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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 11h

Things you can do instead of using generative AI: - Literally anything else

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 13h

What’s the scariest short story you’ve ever read or read recently?

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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 23h

@chrisbarnham.bsky.social has a tale in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social that's worth your time to read, a tale of a mysterious Slab found in the Antarctic with ... an unusual mass communication method. Kind of wish this was a real thing, especially now. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Something in the Air' by Chris Barnham

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spoiler warning: here's the last word of every story in the Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope: bargain lost mind it exists Year her other reading days world

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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 23h

@faithallington.bsky.social -- The Bluebeard folk tale has always disturbed me; excellent follow up in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Bluebeard at Midnight' by Faith Allington

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Chris Barnham @chrisbarnham.bsky.social · 23h

Chuffed to have a story in this. "Something in the Air" features accident-prone linguists, an ancient megalith, and aliens who really just want to be friendly. Their way.

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Plangdi Neple @plangdi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And you should be!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You could be reading Kaleidotrope right now.

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"This club’ll take anyone insubstantial enough to pass through its walls." ICYMI: "The Old Vagabond Club" in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social

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'The Old Vagabond Club' by Marisca Pichette

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’ll just have to read the stories to discover how they get to those final words.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like stories? Like poems? Then have I got fantastic news for you!

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Kaleidotrope - Autumn 2026

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Laura Davy @lauradavy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What an impactful story! I’m amazed at how many inner lives you were able to examine in such a short piece. And that ending was perfection!

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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sharing this for the weekend crowd. 🙂

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the weekend folks, I had three - three! - things published this week, which you might well have missed given (waves hands) everything: Starting with my little story "The Bargain," of a fairy queen and a mortal child, free to read at Kaleidotrope: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'The Bargain' by Mari Ness

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New Cosmic Horror Flash Story up over at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social!!! Check out Unsought Books :) kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Unsought Books' by Corey Farrenkopf

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like stories? Like poems? Then have I got fantastic news for you!

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Kaleidotrope - Autumn 2026

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An #AlternateHistory #Shortstory set in the 1930s that strides the line between #fantasy and #ScienceFiction; about monsters in the world, but it somehow ends on a hopeful note. I liked it very much. Enjoy! #Writersky #Authorsky #AmReading #AmReadingFiction kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Monsters in the World' by Jenny Rae Rappaport

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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'Bluebeard at Midnight' by Faith Allington

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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think Emily O’Malley Liu is on Bluesky, so let me do the shout out. I really liked “Rain” in the Autumn 2026 Kaleidotrope: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Rain' by Emily O'Malley Liu

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Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 03/10/2026

Her mind reading, it exists [A] bargain years lost [From] her days in other worlds

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spoiler warning: here's the last word of every story in the Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope: bargain lost mind it exists Year her other reading days world

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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'Bluebeard at Midnight' by Faith Allington

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KM Praschak @kmpraschak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The power went out last night, but we found the lantern & the TARDIS, yay! Also, thanks for reading & sharing & liking my poem Takoyaki Tuesday at Kaleidotrope.

A little battery powered lantern which is green sits on a red crocheted blanket. A TARDIS keychain dangles from the lantern.

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

art by @codyvrosh.bsky.social read it for free at the link ⬇️⬇️ kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'The Beasts of Altain' by Jay Kang Romanus

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 02/10/2026

Today's #DailySFFPoem: “The Old Vagabond Club” by Marisca Pichette in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social. I just find the word 'vagabond' very evocative, which made me pick this poem today.

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'The Old Vagabond Club' by Marisca Pichette

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A lovely short thread about what I think is a fantastic short story—available now!—and about not giving up on the stories you love having written.

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Faith Allington @faithallington.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I imagined behind that door in castles or mansions or suburbs a woman I knew or might become lay dismembered for saying the wrong thing, for not keeping up appearances." New poem in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Bluebeard at Midnight' by Faith Allington

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Even if they were *completely* different volunteers, I don’t think you should be allowed to organize a Worldcon unless you demonstrate how you plan to address the accessibility problems that have plagued the volunteer organizations before you.

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love this poem!

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

in case you missed it, i had a novelette published in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social yesterday, go check it out! “The Beasts of Altain” is dear to my heart. as the product of multiple cultures, there’s a sense of displacement, but also divided loyalty. this story is about that and also a cool beastie 🐅

a watercolor painting of a futuristic astronaut android, accompanied by little cat astronauts. overlaid on top is a screenshot of some text: “The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus. The news comes to Asahar on the wings of bees first. They’ve always been the quickest to bring him information from across Altain, transmitting it to each other through their dances in exponentially growing spirals.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ahhh this @mariness.bsky.social short story is lovely and bittersweet: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'The Bargain' by Mari Ness

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the short story is free! kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...

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“Mistempered Weapons” by Jennifer R. Donohue

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Stuart Docherty @doc12345.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New story day! Or was it yesterday? Who knows, they all sorts blur into one…

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New Story Day!!!! I’ve got a new cosmic horror library story out in the world, published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !!! How can a book save you from an eldritch apocalypse??? Give this a read and see!!! kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Unsought Books' by Corey Farrenkopf

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wanna feel old? There are college students who have never lived in a world before Kaleidotrope.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 02/10/2026

My short fiction review in the October issue of Locus Magazine includes fiction from Fiyah, Small Wonders, Flash Fiction Online, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lightspeed, Kaleidotrope, GigaNotoSaurus & Strange Horizons. subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

Cover and interview design by Francesca Myman. The October 2026 Locus magazine, Issue #789, has interviews with Stephen King, Tananarive Due, and Paul Tremblay. The issue includes a feature on horror with spotlights by K. Ancrum, K-Ming Chang, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Golden, Micaiah Johnson, Keith Rosson, and Lisa Wood; commentary by Maurice Broaddus & Dr. Chesya Burke, Cassandra Khaw, and Lisa Wood; and a review by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. LAcon V, Worldcon 2026 is covered with an extensive report and photos, the Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's still new to you today if you still haven't read any of it. 😉

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Cody Vrosh @codyvrosh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So excited to share the new issue of Kaleidotrope, featuring lots of fantastic stories and also my artwork!

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The Bargain" is loosely connected to some of my previous stories which appeared in Reckoning, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Lackingtons. You can read it for free here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'The Bargain' by Mari Ness

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Take a glass Raise it high & remember— Some of us don’t have homes to return to. Houses burn, continents drift. Forests fall under city sprawl & where once there was memory pavement cracks." Check out my latest poem in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 🦢

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'The Old Vagabond Club' by Marisca Pichette

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

More than a few were friends, or friends of friends, and I've stayed in touch with some of them more than others. Others would appear again in Kaleidotrope, including Bruce Boston, who sadly passed a couple of years ago.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wanna feel old? There are college students who have never lived in a world before Kaleidotrope.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you had told me twenty years ago that Kaleidotrope would still exist twenty years later, I don’t think I would have believed you.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#ThrowbackThursday on Kaleidotrope’s 20th anniversary—and on the release day of its 73rd issue—the cover of the first issue, way back in October 2006!

Fiction
“The Sirens of Tinwa” by David McGillveray
“The Tale of Tales” by Richard Harland
“The Water Queen” by Roy Wilson
“A Peppermint Purge” by Kurt Kirchmeier
“Deliberation” by David Siegel Bernstein
“Afternoon Delight” by Ramona Gardea
“Mild Mannered” by Mike Lansley
“Space Dinosaurs” by Sharon Cichelli
“Probed” by Nigel Willis

Poetry

“A Migrating Fairy” by Kristine Ong Muslim
“Near Sillustani” by John Kuhn
“Bad Weather” by Trevor Price
“Where Have All the Comedians Gone?” by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon
Two Poems by Aurelio Rico Lopez III
“Fission Bomb” by Rimone
Two Poems by Thomas Zimmerman

Nonfiction

“More than Meets the Eye: The Transformers Revisited” by Jim Cleaveland
“Books in Brief” by Martin Earl

Artwork

Jim Cleaveland (cover)
Bruce Boston
Marge Simon
Rod Walker

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

The October issue of Clarkesworld (our 20th anniversary issue) is now online and features stories by Alex T. Singer, Fiona Moore, Shi Heiyao, Elizabeth Bear, Louis Inglis Hall, Natalia Theodoridou, and Tia Tashiro clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_241 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Cover art by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

Interviews with Wole Talabi and Yoon Ha Lee. Article by Gunnar De Winter.

This is the 20th anniversary issue. We're dancing, but it's not in the image.

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Including my poem, “The Old Vagabond Club” 👻 Check it out @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !

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