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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are open for submissions! Send us your laments to the cyclical death of nature every autumn. Send us your paranoid stream of consciousness about how the trees are plotting against you (they are). Send us your weird natures. We want to read them.

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We need more weird nature to read. It sustains us.

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The leaves are falling. Soon they'll be rotting. Send some our way. Submissions open tonight at midnight, EST 🍂

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The leaves are falling. Soon they'll be rotting. Send some our way. Submissions open tonight at midnight, EST 🍂

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This issue features our latest piece, Reclamation, by @nettirw.bsky.social 👇🍂

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This issue features our latest piece, Reclamation, by @nettirw.bsky.social 👇🍂

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our latest issue is here! Life After Waste is a collection of essays, interview, fiction, and poetry, all exploring the concept of ecological waste from different perspectives. Pick up a copy here 🌎 🚮 ♻️ 👇 www.briefecology.com/store/p/life...

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Life After Waste | Brief Ecology #32 (eBook) — Brief Ecology

In This Issue Non-fiction Introduction: Life After Waste | Ben Lockwood Beyond Clean-Ups | Professor Ria Dunkley What it takes to give diapers a life after waste | Dr. Jason Graham-N...

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

COVER REVEAL Our September issue is coming soon

Cover of September issue of Brief Ecology. Image of person carrying garbage bags with text: Life After Waste

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Kamen Nedev @kamen.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

it buzzes, it whines, it hums this ancient EV now a bug hotel /cc @rottingleafmag.bsky.social #TheRotthenHaiku #haiku #ku

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Kamen Nedev @kamen.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

sleepless night before the Chorus at daybreak we sing with the birds /cc @rottingleafmag.bsky.social #TheRottingHaiku #haiku #ku

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Genre is advertising. Market an expression. Sell it to a wide audience. Think of your brand. Think of your angle. Monetize that primordial urge to make sense of the world around you and hope the endless work will pay off in a career that shows just how wise you really are." - Alexia Tiches

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Alexia Tiches on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

Genre is advertising. Market an expression. Sell it to a wide audience. Think of your brand. Think of your angle. Monetize that primordial urge to make sense of the world around you and hope the endl...

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Alexia Tiches on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Have you read the latest from @rottingleafmag.bsky.social? It’s gross and visceral and very cool 👇

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Our August story is now live! "No one will help Carcass. No one will come save her. She yearns to swaddle herself in her decomposing intestines, protection against the world, against Vulture, yet she can’t move." - Alexia Tiches, "Carry On, Carrion" www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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Carry On, Carrion — Brief Ecology

by Alexia Tiches

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is our second piece in a row to feature original artwork from the author. It’s very cool and you should check it out

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Carry On, Carrion — Brief Ecology

by Alexia Tiches

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

By technical difficulties we mean that I forgot to reset our submission form. Oops. Send us some stuff to read!

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We had a few technical difficulties this morning, but those have been resolved and we are now open for submissions!

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We’ve got something new coming soon

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey, I’m part of this. If you’re a fan of weird fiction, worker collectives, or literary experimentation, give us a follow 👇

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The Quotidian Unreal @thequotidianunreal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Quotidian Unreal is here. What are we? We're a literary experiment. We're an embodiment of the unknown. We're writers, editors, and publishers, all simultaneously. And collectively. We came together to try something new, and we're very, very excited to share it with you soon.

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The Quotidian Unreal @thequotidianunreal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Academy was founded in 1937, but is also much older. And newer.

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The Quotidian Unreal @thequotidianunreal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Fact: The Academy has a wealth of entrances but a significantly smaller number of exits.

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Nature is weird and we want to read about it 👇

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Heads up: we open to submissions tonight at midnight, EST

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“Just as taking a hike reminds you of the three-dimensionality of life outside the flat plane of your phone screen, good ecofiction reminds us of our place in this broad and bustling world.” Jared Oliver Adams on Ecofiction www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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Jared Oliver Adams on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

Demon Ecofiction: Ecofiction in Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead”

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Jared Oliver Adams on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

Demon Ecofiction: Ecofiction in Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead”

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Sand and rice and a guy who is definitely not going to eat your arm whole

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New Fiction: "The Hut Upon the Sands" by Jared Oliver Adams, also featuring original artwork by the author 🍂 www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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The Hut Upon the Sands — Brief Ecology

by Jared Oliver Adams

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New Fiction: "The Hut Upon the Sands" by Jared Oliver Adams, also featuring original artwork by the author 🍂 www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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The Hut Upon the Sands — Brief Ecology

by Jared Oliver Adams

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We've got a new rotting leaf dropping this coming Saturday, but in the meantime don't miss out on our latest by @lynnesargent.bsky.social 🍂 www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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The Once-Green Forest of My Lungs — Brief Ecology

by Lynne Sargent

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We've got a new rotting leaf dropping this coming Saturday, but in the meantime don't miss out on our latest by @lynnesargent.bsky.social 🍂 www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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The Once-Green Forest of My Lungs — Brief Ecology

by Lynne Sargent

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Have you read our latest? It's the perfect read for this heat wave

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey that’s us, and we’re also open right now!

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We are open for submissions and would like to read your weird nature stories please and thank you

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Untitled (2018), Dike Blair, oil on wood

A painting of the view from a car, bleary dashboard included, of a puddle on a dirt path in the woods. It’s night and dark outside of the headlights and everything is kind of smeary and off

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Fusion Fragment is now open to submissions! Full details at www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We are open for submissions and would like to read your weird nature stories please and thank you

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hot putrid summer is here

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Like the putrid and sweltering heat of summer, our submission window approaches (midnight tonight, EST)

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Like the putrid and sweltering heat of summer, our submission window approaches (midnight tonight, EST)

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Our latest issue, Planetary Possibilities 🌎, is out now! 🔋 Decarbonization | @brusselermel.bsky.social 🌐 Global Justice Report | @benlockwood.bsky.social 📖 Ecofiction Review | Adam Garnet Jones 🍂 The Rotting Leaf | @lynnesargent.bsky.social www.briefecology.com/the-eco-upda...

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Desert dunes, but make them strange 🏜️👇

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The Rotting Leaf @rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"Eco-fiction for me is the deepest expression of this moral imperative–to present the natural world, this thing that has been cast as something so alien to us, as something worthy of empathy." - @lynnesargent.bsky.social on Ecofiction www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

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Lynn Sargent on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

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