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Chris Doty-Dunn

@chrisdotydunn.com
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Writer of weird and/or gay and/or spec fiction. Words in Crepuscular Magazine, Rat Bag Lit, Dream Theory Media, and more + forthcoming at Drabblecast. PhD in linguistics. ✡️🏳️‍🌈👬 Newsletter signup and stories: chrisdotydunn.com

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 37m
galaxy class starship reset bios
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 10h
I’m looking for a paid writing gig to supplement my income from fiction. I’ve previously written articles for The Guardian, Irish Times, SFX, and had by lines in Acoustic and The Engineer, and gained extensive editorial experience with Stars and Sabers Publishing. DM me if you need my skills.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As if you needed reminding, but THE SHIP OF DEATH comes out tomorrow… bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Ship of Death: A Novel
“Mind f*cking melting.” —BENJAMIN PERCY“Cosmically creepy as hell. A nightmarish experience.” —DAN CHAON"Every turn of the page is a creepy as f*ck critical success D20 roll. Winkler warmed my nerd he...
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
weird al version of klingon opera
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL6WHFVV and on buckaroo patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...
cover of NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? on the right there is a concerned ladybuck with her hands up in a gesture of NO WAY BUD and on the left is an angry lookin sentient flock camera
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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The results for Whimsy September are in! 🦙🪶 Congrats of the whimsical variety to our 5x selected stories sharing the £500 prize pool, & our 5x honourable mentions joining them in our Whimsy Anthology. There was fun, there were games, & there was the biggest range of voices in a whimsy contest yet!
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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Drabble contest alert!!! The annual Halloween Drabble contest at Dead Languages Podcast is live!!! Muahahahahaha! Deadline: Oct 18th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2026 DLP Drabble Contest
It's that time of the year again! Time for the feral DLP drabble contest! Deadline: Oct 18th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names ...
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Adam Bolivar @adambolivar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Portlanders! On the sacred night of Halloween, a never-before seen spectacle will take place: a PUPPET EDDA, the world’s first alliterative-verse marionette show, preceded by spooky poetry readings from legendary author John Shirley and myself. At the Rose City Book Pub, Portland on Oct. 31st, 8 pm.
Puppet show poster
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 26/09/2026
Wouldn't hire anyone who didn't bring iced coffee to an interview. Shows a lack of drive. We hustle here. We get anxiety here. We *shake* here.
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Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
At Interstellar Flight Mag, Paul Douglas Deane introduces to the epics of alliterative verse and the speculative. "However archaic alliterative verse may seem, it has found a home in speculative fiction, where it has been put to many uses." magazine.interstella...
Beowulf map background text reads: An Introduction to Alliterative Verse for Readers and Writers of Speculative Fiction...However archaic alliterative verse may seem, it has found a home in speculative fiction, where it has been put to many uses.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.
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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Teams background to end all Teams backgrounds.
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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is the 36th Anniversary of The Best of Both Worlds Part 2 - so gotta wheel this out again - can i get 100 reposts (unsubtle hint 😜) This poster was a long long time in the making but it's one of the few painting's I've done that I'm actually proud of. #startrek #thebestofbothworlds #fanart
A fan art poster painting for The Best of Both Worlds from the 1990 two parter of Star Trek The Next Generation

A Painting of captain picard being assimilated surrounded by 6 borg
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
Panel one shows a bone. The bone says, "I make stem cells!"
Panel two shows a pancreas. The pancreas says, "I make insulin!"
Panel three shows the bone and pancreas and now a brain. The brain says "I make scenarios!"
Panel four shows the bone, pancreas, and brain. The brain is on fire.
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com


Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:


bestspecfic@gmail.com


Thank you for your time and kind consideration.


Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
undertowbooks@gmail.com

Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 22/09/2026
IT IS UPON US AGAIN
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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Squirmy-wormy early birdy. £9 early bird entry for Whimsy October is around for three more days - until 25th September. Sign up at whimsy fiction.com before 1st October to join us for a spookier shade of whimsy! 🦙🪶
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
…but liking, commenting, and subscribing can annul the severity of the decree
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
pumpkin spice raktajino
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Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's World Alzheimer's Day today, so time for my occasional post not related to writing. My father died of dementia in 2020 and my friend & I started hodeeay.com, a tiny business with one mission--to bring moments of joy to people living with dementia and those who love & care for them. Cont...
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(ho-dee-ay)
play without rules
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
can you feel it in the air?
cover of THE HANDSOME PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF AUTUMN TURNS ME GAY featuring a handsome man on the left taking off his shirt and on the right there is an already shirtless man with a PUMPKIN HEAD there are orange leaves all around them
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
cardassian hentai
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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
15 May. Once more I have seen the count go out in his lizard fashion
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit to our collaborative flash fiction contest with @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! 💧🚰 The Apex theme for September is DRIP/DRIPPING. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...
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Dripping Water Faucet
Alt: An animation of a dripping water faucet.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As well as spotlighting @joycebingham.bsky.social's stories today, we also have the Q&A she did with Trash Cat. Get informed and inspired trashcatlit.com/2026/09/16/q...
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Q & A with Joyce Bingham
My writing mojo is cyclic, so I’m used to having days when new writing just doesn’t happen, I try to relax into it. I edit if I have something written. Otherwise, I go and potter in the garden or t…
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our last spotlight of the current issue - a delicious double from the talented @joycebingham.bsky.social 🦝 The Lady in Waiting We loved the simmering tension here, the upending of known characters, the way the prompts are intrinsic to story. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/the-lady-in-... 1/2
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
super mario galaxy for holodeck
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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nostalgic for food photography that invited you to imagine wandering a desolate void, peering uncertainly ahead by the guttering glow of a torch in your hand -- until there, just at the light's farthest reach, onion nuggets emerge from the starless night.
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J Mills @jmillsjr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” series
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today's spotlight from the latest issue is a microbial marvel by @chrisdotydunn.com 🦝 We loved how family memories are threaded through this claustrophobic horror, the startling imagery and the almost desperate hope. Read here: trashcatlit.com/what-lies-be...
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 12/09/2026
Bilga 🫶
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
also releasing work as a writer in 2026
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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 01/09/2026
The portal is OPEN! Send us your original flash fiction - hit us in the feels, give us some hope, make it weird, play with fun formats, or hey all of the above if you can manage it in 1000 words! smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
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Space Door
Alt: An open wooden door in a starry field. Through the door blue sky and clouds are visible.
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Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Paid subscribers can read our rat recommendation "Things that Live in the Walls" by J. Needham at ratbaglit.substack.com/p/things-tha... Or buy it in issue one, digital or print: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop #ratbaglit #ratrecommendation #ratrec #ratbookstore
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
SO! If you back the project in the first 24hrs, you can get the ebook and paperback at a discount! (I almost made it $24 but forgot lmao so look! extra dollars off!) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
graphic showing an ebook and paperback mockup for OPPORTUNITY WINDOW; if you back the project at "professional time traveler" tier in the first 24 hours, it comes out to $22USD (shipping not included)
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Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The non-Jews yearn for Talmud
Reddit post by u/Accurate-Mulberry155.

Title: If I pour a glass of holy water into the ocean, is the ocean now holy water or is the original water no longer holy?

Text: Just curious.
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NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're proud to present the winning story from last year's Rhyming Story Challenge! Read "The House with the Yellow X" by Baylee Friday at nycmidnight.co/yellow-x. Original Illustration by Yevgenia Nayberg. Enjoy, and get ready for this year's Rhyming Challenge on September 15th!
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The House with the Yellow X — nycmidnight
It’s 1888 in a small Texas town, and a newlywed mother is choosing a gown. She won’t bow or bend, nor give in to persuasion, for she knows that this is a special occasion. Length: 388 words Year: 2...
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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Get your ducks—nay, alpaca—in a row with our 2027 passes! Join us for The Whole Whimsy, also known as The Most Whimsical Year Ever, or The Half Whimsy from Jan to June next year. Early bird available at whimsyfiction.com until 30th November. Let’s get whimsical, whimsical… 🦙🪶
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a girl wakes up in bed. Groggily, she says, “ugh… did I put the snacks away?” Panel 2: upon entering her kitchen, she discovers two human-sized cockroaches wearing bathrobes making themselves at home. One is using her coffee maker and the other is sipping coffee from a mug that reads “Best Granddaughter”. There is an open bag of nacho cheese chips on the counter.
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Natalie Writes On @nataliewriteson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hey, I know who wrote this! (It's me!)
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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🛸 jump scare, night shades is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 🛸 gotta keep yall on your toes 🛸 send me your stories! 🛸 closing october 11 www.nightshadesmag.com
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Night Shades
Night Shades is a short speculative fiction magazine.
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Cris @criswrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I literally just signed up Odd Ember's next contest—join me? More info at www.oddembers.com
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Odd Embers Writing Contest
Join the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication.
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Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Rat's Charcuterie: Story No. 01 "The Second son of Satan and the Crisis at Camp Crisco" by Red Bayou. #RatsCharcuterie #ratbaglit Available now on our kofi here: Ko-fi.com/ratbaglit View the full library here: ratbaglit.com/story-library/
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Almost certainly the best photograph I have ever taken from an Iron Age hillfort of the sun setting over an estuary as summer segues majestically into autumn.
The sun setting over the Severn Estuary, as viewed from the top of Uley Bury, Gloucestershire.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
anti vulcan nerve pinch shoulder pads
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our first spotlight from the new issue is from Kelly Murashige with Deconstruction 🦝 We loved the exploration of construction and deconstruction from dual points of view, the clever use of the "thirst" prompt, and the hopeful ending. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/deconstructi...
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Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The issue of FFO I edited is out! It looks so good and I'm so pleased with it. Please take a look.
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