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Kate Francia
@katefrancia.bsky.social
Speculative fiction writer; stories in Augur, Best Microfiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. Codexian.
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The heart knows what the heart wants, and today: it's the alien. You'll fall in love too with "Loving the Alien is the Easiest Thing In The World" by @elijah.mea.rs:
Loving the Alien is the Easiest Thing in the World - Small Wonders
You had no idea if the alien was your kind of guy (or even if it was a guy at all), but sometimes Cupid has a funny way with those arrows.
smallwondersmag.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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in this month's (slightly late) newsletter, I talk a lil about pressure around the holidays (esp with kids), social overwhelm, and what I've been up to lately.

I also have story recs from @crystalkoo.bsky.social in @innerworlds.bsky.social 🐆
and @aishatuado.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com ❄️
Ash Vale Updates: November 2025
A day late and maybe a few dollars short
ashvale.beehiiv.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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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...
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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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! 🐦‍⬛
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So so excited to have a story in this issue of FFO!! I highly recommend checking out the whole issue; I read it last night and all the other stories are amazing!!
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com

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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
More story recommendations! Short stories about monster women hitting all my favorite themes, by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @muteddragon.bsky.social @christinehanolsy.com @catchingwords.bsky.social, plus the novel Greenteeth by @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social
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Story recs: Monsters, Mothers, Aging, and Queer Joy
I’ve read several stories this year that are doing really interesting things with the folklore of monsters and women, bringing out themes…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D

THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited

This has been a long time coming!

Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
libro.fm
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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It's pub day for CURSED PRINCESS CLUB: A MOST UNUSUAL PRINCESS, my early YA novel (ages 12+) adapted from LambCat's webcomic & graphic novel! @slj.com called it "endearing & hilarious!" 💕 Come celebrate tonight at @wordbookstores.bsky.social in Brooklyn! Cupcakes, fun prizes, and signed books!
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Author me had several works emerge in 2025 for your consideration!

* “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF
* “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos
* A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press)
* A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon)

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November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:

novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social

short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

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November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Absolutely loved this book! So beautifully weird and good!
Looking for a horror novel and a local author to support? Check out Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling! "Unhinged, cannibalistic and utterly engrossing! 3 POVs of women stuck in Aymar Castle as six months of siege are stretching thin! A must read for folks interested in Medieval Horror!" 🩷 ⚔️ 🐝
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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💀Celebrate the announcement of SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY, the third book in @csecooney.bsky.social 's World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH series, by grabbing SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER & SAINT DEATH'S HERALD for just 0.99 alongside a wide variety of other Solaris titles! geni.us/Solarissale
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This story was stunning, can’t wait to read the whole anthology!
Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Looking for something to curl up with this fall? Check out our newly released Augur Issue 8.2! ✨

Also, you can find 2 FREE samples on our site! 📚💫

🔗 Link in bio!
Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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GASP!

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!

THREE BUCKS!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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issue 98 is out in the world and yours to read!

read it here for free!

and hey, if you love what you find, consider subscribing. every sub helps us to keep bringing you the kinds of stories and poems you love 💖

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Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni
psychopomp.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This book was an absolute delight, and also as a bonus, it’s full of delicious descriptions of cheese!
TODAY ONLY! Cheddar Luck Next Time, my cheesy cozy mystery w/ an autistic lead, is on sale for $.99/£.99!

Please, please spread the word!

US promo link: amzn.to/43ajEjr
Canada: www.amazon.ca/Cheddar-Luck...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Cheddar-Luck...

Also at B&N & Apple!
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM