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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m guest editing the next issue of Agita; send me your weirdest <1000 word stories about weird art. Authors from marginalized backgrounds encouraged and prioritized. No AI bullshit. The weirder the better. agitamag.com/submissions/
Issue 3: Ekphrasis
Between October 17 and November 17, guest editor Zachary Gillan will accept submissions of weird flash fiction that features ekphrasis.
Ekphrasis is the verbal representation of a work of visual art.
Weird fiction is a verbal representation of the world, in order to unsettle it.
We want stories that live at the intersection of the two. Pieces that emphasize the eerie power of weird art, whether fully ekphrastic or embedded within a traditional narrative. How does the weird seep in as reality is doubly estranged from these two layers of representation? Cursed paintings, uncanny statues, haunted mezzotints-send us your stories of weird art.
Publication date: February 1, 2027
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 1h
⚔️ 📙 THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES...is out today!🗓️ 🐎 Orhan Timur the Snow Leopard's latest novella-length adventure is now available in mass-market paperback and digital formats. 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-tag/...
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 39m
Our first readers are working through the backlog of submissions, though we ask you to be patient. Every story gets read by two different people before a decision is made - and the editors then have to make hard decisions to cut down to a shortlist.
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Submissions remain open until October 15. As ever, we ask you to read the guidelines - there's no point in submitting something we'd reject out of hand.
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Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 16h
In *ridiculously exciting news* I'll be joining @skiffyandfanty.com's fundraiser and playing B.O.A. live on Twitch!!! Skiffy and Fanty is a pillar of our industry and I hope you'll come out to support them, and SNAKES. Plus there might be giveaways. Stay tuned.
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Submissions remain open until October 15. As ever, we ask you to read the guidelines - there's no point in submitting something we'd reject out of hand.
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We're open until 15 October, and any submission that comes through the portal before we close will be considered. We hope to continue with our current submissions period policy - but it's often a strain.
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Rajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel like Star Trek absolutely did an iteration or two of @vanessafogg.bsky.social 's "Fanfiction For a Grimdark Universe" translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/02/15/f...
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Fanfiction for a Grimdark Universe, by Vanessa Fogg
We didn’t know the Dark Lord would raise an army of the dead. We never thought the young prince could turn traitor. We’re menaced by ghost-wolves, stranded in an outpost on the cold edge of the wor…
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Rose Strickman @rosestrickman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my story, "Guardians of the Well", published in Issue 3 of IN ANOTHER TIME MAGAZINE, has won the 2026 WSFA Small Press Award!!! Shout-out to the editors of IAT--this is their victory too! #wsfa, #inanothertimemagazine, #smallpressaward
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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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HL Fullerton @hlfullerton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's funny because it's true
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AimEEK!! Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · 04/10/2026
Wonderful poem (and right on time for Witch Season!) from wonderful poet @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! That last line 😍
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Swimming the Witch - Trollbreath Magazine
Swimming the Witch
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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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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And THEN, after experiencing my story, you should hit up the currently-running Apex Kickstarter, which is at $6593 out of the $21,000 base goal! 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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Laurence Raphael Brothers @lrb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For no particular reason, two of my novellas: The Demons of Wall Street - first in a noir urban fantasy series. Demons in the financial industry. Pâtissier et Étranger - mashup of baking romance, spy thriller, and science fiction set in 1967 Paris. At the usual online stores.
The Demons of Wall Street cover: wall street images overload with demon sigilPatissier et Etranger cover: spy silhouette comprising mille-feuille and cafe au lait, paris scene, ufo
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Christopher Marcatili @chrismarcatili.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bluesky friends & strangers in #australia – if you're in the #arts or #creative sector, Creative Australia has recently announced a bunch of its current #grants and #funds Check it out: mailchi.mp/creative.gov...
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hi, we are Translunar Travelers Lounge, an online science fiction and fantasy magazine that tends towards the lighter side of the genre. If you've come to us from an earthly travel and tourist starter pack, we might not be what you're looking for!
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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social's FantasyCon 2026 next weekend! It's quite a busy one for me, and here's where you can find me over the weekend. Do come and say hi, but please don't be surprised/offended if I struggle to recognise you from a 1cm-tall profile picture...
The 2026 Fantasycon graphic ("old style" paper with black and white scrollwork on the outside) with text inside reading:
MIKE BROOKS at FANTASYCON
Friday 4pm - Tempering Your Expectations (Panel Room 2)
Saturday 7pm - Dungeons & Disorderly (Flame Tree Room)
Saturday 9pm - Disco! (DJing, Main Room)
Sunday 11am - Writing For An IP (Panel Room 3)
Sunday 1pm - Fantasy Economics (Panel Room 3)
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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ooof!! This is a great read by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social that you have to check out!
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FFer Read of the Day: "The Memory Swap" by @eggandcressida.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/articles/the...
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The Memory Swap - Flash Fiction Online
The request is short, to the point: “Wanted: memory of Mother. Trade for memory of First Kiss. #memoryswap #memoryexchange #mom.”I’m not sure why it catches my attention. I’ve been lurking on the Memo...
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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 29/09/2026
"They call you the bringer of sorrows, yet the grief is all mine." translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...
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Wolfmothers, by Rukman Ragas
The calls come from the caves underground and even you could follow it, slithering slowly as the heat scalds your scales. In there, your progenitor hangs, mouth forever forced open, venom falling i…
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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October newsletter is up! Hear from @lavanya.bsky.social on finding structure, and writing space by any means necessary. thoughthing.beehiiv.com/p/any-space-...
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Any space is writing space, and November events
Writer brain, lightly used.
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 03/10/2026
Part of my short fiction review column from the September issue of LOCUS is now available to read in Locus Online! Featuring work from Diabolical Plots, Podcastle, Cast of Wonders, and Escape Pod. locusmag.com/review/escap...
Locus cover by Francesca Myman. Cover art by Tithi Luadthong AKA Grandfailure.  The September 2026 Locus magazine, issue #788, has interviews with Garth Nix and James Islington, a spotlight on Dmitri Lincoln Mehlhorn & Archipelago of Light, and a spotlight on artist Tithi Luadthong AKA Grandfailure. The Fall Titles section includes reviewers' seasonal picks, US and UK forthcoming books, a spotlight on Chinelo Onwualu, and commentary from Claire North, Tricia Narwani, and Yoon Ha Lee. John Crowley and Dave Nee are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. News includes the 2026 World Fantasy Awards ballot, the Dragon Awards ballot, E.J. Swift's 40th Anniversary Clarke Award win, Anthropic settlement updates, a report on GenCon, and much more. This month’s commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled "Technopolitics".
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We're open until 15 October, and any submission that comes through the portal before we close will be considered. We hope to continue with our current submissions period policy - but it's often a strain.
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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👇💛
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026
It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Almost full! About 50 more stories and we'll reach our cap!
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to October! Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to submissions. We're looking for science fiction, fantasy and similar stories, 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting. 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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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New poems by @kittrick.bsky.social, @faithallington.bsky.social, Robert Borski, @marisca.bsky.social, David Anson Lee, @kmpraschak.bsky.social, and @neile.bsky.social! And fantastic art by @codyvrosh.bsky.social!
Kaleidotrope
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New stories by @mariness.bsky.social, @robgillham.bsky.social, Emily O’Malley Liu, @doc12345.bsky.social, @jenniferskogen.bsky.social, @damianstockli.bsky.social, @jennyrae.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, @jakeiswriting.bsky.social, and @chrisbarnham.bsky.social!
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rabbit rabbit, it's story day! For ONE DOLLAR, you can read "Horns" and then you can read "Horns (all versions)" and then the Author Notes to understand what the heck is going on
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Get more from Jennifer R. Donohue on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $1/month. Hello and welcome! I'm a science fiction and fantasy…
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to October! Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to submissions. We're looking for science fiction, fantasy and similar stories, 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting. 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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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Going live, October 1.
FICTION
“The Bargain” by Mari Ness
“Soul Food” by Rob Gillham
“Rain” by Emily O’Malley Liu
“Boxed In” by Stuart Docherty
“The Sea Calls” by Jennifer Skogen
“A Brief History of the Doorway Program” by Damian Stockli
“Monsters in the World” by Jenny Rae Rappaport
“The Beasts of Altain” by Jay Kang Romanus
“Unsought Books” by Corey Farrenkopf
“The Commodore’s Dreams” by Jake Stein
“Something in the Air” by Chris Barnham

POETRY
“Good Morning Forgetfulness” by Kit MacAllister
“Bluebeard at Midnight” by Faith Allington
“Spellbound” by Robert Borski
“The Old Vagabond Club” by Marisca Pichette
“Field Notes from a Failing Simulation” by David Anson Lee
“Takoyaki Tuesday” by K.M. Praschak
“And Yet” by Neile Graham
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am looking for a sci-fi or fantasy portrayal of a matriarchal society that is NOT: -Angel One (LARGE WOMEN, tiny men) or Amazonian -Women alone have a supernatural or superior power / Earth Mother / priestess religion -Based on bees -Extraordinary gender imbalance
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Magazines Received: August locusmag.com/2026/09...
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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My short story 'Hillock' about a giant rock being processing their trauma through art is out in the first ever issue of @aftermidnightmag.bsky.social 💜 aftermidnightlitmag.com/2026/09/29/h... #writing #fiction #fantasy #writesky #shortstory 🪨
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Hillock
I am alive. Touching my solid head with one giant sandstone hand, I press my chest with the other. I am nothing…
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 30/09/2026
I'm repairing an old beloved book for my sister, and sighhhh do you remember when hardcovers were actually still properly sewn together and had nice fabric on the covers, not just a block of glued-together pages wedged too tightly into paper-covered cardboard? This is from the 70s
Close up of the spine end of a book block out of its cover. You can see how neatly the signatures have been sewn together
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 10 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @thelialao.bsky.social @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @chpearcewrites.bsky.social @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
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Some Queer Short SFF - August 2026 | Charles Payseur
Hi all! The year continues to be a difficult for me personally but I’m still happy to be able to help spread the news about some recent quee
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Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I read 8 books this month and my favorite by far was A Dubious Clamor by @marissalingen.bsky.social. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/89c5...
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Review by lmbradley - A Dubious Clamor
This could’ve been a single-sitting book, but I parceled it out for several nights before bed ...
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Submissions remain open. We are looking for science fiction and fantasy stories 5000 words and under. Although our keyword is fun, don't self reject - our readers and editors have a very wide definition including tragic elements - if the story is good translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
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Christopher Marcatili @chrismarcatili.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oof. cannot believe my good luck getting paid to write for a #videogame. Gutterjacket is a #cyberpunk narrative #adventuregame – one of the best things I've done for years. We just got Screen Aus funding! (thank you!!) www.nogoodnikstudio.com #gamedesign #cyberpunk #sf #gamedev #author #wip
Illustrated image of a woman, Shayna. She has a pale, scuffed-looking face, with dark eyes and hair. She is looking off to the right.A dark title card that reads: 
"Attention: Gutter Jacket is a recipient of Screen Australia's Emerging Gamemakers Fund"A white card with a series of logos, including: ACT Government, NSW Government, Screen NSW, Australian Government, and Screen Australia.
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy to announce that we've acquired "understanding/familiarity incongruity pain causation" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com for FF#31! Aimee's been nominated for Ignyte, Nebula, and Locus Awards, co-founded Translunar Travelers Lounge, and has been published in I think every spec fic mag out there!
"understanding/familiarity incongruity pain causation" by Aimee Ogden: [horse] / investigating the end of life / finding meaning

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Submissions remain open. We are looking for science fiction and fantasy stories 5000 words and under. Although our keyword is fun, don't self reject - our readers and editors have a very wide definition including tragic elements - if the story is good translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
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Betsy Aoki (she/her) @betsyaoki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New story is live! "If You Must Leave the City" on Sunday Morning Transport ( link to get the free 60 day subscription & read it is (www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024)
Silver crackled leather pattern - decorative tile for the Skeet.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 28/09/2026
Also it means you can use the word dinkus, which is a v. good word
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
they're up to $31,758 out of the $50,000 base goal! Let's keep the lights on at Lightspeed + Nighmare!
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three-Lobed Burning Eye has REACHED their initial goal! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 now it is STRETCH GOALS TIME with THREE DAYS left
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
it's happeninnnnnnng!!!
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FFer Read of the Day: "We Dream of Sunrise in our Monochrome City" by @uchenwaka.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/w...
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We Dream of Sunrise in our Monochrome City by Uchechukwu Nwaka
The railcar rumbled as it descended into the sewer levels of the fortress city, Aguiyi. The cramped railcar smelled strongly of bleach and grease. Hazard and Safety Commission workers filled the av…
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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