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Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social · 1h

Join us tonight (Wednesday) in Baltimore for a panel discussion on the power of what if! With me, Ray Nayler, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social , @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social , and @juliavee.bsky.social at Greedy Reads Remington!

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Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival
Baltimore
Wednesday Oct. 15 7:00 p.m.
Greedy Reads
Remington Location
320 W 29th Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
Micaiah Johnson
Yume Kitasei
Ray Nayler
Sarah Pinsker
Julia Vee
Panel Discussion: The Power of What If

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

if you plan to submit, use this week to read what’s on the site and get a feel for it. you might discover something you love, such as …

Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

if you’re in baltimore, i’ll be at greedy reads on wednesday evening attending the traveling ssf book festival. i’ll have night shades stickers!

www.greedyreads.com/events/48144

The Traveling SSF Book Festival at Greedy Reads | Greedy Reads Remington

Baltimore's best local indie bookstore. Now with two locations!

www.greedyreads.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

🌀 a single sentence

🌀 from @chasej.xyz

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What I’d Want to Have Said Before You’ll Kill Me Again

by Chase Anderson When you first arrived to tell me I might not be crazy, I should’ve used these then-fledgling powers to rewind time once more, to before I first failed to save the woman I thought I...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

🚸 a long walk

🚸 from @elijah.mea.rs

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We Keep Moving

by Elijah J. Mears It’s hard to breathe the smoky air, stepping over shattered concrete and broken glass, but we keep moving, shuffling along the cracked pavement like zombies. My sister is hungry. ...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

⚾️ a day at the ballpark

⚾️ by pierre s robes

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Butane City Leafs

by Pierre S. Robes Carl looked both ways. Latitia had her earbuds in and was turned to the hot dog steamer, humming an anxiety-support song he didn’t recognize. He turned against the wall & slid a pi...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

🎮 a lingering presence

🎮 from Jack Lennon

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my buddy eric

By Jack Lennon my buddy eric found some program on the deep web that plays your old COD chats. my buddy eric's buddy, kyle, who he used to play with, died in a car crash. my buddy eric’s listening t...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

🌊 a chesapeake haunting

🌊 by @xavilawrites.bsky.social

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A Tall Glass of Water

By Xochilt Avila The Roland Apartments had rules: no pets, no smoking, and no bothering Randall. By his third week, Tommy learned that most rules were ignored, but nobody fucked with Randall. Why wo...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

❄️ a caribou dream floating through an arctic sky

❄️ from @dubonicplague.bsky.social

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Unheard Songs and Silent Sounds

by Alexis Dubon Marmalade skies glow behind winter caribou, casting a neon limn around bristly antlers. The sparkle of starfish shaped snowflakes catch on each little hair, making them glitter in the...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 1d

if you plan to submit, use this week to read what’s on the site and get a feel for it. you might discover something you love, such as …

Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

🛸 pro+ pay! min $0.13/word
🛸 no exclusivity
🛸 simultaneous subs ok
🛸 send your weirdest stuff
🛸 love you

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

🛸 this open period will have a special guest reader @leilasedai.bsky.social
🛸 she’s really smart and has great taste so bring your A game

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

short sunday siren story 👇

Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 3d

“Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover.”

🛸 new story from Megan Baffoe

www.nightshadesmag.com/the-chrysant...

The Chrysanthemum

by Megan Baffoe Thirty-eight men were lost to the sirens, and one chrysanthemum. Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover. Maybe. I’d heard the o...

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 3d

“Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover.”

🛸 new story from Megan Baffoe

www.nightshadesmag.com/the-chrysant...

The Chrysanthemum

by Megan Baffoe Thirty-eight men were lost to the sirens, and one chrysanthemum. Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover. Maybe. I’d heard the o...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 3d

“Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover.”

🛸 new story from Megan Baffoe

www.nightshadesmag.com/the-chrysant...

The Chrysanthemum

by Megan Baffoe Thirty-eight men were lost to the sirens, and one chrysanthemum. Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover. Maybe. I’d heard the o...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 5d

this new one from Megan Baffoe has one of my favorite sentences i’ve published so far.

🛸🛸🛸 get your socks knocked off by this one www.nightshadesmag.com/the-chrysant...

The Chrysanthemum

by Megan Baffoe Thirty-eight men were lost to the sirens, and one chrysanthemum. Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover. Maybe. I’d heard the o...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 5d

this new one from Megan Baffoe has one of my favorite sentences i’ve published so far.

🛸🛸🛸 get your socks knocked off by this one www.nightshadesmag.com/the-chrysant...

The Chrysanthemum

by Megan Baffoe Thirty-eight men were lost to the sirens, and one chrysanthemum. Why did the boy offer it? They say it was the song, that he thought he was greeting a lover. Maybe. I’d heard the o...

www.nightshadesmag.com