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Heartlines Spec is a speculative magazine bringing you SFF stories and poetry focused on long-term friendships and relationships. $0.08CAD/word 🇨🇦🌎 (posts by @rebecca-b)
In After Ever, Happily by @elismontgomery.bsky.social the story goes on, people change, but the love is always there. Follow two ancients as they build their lives together and apart.

Coming soon to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Missing you, No Matter Where I Am by @brokenswanquill.bsky.social has all the yearning of a Celine song and the hope of a good tarot spread

Coming soon to paid subscribers Nov 30th!
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Of Flowers and Snails by Allie Leigh is a sweet fae-ry tale about protection and devotion.

Coming soon to paid subscribers Nov 30th!
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The world is changing in 'How Grey was my Valley' by M. J. Pettit. This story has sentient sheep, delicious petrol, and decisions about what comes next.

Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Any lingering questions you want to ask? I Consult a Spiritualist by @mernadyerskinner.bsky.social has the board set up and is searching for truths

Coming soon to paid subscribers November 30!
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We can't wait for you to dive deep into Snow, Stars, Stone by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social -- plunge into the abyss and make peace with the darkness

Coming soon to paid subscribers November 30, 2025!
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Frolic with strange creatures in Grotto by Leah Duarte! This is a gorgeous poem that will have you checking the next time something nibbles at your toes in the water.

Coming to paid subscribers Nov 30, 2025!
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Find your purpose and your peace in The Last Two Gardeners of Mars by Irene W. Collins. It's a gorgeous story that will have you yearning for spring just so you can listen to the plants.

Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Don't drop your stitches! Looped by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social sticks with you, even if you just want to reset.

Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Create something beautiful out of the rubble of the past. Five of Us by Jayasri Sridha is a meditation on building, recovering, and loving.

Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hey, we'll split this bag of Hawkins if you share some KitKats? At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines by @cjtavares.bsky.social is a funny, epistolary look at the end of the world and how crucial tasty food can be.

Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If there's gotta be an apocalypse, let's make it a cosy one.

On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times

Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Let's embrace this November chill and kick off promoting Issue 9 with Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado.

The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Let's make life and death a little more complicated shall we? Fate, friendship, and fucked up vibes

It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social

Available to paid subscribers July 31st!!
July 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
An Ear for Magic by @itsesi.bsky.social takes you down a winding path into a witchy market, asks what you yearn for, and keeps you lingering in an unexpected, longtime friendship

Available to paid subscribers on July 31st!
July 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What the Birds Taught Me by @nicowritesbooks teaches you to hold onto your friends, listen closely, and care for them (ever so gently) 🪶

Available to paid subscribers July 31st!
July 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Protect your sibling, protect your people, and guard your knowledge.

It's the hard choices that make For the Pursuit of the Better by @criverawrites.bsky.social such a gorgeous read.

Coming soon July 31st for all paid subscribers!
July 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Space is big and it can be lonely with two people, but at least you have each other.

Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is comforting and homey, even when you're losing ground 🛰️
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
And I Will Read to You About Butterflies by @cornellwriter.bsky.social is grief-struck, hope-laden, and humanity-affirming.

Coming to paid subscribers July 31st! $18CAD gets you a full year subscription with access to everything on release day.
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM