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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 18h

You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha.

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 1d

"The Traveling Mountain" is out in audio!! Listen to the mountain and wonderbird come alive in this fabulous narration by @darthj.uno! Thank you Kat & the @khoreo.bsky.social team 💜

khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 3d

The audio version of “The Traveling Mountain” by @dianadima.com is live! This story was edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. The audio was narrated by @darthj.uno and produced by Jenelle DeCosta. Listen to the full audio story or read it on our website: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

hey, so if you love what we do

(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)

consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

guess what?

it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀

and issue 40 is AMAZING

featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!

are you ready?

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 1d

"The Traveling Mountain" is out in audio!! Listen to the mountain and wonderbird come alive in this fabulous narration by @darthj.uno! Thank you Kat & the @khoreo.bsky.social team 💜

khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 3d

The audio version of “The Traveling Mountain” by @dianadima.com is live! This story was edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. The audio was narrated by @darthj.uno and produced by Jenelle DeCosta. Listen to the full audio story or read it on our website: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 2d

What? @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS is already 1-month old. They grow up so fast. Please grab a copy, if you haven't. Praised by @kellylink.bsky.social @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @wiswell.bsky.social @byzantienne.bsky.social @stevetem.bsky.social Brian Evenson, and more.

Cover for Thomas ha's UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, featuring Giger-esque figures of bone on red background.

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 6d

I had a story come out today!

If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.

theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...

Tasting notes

Issue seven: flash fiction by Cislyn Smith

theorangebee.substack.com

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 6d

the coin fundraiser is SO FUN and good

(and helpful, yep)

but you know what ACTUALLY sustains us throughout the year

🦴besides bones🦴

is our PATRONS

$2/mo and you get ePub of the deadlands.

please

consider signing up

💀

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A modified version of the Simpsons “Do It For Her” meme. The bulletin board that normally shows photos of Maggie is instead covered with various pictures of skeletons in different poses and settings. The central text still reads “DO IT FOR HER,” but “her” has been humorously replaced by the collage of skeleton images, making it a skeleton-themed parody of the original meme.

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 7d

you have till EOD Friday to enter the draw for a physical ARC of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA!!!

make me feel popular! get me to the top of that "Popular" tab! stroke my ego (please, there is so little ego left to stroke)!

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 20d

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

*US entrants only

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 7d

Eeep so may cool things!! including a certain novelette featuring a weird city & (kinda) ghosts!! GET THE WONDERFUL MUSHROOMY COIN 🍄

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 7d

help support small press!

help support death magazines!

we're just out here trying to do some cool shit, like:

@vajra.me is guest editing OCTOBER and JANUARY deadlands DOUBLE VAJRA !

with CUSTOM DOUBLE ART BY @carlydraws.bsky.social !!

upcoming NOVELETTE (April 2026) by @dianadima.com !!!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 9d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 10d

in case you missed it ✨

catch up with our latest Fantasy release! 💖

Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 13d

"The first time I stole someone’s memory, it tasted like burnt coffee and vintage whiskey." ☕🥃

now that's the way to start our Fantasy Friday!!

read on:

The Memory Breach by @wunderkind100.bsky.social

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The Memory Breach - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The first time I stole someone's memory, it tasted like burnt coffee and vintage whiskey. I didn't mean to do it—I was just trying to help Mrs. Henderson find her keys.

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 10d

Had a great time at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social book fest today! You can get the Best Weird Fiction of the Year at undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we... 🖤

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 10d

Me and the fab @dianadima.com with Best Weird. Pick it up to read Diana's great story Auspicium.

Diana Dima and me with Best Weird Fiction

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 10d

Thank you Michael! It was so great meeting you!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 11d

There are several great magazines fundraising right now, or about to start fundraising, and we encourage y'all to support them!

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 15d

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

www.havenspec.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 14d

My book officially drops in almost a month!! And I’ll be reading at the online launch event!

Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 20d

Vanessa Fogg will read from THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS November 3rd. Register to attend online, free, via Zoom! www.interstellarflig...

Book Cover The House of Illusionists and other stories by Vanessa Fogg a fantasy house and tree with watercolor sky

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14d

There were requests for an option to gift someone else an OTHERSIDE subscription—and now you can! We've updated our add-ons to include gift subscriptions! For those who want to lovingly throw OTHERSIDE at friends and family AND support our Kickstarter 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 15d

🎉🎉🎉 31 days left for the African Translation Project to fully fund TWO TRANSLATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉

Already shared? share again! Let's get this bread!

I really want to read these books, don't you?? 👀

$3370 gets it done!

Share, donate, buy from the art shop!

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Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3370, 66%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 15d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social · 15d

The Apex Magazine kickstarter is alive! Help keep this amazing magazine going and support short fiction. This team works so hard, fueled mostly on passion, so anything you can give to support them and the writers and artists featured is massively appreciated 🫶

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 15d

HAPPY KICKSTARTER DAY!! 🎉🎉🎉

Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨

👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

two skeletons are shaking hands in a cemetery .

Alt: spooky scary skeletons silly symphony dance

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 16d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 15d

Thank you so much, Vanessa!

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 15d

My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025

It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August. Strange Tales o...

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 17d

for the weekend crowd!

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 20d

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

*US entrants only

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 19d

It's @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social weekend!

On Sunday at 3pm Eastern, come listen to @akualezlihope.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @yarntheory.bsky.social and yours truly, led by moderator @bugthewriter.bsky.social, as we chat about speculative poetry!

FoF is online & free! Register here:

Registration – Flights of Foundry

flights-of-foundry.org

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