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Devin Martin
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Co-Editor for @PodCastle.org — formerly, Audio Producer. Even more formerly: Associate Editor VA with narrations at Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Far-Fetched Fables Had post-viral fatigue since before it got 'popular' #MECFS
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Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Jul 31
And closing out PodCastle #DisabilityPride & Magic is @bethkesh.bsky.social's incredible "Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike" read by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social.

I hosted this episode, so you can find some of my thoughts about the story, and the event as a whole, there:
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#PC902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike by E. M. Faulds read by Eliza Chan.
A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated PG-13 - Content warning for ableist attitudes.

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#PC902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike by E. M. Faulds read by Eliza Chan. A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated PG-13 - Content warning for ableist attitudes.
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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 2d
Thrilled my story "The Magnolia Returns" is up at @podcastle.org! It's a tale of a lonely, traveling butcher shop serving its community and finally finding companionship.

The audio is narrated by the incredible Laurice White, who always nails the dialect.

podcastle.org/2025/10/21/p...

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A background of a green, hilly city on a rock suspended in the clouds. In the lower left corner, the PodCastle logo sits, a teal dragon circling a multi-turreted castle with a gold flag flying above it. Text reads: The Magnolia Returns Written by Eden Royce Read by Laurice White PodCastle Episode 914 "The Magnolia blooms out of nowhere at any time of year it chooses, bringing its dilapidated wooden slats and rickety front steps to a neighborhood that somehow believes it has always been there. The butcher shop itself is well-worn, looking like it has seen better days: peeling seafoam green paint on salt-blasted boards, the once-vivid red front door now a faded smear like lipstick after an ardent lover’s attention."
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PodCastle @podcastle.org · 4d
Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.

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Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window - PodCastle
Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six month...
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 6d
I feel like the LLM era is the perfect time for someone to relaunch the text-a-librarian reference service. It doesn't have to just be text, we can do email. But you can submit a question and a reference librarian working remotely will respond to it within an hour with verifiable resources.
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Eleanor R. Wood @erwrites.bsky.social · 11d
Aaaaahhhhhhh this is such an honour!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us! 😭🎉🎉🎉😭
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The Ghost of Kat Kourbeti: soon @ World Fantasy Con @darthj.uno · 9d
Congratulations to @podcastle.org for winning an Ignyte Award! 👏

What a beautiful happenstance that my new narration is up there today - 'Vedritsa of the River' by @catchingwords.bsky.social is a sapphic Rusalka story with cli-fi elements, and I was deeply honoured to work on it. Give it a listen!
PodCastle 913: Vedritsa of the River - PodCastle
Vedritsa of the River by Adriana Kantcheva   The Kamchia river had grown turgid after a storm. I surfaced from my habitual pool and bent over the young girl as she lay washed on the bank, her limbs co...
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Matt Dovey @mattdovey.com · 11d
OH SHIT YOU GUYS

😭😭😭
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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 22d
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle.

The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.

podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder   I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 25d
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.
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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · Sep 23
CANCEL a streaming service, SUBSCRIBE to a print zine. Doooooooo itttttttttttt.
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Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social · Sep 16
UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 10 - an anthology of humorous SF/F just launched on kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...
Unidentified Funny Objects 10
After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!
www.kickstarter.com
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Sep 16
Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!
Happy 25th Birthday to Strange Horizons
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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · Sep 15
Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!

Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Short Fiction | Escape Pod
Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.
escapepod.org
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Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 14
I can't promise you escapism, but if you want fantasy that face real life issues head on, then do I have a duology for you...
nanosounds.bsky.social NanoKim 柯金宝丽 @nanosounds.bsky.social · Sep 14
Fathomfolk and Tideborn are excellent, by the way. Everyone should read them, especially given current events. Sea creatures and humans trying to live together in Tiankawi; facing rising tensions, revolution, fear of marginalised folk in a fantastical ESEA-inspired backdrop. Also, dragons.
elizachanwrites.bsky.social Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 14
What a time to be writing fantasy about immigrants being treated as scapegoats and the rise of populist politics...
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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 12
hey, it's Fantasy Friday 🦄 💖 and general subs are currently OPEN!!

send us your stories and poems that play with the limitations of borders and be a part of issue 100! ✨

more details on theme and how to submit here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated September 10, 2025
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · Sep 10
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 9
Can't imagine why a Labour Prime Minister like Keir Starmer would be threatened by a party that is working to:

- Lower bills.
- Protect the NHS.
- Nationalise our water companies.

Ignore the name calling and his rants about me at in Parliament and join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · Sep 8
DEAD COUNTRY is a Kindle Monthly Deal for September! Which means it should be $2.99 wherever fine ebooks are sold. For example, here: bookshop.org/p/books/dead...

Plenty of time to read and join us for our discussion on r/CraftSequence later this month!
Dead Country: Book One of the Craft Wars Series
Book One of the Craft Wars Series
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Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Sep 4
He's just been so irrelevant that it hasn't been necessary!
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · Sep 3
the @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter is at $4059 out of a $10,000 base goal! They have EIGHT DAYS LEFT

they've been going for 25 years, let's keep them going!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
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Sally Beaumont- Voice Actor & Game Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · Sep 2
Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices,
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.

If you value your job: protect others jobs too.
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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3
So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...
PodCastle 907: Maintenance Phase - PodCastle
Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, gasping for breath. She recalled the shots, the dancing, the giggling stumble into a stranger’s apartment while they pulled off each ...
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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2
are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated September 2, 2025
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Aug 29
All this talk of when or if to query about a submission, I just want to reiterate one important thing: writers should never be *afraid* to query.
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Rachael K. Jones @rachaelkjones.bsky.social · Aug 28
Hey Bluesky pals, check out this Kickstarter and help us keep short fiction weird! <3
3lobedmag.com Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Aug 27
Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
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CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · Aug 27
'People do not want the messy, uncomfortable truth that disabled people know—that we are all only one infection or accident away from disability.'

Aaaaah so much this!!!

Add age to that. Lmty, you are *all* going to end up needing care and support to do what you once thought were basic acts.
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