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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Submissions open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/faayWw8 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CallForSubmissions

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🗨️ Weekend #Giveaway for e(i 9: Collaboration🗨️ FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/ryyERAn Interact w/ this post thru the weekend & we'll send you FREE STICKERS as a thanks! Don't forget to vote for yr favorite piece for our Readers' Choice Award! buff.ly/ahE8FZH

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lovely discussion with a lovely writer, and a great insight on world building

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Don't miss our September submission window. ⚡️ Join our 24-hour response event from September 18th–21st and receive a response within a day or less. Submit here: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OUT NOW! PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, the latest instalment in @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS novellas, hits the shelves, & this time...it's illustrated! Tchaikovsky's move into horror features suitably spooky internal artwork from @valdevia.art ! Buy geni.us/preachtc

An open copy of PREACHING TO THE CHOIR by Adrian Tchaikovsky, showcasing Eduardo Valdés-Hevia's illustrations.

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and their ilk do not deserve a seat at your TTRPG session www.typebarmagazine.com/chatgpt-llms...

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ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying

Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs.

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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

September is moving fast, but you're moving faster! We want to read your best fiction, essays, poetry, and work in translation. All guidelines at the link: kenyonreview.org/submit/

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We've only just hit September, and we've already received a stunning number of submissions for our "tethered" 🪢-themed winter issue. Thank you all so much! 💙 If you haven't submitted and this theme speaks to you, you can read our guidelines at fantasticother.com/submissions/

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Art credit to Nastia Petruk. We are currently reading for our Winter 2027 issue! The theme for our Winter 2027 issue is TETHERED. Tethered: to be fastened, confined, or limited. Some things keep us…

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Short Story Shoutout @short-story-shout.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Get to know a Shoutout Author: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐤 You read her riveting short story “The Four Winds” in 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 with us back in March, now read the writer. You want answers? We’ve got questions, none of them frequently asked. @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social #booksky #litfic #shortstory

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Shoutout Q&A with Grace Spulak

Author of “The Four Winds” in Blackbird Journal

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We are pleased to announce the theme for our Winter 2027 issue! The theme for the issue is TETHERED 🪢 Send your poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art to fantasticother.com/submissions. The deadline to submit is Jan 3, 2027. No fee for regular submissions! Go ahead, tie us up in knots. 💙

The image depicts a pair of hands tangled up in knots of red thread. The text reads: The theme for the Winter 2027 issue is TETHERED. Submit poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art that binds to fantasticother.com/submission. The deadline to submit is Jan 03, 2027.

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Taylor 💙🌙🌈 | Fiction Editor @tdashedits.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It was such a pleasure reading submissions for this issue! @thefantasticother.bsky.social

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

You're likely not ready for "Pierre Pierrot, Sad Clown Extraordinaire," a surreal, new flash fiction by @calebbethea.bsky.social. And you're definitely not ready for the ending! You can read this tasty piece and our full Summer 2026 issue at fantasticother.com/issue-12-a-n...

A pair of hands with red nail polish on the fingers stretches an open pastry to reveal its contents to the camera. The pastry appears to be stuffed full of red meat and cheese. Below, text from Caleb Bethea's story "Pierre Pierrot, Sad Clown Extraordinaire" is shown in stark white. It reads, "The clown rigs the camcorder so you can see the air fryer projected against the screen above. Its display flashes green as he unboxes a Hot Pocket while what looks like real tears streaks down his face. The plastic wrapping drifts diagonally toward the stage. The audience is silent."

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We guarantee it's a fantastic journey 💙

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Our Summer 2026 Issue has landed! 🥳 If you would like to check out our new, free collection of fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and art (with a distinctly witchy vibe this go-around), click here: fantasticother.com/issue-12-a-n... Thanks again to all our readers, contributors, and donors! 💙

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Issue 12: A New Summer Tide

Cover Art by Amuri Morris Season after season, we’ve brought you new issues of our curious collection that we call a magazine. Before we knew it, we arrived at our twelfth issue. And here it …

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🚨Only 1 day left until the launch of our Summer 2026 issue🚨 As an appetizer, here's a peek at our new cover art: "Cycles," by Amuri Morris.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

ICYMI, our ✨July 2026 issue✨ is available to read right this very moment! Subscribe or buy a copy and support small presses! And please, spread the word! Issue: havenspec.com/issues/issue... Subscribe: www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag... Buy: ko-fi.com/s/99e6ef7ea8

Cover of Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 24, published July 2026.

Fiction in the issue is by R.L. Meza, Lora Gray, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, and Dan Peacock.

Poetry in the issue is by Arden Baker,
H.V. Patterson, Christopher Leigh Silverberg, and Anna Madden.

The cover art is titled "Finally, some sleep" and is by Caleb Worcester. It features an astronaut lying comfortably on a cloud high above the lights of a city.

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Only 3 days left until the launch of the Summer 2026 issue!!! 🎉 If you want a heads-up for when it launches, you can subscribe by going to our website and hitting the button on the lower right. fantasticother.com And trust us, this one's got bite. 🧛‍♀️

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a place for the discussion of dreams, the analyses of fantasies, the prodding of popular larks

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We're so excited by the love for Jimothy the special raccoon and want to celebrate him and what he represents - tenacity and difference - with a special sub call. Give us your PROSE POEMS up to 300 words. Guidelines here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Call opens 1st September 🦝 #submissioncalls

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Call for Prose Poems

Jimothy, the Seattle trash cat with short spine syndrome, has taken the internet by storm. We obviously love how adorable he is with his squished-up body and cheeky scamper, but also how incredibly…

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We are proud to announce our contributors for our Summer 2026 issue! Thank you, Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social, Elana Gomel, Lesley Hart Gunn, Natalie Harveld, Tyler Jagt, David Anson Lee, Katrina Lemaire @bookishmoons.bsky.social, Alex K. Masse, Amuri Morris,

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

O, Odysseus, with your bronze skin and saltwater eyes, let me again have what the sea couldn’t keep, salt still whittling grooves in your tattooed shoulders, the long muscle of you building twenty years of sins we were made to commit... buff.ly/gE3J6Gy #LGBTQ #Poetry #Odysseus #Gay

The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Though we've had some delays, we are excited to announce that the Summer 2026 issue is now on track to go live on Aug 2nd! 🥳 Announcement for contributors coming soon! Can't wait to share the crazy, beautiful stuff going into this one.

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Due to the unusually large submission count (thank you!!) and one of our editors traveling for a conference, the Summer 2026 issue is postponed to early August. Worry not! We will make sure every submission is given its due. You will hear from us very soon! 💙

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Or just spreading the word! buff.ly/6GWF9Zv

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 71, "Flower Crown" by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe: A Black woman stares at us with large eyes of honey-gold iris but blue pupil. Her hair is a mass of red, pink, dark blue, green, and yellow flowers and orange thistles that fill the cover. A white butterfly or moth sits on her finger, her hand raised to the center of her chest. She wears a shoulder-less bodice of dark crimson and deep green. In white text is the "Uncanny" banner, "July/August 2026," Issue Seventy-One," and the artist, writer, essayist, poets, and Uncanny staff credits.

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Out now! Our interview with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social, horror author of DISCO MURDER CITY. We asked them about their process and finding a home for their work. For readers/writers of the strange and uncanny, this is not one to miss! #horror #indie fantasticother.com/2026/06/28/a...

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Author’s Spotlight: Caleb Bethea

“In creativity, it seems, we can’t escape ourselves.” — Caleb Bethea The summer is crashing upon us, and while we prepare to unleash a new summer issue of our magazine, we decided to ta…

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Submissions open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/TuAJ6X6 #WritingCommunity #LitMag #AmWriting #CallForSubmissions #SubmitWork

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Looking for queer cosmic horror for a beach read this summer? Previous FFO guest editor (Oct ‘25), C. R. Langille, has a new book out. Consider grabbing a copy of The Worms Shall Feast! @crlangille.bsky.social #writingcommunity #amreading #horror

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

How about a little preview for our summer issue? This new issue will feature an original piece from indie horror author of DISCO MURDER CITY, Caleb Bethea! We decided to dig into their brain and get some sweet morsels of insight. Check out the Author Spotlight interview next Sunday, the 28th!

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As of June 14th, we are closed for our summer issue. But wow, were we surprised by you all! This submission cycle has broken records. Time for us to plunge deep into what you sent us. 💙 Announcements will be coming soon! 😉

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Submit your poetry, fiction, essays, or hybrid work to a journal dedicated to thoughtful literary curation and diverse voices. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit%E2%81...

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🚨Only 3 days left to submit!🚨 The submission window for our summer issue closes on June 13th at midnight EDT! No specific themes for our summer issues, but if you've got any speculative, surreal, or downright weird #fiction or #poetry to share, now's your chance! fantasticother.com/submissions/

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Art credit to Wangphan We are currently reading for our Summer 2026 issue! Unlike our winter issues, our summer issues are open-themed. That means we want to see whatever strange, surreal, enchanti…

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Fahmidan Journal welcomes literary work that engages with culture, memory, identity, language, and transformation. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit%E2%81...

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Time flies ⌛, as do many other things. Already, there is less than one week until the June 13 deadline to submit for our summer issue!! We are smashing records with submissions, but there's room for more! 💙 fantasticother.com/submissions/

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The countdown has begun - Issue 8 drops on June 1st (well, midnight GMT for the pedants in the room). Subscribe now at magazine.trollbreath.com

Cover of Trollbreath Magazine, Issue 8, Summer 2026. Featured artists are Mar Vincent, Devan Barlow, Louis Inglis Hall, J. Peri. Image is a swirl of blues and purples with faint stars. At the center, the silhouette of Peter Pan sits atop a peak with a bright star. Pan looks despondent.

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ready to send out your work? Fahmidan Journal is currently open for literary submissions and welcomes a wide range of styles and perspectives. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit%E2%81...

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thank you for this lovely review of our contributor's work. Alex Glebe is a real one!

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Did you see? 👇

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If any of you all would like a quick and satisfying read this Easter, our new Author's Spotlight feature is out! This one features storyteller and puppeteer Joann Kielar. Her story "What You Wish For" packs a powerful punch in a small space. fantasticother.com/2026/04/05/a...

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Author’s Spotlight: Joann Kielar

For this special spring edition of our Author’s Spotlight feature, we would like to share an author who has stretched her creativity across multiple modes of storytelling, from the page to th…

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our next issue might not be out until the summer, but we've got an early spring treat for Easter! On Sunday, the 5th, we're publishing our latest Author's Spotlight, featuring indie author and artist Joann Kielar. Here's a sneak peek at her new #flashfiction piece, "What You Wish For."

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

New Issue: BCS #454 out today, featuring stories of outsiders experiencing community conflict amid epic events by returning BCS authors @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social and @jonolfert.bsky.social lfert, behind cover art by Silas Goewey: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #454 by Scott Andrews

How Gods Feed by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor. Under White Air by Jonathan Olfert.

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flarelitmag.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Author Spotlight #25: Amelia Napiorkowski and her creative nonfiction piece, "Modern Hysteria." Read her piece here: flare-magazine.com/modern-hyste... . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #disabilityawareness

pink and yellow background with moon: Author Spotlight: "Modern Hysteria" by Amelia Napiorkowski, Creative Nonfiction

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Our editing team is reopening our Quick Response and Feedback Response submissions. Can't wait to hear from us? For a small tip, we'll respond in 3 days! Want to hear our thoughts? Feedback Response might be the way! You can explore these on our submissions page: fantasticother.com/submissions/

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This is an open door. Step through with your best work. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit Happy Valentine's Day ❤️

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

If you're harboring a broken heart this Valentine's Day, then you might find some solace -- and a few surprises -- in Amanda Fetters's story, "The Sky Repairer." Now available to read in our Winter 2026 issue at fantasticother.com/issue-11-a-w...

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

It has emerged!!! 🦋 Our Winter 2026 "Metamorphosis" issue is now available to read for free on our site! Prepare yourself for some devastating and breathtaking #art, #poetry, #fiction, and #flashfiction. You can read the entire issue at fantasticother.com/issue-11-a-w...

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Issue 11: A Winter in Metamorphosis

Cover art by Mallory Caloca. This winter, we asked our contributors to send us metamorphosis-themed art, poetry, and fiction. The response was both exhilarating and overwhelming; due to an unexpect…

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Only two days until the release of our Winter 2026 "Metamorphosis" issue! 🦋 Here's a sneak peek at the cover, featuring this gorgeous piece, "Apollo and Daphne," by our art contributor Mallory Caloca.

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

After some delays, we can finally announce our contributors for the Winter 2026 "Metamorphosis" Issue! To be released Feb 8! 🎉 Fiction: Henry Cecchini, Samuel Cromwell, Amanda Fetters, Rachael Raine Rivers @RachaelRaineRivers, Elizabeth Rose (1/3)

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