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@heatherdnorton.bsky.social
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(she/her) | writer of speculative fiction short stories | words in Luna Station Quarterly | member of: https://manchesterspeculativefiction.com/ | 🖤
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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · 9d
This cover is soft and magical and wintry, and I'm so very honoured to say one of my stories is inside 🥹

'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 9d
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
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Space exploration is hazardous. It is, by definition, all about the unexpected. That means you will face difficulties you can’t anticipate. And things will go wrong. Badly. The secret is knowing what to do next.

#scifi by Anna Kahn www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A small vial with glowing bands of light around it sits on a pillow in a spaceship
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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templeinacity.bsky.social
The whole issue is here. Share it with friends. Read it over lunch. Look mysterious in a cafe with it. Accidentally send it to workmates instead of that other dumb attachment. Haunt your ex with it. Pin it on your mood board. Quote sagely from it. You do you. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
Imprint, Temple in a City issue 3
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
heatherdnorton.bsky.social
Lovely.
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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lunastation.bsky.social
Join our Patreon to support Luna Station Quarterly & get early access to new issues. 16 years of amplifying women's voices in SFF.

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#IndiePublishing#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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epistemiclit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 7: Integrity now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 6d
“I had a trans friend once
she said; the medicine she took to become a woman ate her bones.”

My Mother Told Me She Saw Spirits All Around Her by @angelvleal.bsky.social - powerful #poetry from issue 7: #integrity. If you’re not in the habit of listening to the pieces, I suggest you try this one
MY MOTHER TOLD ME SHE SAW SPIRITS ALL AROUND HER -
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December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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beestung.bsky.social beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 6d
"Sharing my little, teal hormone tablets
with the trans girl who spent the night
was a communion infinitely more holy"

—Willow Sipling

beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...
One Poem by Willow Sipling – beestung
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December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
heatherdnorton.bsky.social
This is beautiful.
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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translunartl.bsky.social
We've made it to day 18 of TTLs celebration of the stories we published this year and today it's Fire Dust by @rosestrickman.bsky.social with the phoenix returning to Heliopolis, and the dust from it's wings promise healing - yet Neferet is not ready to accept it
On a day hot and dry as fire, a star appeared in the southern sky, a dot of red-gold that drew closer and closer. By the time evening fell, the Phoenix had arrived. Horns and drums sounded once more, temple dancers raised their sistra in praise, incense smoke cloaked the altars of Ra, and thousands ran to view the mystical bird, perched on one of Pharaoh’s obelisks. The entire city—nay, the kingdom—was ecstatic with joy and awe. Except one. Fire Dust Rose Strickman
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social
Get DRM-free digital copies of LSQ 064 directly from us—support women authors in independent SFF!

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#IndiePublishing #ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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lunastation.bsky.social
Our cover art this issue is by the wonderful Sve Yurchenko, bringing a bit of winter enchantment to LSQ 064.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social
284 pages. No ads. Celebrating sixteen years of amplifying women's voices in SFF, collected into one gorgeous book. This is LSQ 064.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 8d
Our cover art this issue is by the wonderful Sve Yurchenko, bringing a bit of winter enchantment to LSQ 064.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 8d
Our cover art this issue is by the wonderful Sve Yurchenko, bringing a bit of winter enchantment to LSQ 064.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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scyllapublishing.bsky.social
We are now OPEN for submissions for our first anthology! The vibe is wondrous sapphic specfic, and we want to see diversity. It's taken a lot of effort/fundraising to get to this point, but proud to say we offer professional rates. #booksky #submissions #writingcommunity #sapphic
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
heatherdnorton.bsky.social
Maybe I cry at everything recently, but this brought tears. Perhaps more so as I couldn't help thinking that I have a dear friend who needs this. A genuinely beautiful and comforting tale. 🤍
jamielnathan.bsky.social Phantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social · 10d
Do you need a break, a rest, a moment to recharge before the week begins again? Then pay my forest witch a visit. Just watch out for her neighbors.

Thanks to Sarah and @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing my short story, HOOFBEATS.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-hoof...
Hoofbeats by J. Nathan
Mind the stones there. A centaur took out part of my stone wall in a hissy fit. Centaurs, what can you do, hmm?
inner-worlds.ghost.io
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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janeire.bsky.social
Excited to have a story in the December issue of @lunastation.bsky.social with this really great cover!
lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 9d
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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mizdoomcookie.bsky.social
I've got a story in this issue. "All Creatures" is about a druidic vet forced fo decide whether to help a creature who might very well eat him for his troubles.
lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 9d
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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teresakoeppel.bsky.social
I have a piece in this beautiful issue! Please buy a copy to begin this holiday season of reading and family by supporting amazing women spec fiction writers. My story is about a woman who discovers after death that every word matters. It is just one of the many lovely gifts inside this magazine.
lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 9d
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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angelvleal.bsky.social Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 10d
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
heatherdnorton.bsky.social
This. 🖤
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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nightshadesmag.bsky.social
we love a first pub. give @hanmarin.bsky.social your eyes please
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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bcsmagazine.bsky.social Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 9d
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
heatherdnorton.bsky.social
This cover is soft and magical and wintry, and I'm so very honoured to say one of my stories is inside 🥹

'Winter Finds' is my first ever short story publication, and all I want to do is write and write some more because today is truly wonderful.
Thank you so much, @lunastation.bsky.social 🤍
lunastation.bsky.social Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 9d
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM