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Josh Pearce
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stories, poems, & reviews—most recently in Analog, Kaleidotrope, Locus, Mythaxis, and Utopia. fictionaljosh.com
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thedeadlands.com
"My friend’s dead father
visits her as a bird,

but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"

Not a Bird by Ellen Romano

😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:

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Not a Bird - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
My friend’s dead father / visits her as a bird
psychopomp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Planet of the Apiarists: Josh Pearce Reviews Bugonia
Planet of the Apiarists: Josh Pearce Reviews Bugonia
  And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human. —William G…
locusmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Shoot for the moon in @fictionaljosh.bsky.social’s new poem “Lacus Solitudinis.”

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
if we are all godimage then what color is godskin
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
fictionaljosh.bsky.social
New movie review for @locusmag.bsky.social

I've used Nine Inch Nails lyrics as titles for three of my movie reviews before, but this is the first time I actually get to talk about NIN music!

TRON: ARES review: locusmag.com/review/all-y...
All Your Bass Are Belong to Us: Josh Pearce Reviews Tron: Ares
Tron: Ares, the new Nine Inch Nails visual album, is best experienced on the biggest screen with the loudest sound system available. You want to feel it throbbing in your brain, you want to feel it…
locusmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places” Fiction “Singularities” by Cressida Roe “The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes “The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos “What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman “The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris “Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti “My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity “What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen “Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed Poetry “Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens “Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon “Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce “I have been to the market” by Shana Ross “Atomic” by Jennifer Crow “Bedazzled” by Robert Borski “Bestla” by James Joseph Brown Artwork by Carly A-F
October 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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radonjournal.bsky.social
“Injustice requires a witness / or else, did it ever even happen?” Explore @fictionaljosh.bsky.social’s “Lacus Odii (Lake of Hate),” out now in Issue 9.

Read it now on our website—bit.ly/4kjY1no
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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radonjournal.bsky.social
Issue 9 author @fictionaljosh.bsky.social does some interesting things with structure in "Buttons and Soap." The text inside and outside the parentheses can be read separately or together, each reading revealing its own story.

Read "Buttons and Soap" here: www.radonjournal.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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bourbonpenn.bsky.social
Bourbon Penn 35 is live with brand new stories by Benjamin Parzybok, Steve Toase, Margaret Roach, Josh Pearce, Gretchen Tessmer, Andrew Zhou, and Jennifer Hykes.

@sparkwatson.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social @margaretroach.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social
Bourbon Penn 35
Stories by Benjamin Parzybok, Steve Toase, Margaret Roach, Josh Pearce, Gretchen Tessmer, Andrew Zhou, and Jennifer Hykes. Cover art by Lisa Lach-Nielsen.
www.bourbonpenn.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Risky Business: Josh Pearce Reviews Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning locusmag.com/2025/06...
Risky Business: Josh Pearce Reviews Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Amazing action, convoluted writing. Recommended for the spectacle and the stunts, just don’t expect anything to make much sense. Though the franchise started out as spy-action, over the decad…
locusmag.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Strange days indeed in “Microcosmus of Mystery” by @fictionaljosh.bsky.social

kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...
“You find artifacts of entire dead civilizations, but you’re just scratching the surface. There are also artifacts of reality. The agency has known about this one for some time, but hasn’t had a place to start before now. If you’re interested, I encoded the map in today’s newspaper.”
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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mythaxis.bsky.social
Issue 42 of Mythaxis Magazine is out now!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/

Six new stories in text and audio formats, and reviews too!

Many thanks to @SeanMacKendrick.bsky.social, Cheryl Ntumy, Anna Ziegelhof, Travis Ezell, Charlie Winter, Josh Pearce, @faceyouhate.bsky.social, and Micah Hyatt on voice!
June 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
“The Weather on Other Planets” by Josh Pearce

The music is unbearable.
You wear an earbud tuned to radio static of lightning strikes on Saturn
“The Weather on Other Planets” by Josh Pearce
kaleidotrope.net
July 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Do You Believe in Love After Life? Josh Pearce Reviews The Shrouds locusmag.com/2025/07...
Do You Believe in Love After Life? Josh Pearce Reviews The Shrouds
David Cronenberg returns to what he does best—uncomfortable medical procedures and filming in Toronto—for his latest scifi horror, The Shrouds. A quieter, more somber affair than his earlier movies…
locusmag.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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lynnesargent.bsky.social
The August @utopiascifi.bsky.social is out!! We're now printing 5 poems/issue and this one features themes of florals and the natural world. Poems from @rkduncan.bsky.social @epapasoulioti.bsky.social @marysoonlee.bsky.social Josh Pearce & Kelley Tai!

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August 2025 | UtopiaScienceFiction
August 2025, Vol. 7 Issue 1 Content EditorialLetter from the Editor by Tristan Evarts InterviewsMatthew HolnessPaolo Bacigalupi Short StoriesSylvester is an Asshole and Must Die by Calie VoorhisDamage...
www.utopiasciencefiction.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Long Live the New Flesh! Josh Pearce Reviews Together
Long Live the New Flesh! Josh Pearce Reviews Together
“Ew, kissing,” is what my youngest says whenever he sees it happening in front of him. Oh yeah, buddy, you think that’s gross? Wait till you’re old enough to watch this movi…
locusmag.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
There are 7 poems in the new Kaleidotrope and 579 different words between them.
Word cloud of 579 different words
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Josh Pearce
maggietokudahall.bsky.social
If you're in the Bay please consider signing up to get texts from Bay Resistance.

NY has been keeping it tight, Chicago organized, Portland weird. We need our own flavor.

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Bay Resistance
bayresistance.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
There are so many amazing stories and poems in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope!
Fiction “Singularities” by Cressida Roe “The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes “The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos “What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman “The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris “Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti “My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity “What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen “Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed Poetry “Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens “Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon “Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce “I have been to the market” by Shana Ross “Atomic” by Jennifer Crow “Bedazzled” by Robert Borski “Bestla” by James Joseph Brown Artwork by Carly A-F
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
The Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope also features amazing new poems by Chris Clemens, @mimulus.bsky.social, @fictionaljosh.bsky.social, @shanaross.bsky.social, @writerjencrow.bsky.social, Robert Borski, and @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social!
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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radonjournal.bsky.social
Drumroll for our Best of the Net nominees

@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social @andrewkozma.net @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social @fictionaljosh.bsky.social @thomasbehan.bsky.social @haywall.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
fictionaljosh.bsky.social
whatever, fuck that dead fascist. in other good news, i've got new poetry coming out soon in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social (Lacus Solitudinis) and New Myths (Friendship 1)
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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ctrlcreep.bsky.social
I have written many stories. They are inside this book, TALISNAM. Read it, and it will always be part of you!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPVNPL2T
Talisnam: 52 Stories
Talisnam: 52 Stories [ctrlcreep] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Talisnam: 52 Stories
www.amazon.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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ryanestrada.com
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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meganpiont.bsky.social
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State

Please share!
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Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe" hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment
August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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utopiascifi.bsky.social
New issue up today, featuring a range of stories, poetry, and non-fiction, and the winners of our art contest. Plus interviews with Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social and Matthew Holness @mrholness.bsky.social #sciencefiction

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August 2025 | UtopiaScienceFiction
August 2025, Vol. 7 Issue 1 Content EditorialLetter from the Editor by Tristan Evarts InterviewsMatthew HolnessPaolo Bacigalupi Short StoriesSylvester is an Asshole and Must Die by Calie VoorhisDamage...
www.utopiasciencefiction.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM