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omg @foxesandroses.bsky.social we hope you feel better!!
and we are so excite to see The Wanderer by @chidomuchemwa.bsky.social
AND
his love's ashes on his tongue by @montelin.bsky.social
on this FANTASTIC list 🖤
and we are so excite to see The Wanderer by @chidomuchemwa.bsky.social
AND
his love's ashes on his tongue by @montelin.bsky.social
on this FANTASTIC list 🖤
Crawling back from a very nasty bout of flu by posting some of my favorite stories I read last year. Is it a perfect list? No, there's a ton of amazing stuff out there. But I am happy with it and I hope you can find something in here for you <3
AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF GLORIOUS SHORT FICTION THAT I ENJOYED IN 2025 (BY PUBLICATION MONTH).
his love’s ashes on his tongue, by Monte Lin, in The Deadlands (January) I love how this story explores grief and death. It’s a journey in a strange city. A journey inside our minds and the v…
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January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
omg @foxesandroses.bsky.social we hope you feel better!!
and we are so excite to see The Wanderer by @chidomuchemwa.bsky.social
AND
his love's ashes on his tongue by @montelin.bsky.social
on this FANTASTIC list 🖤
and we are so excite to see The Wanderer by @chidomuchemwa.bsky.social
AND
his love's ashes on his tongue by @montelin.bsky.social
on this FANTASTIC list 🖤
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And hey, check out this full list of @psychopomp.com eligible wonders!!
so much good stuff
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
so much good stuff
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
2025 - For Your Consideration: Psychopomp Award Eligibility - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
2025 was a year of big changes around here, and we can't imagine where 2026 will take us. Before we do, let's look back at what we did in 2025. We did some
psychopomp.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM
And hey, check out this full list of @psychopomp.com eligible wonders!!
so much good stuff
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
so much good stuff
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
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hey Fantasy lovers
did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form?
THEY ARE
and
Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy
just saying
for REASONS 💖💜🦄
(get those noms in!)
did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form?
THEY ARE
and
Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy
just saying
for REASONS 💖💜🦄
(get those noms in!)
January 16, 2026 at 12:52 AM
hey Fantasy lovers
did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form?
THEY ARE
and
Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy
just saying
for REASONS 💖💜🦄
(get those noms in!)
did you know that both @arleysorg.bsky.social and @shingai-be-like.bsky.social are eligible for this year's Hugo award, Best Editor Short Form?
THEY ARE
and
Best Editor Locus Awards, and the Special Award for World Fantasy
just saying
for REASONS 💖💜🦄
(get those noms in!)
did you miss Table of Contents O' Tuesday? 🌮??
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
did you miss Table of Contents O' Tuesday? 🌮??
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
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January 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
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Well, well, well, what do we have here?
FICTION
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Well, well, well, what do we have here?
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it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
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Here's my cover for the deadlands! Check out the beautiful sinister stories inside :-)
oil pastel and digital colour
oil pastel and digital colour
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Here's my cover for the deadlands! Check out the beautiful sinister stories inside :-)
oil pastel and digital colour
oil pastel and digital colour
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Oh hey, oh geez, MORE Deadlands??? We're killing it! (See...what..I did....there...) 🖤💀🖤 Join us via our Patreon (@thedeadlands.com) for PRINT ISSUES.
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Oh hey, oh geez, MORE Deadlands??? We're killing it! (See...what..I did....there...) 🖤💀🖤 Join us via our Patreon (@thedeadlands.com) for PRINT ISSUES.
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
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📚🚀💀🧚♂️It’s that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read ⏳
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
2025 Recommended Short Stories
It’s January somehow, which means it’s time to share my annual list of Sci-fi, Horror, Slipstream, and Fantasy stories I enjoyed. Fair…
idehennessy.medium.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
📚🚀💀🧚♂️It’s that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read ⏳
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
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do you need an amazing read??
“Beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s sadly rare to find an author like Schroeder who approaches the non-human with such compassion and respect. A must read.”
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get it here! psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
“Beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s sadly rare to find an author like Schroeder who approaches the non-human with such compassion and respect. A must read.”
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get it here! psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
do you need an amazing read??
“Beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s sadly rare to find an author like Schroeder who approaches the non-human with such compassion and respect. A must read.”
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get it here! psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
“Beautiful and heartbreaking. It’s sadly rare to find an author like Schroeder who approaches the non-human with such compassion and respect. A must read.”
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
get it here! psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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we are so proud of all we did in 2025!
and our intrepid @ecatherine.com gathered it all for you to see 👀
give this post a look!!
find something amazing to read
and consider us when you fill out those nomination forms this year 🙏🖤
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
and our intrepid @ecatherine.com gathered it all for you to see 👀
give this post a look!!
find something amazing to read
and consider us when you fill out those nomination forms this year 🙏🖤
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
2025 - For Your Consideration: Psychopomp Award Eligibility - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
2025 was a year of big changes around here, and we can't imagine where 2026 will take us. Before we do, let's look back at what we did in 2025. We did some
psychopomp.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we are so proud of all we did in 2025!
and our intrepid @ecatherine.com gathered it all for you to see 👀
give this post a look!!
find something amazing to read
and consider us when you fill out those nomination forms this year 🙏🖤
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
and our intrepid @ecatherine.com gathered it all for you to see 👀
give this post a look!!
find something amazing to read
and consider us when you fill out those nomination forms this year 🙏🖤
psychopomp.com/2025-for-you...
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I also had two poems in @thedeadlands.com , and I love both of them.
"Things for which I have not ascertained your consent" - this is a poem for my friend Corey Alexander, who passed away in 2020.
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"Things for which I have not ascertained your consent" - this is a poem for my friend Corey Alexander, who passed away in 2020.
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Things for which I have not ascertained your consent, by R.B. Lemberg - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
for Corey 1. Traveling to the underworld to retrieve you I do not know if you are there, but the […]
psychopomp.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I also had two poems in @thedeadlands.com , and I love both of them.
"Things for which I have not ascertained your consent" - this is a poem for my friend Corey Alexander, who passed away in 2020.
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"Things for which I have not ascertained your consent" - this is a poem for my friend Corey Alexander, who passed away in 2020.
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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My second poem in @thedeadlands.com is "Bay nakht afn altn mark: A rehearsal" about a very old Yiddish play which haunts me
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Bay nakht afn altn mark: A rehearsal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is a story: there’s a marketplace at midnight. Your voice calls the dead to awaken.
psychopomp.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
My second poem in @thedeadlands.com is "Bay nakht afn altn mark: A rehearsal" about a very old Yiddish play which haunts me
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
*sips morning bone juice*
*glances at calendar*
wait, it's JANUARY?! we've got new deadlands in january!!
COMING SOON
issue 41
we can't wait for you to read this one!!! 🫶💀
*glances at calendar*
wait, it's JANUARY?! we've got new deadlands in january!!
COMING SOON
issue 41
we can't wait for you to read this one!!! 🫶💀
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
*sips morning bone juice*
*glances at calendar*
wait, it's JANUARY?! we've got new deadlands in january!!
COMING SOON
issue 41
we can't wait for you to read this one!!! 🫶💀
*glances at calendar*
wait, it's JANUARY?! we've got new deadlands in january!!
COMING SOON
issue 41
we can't wait for you to read this one!!! 🫶💀
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Ahhh!! My Canadian lady pirate & shark-thing love story is listed!
Give Them No Quarter, Tell Them All Lies pubb’d @bourbonpenn.bsky.social
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/32/giv...
Give Them No Quarter, Tell Them All Lies pubb’d @bourbonpenn.bsky.social
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/32/giv...
January 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Ahhh!! My Canadian lady pirate & shark-thing love story is listed!
Give Them No Quarter, Tell Them All Lies pubb’d @bourbonpenn.bsky.social
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/32/giv...
Give Them No Quarter, Tell Them All Lies pubb’d @bourbonpenn.bsky.social
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/32/giv...
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Very excited to see my @thedeadlands.com story on @datlow.bsky.social’s short story recommendation list :)
find all of @datlow.bsky.social's picks here:
Part1 ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
Part 2 ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
Part1 ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
Part 2 ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
full list of BH #17 recommendations part 1
Aaron, Camara “Inheritance,” The Black Girl Survives in This One.Abbott, Marc L. “The Reclaiming of New York City,” The Chaos Clock.Abian, Mars “Manila,” Winter in the City.Acadia, L. “Unsolved Ele…
ellendatlow.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Very excited to see my @thedeadlands.com story on @datlow.bsky.social’s short story recommendation list :)
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Okay this is awesome -- check out the thread that includes all of Ellen's recommendations. A *poem* of mine is on there! Hoo that's cool!
SPAWN RED MEAT ARACHNID! - And you can read it right here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
SPAWN RED MEAT ARACHNID! - And you can read it right here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
January 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Okay this is awesome -- check out the thread that includes all of Ellen's recommendations. A *poem* of mine is on there! Hoo that's cool!
SPAWN RED MEAT ARACHNID! - And you can read it right here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
SPAWN RED MEAT ARACHNID! - And you can read it right here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
👀 @datlow.bsky.social's Year's Best Horror #17 recommendations are out!!
we are SO EXCITED to have five authors/stories/poems in the mix.
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we are SO EXCITED to have five authors/stories/poems in the mix.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
👀 @datlow.bsky.social's Year's Best Horror #17 recommendations are out!!
we are SO EXCITED to have five authors/stories/poems in the mix.
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we are SO EXCITED to have five authors/stories/poems in the mix.
/thread
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the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
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“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
we're trying a new thing.
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
we're trying a new thing.
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀