c. c. rayne (is writing)
@ccraynewrites.bsky.social
author of all things weird, wonderful, & queer ✨️ words in The Deeps, The Razor, Strange Horizons, and more 🌊 ccraynewrites.carrd.co
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Time for a 2025 writing wrapup! This has been a busy year for me, with a lot of that busyness being behind the scenes. But I’ve had the chance to share some really wonderful pieces that I’m proud of, and I think you’ll love them too. Let’s dive in:
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Finally, my queer fae story “Like The Rain That Floods The Fields” was published as a part of the Butch Fairy Zine. It features genderfuckery, fae hookups, and strange bargains, and the zine is filled beginning to end with amazing art and tales:
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FEY. Butch Fairy Zine- DIGITAL BOOK | Frog Thistle Books
Inspired by mock field guides and faerie folklore, our book combines elements of art, poetry, and short stories to show fairies through a queer lens. We have 30 artists and 6 writers who are each imme...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Finally, my queer fae story “Like The Rain That Floods The Fields” was published as a part of the Butch Fairy Zine. It features genderfuckery, fae hookups, and strange bargains, and the zine is filled beginning to end with amazing art and tales:
www.frogthistlebooks.com/product-page...
www.frogthistlebooks.com/product-page...
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I wrote an article for @sidequestzone.bsky.social about the wonderful video game Prey, and the power of story as a vehicle for my self-exploration: sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/w...
Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination - Sidequest
C. C. Rayne examines themes of monstrosity, identity, and gender in Prey, and the impact of their relationship with protagonist Morgan Yu.
sidequest.zone
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I wrote an article for @sidequestzone.bsky.social about the wonderful video game Prey, and the power of story as a vehicle for my self-exploration: sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/w...
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First, my sci-fi survival novelette “The Suture Cycle” was published by dogleech books! If you like body horror and messy queer dynamics, enjoy questions about the nature of the Self, or are passionate about Star Trek and Frankenstein, then this is the book for you:
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The Suture Cycle
The Suture Cycle by C. C. Rayne is a futuristic, thrilling survival story that takes place among isolated and dangerous planets. To exist in these extreme environments, a nameless protagonist must be ...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
First, my sci-fi survival novelette “The Suture Cycle” was published by dogleech books! If you like body horror and messy queer dynamics, enjoy questions about the nature of the Self, or are passionate about Star Trek and Frankenstein, then this is the book for you:
www.lulu.com/shop/c-c-ray...
www.lulu.com/shop/c-c-ray...
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Time for a 2025 writing wrapup! This has been a busy year for me, with a lot of that busyness being behind the scenes. But I’ve had the chance to share some really wonderful pieces that I’m proud of, and I think you’ll love them too. Let’s dive in:
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Time for a 2025 writing wrapup! This has been a busy year for me, with a lot of that busyness being behind the scenes. But I’ve had the chance to share some really wonderful pieces that I’m proud of, and I think you’ll love them too. Let’s dive in:
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IT'S THE FINAL HOURS TO SUBMIT TO OUR GENERAL WINDOW!! Get your submissions in 🪐 🗡️
Our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors runs from Jan 15-21. We open again in April—and our submission schedule for the year is on our guidelines page!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors runs from Jan 15-21. We open again in April—and our submission schedule for the year is on our guidelines page!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
IT'S THE FINAL HOURS TO SUBMIT TO OUR GENERAL WINDOW!! Get your submissions in 🪐 🗡️
Our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors runs from Jan 15-21. We open again in April—and our submission schedule for the year is on our guidelines page!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors runs from Jan 15-21. We open again in April—and our submission schedule for the year is on our guidelines page!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
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January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
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Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
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Subterranean monstrosities from space, or fire n' brimstone apocalyptic prophesies coming true? Why not a bit of both?
We've got a pair of preorders for you!
KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social out Feb. 17th;
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social out Mar. 24th:
Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com
🖤☠️
We've got a pair of preorders for you!
KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social out Feb. 17th;
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social out Mar. 24th:
Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com
🖤☠️
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Subterranean monstrosities from space, or fire n' brimstone apocalyptic prophesies coming true? Why not a bit of both?
We've got a pair of preorders for you!
KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social out Feb. 17th;
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social out Mar. 24th:
Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com
🖤☠️
We've got a pair of preorders for you!
KAYAK by @kristalstittle.bsky.social out Feb. 17th;
OLYOKE by @endwellian.bsky.social out Mar. 24th:
Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com
🖤☠️
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Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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I'm looking for books with transmasculine protagonists that might help me understand myself. I recently read Rules for Ghosting and found it relatable on so many levels. What's your top rec? I especially like romance, mystery, and sff. No sad endings please! 🌈📚💙
Special love to those who boost!
Special love to those who boost!
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I'm looking for books with transmasculine protagonists that might help me understand myself. I recently read Rules for Ghosting and found it relatable on so many levels. What's your top rec? I especially like romance, mystery, and sff. No sad endings please! 🌈📚💙
Special love to those who boost!
Special love to those who boost!
Time for a 2025 writing wrapup! This has been a busy year for me, with a lot of that busyness being behind the scenes. But I’ve had the chance to share some really wonderful pieces that I’m proud of, and I think you’ll love them too. Let’s dive in:
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Time for a 2025 writing wrapup! This has been a busy year for me, with a lot of that busyness being behind the scenes. But I’ve had the chance to share some really wonderful pieces that I’m proud of, and I think you’ll love them too. Let’s dive in:
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Agita is a new triannual online magazine for flash horror and sci-fi. Each issue will contain three flash stories around a theme. The first issue, coming in May and co-edited by Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social), is "Bad Science." Subs open March 1. Details at agitamag.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Agita is a new triannual online magazine for flash horror and sci-fi. Each issue will contain three flash stories around a theme. The first issue, coming in May and co-edited by Eric Williams (@geoliminal.bsky.social), is "Bad Science." Subs open March 1. Details at agitamag.com
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We published three issues in 2025, with stunning (all original) flash fiction, short fiction, and poetry!🧚🏽
PLUS several interviews and a book review!
THANK YOU everyone for reading, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Fantasy Magazine happen!❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
PLUS several interviews and a book review!
THANK YOU everyone for reading, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Fantasy Magazine happen!❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Fantasy Homepage - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
FANTASY MAGAZINE is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy-dark fantasy, contemporary
psychopomp.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
We published three issues in 2025, with stunning (all original) flash fiction, short fiction, and poetry!🧚🏽
PLUS several interviews and a book review!
THANK YOU everyone for reading, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Fantasy Magazine happen!❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
PLUS several interviews and a book review!
THANK YOU everyone for reading, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Fantasy Magazine happen!❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
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🐕 Not only have Dog Eared Books re-stocked Double-Edged Sword & Sorcery, they now carry paperbacks of Sometime Lofty Towers! Hit up 900 Valencia Street in San Francisco, open 10am-10pm every day. 📚
You can place in-store pick-up or mail orders here 👉 www.dogearedbooks.com/order-a-book-2 👈
You can place in-store pick-up or mail orders here 👉 www.dogearedbooks.com/order-a-book-2 👈
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🐕 Not only have Dog Eared Books re-stocked Double-Edged Sword & Sorcery, they now carry paperbacks of Sometime Lofty Towers! Hit up 900 Valencia Street in San Francisco, open 10am-10pm every day. 📚
You can place in-store pick-up or mail orders here 👉 www.dogearedbooks.com/order-a-book-2 👈
You can place in-store pick-up or mail orders here 👉 www.dogearedbooks.com/order-a-book-2 👈
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Please go give them love. This game deserves it so, so much. The first one was an amazingly written political intrigue story was so much queer energy. I know the second will be the same if it can get funded
Sorry, folks. Seven days to go and 50% funded. We'll need a modern internet miracle to see these lovely ladies get their sequel. I was always worried that the visuals were not appealing to most VN gamers, but... ouch
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #Gaming #pcgame #free
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
#indiegame #Kickstarter #Gaming #pcgame #free
Women of Xal II
Original Game Free! The revolution begins. Can Xjena survive rising violence and The Great Silence— Xal's final extinction event?
www.kickstarter.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Please go give them love. This game deserves it so, so much. The first one was an amazingly written political intrigue story was so much queer energy. I know the second will be the same if it can get funded
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We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
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The revised and expanded second edition of SMOKE AND STEEL is live and to celebrate, I'm hosting a paperback giveaway! Repost this post and comment w your favorite mythical creature! Winners will be announced next week!
(International welcome!)
🌈📚🌈🚀💫
#QueerAdultSFF #LesFic #SapphicBooks
(International welcome!)
🌈📚🌈🚀💫
#QueerAdultSFF #LesFic #SapphicBooks
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The revised and expanded second edition of SMOKE AND STEEL is live and to celebrate, I'm hosting a paperback giveaway! Repost this post and comment w your favorite mythical creature! Winners will be announced next week!
(International welcome!)
🌈📚🌈🚀💫
#QueerAdultSFF #LesFic #SapphicBooks
(International welcome!)
🌈📚🌈🚀💫
#QueerAdultSFF #LesFic #SapphicBooks
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god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
Just ten more days to get your poetry in!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! I am delighted to be the guest editor for the 59th issue of Eye to the Telescope, which is seeking speculative poetry (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, etc) on the theme of "Immortality." This is a paid call, open from today through January 15th, 2026. Submissions link below.
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Just ten more days to get your poetry in!
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they're gonna keep making us fight for it, so this issue we're asking: fact, fantasy, or fiction, what expressions of gender make you feel fierce?*
[email protected]
[email protected]
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
they're gonna keep making us fight for it, so this issue we're asking: fact, fantasy, or fiction, what expressions of gender make you feel fierce?*
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
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Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
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At the end of each year I publish a community roundup of awards-eligible work for folks to check out! Go add your information so I can put you on the list for 2026.
2026 Community Awards Eligibility Roundup
It's the time of year when I ask folks to share their awards eligibility with me! Send us your information using this form. We'll round up all the eligibility information people chose to share and wil...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At the end of each year I publish a community roundup of awards-eligible work for folks to check out! Go add your information so I can put you on the list for 2026.
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks