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Eleanna Castroianni, querying
@ecastroianni.bsky.social
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Words in Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Fireside, BCS, Strange Horizons, PodCastle, Fantasy Mag | PhD geography | pronouns: any 🌈🇬🇷🍉
http://eleannacastroianni.com
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ecastroianni.bsky.social
I have a new Uncanny story! Set in a village that was flooded and is no more, though its inhabitants remember...but what they remember and what's the truth - that's another question.
Contested memory & generational trauma of the Greek Civil War (and more family dinners with...issues.)
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Thicker" by Eleanna Castroianni @ecastroianni.bsky.social!

You can read it in the eBooks now & on the website in December!

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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "Where mother was born, fish sing, algae dance. They say that when the waters lower you can feel the swell between your organs—liver bloated, heart submerged. Mother always goes back in years of drought. This time is Vassia’s first. 'I’m so glad you’ll finally see our home.'"
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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foxesandroses.bsky.social
Halloween has come and gone but the dead return on the eve of the New Year. They remember what the living can never forget, around a dining table full of heavy silences, and broken hearts. But deep inside the ground there's love to be found.
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They Return - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Finger by finger, my father’s hand sprouts like fungus from the cold hard ground. Loamy, cinereal, it grows into an arm.
psychopomp.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Thicker" by Eleanna Castroianni @ecastroianni.bsky.social!

You can read it in the eBooks now & on the website in December!

buff.ly/CmvWUOr
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "Where mother was born, fish sing, algae dance. They say that when the waters lower you can feel the swell between your organs—liver bloated, heart submerged. Mother always goes back in years of drought. This time is Vassia’s first. 'I’m so glad you’ll finally see our home.'"
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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infinivoxsf.bsky.social
Bot . . . girl . . . resistance!

This story hits all the right notes.
Nice job @ecastroianni.bsky.social

Pre-order the book:
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October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
Your Halloween read is here, by yours truly ✨ So excited to share this with you!
fantasymagazine.bsky.social Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Oct 31
“Finger by finger, my father’s hand sprouts like fungus from the cold hard ground.”

it’s Fantasy Friday! 🍄

and today’s fantastic short is

They Return by @ecastroianni.bsky.social

read it here ✨

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They Return - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Finger by finger, my father’s hand sprouts like fungus from the cold hard ground. Loamy, cinereal, it grows into an arm.
psychopomp.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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infinivoxsf.bsky.social
Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Stories by:
@ecastroianni.bsky.social
@grantcollier.bsky.social
@gregegansf.bsky.social
Rich Larson
@kyliu99.bsky.social
James Morrow
@trnapper.bsky.social
Amal Singh
Lavie Tidier
Jay Werkheiser
@librariangoblin.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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bsonblast.bsky.social
This article about the Elfashir siege is so illuminating, and at the same time infuriating & BAFFLING. It is beyond comprehension that *all this* is happening to a population, and no one in power feels any sense of urgency at all.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A must read!

#KeepEyesOnSudan
‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher
For 500 days, 260,000 people have been trapped by the paramilitary RSF. While political progress stalls, those who attempt escape are killed and those who remain inside are starving. Experts believe t...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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cats.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
Friends, I'll be doing a smol reading at FoF on hour 14, which is Saturday 6:00 AM UTC so if anyone can make it I will be happy to see you there! ❤️
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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jasonsanford.bsky.social
My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
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Genre Grapevine on the Anthropic AI Settlement | Jason Sanford
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September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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polisloizou.bsky.social
Publishing since "Song of Achilles": [absolutely milking Greek culture without including actual Greeks or GS Cypriots]

Lone voice: "But what's the Greek perspective on this?"

Publishing:
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
I am reminded how I desperately need to re-read *this* trilogy more than the others and how Robin Hobb managed to produce the best love story ever written, conveniently wrapped in 16 massive tomes of epic fantasy.
September 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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fantasymagazine.bsky.social
And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉

Wound, by Zi Xu
The cover for Fantasy Issue 98! A brown-haired, light-skinned figure kneels next to a giant white bird, tending to an arrow wound. The cover is awash in autumnal shades of orange, cream, and brown.
August 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
I have a new story coming up! 😍
fantasymagazine.bsky.social Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 27
Fantasy Issue 98 Short Stories:

The Dragon and the Bog, by @translunarytree.bsky.social

They Return, by @ecastroianni.bsky.social

Flash:

The Memory Breach, by @wunderkind100.bsky.social

Knife Plus, by @teemcbee.bsky.social ‬

🎉 🎉 🎉
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Palestinian families like Nehad's are being starved to death in Israel's genocidal famine & siege. Please help by sharing & donating if you've anything to spare:
July 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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galatfemme.bsky.social
Friends, I'm hosting another fundraiser for Palestine on Saturday. This time I've linked to a campaign by @workshops4gaza.bsky.social in aid of the Sameer Project and the wonderful @refaatlibrary.bsky.social is matching the next $11,000 in donations

If you're able to donate or attend, please do! 🍉
A poster with a background of a pink, maroon, and yellow embroidered fabric (tatreez). Text reads: An evening of community in solidarity with Palestinians Funds for Falasteen Join us on Sat 2nd August, 9pm IST in sharing work by Palestinian writers, poets, singers, and artists. Make a donation to any Palestinian fundraiser https://shorturl.at/h2mJZ Send the receipt to falasteenfund@gmail.com to get a meeting link
July 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The Gaza Soup Kitchen run by Hani Almadhoun and family is currently feeding 3000 people a day under the monstrous conditions of the engineered famine happening before our eyes. You can help feed at least a few people. Please donate: gofund.me/e37b4bae
Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun
Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do. My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
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July 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
on a summer break, so I'm late to see this but SO excited to be part of this ToC with my @clarkesworldmagazine.com story "The Lark Ascending" 🤩🤩🥰🥰
psychopomp.com Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Jul 22
PRESS RELEASE

Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!

curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social

"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."

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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
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July 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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PRESS RELEASE

Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!

curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social

"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."

thread/

psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
psychopomp.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ecastroianni.bsky.social
I had a dream in which I saw myself in the mirror but it was actually a zoom call for work and instead of a powerful transformative experience I was panicking because I forgot I was wearing pink pajamas with kittens

is this life in your late 30s/after 2020
July 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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wiswell.bsky.social
For People Magazine, I wrote about creativity in Greek Myth retellings, including stories by many actual great Greek authors of today. Behold novels and short stories by @ioannapauthor.bsky.social, @mayadeane.bsky.social, @ecastroianni.bsky.social, @nassos.bsky.social & @thisisguan.bsky.social!
6 Greek Mythology Retellings for Fans of 'Circe,' 'Hadestown' and 'Kaos' (Exclusive)
We love a great myth remix — and they come in all shapes and sizes. Here are 8 stellar novels and short stories, many written by actual Greeks.
people.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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jolantru.bsky.social
We are now mid-way! Help us hit all the goals and the stretch goals. :D

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
www.kickstarter.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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mariahaskins.com
My new "What to Read" column also features fiction by @ecastroianni.bsky.social @avgreenewrites.bsky.social @ravenjake.bsky.social @derrickboden.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social @translunarytree.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social & more.
What to Read – the Monster Edition - Ruadán Books
by Maria Haskins Where there are humans telling stories, there are monsters. From the very beginning, monsters have taken center stage in our myths, fairytales, and fiction. The vampire is one of the ...
ruadanbooks.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM