Angel L🏳️⚧️
@angelvleal.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️| Mexican | They/She | ✍️ in Strange Horizons, Uncanny, The Deadlands, Heartlines Spec, & others| Clarion West '25 | Poetry editor @Otherside | http://angel-leal.com
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Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
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If you're an author looking to get into Radon's first 2026 issue, we suggest submitting in the next week or two.
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If you're an author looking to get into Radon's first 2026 issue, we suggest submitting in the next week or two.
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
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"Regret was without question the emotion no membalmer wanted to see trickling into the basin when they tapped a skull."
Read "If You Can’t Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine" by @rjaurand.bsky.social in our latest issue:
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#SFF #SciFi #Fantasy
Read "If You Can’t Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine" by @rjaurand.bsky.social in our latest issue:
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-if-y...
#SFF #SciFi #Fantasy
If You Can’t Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine by RJ Aurand
The thing about regret was that it curdled. It couldn’t stand up to the harsh salts of traditional methods of preservation.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Regret was without question the emotion no membalmer wanted to see trickling into the basin when they tapped a skull."
Read "If You Can’t Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine" by @rjaurand.bsky.social in our latest issue:
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-if-y...
#SFF #SciFi #Fantasy
Read "If You Can’t Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine" by @rjaurand.bsky.social in our latest issue:
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-if-y...
#SFF #SciFi #Fantasy
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Calling all Inner Worlds writers and readers: please tell me your thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction! 🧠❤️
I've made a short survey with some prompt questions. If you have time and inclination to add any answers I would be very grateful indeed. Here's the link! www.cognitoforms.com/InnerWorlds1...
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Calling all Inner Worlds writers and readers: please tell me your thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction! 🧠❤️
Thank u!! @epistemiclit.bsky.social this poem is for every trans person who had a parent who (even with love) tried to scare them into not transitioning. And it is one of the only times I've read my piece aloud online for anyone who likes to listen to poetry 💜 epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank u!! @epistemiclit.bsky.social this poem is for every trans person who had a parent who (even with love) tried to scare them into not transitioning. And it is one of the only times I've read my piece aloud online for anyone who likes to listen to poetry 💜 epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
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“I had a trans friend once
she said; the medicine she took to become a woman ate her bones.”
My Mother Told Me She Saw Spirits All Around Her by @angelvleal.bsky.social - powerful #poetry from issue 7: #integrity. If you’re not in the habit of listening to the pieces, I suggest you try this one
she said; the medicine she took to become a woman ate her bones.”
My Mother Told Me She Saw Spirits All Around Her by @angelvleal.bsky.social - powerful #poetry from issue 7: #integrity. If you’re not in the habit of listening to the pieces, I suggest you try this one
MY MOTHER TOLD ME SHE SAW SPIRITS ALL AROUND HER -
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December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“I had a trans friend once
she said; the medicine she took to become a woman ate her bones.”
My Mother Told Me She Saw Spirits All Around Her by @angelvleal.bsky.social - powerful #poetry from issue 7: #integrity. If you’re not in the habit of listening to the pieces, I suggest you try this one
she said; the medicine she took to become a woman ate her bones.”
My Mother Told Me She Saw Spirits All Around Her by @angelvleal.bsky.social - powerful #poetry from issue 7: #integrity. If you’re not in the habit of listening to the pieces, I suggest you try this one
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Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67B features "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” by Rati Mehrotra, as read by Matt Peters; “My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror” by Angel Leal, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Rati Mehrotra! buff.ly/hqW9OMC
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67B features "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” by Rati Mehrotra, as read by Matt Peters; “My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror” by Angel Leal, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Rati Mehrotra! buff.ly/hqW9OMC
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Space Unicorns! Behold The Uncanny Magazine 2025 Poetry Eligibility Post! buff.ly/pTkzCUI
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Space Unicorns! Behold The Uncanny Magazine 2025 Poetry Eligibility Post! buff.ly/pTkzCUI
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Thank you, ALL, who supported the BCS Patreon or donated this week and shared word! We really appreciate it. All Patreon support and donations go to pay our authors a pro rate, our artists, and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing personalized comments in all submission replies.
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thank you, ALL, who supported the BCS Patreon or donated this week and shared word! We really appreciate it. All Patreon support and donations go to pay our authors a pro rate, our artists, and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing personalized comments in all submission replies.
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The Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67B features "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” by Rati Mehrotra, as read by Matt Peters; “My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror” by Angel Leal, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Rati Mehrotra! buff.ly/hqW9OMC
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67B features "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy” by Rati Mehrotra, as read by Matt Peters; “My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror” by Angel Leal, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Rati Mehrotra! buff.ly/hqW9OMC
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I had 4 new short stories published this year but would be honored if you checked out these two for Nebula/Hugo/Locus consideration 🙏
1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (fantasy)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/barb...
2) “Brainstem Disco, 2191” (sci-fi)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/
1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (fantasy)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/barb...
2) “Brainstem Disco, 2191” (sci-fi)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/
Barbershops of the Floating City - Uncanny Magazine
Content note: child abuse You used to be in a band. Now you cut hair. The Institute hired you because you’re the daughter of the Floating City’s Founder’s fourth mistress, the one who always cooks u...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I had 4 new short stories published this year but would be honored if you checked out these two for Nebula/Hugo/Locus consideration 🙏
1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (fantasy)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/barb...
2) “Brainstem Disco, 2191” (sci-fi)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/
1) “Barbershops of the Floating City” (fantasy)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/barb...
2) “Brainstem Disco, 2191” (sci-fi)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_05_25/
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My story 'About Alice' is in this issue. And as always, so much care went into the whole magazine, it is a joy to read!
ISSUE 7: INTEGRITY is now LIVE!
Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights.
Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights.
Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Current Issue -
digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My story 'About Alice' is in this issue. And as always, so much care went into the whole magazine, it is a joy to read!
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This cover is soft and magical and wintry, and I'm so very honoured to say one of my stories is inside 🥹
'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.
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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This cover is soft and magical and wintry, and I'm so very honoured to say one of my stories is inside 🥹
'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
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My story “Puparium” got reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My story “Puparium” got reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
! I haven’t painted in a long time but wanted to challenge myself to make something based off the story for funsies :’)
Ft: insects, sisterhood, metamorphosis shenanigans 🐛
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-pupa...
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this is so beautiful
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
this is so beautiful
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This story was so tender and beautiful and I so lost myself in every description TT
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This story was so tender and beautiful and I so lost myself in every description TT
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This is such a beautiful story bathed in blue. Give it a read. 💙📚
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is such a beautiful story bathed in blue. Give it a read. 💙📚
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Yay! My story “Triple Body Walking” has won the 2025 @fracturedlit.bsky.social Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize. 🖤
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Yay! My story “Triple Body Walking” has won the 2025 @fracturedlit.bsky.social Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize. 🖤
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New month, new story! I am so excited to have a piece in the latest issue of FFO, one of my very favorite magazines. Do you like queer stories inspired by myth? Petty goddesses? Ovidian transformations? Being sad? Birdwatching? “Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings” was written just for you! 🐦⬛
AVAILABLE TODAY!! Our December 2025 “Menagerie” issue featuring stories from @laurenceklavan.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mattdovey.com @katefrancia.bsky.social Madison Ellingsworth, & Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu
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Flash Fiction Online December 2025
The theme of Flash Fiction Online’s December 2025 issue is “Menagerie.” Within these stories we follow a variety of creatures – scaled and feathered, warm- and cold-blooded.…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New month, new story! I am so excited to have a piece in the latest issue of FFO, one of my very favorite magazines. Do you like queer stories inspired by myth? Petty goddesses? Ovidian transformations? Being sad? Birdwatching? “Ornithogonia, or Five Featherings” was written just for you! 🐦⬛
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Please share. Help me get some work lined up🙏
Putting up my editing shingle!
I offer constructive developmental editing, and authenticity/sensitivity reading of short and long form prose fiction. I’m an Ignyte and Ember award winning editor. There’s room for a few clients this month and after January. Get in touch! soniasulaiman.com/contact/
I offer constructive developmental editing, and authenticity/sensitivity reading of short and long form prose fiction. I’m an Ignyte and Ember award winning editor. There’s room for a few clients this month and after January. Get in touch! soniasulaiman.com/contact/
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December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Longest title in the issue! 👇 👇 I spent most of the winter holidays last year rewriting this story, so it feels extra special to be able to share it with you this year. One week!
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Longest title in the issue! 👇 👇 I spent most of the winter holidays last year rewriting this story, so it feels extra special to be able to share it with you this year. One week!
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This T4T story is one of the best I've ever read... Stop scrolling and READ IT NOW!
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This T4T story is one of the best I've ever read... Stop scrolling and READ IT NOW!
Okay, so this brilliant and healing story made me cry 💜 it didn't do it with pain...it was a cry of gentleness for saying things I needed to hear. This story was full of magic and love and definitely hope more people read it!
Do you need a break, a rest, a moment to recharge before the week begins again? Then pay my forest witch a visit. Just watch out for her neighbors.
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Hoofbeats by J. Nathan
Mind the stones there. A centaur took out part of my stone wall in a hissy fit. Centaurs, what can you do, hmm?
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Okay, so this brilliant and healing story made me cry 💜 it didn't do it with pain...it was a cry of gentleness for saying things I needed to hear. This story was full of magic and love and definitely hope more people read it!
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Do you need a break, a rest, a moment to recharge before the week begins again? Then pay my forest witch a visit. Just watch out for her neighbors.
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Hoofbeats by J. Nathan
Mind the stones there. A centaur took out part of my stone wall in a hissy fit. Centaurs, what can you do, hmm?
inner-worlds.ghost.io
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Do you need a break, a rest, a moment to recharge before the week begins again? Then pay my forest witch a visit. Just watch out for her neighbors.
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
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Loved this; so gentle and kind.
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Loved this; so gentle and kind.
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"...we understood the gifts of our animal to be limited, short-term wonders." Underneath the gorgeous fabulist verse, memento mori - this piece is just layered down to the nerve tissues.
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"...we understood the gifts of our animal to be limited, short-term wonders." Underneath the gorgeous fabulist verse, memento mori - this piece is just layered down to the nerve tissues.