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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 19h

Also in this issue of Kaleidotrope is this Bluebeard poem by @faithallington.bsky.social , very much worth a few minutes of your time: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 20h

What a timely Bluebeard poem from @faithallington.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! Though I know we all wish it felt irrelevant it is very much of the moment: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 21h

Thrilled my poem "Bluebeard at Midnight" appears in Kaleidotrope. It's about the horrors of Bluebeard, but also community and support and what we owe each other. It's dark, but hopeful and defiant too. 🚪 don't open that door 🥚 an impossible task 💀 the dark we find kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 01/10/2026

That JCO take is not only garbage about AI, but it’s also fundamentally disrespectful to romance novels. Yes, romance is often trope-driven. So are mystery and thriller genres. Why didn’t she say those could be written by AI?

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm so emotional that this story is out now, in the wonderful Tiny Gods issue of FFO. So many amazing stories, so many great authors. Read, cheer, share, subscribe. FFO is a wonderful place to lose yourself in, for a few minutes or many, many hours. I'm honored to join them on their journey ❤️

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think about this post by @angelaliu.bsky.social a lot whenever I get near a deadline and I'm trying desperately to write another thousand words 😂

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Kate Brauning @katebrauning.com · 18/09/2026

It’s Latine Heritage Month & Bisexual Visibility Month, which means go read A Lot Like Adios by @alexisdaria.bsky.social! M/F bi pairing “in a seductive 2nd-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home” alexisdaria.com/books/a-lot-...

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A Lot Like Adiós

Primas of Power #2 Buy A Lot Like Adiós “A charming, sexy spitfire of a novel!” —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation ⭐ “Sparkling and stea…

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Sheree Renée Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So thrilled this volume is out! Use the special code for my birthday month to get a 20% discount 😍

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 15/09/2026

Happy #LatineHeritageMonth from your friendly neighborhood Chicana-owned tea shop! 🇲🇽☕️❤️ #latinxheritagemonth #hispanicheritagemonth #latinsky #teasky

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@emlinden.bsky.social’s Like Water begins with a woman extracting her milk-tongue, the language she was born with. As the narrator loses precious details of her life, we know people have to make bargains for living at the expense of themselves, but the ending of this story is so quietly powerful. 🌊

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Ponyhenge” by @faithallington.bsky.social is an “unsettling and subversive twist on fairy tales, magic, and the power and peril of childhood play.”

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

100%. i recently read @faithallington.bsky.social ‘s story “Ponyhenge” in kalaidotrope that has “take back the night with murder” vibes and this is the culture we need to normalize kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/...

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Neil's warning is true, if the dismemberment doesn't stop you from reading, the carousel ponies will 💀 "Don’t Read This: Dismemberment, carousel ponies"

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem in our 🌟January 2026 issue🌟 by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those labeled *monster*. Read this one as sanctuary and join the party (a party!) havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...

An excerpt of the poem "A Party, A Party!" by Faith Allington, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads:

You don’t choose vampires
and ghouls any more than they
choose you, but you find consolation
in each other, all the unloved
and objectified strata of myth.

Everybody wants to fear you

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Page proofs for my debut have come in! 🥳 In honor of this milestone, I want to do a game I've seen from other authors: give me a number from 1 to 180, and I'll give you quote from that page! (But probably starting tomorrow cuz I've got errands the rest of today)

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

👀July 2026 Poetry👀 "Wintering Grounds" is a poem by @brokenswanquill.bsky.social about the sorrow that comes with unbridgeable distance and the unsettled ache of whatever love might remain Read it here: havenspec.com/poetry/winte...

Excerpt of the poem Wintering Grounds by Anna Madden. The text reads:

You mapped out the flight
after the bathroom flooded.
The pipes’ veins across a leaf,
frozen until bursting.

A migration to escape our winter,
I’d thought while tracing contrails skyward.

The cover art is titled "Finally, some sleep" and is by Caleb Worcester. It features an astronaut lying comfortably on a cloud high above the lights of a city.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey writers! The submission portal closed this month but we have some opportunities coming up this fall, including a call guest edited by previous FFO author Ashlee Lhamon. Happy Writing! ✍️ #writingcommunity #amediting www.patreon.com/flashfiction...

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Dear Friends & Followers, Our submission portal is closed during the month of August; however, we will have a couple opportunities opening t

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

And besties, the poem does indeed live up to the title 😍

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soulonfireart.bsky.social @soulonfireart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Study for a painting of a flowerseller at a fair. Did the painting, but somehow I like the study better. Graphite, 18”x24” #drawing #graphite #portrait

Pencil drawing of a man who sold flowers at a fair.

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Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Elric doesn't have pointy ears, Tolkien's elves don't have pointy ears, starting to think this is just Big Fake Ear trying to sell to cosplayers

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

As a Shirley Jackson scholar, this feels like a trap.

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This picture of the real Ponyhenge looks very charming but my story has glitter and blood and feral girls 😉 kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It's world ocean day 🌊 and if you don't have an ocean nearby to run screaming into, then may I suggest this ocean themed poem about bargains and your heart?

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Yep we’re open for new stories! Until we reach our 1,000 cap. Can’t wait to read your stories 🤓 #writingcommunity

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"I want to feel them cut you out of my brain, piece by piece." Outstanding flash fiction 😀 by Faith Allington www.adventitious.net/stories/raze...

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Raze My Brain Open My Eyes by Faith Allington

A haunting speculative story of transformation, memory loss, and becoming something more than human after the end of the world.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

📣 Details for Lark Morgan Lu’s upcoming call for stories, themed “Aftermath,” are now available via our Patreon page. ✔️ Submissions open JULY 1st! ✔️ All genres ✔️ 500-1000 words as per usual This issue will release in January 2027 #writingcommunity #flashfiction

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I like rock facts and I cannot lie 🪨

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Is it weird that I'm visiting a friend to make dinner with them and I strongly want to bring my favorite rock with me?

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Happy Book-Birthday, Multitude! Book is a book! You can get it anywhere, and also here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul...

Multitude book cover with starscape, tentacles, water

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Excited to share that I'll also have work appearing in a forthcoming issue of Kaleidotrope! 📖🚪🥚💀 and 🌊🦈🩸👑

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Looking for a great way to support us but don't have the cash? Consider reviewing us on @thestorygraph.com It's fun, supports great writers, and gives you clear skin. app.thestorygraph.com/books/14cba4...

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Adventitious, Issue Two: Strange & Literary Fiction by Adventitious Magazine

Adventitious is a collection of strange and speculative fiction. Issue Two leans into the dark, g...

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽

The new special edition cover of PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION against a background of swirling liquid silver and a solar eclipse

We’re giving away 30 one-of-a-kind collector’s edition ARCs of Plague Birds: the Red Day Edition, signed and numbered by author and Nebula Award finalist Jason Sanford!

Like, comment, and share this post for the chance to win 1 of 30 copies. Winners will be randomly selected by the Apex team, and we'll reach out through our exclusive accounts to send you your copy.

This contest will run May 4th through May 11th.

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Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Life Hack: If you click on "Archives" there's more free stories

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A. L. Munson | Onnahinli Hinak Bitepuli (she/her) @almunsonauthor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

May 5th is Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Day. When White women go missing, police and FBI look for them. This isn't the case for Native women who are 10x more likely to be murdered than White women. Wear red to bring awareness to our stolen sisters. #MMIW #MMIWday #NoMoreStolenSisters

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Field Notes From a Monster Hunt (or why I chose these stories for Issue Two) What emerged: bone, ash, data, salt, blood, and memory. What the real question turned out to be: what monsters do we agree to live with? Full editorial on Patreon (for free). www.patreon.com/posts/field-...

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Field Notes From a Monster Hunt (or Why I Chose These Stories For Issue Two) by Adventitious on Patreon. Join Adventitious's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“Ponyhenge” by @faithallington.bsky.social (Kaleidotrope, Spring ‘26) “is packed full of gorgeous, frightening, heartbreaking prose.” 🎠

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I always love reading Myna's flash roundup, so it's such a thrill and honor to have a story appear in it!! 🥰🥹

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Find the strange and secret places in @faithallington.bsky.social’s new story “Ponyhenge.” kaleidotrope.net/spring-2026/...

The woods lurk beyond the hedges, bramble-pierced and dusky, stretching for hundreds of years. Safe inside houses, our older sisters apply honeysuckle lips and moonglow eyes, wink at us as they ready themselves for foxglove princes.

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Jennifer Skogen @jenniferskogen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The end of this poem is going to stay with me. Each line break is such a beautiful gut punch!

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy earth day! 🌳 What if someone--or something--could help us restore our ravaged planet? What would that be worth to you? New creepy lil microfiction, if you're into that sort of thing.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My cyber-noir story "Ten and Out" is free today in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! "But I need to know: did Harrad betray me, too? The last time I saw him, when he inked my tenth contract tattoo…was his good luck kiss actually a kiss goodbye?"