with a hypnochicken at the center.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 03/06/2024

We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so... clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 02/06/2024

Happy Sunday! We’ve got less than two days left on our Kickstarter! We’re about $200 away from unlocking our guest edited issue and another sticker, and slowly closing in on @cislyn.bsky.social getting a nap! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...

An infographic with a purple and teal gradient background. On the left are lines with little locks by them, except the first. The lines are: $11k - funded; $11,500 - guest edited issue, sticker unlock; $12k - best of year 1 e-book for all subscriber tiers, sticker unlock; $12,500 - more mini-issue pieces, sticker unlock; $13k - art fees raised to $150; $14k - print best of year 1 unlocked as $10 add-on for all tiers; $15,500 - extra issue! 13 months of small wonders instead of 12; $17k - another week of stories and poems every month!

On the right: Small Wonders Year 2, with a sparkly gold line under it. An arrow pointing to the space between $13k and $14k labeled "Cislyn Gets a Nap". Beneath that is "Let's stop her from making more graphics while there's still time!"

At the bottom is a button that says "Pledge NOW on Kickstarter". You can't actually press the button and have it do anything, but it looks neat down there at the bottom of the page. Yes, I'm tired.

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

Hexagon Issue 17 is now available on our website! 🌱⛴️ The issue features eco-rebellion short stories from James Cato, André Geleynse, Madi Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona. Cover art by @willtempest.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner. 🧡

An illustration of multi-coloured tentacle-like appendages sprouting from a central stalk on the cover of Hexagon Issue 17. Features work by James Cato, André Geleynse, Mari Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona. Edited by JW Stebner.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

The Nightmare Box and Other Stories technically doesn't come out until July, but we're selling them at StokerCon! If you like stories with quiet dread, dark magic, and dead cops, you'll dig this one.

Man holding a copy of The Nightmare Box and Other Stories, featuring hands opening a box with eyes inside.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 27/05/2024

There are single digit days left in the kickstarter! If you’ve been thinking of pledging, now would be a great time. Help us out more Small Wonders into the world! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...

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Small Wonders Magazine: Year 2

A second year of monthly speculative flash fiction and narrative poetry that packs a punch!

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Seize The Press Magazine @seizethepress.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Issue #10 is out! Weird sci-fi, queer horror (shocking I know), our first hopeful story!, a dark 'Your Grandma Might Be A Vampire' tale, and Sierra Leonian cosmic horror. Plus reviews, an interview with Carson Winter, and essays on murder kink and meat horror. Enjoy! Art by @semaalo.bsky.social

Seize The Press Magazine cover showing a person with a skeletal nervous system lying in bed while an ominous animal floats and looks through a background window pane.

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Cosmic Daffodil Journal @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

Call for Submissions! We are looking for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and visual art 🎨 Starting TODAY and ending Wednesday May 29th: -Quick response time -FREE comments from the Eic & Managing Editor Spread the word! 🌠🌌

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Also, they have to pay for the house and the food out of their own pay from their shifty service job.

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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

Get some excellent books in your life. You absolutely cannot go wrong with any title from Malarkey's catalog.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 18/05/2024

This weekend is your last chance to get the discounted rate on a one year subscription! Sign up now for a year of Small Wonders right in your inbox! www.kickstarter.com/...

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

Hey @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social are fundraising! Support them and grab copies of their beautifully designed weird found fiction magazine in print or digital format at the same time www.indiegogo.com/projects/arc... #horror #HorrorCommunity #ShortFiction #FoundFiction

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Archive of the Odd 2024 Sales Drive

Help the only specialty found fiction press raise rates for the weirdest art and fiction out there!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 17/05/2024

Just a few more days to get the discounted early bird rate for a year's subscription! www.kickstarter.com/...

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Apparition Literary Magazine @apparitionlit.com · 16/05/2024

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Send us your Anachronism-themed stories and poetry. Guidelines at apparitionlit.com/submissions/

Teal background with purple specks and purple Apparition Lit skull at the bottom. Text in white at the top - "SUBMISSIONS OPEN!" Text below in purple - "ISSUE 27: ANACHRONISM" Text below in white- "General Submissions: May 15 - 31 / BIPOC-only Submissions: June 1 - 7 / Publication: July 2024"

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T.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Now it's time to GET HYPED in anticipation of the final TOC

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Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

For the stats nerds: we recieved 288 submissions from 275ish authors over six weeks. As of right now, we've read through stories subbed to about April 23. If you haven't heard from us, your story is still under consideration.

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Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

And that's it: submissions for EAT THE RICH are closed. We appreciate everyone who took the time and effort to send something our way, and we look forward to reading your stories!

Cartoon skull with monocle, and fork and knife behind it like crossbones, over stacked text repeating the phrase "Eat the Rich"

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Don't worry, guys, corporate greed didn't cause ALL inflation, just that on gas, cars, personal care, repair, general merchandise, other services, and (checks notes) .. "goods."

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Think corporate greed is the leading cause of inflation? Think again | CNN Business

President Joe Biden has frequently blamed corporate greed for fueling the high cost of living that Americans are fed up with.

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Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Melissa is QUANTIFIABLY one of the hardest working writers I've ever encountered. (Absolutely crushing this year's rejection contest.) Give her a hand if you can!

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Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

3 hours left! Time to finish up those edits and get to sending!

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わはは @mrbowers.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Every article about Red Lobster filing for bankruptcy is "ha ha endless shrimp, what did they think would happen" and then buried ten paragraphs down is the usual:

The following year, Darden sold Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm, for $2.1 billion. To help fund the deal, Red Lobster spun off its real estate assets in a transaction known as a sale leaseback agreement. Red Lobster had long owned its own real estate but would now be paying rent to lease its restaurants.

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Atomic Carnival Books @atomiccarnival.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Final day of our extended deadline for underrepresented voices! The portal closes tonight at midnight, Mountain Time. Feed your grievances to something with teeth and send the results our way! Full guidelines and submissions link: atomiccarnivalbooks.moksha.io/publication/...

ALT TEXT: Stylized text over distressed gold background, reading:
EAT THE RICH
General Submissions Deadline: April 30
Extended Deadline for Writers from Historically Marginalized Groups: May 15
*speculative fiction
*100 - 8,000 words
*$.05 per word and a paperback of the anthology
*a rich person MUST be eaten
Full Guidelines on Moksha Portal

Meme. Text, top, reads "Why does the working class, the larger of the two classes, not simply eat the rich?" Image at bottom is Lrrr from Futurama gesturing toward a TV screen, while his wife, Ndnd, looks at him.

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Glenn White @justicar.xyz · 14/05/2024

Any time the media wants to quit believing all the horseshit that OpenAI is shoveling, that'd be amazing. A computer cannot be "playful," it does not have "moods." It will not "sing" or "write poetry." It does nothing but return a probabilistic outcome based on what it's told. That is IT.

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