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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm excited to say that one of my weird little horror stories will be appearing in the Mixed Bag anthology by Red Raven Books! It's currently up for pre-order and will be released on Halloween 🎃 👻 #horror #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Mixed Bag: A Dark Short Story Anthology

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ahhh!! It's finally Wrenny Day! 🎉 This visual novel is about a witch trying her best under very peculiar circumstances and it's such a fantastic time! Definitely check it out 😄 @indooranimal.com really hit it out of the park! #indiedev #visualnovel #indie store.steampowered.com/app/4776970/...

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Save 10% on Wrenny Lee: Witch-for-Hire! on Steam

A short visual novel comedy about Wrenny, a hard-working witch! The freelance life is anything but magical!

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We are REAL CLOSE... come back #OpportunityWindow, get some awesome #timeloop stories!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

screenshot from the backerkit website showing OPPORTUNITY WINDOW is at 1567/2000 with 96 backers and 4 days left to go

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Mixed Bag: A Dark Short Story Anthology

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Save 10% on Wrenny Lee: Witch-for-Hire! on Steam

A short visual novel comedy about Wrenny, a hard-working witch! The freelance life is anything but magical!

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One day to go and we are only 11 backers away from 100!! WHO WANTS TO HELP ME HIT THIS GOAL BEFORE LAUNCH TOMORROW???? 👀⏳ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories

Get notified when OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories launches on BackerKit!

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Indoor Animal Games 🏡🐰 Wrenny Lee: Witch-for-Hire OUT NOW! @indooranimal.com · 04/09/2026

📅 Mark your calendars!! Wrenny Lee: Witch-for-Hire releases 🌟SEPTEMBER 25th!!🌟 Our short visual novel comedy is just about ready to be YOUR short visual novel comedy! Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/4776970?... #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamedev #wrennylee

A kind of garish, very pink promo image with Witch Wrenny pointing to Friday the 25th on a September 2026 calendar. Text reads: Release date!! SEP.25

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Really happy A Good Night's Sleep came 3rd in the community vote for B1t Jam 5! 🥉✨ If you like indie horror games, you can play it for free in your browser!

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

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The Submission Grinder

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Macrow @macrowdev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

B1T Jam 5 is officially over and results are out, congrats to all the winners: itch.io/jam/b1t-jam-... #B1TJam #gamedev #gamejam #indiedev

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 26/08/2026

Guess who's opening to Original Flash Fiction on September 1st?! This magazine! We'll be open for the month of September, and once the portals to slushlandia have opened, you'll be able to submit here: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders

Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

$20 of every subscription we sell until Friday night will go to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. I’ll post the donation receipt late Friday night. www.adventitious.net/product/adve...

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Adventitious Annual Subscription - Adventitious.

Subscribe once, read forever (we can't stop you from re-reading ad infinitum)

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Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026

Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hey pals, come follow my next BackerKit campaign and help me bring a TIME LOOP ANTHOLOGY to life next month!! (It will have an open submission period for writers in October.) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

<alt>opportunity window: a time loop anthology, with artwork by Mildred McMillen edited to be framed within multiple smaller frames; it shows a person in a painting studio by an attic window</alt>

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Join us for #AskDV on SEPT 17, 2026 @ 4-5PM ET on Bluesky for a Q&A before #DVpit with agents @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @allielevick.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social ! Post your questions on bsky with #AskDV on 9/17 @ 4-5PM ET For rules: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Thursday, September 17 2026 @ 1pm - 2pm Pacific / 4pm - 5pm Eastern

#AskDV

Join us on Bluesky for a Q&A with agents before #DVpit!

To participate, post your questions on Bluesky with the #AskDV hashtag between
1-2PM Pacific/4-5PM Eastern on September 17, 2026. Agents will be looking through the hashtag for questions to answer.

for rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Alexandra Levick
Eric Smith
Paula Weiman
Michaela What’ll

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Join us for #AskDV on SEPT 24, 2026 @ 1-2PM ET on Bluesky for a Q&A before #DVpit with agents @jimmccarthydgb.bsky.social @laurenabramo.bsky.social @stutitelidevara.bsky.social @rebeccaw04.bsky.social @sandraproudman.bsky.social For rules: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Thursday, September 24 2026 @ 10am - 11am Pacific / 1pm - 2pm Eastern

Join us on Bluesky for a Q&A with agents before #DVpit!

To participate, post your questions on Bluesky with the #AskDV hashtag between
10-11AM Pacific/1-2PM Eastern on September 24, 2026. Agents will be looking through the hashtag for questions to answer.

for rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Lauren Abramo
Jim McCarthy
Rebecca Podos
Sandra Proudman
Stuti Telidevara
Rebecca Williamson

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derek achoy 🐰🏡 indoor animal @derekachoy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The soundtrack is now on Bandcamp for free! derekachoy.bandcamp.com/album/a-good... (Album art by the very cool @tine5.bsky.social!) It's mostly variations on one track, to match the protagonist's mental state - this was a fun (and efficient haha) way to approach the sound design for the game!

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A Good Night's Sleep (Original Soundtrack), by Derek Achoy

6 track album

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Indoor Animal Games 🏡🐰 Wrenny Lee: Witch-for-Hire OUT NOW! @indooranimal.com · 11/08/2026

For the past ten days we've been lucky enough to work with the talented @lauriewrites.bsky.social , @tine5.bsky.social , and @pumpkinhexxed.bsky.social to bring you: A Good Night's Sleep indooranimal.itch.io/a-good-night... Can you get the rest you so badly need? #indiedev #B1TJam #horror

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This was my first ever game jam and my team made it an absolutely wonderful experience! I had so much fun writing this weird little horror game 😄

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tama @tama00001234.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

テントの夜(2024.3)

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

General submissions are now open! flash-frog.com/submit/

Flyer announcing Flash Frog is now open with a small green and orange frog hanging on to a thin branch. Details: Flash Ficion, 1,000 words max, Free to sub, Pays $25

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Submissions close tomorrow! We’re looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words by immigrant and diaspora writers, as well as translations from any language into English. Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!

Someone about to write on a plain notebook against a yellow background. Frontal text reads “Submissions open, July 1-31”

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

After giving it some thought, I figure there's never going to be a perfect time to open for horror/Weird fic collection submissions. Why not now while my job is still in a slow period? If you're BIPOC and/or queer, I'm especially interested in reading your work: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

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Submission Calls

Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. The submi…

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"They’d been falling from the sky for a month now, those men and women with their great, billowing parachutes." Passing Through by @lauriewrites.bsky.social #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/pass...

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Passing Through by Laurie Doyle | Adventitious

They land. They answer questions. Then they’re taken back.

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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Another booklist of comics for July which is Disability Pride Month!! 🦼 ♿️ 🌟 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

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Graphic Novels for DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH

Graphic novels featuring or created by disabled creators!

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Big Butterfly Count 2026 is here and butterflies need our help! 🦋 From now until 9 August, spend just 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see and help us take nature's pulse. The best part? Anyone, anywhere can take part. Count yourself in 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📯 Hark! The next batch of Professionally Defaced copies of my spooky book Tales Accursed: a Folk Horror Anthology will be available in my shop from 12:00 (GMT) on Friday 17th July! 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

Title page of Tales Accursed: a Folk Horror Anthology defaced with a pen drawing of the Mari Lwyd with gold leaf gilding.

Title page of Tales Accursed: a Folk Horror Anthology defaced with a pen drawing of an infernal goat with gold leaf gilding.

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Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Enter for a chance to win a picture book query critique + 30 minute Zoom with agent @joycekay.bsky.social! You'll also find awesome tips from Joyce and author Rob Sanders. Plus...the July #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train is here! mindyalyseweiss.com/pb-opportuni...

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PB Tips, Critique/AMA Giveaway, Workshop & Critique Train! ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland

Here are tips from an agent & author, a critique and Zoom giveaway with agent Joyce Sweeney, workshop info & Critique Train!

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Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hi! Rob Sanders and I are teaching an advanced Picture Book class in Fort Lauderdale in October! Spread the word!

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

if you're looking to support queer disabled authors this pride and upcoming disability pride month, this bundle is magnificent! 25 books for only $25! 🌈📚💙 tinyurl.com/queerabled #PrideMonth #DisabilityPrideMonth #BookSky

We exist without permission bundle. http://tinyurl.com/queerable with a grid of 9 covers from the sale, including my book The Dragon Next Door.

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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...

Four khoreo magazine covers over an orange 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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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Agita Magazine is opening for weird flash submissions on July 1 for its second issue, "Music." This time we have O F Cieri (@ossuary.bsky.social) as guest editor! Check out the guidelines at agitamag.com/submissions

A black circle. On the outside it says agita 2 and agitamag.com.
On the inside it says Music, September 1, 2026, submissions open July 1, guest editor O F Cieri.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy to say I'll have a story in Mordschlag Sword and Sorcery #1 later this year. A new magazine from The Arcanist Fantasy Publishing, a new ... 👀 sword & sorcery magazine ⚔️ Join me! Submit submit submit! They are open for the month of June. magazine.thearcanist.net/submissions/

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Submission Guidelines – Arcanist Online

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Only 11 hours left to reach the next stretch goal! More stories are always a good thing 😄

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Adventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Prime Day is a whole week now (woof), so from now until June 26th, you can get 15% off anything in our shop with the code: fuckamazon You'll be supporting an indie publisher paying pro rates to world-class writers for the best stories. And no Amazon Ethics Hangover™️! www.adventitious.net/shop/

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Shop Adventitious — Digital Issues

Adventitious is a literary speculative fiction magazine for curious readers. Browse digital issues featuring science fiction, fantasy, weird fiction, and essays.

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This week's urban sketching trip was to the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Done on site with watercolor and fountain pen

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faust @shantywolf.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

tapestry commission for my good friend of their cat, the wondrous and whimsical mojo :)

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tine @tine5.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My #monthlypixels piece! An apocalyptic convenience store following the end Cretaceous extinction event, with small animals having built a store from the bones of the dinosaurs that went extinct 🐯🌟 200x200px canvas, 8 colours! #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #paleoart

Pixel art of a mountainous area with rough ground and a night sky with yellow stars and a comet streaking across. There is a skeleton and pile of bones from a carnivorous dinosaur in the center with a door and window cut into the middle, shining out dull yellow light. Above is a solar powered sign reading Convenient Extinction and to the side by the tail is another, broken sign, reading Tine to Dine, instead of Time to Dine. Inside the shop are two animals, one a larger mammal and another a more modern bird.

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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A mari guiding the sun (I started this last night but couldn’t finished until now)

A mari in a patterned cliak ssparated into triangular blocks with different patterns holdibg a sun on an outstretched arm

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜

Anathema: Spec from the Margins is now OPEN for submissions from June 20th to July 20th! We’re looking for speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art by queer creators of color! We pay a professional SFWA rate! Check the link in bio for submission guidelines!

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tine @tine5.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I've been working with a small team on a little dinosaur-themed game for the comfy summer game jam 2026! (My first jam!) Please check it out! There are a few bits and pieces we're working on but we hope you enjoy what we've done! 🐯🌟 clerami.itch.io/finding-ken #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegame #gamejam

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Finding Ken by Clerami, tine, cachomare

Play in your browser

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Laurie @lauriewrites.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (it has to be this one):

A dark room with a blanket in the middle. From that blanket peer two shining eyes that might just belong to a cat.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14/06/2026

We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders

Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

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