iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 7h

It's time! The @apexmag.bsky.social 2027 Kickstarter is live! Help us fund another year of strange, shocking, beautiful, and surreal speculative fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 8h

Extremely pleased to have a story in the first issue of Pale Grey Idol, in such fine company.

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 22h

Catsitter texted because they’re convinced my cat is a brujo and I said “Yes, he is, but he’s on our side”

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

28 hours left! We are SO CLOSE!!! Who can help us cross the finish line??? A little over $100 to go! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

screenshot from the campaign for OPPORTUNITY WINDOW

$1879/$2000 with 110 backers and 28 hours to go

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/

Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a soft spot for the novelette & want to see it thrive! (Mexico’s great with novelettes & longer stories in general) Stay tuned…currently trying to make my dream come true with starting a micropress specifically aimed at publishing novelettes. Have applied for funds so 🤞!!

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wanted to share my grandmother’s story but Native people shouldn’t have to share our trauma for non-Native people to care about all the ways Canada has harmed and continues to harm us.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I publish supernatural literature because I've read and enjoyed it all my life. My book collection is the backbone of this passion. For the month of October, I'll share every day a quaint and curious volume from my shelves. Join with your questions, comments, photos! #HauntedBookshelf #Halloween🎃

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's my birthday! My birthday wish is for you to share your favorite work from this year and I'll boost it. Here's mine, "The Metamorphosis". Becoming disabled might feel like Kafkaesque horror, but there's a beautiful path to acceptance and a good life. Also there's sloths. gavagai.com/posts/3894

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We need to see from successful writers of novels saythis. Magazines don't care about your accolades, meaning magazines don't care that you haven't published yet. Short fiction is hard and it is NOT a classroom for novel-writing. It is its own discipline. Become great at short fiction.

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Alex Jennings @alexjennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We progressives and the left need to be more discerning about what the fuck we're actually willing to debate. A lot of these debates and questions are presented in bad faith and engagement just wastes time and energy. I'm not going to debate whether rape or genocide are "that bad." Fuck you.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is egregiously common. I was doxxed by a journalist who was kicked out of the Science Writers’ union for his behavior towards survivors of SA around the #MeToo movement. He published private messages revealing where I was, knowing I’d received death threats. This behavior destroys lives

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reading that 57 men at Cornell did nothing regarding the rape is despicable. How has hardly anything changed? I shared I’m a rape survivor whose life’s been irrevocably changed by it. It’s why I don’t live in the US & use my other names. I feel my CPTSD re-triggered & have almost lost faith.

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m a survivor of rape & my assaulter’s still out there. To this day he stalks me & finds new ways to threaten my life. And he’s STILL not in jail. He was only expelled from university. These men belong in jail, they should be expelled. But as I learned from my lawyer only 1% of rapists are punished

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

unboxing video where a giant book pulls the author out of the box instead

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 26/09/2026

THINKING FROM BLACK: A LEXICON edited by the Practicing Refusal Collective including @hystericalblkns.bsky.social, now in stock @ibraaz.bsky.social, in anticipation of Gabrielle Goliath's ELEGY opening on 8 October ❤️‍🔥

A stack of copies of Thinking from Black: A Lexicon, a book with a bright red colour, on the mirrored steel front desk at Ibraaz.

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O.R. Melling @ormelling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The idiocy & recklessness of the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland cannot go unchallenged. They must be investigated. Were things too peaceful for them? They had to light a fire to start it all up again which could easily spread. Utter insanity! www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

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Drumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997

The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 27/09/2026

a cinnamon toast crunch with angry eyebrows and googly eyes and pissed off
mouth

text: "what in the cinnamon toast fuck is this"

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you are in Winnipeg tomorrow we will all be at the Victoria Inn. Please come say hi. It's a big queer community event. I'm here specifically to meet SFFH readers and fans (and be a goth) 🖤

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Berlin weekender ... 16th & 17th October ... details here: minorliteratures.com/minor-incide...

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 26/09/2026

can science magazine feel shame? it does not act like it does

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yes, and of course it’d be the darkest, strongest nitro cold brew

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Jonathan Brennan Art @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘Amergin’ is a video poem collaboration with poet (& my brother) Dylan Brennan. The work transposes the mythological first poet of Ireland to the semi-desert settings of northeastern Mexico. It's been screened in Mexico, Ireland, New Zealand & USA. Watch now: jonathanbrennanart.com/amergin-now-...

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'Amergin' — now available to watch - Jonathan Brennan Art

‘Amergin’ is a video poem collaboration with poet, and my brother, Dylan Brennan. The work transposes the mythological first poet of Ireland to the semi-desert settings of northeastern Mexico.…

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Would you bring an iced coffee to an exorcism

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Sheree Renée Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Excited to see my new special signed & numbered mini-hardcover of stories supporting the good people at Capclave via WSFA Press. Beautiful art by Brianna McCarthy of Trinidad and Tobago. See you & this year’s new GoH’s soon in Rockville, MD! 💫🌿

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Polyglot problems: taxi driver asked how much money flights are currently to fly between Mexico & Canada. I tried to say $500 but it came out: “Cinco hundert dollars” Brain dead 🧠 ☠️

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Polyglot problems: taxi driver asked how much money flights are currently to fly between Mexico & Canada. I tried to say $500 but it came out: “Cinco hundert dollars” Brain dead 🧠 ☠️

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know I haven't updated in a while. There's been a lot going on. - My calcium levels are still worrying. - My eye scans aren't good. - I have to get a CT scan soon. I need help to pay for everything to be done privately. Any amount would be helpful. Thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar

Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tin House is sending me on a mini-regional tour for the gorgeous reissue of Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Portland-Seattle-Bay Area friends I hope to see you. Come say hi and celebrate Ursula's legacy with me! @tinhouse.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @ebbooksellers.bsky.social

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as a bookstore owner, we cannot do the work or offer the benefits which public libraries do—fund libraries and everyone, including bookstores, will thrive

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Highly recommend putting both salt & sugar in your morning coffee to cure a headache! Maple syrup + salt in espresso and milk = ASCENSION

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Vigil, by George Saunders & Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

for the nightcrawlers

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Delighted to see four poems from 'Because of the Silence' by Ñuu Savi writer Kalu Tatyisavi featured here We're publishing the full trilingual edition of Kalu's award-winning collection next March, translated by the brilliant @morganvl.bsky.social latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2026/09/four...

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Four Trilingual Poems from Because of the Silence - Latin American Literature Today

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Frankly, it absolutely matters. Why should we wish to lose intellectual dexterity? What makes humanity and the world beautiful is our minds - thinking, dreaming, creating.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I can vouch for Archita, a fellow writer in Kolkata who's sick & struggling with costs to support her mother through cancer treatment. Chemo is degrading her mother's blood cells, & she urgently needs expensive transfusions, & might need them every time. Please share & donate, Archita's all alone:

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

Did you know that @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social all have new books out, or about to come out? And that they're all going to have REMOTE BOOK LAUNCHES? I don't know if I can get to them all, but I'm darn well signing up! Congratulations all!

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Cindy Phan @cindyphanauthor.com · 24/09/2026

Better a pig than a fascist.

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Frankly, it absolutely matters. Why should we wish to lose intellectual dexterity? What makes humanity and the world beautiful is our minds - thinking, dreaming, creating.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're delighted to be part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 20 years this year! 📚 Excited for events featuring: 💫 Rosaleen McDonagh 💫 Oein DeBhairduin 💫 @robmunb.bsky.social and @morganvl.bsky.social Check out the full programme, with over 120 events, at dublinbookfestival.com #DBF26

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