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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's (almost) time: On October 1, BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5 submissions open! 📣BNW is a reprint-only antho, of pieces published—indie & self—in the previous calendar year. Full instructions to come 10/1📣 Wanna get in the Weird mood early? Vol. 4 is 33% off now in our webstore🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/46pvw69b

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BRAVE NEW WEIRD Volume Four (print + eBook)

Twenty-three creators converge to deliver the Bravest, Newest, and Weirdest fiction of 2025! You are the nexus of evolution. You have reached the ideal. A grateful humanity gazes upon you in admiratio...

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The arrival of the Korlqar Empire's armed emissary went utterly unnoticed at McDuncan's, partly because it was three in the morning, partly because the staff were all quite used to weirdos, eccentrics, performance artists, influencers, aspiring comedians, and other dregs of society." Fun reading!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

others have said this, but if you are a real person using AI to draft your messages to me, you not only sound like a scammer, you are someone i do not want to work with, scam or no scam

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This interview reveals how The Crown of War and Shadow started with a vision twenty years ago and #JRWard lives with ghosts in her house! Recently finished the book and it's great. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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Bestselling author J.R. Ward talks about "Crown of War and Shadow" with Club Calvi

Author J.R. Ward talks about her new book, a romantasy and an instant New York Times bestseller, "Crown of War and Shadow"

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Expanded a winter story that started off as flash. It's been nearly accepted twice. I sent it off again today. Let's hope it will land this time.

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🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

By day, it seems to be an ordinary Little Free Library...but at night its true powers are revealed! I finally finished building our LFL! Yes, it's full of kids' books at present (which was not the original plan! 😂), but I'll be adding signed books and a horror section soon! 👻🖤

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Coming back from the future to say let's make this time loop anthology happen!

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

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Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

from Grimm's Fairy Tales — Elenore Abbott, 1920

Painting of a woman in green with long red hair dealing beside a very ferocious looking dragon - Chinese influence on that Dragon I think

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

HAHA YES! I nailed my deadline! Manuscript for Book 2 COMPLETE! *dances around* *lays the manuscript gently to bed to rest and recover before the rigors of EDITING* The first book in this series comes out this October, and I'm so excited to have the next one ready to go! #solarpunk #amwriting

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Title: Sign the Deal
Author: O.E. Tearmann
Image: a southwestern Solarpunk town against a backdrop of Utah mountains. In the foreground, a young woman with ears like a llama and dark skin stands with a seated nonbinary person on a rock formation. Both are dressed for extreme desert conditions. Around them are plants ready to be planted. The color scheme is light and hopeful.

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 27/09/2026

Fascinating exploration of modern horror cinema and the personal and societal pressures that feed it Feeding the Monster by Anna Bogutskaya #HorrorSky #BookSky #FilmSky ko-fi.com/post/Feed-th...

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Feeding the Monster

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Acceptance from Flash Phantoms for Halloween themed flash fiction! 🎃🍁 It's an eerie story I look forward to sharing next month when it comes out.

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lovely readings at the Leicester Writes Award Ceremony. It was a pleasure to hear the work of Jay McKenzie, Tracy Fahey and Diana Powell, as well as to read my own work. Hosted by @farhanashaikh.bsky.social Can't wait to read the anthology!

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We were having a great discussion of writing and AI when a hacker bombed the Zoom meeting! They took over the whiteboard and scribbled profanities. Well done, Farhana for staying strong and tackling the problem. She restarted the meeting and the readings went smoothly. @farhanashaikh.bsky.social

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Like Wil E. Coyote on Roadrunner Short Story September is upon us. Here I talk all things short story, practice, a festival, favourite collections, and the @galleybeggars.bsky.social short story prize drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-short-s...

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On Short Story September

Prizes, prompts, collections and all that.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Having a nice morning of tea and pondering a project. But soon! Soon I shall join the Electric Sheep for a merry conversation. This is a good morning, fellow buddies.

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

feline behavior became a form of prophecy, blending daily life with superstition. 2/2

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In ancient China, cats were not just companions curled by the hearth. They were quiet weather-watchers, their small habits read like signs from the sky. If a cat washed its face, rain might be coming; if it chewed grass, storms were near. For farmers and families, 1/2 #caturday

🎨 Cats Among Bamboo Shen Chenlin, in the Qing dynasty 明婁元禮撰《田家五行》（引自《說郛續》卷三十）：「狗咬青草吃，主晴。……貓兒吃青草，主雨。」孫德祖《寄龕丙誌》卷四雲：越俗患頑僮之好狎畜狗若貍奴而或為所爪嚙也曰：『騎貓狗者，娶婦日必雨。』患其好張蓋而敝之也，曰，非暑若雨及，屋下張蓋者軀體不復長。皆投其所忌，繆為之說以懼之，然尋常鞭撻所不能止者，無勿帖然不敢犯。」

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jessicapixiestudios @jessicapixie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hi, I am excited to share my second poetry chapbook of summer poems- Stars on Fire. It is here. A magical set of spells I think. You can grab a copy here🤍 www.jessicapixie.com/product-page...

Sticker that says Tiny Bat Press in the middle of two books- the book on the left is called Stars on Fire and has greens and purples with a fawn, and on the right the book is called The Banquet and Bat Fangs- lots of purples.

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Can’t fricking wait for this!! Excited to be a contributor, but especially keen to read all the stories in this issue!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

A major piece of figuring out what the book was, was writing the first draft. I had to write out every single thought I had and then someone had to help me go through it and look for the conceptual patterns and then I had figure out what I **wanted** to say GenAI would have actively obstructed this

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Join us on 24th September for our autumn and fall-themed #FolkloreThursday! Our hosts will share posts made to the hashtag at the following times BST: 9am-2pm 3.30pm-4.30pm 6pm-7pm 🍂🍎🎃 (🎨John William Godward, Autumn.)

A woman in a flowing red dress with a green sash reaches for grapes hanging from a vine, with a bowl of grapes at her feet. John William Godward, Autumn.

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How about something dark glittering and glowing? This sounds compelling...

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The cost of living is going up, so why is pay for writers is going down?

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think there's several stories from the latest issue of @weirdlitmag.bsky.social that deserve to be nominated...

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy national fox day 🦊 I didn't even know that was a thing until after I finished this design, ahah! #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart #nationalfoxday

A formline design of a red fox. The background is a gradient dark teal, and the fox is a striking rust-orange, with gradienting darker umber on its snout and tail, and pale yellow chest/ear fluff and tail tip. It has it's tail wrapped around it's body, hiding its legs. It's head is angled to the left side.

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🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you want to be a successful writer, the most important tool in your box is perseverance. Successful writers aren't always the best writers, but they are the ones who turn up day after day, year after year 🖤.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the final week this will be available on #netgalley. Get it before it’s gone!

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've been sharing reader reviews for my other book so it's only right I do it for The Astronaut Among the Flowers. Who better to start than the person who wrote the introduction--the great @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social? Order yours: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as... @starsandsabers.bsky.social

Graphic shows the cover of P.A. Cornell's SFF collection THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS AND OTHER STORIES (at left), which shows an astronaut lying in a field of purple flowers under a pink and purple sky. At right white text on a purple background reads: "Cornell doesn't have a conventional approach to either science fiction or fantasy. She seems to circle those worlds but then come at it from unexpected angles, or through unusual points of view. As a result, each tale exists strongly as an island in an endless sea of quality speculative fiction, yet still carries her individual style and voice. - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times Bestselling Author of BEWILDERNESS and GHOSTS OF THE VOID."

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My story "From the Darkest Soil Wonders Will Bloom" was longlisted by the #LeicesterWrites Prize and will be published in their anthology! @farhanashaikh.bsky.social

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Borners @borners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Really enjoying @adapalmer.bsky.social's new podcast series which is going to be hours and hours of her going into glorious TMI of Renaissance Florence/Italy. And Gelato advice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruDc...

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What was life really like in Renaissance Florence? | Beforecast Episode 3 with Ada Palmer

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🍅🥔🫐🌽 hoopy frood 🌶️ 🥑🍫🌵 @huwupy.kawaii.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s haul brought to you by @adapalmer.bsky.social and @robertjbennett.bsky.social, both series highly recommended!

“The will to battle” by Ada Palmer and “a trade of blood” by Robert Jackson Bennett

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wishing you a magical autumn equinox! 🍂 🎨 Abby Jacobs

Painting depicting an autumnal scene. There are trees with orange, red and yellow foliage, and a cottage with smoke coming out of the chimney.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 22/09/2026

Three amazing things about this 16th century letter: 1. It is written in code. 2. It complains about pirates. 3. It is written by King Henry VIII!

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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 23/09/2026

Museum idea: acquire certain items from folks with peculiar names. A box from Pandora, a gun from a Chekhov, a cat from a Schrodinger, a teapot from a Russell, and more. 😎

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If your travel-back-in-time-to-save-the-world story has a laserblaster in Act I, it should be hanging on the wall in Act III.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From 18 October there will be a new exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge devoted to folklore (and supported, among others, by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social)

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 23/09/2026

I am mid-road trip and listening to 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro, which is GREAT. Fascinating look at everything that we know was happening in Shakespeare's personal and wider world as he worked on four plays, and connecting his work to sources and contemporaries.

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sophia Adamowicz's new novel, a blend of historical fiction and folk horror, is out today! Let's support her by buying a copy. www.amazon.com/Brink-Sophia...

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Amazon.com: The Brink: 9781968143176: Adamowicz, Sophia: Books

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"For the past two days, she has been asking us many questions. We have found that the best method of dealing with this is giggling in a silly manner and throwing something small at her." Kari Maaren ‎https://www.adventitious.net/stories/the-fruit-is-very-acceptable-here-kari-maaren/ ‎

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fenraven @fenraven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Elegant or #Scruffy. I'm going with elegant, because this tricolored heron looks strong but graceful as it hunts using its wings to shade the water, making it easier to see the fish. #birds #ECK #photography #wildlifephotography #birdphotogaphy #herons

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GT Korbin @gtkorbin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Folklore Horror from Flame Tree Press is out today! In it you can find an incredible collection of stories, including my own short "For Limited Appearances", inspired by Northern Greek traditions and the home you've spent a lifetime trying to outgrow. www.flametreepublishing.com/folklore-hor...

Graphic showing the cover of Folklore Horror short stories by Flame Tree Press. The text reads: Whisperings in the gloom of the trees, primeval mysteries, terrifying omens unfolding… within all of us lurks innate fear and subconscious respect for ancient rites. Following on from our successful Beyond & Within title Folk Horror, we now present, for our Gothic Fantasy series, more stories rooted in the dark side of the land and nature, exploring ritual and isolation, and encompassing global mythologies and folktales. Packed with classic stories of horror and folklore alongside new stories selected from a hugely popular submissions round, this latest anthology is not one to be missed.

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GT Korbin @gtkorbin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm in Flights of Foundry this year! We'll talk about Mixed Media and Experimental Formats, Greek mythology today and balancing romance arcs with plot! I'll also be moderating a panel about horror across mediums! There's still time to register and watch the panels live, or rewatch them later!

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Flights of Foundry My Schedule 18th September 12 PM Central/6 pm Irish time: Mixed Media, Found Fiction and Experimental Formats 20th September 7am Central/1pm Irish time Creeps and Catharsis: the appeal of horror across mediums (Moderating) 9 am Central/3pm Irish time Greece's Semi-Colonial Statues and the Current Publishing Scene: Appropriation, Myths Stolen and Retold and What Comes Next, 2pm Central/8pm Irish Time Kiss First, Save the World Later: Balancing Romance Plot

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jennifer Hudak, Adria Bailton and others will be talking about endings on Flights if Foundry happening now @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @adriabailton.com

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Malina @iridescentwords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just enjoyed a great talk on experimental forms with @gtkorbin.bsky.social, @cjtavares.bsky.social, @kaidelmas.bsky.social and @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social with lots of reading recs. Part of Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social, happening now!

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

*New chapbook* 'The Commuter', a 28 page chapbook of nine interconnected micro fictions. Print copies (UK only) - £5 inc P&P Digital copies - £3 www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...

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