Indigo Rue
@indigorue.bsky.social
(they/she) 🏳️🌈
writer · scientist · hue of blue masquerading as a human
Words at Small Wonders, Worlds of Possibility, Interstellar Flight Press Magazine
indigorue.com
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*formerly known as E. S. Hovgaard*
writer · scientist · hue of blue masquerading as a human
Words at Small Wonders, Worlds of Possibility, Interstellar Flight Press Magazine
indigorue.com
🦔 🧀
*formerly known as E. S. Hovgaard*
I love this story in 1000 different ways.
To love in whatever form it takes: “Loxley Is One Thousand Bats” By Camden Clair is perhaps one of the gentlest moments in the whole FamPunk issue. 💗 Read it for free on FFO!
@beingcam.bsky.social
#flashfiction #fantasy #shapeshifters #loveislove #writing
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@beingcam.bsky.social
#flashfiction #fantasy #shapeshifters #loveislove #writing
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Loxley Is One Thousand Bats
Loxley is one thousand bats.The animals embrace each other, nestling in the shape of something semi-human.The first time Loxley burst into a thousand night creatures in front of me, I laughed and c…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I love this story in 1000 different ways.
If you have a moment, read my friend @marjeec.bsky.social's delightfully chilling story.
My second flash fiction story went live today! Find it with the wonderful folks at Flash Fiction Magazine: flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/11...
The Self Helped
The first time Bashar saw one of the apparitions, he did his best to swallow a scream. It was just a wisp of a thing, a girlish silhouette in the back of the Maybach right next to Whitney Wells. Wh…
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November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you have a moment, read my friend @marjeec.bsky.social's delightfully chilling story.
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Trying an eligibility post for the first time. I'm grateful to myself for showing up this year to tend myself, the work, and community. Thankful for everyone I've met, deepened bonds with, and/or collabed to realize something wondrously meaningful.
With and wishing care always, Jeané 🫂
With and wishing care always, Jeané 🫂
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trying an eligibility post for the first time. I'm grateful to myself for showing up this year to tend myself, the work, and community. Thankful for everyone I've met, deepened bonds with, and/or collabed to realize something wondrously meaningful.
With and wishing care always, Jeané 🫂
With and wishing care always, Jeané 🫂
“You name each shape in sing-song, asking me to play along, but it’s the summer before seventh grade and I’m too old for make-believe.”
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Lee Aeronautics
On a lazy mayfly day, we sit on Grandpa Lee’s wrap-around porch, purple-tongued and sticky-fingered from the grape soda and teriyaki jerky he keeps in the pantry because they’re your favorites.&nbs…
flashfictionmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“You name each shape in sing-song, asking me to play along, but it’s the summer before seventh grade and I’m too old for make-believe.”
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Today’s rejection therapy
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today’s rejection therapy
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psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨
#thecelestialseas #scifibooks
#thecelestialseas #scifibooks
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨
#thecelestialseas #scifibooks
#thecelestialseas #scifibooks
"Something’s in the air these days, your neighbors say, and you have a sense they don’t mean the smoke or the ash."
🛸🛸 new today from @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
“It is easy to assume things about air, a blank canvas for projects of human imagination and for refracted perceptions.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
“It is easy to assume things about air, a blank canvas for projects of human imagination and for refracted perceptions.”
www.nightshadesmag.com/a-refracted-...
A Refracted Truth
by Mizuki Yamamoto
You strike a match.
It is neither to see better in the dark or for warmth. You are beyond such basic desires. You strike a match with glee. For pleasure. For no reason but the sen...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Something’s in the air these days, your neighbors say, and you have a sense they don’t mean the smoke or the ash."
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Twenty years ago, her parents’ rebellion failed. This is the story of what happened after.
THE KING MUST DIE comes out tomorrow!
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THE KING MUST DIE comes out tomorrow!
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November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Twenty years ago, her parents’ rebellion failed. This is the story of what happened after.
THE KING MUST DIE comes out tomorrow!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
THE KING MUST DIE comes out tomorrow!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
A powerful story I think most creatives will relate to.
You build worlds for a living. And some dreams, you know, are literally worth more than others.
I have a new story out in Clarkesworld, alongside @tadethompson.bsky.social, @izom-chisom.bsky.social,
@spires.bsky.social y.social, and others!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashing-giwa_...
I have a new story out in Clarkesworld, alongside @tadethompson.bsky.social, @izom-chisom.bsky.social,
@spires.bsky.social y.social, and others!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashing-giwa_...
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A powerful story I think most creatives will relate to.
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Bourbon Penn 37 is live with brand new stories from Lavie Tidhar, Nick DiChario, Clelia Farris, Bree Wernicke, Nicoletta Giuseffi, S.F. Wright, and Andrew Daniel Dick.
@lavietidhar.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @dearnicoletta.bsky.social
@lavietidhar.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @dearnicoletta.bsky.social
Bourbon Penn 37
Stories by Lavie Tidhar, Clelia Farris, Nick DiChario, Bree Wernicke, Nicoletta Giuseffi, S.F. Wright, and Andrew Daniel Dick. Cover art by Brian Haberlin.
www.bourbonpenn.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bourbon Penn 37 is live with brand new stories from Lavie Tidhar, Nick DiChario, Clelia Farris, Bree Wernicke, Nicoletta Giuseffi, S.F. Wright, and Andrew Daniel Dick.
@lavietidhar.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @dearnicoletta.bsky.social
@lavietidhar.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @dearnicoletta.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!
by Bree Wernicke
"Unless
you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail
to maintain proper quantities of teeth,
you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition
Association, permanently. Yay!"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry
by Bree Wernicke
"Unless
you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail
to maintain proper quantities of teeth,
you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition
Association, permanently. Yay!"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!
by Bree Wernicke
"Unless
you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail
to maintain proper quantities of teeth,
you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition
Association, permanently. Yay!"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry
by Bree Wernicke
"Unless
you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail
to maintain proper quantities of teeth,
you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition
Association, permanently. Yay!"
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry
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To celebrate 200 total patrons, we're giving away a 6-month Patreon subscription, including Discord access & Issue 1 of OTHERSIDE in 2026!
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon
a magazine of the queer fantastic.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
To celebrate 200 total patrons, we're giving away a 6-month Patreon subscription, including Discord access & Issue 1 of OTHERSIDE in 2026!
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
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We extended this to today (which is not, in fact Monday, if you are like us and lost track of space and time). Last chance to enter! Winner will be pulled at 4pm Eastern Time!
To celebrate 200 total patrons, we're giving away a 6-month Patreon subscription, including Discord access & Issue 1 of OTHERSIDE in 2026!
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.
Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon
a magazine of the queer fantastic.
patreon.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We extended this to today (which is not, in fact Monday, if you are like us and lost track of space and time). Last chance to enter! Winner will be pulled at 4pm Eastern Time!
Such great advice from my rejection email today.
October 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Such great advice from my rejection email today.
Inspired by @moirariom.bsky.social, I have decided to do my own rejection email editing:
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Inspired by @moirariom.bsky.social, I have decided to do my own rejection email editing:
“The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoughts for thinking.”
Read my friend’s first published story here!
Read my friend’s first published story here!
Ope, first pub. Hello! 🕷️🕸️🪰
Peaches bwgwritersroundtable.com/peaches/
Peaches bwgwritersroundtable.com/peaches/
Peaches
(Honorable Mention, 2025 BWR Short Story Award) The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoug…
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October 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoughts for thinking.”
Read my friend’s first published story here!
Read my friend’s first published story here!
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"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
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September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
$2.99 a month for some really amazing stories and poems, right in your inbox!
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Sometimes, the bees take you where you need to go. Find the time today for "Bee Kept" by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social:
Bee Kept - Small Wonders
The buzzing came just before the sticky little legs on my arm. Perched there was a bee the size of my thumbnail. If it had eyelids, it would have blinked up at me.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Sometimes, the bees take you where you need to go. Find the time today for "Bee Kept" by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social:
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Take a break today for whimsy, somewhat mad science, and cats. Discover the secret ingredients in "Dr. Hypha's Laboratory" by Brian U. Garrison:
Dr. Hypha’s Laboratory - Small Wonders
Fickle as ethyl. Explosive as magnesium. / The alchemist's cats are noble but scrappy.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Take a break today for whimsy, somewhat mad science, and cats. Discover the secret ingredients in "Dr. Hypha's Laboratory" by Brian U. Garrison:
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My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force
our purple clouds of delight rise above your tear gas
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September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings..."
Inviting you for a brief 🌿 respite from these times with my little story that's out today at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen
Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings..."
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This anthology will include my story "A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus" in which a woman with ice magic has scores to settle🧊🧙♀️☠️
🌑 It begins. 🌑
The Into the Dark Kickstarter is officially LIVE!
34 tales of dark fantasy & fantastical horror — haunting, harrowing, and unforgettable.
Back today and help us bring this anthology to life!
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#IntoTheDark #Kickstarter #DarkFantasy #HorrorBooks
The Into the Dark Kickstarter is officially LIVE!
34 tales of dark fantasy & fantastical horror — haunting, harrowing, and unforgettable.
Back today and help us bring this anthology to life!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
#IntoTheDark #Kickstarter #DarkFantasy #HorrorBooks
Into the Dark
A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology
www.kickstarter.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This anthology will include my story "A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus" in which a woman with ice magic has scores to settle🧊🧙♀️☠️
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UK COVER REVEAL! 🎉 THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS is a standalone sapphic cosy fantasy about lady mages wrangling mischievous magical artifacts in a village full of secrets and at least one catdragon. TELLER is getting a beautiful new paperback jacket!
Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape
Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
UK COVER REVEAL! 🎉 THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS is a standalone sapphic cosy fantasy about lady mages wrangling mischievous magical artifacts in a village full of secrets and at least one catdragon. TELLER is getting a beautiful new paperback jacket!
Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape
Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape
My story is out in Small Wonders today!
“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”
Read to see what actually happened…
“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”
Read to see what actually happened…
Something has gone awry at the faire this year, and Princess Lilaclaire is not having a great time. Check out "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire" by @indigorue.bsky.social today and see what happens when the frogs just aren't cooperating:
Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch’s Frog Faire - Small Wonders
"How's that saying go?" Elsamina scooped a frog from the pond with a long-handled net. "You gotta kiss a few of these before you find your prince." She lifted the slimy creature towards Lilaclaire's lips and cackled. "Pucker up!"
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September 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My story is out in Small Wonders today!
“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”
Read to see what actually happened…
“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”
Read to see what actually happened…