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Stories in Apex, Lightspeed, Fusion Fragment, Kaleidotrope, Flash Fiction Online, The Baltimore Review, Milk Candy Review, &c • 2024 Wigleaf Top 50 • pfp by @evelynepark.bsky.social

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Cressida @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Nov 11
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!

I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
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othersidespec.bsky.social
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️

If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!

📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines" White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
sooooo excited to be part of this issue!
January 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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emmikhor.bsky.social
A micro story that cuts beautifully! By Cressida Roe in @apexmag.bsky.social Check it out!

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

#microstories #speculative #flashfiction #horsemen #drabble
The Fifth Horseman
When the echo of other hoof beats fades away, I dismount.
www.apexbookcompany.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
17. I have a real love/hate relationship with myth and fairy-tale retellings. But when I love them, I really love them. "Mrs. No Face" by @eggandcressida.bsky.social is a great example of one that really worked for me.

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
Story #7 in FF#26: "Mrs. No Face" by @eggandcressida.bsky.social

If you need a story with:
-Evil colonizer husbands
-Sentient (?) gothic estates
-Wives in the attic

Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
"Mrs. No Face" by Cressida Roe Two rows of painted faces stared at me out of the gloom, expressions frozen in their eternally mandated roles. I had gone to a Noh performance with my okan once, before she died. Look, she said, when the characters switched their masks over the course of the play. People may seem to change, but they don’t really. You must know them at their heart; you cannot trust the face they try to show you. home? / the brides in the mirror / a post-colonial Bluebeard
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st!

More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Yellow/purple ink blobs. Open to submissions: Dec 1-15. arrows pointing to "unthemed" and "timefuckery" (the two themes for issues we're reading for).
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
reposting, as “singularities” made @reactorsff.bsky.social’s must-reads of october list!!
eggandcressida.bsky.social Cressida @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Nov 11
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!

I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
just received the formiest form R on a 344-day submission which is definitely a record 🙃
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
Short SFFH reading recommendations for you! Includes recent work by FFers @eggandcressida.bsky.social and @andtatcat.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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ammansabet.bsky.social
Some great selections here!
Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Nov 25
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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eggandcressida.bsky.social
Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Nov 25
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
“Singularities” by @eggandcressida.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25) “is a story about stories. It’s also a clever use of the multiverse trope.” 😀
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Nov 25
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Nov 25
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:

- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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psychopomp.com
a post about Psychopomp in 2026

please read and share

thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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eggandcressida.bsky.social
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!

I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
most gorgeous cover art ever!!! evelyne is absolutely an artist to watch, and make sure to check out the the new @fusionfragment.bsky.social issue (to learn whats up with all those wonderfully painted eyes 👀)!!
evelynepark.bsky.social Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · Nov 17
Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙

My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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sfwa.org
✨ 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...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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diabolicalplots.com
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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straith.ca
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!

I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025: Straith's 2025 eligibility post "Once Upon the Crossing of Mars", in Fusion Fragment (Issue 26, October 27, 2025), www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26. Short story, dreamlike SF, Mars, vibes-forward, ultrarunning, transmasc athlete protagonist. Screenshot of Bluesky post by Straith: "hey Bluesky I hear you like sports / I have a science fiction sports story for you / it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination" "The Fishwife Who Killed Death", in On Spec (Vol. 35, No. 2, June 2025), weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-magazine-132-vol-35-no-2/. Short story, dreamlike folkloric fantasy, grandmother on a revenge quest against Death itself, gender-neutral child protag. "My memere was the one who showed me the trick of spotting Death." If in fact you elect to nominate one of these stories for an award (THANKS...) and you are eligible to nominate for the Auroras, please nominate my stuff for the Aurora Award for short fiction since both these stories have a specific CanSpec flavour to them and (as a bonus) were pubbed in Canadian mags! Or nominate elsewhere I'm not your dad haha!!
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
i’ve always been obsessed by the ambiguity of the “st.” in this title. i’ve always read it as “saint“ because of my religious-studies-wired brain, but it’s this kind of layering that makes ha’s stories so consistently intriguing beyond their enjoyability as futuristic tales
thomasha.bsky.social Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · Nov 11
Bookmail. Antho of concept-driven sci-fi filled with familiar folks from the short fic scene. Edited by Joe Stech. Contains "The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video." Pronounced street in some regions and saint in others.
Think Weirder 01
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
eggandcressida.bsky.social
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!

I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my zine by sharing all of the stories’ first sentences

kaleidotrope.net
He spun many stories in his youth, not all of them true, but the truth mattered less than the flash of coins and the believing eyes in his audience. The part of us that is me lies in bed beside the king, and feels the little deaths of his cells, each of them a small but terrible thrill. Hilla crash-landed on an asteroid on the second lap of her first solar run. All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees. First, I want you to imagine my hands all over your new body—piercing through your skin; reaching for your face. Jak woke in the transfer pod, and finding himself alone, cracked open the lid, slid to his feet, slipped off his robe, and stood naked in the center of the full-length mirrors which lined the small room. Stop! The silent servants come and go. When discussions arise of the great collections, as they do at the dinners I must attend, I lose my appetite. I don’t mean to sound disloyal, because I love my grandmother. I hear him before I lay eyes on him, champagne sparkling on my tongue as the band strikes up to play some tired tune that will serve as the backdrop to this overwrought affair. Listen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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fusionfragment.bsky.social
Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.

You could be follower #500!

www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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vanessafogg.bsky.social
Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM