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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just found out there's no grass emoji. But anyway, grass stories anyone?

Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you did, you'd get to read my story 'Hillock' about a rock being finding a way to process their trauma through creating art. 🪨 #writesky #readsky #fiction #fantasy #litmag #authors #sff

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Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have been to the postbox and sent copies of this zine, this month's postcard story, and some monster of the week cards to $5 and above patrons. If you want a monthly postcard plus a weird envelope of stuff every now and again, sign up at the link.

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After Midnight Lit Mag @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our inaugural issue dropped today!! Check it out at www.aftermidnightlitmag.com! #writesky #booksky #litmag #poetrysky

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After Midnight Lit Mag @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Writers, we are officially OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS today! Oct 1-Nov 1, please send us your #bookreviews, #poetry, #shortstories, #pedagogy, creative nonfiction, and #flashfiction about "letting go & new beginnings." Check our site for more information and submission guidelines. aftermidnightlitmag.com

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Radon Journal Issue 14 is live! Read online or buy a print copy: www.radonjournal.com/issue14 Start your October off right with some of the best all-new science fiction in the industry

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just found this mag, and I'm over the moon. 💚 It's such a treat when something you love in one part of your life crosses over into another part of your life. #writing #reading #namjooning

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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*ahem* 1,911 posts. 1,342 writers. 5 years. Issue #100 live now. Give your grandma her lucky number before she heads to the bingo hall, yes? www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

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After Midnight Lit Mag @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Good morning, writers! What are you working on today? Can we interest in you in our themed subs opening October 1st?! The theme is "New beginnings & letting go." Poems, book reviews, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, pedagogy... we take it all! #writesky #poetrysky #booksky

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This thread discusses "fun" which is our guiding light - but what we consider fun covers an enormous amount of ground. Tragedy can be entertaining, gloom amusing, and dark scenarios offer the chance for great triumphs.

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is beautifully written and devastating and so fucking important. Please, please find some time in your day to read it.

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Nicole 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.

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Please people, help me. I need a rec for sapphic or lesbian gaslamp fantasy-hopepunk, cyberpunk, steampunk, paranormal, I care not. Any heat level. Trad or indie, couldn't care less. I can't find anything. Where are our sapphic authors who can be comped with Gail Carriger? #booksky

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey writers!! Thinking of Submitting to our “HUMAN-SHAPED” themed call? Here are some thoughts from our guest editor Ashlee Lhamon on what we’ve seen so far & what she’d love to see more of ✍️ #writingcommunity #flashfiction substack.com/@ashleelhamo...

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Ashlee Lhamon (@ashleelhamon)

Hey all, we’ve hit 400/1000 submissions my Flash Fiction Online guest editor call for the theme “human shaped” (closing at the end of the month; submit here: http://ffo.submittable.com/submit) and I’v...

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our first readers are working their way through the stories we've received - and we want more. And, I'm sorry to stress this again, please read the guidelines. Several stories have already come in that are ineligible!

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And there's going to be a Season 2 💕 (But if it doesn't have Mackenzie Crook's manager character in it I will be very sad! Are you on your break?)

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

PSA. Our website has been hacked. Please don't click on any of the ads in the posts. We did not add them. We're waking up our webmaster right now.

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: walruses, pluralities, the singularity, singles (people), singles (dollars), lingering, fingers, fish, the sun, slant rhymes, Y2K, Slay the Princess, To-do lists, Listerine, Yuri on Ice, Antarctica, and pink

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us for an afternoon of desire at the virtual author reading in celebration of The Pleasure Issue on September 20th from 12-2pm PT / 3-5pm ET Free w/ a suggested $4 d0nation to our GFM > gofundme.com/f/beestung-y... > Email us for the link at beestung@sundresspublications.com!

Art of two Black people embracing. One figure holds the other from behind, both nude and seated, the sole of one person's foot showing. The person in the front has their cheek cupped by the person behind them. Text reads: beestung, August 2026, Pleasure. Guest edited by Christian M. Ivey. Illustration by Ava Glori Tuitt.

Author Readings

Q&A With Editor & Writers

Insights from Illustrator

September 20th
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just a little drabble on my blog that I wrote for a contest, and then realised it was too similar to another piece there so just thought I'd leave it here instead. writteninmoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/flas... #WriteSky #flashfiction #speculativefiction #writing

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Flash Fiction - Fertile Ground

Back hunched and fingers cramping, I’m huddled by the window with your frail body in my lap when the cottage darkens. Heron-grey clouds...

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Cast of Wonders @castofwonders.org · 15/09/2026

escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/... We open to general submissions in a little under 30 mins. Don't self-reject Do read the guidelines

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very much enjoyed this! I was genuinely told that God put dinosaur bones in the earth to amuse humans and give them a puzzle to solve by my eighth grade geology teacher. I wish he'd have attributed them to Stolas instead. That would have been a fun lesson! 🦕

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If There's Anyone Left @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We have about 25% percent of our Volume 7 submissions remaining to send responses to. We'll get through them as soon as we can!

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Hannya Kay @hannyakay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're open for subs!!! Please read guidelines because we get grumpy when you don't (and you don't want to grumpify us). Paying market, no fee, spec fiction ONLY, etc, etc, etc (read guidelines, yes, really) Welcome to the lounge 👽🍸

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Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And it's open! Please read the guidelines before submitting to avoid any potential misunderstandings.

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Nicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Speaking 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...

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Submission Guidelines

Learn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details

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After Midnight Lit Mag @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our themed submissions call opens October 1st, so start writing your #shortstories, #poems, #CNF, #flashfiction, #pedagogy, and #bookreviews today! The theme is "new beginnings & letting go." #writesky #booksky #poetrysky

Dark background with neon writing and moon and stars decor. After Midnight Literary Magazine. Call for Submissions. Oct 1 through Nov 1. We are accepting: books reviews, creative nonfiction, fiction short stories, flash fiction, pedagogy, and poetry. Theme: new beginnings and letting go. Instagram: @aftermidnightlitmag Website: www.aftermidnightlitmag.com. End of description.

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After Midnight Lit Mag @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't forget, we're accepting cover art submissions until next week! Please submit for your chance to have your artwork on the cover of our inaugural issue titled "Until Midnight"! #writesky #poetrysky #artsky #artwork #coverart

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our ✨August 2026 issue✨ is now free to read online! In this thread are links to all of its poems and stories. Please read it and please spread the word! havenspec.com/issues/issue... 🧵

Cover of Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 25, August 2026.

Fiction in the issue is by E.M. Linden, Sydney Sackett, Carol Scheina, C.M. Fields, C.G. Aubrey, and J.A. Bryson.

Poetry in the issue is by Sarah Chin, Mahaila Smith, and Lesley Hart Gunn.

The cover art is titled "Quietness in Amber" and is by Caroline Jamhour. It features a contemplative woman, her eyes closed, standing in shoulder-deep water beside a crescent moon, her hair flowing on the water's surface.

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

POSTED THE WRONG EMAIL BEFORE Join us for an afternoon of desire at the virtual author reading in celebration of The Pleasure Issue on September 20th from 12-2pm PT / 3-5pm ET Free! Email us for the link at beestung@sundresspublications.com

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

oops oops oops gave you all the wrong email to get the link from before this is the right one (RTs appreciated!)

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Hearth Stories @hearthstories.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Reminder: we are open for #submissions for the rest of the month ✍️. We are 👀 for fantasy/historical-fiction #writing about caregiving, family, romance, nature, friendship. Let's wander in the woods together 🌳🌲🍃 Simsubs, 1¢/word, gentle/cozy stories Guidelines: hearthstories.org/submissions....

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The new issue if Translunar Travelers Lounge has been out for three weeks. If you haven't read it yet, there's no better time.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 04/09/2026

It's coming 👀 Writers in the North of England are invited to send us weird and horrifying tales of existential dread for anthology 3: cosmic horror. Opening to submissions next month. Read the guidelines here: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions will be open 1st October to the 30th November. We’re seeking weird and literary tales of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, for our third anthology.

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have you read this story by @hannyakay.bsky.social ? | |----> No ----> First time? Lucky you! Read it. | \/ Yes | | \/ In the last 30 mins? ----> Yes ----> Enjoy the moment. | | \/ No ----> Strongly consider reading it again.

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