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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 07/10/2026

Even mermaids have to deal with scammers, it seems. Elis Montgomery's poignant poem today isn't just a shout of rage for a stolen voice, but also at the passage of time:

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a sea witch stole my voice today - Small Wonders

a sea witch stole my voice today / she nestled my tones behind scarlet gills / and crooned for coin

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thrilled to be a part of this volume of Year’s Best Canadian with “Hex Supply Customer Support Log”!!🪄

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Guys, I’m speechless. Gonna be sharing this award with my 8-year-old since this poem was inspired by their question “why do we never see fireflies in the winter?” Huge thanks to the Ignyte organizers, all the voters/readers, and to @thedeadlands.com for giving this one a wonderful home!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

[ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷᵃˡᵏᵗʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷᶦᵏᶦ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ] Press X to enter the Unmarked Castle Press [ʳᵉᵈᵃᶜᵗᵉᵈ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ] to make it out alive

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been quiet about this one until I had some definite news, but this book is available now!! It's a book that's both taken a long time to come to fruition and a whirlwind of a rush at the same time. Published by Island of Wak-Wak, the same as my poetry chapbook from two years ago.

cover art, text reads "Daniel Ausema, The Fall of the City of Bells"; images from the public domain shows monks pulling the ropes on a line of bells in an old building

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Daniel Ausema @danielausema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you missed my announcement last week, be sure to check back the past couple of posts to get more info about the novella-in-verse The Fall of the City of Bells. And now I wanted to share a bit more about the background of the collection as well as a peek at the poems:

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

deeply honoured by the label of creepiest creepypasta!!🖤

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Deborah L. Davitt, Author @deborahldavitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A writing friend has created possibly the creepiest creepypasta I've ever read, in the form of a video game walkthrough. Please do go read!

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Woohoo!! Thanks so much, Catherine🖤🖤

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. New flash story out in Wyldblood!

Black and white photo of a young woman's face, obscured by her hair. Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Pexels.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love seeing speculative poetry gaining more and more writers and readers. Can't wait to see more reviewers too!

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For me, it’s all feeling. I let the poem wash over me and if I drown in it, I’m in love.

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L. D. Colter - Author @ldcolter.com · 03/09/2026

Tomorrow! 8 min readings. Book giveaways! Find a new favorite SFF author at the FREE Zoom event. Register in advance at www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid... #SWSWQR #sff #fantasy @emmiechristie33.bsky.social @slashnburnett.bsky.social @nillunasser.bsky.social @karenlucia.bsky.social Alex Grehy

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🍬 Abigail Kemske 🍬 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My latest #fantasy flash “Venom is Poison is Strength is Venom” is now free to read at Flame Tree! 🐍 I’m very proud of this story. Head on over to their newsletter archive to check it out: www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...

Venom is Poison is Strength is Venom by Abigail Kemske
"You get your first serpent on your sixteenth birthday when you first attract the eye of men."
Now free to read at:
FLAME TREE PRESS FICTION WITHOUT FRONTIERS

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user.

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

😹all the congrats in the world!!!

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Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s the day after, and the sound of erupting cheers for Elis Montgomery winning Best Poem still fills me with joy. May this be the energy next year. May this be the energy after 2029. May speculative poetry remain a beacon star in the constellation of our genre, forever and always.

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So moved by this thread. Thank you for all you do for our genre - you are a gem and a star and I am forever honoured to sharpen my steel alongside yours ⚔️⚔️

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

✨✨✨COVER REVEAL✨✨✨ I'm delighted with my cover design and art by Caroline Teagle Johnson, who nailed the retro, campy vibes I requested for my debut, THE UPPER TENTACLE! TUT publishes 02 09 27 from Union Square &. Co, but preorders are available now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amand...

On a faded background of a green tentacle on a pink backdrop, the cover for THE UPPER TENTACLE shines in all its pink, green, and red glory! A green tentacle coils upward, and a silhouette of a woman dangles one-handed from its tip. Title THE UPPER TENTACLE, in red, interweaves with the upper portion of the tentacle, and the author's name, also in red, is at the bottom. "February 9, 2027" is above the cover, and "Preorders available" is below it.

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VLAD-ventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I have doth made un starter park with thyne fauvourite Adventitious writers, and I dost though not understand olde tyme Englishe. Please follow them anyway (yes, thou). go.bsky.app/P6ETCHR

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I am overjoyed that the Poetry Hugo Award has once again PASSED. It will need to be re-ratified in 2029 to be officially officially permanent. Complicated rules aside, thank you to everyone who voted or supported this goal. Us poets truly love y'all! To read more about this see poetryhugo.com

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 12/07/2026

holy gosh!!!! The Death of Mountains won the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social for Best Novella!!!! thanks so much to the judges, to @lethepress.bsky.social for making this book a reality, and @ceciliatan.com for being there in person to read my speech!! all told, Death of Mountains did a very good job

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VLAD-ventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Check ch-check ch-check, ch-check it out.

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Sasha Kielman (she/her/hers) 🦋 is Querying 🙏🕯️📿 @sashakielman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I am delighted to share that my flash story "Legacy" was published today by The Fairtales! It is free to read at the link below! (Art commissioned from BalsanA). www.thefairtales.com/legacy #WriteSky

A commissioned art piece for "Legacy" by Sasha Kielman by BalsanA. A young man with wavy dark hair opens the lid of a trunk with sparkly light shining on them. A table with a quill and paper is to the left.

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Deborah L. Davitt, Author @deborahldavitt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A gentle, sweet, and dark flash fiction by @elismontgomery.bsky.social ! Check it out today!

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Always appreciate your support, Daniel!!🤗

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Follow Nightraiser into the bone place, where a single floating candle flickers in the shadows. What fills the dark spaces left by devotion? New dark fantasy flash, free in Adventitious! 💀🐴🕯️✨ www.adventitious.net/stories/holl...

Image of “The Piebald Horse," an oil painting by Paulus Potter, with a brown-speckled white horse standing in a field against a cloudy sky, looking back just slightly to the viewer. Above the horse is added text from “Hollows After Bones” by Elis Montgomery: “Nightraiser paws a hoof into the harrowed earth. Every grave here is laid bare like the land’s been peeled back in great layers.”

Image of a watercolour illustration by Raffaele Mainella for Nos Invisibles (1907). A dark figure stands over an open, flower-strewn casket with their hands raised to a lighter sky of dancing, white-clad figures. A dead man lies inside the casket beside a tall candle, its smoke trailing into the distance. Over the sky is added text from “Hollows After Bones” by Elis Montgomery: “Neither he nor the rider had prepared for death; it had come for them suddenly, as certain as wildfire.”

Image of “The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)” (c. 1896–1908), an oil painting by Albert Pinkham Ryder. Depicts a skeletal, scythe-wielding figure riding a galloping horse through the dark countryside. Over the sky is added text from “Hollows After Bones” by Elis Montgomery: “Horses did not have to pay their way through, but perhaps that was the way of humans.”

Image of “La calavera de Don Quijote (The Skeleton of Don Quixote)” (c. 1910-1913), a print of a relief etching with engraving by José Guadalupe Posada. A hat-wearing and lance-wielding skeleton rides a skeletal horse through a crowd of smaller, fleeing skeletons. Added text reads, “Hollows After Bones” by Elis Montgomery,” and “Free to Read | Adventitious.”

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VLAD-ventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Gorgeous. Dark. Sweet. Meet Nightraiser, the skeletal horse resisting the incandescent call of the afterlife to search for his rider. Hollows After Bones by Hugo finalist @elismontgomery.bsky.social. Read it if you like 🐎 very good boys 🕯️ poetic dark fantasy www.adventitious.net/stories/holl...

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Hollows After Bones by Elis Montgomery

An undead horse searches for his rider as a floating candle tries to steer him to the other side. Short story by Elis Montgomery.

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VLAD-ventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Worlds you'll be transported to in Issue 3: The Fae-ruled Sea Beyond Jakarta streets A loved one's bedside The shadow realm A Seurat painting A fairy tale bread line A finicky teleporter A hostile planet's dance studio The bar between life/death The cliffs of memory Chess.exe www.adventitious.net

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Adventitious | A Speculative Short Fiction Magazine - Adventitious.

Adventitious is a speculative short fiction magazine publishing boundary-defying stories, novellas, and unclassifiable work.

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