Fusion Fragment
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
SF mag from Canada | 2007-2013, 2020- | Always open to submissions
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
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FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
FF Reading Period Update
36 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 29)
66 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 1:18 PM ET on Nov. 17
274 subs received in the last 30 days
36 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 29)
66 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 1:18 PM ET on Nov. 17
274 subs received in the last 30 days
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FF Reading Period Update
36 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 29)
66 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 1:18 PM ET on Nov. 17
274 subs received in the last 30 days
36 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 29)
66 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 1:18 PM ET on Nov. 17
274 subs received in the last 30 days
Wednesday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (Florence finally falls out of top spot, but in classic FF fashion, I just bring in another F with Faetooth)
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wednesday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (Florence finally falls out of top spot, but in classic FF fashion, I just bring in another F with Faetooth)
Short SFFH reading recommendations for you! Includes recent work by FFers @eggandcressida.bsky.social and @andtatcat.bsky.social!
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Short SFFH reading recommendations for you! Includes recent work by FFers @eggandcressida.bsky.social and @andtatcat.bsky.social!
FFer Read of the Day: "Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop" by @straith.ca in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...
Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop
1. The colour ochre, painted by the city mageguard around his front door as a warning: do not enter, premises unsafe.2. His parents’ address, which is where he tells the mageguard captain to find h…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Things Elan Reacquainted Himself with After Being Broken Out of His Single-Day Time Loop" by @straith.ca in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/thin...
FFer Read of the Day: "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by @russellnichols.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Temporal Displacement of the Graves - Lightspeed Magazine
As dead bodies floated down the Mississippi, Mrs. Graves couldn’t shake the urge to dance. It was ingrained in her bones, dancing. Growing up in New Orleans, death was once celebrated---a spirited sec...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by @russellnichols.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
I had a peek at some FF sales data this morning, and happy to see that 30% of downloads over the last 90 days are from our 2020-2024 issues.
Love that those older issues continue to find new readers!
Love that those older issues continue to find new readers!
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had a peek at some FF sales data this morning, and happy to see that 30% of downloads over the last 90 days are from our 2020-2024 issues.
Love that those older issues continue to find new readers!
Love that those older issues continue to find new readers!
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this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,
less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
this weekend in Ottawa! the ottawa small press book fair! friday night reading + saturday fair,
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Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you so much to @mynachang.bsky.social for giving me the chance to yap about Vile Lady Villains — and also to share the love about some of my favorite SFF publications
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
@havenspec.bsky.social
@khoreo.bsky.social
Story #5 in FF#26: "Root Hog or Die" by @slharris.bsky.social
If you need a story with:
-the day-to-day grind
-growing up on Star Trek
-needing help
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
If you need a story with:
-the day-to-day grind
-growing up on Star Trek
-needing help
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Story #5 in FF#26: "Root Hog or Die" by @slharris.bsky.social
If you need a story with:
-the day-to-day grind
-growing up on Star Trek
-needing help
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
If you need a story with:
-the day-to-day grind
-growing up on Star Trek
-needing help
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Thursday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (More Florence? More Florence! But also really into this Beach Bunny album which is in the top 5 for the 2nd week in a row.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thursday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (More Florence? More Florence! But also really into this Beach Bunny album which is in the top 5 for the 2nd week in a row.)
And hey it looks like Blurb is having a Black Friday sale, so there's an extra 25% off with code BF2025 at checkout till November 30th!
Print copies of FF#26 and Saros #4 are now available!!!
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill | Blurb Books Canada
Find Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill at Blurb Books. “A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / ...
www.blurb.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
And hey it looks like Blurb is having a Black Friday sale, so there's an extra 25% off with code BF2025 at checkout till November 30th!
Print copies of FF#26 and Saros #4 are now available!!!
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill | Blurb Books Canada
Find Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill at Blurb Books. “A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / ...
www.blurb.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Print copies of FF#26 and Saros #4 are now available!!!
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
$12.99 CAD + shipping for FF#26: www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
$8.99 CAD + shipping for Saros #4:
www.blurb.ca/b/12631357-s...
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I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to [email protected]. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
Volunteer — Orion's Belt
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November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m now accepting applications for Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 at Orion’s Belt. If you desire to join our team (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to [email protected]. Details: www.orions-belt.net/volunteer
With the FF Submitter's Survey last year, we found out oh-so-much about what stories work best for us at FF (www.fusionfragment.com/2024-submitt...)
If you submitted to FF in 2025, fill out this year's survey here and let us GROW THE STATS!!!
fusionfragment.aidaform.com/ff-submissio...
If you submitted to FF in 2025, fill out this year's survey here and let us GROW THE STATS!!!
fusionfragment.aidaform.com/ff-submissio...
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
With the FF Submitter's Survey last year, we found out oh-so-much about what stories work best for us at FF (www.fusionfragment.com/2024-submitt...)
If you submitted to FF in 2025, fill out this year's survey here and let us GROW THE STATS!!!
fusionfragment.aidaform.com/ff-submissio...
If you submitted to FF in 2025, fill out this year's survey here and let us GROW THE STATS!!!
fusionfragment.aidaform.com/ff-submissio...
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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 👀)!!
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.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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 👀)!!
FFer Read of the Day: "Riders in the Sky" by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social in @rosesandwf.bsky.social
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Riders in the Sky – Roses & Wildflowers Spring 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Riders in the Sky" by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social in @rosesandwf.bsky.social
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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.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm - Lightspeed Magazine
When the Faerie King takes his tour of the human realm, he becomes---of course---a viral hit. The first posts and videos stream out from Shanghai, just after the New Year. He’s seen waiting patiently ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
FFer Read of the Day: "When It Breaks" by @hannahgreer.bsky.social in Androids & Dragons
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androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/when-it-br...
When It Breaks
By Hannah Greer
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November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "When It Breaks" by @hannahgreer.bsky.social in Androids & Dragons
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/when-it-br...
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/when-it-br...
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"Lucinda Espinosa's Twenty-Seventh Death" (4900 words, sci-fi) is a lot of things: a space western, a queer love story, a tragedy you can't outrun in this or any universe. Published by @fusionfragment.bsky.social, rec'd by Locus, named a must-read by Reactor. (3/4)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Lucinda Espinosa's Twenty-Seventh Death" (4900 words, sci-fi) is a lot of things: a space western, a queer love story, a tragedy you can't outrun in this or any universe. Published by @fusionfragment.bsky.social, rec'd by Locus, named a must-read by Reactor. (3/4)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Story #4 in FF#26: "A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
If you need a story with:
-love, both romantic and familial
-a robot body inhabited by a spirit
-dystopian, post-climate change societies
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
If you need a story with:
-love, both romantic and familial
-a robot body inhabited by a spirit
-dystopian, post-climate change societies
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Story #4 in FF#26: "A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above" by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social
If you need a story with:
-love, both romantic and familial
-a robot body inhabited by a spirit
-dystopian, post-climate change societies
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
If you need a story with:
-love, both romantic and familial
-a robot body inhabited by a spirit
-dystopian, post-climate change societies
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Wednesday afternoon music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (Told you Florence was gonna be #1 for a while)
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Wednesday afternoon music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (Told you Florence was gonna be #1 for a while)
Wooo new record set! Thanks to all of you who grabbed a copy of FF this year, we've now had 1,092 unique downloads so far in 2025. Thank you, readers!
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
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
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Wooo new record set! Thanks to all of you who grabbed a copy of FF this year, we've now had 1,092 unique downloads so far in 2025. Thank you, readers!
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
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
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
FFer Read of the Day: "Sceach Gheal" by @mckatie.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
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Sceach Gheal
It's not that I exactly believe in them, see. It’s just, why would you risk saying you don’t?
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November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Sceach Gheal" by @mckatie.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...