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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is such a poignant story of heroes and monsters and their place in stories. Of old habits and hidden selves who come bursting out of you. Come back to retell the stories you thought you knew but you never really examined. by @natalia-theodoridou.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

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Horse Boy - Uncanny Magazine

Nobody dances the way he does, and he knows it, and everyone can tell. The beat is something ancient and otherworldly, or that’s what it feels like; it wakes something inside him, half-remembered, hal...

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur

Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

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Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno · 16/07/2026

Thank you for helping us hit $25k! With just under 2 days left on the fund drive, will you help us raise our pay rates to 10c/word? Still more rewards left on the Backerkit campaign 👀

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.

Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive
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Vid @vid-smooke.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Just finished the stunningly beautiful "Sour Cherry" by @natalia-theodoridou.com. I cannot possibly recommend this book more highly and I can't wait to see what he does to follow up this debut.

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Since it's Pride month, I wanted to bring this up again. I'm a trans person trying to get the money to cover moving fees so I can get out of Florida and to a safer city. I've got some already, but any more help at all will be appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/help-vale-...

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Donate to Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live, organized by Vale Solomon

Hi there, my name is Vale and I’m a disabled, trans, neurodivergent person… Vale Solomon needs your support for Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 31/05/2026

😳 SOUR CHERRY won the Locus Award for First Novel!! 😳 Thank you so much @locusmag.bsky.social and congratulations to all finalists and winners! I wish I could have been there with you all. 🚀💫🌗🍒

An image of thr Locus Award trophy next to the red cover of Natalia Theodoridou's debut novel, SOUR CHERRY, against a dark background.

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B. Pladek @bpladek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

my fuck-AI @lightspeedmagazine.com story featuring a broken-spirited middleaged trans man, evaporated Lake Michigan, & reddit being the only social media to survive the US's fracture, is in this!

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'm only 40 pages into SOUR CHERRY by Natalia Theodoridou. I can already tell you, the writing is extraordinary. The kind of writing that makes many of us question what we're even doing calling ourselves writers. Elegant, laden, orchestral. I'm going to savor this. @nassos.bsky.social

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 28/05/2026

when i wrote The Death of Mountains, i just wanted to write a book with a talking mountain and a talking death (many). and ask this: "what is the point of living when death is standing on your shoulder?" a finalist for: the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the L.A. Times Book Prize

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The Death of Mountains

Check out The Death of Mountains - <p>The latest novella by Nebula finalist Jordan Kurella is a moving allegorical tale. As mankind continues to hurt the planet, leaving us with scarred lands, stories...

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Emma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So!! Grief Eater is out on Monday!! (Tuesday for the US, sorry, we beat you to it!) (Also if you haven’t seen my cover, holy shit, thank you Dante Luiz 🖤) I’d love to answer some questions, please AMA 🥰

Grief Eater by Emma Osborne (cover by Dante Luiz)

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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

SOUR CHERRY by @nassos.bsky.social (Best Novel finalist) Gorgeous prose, weird fairytale in all the best ways, intensely woven, exploring why we stay Feels written not to explain to people who haven't experienced this way of living, but to hug those who have Truly excellent

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Let's make today a Tiny Story day! Leave me a prompt of any kind (but if it's an image, please include a description) and recieve a tiny story just for you! Optional prompt: Transformations

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Becky D @bexrousse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social. Library borrow last yr; took all I had not to mark up page upon page. Got my own copy but had to catch my breath, back away before re-engaging. Started my revisit 3 days ago. This book will strip the soft bark off every fairy tale in your heart. 🖤 Link next post

The paperback lays open to pages 126 and 127 atop a green cutting mat. A small plain pad of paper is on top, with pencil scribbles: "names/lack of names, Eunice=joyful victory, Eunice merge w/narrator p133, throat/mouth/stomach, cherries-sour cherries-cherry tree" and more. In the background, on the page, a character named Halt sits near a character named Tristan on a beach.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Do me a favor. Respond or quote this with the most recent piece of media (book, short story, album, painting, statue, game, anything) by a *trans creator* that you loved. Drop a link. Boost their signal.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In addition to the story, you can find links to Ewen's work in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @anathemamagazine.bsky.social. Finally, Ewen thinks you should read work by @nassos.bsky.social and @vajra.me

Ewen Ma’s work can be found in venues such as Uncanny, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Deadlands, Fusion Fragment, and the anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, among others. Ewen is a graduate of Clarion West and Tin House, and was shortlisted for the Future Worlds Prize in 2020. They are a Hong Konger currently based in the UK.

Ewen recommends:
Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The final story in FF#27 is "One Last Round in the Arena of Little Gods (Or, Asan and the Lion" by @ewenmaer.bsky.social This one's for you if you're into: -boxers-turned-cabbies and one troublesome final fare -fighting the power -protecting the cat www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

"One Last Round in the Arena of Little Gods (Or, Asan and the Lion" by Ewen Ma

But he sees what he sees and knows what he knows, and can recognize injustice when confronted with one. He has his dignity, after all, and his principles as well.
And right now, those principles seem to be stretched rather thin as he considers for a moment the merits and dangers of sheltering a lost little lion cub who might just be the demon of Lion Rock.

invisible (?) lion cub demons / authoritarianism / escaping the exorcists

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Offering some Bluebeard retellings in our suspicious underground cellar – here's the key, feel free to explore all you like.

Slide 1: Text reads “Bluebeard Retellings: Books and Short Stories” in blue font over a picture of Gustave Doré’s Barbe Bleue (Bluebeard)

Slide 2: The covers of But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo; Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou; Fitcher’s Brides by Gregory Frost; Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson; The Seventh Bride by T Kingfisher; and Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

Slide 4: The covers of Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson; The House of Barbary by Isabelle Schuler; Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut; The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer; How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann; and Bluebeard’s Castle by Anna Biller

Slide 5: “By the Weeping Gate” by Angela Slatter in Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome; “Captain Murderer” by Charles Dickens; “What the Dead Birds Taught Me” by Laura Blackwell in Nightmare Magazine; “The Maiden Thief” by Melissa Marr in Reactor; “Blue-Bearded Lover” by Joyce Carol Oates; “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter in The Bloody Chamber

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Kenneth Luke Hansen @kennethluke.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My 3rd Nebula review is @nassos.bsky.social’s dark debut novel. A retelling of the story of Bluebeard, this is a labyrinthine, complicated work. Its difficulty, no doubt, is intentional, meant to mirror the vagaries of trauma & abuse. Powerful & complex, but not for the faint of heart. #booksky

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 25/04/2026

Just finished SOUR CHERRY by @nassos.bsky.social which is a haunting masterpiece and KATABASIS by @rfkuang.bsky.social which is fabulous and a surprisingly funny read Currently reading THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE by @johnchu.bsky.social Next: WIFE SHAPED BODIES by @lauracranehill.bsky.social

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions

Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm so excited about this, everyone. Please register and come hear about Emma's new book!

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Congratulations to our amazing Clarion West alumni who are finalists for @locusmag.bsky.social Awards, plus too many instructors to name. Full list: locusmag.com/2026/04/2026.... @isabelcanas.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @somtoihezue.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

Over a teal background with abstract bubbles and circles, the words, "Clarion West News: Clarion West alumni are honored as Locus Award finalists. Horror Novels - The Possession of Alba Diaz, Isabel Canas (CW'18) (Berkley; Solaris UK). First Novels - Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou (CW'18) (Tin House; Wildfire UK) [F]. Novelette - "We Begin Where Infinity Ends," Somto Ihezue (CW'24) (Clarkesworld 2/25). Collection - Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell (CW'07) (Neon Hemlock). Nonfiction - Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling, Henry Lien (CW'12) (Norton)."

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 14/04/2026

Sour Cherry is a Locus Award finalist! 🍒 Thank you to everyone who voted and massive congrats to all fellow finalists!

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

My beloved novelette Phantom View is a Locus finalist! Wonderful news, especially since it's sharing a ballot with @acwise.bsky.social @sentencebender.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @marthawells.com @nassos.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @hildur.bsky.social & @aimeeogdenwrites.com! Yay all!

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I was not expecting to read anything this fortnight, but while sitting by my shelves to take a break I picked this up, and it didn't want to be put down I loved the layering of fairy tale trappings and truths, and the rich, horrible sensory world [Sour Cherries by @nassos.bsky.social]

Photo of the book Sour Cherry by Natalie Theodoridou

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The #kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2 An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now live! #projectwelove @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

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Thyme Travellers 2

An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 12/04/2026

"objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel

Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Tiny story day! I didn't do this in March, but I'm back! Drop a comment in the thread and get a tiny story just for you. If you'd like a prompt, feel free to riff off of any sort of transportation. I'll get to these through the rest of the month, and hopefully you'll get something fun to enjoy.

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 09/04/2026

The SOUR CHERRY paperback is out in the UK today 🍒🎊🍒 www.headline.co.uk/titles/natal...

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I could use a little help going into April. I’ve been waiting to get paid for over a month now, and I’m deep in the hole. I’ll make rent but there’s going to be nothing left over. Any help is appreciated: ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...

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Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Just finished this today and it's SO GOOD. Kinda shocked I haven't heard more horror friends talking it up? It's got everything -- queer women in the weird woods, haunted houses, generational trauma, shapeshifting, cannibalism. Like, what more could you want from a book?

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 30/03/2026

The Locus Awards Poll closes soon! You'll find SOUR CHERRY in the First Novel category, alongside incredible work by @bogiperson.bsky.social, @silviapark.bsky.social & so many more. Anyone can vote, add in any favourites the list has missed, and find something new to read. It's a win-win-win

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B. Pladek @bpladek.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

the 2 best new books I’ve read in 2026 so far have been brilliant unpublished MSes by trans writers; I can’t yell abt one but I can yell abt the other! This novel is a masterpiece—a reckoning w truth & art & memory, an archaeology of the c20 & its echoing violences. we’re v lucky to be getting it.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

One of my favorite books of last year! I didn't think Bluebeard could grab me, but @nassos.bsky.social made the story haunting (both literally and figuratively).

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Natalia Theodoridou @natalia-theodoridou.com · 23/03/2026

Hugo nominations close soon, so remember to cast your ballots (Seattle Worldcon members, you can nominate this year too!). Sour Cherry is a Nebula finalist, a Crawford Award honoree, and on the Locus Recommended Reading list (all of which still blows my mind) zandoprojects.com/books/sour-c...

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Sour Cherry (Paperback)

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Officially official because the press release has gone out. I was on the judging panel for the past year's IAFA Crawford Award for First Fantasy Book. The winner & honour list have been announced; congratulations to a hugely deserving winner in @seraph76.bsky.social's collection, Call & Response!

The IAFA is pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Crawford Award is:

Christopher Caldwell for Call and Response from Neon Hemlock Press

Judges’ comment: Christopher Caldwell’s Call and Response is a powerful collection of queer joy and rage in lyrical, beautiful prose. These stories use the fantastic to reveal things about the real world and to movingly embody significant themes. The collection and organization of the stories is also superb; in mirroring themes and characters from the center outwards they are cast in relief in a way that strengthens both. A stunning first fantasy book.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Next, @nassos.bsky.social's Sour Cherry. Hugely impressive in overall effect, but if I was to pick out one thing specifically, I did not read a book last year, debut or otherwise, better written on a sentence level. Just absurdly good prose.

Natalia Theodoridou - Sour Cherry (Tin House)

Judges’ comment: Sour Cherry is an exciting and poignantly-written take on the age-old tale of Bluebeard. I love the ways that Theodoridou plays with both fairytale structure and the gendered implications of the tale. A captivating read!

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Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · 20/03/2026

*looming threateningly over the people who haven't read this yet* have you read this yet

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 19/03/2026

hello! and thank you for always being a champion of queer short fiction! i had a piece in @apexmag.bsky.social called "Unsettled Nature." a weird western with a (older) trans man narrator that is queer throughout. the link is included:

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Unsettled Nature

Once were a time on a jackalope when folks kept their thinking to themselves. People lived, and people died, natural-like, in...

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