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Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · 3d

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Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults

Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 10h

2025 Ignyte Award Winners

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, f…

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to Myna for interviewing me!

Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 3d

Interview with @vanessafogg.bsky.social about her upcoming collection, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS!

@interstellarflight.bsky.social

Author Interview * Vanessa Fogg

Vanessa Fogg has long been one of my favorite writers. Several of her short stories are on my secret “all-time best” list, so it’s a treat to learn about her new collection, The House of Illusionis…

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Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social · 11d

New issue on sale!
Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk; Ghost Witches of Essex; Black Sabbath vs the Devil; Sam the Sandown Clown; Bernard Manning From Beyond the Grave; Midsomer Murders; Scotland’s ‘Lost Tribe’; Ripperston Farm Spaceman; tiny crocodile panic + much more! subscribe.forteantimes.com

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, ta) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 5d

Whilst I can see why the Barbican are putting this show on for Halloween, but considering its premise, it's odd, because Ghost Month has come and gone. Nevertheless, I'm delighted to see an Underworld inspired by Chinese mythology being brought to London.
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Prayers For A Hungry Ghost | Barbican

Shattering, sardonic, funny and tender, this ensemble production combines horror, physical performance, live cinema and Chinese mythology to bring audiences into 'the realm of hungry ghosts'.

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, ta) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 8d

It was an absolute pleasure being on the @netjmc.bsky.social's Imaginize Podcast, discussing Sinopticon, #scifi, stories, contemporary society and the future. You can listen to it here. #podcast #society #culture #future #literature
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43. Culture and Sci-fi in China with Xueting C. Ni

YouTube video by Imaginize World

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Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · 6d

Delighted to be joint winner of the Shadows Award for Poetry with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! My poem, "You Swallowed Your Tongue," (BESTIARY OF BLOOD: MODERN FABLES & DARK TALES, @crystallake.bsky.social, ed. Jamal Hodge) was honoured alongside Lee's collection, FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD.

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Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Noah Lloyd, for our fun chat: "Three Things That Don't Go Together." It was great fun to pull apart story structure, character, writing processes, horror, and why French bulldogs give the best life lessons. noah-lloyd.com/2025/10/07/t...

Three Things that Don’t Go Together: An Interview with Geneve Flynn

Geneve Flynn is a multi award-winning editor and author of numerous short stories. We talk about revision, community, and alternative story structures.

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Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 4d

This is so, so well deserved. Congrats to the Silk and Sinew team, to everyone on the list, and also special congrats and shoutout to @thomasha.bsky.social for his recognition on this list, too! Silk and Sinew and Uncertain Sons are two of the best books I read this year.

Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

New York Public Library names SILK & SINEW in Best New #Horror List for 2025!!!

Thank you #NYPL for this incredible honor. It means so much to be recognized by the best people-- #librarians! Contributors, YOUR words have given us the most amazing, fabulously bloody, 3-legged crow wings!!

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Jeremy Tiang @jeremytiang.bsky.social · 5d

Yan Lianke may not be a Nobel laureate (yet!!) but he's the hedgehog of my heart 🦔 🦔

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Notes from a Hedgehog by Yan Lianke

October 7, 2025 – “Since turning sixty, I’ve thought about death every single day.”

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

Looking for your next read? Check out our curated SFF reviews, author interviews, and upcoming releases in Locus Magazine. Start your literary adventure today! www.locusmag.com/

locus magazine cover - burning fist on black background

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The Economist @economist.com · 4d

Work in immunology, quantum computing and materials science was recognised in the 2025 Nobel prizes. Our correspondents break down the science, on “Babbage”

Nobel prizes: the 2025 science awards

Our podcast on science and technology. This week, our correspondents give their guide to this year’s prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 6d

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d

You may have recognized the growth of sporror (spore-horror) media over the past few years 🍄 Today, author Leticia Urieta offers 9 book recommendations that will get their roots- oops, mycelium in you

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Creeping Fungus: Nine Works of Sporror - Reactor

If you love mushrooms or just want some creepy reads to add to your TBR, this list is for you!

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

"Where the Hell Is Nirvana?" by @champwongs.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!

Art by Wenjing Yang
Edited by @malf.bsky.social

Where the Hell Is Nirvana? - Reactor

A minor deva drudging away in the gleaming offices of Buddhist heaven discovers there are easier ways to improve his karma than kind thoughts and spiritual deeds.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 11d

Apex is back! Submissions are open again! Help them fund another year of beautiful dark fiction.

My horror fantasy (and very messed up love) story, “The Island of Sea Turtles and Blood,” which comes out in 2026, will be available early to all Kickstarter backers once they reach 60%!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 12d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 8d

IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!

Sam grinning and holding up a huge board version of the Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text

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yiizzy.bsky.social @yiizzy.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you.❤️

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yiizzy.bsky.social @yiizzy.bsky.social · 6d

My friend’s summer house bordered Pishe Lake. One evening, the object rose from the water and drifted toward him. When close, its outer shell opened and a horizontal ray of light shot out, pulsing from gold to silver white. It was so dazzling that my friend could only look at it from the side.

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yiizzy.bsky.social @yiizzy.bsky.social · 6d

Between the years of 1056 and 1063, a flying object—round and shiny like a pearl—came to Yangzhou City and was seen by many. It flew at night and retreated to local waters during day. First at Tianchang County Marsh and later in both Pishe and Xinkai Lake.

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yiizzy.bsky.social @yiizzy.bsky.social · 6d

Many things shocked John and I as we were finishing Stars That Pause: 2,000 Years of UFO Encounters & Lore, but the sheer number of classical accounts that match up to anonymous experiences today is wild!

Excerpt from an ancient Chinese UFO account

Waiting for An Encounter (1/3)

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 6d

Audio book of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM, narrated by Kat Cleave, is ready for preorder! Excited to have Kat's voice for Julia Z. (Full release in one week!)

Link to purchase: bit.ly/4mkpZ2O

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 8d

FFer Read of the Day: "Support Forum for the Care and Feeding of Your Personal Spirit-Angel" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

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SUPPORT FORUM FOR THE CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR PERSONAL SPIRIT-ANGEL - Uncharted

Welcome to the forum! You have successfully registered and now have full access to the site and all its resources. And congratulations again on the summoning of your own personal spirit-angel. It’s an...

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yiizzy.bsky.social @yiizzy.bsky.social · 8d

Oh my gosh! Love this! ❤️I hadn't heard of this before either.

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