iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Orionids meteor shower begins tonight. Around midnight UK. A good time, perhaps, to be inspired to send a last minute entry to our 34th Award. Deadline for flash entries up to 300 words, Sunday Oct 4th £1000 first prize. Results out fast bathflashfictionawardawatd.com/enter

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Fns Shooting Stars: Meteor Shower

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the threat to agriculture is something we’ve been worried about in the food & enviro community for some time didn’t expect it to land this hard in 2026 yet here we are 😔 we need a plan for true resiliency & the social stress caused by scarcity & high prices—ASAP!

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Anneke @ernerker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hey if Anyone You Knew.....Anyone At All....wrote some Weird fiction you thought was at once Brave and New in this past year....you should probably submit their story for this award........

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

clearly their strategy is stopgap & cannot last that long the harms of the climate crisis continue unabated & won’t be ignored forever so what’s the end game? buy enough time until what? the billionaires have bought enough bunkers/islands/network states 🧐

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

happy #October from this giant spider i found next to my door in #Paris today #Spooktober 👻🕷️🕸️

a very large, very hairy dark-colored spider bunched in on itself in a crack on a weathered limestone wall

it was about 2 inches long don’t make me do metric system when i’m already freaked out

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We love our community of flash journals. If you want to learn more about flash journals and the flash community, follow @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and then click on the invitation link pinned to the account.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Announcing a new, occasional journal - PALE GREY IDOL. I hope you'll come along with us on this new venture. Info: palegreyidol.ca

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

so we’ve reached the stage in #Paris where i’m listening to my grocer, taxi drivers & our vet respond to my heartfelt concerns about the #ClimateCrisis with “well, what about your M. Trump?” & really i can’t blame them 😔

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just a reminder that my avatar is my cat cosplaying as Jack Smith

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Presenting All Hallows Eve: An Evening with Ellen Datlow & Friends 10/21 @ 8:15pm! Celebrate spooky season w/ #EllenDatlow #LindaDAddison #TheresaDeLucci #BrianEvenson + #JeffreyFord w/ our very own EIC #LizaTrombi Tix discounted 'til 10/18!: tinyurl.com/ycx3aept @litquake @sfinsfevents

Litquake San Francisco’s Literary Festival poster for “All Hallows Eve: An Evening with Ellen Datlow & Friends,” scheduled Wed Oct 21, 8:15–9:45 pm at Lost Church, 988 Columbus Ave., SF. Circular headshots name Linda D. Addison, Ellen Datlow, Theresa DeLucci, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, and Liza Trombi, with co-presented with Locus and SF in SF at the bottom.

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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 29/09/2026

This is Howard. Howard has many many concerns and if you are in the DFW area, Howard would love to live with you while he works on himself. He is VERY food motivated (much like me) and struggles to make sense of simple concepts and loud sounds (also like me).

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've got 4 free spots to give away for this for low income writers. If this is you, please DM me and I'll get you signed up! Everyeone else, I'd be grateful if you could share so this gets to the right people. I'll even throw in a free spot for someone (picked out the hat) who does just that!

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our Halloween Horror flash call is now OPEN! 🦝 We're looking for biohazardous stories between 100 and 1000 words until 11th October. Get inspired and informed here, sub link is at the bottom of the page trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio...

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Call for Biohazard Horror

For our first Halloween issue, we want HORROR flash with a biohazardous flavour and a speculative seasoning and a speculative seasoning. There are many subgenres in horror storytelling, and we&#821…

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

PSA! Just a reminder to also follow The Village, our free platform for the global flash community. Promptember will be happening there Oct 11-Nov 2. You can click on the invitation link pinned to @heyflashvillage.bsky.social to join The Village. It's free, and so is Promptember.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 26/09/2026

A storm of thank yous to everyone who got us here! We reached our initial goal last night. Already on our way to stretch goals that will help us grow: add more fiction and more issues to next year, raise author pay, and add more staff. kck.st/4x4r1oz

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027

Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

after weeks of watching folks vigorously choosing sides on the AI apocalypse, want to point out: 1) AI is already harmful now ✔️ 2) AI could cause future catastrophic harm to humans ✔️ why do we need to decide between? both terrible things are possible—we need guardrails NOW 🤯

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here is the roughly-outlined vision. Any interest?

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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Picture of Linda Addison, Ellen Datlow, Theresa DeLucci, Brian Evenson Jeffrey Ford, and Liza Trombi advertisting an evening with Ellen Datlow and friends Wed Oct 21 at Lost Church in SF 8:150-9:45 as part of the LITQUAKE Literary Festival.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join me TOMORROW from 3-5pm in NYC for a panel discussion hosted by @standupforscience.net as part of #ClimateWeekNYC. My fellow panelists and I will discuss how climate science shapes policy and where we struggle to act. More info here: www.climateweeknyc.org/event-search...

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Science, Democracy and Climate: A Panel Discussion

The science on climate change has never been clearer – yet the political response has never felt more uncertain. What happens when the evidence and the electorate don't move in step? Join Stand Up fo...

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 22/09/2026

Paris prosecutors say Tuesday they have opened several probes after receiving complaints concerning women filmed on the street without their consent using smart glasses u.afp.com/S94w

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@jackmmorris.bsky.social is looking for 'protagonists with some fire in their bellies & characters who do not go gentle into that good night. Folks who don’t accept their fates' for @neitherfishnorfoul.com 🔥 #flashfiction #subsopen

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

wow & here the tech lords thought it was gonna cost so many more billions to get to superintelligence when all they could have done is just changed the name 🤯

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

just in time for spooky autumn, a warning of a story to anyone hoping to conjure love 👻🙀🧡 from my @smokelong.bsky.social fam member, the amazing @lyfaulk.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @moonparkreview.bsky.social

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Rawhead @rawheadjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Issue 03 of Rawhead is live! Check it out. rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu... #litmag #artmag #rawheadjournal #artandliterature #newpoetry #newfiction #cnf #writingcommunity #artcommunity

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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't know how I missed this? But #readingcommunity you need to check out all these pieces! #FlashInTheFeed

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We like to have all new members in the workshop a week before the writing starts. The first Oct writing task goes live on Oct 7th, so we need everyone in by September 29th. Thinking of joining SmokeLong Fitness? We'd love to write with you. #notacult www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

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SmokeLong Fitness — The Community Workshop - SmokeLong Quarterly

In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join...

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What? Is it this time already? The deadline for the latest £1400 prize fund BFFA is coming round again Closes Sun 4th Oct. Just under TWO weeks. For up to 300 word micros. All 50 longlisted writers are offered publication in our 2026 anthology. Results end Oct. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Colorful Neon Number 2

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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I had three pieces published this month, all really different. It’s interesting to see them all side by side.

Two cats seem to be whispering to each other over a notebook.

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@3lobedmag.com has been pubbing since 1999 and needs your help to put out another year of fantastic original horror, fantasy, and sci-fi! Exclusive rewards include autographed books, story critiques, custom artwork, a handmade hardwood letter opener, and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

A graphic of various Three-Lobed Burning Eye's cover artwork images: A blue multi-armed monster standing next to a fox and what I think might be a blanket with eyes. Maybe it's a burnt-out tree - still with the eyes, though. And oh, yeah, they're bloodshot.

Next, there's someone wearing a helmet that's somewhere between medieval knight and plague doctor next to a creature that seems to be the big sister of Aku from Samurai Jack.

Then there's a wasp thingy with a skull for a head wearing a gold crown, and flying above a black hat that's sprouted tentacles. The hat-wearer peers at the reader, but we can only see its red pupils.

I don't know how to describe the last one, but it has lots of faces, eyes, and color. And ghosts.

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#flash #writer skeeps don’t be shy! i did it & you can, too 😎 👇👇👇

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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Can you write a story in 75 words? EXACTLY 75 words? Paragraph Planet publishes one piece of #flashfiction every day (and has done since 2008). Get involved! paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity

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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

what the hell is in the water in Silicon Valley 😳

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tearing through MAZYWOOD, the excellent new novel by @tananarivedue.bsky.social. Come celebrate her book launch with me @strandbooks.com on SEPT 22 at 7PM. Tri-state, let’s pack the house and make this evening a blast. Link below to reserve a spot. www.eventbrite.com/e/tananarive...

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Tananarive Due + Victor LaValle: Mazywood

Join us for a release event with award winning author Tananarive Due, discussing her new novel MAZYWOOD.

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