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Cuyler @cuylermeade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My latest, in @stanchion.bsky.social "Today, 15, in her journal, I read that she hates me. I suppose she didn’t expect me to read it. The words sting half as much as my guilt. But she’s young. It’s how I protect her." www.stanchionzine.com/post/best-ne...
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Best New Fiction: Today, Every Day, Yesterday, Tomorrow by Cuyler Meade
Today, Every Day, Yesterday, Tomorrowby Cuyler Meade Today, 4, my daughter is humming along too loudly to her bedtime song. “Hush, sweety,” I say. “It's time for night-night. You need to sleep, baby.”...
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh lookie. I won a thing. MEEP! #amwriting #contestjunkie
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "the day after you bury him in the garden" by @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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the day after you bury him in the garden | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Beautiful and haunting covers. Look for my words behind two of them!
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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Issue 4 of Adventitious is out! In it is "Life Imitates," Kaitlin's and my coauthored sapphic horror story in which therapy speak is how they get ya, and self-gaslighting invites in more than mere self-doubt... Subscribe to read it now, or be patient and read it later—if they don't get ya first.
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Adventitious | A Speculative Short Fiction Magazine - Adventitious.
Adventitious is a speculative short fiction magazine publishing boundary-defying stories, novellas, and unclassifiable work.
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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I entered the inaugural competition for Jitney Books, and found out today I made the shortlist! Still getting used to my pen name and missed myself at first glance 😅 results next week wish me luck 🤞🏻
A list of eight authors on Jitney's shortlist, showing Emorra Oteca!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I did a thing! I love this weird little #scifi tale about the generational divide between mothers & daughters. Thank you @foofarawpress.bsky.social for the loving the story, too. And heckin' amazing visuals as well as audio narration! 😍 #amwriting #flashfiction
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Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm so happy to share this good news—even happier to celebrate the win with a friend, again. My story, Some Things We Just Knew, won 1st place in the BWR Short Story Award. Congratulations Natalie (@nataliewriteson.bsky.social) for winning 2nd AND 3rd! 🎉🎉🎉 bwgwritersroundtable.com/short-story-...
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 30/06/2026
A double story day for me! Happy Pride, y'all! 🏳️‍🌈
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 30/06/2026
It's here!
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 22/06/2026
Excited to be in Trash Cat Lit's summer issue!
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Ben Daggers @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Excited to have another story waiting in the wings at @intrepidusink.bsky.social. Watch this space!
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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Honored to be on Team Intrepidus!! Such a great magazine 💚
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Sloth & Envy Press @slothandenvy.com · 17/06/2026
Book 2 of Stone & Flame is out! Stone Shadows is a slightly unhinged, Gothic-inspired modern day fantasy romance with a magic, stone monsters, and a Scottish manor. Grab Stone Shadows, e-book or paperback. books2read.com/u/3LWDLM
Stone Shadows, by Mallory Glass, Stone & Flame book 2

Gothic style manor showing a staircase, gargoyles. Black on an iridescent background.
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Cuyler @cuylermeade.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Why not celebrate the return of the wonderful Trampset by reading my story which they published a year and a half ago? (or, really, any story over there. They're all so good). www.trampset.org/post/margare...
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Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces
by Cuyler MeadeI met a man last night. He had one of those faces you think you’ve seen before, but you just can’t place. We laughed and talked all evening. Oh, heavens, he was lovely. He asked many qu...
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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Heartfelt story about why it means so much that Masters Review published Obedience. I love the story but also… 3 years ago MR saved me from quitting writing. Follow me from sickly child to precocious poet to ruinous alcoholic to -finally- writer. (Thank you for editing @coleameyer.bsky.social!)
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The day I almost quit writing (and how Masters Review saved me)
My queer historical story, "Obedience," is at Masters Review - a publication which saved my lifelong dream of becoming a writer. I'm sharing that dream here, so this one's personal.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Women of the Weird West" (including a drabble from me) is out today! "In this bold reimagining of the Old West, dive into haunted canyons, frontier towns hiding cosmic horrors, vast deserts, and far-flung worlds where women take center stage." mybook.to/WomenOTWeird... @kcgrifant.bsky.social
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Women of the Weird West
Read it now
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Pre-gen AI. Guaranteed correct.”
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
congratulations @sennara.bsky.social!
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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thrilled to share my very short story "Everyone Drinks at Sunrise" published by @pseudopod.org today, alongside some other creepy tales. I especially love the host's commentary. Liberal guilt, it turns out, *is* delicious.
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PseudoPod 1032: Flash on the Borderlands LXXVIII (78): Terraeque urbesque recedant
“We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” “Again?” “Every damn time,” Kate said, running a hand through her hair. “Aren’t there supposed to be satellites checking the routes all day long?
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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
New story out today in the Writer’s Workout Magicfest Anthology. A little self-aware magical noir detective story for your Saturday. www.amazon.com/dp/B0H45LDRVN
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Magicfest (Anthology of the Games)
Amazon.com: Magicfest (Anthology of the Games): 9798180051141: Workout, The Writer's: Books
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Chris Doty-Dunn @chrisdotydunn.com · 06/06/2026
In honor of the 82 anniversary of D-Day and Pride Month, here's something gay from me, via @crepuscularmag.bsky.social: "June 6, 1944"
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April 29th: Christopher Doty-Dunn | Crepuscular Magazine
April 29th: Christopher Doty-Dunn by Crepuscular Magazine on Patreon. Join Crepuscular Magazine's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What if each word you wrote was limited by the letter count? Read @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social powerful story exploring just that
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Return your books!
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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Pleased to share my teeny tiny PNW-themed story, published by the ever-lovely Foofaraw Press and their microfic imprint.
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Elysia Rourke @elysiarourke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Red didn't stand a chance against her, a rocket of the sea." Read the rest of Whale and Red's story in WHALE FALL by Elysia Rourke on September 15, 2026. Ages 10+ PREORDER NOW! #bookquote #whalefall #amreading #booksforkids #middlegrade #2026debut #debutauthor #nancypaulsen #penguin #preordernow
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Barb DeMoney @bdemoney.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I'm happy to announce my sweet RomCom (a meet-cute at a hotel in Upstate NY during a blizzard) is out today at Micromance Magazine. You can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/microman... hope you enjoy it!
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Blizzards and Barstools
By Barb DeMoney
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Elysia Rourke @elysiarourke.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Kirkus Reviews calls WHALE FALL "Somber and uncompromising; a stark call to end animal cruelty." WHALE FALL by Elysia Rourke hits shelves September 15, 2026 from Nancy Paulsen Books. Ages 10+ #PREORDER NOW! #bookreviews #whalefall #amreading #booksforkids #middlegradebooks #2026debut #debutauthor
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Indigo Boo! @indigorue.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Do you delight in words and have climate anxiety? Me too. Me too.
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Check out these great story reviews by Maria Haskins out at Locus. (And it's not just because she says nice things about my story "Stairs for Mermaids.") #amwriting #flashfiction
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congratulations on earning your skull @katherinegarrison.bsky.social!
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Don’t ground me, Mom. I was only doing what the teachers asked! Congratulations @melissamaybe.bsky.social
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You know it's going to be a good story when this is the first line: "Lawrence met the Sasquatch while peeing on a bush."
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Hope you can make it to the end of this tense little drabble. Congratulations @nataliewriteson.bsky.social !
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Some Stories We Tell Ourselves, Others We Don't is an emotional exploration on the "The things you find packing up an old house." Congrats @cuylermeade.bsky.social
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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
So grateful FFF is again reprinting a slightly older story of mine - Notes For A Eulogy - especially as the ed had to recode his website to make the experimental formatting work! A short version of this came second in the Bridport Prize for flash, but I think it has twice the impact at 500 words.
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social!
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Read this unexpected Dear John letter sent from the stars by our very own @mmschreier.bsky.social
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🖤☠️MEET @corriehaldane.bsky.social, BRAVE NEW WEIRD AWARD WINNER🖤☠️ In "Hivemind", a grieving father is encouraged to share the news of his young son's death with his bees, an old tradition that initially provides comfort. But the bond he forms with his hive has unexpected consequences. ⬇️
Red and black graphic box featuring cover art by Matt Blairstone; a human form seated, one hand on a book emblazoned with the Tenebrous skull & laurel. Where the screen cuts from red to black, the flesh is stripped from the human, exposing its skeleton. It thrusts its harm into the air, transforming into a death's head moth. It looks pretty cool.
And then there's a picture of the author next to it, who looks even cooler.
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Quotidian Bagatelle @quotatelle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“🥖” The Family Collection qb.foofaraw.press/the-family-collec…
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The Family Collection
MONICA LYREHART
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Bet you won't guess what happens next. "I spread the void across my lap..." Read the rest of @corriehaldane.bsky.social's beautifully weird story at @ratbaglit.bsky.social!
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A little story taco for your Tuesday
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
HONK HONK. Check out this good news!
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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Volume 12.2 from Bear Review dropped on Friday, and I'm so grateful to have two poems in this beautiful issue. ❤︎ bearreview.com/br/v12-2-sar...
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Volume 12.2 — Bear Review
Sarah Lynn Hurd / I Don’t Know Anything / Remove this Little, Little Mark / Published May 2026
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Quill Hollow @quillhollow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Congrats @corriehaldane.bsky.social !
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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
So pleased to have a story in the flower moon issue of the incredible Gone Lawn Journal! Thank you Owen and team! Be sure to check out the full issue 🌼🌙 gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Gone Lawn 65 : Sarah Lynn Hurd
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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Thank you Pithead Chapel, for publishing NO OBITS, inspired by a 1998 headline from the Bay Area Reporter to mark the first week since 1981 without new AIDS deaths. The new meds WORKED. Not a cure, but a reprieve. I try to capture that bittersweet moment in this tiny story bsky.app/profile/baya...
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poggington bear ⚧️ @chainsawdog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
who else got a substack so i can start following urs especially @quillhollow.bsky.social buddies
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Ben Daggers @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Delighted to once again grace the pages of Sky Island Journal! Their attention to detail, love for what they do (postcards to all their contributors!!) and gorgeous design have rightly made them one of the leading lit mags in recent times. Read my flash horror “Tar” at: www.skyislandjournal.com
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Ben Daggers @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Wowsers! I’ve somehow found myself on the shortlist for the prestigious Dinesh Allirajah prize for short fiction. Fingers and toes crossed for the next week! @commapress.bsky.social
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