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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMG THERE ARE SO MANY COOL REWARDS!!!! I’m panicking about what to pick 😭 Please consider backing @apexmag.bsky.social, Apex is the reason I fell in love with short stories and felt inspired to write my own. Really cool mag that publishes many diverse people and stories!

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LRR.rocks @lrrrocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every author you admire has sat looking at their screen page, unsure if the sentence in front of them was good enough. That uncertainty didn't disqualify them from finishing the book, and it doesn't disqualify you either.

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So so beautiful, I have full body chills and tears in my eyes

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today, my poem "Single Mothers and Coyote Fathers" comes out at @smallwondersmag.com and I feel a lot of things...It's a piece dedicated to single women who raised children on their own and the young growing without a father. For me, it was my abuela who raised me smallwondersmag.com/piece/single...

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Single Mothers and Coyote Fathers - Small Wonders

Mother: “Where night is full of hungry mouths, / I lost my dream. I gave it to a coyote passing."

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our ✨August 2026 issue✨ is now free to read online! In this thread are links to all of its poems and stories. Please read it and please spread the word! havenspec.com/issues/issue... 🧵

Cover of Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 25, August 2026.

Fiction in the issue is by E.M. Linden, Sydney Sackett, Carol Scheina, C.M. Fields, C.G. Aubrey, and J.A. Bryson.

Poetry in the issue is by Sarah Chin, Mahaila Smith, and Lesley Hart Gunn.

The cover art is titled "Quietness in Amber" and is by Caroline Jamhour. It features a contemplative woman, her eyes closed, standing in shoulder-deep water beside a crescent moon, her hair flowing on the water's surface.

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meagan kane @spocksbrain.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

short fiction is so good and yet beloved by so few. everyone should read a short story a day. i set a goal to read a hundred this year because I like measurables and i've been slacking, and now i'm up to #317, which still doesn't feel like enough.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We're thrilled to reveal the cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154, featuring the beautiful "Dark Thoughts" by @jeleynai.bsky.social, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🌕🐦‍⬛🌿 For the full list of contributors and other updates, check out "Apex in August 2026" on Patreon: www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

The cover of Apex Magazine Issue 154. A pale-skinned girl with long brown hair stands against a grey background. Her face is framed by a full moon. She wears a circlet of golden laurel leaves, a black earring shaped like a dagger, and a dark grey dress with sheer voluminous sleeves. She is holding out her hands, welcoming a flock of white ravens to swoop through her chest. The ravens burst out from between her shoulder blades, feathers now black. Credits on Cover read:

Original Fiction By: Anj Baker, Rob Cameron, A.M. Maris, Alia Ai-Ming Shahzad, Stefan Alcalá Slater, and C.M. Sullivan, David R. Hoffman, RJ Aurand, and S.C. Pires

Nonfiction By: Richard Dansky and Lesley Connor

Classic Fiction By: Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Justin C. Key

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VL-ADventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you missed our submission window, this swirling hell-portal of dark delights is still open!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 24/07/2026

We're still pushing away at our goal of giving our entire team a raise in celebration of our 20th anniversary issue in October. Each subscription takes us one step closer. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ There isn't a better way to thank them for their part in the last 20 and the next 20.

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Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Our general submission window will open on the first of the month! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines & schedule: www.havenspec.com/submit/

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Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I only need 6 times the daily recommended amount of sugar

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Publication day! Come on, don't be afraid, the house on top of the hill will open its doors wide for you 👻 It was so much fun to write, huge thanks to @blackharepress.bsky.social for giving my house a home!!!

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

As someone who isn’t “well known” in the writing community, doesn’t have the most publications, and probably doesn’t come off as a very strong writer, I am always terrified magazines might view what I send as poor AI writing and easily dismiss it. I trust every place I send my writing to +

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 07/07/2026

The subscription drive (to increase staff and contributor pay) is running until the anniversary of the magazine. We're about halfway to the goal. Thank you to everyone that has subscribed so far! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Reading @clarkesworldmagazine.com through the years and eventually working up the nerve to send my first submission ever to your magazine has fundamentally changed my life. I’m so glad you followed through and did it.

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Massive power outage due to storms where I live. Might be days before it’s fixed. Definitely can’t do something like stay in a hotel or something until resolve. Very not great situation for a lot of reasons :/

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New story up on @blackharepress.bsky.social patreon. You can join now to read my story and many others!

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

"Apex Magazine Submissions OPEN!

We are Seeking:
short sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fiction
short genre-related nonfiction
Up to 9k words

Submissions Close August 1st
https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/"

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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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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

👀June 2026 Fiction👀 "Horseland" is a short story by EC Dorgan about authenticity and the monsters that haunt our hearts and histories. As a special preview of the issue, you can read it NOW! havenspec.com/fiction/hors...

An excerpt of the short story "Horseland" by EC Dorgan, in Issue 23 of Haven Spec Magazine (June 2026). The text reads:

By every measure, I’m a success. I have the perfect home, the perfect partner. He works for an oil company. We’ve paid down our mortgage and invested in equities. He makes a good salary, but I make more, empowering people and selling my story.

I help people find their authentic selves. They say my talks are life-changing. Last year I was on a national news magazine cover, and last month, I made Edmonton’s “Forty Under Forty.” Our guest room became my award room. Now the laundry room’s full, too.

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Red and Gold, by Carly A-F. It shows a skeletal figure with fire and branches for hair as they loom over a solitary human figure in the foreground.

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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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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 23/06/2026

apparently Prime day is tomorrow and it's not just a day anymore it's like a wholeass week If you want some cool wall art, coloring books, novellas, kid's books, pins, stickers, or apparel, you can put $ into my pocket instead of Bezos' next yacht :D

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Shop Unique Illustrative Art Gifts | Dark Art, Sci-Fi Art, Fantasy Art

Shop illustrative art & gifts at Aimee Cozza Illustration. Stickers, prints, originals and more artwork for sale now.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

At the Nebulas, @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social, the founder of Strange Horizons, spoke about the origins of the magazine and how it started at a time where there were few opportunities for short story writers, particularly new writers, to have their work published. (1/3)

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Kai Delmas @kaidelmas.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The cover of my collection, "After You Were Lost," has been revealed. 🥳😁🙌 watgpress.substack.com/p/kai-delmas...

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Kai Delmas Newsletter by WATG Press — Cover Reveal

After You Were Lost by Kai Delmas.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It’s pub day for the WOMEN OF THE WEIRD WEST Anthology, an imaginative, multicultural collection of weird wild west stories! My story “How To Kill A Yaoguai” is in here, inspired by Chinese immigrants in the 1800s and the women who were often trafficked to the so-called “new world."

Women of the Weird West cover featuring a backdrop of dusty escarpments/clouds/blue sky, overlaid with a set of fanged teeth.

"Ride into the unexpected" is written over the top, "Edited by KC Grifant" on the bottom.

https://mybook.to/WomenOTWeirdWest

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thankfully caught an extremely wrong science thing in the first draft before another human being had to see that lmao

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

✨COVER REVEAL✨ for my fiction collection forthcoming April 2027 with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 👀🤍‼️ design by @alandistro.bsky.social 💫 preorder direct here— shop.shortwavepublishing.com/products/mem... 🙆🏻‍♀️

MEMORIES ARE ONLY VALUABLE IF THEY CAN BE LOST cover reveal graphic featuring a young woman with short hair with a colour palette of grey, red, white, beige, pale yellow

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Check out my poem “A Sweet Summer Melody Courtesy of Planet XR-23A” in this issue www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

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Penumbric June 2k26, A Sweet Summer Melody Courtesy of Planet XR-23A

Edgy speculative fiction magazine

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Check out my poem “A Sweet Summer Melody Courtesy of Planet XR-23A” in this issue www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

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Penumbric June 2k26, A Sweet Summer Melody Courtesy of Planet XR-23A

Edgy speculative fiction magazine

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So thrilled to have a poem in this issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We Begin Where Infinity Ends is an Ignyte Award Finalist!!! Deeply honored and grateful to the judges and everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported this little firefly story ✨🪲🫶🏽

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Contract signed, I’ll have a science fiction horror flash piece forthcoming in @blackharepress.bsky.social patreon 🎉

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Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My new short story is out in Uncanny! I wrote a newsletter about how this piece started - it's been an unusually long process from first draft to publication 👀 letters-from-hannah-yang.beehiiv.com/p/my-new-sho...

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My new short story is out in Uncanny!

On time travel and Tamagotchis

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 26/05/2026

An interesting warning for writers: There have been ads, making their rounds on social media, advertising writing contests with large prizes. Beware-- some of these contests are tricks to get you to submit files that will then be used to train AI models (LLMs). READ THE FINE PRINT!

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Man, this poem by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social feels so relevant for writing. You can be a novelist, short story writer, poet. You can write sci-fi, romance, horror, anything you want. Don't let anyone ever tell you what you can write or what kind of writer you are.

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The Truth About Wolves - Uncanny Magazine

They will tell you lies about wolves, My darling: that you contain just two And can feed only one, and this shapes you. No. Not you. You are full of wolves, The whole pack, tumbling pups, Grizzled eld...

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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

BY THE WAY, I had a poem out in @smallwondersmag.com earlier this year Daughter was not born, but emerged from the last fox’s mouth in the last forest of the world ... smallwondersmag.com/piece/foxes-...

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Foxes on Her Wrist, Fire on Her Ankle - Small Wonders

Daughter was not born, / but emerged from the last fox's mouth / in the last forest of the world

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As a writer, the house is what you build. You build your house with reading, writing, sentences, practice, again and again. Inside that house, you'll soon accumulate work you've actually completed, poetry and stories and books. Continued...

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My feed is FULL of speculative poetry links, I’m in heaven 😍

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/05/2026

skeleton flail!! @angelaliu.bsky.social's The Language of Fireflies from our issue 37 is a Rhysling Award Finalist!!! Congratulations Angela 🎉💀🫶 you can read the full poem here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our Issue 10 poem"Mannequin Mom" by Rebecca O'Bern is now a finalist in the 2026 Rhysling Awards 🎉 Re-feel the poem's turns on our site: www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/man...

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Mannequin Mom | Issue 10

Radon Journal Issue 10 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Super psyched to have two poems selected as Rhysling Award Finalists! “The Language of Fireflies” (in @thedeadlands.com) and “The Mourning Robot” (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social). Thanks so much to everyone who nominated and congrats to all the wonderful finalists!

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Bailey Thomas @baileythomas92.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Most random story idea popped into my head today. I am not a creative person at all so I’m holding on to these threads for dear life and dreading the eventual “oh actually that doesn’t make sense” moment of realization that’ll hit at some point

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We're thrilled to reveal the stunning cover art for Apex Magazine Issue 153: "Zone 2" by @valentinapaz.com, with cover design by Justin Stewart! 🪢🎨 Check out the table of contents, upcoming releases, and so much more in our newsletter, "Apex in May 2026" ⛈️☂️🌷 👽 www.patreon.com/posts/apex-i...

"ORIGINAL FICTION BY:
Claire Jia-Wen, Beth Dawkins, Debbie Urbanski, Christian Ramirez Ramos, flash fiction from Indigo Rue, Surya Ramkumar, and Jana Bianchi
NONFICTION BY: Marie Vibbert and Ivy Grimes
CLASSIC FICTION BY: Chris Campbell and Somto Ihezue"

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 23/04/2026

In a world where "AI" submissions are a plague, human-written stories are the cure for an editor's breaking heart. Don't let the flood discourage you from sending your work out there. You are better, no what the hype of the moment says. We want your stories. Not the slop-infested noise.

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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Really exciting news today. My short story “Six People to Revise You” is a Hugo finalist! Congrats to all the finalists! See you in Anaheim!!! www.lacon.org/hugofinalist...

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Hugo Award Finalists – LAcon V

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Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Our not-so-little story, We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Locus Award Novelette Finalist. Grateful to everyone who read, loved, and recommended this story. May all your infinites be boundless✨🪲💕

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I have a new story out today in @apexmag.bsky.social! "The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood" is a happy love story on a remote island where everything is delicious and perfect 😀 (oh, the title? Don't mind that.) Loosely inspired by the Japanese urban legend of Hanako-san.

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The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood

Agnes hiked into the woods in her bathing suit and never came back. We found her marine shoes in a plastic bag of crushed...

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Casey Aimer @caseyaimer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The best part of the Poetry Nebula Award is that you can read the entire slate of nominees with only five minutes of your time. Poets are like late-night robbers, coming to beat your heart with emotions, and then fleeing before your nervous system alarms go off. Links below

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