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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4d

With fantastic artwork by @carlydraws.bsky.social!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4d

The Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope also features amazing new poems by Chris Clemens, @mimulus.bsky.social, @fictionaljosh.bsky.social, @shanaross.bsky.social, @writerjencrow.bsky.social, Robert Borski, and @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4d

...as well as phenomenal new stories by @slharris.bsky.social, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @shaenon.bsky.social, @marissalingen.bsky.social, @katiedowrite.bsky.social, and Tanvir Ahmed!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 4d

The Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope features incredible new stories by @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @japrenticewrites.bsky.social, @trailofleaves.bsky.social, @neilwillcox.bsky.social, @linardos.bsky.social, and @scottedelman.bsky.social...

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lovely story.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Katie R. Yen @katiedowrite.bsky.social · 2d

“To master your craft, you must become one with your instrument,” he says, intoning as if quoting someone erudite and long-deceased. -from “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by yours truly, NOW published!
It took a long time to find a home for this short story. Thanks @kaleidotrope.bsky.social 😱

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

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 16h

Looking for some weekend reading?

Check out this short story on Kaleidotrope by Tanvir Ahmed for god-drunk pigeons, dervishes, and being driven from your road by love.

(and keep your eye out for Ahmed's book, The Night Sweeps the Mountains away, coming February 2026!)

“Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 1d

Another @kaleidotrope.bsky.social poem in my wheelhouse this month: @jamesjosephbrown.bsky.social 's Bestla: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Bestla” by James Joseph Brown

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 14h

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 16h

And the same with the poems…

A … CONSIDERATION
A … strictures
if … loneliness
I … pay
Oppenheimer… sun
Clouds … universe
Speck … wings

“True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor the stretch in between…” - Margaret Atwood

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 21h

The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:

He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen

Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net

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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 21h

more found poetry

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 21h

The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:

He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen

Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net

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Brian McNett @bmcnett.bsky.social · 2d

This is a very sweet tale. I enjoyed it very much.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think @kaleidotrope.bsky.social published this Oppenheimer poem by @writerjencrow.bsky.social just for me...but they might as well have: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Atomic” by Jennifer Crow

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 20h

Have you read my story "Dybbuk-Draw" over at Kaleidotrope?

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Aug 30

Some of us are born with certain gifts, as @devanbarlow.bsky.social shows in the new fantasy story “Dybbuk-Draw.” Don’t we have a responsibility, then, to use those gifts to help?

kaleidotrope.net/summer-2025/...

Enough years had passed since she had last encountered a dybbuk that at first, Antonia ascribed the strange sensation to her nerves. Yet by the time she reached the top of the tower stairs, the true source was clear, if surprising. A dybbuk lurked nearby.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 21h

The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:

He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen

Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 23h

Thirty-five years would be a phenomenal run even if On Spec had only published half as much incredible work. They will definitely be missed.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 1d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2d

This is a sweet hug of a fairy tale retelling. Marissa is so good at tapping into the heart of stories.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 2d

This story is exactly what I needed to read this morning.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 1d

If you'd like a print, I have a US print shop! (shipping worldwide)

www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...

And check out Kaleidotrope, fiction fans!

#art

reaper and hourglass with sand figure in pink and yellow

reaper and hourglass with sand figure in black and gold tones

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 2d

Read the story that other people have called "fun, clever," and "just wonderful," and said "I'd spend more time with the beekeepers daughter and the hobgoblins for sure," only in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Read this at once, for a marvelous and cozy fairy tale interlude in your day!

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 2d

This story is a DELIGHT.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

“You don’t understand, AI levels the playing field, allows anyone to create.”

No. You know what actually does that? Being alive.

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 4d

"A plague of gods have given us a bad name
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 4d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope, if you’re into that sort of thing.

www.kaleidotrope.net

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