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H. Marin

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• Former Managing Editor, @radonjournal.bsky.social • Freelance Editor, http://www.hmarinliterary.com • Fairfield University MFA • writer of words • No AI, ever • 🧡🤍🩷 • New England based

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 16d

I humbly offer the #AugurMicros2025 contest forbidden foraging and blissful reawakening. @augursociety.bsky.social

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 28m

Did you know that you can now opt for an annual subscription to @radonjournal.bsky.social via any of their Patron tiers? Annual subs come with a 10% monthly discount and the warm fuzzies of backing literally anything other than a major corporation right now ❤️✊🏻

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 23h

the princess bride, obviously!

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 1d

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted 🎉 stay tuned - winners to be announced next week 👀

Check out #AugurMicros2025 to read the AWESOME subs!

Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!

THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!

More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!

A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 1d

god when it hits the teeth it’s the *worst*

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 1d

Follow us to hear all the news, and - if you know any queer writers - please share this FAR and WIDE.

We're ravenously seeking:

QUEER FICTION, up to 6,000 words, in science fiction, fantasy or speculative horror ($0.08 /word)

QUEER SPECULATIVE POETRY ($50 /poem)

No reprints. #writersky 🌈📚💙

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 2d

“As I watch and hear and smell your burial, stone faced while your mother screams, some part of me hopes you’re as comfortable in your hole as I was.”

thoughts you probably shouldn’t have at your spouse’s funeral.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 12 - hope
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 5d

help to fund this awesome publication y'all

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 5d

It's Kickstarter Christmas! 🎁✅

We just added a TON of new tiers, including affirmation critiques with Violet Lichen Managing Editor Nichole Lightner and short story critiques from the most important Apex team members of all: our slush readers! ✨ Don't miss out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

"Flash Fiction Critique: 5 left of 10

Affirmation Critique with Rebecca Treasure: 8 left of 10

Affirmation Critique with Nichole Lightner: 5 left of 5

Slush Reader Critique: Three of Apex Magazine's amazing first readers will critique your short story, giving you three different perspectives! Our amazing slush teams read hundreds of stories each and every month and have developed a great eye for what makes a story work. Let their experience elevate your next submission. Stories can be up to 5,000 words!"

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M. R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, it’s me, the big baby who had to hide in the movie theatre bathroom for twenty minutes during the last Alien movie, I guarantee this will be the funniest day of your life and arguably one of the worst days of mine. Tell a friend about OTHERSIDE! Tell two friends, if you really hate me.

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 5d

As a thank you for smashing SO many stretch goals, if we get to 300 backers @mruthrobinson.bsky.social will play Alien: Isolation on stream while Ash and Val tag along and laugh.

Think of it as our silly final backer goal as a treat—for you, not for MR.

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

Info for our Backer Goals! 50, 100, 150, 200, AND 250 Backers are unlocked! All backer goals are in rainbow with an open lock over a blurred version of OTHERSIDE banner art in purple, with a blurred floating fantastical head on the right. Now at the bottom there is a FINAL GOAL: 300 backers - MR plays Alien: Isolation. Instead of a lock there is a face hugger from the Alien franchise.

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 6d

oh snap, today’s international #lesbian day? compulsory snap of me & my first ever critique partner, the missus @scrimjim.bsky.social

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 6d

cannot wait to dig in!

H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 6d

today’s #indie #bookstore #haul

feat.
@wiswell.bsky.social
@mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@mattdinniman.bsky.social
& I can’t wait to read @sgj.bsky.social , @tananarivedue.bsky.social , & @paultremblay.bsky.social ‘s essays in particular!

Dungeon Crawler Carl, Wearing the Lion, Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, Audition for the Fox

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 10d

true love is when you both inadvertently write about vomit while drafting

#writing #WIP #barfatorium

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Conor ❤️ #MelanieC ❤️ #Sweat ♥️ #musicmatters #musicislife #music ❤️ @conormcl2025.bsky.social · 10d

Yup lol 😆 🤣 😂

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 12d

Could you spare a few bob to help a weird little litmag keep going?

Here's 3 ways you can support us:

1) Become a subscriber! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...

2) Make a one-off donation! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...

3) Buy past issues as EPUB & PDF! innerworlds.gumroad.com

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 14d

Merriam-Webster dunkin’ on ‘em

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14d

IMO every publication and every publisher should have a clear statement about their generative AI policy. To dictate what is acceptable writer usage, yes, but also to declare their own usage (or lack thereof). Do they use it for slushreading, editing, illustration, correspondence?

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 14d

Got a story at an awkward length creeping you out?

For October I'll be focusing on tackling tales that sit between 6k and 10k for a flat rate of $50USD. Editor with a short fiction portfolio, contract protected.

www.hmarinliterary.com

*To be entered into the raffle, please like AND repost. 👻

let's tackle something truly terrifying this October... pieces that sit in the range of 6,000-10,000 words. $50 flat rate, all projects started in October. full round of developmental, line, and copy editing. plus, a raffle entry for one free short fiction editing round with every like and repost.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 14d

Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees

@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social

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Erin Barbeau (ze/zir) @erintomologist.bsky.social · 14d

*slaps roof of car* this bad boy can fit so much fucking gay words in it.

Have you backed @othersidespec.bsky.social on kickstarter yet? They have 1.5 years of queer spec fic funded with each issue at a 15k words. Let's fill that bad boy UP.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 16d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 16d

since it’s fresh lit mag subscription season, become a patron for @radonjournal.bsky.social

essential reading if you’re not interested in taking the blue pill

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Get more from Radon Journal on Patreon

creating an online literary journal

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 16d

@othersidespec.bsky.social Kickstarter is live! Go get you yours and back some #queer #art ✨

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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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 16d

interesting! i write primarily genre but have actually had a much easier time writing/selling creative nonfiction. 🤔 i think it’s just all so ridiculously subjective!

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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 16d

I humbly offer the #AugurMicros2025 contest forbidden foraging and blissful reawakening. @augursociety.bsky.social

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