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The Bodies by D.H. Parish
a 46-page print novella
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Ex FTC chair Lina Khan to @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social on Paramount & Netflix vying for Warners: “Both of these deals look illegal — what’s striking is in the Trump administration, everything is up for sale… maybe they’ll look the other way in terms of what he and his family get.”
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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So excited by and grateful for this nomination by @foofarawpress.bsky.social! Please check out my story, Decision Tree - foofaraw.press/decision-tre...
December 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s a delicate balance of wanting to get eyeballs on the wonderful stories folks write vs wanting to pay those writers better.
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Been thinking about putting a small paywall up (maybe $2/mo / $15/yr) where stories and columns are behind it for the first two weeks before becoming free for all. Especially since we are doing away with ads in the new year.
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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My story "Vanya and the Dog Witch" is now free-to-read at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany.... Please check it out! I am highly biased, but I think it's pretty good.

(Note: please support BCS by pledging to their Patreon or buying e-books. I want them healthy to buy more stories!)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Vanya and the Dog Witch by Walter J. Wiese
“My father forbid me to come to you, either with mushrooms or with the dog's collar,” Vanya told the dog witch. It had been early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For sava...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our nominations for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions have been submitted
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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"Color is finally bleeding back into the world when you slow to a stop before the first line of trees.

“I have come to slay the dragon,” you declare, though the woods, of course, do not respond."

Fall in love with this story! Snow Like Ash by Sophia Zhao in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Snow Like Ash - Uncharted
You leave before the birds can begin to sing. And though the elders rise, stone-faced, to strap a sword to your belt, no one comes with you; this is not their journey, after all, not the way it is you...
www.unchartedmag.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Can’t decide what my favorite story art from @tonytranrpg (https://dice.camp/@tonytranrpg) was this season. Falling, Ugly Sweater Day, Depths, Hex Support, and Questmas Quackers are probably my top five, but narrowing down any further is tough.
Tony Tran (@[email protected])
427 Posts, 220 Following, 520 Followers · Illustrator - designer - TTRPG Ceramic Cat and Frog appreciator.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🍝 Blessed be the bolognese
by Christy Hartman
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December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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MADE A ZINE.
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Been thinking about writing a prequel to my unpublished (Writing Battle semi-finalist) story. I have a whole outline, but part of me likes leaving things unknown/mysterious/a bit confusing…
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Look at us getting featured in What’s in my NOW? *takes bow* 🙇 https://whatsinmynow.substack.com/p/whats-in-my-now-kevin-kortum
What's in my NOW? — Kevin Kortum
issue #235
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December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This is incredible.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Is it bad form to change award categories and rules mid-nomination period? Yes. Do I care? Kind of… but I did it anyway... It’s free to enter and now I'm giving away more money, so deal with it!

I added a fourth category for less than 2,500 words, and now readers can nominate and authors can no
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is it bad form to change award categories and rules mid-nomination period? Yes. Do I care? Kind of… but I did it anyway... It’s free to enter and now I'm giving away more money, so deal with it! airtable.com/appeNKn521Vi...
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some sad news to share... tomorrow’s episode of Foofaraw Frequencies will be the last for the foreseeable future while Keenan shifts their focus a bit for new and exciting things.
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Shout out what you're most proud of this year! Go ahead, you deserve it for writing and getting published. Heck, represent your favorite short story. They deserve it, too.
Now feels like a good time to remind folks you can submit your most surreal, magical, strange, or weird stories for our inaugural edition of The Foofs (awards and anthology) https://foofaraw.press/the-foofs-2025/
The Foofs (2025)
an award "show" for the weird and the wonderful
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December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🚧 OBSTRUCTION #12
Chapter One Finale
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December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Having a talk with the kid about why I hate the Turing Test and tho I think many career developers agree with me it is still the pop culture go-to for measuring artificial intelligence when really it is a test of INTELLIGENCE MIMICKRY.
This has become a more important distinction in recent years!
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now feels like a good time to remind folks you can submit your most surreal, magical, strange, or weird stories for our inaugural edition of The Foofs (awards and anthology) https://foofaraw.press/the-foofs-2025/
The Foofs (2025)
an award "show" for the weird and the wonderful
foofaraw.press
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM