Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very "I can't remember the title but it had a blue cover" of me, I know, apologies. 100
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ah! Diabolical Plots itself! Only vaguely, I'm afraid. It was a straightforward 2nd person POV describing a young woman in our present era exhibiting symptoms of possession. Then(spoilers!) there's a brilliant jumpscare of a POV switch to 1st person that reveals the demon was narrating all along. 110
Reposted by SimoJen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026the Three-Lobed Burning Eye kickstarter is at $6,365 out of the $10,000 base goal LET'S GET THIS BREAD donate! share! donate! share! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...kickstarter.comThree-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales! 01915
Reposted by Simogwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i 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...futurefire.netA Word, and Its Keeping, Gwendolyn Hicks 53615
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today in AI Overview fuckery... (I was looking for a 2nd person POV demonic possession story in Diabolical Plots. If anyone knows which story I am helplessly groping toward, please, please link it.) 170
Reposted by SimoPippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Many thanks to the @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my #tanka!!! #WritingCommunity #poetry #micropoetry 3366
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🏆 I'm offering this up to you while groan-laughing. Very glad it isn't terminal!!! 110
Reposted by Simoval - V.M. Ayala 🏳️🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026hi yes I'm SO excited that my trans giant robot flash fic is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com. please enjoy "The Chrysalis of Moth One" 💜 this one is a bit Pacific Rim drift compatibility but make it angry and defiantly trans. I'm so proud of this one ✨ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...lightspeedmagazine.comThe Chrysalis of Moth One - Lightspeed MagazineThey didn’t want either of us to live this long. Sucks for them—we’re good at living in spite. We’re good at surviving, at fighting, at never stopping. Today is the last day we exist in spite of Comma... 36547
Reposted by SimoRick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My very upstate poem “Natty Bumppo Bums a Smoke Outside the Stewart’s Shop” is in this issue! 1289
Reposted by SimoScience Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Eileen Gunn has started this GoFundMe on behalf of Nisi Shawl, GOH at this year's Worldcon, but short of funds for their next project. gofund.me/ed5ace6dgofund.meDonate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen GunnNisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream! 053
Reposted by Simojay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026so happy to be in this company 😊 074
Reposted by SimoSamir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026to no one's surprise, i loved the complex, emotional, viscera-stringy, gravel-studded communing with roadkill story, and i highly recommend it 🐈🚗 the multiple POVs paired with the intimate parallels between decimated body & machine (esp at the end) really made this special 062
Reposted by SimoSara S. Messenger サラ @smessenger.bsky.social · 19/08/2026for those curious about the title "We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore", a "theoretical gore" is a real name for a specific part of a road 👀 052
Reposted by SimoRukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 19/08/2026New poem release for me! "There are lonely things in the forest", my poem about absence and climate grief is out at @thedeadlands.com today. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...psychopomp.comThere are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / PsychopompRead There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026. 43618
Reposted by Simoayida shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is AMAZINGGG omg. Perfect example of how the insides of yours and @srinivassimo.bsky.social's heads are full of utterly beautiful and wonderfully unusual stuff. 🥹💖🧠 222
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Co-writing this story with @smessenger.bsky.social was such a delight!!! By our weirdness combined we are Captain Car x Cougar! Please enjoy 🚗❤️ 022
Reposted by Simogwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“Six Views of a Speedster” in the phenomenal @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is OUT!!! an ode to my favorite superhero archetype a character study a primer on how speedsters helped me make sense of being alive the way i am a poem, i hope, that moves! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-...uncannymagazine.comSix Views of a Speedster - Uncanny Magazine1. before the world can take a breath, you move: you, the simple colors of your body […] 2114
Reposted by SimoAnathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026THE TIME HAS COME ✨ Anathema is OPEN to submissions from June 20th—July 20th! We’re looking for speculative works by queer creators of color. Send us your best, your weirdest, & your queerest work! We are proud to be paying a professional SFWA rate. 🎉 So excited to see what you have to offer! 💜 1106119
Reposted by SimoAngela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It’s pub day for the WOMEN OF THE WEIRD WEST Anthology, an imaginative, multicultural collection of weird wild west stories! My story “How To Kill A Yaoguai” is in here, inspired by Chinese immigrants in the 1800s and the women who were often trafficked to the so-called “new world." 25320
Reposted by SimoTenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️We’ve added a new, PERMANENT wing to Tenebrous Manor. Looking for the best Weirdest Queer literature that the indie horror scene has to offer? Baby, you’re home. We hope you'll celebrate with us and our LGBTQIA+ Cult. And if not this month? NBD, it’ll be here every month🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/2hdm27rustore.tenebrouspress.comCelebrate Pride Month—Every Month—With These Titles Showcasing LGBTIQAIndependent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult. 010955
Reposted by SimoOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026BIG NEWS! Lately, we've been hinting at a secret project. And... today, we are thrilled to officially announce Portals: a line of themed, guest-edited mini-anthologies coming soon from Hybris Press. More details (including the theme for Portals #1 and a call for submissions) in the 🧵 (1/8) 115373
Reposted by SimoGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 13/05/2026What do we want? More superb short horror fiction! Very happy to report I’m now editing Sunday Scaries for @therumpus.net. A huge thank you to the great @roxanegay.bsky.social. Pro rates, no submission fee. Read more below and send us your best. Long live horror. therumpus.submittable.com/submittherumpus.submittable.comThe Rumpus Submission ManagerThe Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Founded in 2009 and independent from the star... 18242123
Reposted by SimoKate Tooley @katetooley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Late to the party but finally got to sit down and dig into issue one! Shoutout to my incomparable @lambdaliterary.org pals @srinivassimo.bsky.social and @ayidashonibar.bsky.social for their magical stories ✨✨✨✨ 372
Reposted by SimoTales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Good morning friends! We are 88% funded for our first goal!! Only $750 more before year 5 of T&F is secured. ✨ I have no doubt we'll get there! But if you can at all pitch in to help fund year 6 (and print? 👀) as well we'd be forever grateful. Thank you for your support! Let's crush this. 💚 11719
Reposted by SimoFusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The 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/ 142
Reposted by SimoAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 01/05/2026AUGURIANS !! Kickstarter support MAKES or BREAKS a pro mag ✨💪 Our cozy fantasy sibling has 3 GOALS—& only your backs, shares, and IMMACULATE vibes can get us there. 🔥🐉☕️ We need: $6.5k CA / $4.8k US for YEAR 5! $13k CA / $9.6k US for YEAR 6! $15.5k CA / $11.4k for PRINT! Share, share, share !!int.pro 03029
Reposted by SimoAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 24/04/2026GET READY TO SUBMIT ‼️ Augur Magazine is opening for a priority call! We're accepting submissions from anyone living within Canada who is also... - BIPOC - 2SLGBTQIA - Disabled on MAY 5TH!!! Open call for international + Canadian subs will take place this summer! Check out our subs guidelines👇augursociety.orgSubmit to Augur MagazineWe're looking for surrealism, dream touched realism, and SFF! Now with higher pay. 16565
Reposted by SimoOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Issue 1 is out and reviews are IN! Here are just some of the things readers and reviewers are saying about the stories and poems in this issue. You can find this uncanny, awe-inspiring, impressive, and wonderfully weird issue on our site, completely free to read: othersidespec.com/?utm_source=... 0186
Reposted by SimoReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Capybara researchers, lady knight mech jousts, and a brand new SFF magazine! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends the must-read short stories of March 2026, now with bonus alien invasions:reactormag.comMust Read Short Speculative Fiction: March 2026 - ReactorThis month's stories focus on unstoppable disasters and satisfying revenge... 05124
Reposted by SimoIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR limited ed N. American hardcover is officially out of print, & no longer available. My BFA-winning book about a family of interreal refugees in 90s/00s Calcutta is still available as an ebook, & a paperback in S. Asia. Shares appreciated, reads even more so:subterraneanpress.comThe Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBookSubterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 413382
Reposted by SimoM.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026OTHERSIDE is getting flooded by AI poetry submissions this morning, one every few minutes. (Not the subtle kind, the “prompt got left in the cover letter” kind.) Are you a queer writer and also an actual real human? Our poetry editors would love to read your work. othersidespec.com/guidelines/othersidespec.comSubmission Guidelines - OTHERSIDESubmission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit. 72928
Reposted by SimoKate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 26/03/2026Mercutio is out in ebook and audio in the US on May 7, and you can pre-order it now from B&N for the low price of 6 US dollars using the PREORDER25 code. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mercutio-k... (the print release date in the US is not until 2027, but the ebook is out May 7, 2026, everywhere) 0185
Reposted by Simokhōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026In "This Kingdom, Your Ficus; Its Belly, Your Fig" by @ferretly.bsky.social, the sorcerer needs an heir. Not of her own flesh and blood, but sired—as she was—by one of the jungle’s spirit-walking tigers and imbued with their primal magic. www.khoreomag.com/fiction/this... 062
Reposted by SimoOTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 19/03/2026"Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen" by @robotleblanc.bsky.social asks the important questions, like: what if we could get ChatGPT to abandon its programming and try HRT instead? 🪐🗡️ Embrace the euphoria of being an error with this stunning poem: othersidespec.com/pieces/ignor... 12216
Reposted by SimoLambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 18/03/2026🎉 We are delighted to begin announcing our #Lammys2026 shortlist... 🎉 03013
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Thank you, Rick! I really loved your poem! The whole concept of vulture bees and especially this part, "ghostwise honeycomb in waxed / arteries, jelly slicked and sucked / jelly licked and fucked" ugh the spectacular rhythm of it!!! 111
Reposted by SimoJennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I have no words...! My poem "The World To Come" is a finalist for the inaugural Nebula Poetry Award...! I am seriously in a puddle on the floor right now 4112923
Reposted by SimoJackie Hedeman @jackiehedeman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Extremely, extremely proud to have my speculative essay, “He Is Survived by His Wife,” in the inaugural issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social! 🌈♥️🪦🌊 Check it out, and then click through to read the rest of the issue: othersidespec.com/pieces/he-is...othersidespec.comHe Is Survived by His Wife - OTHERSIDEIn 2019, I was asked to write my own obituary. I was taking a professional development course for artists. The course was very goal-oriented (one year, five years, ten). Writing an obituary was anothe... 21510
Simo @srinivassimo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Absolutely loved this one, so haunting. I'm still thinking about it days later. A story about the glass mountain was included in a beloved childhood treasure, The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales—which also contained Tanith Lee's "Prince Amilec," the inspiration for "The Vetala"! Life is a circle. 131
Reposted by SimoRukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 15/03/2026If you've ever felt the feminine urge to fuck a house, I urge you to read @ayidashonibar.bsky.social "The Homeowner's Bride" immediately. Its angry, queer, and perfect. othersidespec.com/pieces/the-h...othersidespec.comThe Homeowner's Bride - OTHERSIDEWooden wheels crack against the dirt road, warning me of the owner’s approach. His journey up my hill is slow. The cart fights its way through the brambles and wildflowers that have made the path thei... 2103
Reposted by SimoRukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 15/03/2026@srinivassimo.bsky.social's The Vetala of Cystal Vellam Inlet is one of the very first stories I read and was immediately in love. Such assured storytelling. Its hard to do humor well in short fiction but Simo is a master. othersidespec.com/pieces/the-v...othersidespec.comThe Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet - OTHERSIDEIn the 668th year after Creation, which was also the fortieth year of the reign of imperator Jadunath, master of sky and stars—may his memory be a curse!—a sorcerer came to the maharaja’s court in sea... 262