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Kaleidotrope
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Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.

Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine

Avatar and cover art by Katherine Souza
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 15d
If you've never checked out Kaleidotrope's starter packs of the fantastic authors and artists who've appeared in the zine over the years, now would be a good time to do so, since they've just been updated—and not just so I can finally pin a new post to my profile that doesn't have a typo in it! 😜
kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Oct 18
Genuinely new to Bluesky snd looking for some fantastic writers to follow? Well, here are just a few who have appeared in Kaleidotrope!
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Hello. Are you listening? Are you sitting comfortably? In his new story, @linardos.bsky.social implores you to kindly “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt.”

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First, I want you to imagine my hands all over your new body—piercing through your skin; reaching for your face. There are two possible outcomes during the processing of this fantasy…
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Kaleidotrope.net is still up. Just saying.
“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”
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November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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mythicdelirium.bsky.social
MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️

The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)

Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th

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MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns in 2026 At least that’s the goal! And the first phase is underway, with the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!) In a celebration of Mythic Delirium-enabled debuts, we’ve made C.S.E. Cooney’s BONE SWANS—which turned 10 years old this year—Barbara Krasnoff’s THE HISTORY OF SOUL 2065, and Yukimi Ogawa’s LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT available at HUGE discounts [US Only] in e-book AND paperback editions, WITH pre-orders of LANGUAGE OF KNIVES + shipping costs included in the prices! Please check it out & spread the word—all found here: https://bit.ly/BoneSwans10th
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Shoot for the moon in @fictionaljosh.bsky.social’s new poem “Lacus Solitudinis.”

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if we are all godimage then what color is godskin
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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victoriastrauss.com
I've updated my blog post about Must Read magazines with information about how the Must Read contracts have changed--and the negotiation difficulties that some authors still encounter writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware
In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five well-known genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fanta...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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neilwillcox.bsky.social
Oh hey, want to know about some of the inspiration for The Beekeeper's Daughter? Check it out here.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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neilwillcox.bsky.social
The year's not over but I think this is the best thing I've had published in 2025
kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 6d
Discover what the buzz is all about in @neilwillcox.bsky.social’s new story “The Beekeeper’s Daughter.”

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All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees.
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Kaleidonotes: November 17, 2025 | Kaleidotrope
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November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Discover what the buzz is all about in @neilwillcox.bsky.social’s new story “The Beekeeper’s Daughter.”

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All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
There is power in a union. There is strength in what might otherwise fall in between. Stand up and be counted in @mimulus.bsky.social's new poem "Shapeshifters’ Local."

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A plague of gods have given us a bad name us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters us naiads and dryads and borrowed starshiners our dream-shapes malleable and bone-cracked
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
It’s time to tally up “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” in @trailofleaves.bsky.social’s charming new story.

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Hilla crash-landed on an asteroid on the second lap of her first solar run. She wasn’t surprised, expected it even. But the taste of failure made her avoid the dining hall for the rest of the week.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Unearth the mysteries that bloom in the heart in @japrenticewrites.bsky.social's haunting new story "The Little Deaths of Autumn." kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
Fifty years I have worn this form, and no longer is it a strangeness to me, this bipedal mass of pseudomeat and pseudoblood. Falseness upon falseness, I thought when first it was woven, and I was set apart from us, but it no longer seems so. It is just me.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday

What’s YOUR favorite poem from Kaleidotrope’s archives?
a man wearing sunglasses and a watch is making a funny face and says poetry snaps .
Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a watch is making a funny face and says poetry snaps .
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November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
and this is a for-free short story set in the same world, that I wrote first actually (and that Kaleidotrope published! they're great, read Kaleidotrope!)

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“Mistempered Weapons” by Jennifer R. Donohue
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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authorizedmusings.bsky.social
if you're here because of this (who are you people? where did you come from?) then you'll definitely-maybe like my book that's all about swordfighting and magic and kissing (that definitely contains no magic swords)

Burn Up in Victory!

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the first hardcover in the world of Burn Up in Victory. It's sitting on the flat-ish part of a dark gray stone, in front of a bunch of greenery that's in soft focus behind (it's a smoke bush, but it isn't "smoking" yet) Book cover for Burn Up in Victory: a woman with loose red hair, waring a blousy white shirt and black gloves, holding a fencing sword vertically in front of her, her head bowed. The background is dark, but embers surround her. (I bought this image from a photoset on Shutterstock and added the words to it in Canva. To my knowledge and the best of my ability, no AI is involved)
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
As an added bonus, @neilwillcox.bsky.social has recorded a reading of his story for you to enjoy! 😃
kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 6d
Discover what the buzz is all about in @neilwillcox.bsky.social’s new story “The Beekeeper’s Daughter.”

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Discover what the buzz is all about in @neilwillcox.bsky.social’s new story “The Beekeeper’s Daughter.”

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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adriabailton.com
Have you read?

“The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen at kaleidotrope

Becoming a single Thing to be forever.

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“The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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neilwillcox.bsky.social
I am LITERALLY recorded performatively reading a Kalediotrope story in a file that you can listen to on the Kaleidotrope website. The evidence is IN THE MAGAZINE. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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unrealfred.bsky.social
I don’t have time for the people who are knowingly creating slop with AI. It’s the people who think they’re being freed up and creative by it that sadden me.
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
How come nobody’s ever caught performatively reading Kaleidotrope? 😉
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my zine by sharing all of the stories’ first sentences

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He spun many stories in his youth, not all of them true, but the truth mattered less than the flash of coins and the believing eyes in his audience. The part of us that is me lies in bed beside the king, and feels the little deaths of his cells, each of them a small but terrible thrill. Hilla crash-landed on an asteroid on the second lap of her first solar run. All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees. First, I want you to imagine my hands all over your new body—piercing through your skin; reaching for your face. Jak woke in the transfer pod, and finding himself alone, cracked open the lid, slid to his feet, slipped off his robe, and stood naked in the center of the full-length mirrors which lined the small room. Stop! The silent servants come and go. When discussions arise of the great collections, as they do at the dinners I must attend, I lose my appetite. I don’t mean to sound disloyal, because I love my grandmother. I hear him before I lay eyes on him, champagne sparkling on my tongue as the band strikes up to play some tired tune that will serve as the backdrop to this overwrought affair. Listen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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neilwillcox.bsky.social
That guy writing about beekeepers sounds like he knows what he's talking about
kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 8d
Convincing you to read my zine by sharing all of the stories’ first sentences

kaleidotrope.net
He spun many stories in his youth, not all of them true, but the truth mattered less than the flash of coins and the believing eyes in his audience. The part of us that is me lies in bed beside the king, and feels the little deaths of his cells, each of them a small but terrible thrill. Hilla crash-landed on an asteroid on the second lap of her first solar run. All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees. First, I want you to imagine my hands all over your new body—piercing through your skin; reaching for your face. Jak woke in the transfer pod, and finding himself alone, cracked open the lid, slid to his feet, slipped off his robe, and stood naked in the center of the full-length mirrors which lined the small room. Stop! The silent servants come and go. When discussions arise of the great collections, as they do at the dinners I must attend, I lose my appetite. I don’t mean to sound disloyal, because I love my grandmother. I hear him before I lay eyes on him, champagne sparkling on my tongue as the band strikes up to play some tired tune that will serve as the backdrop to this overwrought affair. Listen.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my zine by sharing all of the stories’ first sentences

kaleidotrope.net
He spun many stories in his youth, not all of them true, but the truth mattered less than the flash of coins and the believing eyes in his audience. The part of us that is me lies in bed beside the king, and feels the little deaths of his cells, each of them a small but terrible thrill. Hilla crash-landed on an asteroid on the second lap of her first solar run. All Beekeepers know that when something important takes place you should tell the bees. First, I want you to imagine my hands all over your new body—piercing through your skin; reaching for your face. Jak woke in the transfer pod, and finding himself alone, cracked open the lid, slid to his feet, slipped off his robe, and stood naked in the center of the full-length mirrors which lined the small room. Stop! The silent servants come and go. When discussions arise of the great collections, as they do at the dinners I must attend, I lose my appetite. I don’t mean to sound disloyal, because I love my grandmother. I hear him before I lay eyes on him, champagne sparkling on my tongue as the band strikes up to play some tired tune that will serve as the backdrop to this overwrought affair. Listen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM