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Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We need to talk about how terrifying parenting is. Like, having to wake up in the middle of the night (peak time for the spooky) to care for them. Only to realize your child may be the spooky thing? @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social writes about this in today's piece: www.darkertimes.com/parenting-a-...

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Parenting (A Witchling) is Not for the Faint of Heart

Imagine this: Your poorly sleeping infant is now a poorly sleeping tot, straddling the threshold between toddler and small-kid.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 30/07/2026

*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cats out of the bag! Stay tuned to find out who all coming to The Cookout

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NEW DRINK ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talkin about THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson. This is a science-fantasy sword & sorcery novella of profound poetry & ardent action, as a caravan crosses a deadly magical expanse. A landmark of queer fantasy. Our drink is Demoniac.

A paperback of THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS by Kai Ashante Wilson alongside a bruise-dark purple red drink in a low glass with a salted rom. White hydrangeas bloom in the background.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Submissions for FIYAH #40 are OPEN! Deadline July 31. Get more info about "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars" at the link! fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

Submissions Open "Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars"
Deadline July 31. Image showing magical energy above a school facade and courtyard. https://fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 02/07/2026

Author Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social presents an artful piece of perfection at a high cost… An original chilling story arrives in the latest edition of Estate of Fright. 🏚️😱 Get your free subscription before YOUR time is up! ➡️ www.manorhq.com/eof 🎨 Benedetta Cutrone

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 10/07/2026

We’ll be open for submissions next month. Novellas, y’all! Novellas in which authoritarianism is defeated. That’s our jam. We love to see it. Fantasy or sci-fi, you pick. Wanna see what we like? Check out THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by @jomiles.bsky.social or COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

No future without trans people. No future without immigrants. No future without strangers who become loved ones.

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Submissions are opening today! We are seeking speculative fiction by immigrant/diaspora writers for upcoming issues. Open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.

A typewriter in greyscale, with text “Submissions open, July 1-31” at the bottom of the image.

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

NH is a treasure. Two titles I've read this year and loved: 'The Mystery of the Bitten Peach' by Cecilia Tan and 'Redundancies and Potentials' by @domsdickey.bsky.social

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 19/06/2026

It's a lingering question with portal fantasies: what about those left behind? "What Are We If I Stay" by KS Walker is a quiet, thoughtful exploration of this idea, and has an ending that will knock your socks off.

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What Are We If I Stay - Small Wonders

It has been three weeks, six days and seven hours since Georgia disappeared through the door.

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Portals #1 drops in October and will open to submissions on June 22nd! It will be co-edited by the incredible Angel Leal and Jess Cho, who are looking for horror fiction/poetry by trans authors. All proceeds from sales of this installment will go to Trans Lifeline. 🏳️‍⚧️ (3/8)

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Portals #1: Trans Horror, edited by Jess Cho and Angel Leal

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"I Am Frankelda" is coming to Netflix on June 12. A Mexican stop-motion feature film by Arturo & Roy Ambriz (Cinema Fantasma).

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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Cover reveal😍❤️

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

ANATHEMA opens to submissions this June and you should meet our editorial team! Amina Kayani (she/her) is a queer Muhajir writer from the South. She’s published all over and can't wait to see what stories you send her way! #SFF #queer #bipoc #kickstarter #qtpoc

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Devastating. FIYAH was the first home for my short fiction. FIYAH has been more than just a magazine, it's a movement. Unapologetically creating space for Black spec fic, sharing their platform and creating the tools for accountability and transparency in the SFFH short fiction ecosystem.

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I legit feel so lucky to exist in the same timeline as this film, this performance.

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In the mood for a space opera adventure reviewers have affectionately called “tear-apart-the-empire-with-your-bare-hands wish fulfillment”? THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY eBook is currently 1.99 *again*! ✨ bookshop.org/p/books/the-... ✨ www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Illustration of Enitan (a Black woman with brown skin and short black hair in a green tunic) and her sibling Xiang (a Chinese person in a reddish-brown tunic) by @ashcremated on Tumblr.

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Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿 We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF. Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...

Image of forest with pink/purple light and the "Open to Novella Queries" call, Oct 21-31, accepting speculative ecofiction, folk horror, weird fiction, new weird & surreal literary science fiction.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 17/10/2025

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared Pechaček; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

me, to big kid: Watcha working on? Your comic? big kid: City Kitties (said as if I should def know what City Kitties is) me: Sooo...not your comic? big kid: No, it's my *book* (said as if I should def know she started writing a book twelve minutes ago) ... big kid: it's mostly about squirrels

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📢📢 We're hosting an AMA here with Apex Magazine Editor and EIC of Crepuscular @retreasure.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 📚✨ Got any writing, editing, or publishing questions burning a hole in your pocket? Reply to this post with your question, and Becky may select yours to answer!

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Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH! Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!

Photo of Witch You Would flanked by a wooden spoon, a rolling pin, and a slate on a swirly greenish background, purple background for the rest of the image. Text: September 2, 2025 9pm - 11pm ET. launch Party. It’s Party Time. Come celebrate the release of WITCH YOU WOULD with us! twitch.tv/thekidsareasleep

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...

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Solarpunk round up

New art, novels and more in our latest highlights of solarpunky stuff

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

ICYMI! I have a new story out! 'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' draws on the real self-emancipation orchestrated by Robert Smalls in 1862, swirled with a budding romance, a dash of the uncanny, and interspersed with museum artifacts and interpretation. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

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Till Earth and Heaven Ring

The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer p…

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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

moderately time-war coded

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

After a devastating battle, a reluctant rebel is forced to work with a dangerous enemy to save their world. In the mood for a book about found family, fighting technofascism, and second chances? There are 100 free copies of The King Must Die available on GR: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨ We want your books. So we can acquire them. And print them. For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨ Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words. Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread. Pass it on 👀

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hello new followers! So happy you're here! You'll find I mostly use bsky for updates (my own writing and others'!) I'm also active on IG. But the best place to remain up to date on my work remains my newsletter: www.kswalker.net#contact

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KS Walker

the website of speculative fiction author KS Walker

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Veronica G. Henry (Order The People's Library) @veronicaghenry.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

My novel, The Canopy Keepers, was nominated for a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award!!! 🥳 🙏 www.killernashville.com/2025-silver-...

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2025 Silver Falchion Award Finalists — Killer Nashville

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

⚡New Story!⚡ 'Til Earth and Heaven Ring' is a historical piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social Afrosurrealism special issue! Inspired by Robert Smalls' self-emancipation, this is a story about strangeness, risk, art, and of course, about freedom. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

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Till Earth and Heaven Ring

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 01/07/2025

"....Otto could not see through the hole, but he could see into it. And inside were multitudes. Far more there than could or should be contained in any single person. There was a vastness, yet as far as Otto could tell, it was full .… a bowl full of possibility."

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Till Earth and Heaven Ring

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Here's some more AfroSurrealism for everyone! SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK Till Earth and Heaven Ring by K. S. Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Read these pieces at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

POETRY

by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK
SET IT OFF (1996) – FANS’ CUT

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"The first time Theo saw the Henrietta up close—dead of night, moon hanging low like ripe fruit behind the foremast, shrouded in fog—well, he felt something. Something fear-shaped but with a finer point."

Till Earth and Heaven Ring
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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We're open to submissions this month by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

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Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 is now available on our Patreon! Featuring arthropod stories from @eclosionk2.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @akatherineblack.bsky.social, @jennifleck.bsky.social, and Pauline Jérémie! 🪲🐛🐞🦀

Cover of Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 includes vintage art of beetles, dragonflies, and a grasshopper.
Edited by JW Stebner
Featuring stories by Black, Dima, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Hi all; I'm going to undergo a significant procedure later this year (sorry, would rather not disclose) and my husband's health insurance doesn't cover it. We're going to need funds for the care during and after. Any help would be much appreciated: gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...

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Medical and Post-Hospital Care for Vida Cruz-Borja

Hello, I am Vida Cruz-Borja, author of the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the IGNYTE Award-winning essay “We are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protag...

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/05/2025

FEED US (It has to be human and it has to be yours!) Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut? We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁 www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

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a man is standing in front of a sign that says this is audrey

Alt: Clip from Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey 2 (the flesh eating plant) is cajoling Seymour to feed them blood

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I’m incredibly excited to announce the authors for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2! 🦋🐞🐜🪲🦗🪰🕷️🦀 @akatherineblack.bsky.social @dianadima.com Joshua Green Pauline Jérémie @eclosionk2.bsky.social @jennifleck.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social #invertefest

The cover for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 2 features several beetles, dragonflies, and other arthropods in a specimen drawing style. The names of the contributors are included on the cover.
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Black, Dima, Green, Jérémie, Kwiatkowski, Lesh Fleck, Schreier, and Walker.

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

March 1st! It's my birthday month and in true Aries fashion I like to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG 🎊 Celebrate with me in this thread by sharing something you made that you're proud of 🥰🥰🥰

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

STOP EVERYTHING. ✋🏾 One of my *favorite* short fiction writers has a novella coming out? THIS MONTH? @neonhemlock.bsky.social @domsdickey.bsky.social where have I been?????

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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day!✨💘 Doing award season reading? Looking for something with a hint of romance? Can I offer you ' Hands like Gold and Starlight'? www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hand... Please note I did not promise you an HEA 🫣 do not come for me 😆

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Hands Like Gold and Starlight - Uncanny Magazine

Author’s Note: I’ve taken liberties here somewhat with both place and time so that the rise of Martha’s Vineyard as a safe place to travel for Black Americans intersects with the peak Deaf population ...

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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Thrilled that we have a Spanish language version of this guide to protecting yourself and your community from ICE, in the hopes it can reach as many people who need it as possible. 51st.news/es/los-opera...

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Lo que debes saber sobre los operativos del ICE en D.C.

Trump ha amenazado con deportaciones masivas, pero aún así los residentes de D.C. tienen derechos. Hemos recopilado estrategias para que puedas protegerte a tí y a tu comunidad.

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Monks of New Skeet @amagire.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

animal valentines

four colored sketches on pink backgrounds: a male firefly captioned "you light up my life", a naked mole rat captioned "you smell like home to me", a mating pair of anglerfish captioned "I'll always be a part of you", and a tragopan captioned "you inflate my weird dangly thing"

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The Story Engine @storyenginedeck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Our workshop livestream series continues on Thursday with award-winning author @clclark.bsky.social! Join us Feb. 13 @ 3pm ET to learn how to spice up your character relationships before Valentine's Day rolls around! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Yp...

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How to write page-turning romance relationships with CL Clark - Story Engine Workshop Series

YouTube video by The Story Engine Deck

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