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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“A Word, and Its Keeping” by Gwendolyn Hicks (with art by Leyelle M.G.), a novelette smelting magical fantasy and social-political jeopardy in a fierce crucible futurefire.net/2026.77/fict... #freescifi @prioryruins.bsky.social

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A Word, and Its Keeping, Gwendolyn Hicks

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions 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 others 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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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One hour in and we're closing in on the first $1,000! Yay!!! 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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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this will be out October 6! 🤸‍♀️

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i have time to kill today and i miss drawing, so whipping out ye olde activity: reply with a scene or a line of dialogue and i’ll draw a mini-comic! :)

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i have time to kill today and i miss drawing, so whipping out ye olde activity: reply with a scene or a line of dialogue and i’ll draw a mini-comic! :)

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

hey all!!! got my contributor copy of "Your Body is a Fever Dream" from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social !!!! you can pre-order this amazing book of trans body horror too! click the link: bookshop.org/beta-search?...

the book "Your Body is a Fever Dream" on a table full of stickers

my story "All Her Rows of Teeth" in the book "Your Body is a Fever Dream" on a table full of stickers

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the bear season 6: we have the faks and we’re voting yes

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i have a very gay novelette out in @thefuturefire.bsky.social 🌧️ a goatherd travels to the edge of the world as she knows it, searching for missing rain, but what she comes upon instead is a lonesome woman in a lighthouse. i hope you enjoy “A Word, and Its Keeping”: futurefire.net/2026.77/fict...

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A Word, and Its Keeping, Gwendolyn Hicks

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you have comments or reviews of any of the stories or art in TFF #77, please leave a note under the post at press.futurefire.net/2026/09/new-...

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New Issue 2026.77

“Mi inspiración para luchar […] siempre ha venido del agua: la protección por la vida, por cuidar lo que nos hace ser a nosotros quienes ...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

San Francisco! Tuesday 10/6! Start the season right at my book launch for A WALL IS ALSO A ROAD, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on the park. I'll be talking to @olivasthewriter.bsky.social about tentacles, slime molds, and ancient Pompeii! Come say hi! It's free! greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-1...

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9th Ave: Annalee Newitz with M.M. Olivas

Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i know as soon as i post this i’ll be like NOOOO I FORGOT JUMP START FOURTH GRADE MATH (bane of my days)

A grid showing nine video games that shaped who I am:
1. Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
2. Persona 4
3. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
4. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
5. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
6. Transistor
7. Storybook Weaver Deluxe
8. Shadow of the Colossus
9. Final Fantasy XIV

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've added some recent illustrations to my print shop, and INPRNT is having a 'free shipping' event ✨

An iridescent orb of liquid morphs into hands that reach for a star in the center of the orb. An abstract cityscape is in the background

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com

Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:

bestspecfic@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and kind consideration.

Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
undertowbooks@gmail.com

Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I visited France, I had to go to Provence to see if the lavender fields there were as beautiful as I had heard. They were, indeed! I was immediately captivated by the rolling plains of purple lavender rows. Hills of Provence by Erin Hanson, 2026 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 in #art #impressionism

When I visited France to visit the locales the impressionists had painted, I had to stop by Provence to see if the lavender fields there were as beautiful as I had heard. When I drove up onto the high and windy plateaus of Provence, with the Swiss Alps far in the distance, I was immediately captivated by the rolling plains of purple lavender rows. This painting captures the feeling of being in Provence, surrounded by beauty in every direction.

Hills of Provence
by Erin Hanson, 2026
Oil on canvas
28 x 36 in

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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New Interview: I talked to the analyst Jaser AbuMousa about what life is like in Gaza today, and the devastation of his own family. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today

Nearly a year after the ceasefire in Gaza, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Future Fire #77 came out earlier this month: futurefire.net/2026.77/ Featuring stories from @mahailasmith.ca, Nissa Harlow, @baxtersa.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @badwriter.bsky.social and @mxmerrow.bsky.social Cover art by Leyelle M.G. Artists: Carmen Moran and L.E. Badillo

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The Future Fire: Social-political and progressive cyberfiction

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Lindsay @lindsayhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Frank Brangwyn "The Swans," c. 1921

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:

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Centenary event planning

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Memento Morlys 🍉 @aardwyrm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

high fantasy has an elevation of at least 2000' above sea level and has a cooler, windier climate than low fantasy, which is less seasonal and lacks joshua trees

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ayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This story made me cry (complimentary)!!! It doesn't shy away from the painful, messy consequences of loneliness and hurt and understandable mistrust, and I so appreciated seeing that explicitly explored on the page. ❤️‍🩹

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Kate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Very talented friend has very excellent story. Take a break from this world and spend some time in Gwen’s!

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So lovely to see this story finally published! Congrats to my friend & fellow Clarion Ghost @prioryruins.bsky.social Everyone read this

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Jess Gofton @jessgofton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"The Last God of Talam Dor" by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social in @giganotosaurus.bsky.social I've said before that M.R. Robinson is slowly becoming one of my favourite short fiction writers, and this novelette of faith in every sense of the word is no exception. giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/t...

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The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus

Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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A Word, and Its Keeping, Gwendolyn Hicks

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

“Full Fathom Five” BTS Special Feature begins NOW kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...

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“Full Fathom Five” by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 17/09/2026

Hemingway describing F Scott Fitzgerald's mouth was basically foretelling Jeremy Brett: "a delicate long-lipped Irish mouth that, on a girl, would have been the mouth of a beauty. .... The mouth worried you until you knew him and then it worried you more."

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@bmccosar.bsky.social has done a profile of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, and it’s an excellent introduction to an excellent magazine. and i am honored by the shout-out for my novelette “Full Fathom Five,” which appeared in the Winter 2026 issue! linguistics nerds stay winning :) bmccosar.com?p=47

“Full Fathom Five” by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks. Go fishing, accidentally net a merrow. (Fantasy folks might recognize this as an Irish name for the merfolk.) If I enjoy a story, a lot of times I will read it out loud, and the cadences of the dialogue perfectly match a soft Irish accent. I went to have a look at their bio, and found, just as I suspected, they’re a bit of a linguist (like me).

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is coming soon! Be sure to hit that 'Notify me on launch' button so you can be one of the first to back another year of Apex! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Coming soon: Apex Magazine 2027

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

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

as a reader of historical romances i have to say the thing where she makes him give up his elaborate revenge plot to prove his love?? baffling. unrealistic. girl this is a group project now

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 13/09/2026

Kanako Oguma

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kimi @kimixiii.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wanna take food art comms again or maybe just comms in general

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Joyce Chng's essay - first published in April 2024, now leaping out of the vault - points to ways in which lady knights, while challenging stereotypes, nonetheless get cut down to expected feminine standards by male medieval poets. www.speculativeinsight.com/from-the-vault

Purple background, white text, which says In this essay, I will discuss various strategies by which the literary lady knight -and to some extent, Joan of Arc - was rendered harmless by being turned into a romantic figure ready to be rescued by the male hero... "Rendered Harmless: Strategies to Tame the Lady Knight" -- Joyce Chng

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Ed Morland @edmorland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As we're getting into the back half of 2026 do think about whether there's any works you'd recommend for the Otherwise Award for SFF "that expands or explores our understanding of gender". The jury can't consider works they aren't aware of so do give them a heads up of stuff they shouldn't miss.

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2026 Otherwise Awards Recommendations « Otherwise Award

Recommend works here for the Otherwise Awards jurors to consider!

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

It's always a good time to share this.

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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

✒️✨ Calling all SFF poetry enthusiasts! 🌈💫 Stardust & Verse is a new review site where I read and recommend fantastic free-to-read SFF poems. Here's a sneak peak of what to look forward to in September... #StardustAndVerse www.patreon.com/cw/StardustA...

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Stardust & Verse | SFF Poetry Reviews — Positive reviews of new science fiction and fantasy poetry

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You know what would be neat? If your book had a magic system, but magic... had a cost.

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

she hates time make it stop when did linkin park become classic rock

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 10/09/2026

Erasure poems are a fun format to write, and sometimes a difficult one to publish. We really love this one in our March issue by Rath Mercury:

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tell us about doubt - Small Wonders

A priest / of the Universe / began

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BCS #466 ebook out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of bargains w other ones and their cost by @emlinden.bsky.social and @jduckwriter.bsky.social, art by Sam Jumisko: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #466

Issue #466 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by E.M. Linden and Jonathan Louis Duckworth and cover art by Sam Jumisko.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Radon is seeking an additional Production Editor, Marketing Editor, and First Reader. All slots at Radon are volunteer Full details and descriptions are at this CLMP link: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

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Jobs with Publishers - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We list job, volunteer, internship, and fellowship openings with the independent literary magazines and publishers that are members of CLMP and other literary colleagues. If you’re a CLMP Member and y...

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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Almost let the day pass without posting this one!

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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Being proud that you don't know how to do something and would rather never be bothered to learn is the same as confessing that no one should trust anything you make, even with your own hands, with any critical function of their lives. But go ahead letting Claude read your work emails or whatever.

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Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

[benoit blanc in twin peaks] lordy there’s a burrito lookin girl on the beach

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

i am so over the moon to share that my story “The Piercing” is going to appear in The Ana!!! www.wearetheana.com about indefinable desires, trusting strangers to hurt you, making a hole in someone, the liminality of bathrooms at someone else’s party… maybe among my horniest in its own unique way

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THE ANA | Discover Art & Literature – Join Us Today

Poetry, fiction, essays, visual art — if it moves us, challenges us, and isn’t completely out of pocket, we want to see it. Founded & run by queer folks of color. A collection and celebration of human...

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor. "I can't afford a visual artist" So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them? Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.

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