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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · May 10

Honored to have won The Writers’ Playground 10th challenge with my story “The Vocabulary of Love.” Check it out here:

www.writersplaygroundllc.com/stories

Short Stories — Writers' Playground

Original and classic short stories.

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · May 1

Check out my story “Hell is Other People’s Laundry” in this issue of Jersey Devil Press. Because doing laundry is the worst.

Jersey Devil Press @jerseydevilpress.bsky.social · May 1

Issue 128 has popped out of the earth like a grasping zombie limb or possibly a buttercup! Share it with your most discerning chums:

www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=8984

Issue 128, April 2025

Mine 17, Randy Brooks”elevator shaft darkens / going down / a joker’s light” Hugs Hunny and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Alessandra Nysether-Santos”If I was a drag queen, …

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · Mar 16

Check out my little horror tale “Yosemite” in this collection:

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1HNHRB...

Head First into the Maw: Winners of the 2024 2k Terrors Competition

Head First into the Maw: Winners of the 2024 2k Terrors Competition - Kindle edition by Press, TL;DR. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Head First into the Maw: Winners of the 2024 2k Terrors Competition.

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Feb 27

There would be destruction, on a scale you could not conceive. But that’s the way it is with family, sometimes.

-from "Pangaea" by Alyssa Beatty (@alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... (pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...)

#poetry #scifi #clifi

"Pangaea" by Alyssa Beatty, in February's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/beattyPangaea.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thank you to all the contributors in February's #Penumbric! @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social, Carl Scharwath, Ron Sanders, Ryan Hyatt, Shikhar Dixit, @andyetpoetry.bsky.social, Marge Simon, Amanda Bergloff...

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#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror

February 2025 Penumbric table of contents

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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · Sep 28

"I'm the voice in her head now; just a future echo, longing for an uncapturable past."

from "Call of the Void" by Alyssa Beatty
www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/059

Luna Station Quarterly

Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · Sep 2

Absolutely thrilled to have my story “Call of the Void” in this issue of @lunastation.bsky.social.

www.lunastationquarterly.com/blog/issue-0...

Luna Station Quarterly

Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010

www.lunastationquarterly.com

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · Dec 29

New story out in Flash Fiction Magazine today!

flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2023/12...

Don’t Show Him Your Teeth

When Ulrich gets drunk, he goes out and preaches to the turkeys at the farm next door. He’s not a preacher, but he was raised by fire-and-brimstone evangelicals, so he has a pretty good sense for th...

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · Sep 23

New story up at @sawwflashfiction.bsky.social today!

www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com

Suddenly, And Without Warning – Flash Fiction

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Sep 20

Today we indulge in a little what-iffing, starting with "Let us say / the airlock safety catch didn’t fail" in @mynachang.bsky.social’s lovely SF horror poem "Let Us Dream."

smallwondersmag.com/pieces/let-u...

Let Us Dream - Small Wonders

Let us say / the airlock safety catch didn’t fail.

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Alyssa Beatty @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social · Sep 16

Beyond excited to be included in this inaugural anthology from Page Turn Press. Stayed tuned for a release date.

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