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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 9h

Congratulations!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 9h

Oof. That is brutal.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 10h

Even just in the ~5 years I've been submitting, it's gotten noticeably harder to find open, appropriate markets when I've got something to submit. It's a hard game, and one I frequently wonder if I still want to play (but then I get an idea and have to write it down and then I have a story, so...).

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 10h

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 1d

Saros #4, edited by @hannahgreer.bsky.social, features stories by @helenfrench.bsky.social @jlgeorge.bsky.social @ctbideas.bsky.social @ericfomley.bsky.social and Lex Chamberlin.

And gorgeous cover art! FF#26 by @evelynepark.bsky.social and Saros #4 by @warls.bsky.social.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 1d

RELEASE DATE: What's better than a new issue from FF? Two issues on the same day! In our first-ever dual launch day, you'll be able to get FF#26 and Saros #4 in one handy download package.

Get excited for Monday, October 27th!

Cover art for FF#26. A woman's face surrounded by mirror shards, each containing an eye, along with shards of noh masks, one containing an eye and one a horn. A pair of evil eyes loom at the top.

Cover art for Saros #4. Fungi-type tentacles entwine Big Ben and London in general. Two figures stand on what appears to be a broken down roadway.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 1d

86 years is a good run, but I am truly sad to know we won't get to hear any more music from the great Danny Thompson. I have dearly loved so many records ornamented by his eloquent, inventive bass--just listen to his spellbinding introduction on this gorgeous John Martyn track:

youtu.be/bzWIcsgS0xQ

Go Down Easy

YouTube video by John Martyn - Topic

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 4d

Oh that is such a good idea! My own agenda books are so plain. Maybe I will try making fun jackets for them.

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 4d

This delights me. I wish you such a wonderful 2026 of gay crimes in pretty covers ✨

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 4d

Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 4d

HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE is two years old. My monster mash of memoir and criticism exploring the experience of PTSD is my less popular book, but I love it and I'm proud of it. Thank you to everyone who has supported this one with your blurbs, reviews, and recommendations—you're all diamonds.

The book HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE: ON VIOLENCE AND MEMORY laying on white painted wooden slats, next to three spent bullet casings.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 6d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

kotowych.com

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 6d

Self pub folks: have any of you heard of or used Blurb for printing? I'd not heard of it before and am looking to hear about anyone's experience with it :)

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 7d

I see it's on Kobo Plus, at least in Canada! I've already added it to my library so I'll see it and remember to read it after I finish my current book 🖤

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 7d

Oh wow this looks like my jam. Will definitely read very soon. Congratulations on your book birthday!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Rex! 🖤

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Also, I was trying to think of what I might be in the mood to read tonight and seeing your name reminded me that TRVE CVLT is still sitting on my 10p shelf, waiting for its moment. Am I about to give myself nightmares?

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Gamut reprinted it last year (though I still usually try to send people to Cursed Morsels for it when I can)! And I'm trying to find a publisher for a collection that it's in!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you so much!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

You're so nice! Perhaps this one will be of special interest to you as it's a sort of a sequel to the one you published in No Trouble At All...

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!!!

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

Awww Tiffany 🖤

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

I just got my first acceptance note for an original short story since February of 2024 and I am screaming inside my heart

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 8d

I wouldn't be who I am if I hadn't been raised by these books. Intrigued but skeptical about the concept of an American film.

Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 8d

the moomins are great because its like “here is your whimsical children’s adventures, I made it full of melancholic explorations of community and longing, subversive anarchist leanings, and bisexual yearning just like you asked” and some of us DID ask so thank you

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