Reposted by Heartlines SpecAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 4hSeptember 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day? 8491288
Reposted by Heartlines SpecNicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Submit your stories and poems to @heartlines-spec.com until the end of Sept. 30! ✍️ ‼️ Your story or poem MUST be SFF/spec WITH a long-term relationship (familial, platonic, romantic) at the core of the work. ‼️ Read the submission guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...heartlines-spec.comSubmission GuidelinesLearn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details 056
Reposted by Heartlines SpecK.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canadians: As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes & the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 01211
Reposted by Heartlines SpecChristine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 21/09/2026Today's #DailySFFPoem: Another fairy-tale inspired poem -- BeCause by Y.M. Pang in @heartlines-spec.com. This one focused on revenge. www.heartlines-spec.com/because-by-y...heartlines-spec.comBeCauseBeCause by Y.M. Pang 021
Reposted by Heartlines SpecNicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026✨ 10 more days left to submit your fantasy or sci-fi story/poem WITH a long-term relationship to @heartlines-spec.com until the end of the month! ✨ Don't be afraid to dive deep into that fantasy 🧚 or sci-fi 👽setting with characters 🫂 who have known each other for a long time already. 079
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/09/2026On the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros by @avramargariti.bsky.social is now FREE-TO-READ! It's parenting on hard mode...but also a lovely balm for anyone who grew up a little feral.heartlines-spec.comOn the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a KallikantzarosOn the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros by Avra Margariti 073
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 17/09/2026You know how copse is very closer to corpse? 👀 🌲 💀 🍃 The Tree by @authortrsteele.bsky.social is FREE-TO-READ!heartlines-spec.comThe TreeThe Tree by T.R. Steele 031
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 16/09/2026A Knight of Leisure by @jaespersmyth.bsky.social became FREE-TO-READ! It's the coziest fantasy with a grumpy knight, a forgiving spouse, and a missing cat. The perfect balm to get you through the rest of your week!heartlines-spec.comA Knight of LeisureA Knight of Leisure by J. A. Espersmyth 040
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 16/09/2026life lesson: we should all be weirderstatic.klipy.comI Myself Am Strange And Unusual LydiaAlt: Gif from Beetlejuice. Lydia is in the dark, looking up saying "I myself am strange and unusual" 060
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 16/09/2026We're midway through our submission period! Send us your stories and poetry that feature characters/situations informed by established relationships. It's gotta be spec though! We're still getting a lot of submission with only the smallest smattering of Weird/Strange/Magic. www.heartlines-spec.comheartlines-spec.comHeartlines SpecHeartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. 21812
Reposted by Heartlines SpecMonique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Rainbow Space Magic is a free, virtual weekend of queer speculative fiction, taking place this year on October 3rd & 4th. Register here to receive updates: www.rainbowspacemagic.org 1119
Reposted by Heartlines SpecKTLyn (any) @ktlyn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"Like Clockwork," a poem in @heartlines-spec.com pulls all the right strings for me. What a beautiful piece. www.heartlines-spec.com/like-clockwo...heartlines-spec.comLike ClockworkLike Clockwork by R. F. Hovis 2113
Reposted by Heartlines SpecNicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Speaking of distant galaxies, extraordinary creatures, and magical worlds... @heartlines-spec.com is open all through September for submissions!! Send us your SFF stories and poems with a long-term relationship at the core! ✨ Guidelines here ➡️ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...heartlines-spec.comSubmission GuidelinesLearn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details 068
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 01/09/2026Fishbowlhead by Moh Afdhaal is now FREE-TO-READ! It all gets weirder as Samil searches the exclusion zone for his brother ❌🏚️⌛ www.heartlines-spec.com/fishbowlhead...heartlines-spec.comFishbowlheadFishbowlhead by Moh Afdhaal 031
Reposted by Heartlines SpecManuela Amiouny @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social · 01/09/2026‘tis the season (send me your poems 👀) 094
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 01/09/2026Submission inbox is fully OPEN! Let's goooooooooo ✨pure vamp from editors mildly stunned at the passage of time😅 ✨ www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g... 1127
Reposted by Heartlines SpecCatherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 29/08/2026While you await the new vampire story: 🧟"At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines" with @heartlines-spec.com is my zombie story. www.heartlines-spec.com/at-the-end-o... 🐺"Of Wolf and Woman" with @flashpointsf.bsky.social is my werewolf story. flashpointsf.com/2025/06/14/o... 141
Reposted by Heartlines SpecKate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 25/08/2026Canadians, we can donate to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Canadian communities through CanadaHelps: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities... 5255152
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 25/08/2026The Lazarus Heart by Esther Lim is now FREE-TO-READ. Do not adjust your television sets, listen to the static instead. 📺 🖤 🖤heartlines-spec.comThe Lazarus HeartThe Lazarus Heart by Esther Lim 075
Reposted by Heartlines SpecNicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It's that time of the year again, and I'm ready to read!! 👀 Send us your stories and poems! ✨✨ ✍️ 033
Reposted by Heartlines SpecJordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 25/08/2026Heartlines is a terrific publication! and i'm not only saying this because once upon a time they published one of my stories. but their stories are lovely and the editorial team is grand. 2197
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 24/08/2026We are OPEN for early submissions from equity-deserving writers, looking for poetry and short fiction. Submissions fully open on Sept 1st: ❣500-3500 words ❣pre-existing relationships ❣Fantasy! Sci-Fi! Horror! www.heartlines-spec.comheartlines-spec.comHeartlines SpecHeartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. 03533
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 21/08/2026Ahh thank you for the lovely write-up on The Ache Before the Wound by Hap Aziz www.heartlines-spec.com/the-ache-bef...heartlines-spec.comThe Ache Before the WoundThe Ache Before the Wound by Hap Aziz 040
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 20/08/2026Greenhouse by Julia Sinclair is now FREE-TO-READ! 🌿 ☀️ This poem is so lush you're going to stick your nose into the first plant you find. "Her laugh obeys a liquid’s laws of physics – it fills the space into which it’s poured – and tonight it’s shaped like a greenhouse, then my mouth."heartlines-spec.comGreenhouseGreenhouse by Julia Sinclair 172
Reposted by Heartlines SpecN. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This was lovely! 021
Reposted by Heartlines SpecJamie M. Boyd @jamieboyd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Lovely story abt whatever happened to the young woman from the portal fantasy, after she returned to Earth and became a mother. 💔❤️ 041
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/08/2026The Kingdom She Carried by Jillian Schedneck is now FREE-TO-READ! Motherhood, portal fantasy, and watching the past inform the present ⭕ ⚔️ 🏰heartlines-spec.comThe Kingdom She CarriedThe Kingdom She Carried by Jillian Schedneck 072
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/08/2026We're one week out from re-opening for equity-deserving stories and poems for Issue 12! This is the perfect time to shuffle through your pieces or...GASP...write something new? Perchance even... read Issue 11 with new pieces releasing on Tues & Thurs www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...heartlines-spec.comSubmission GuidelinesLearn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details 02014
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 13/08/2026recollection: to taste by @awritingwren.bsky.social is now FREE-TO-READ! It's a quick bite of a poem that'll warm you to your bones. "granny left us in the spring, like hoarfrost and with the spring i stopped washing her blood off my clothes;"heartlines-spec.comrecollection: to tasterecollection: to taste by Wren Douglas 062
Reposted by Heartlines SpecB. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave @bzelkovich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Day 11: "Five of Us" by Jayasri Sridhar in @heartlines-spec.com . A bittersweet look at love that was only permitted to bloom after the fall of civilization. #PoemADay www.heartlines-spec.com/five-of-us-b...heartlines-spec.comFive of UsFive of Us by Jayasri Sridhar 121
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 11/08/2026The Ache Before the Wound by Hap Aziz is now FREE-TO-READ! Just because there's an app for that, doesn't mean you need it... "TEMPORAL BUFFER :: RESOLUTION MODE ACTIVE Outcome preview received. Resolution strategy recommendation: light humor" www.heartlines-spec.com/the-ache-bef... 030
Reposted by Heartlines SpecCatherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Fantastically scary poem by Chris Clemens in @heartlines-spec.com. Give it a read and come scream with me:heartlines-spec.comSix Minutes Till SchoolSix Minutes Till School by Chris Clemens 154
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 04/08/2026Secrets of the Sea by @aresjb.bsky.social is now FREE-TO-READ! 🌊🐚🦀 "In a shack too small at the edge of a wine-dark sea, my mother feeds her whispering shell silver coins in exchange for ocean secrets." www.heartlines-spec.com/secrets-of-t...heartlines-spec.comSecrets of the SeaSecrets of the Sea by Ares J. Benoit 062
Reposted by Heartlines SpecHeather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just read 'Secrets of the Sea' by @aresjb.bsky.social in this issue and it's lovely. 🤍 Consider subscribing to @heartlines-spec.com or better yet, consider donating to one of the listed charities and get a complimentary subscription (if there are any left)! www.heartlines-spec.comheartlines-spec.comHeartlines SpecHeartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. 052
Reposted by Heartlines SpecT.R. Steele 🍂 @authortrsteele.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So happy that my story about love, care, loss, and possessed trees (I know, you'll have to read to find out...) found a home in this issue of @heartlines-spec.com! ❤️🌳✨ 0111
Reposted by Heartlines SpecAres J Benoit @aresjb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026So pumped to read the whole issue, it's gonna be a good one!!🙌🏻 072
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026For behind the scenes info, our Editorial by @rebecca-b.bsky.social is free-to-read! We got themes, we got stress, we got slices of (virtual) cake.heartlines-spec.comEditorialEditorial by Rebecca Bennett 081
Reposted by Heartlines Specwren d @awritingwren.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Look at this gorgeous issue. I have a poem in here about the summer of 2018, delayed grief and sea ghosts. 171
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026Maybe the real cake is the subscribers we made along the way 🎂 www.heartlines-spec.comheartlines-spec.comHeartlines SpecHeartlines Spec is a speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best. 085
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026Thank you to all our contributors for making this shine 💖 Moh Afdhaal Hap Aziz @aresjb.bsky.social Chris Clemens @awritingwren.bsky.social @jaespersmyth.bsky.social R. F. Hovis Esther Lim @avramargariti.bsky.social Diem Okoye Jillian Schedneck Julia Sinclair @authortrsteele.bsky.social Lulu Vidal 083
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026Issue 11 is fully available to paid subscribers BUT, fear not, if you're a free subscriber you can gorge on Secrets of the Sea by Ares J. Benoit & Six Minutes Till School by Chris Clemens All levels of subscribers get the stories and poems sent directly to their email when they become free-to-read! 150
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 31/07/2026It's RELEASE DAY! Lower those shoulders, take a deep breath, and read some fantastic short fiction and poetry! www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-11/ 13315
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 12/07/2026We hope you'll stick with us. It's been a hard week and we've learned more than we wanted to about AI. We're hard at work on Issue 11 which releases July 31st. 190
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 12/07/2026Heartlines has tight deadlines, acceptance to publication happens within two months. With simsubs, we're get contracts signed within days of acceptance. This pace has allowed us to become many authors' first publications and we aim to make that a good experience that sets someone up for success. 180
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 12/07/2026At the hold stage, we research to confirm if a writer's background matches stated identity, especially if the story relies on characters or tropes of that background. We never want to require a writer to have an online presence. Many people are not in the position to live their truth online. 170
Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 12/07/2026We're not going to ask for drafts or video calls or use AI-based AI detectors. We don't ask about publication history and we don't ask for timelines of that publication history. When the writer's bio is sent, we assume it's truthful. 170