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Jenna Rain H M

@jennarainhm.bsky.social

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Dreamer, traveler, dog mom, lover of coffee, teller of tales Speculative fiction author FWG member Editor at Androids and Dragons

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Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

New from Androids & Dragons! A nostalgic take on time travel with a thought-provoking end. If you were around in the 80s, you'll enjoy this trip back in time from Lawrence Dagstine. #timetravel #sff #writingcommunity #80s #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/past-and-p...

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Past and Present Company Excepted

By Lawrence Dagstine

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Here's a preview of what's coming this month from Androids & Dragons! #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/issue-12-s...

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Issue 12 - September 2025

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Last week's story in Androids & Dragons was something a little bit different in that it's not TRULY speculative. It's main characters only wish it was. This one's a hilariously entertaining read. #writingcommunity androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/into-the-p...

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Into the Pendragon's Lair

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

In this week's story, Aphrodite visits NYC. "Humans think they can heal their mistakes with kisses. Aphrodite is love’s goddess; she knows it will take far more to mend this world. But for a first step, it’s a good one." #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-birthd...

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The Birthday of Venus

By Sydney Sackett

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! What happens when robots demand fairer working conditions? #writingcommunity #sff #specfic androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...

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By R.J. Breathnach

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

In this week's story from Androids & Dragons, a dragon flies over the village twice a day. No one knows why, but the dragon has a surprising backstory. Find out what it is in this delightful tale from Stetson Ray. #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/in-the-sky...

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In the Sky the Dragon Flies

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This week, Androids & Dragons presents the touching story of the last surviving human and her robot caregiver. #writingcommunity #speclist #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/endling

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By Eshana Ranasinghe

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

New this week from Androids & Dragons! Another fun story that turns fantasy tropes on their head. What happens when the new Duke gives the entire duchy the day off and a dragon crashes the party? #sff #speclist #writingcommunity androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/abdication...

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By Pauline Barmby

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This week's new story is another fun tale that turns traditional fantasy tropes on their head. Keira Reynolds' "Demoness" may not be what she appears! #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/demoness

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By Keira Reynolds

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Today's new story offers a fun twist on some classic fantasy tropes as seen through the eyes of delightful characters who, as the author notes, are usually left out of fantasy tales. The link is in his thread (I think). #writingcommunity #speclist #fantasy

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

There are a lot more important things happening in the world, many of them awful, but here is a sweet story about a dog trying to get through the scariest night of the dog year. #writingcommunity #dogs #furryfiction androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-night-...

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The Night the World Almost Ended!

Happy Fourth of July from the World of Dogdom

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

New at Androids & Dragons! This week's story asks what makes a person themselves? If you separate the consciousness of someone you love from their body, is it still them? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/reassignin...

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Reassigning Mortimer

By Ron Wetherington

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

He has a point!

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Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Here's a look at what's coming from Androids & Dragons this summer! #sff #writingcommunity #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/issue-11-s...

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Issue 11 - Summer 2025

Welcome to the Summer 2025 issue of Androids and Dragons.

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Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

In today's new story, a dragon helps a young woman escape peril in exchange for a story about the world outside his hiding place, a world they both wish were kinder. #sff #writingcommunity androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/myths-and-...

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Myths and Legends

By Sarena Flanigan

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Zane Gray sez! @zanegray.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Good doggie

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Happy No Kings Day to those who celebrate! #nokings

The words "NO kings" appear under an image of an orange crown with a red X over it, all against a blue background.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

If you’re watching @maddow.msnbc.com’s A Block you understand that people who stand up for other people can change the course of those people’s lives & our history. We have the power to refuse Trump’s path forward. Protesting actually works. Let’s go.

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

With a pandemic raging, could Felinites, a maligned minority, have the answer? We live in terrifying times, but if you take time out to read this ultimately uplifting story, you won't regret it. Joy is a form of resistance. #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/nine-lives

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By Petina Strohmer

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of protesters marching peacefully in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Happy Pride from Androids & Dragons! Maxine's efforts to save the "filed things" may be the focus of the story, but the support of her wife leads to the story's happy ending. We should all have great partners like Maxine's! #writingcommunity #sff #speclist

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The emu is sitting near an open window, watching people. It turns to dip its beak into the large coffee on the table. Next to the coffee is a half-eaten sesame seed bagel. Of course, it’s something with seeds. What else would a bird order in a coffee shop? www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02012...

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The Pink Hydra | Birds of a Feather - Jenna Hanan Moore

Birds of a Feather by Jenna Hanan Moore

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Includes my story "Birds of a Feather" about what happens when birds strike up conversations with cafe-goers and commuters in New York City. Can't wait to read all the other offerings! #writingcommunity #specfic #speclist #sff

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! Maxine was told to dismantle old robots on her spaceship - or "file" them - during an upgrade. But she repairs & upgrades them instead. Will her kindness to the "filed things" get her in trouble? #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/where-the-...

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Where the Filed Things Are

By Miriah Hetherington

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! @chasej.xyz Chase Anderson's delightful tale of a fox princess who tries to catch a rat stealing but finds a surprise. Will she be able to help the animal she finds & keep its secret? #sff #writingcommunity #furryfiction androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-fox-an...

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The Fox and the Unicorns

By Chase Anderson

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

In this week's story from @hannahgreer.bsky.social, Mazie must choose: leave her ailing sister behind on a dying planet and secure her own future or stay behind so the sister who sacrificed so much for her won't die alone. #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/when-it-br...

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By Hannah Greer

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! A robot dog turns his nose up at real dogs. Will service dog Rex change his mind? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist #furryfiction #dogs #robots androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/fido

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By Jenna Hanan Moore

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In this week's story from Lana Nizhehorodova, a stranger's kindness helps painfully shy Peter come out of his shell and sing the beautiful song he was meant to sing. New in Androids & Dragons! #writingcommunity #sff #furryfiction #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

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The Magic of Love

By Lana Nizhehorodova

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today is National Shelter Pet Day! These lovely girls all came from shelters and they enriched our lives beyond measure. #dogsofbluesky #petsofbluesky #nationalshelterpetday

Brindle coated pit bull dog with some gray around her snout and a white patch on her belly, smiling a big smile, wearing a bandanna with pink hearts, and walking toward the camera.

A small, fluffy white dog with one brown ear sitting in the grass and smiling a big happy dog smile.

A tri-color German shepherd dog (brown, tan, and black fur) laying down on a burgundy Persian carpet with a big smile on her face and two of her toys. A brightly colored orange stuffed animal with white paws is under the dog's paws and a blue and green tennis ball is in front of her.

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! Cellmates in an interplanetary prison - muted by "voice shackles" and knowing nothing of each other's language or culture - must find a way to communicate & work together. Great world building! #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/babel-of-s...

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Babel of Silence

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Dear Canada: tomorrow is Election Day. This is Mark Carney. Hint, hint.

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Ralphie Cat @ralphwaldoemmiecat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

If you're in LA please consider going to this protest. A little time could save lives. 📅 Monday, April 28 🕒 From 3 PM 📍 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles

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Paula Hammond @writerpaula.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Delighted to be part of this new #shortstorylovers #anthology from @waterdragonpub.bsky.social Out now in #ebook #ebook #Kindle paperback to come. Please do give this great #indie publisher and their fabulous books a little love

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! At the end of his long life, the crimson dragon regrets that he never found other dragons & never knew love. He gets an unexpected gift from a humble scholar. #writingcommunity #sff #furrywriting #dragons androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-life-a...

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The Life and Death of a Crimson Dragon

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I haven't been writing much lately, but today I have a new drabble out. It's a cute little story about a dog who can talk. Or can she? #writingcommunity #furrywriting www.fridayflashfiction.com/100-word-sto...

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Maisey Finds Her Voice, by Jenna Hanan Moore

I awake with the sun, but Mama’s still asleep. I listen to the rhythm of her breathing, content to snuggle. But soon it’s time for my walk, then breakfast! I turn and gently lick her face....

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Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! A deelah once saved Bill's life when he was surveying a new planet. 40 years later, deelahs are being exploited. Can Bill and a drifter he meets return the favor and protect them? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/a-reckonin...

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A Reckoning at the Far Edge of Nowhere

By Thomas Koperwas

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! A deelah once saved Bill's life when he was surveying a new planet. 40 years later, deelahs are being exploited. Can Bill and a drifter he meets return the favor and protect them? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/a-reckonin...

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A Reckoning at the Far Edge of Nowhere

By Thomas Koperwas

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

New in Androids & Dragons: Emmie Christie's @emmiechristie33.bsky.social delightful tale of a shadow control officer. Lights fear stray shadows, but they might just need a little love and a safe place. #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/someone-ca...

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Someone Call Shadow Control!

By Emmie Christie

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I just sent out ten acceptance notices informing authors that I want to publish their stories in Androids & Dragons in the fall of 2024. I meant 2025, of course. What an embarrassing brain fart. I miss my dog. #writingcommunity

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Juno was the best dog in the world. She crossed the Rainbow Bridge Sunday morning, and our house feels so empty without her. She inspired a few of the stories I've written, including Junebug's Secret, one of my favorites (online at Soft Star & Land Beyond the World). #dogsofbluesky #petsofbluesky

A fluffy white dog with one brown ear and one white ear stands looking toward the camera and smiling.

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Because of course they did.

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Eva Hyldgaard 🇩🇰 Dane for Democracy @evahyldgaard.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sen. Cory Booker: “My voice is inadequate. My efforts today are inadequate to stop what they’re trying to do. But we - the people - are powerfull. We are strong. We have changed history before … and now is a moral moment again!” #goodtrouble #standup

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

New in Androids & Dragons! A young boy in Wales helps a lonely dragon by telling her it's now safe for her to return to the home she fled years ago. #dragon #speclit #sff #writingcommunity androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/claers-hoard

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By Maureen Bowden

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A preview of what's coming over the next 3 months at Androids & Dragons! #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/issue-10-s...

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Issue 10 - Spring 2025

Kindness and Courage

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The last story in our androids & robots series is this tale of a robot looking for surviving humans in a post-apocalyptic world. But is it his choice to seek human companionship or just his programming? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/the-dust-o...

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The Dust of Bones

By Joachim Heijndermans

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Something a little different for me - a poem! #poetry #resist #writingcommunity www.fridayflashfiction.com/poetry/elusi...

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Elusive Truth, by Jenna Hanan Moore

You tell me that the sky is green. I say it’s not; it’s blue. Repeat your lie one thousand times, But you cannot make it true. You tell me that the sea is pink But I know that’s not true....

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Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

New at Androids & Dragons! An android works hard at his prime objective - making things that humans need. But as the Earth around him is dying, is his sacrifice worth the cost? #writingcommunity #sff #speclist androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/not-broken...

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Not Broken, Just Tired

By Bailey Thomas

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today! Something easy you (yes YOU!) can do to show the oligarchs & broligarchs our power. More targeted boycotts to come. #resist #economicblackout

Jenna Rain H M @jennarainhm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Today's new story at Androids & Dragons is an amazing tale of a robot created to fight a war who learns to contemplate the morality of their actions. The voice of the character is so compelling. #writingcommunity #sff androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/sleep-mode...

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Sleep Mode Beauty

By Jennifer Lee Rossman