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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you very much for reading!

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Hannah Colbert @tanglepretty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today's SFF story: The Homeowner's Bride by @ayidashonibar.bsky.social. Ooh, this one was so fun. Snappy, angry, and downright romantic. I especially loved the pacing. It could have easily been twice as long, but it packs so much into its 4000 words... othersidespec.com/pieces/the-h...

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The Homeowner's Bride - OTHERSIDE

Wooden wheels crack against the dirt road, warning me of the owner’s approach. His journey up my hill is slow. The cart fights its way through the brambles and wildflowers that have made the path thei...

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you so much Jules! 💜💜

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 3h

Yay, hope you had a great birthday!! 🎉

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 3h

This story is brilliant and it will fuck you up. One of my favourite aspects of speculative fiction is when its premise cuts to the truth in a way the "real" world (for various motivations) refuses to do. This piece does that in such a clever, devastating way.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Modi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."

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Scroll @scroll.in · 10/10/2026

On a chaotic Saturday in Delhi, the police reportedly detained more than 7,000 protesters demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Smaller protests were also held in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru. Read all about it in our special newsletter. newsletter.scroll.in/post/2227001...

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Thousands detained in Delhi, other cities, as police crack down on protesters

On a chaotic Saturday in Delhi, the police reportedly detained more than 7,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Congratulations!! This was such a fantastic piece!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

💚💚💚 So delighted, and a warm congratulations to all other winners and nominees. Thank you also to Alter Mag for commissioning a long-form essay on the history of Indian SF as the debut piece in their magazine. It’s available to read for free here: altermag.com/articles/the...

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The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.

Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Love the title of your piece, can't wait to dive in soon! And yesss @omgjulia.bsky.social has created such a beautiful space (and books!!!) with WoP! 💖

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

IT’S HERE! And YOU’RE GONNA LOVE IT. (If you love sapphic vampires and eldritch whales and ravenous wolves and strange miracles and heartbreak and hunger and desire and duty and devotion—) In all seriousness: thank you to our authors and our readers for being one of the best parts of my life 🧡

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This sounds phenomenal!! 👀 You know, if you ever need more eyes... 👀👀

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This means so much to me, thank you!! 💜 And omg isn't the narration amazing??

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p.v. vamsidhar 🌞 @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this was so gorgeously told and SUCH a good read/listen during work!! very topical and had a delightful weirdness to it 🙂‍↕️

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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GOOD MORNING I AM A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR!!! 😭😭

A screenshot of Our Cut of Salt on the USA Today bestsellers list with the title “A NATIONAL BESTSELLER”

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μL @muliter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great story! Spoilers below.

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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a wonderful story for you to check out today!

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 25/09/2026

We continue back to school season with a marvellously original take on the dangers of making deals with dangerous entities…

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very grateful to have my weird flash piece about the stories that make us who we are—literally, figuratively, physiologically—included in this month's issue of Small Wonders! This piece is close to my heart (🫀), and it means so much to me that both SW and @apexmag.bsky.social have given it space.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you so much for all your support Julia, this means the world to me!

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What a gorgeous, eerie narration by @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social!! ✨️ I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Catherine, what a gut punch!!! This really got me in the feels, so beautifully written. 😭 I also love how gently and thoughtfully this crosses into the speculative, where it's like an extension of our collective wishful thinking. ❤️‍🩹

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Catherine Buck @catherinebuck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New micro story out with the incredible @fracturedlit.bsky.social: fracturedlit.com/i-should-lik... Thank you to @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social for the opportunity to share!

Opening paragraph of the microfiction story 'I Should Like to Collapse,' including photograph of a tiled bathroom.

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When I tell folks I work on a virtual convention, they get an image of like maybe 16 hours, spread out over two days. Perhaps two dozen speakers. All about writing. They don't get FoF. They don't understand 60 continuous hours of programming, 243 program items, 168 speakers, 8 program tracks.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Congratulations Gwen, so delighted to see this gorgeous story out in the world! 💖

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This story made me cry (complimentary)!!! It doesn't shy away from the painful, messy consequences of loneliness and hurt and understandable mistrust, and I so appreciated seeing that explicitly explored on the page. ❤️‍🩹

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Looking forward to Flights of Foundry this weekend!! It's an online convention for all things speculative and one of my favourite events. ✨️ I'll be participating in a fungus panel, running a speculative fungal workshop, and moderating a panel on hope through creativity. 🍄🌱 Hope to see you there!

Flights of Foundry 2026

Saturday, September 19

4 PM ET, Panel:
The Fungus Among Us

6 PM ET, Workshop (limited seats):
Fantastical Facts for Strange Fiction: Building Speculative Concepts from Fungal Science

Sunday, September 20

2 PM ET, Panel (moderating):
Finding Hope Through Creativity

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026

“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life.” That’s how Sakariye Abdi Mohamed described the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, where he and a handful of other Somali immigrants are being held by ICE. He and 11 other men were reportedly not told they were being taken to the notorious military base.

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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo

“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is so fucking true. I NEVER thought I'd see people in my lifetime of all stripes wearing keffiyehs in public and risking their careers for Palestinian liberation. I couldn't imagine this. Ever. It's moving, it's beautiful, it's unbelievable. And yet it's real.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thank you for doing this!! My story "In Their Nature" came out in Tasavvur. It's an ecological, diasporic retelling of the frog and scorpion fable. 🦂 tasavvurnama.com/in-their-nat...

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In Their Nature - Tasavvur

In Their Nature is a South Asian Speculative Fiction story written by Ayida Shonibar for the Summer 2026 edition of Tasavvur magazine.

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is AMAZINGGG omg. Perfect example of how the insides of yours and @srinivassimo.bsky.social's heads are full of utterly beautiful and wonderfully unusual stuff. 🥹💖🧠

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Sara S. Messenger サラ @smessenger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NEW SARA AND SIMO STORY IN @diabolicalplots.com!!! My first cowritten short story... grotesque chatter between a car and a cougar and roadkill. hazardous POVs. If you like your prose kaleidoscopic, you should read 🤑🤑 we did it @srinivassimo.bsky.social! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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DP FICTION #138B: “We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore” by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas – Diabolical Plots

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So glad this wonderful story found a great home and is out in the world now! Congratulations!! 🎉

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Now finally free to read at @adventitiouswords.bsky.social! www.adventitious.net/stories/a-ga...

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thank you so much for including this piece, so happy to be part of the RESIST anthology! ✨️

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Jeanna Cammarano @wordrat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Back to our regularly scheduled resistance, we bring you I am My Art by Ayida Shonibar where love and art can topple empires. I think what I enjoyed about this piece, alongside the fantastic imagery is that love is the baseline here regardless of everything else. #resist

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Esther Alter @esther-alter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Less than $500 until QUIET HOURS is funded. I know that you want to get fucked up by Queer Community horror sooner rather than later, so consider backing the kickstarter if you haven’t www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

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The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026

My heart has been with Black British academics all day. It's my friend's story to tell, but one of the most horrific stories I know about a Black doctorate's journey was over in the UK. The United States is its own "rough beast." But they, they're dealing with the beast's mother. My God.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026

The only conversation worth having is how Black people are overpoliced & over-punished & held to different standards in all aspects of life. That there is an outrage when Black people transgress that isn’t there when their non-Black counterparts do.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026

I’m not trying to hear about plagiarism from people who can’t get anything done without AI. You’re disqualified on this one. That plagiarism is bad is supposed to be a settled social belief. AI use muddies the whole thing.

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