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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Really loved this one, great voice!

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

How cool is this art made by Canadian illustrator Babe&Oak? Check out their site to see more of their great work.

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Honoured to be in this awesome anthology with so many amazing writers!

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My story published in May @diabolicalplots.com got a lovely little review from @mariahaskins.com in the new issue of Locus! So cool!

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 14/06/2026

Turns out there’s one after the uncanny one

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If AI were as great as we're told it currently is, we'd be talking about a hundred other incredible inventions, instead of just AI. We'd be talking about all the fantastic inventions that AI came up with.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 04/05/2026

New fiction! "Dourglamis" by Derek Wagner The castle Dourglamis roams the plains. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My latest story, Dourglamis, is out this morning @diabolicalplots.com! Thanks to @amandaghelms.bsky.social for the great job she did editing this piece! Sentient castles meet late stage capitalism! Give it a read if you have time! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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DP FICTION #135A: “Dourglamis” by Derek Wagner – Diabolical Plots

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Huge congratulations to Odyssey graduates @rfkuang.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, and @cornellwriter.bsky.social on their Nebula Award nominations!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Your Personal Odyssey 2026 offers three instructors to choose from: Odyssey Director Jeanne Cavelos, New York Times bestselling author @carrievaughnco.bsky.social , and top Odyssey critiquer Lane Robins! Several scholarships are available! Apply today!! odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-workshop/

image in the lower center of the curve of a blue planet, with a blue misty atmosphere rising from the planet, soft blue nebula in the distant background; Header: Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, blue image of an ancient Greek warrior standing at the bow of a ship, holding a spear and shield and wearing a decorative helmet; Quote below: “Writing can feel very much like fumbling in the dark. The Odyssey Workshop, and Jeanne’s mentorship, provided much needed illumination into the writing process and, perhaps more importantly, into myself as a writer. I am more empowered as a writer as a result of completing this workshop.” – Stella Dunn, YPO Graduate; Application Deadline April 10th; odysseyworkshop.org

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Nebula Award Winner @awprihandita.bsky.social on her Your Personal Odyssey experience! Applications are open for YPO 2026, the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs! Scholarships available!! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

image of a wide path through a misty autumn forest, leading to a bright light in the distance; Header: Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, blue image of an ancient Greek warrior standing at the bow of a ship, holding a spear and shield and wearing a decorative helmet; Quote below: I wouldn’t have been able to write any of my stories at this skill level without Odyssey! In a way, that was where the whole journey started, and I’m forever grateful for that. Please consider this life-changing writing workshop. –Nebula Award Winner Anselma Widha Prihandita, Your Personal Odyssey graduate; Application Deadline April 10th; odysseyworkshop.org

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Nebula & Ignyte Award winner @aijiang.bsky.social l on her YPO experience. Applications are now open for Your Personal Odyssey, the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that's helped writers make major breakthroughs! App deadline Apr 10th! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

background of misty forest with lush undergrowth including pink and blue flowers, a bright light begins in the forest floor and swirls away in the distance; text: Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop; Jeanne was an absolutely amazing and encouraging and enthusiastic teacher. It was rigorous and exhausting but also inspirational and invigorating at the same time. –Nebula and Ignyte Award Winner Ai Jiang on her Your Personal Odyssey experience; Application Deadline April 10th; odysseyworkshop.org

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Applications are now open for YPO 2026! Choose your pace:, 6 wks, 12wks, or 18wks! Guest lecturers include @rfkuang.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @brandonsanderson.com, @fondalee.bsky.social, @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social & more! Early Action deadline Feb 20!

Image of a tiny tan house with a purple rounded door and purple roof nestled among green, brown, and purple mushrooms and foliage standing much taller than the house, with a purple and white butterfly flying above; text: Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop; Embark on your transformative writing journey with an intensive, one-on-one online workshop experience customized just for you! Hone your craft with: The Renowned Odyssey Lectures, Expert Feedback, Deep Mentoring; Scholarships available! Application Deadline: April 10th; odysseyworkshop.org

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Award-winning author @jtewwrites.bsky.social on her YPO experience! Applications are now open for the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs! App deadline Apr. 10, Early Action deadline Feb. 20! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

view of the curve of a dark blue planet with a bright star shining at its edge, with stars and pink and purple nebula in the background; text: Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop; The care and thoughtfulness that’s woven all throughout this program, as well as the decision to make it remote and accessible for people that wouldn’t have been able to attend otherwise, I think is a superhuman level of thoughtfulness and generosity. I think it’s incredibly special. – Award-winning, critically acclaimed author and Your Personal Odyssey graduate, Jill Tew; Application Deadline April 10th; odysseyworkshop.org

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Applications are now open for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop 2026! The one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs is waiting for you! Choose your pace: 6wk, 12wk, or 18 wk App deadline Apr. 10 www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Odyssey Online courses are still taking applicants up until January 18th! Amazing instructors, great critiques, all online! Some of the best critiques I’ve ever received were through these courses! www.odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...

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Upcoming Classes – 2026 | Odyssey Writing Workshops

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

24 HOURS LEFT IN OUR KICKSTARTER! Thank you for hitting so many stretch goals and allowing us to publish even more art, reprints, and nonfiction when we open in 2026! It’s not too late to snag rewards (subs! crits! stickers!) and fund some issues of Year 3! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

So excited to have my weird little story accepted to Diabolical Plots! Congrats to everyone else who made it this year!

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal! Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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$17,818/$20,000
Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"

Story/Excerpt Critiques

E. Catherine Tobler (up to 5,000 words)
Spencer Nitkey (up to 7,500 words)
A.C. Wise (up to 8,000 words)
Aimee Ogden (up to 6,000 words)
A.V. Greene (up to 10,000 words)
Ivy Grimes (up to 5,000 words)
Lindz McLeod (up to 5,000 words)
Risa Wolf (7,500 words)
Sam Fleming (7,500 words
Slush Reader Critique

Cool Offerings

Tarot card affirmation by Los Mei-en Kwa
Marie Vibbert Tuckerization
Apex Appreciation
Online Workshop "World-building from the Inside Out"

New EBooks and trade paperbacks available now!
Available only on the Apex Magazine Kickstarter!
Shadows of Glass and Other Stories by Jamie Lackey
Tiny Planet Filled with Liars by Stephen M.A.
Chlorophilia by Cristina Jurado
The FULL DIGITAL CATALOGUE from Jennifer R. Donahue!
PLUS! Become immortalized in a short story by Science Fiction Author Marie Vibbert!
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Stickers and hoodie now available worldwide!

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My contributors copy of The Kindread Coast finally arrived! Very excited to be a part of this anthology of writers from Western Canada! Thanks to @shanonsinn.bsky.social and @lavoiecwrites.bsky.social for inviting me to take part in this!

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We're 8 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter! ⏰❗❗ These final days will decide whether we can publish in 2026. YOUR support is what keeps us going, AND what keeps the great stories coming to your inbox! Help Apex thrive and join our Kickstarter TODAY! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

(pssst, bigger announcement about this coming on Monday, but get a sneak peek of our swanky new banner! 🎨) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

WE'RE OVER HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL!! 🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU for all your support! 💜👽 We're celebrating with a TON of amazing new rewards (check the 🧵 to see them all!) including signed books, author critiques, WORLDWIDE SHIPPING and more! 🪦 Join the monster mash here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

New Kickstarter rewards are here!!

Author critiques, discounted ebooks from your favorite speculative fiction authors, and more!

SHORT STORY CRITIQUES FROM:

Spencer Nitkey, Risa Wolf, E. Catherine Tobler, Jordan Kurella

Plague Birds & We Who Hunt Alexanders

SIGNED copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford.

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Rebecca E. Treasure @retreasure.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hello! If you haven't backed the Apex Kickstarter and you're a regular reader and can, we could really use the support. We just added some physical rewards, there are crits and classes available, plus books and of course a year of Apex! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 12/09/2025

Late pledges are open for one week. If we reach our first stretch goal +$1326, we get to add more stories and another issue next year! The stories of monsters and heartbreak are waiting for us… kck.st/4mIkEm1

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Glad you enjoyed @mollytanzer.bsky.social's story! All fiction at BCS is free. :) Over 900 stories in 17 years. We're a 501c3 nonprofit; our mission is to promote F/SF. You can support us publishing great stories by buying our ebooks or through the BCS Patreon: www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas...

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creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026. See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

APP DEADLINE 4/1! If you want customized guidance to make major progress in your writing, Odyssey can help. Choose your schedule: 6, 12, 18 wks. Learn what you want & need to learn to become the writer you want to be! odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo... #writingworkshop #writersworkshop #amwriting

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

One definite advantage of this platform over Twitter is the distinct lack of AI Ghibli slop infesting my eyeballs…

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/03/2025

AI disruption: "programmers and writers: occupations where the job from start to finish is as close as possible to what AI excels at: nice, clean, linear and sequential tasks, exam-style questions and essay assignments. both jobs also have high rates of contracting or freelancing." My thoughts below

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

OK Bluesky, time to try to recreate a hit thread from the bad place, wherein I give you all of the tips for how to get your story published in Fusion Fragment. 1 Like = 1 Tip or until I run out of ideas or until I finish my drink.

Text says: 1 Like = 1 Tip for getting published in FF.

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

petition to outlaw every website on the internet asking you to sign in with google

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

Fiction submissions opening
3 submission windows for 2025

General
April 16th

Novelettes
(10,000 to 18,000 words)
June 4th

Indigenous Authors
November 3rd

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

You'll never get better critiques than the ones you'll get from Jeanne during YPO. The first fiction piece I sold as a writer this year is the first thing I wrote after finishing Odyssey last year, and the experience has made me so much more confident as a writer! I can't recommend it highly enough!

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Sam W. Pisciotta @swpisciotta.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New call from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social. Take a hike and start writing!

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Odyssey graduate @rfkuang.bsky.social describes her workshop experience. If you want customized guidance to improve your writing, Your Personal Odyssey can help. App Deadline 4/1 odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo... Check out R. F. Kuang’s bestselling novel Yellowface from HarperCollins! #writing

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Sam W. Pisciotta @swpisciotta.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Open for applications! Give your writing dreams a boost. So worth it! @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social #writingcommunity Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop is an advanced, one-on-one, intensive program customized to each student. Here’s the info link: www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo....

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About the Workshop | Odyssey Writing Workshops

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