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In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A publishing contract is just that—a negotiated deal between parties that should honor the rights of *both* authors and publishers. But a contract that’s unfair to authors ultimately hurts publishers too. A publisher who tries to grab too many rights ultimately ends up with none, and rightly so.

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

PRICE DROP!! 99¢!! Now’s your chance to pick up my crime fiction collection WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN for what you can find on the sticky floor of a Dairy Queen.

Whatever kills the pain promo, introducing an ebook price of 99 cents.

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Don’t sleep on this deal 👇👇👇

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Victor De Anda @victordeanda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

IT'S ALIVE! The SDA is here. Take it from @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and order today: bit.ly/4tpEXbT. Proud to be part of this antho, big thanks to Matthew David Goodwin @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @diversionbooks.bsky.social for pubbing! #speculative #detective #cryptid #supernatural

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 09/10/2026

Next Wednesday, join us with John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Oct 14th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @johnlangan.bsky.social @carrielaben.com @datlow.bsky.social

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Come hang out with @paultremblay.bsky.social and I at the Beverly Public Library this coming Wednesday!!! We’ll be talking all things reading and writing horror :)

A poster for the library event with my and Paul’s face on it.

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Raw Dog Screaming Press @rdspress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BOOK DEAL: We've signed the next poetry collection from Elgin-award winning poet @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social. QUEER BIRDS will be released in 2027 and it will be edited by Stephanie Wytovich Read the full announcement on our site: rawdogscreaming.com/book-deal-qu...

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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Even when life feels heavy, I take solace in the fact that Uggi always gets his ham.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Less than 1% of BCS readers support us financially. Over 99% do not. If you'd like to help us keep paying our authors and First Readers, please consider supporting us, like on the BCS Patreon or with a donation. Thank you! www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/support-bcs/...

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is quite literally unhinged behavior. Readers can go find a different book or write their own instead of trying to litigate a closed case that was never in their jurisdiction.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

SOME PLACES ARE BETTER LEFT ALONE: Ghosthunters, real or imagined, find disturbing things sometimes. Check out this great story from @phenryward.bsky.social in this month's Stone's Throw: bit.ly/4yESqyM #flashfiction #noir #crime

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GUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HAVING A NORMAL ONE

Guinness the black cat looks up at his human from the floor, his tongue inexplicably out.

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GUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

THIS WEEKEND I HOPE YOU GET TO TAKE IT EASY

Guinness the black cat rests on his human’s lap

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GUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I AM SO COMFORTABLE

Guinness the black cat doses on a grey and white blanket, a cozy lamp casting a warm glow in the background

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GUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A CAT OF GREAT DIGNITY AND SOLEMN CHARACTER, QUIET STRENGTH IN REPOSE

Guinness the black cat caught awkwardly mid-groom, his tongue hanging out

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 08/10/2026

What do you mean this isn’t a short story title?

Screenshot of Popular Mechanics article:

SCIENCE
After You Die, A Universe Eats Your Body

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Z.K.A. (she/her) @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I couldn't be more proud of my wife <3 Lindz has worked tirelessly for several years now, reading extremely dense, academic texts to formulate a rich, expansive novel and an ambitious and brilliant thesis. CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lindz McLeod!!!

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 08/10/2026

We've now surpassed 75% of our funding goal! In addition to subscriptions, we've got t-shirts, mugs, signed books, stuff from the magazine archives... We're still about $12,000 away from our $50,000 target with 7 days remaining, so please consider backing if you haven't already. bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is currently at 38% of our initial funding goal! Do you want more strange, shocking, surreal, and beautiful stories in 2027? Back today to help us get there! 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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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Variant opens for submissions for our Winter issue on Oct 10! Open for poems, flash, micros, and short stories. variantlit.com/submit/

Text: Variant Lit open for submissions October 10th to November 20th 2026 for the Winter 2027 issue. Open for poems, flash, micros, short fiction.

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This will be great! Sign up for a workshop with @kcmeadbrewer.com !

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 08/10/2026

The Morning Monty sleeps in (again).

Fluffy gray tabby tucked inside a plush dark red blanket, with only his head sticking out. He is snoring happily because he doesn’t have social media or bills to pay.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 08/10/2026

The Deadlands is an excellent magazine of dark fiction and poetry, and editor E. Catherine Tobler makes it incredible. Let's help her out in this needful time. www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 08/10/2026

A must read thread about Must Read Magazines (Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine). Authors, if you don't understand your contract: don't sign. Ask. Many folks in this community will help decipher legalese! These rights grabs are very bad.

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Chelsea Stickle @chelseastickle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ICYMI: I've got a micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social about communication and early attachments.

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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🛸 NS is OPEN right now, but closing October 11. send me your stories! 🛸 pro pay for micros 🛸 please read at least a few other stories before choosing what to send 🛸 www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

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Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes two speculative stories per month. Night Shades is OPEN Closing October 11, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern Time Night Shades opens sporadically...

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We accept simultaneous submissions. Yay!! But please withdraw your piece immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. We really appreciate it 😁

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“… because it defies codification and literal meanings, a viewer can have their own unique experience with it.” Beautiful asemic work from @kossworks.bsky.social in @ogre.red ogre.red/issues/2026-...

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've spent this week worrying a lot about whether or not I'd ever really write anything again. This morning I surprised myself by writing a tiny flash story! It was very reassuring.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 winners and nominees! Thank you to the jury and those who voted. A shout out to everyone who boosts, reviews, reads, recommends and buys work by BIPOC authors. And dear BIPOC authors writing in these rough times, your work is important and needed. Solidarity. 🖤

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sitting on my deck, drinking a beer, and submitting literary fiction.

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Sarah Freligh @sfreligh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm thrilled to have a new Rita story in this tenth anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute, where so many previous stories from the Rita series have appeared. Thanks, @brettpribble.bsky.social, for all of it.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Anybody have a spare $1000 in their couch cushions for two anthologies which have received great submissions but have only so much budget to go around? If so, please send the couch crevice money and a SASE to …

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Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fancypanters! Join Ricky Grove, @paultremblay.bsky.social, Grady Hendrix, @christaqua.bsky.social, @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social, Kourtnea Zinov'yevna, Andromeda Ruins, @michaelkingram.bsky.social, @garnetonwinter.bsky.social, Greg Greene & me to support the International Institute of Akron!

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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good night from Silas. He says never give up, even if someone doesn’t seem like it, they really need kindness. (Salem also says good night but she is not taking callers at present.)

An adorable lynx point Siamese cat, against a green background

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026

Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do

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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 04/10/2026

We like bees! 🐝

Photo of a sign, which reads:

PREVENT THEFT

LOCK YOUR CAR

TAKE YOUR KEYS

HIDE YOUR BELONGINGS

FILL A DECOY PURSE WITH THOUSANDS OF ANGRY, POISONOUS BEES

It takes <30 seconds for thieves to rob your car

San Francisco Police Department

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

[Checking the submssion queue] Looks like it's Story Submission Sunday! Translunar Travelers Lounge is open for speculative fiction stories of 5000 words or under. Full details on our submission page; please check the guidelines before sending. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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Zoe Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Surprise me with your best work ! I'm waiting....

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