Allison Mulder
@amulderwrites.bsky.social
SFFH author with shorts in Escape Pod, Fireside Fiction, & more.
Somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of silly and scary. Dabbler in too many hobbies. ND. She/her.
https://allisonmulder.wordpress.com/welcome/what-i-write/
Somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of silly and scary. Dabbler in too many hobbies. ND. She/her.
https://allisonmulder.wordpress.com/welcome/what-i-write/
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Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
Me: Self, don't do it.
Also Me: *staring into Day Job Teams*
Me: They don't KNOW you yet. You don't know if they Nerd yet.
Also Me: *slowly typing* Hey kids, what's for dinner--
Me: N O
Also Me: *staring into Day Job Teams*
Me: They don't KNOW you yet. You don't know if they Nerd yet.
Also Me: *slowly typing* Hey kids, what's for dinner--
Me: N O
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Me: Self, don't do it.
Also Me: *staring into Day Job Teams*
Me: They don't KNOW you yet. You don't know if they Nerd yet.
Also Me: *slowly typing* Hey kids, what's for dinner--
Me: N O
Also Me: *staring into Day Job Teams*
Me: They don't KNOW you yet. You don't know if they Nerd yet.
Also Me: *slowly typing* Hey kids, what's for dinner--
Me: N O
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Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
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This is an older article I still link to all the time because it continues to be so relevant. electricliterature.com/taylor-swift...
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is an older article I still link to all the time because it continues to be so relevant. electricliterature.com/taylor-swift...
OH RIGHT, forgot to announce--
Story sale! My sci-fi short "Aloud Like Animals" is scheduled to appear in the Spring 2026 issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social !
It features two friends, part of a hivemind-type species, who find a means to be alone with their own thoughts for the very first time...
Story sale! My sci-fi short "Aloud Like Animals" is scheduled to appear in the Spring 2026 issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social !
It features two friends, part of a hivemind-type species, who find a means to be alone with their own thoughts for the very first time...
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
OH RIGHT, forgot to announce--
Story sale! My sci-fi short "Aloud Like Animals" is scheduled to appear in the Spring 2026 issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social !
It features two friends, part of a hivemind-type species, who find a means to be alone with their own thoughts for the very first time...
Story sale! My sci-fi short "Aloud Like Animals" is scheduled to appear in the Spring 2026 issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social !
It features two friends, part of a hivemind-type species, who find a means to be alone with their own thoughts for the very first time...
"Begin the extraction, Doctor."
*dumps the remains of my bubble tea into a bowl so I can rescue the strawberry popping boba from beneath ice cubes I'm too impatient to melt*
*dumps the remains of my bubble tea into a bowl so I can rescue the strawberry popping boba from beneath ice cubes I'm too impatient to melt*
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"Begin the extraction, Doctor."
*dumps the remains of my bubble tea into a bowl so I can rescue the strawberry popping boba from beneath ice cubes I'm too impatient to melt*
*dumps the remains of my bubble tea into a bowl so I can rescue the strawberry popping boba from beneath ice cubes I'm too impatient to melt*
Plunked my food into New Day Job microwave and set it, happily turning away to make my tea.
But they were all of them deceived
For another button was crafted. The timer, with no heat functioning at all...
But they were all of them deceived
For another button was crafted. The timer, with no heat functioning at all...
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Plunked my food into New Day Job microwave and set it, happily turning away to make my tea.
But they were all of them deceived
For another button was crafted. The timer, with no heat functioning at all...
But they were all of them deceived
For another button was crafted. The timer, with no heat functioning at all...
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“People who cared about ghosts didn’t *carry* them. People who dripped with ghost-luck seemed to forget the sources had ever been human at all.”
“The number of times someone caught me sleeping with my pillowcase stuffed full of ghosts…”
Wonderful and whimsical short story 👻
“The number of times someone caught me sleeping with my pillowcase stuffed full of ghosts…”
Wonderful and whimsical short story 👻
My longest new story released this year, "Who Could Feel Haunted with Luck in Their Pocket?" at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social is about a woman who accidentally exposes the ghostly source of all her estranged family's luck... (5,600 words).
Who Could Feel Haunted with Luck in Their Pocket? - Trollbreath Magazine
Who Could Feel Haunted with Luck in Their Pocket?
magazine.trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“People who cared about ghosts didn’t *carry* them. People who dripped with ghost-luck seemed to forget the sources had ever been human at all.”
“The number of times someone caught me sleeping with my pillowcase stuffed full of ghosts…”
Wonderful and whimsical short story 👻
“The number of times someone caught me sleeping with my pillowcase stuffed full of ghosts…”
Wonderful and whimsical short story 👻
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
*breathes in that Fresh New Submission Manager smell*
This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
*breathes in that Fresh New Submission Manager smell*
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Read The Deadlands and support independent publishing!
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Read The Deadlands and support independent publishing!
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories.
Oil pastel with digital colour
Have arrived ten minutes early for the birthday party festivities for my local writers' place.
Normally I would just head in from when the doors unlock and leave when they're shutting down the building, but this is a SPECIAL EVENT.
And someone in the neighboring car is Waiting in her vehicle.
Normally I would just head in from when the doors unlock and leave when they're shutting down the building, but this is a SPECIAL EVENT.
And someone in the neighboring car is Waiting in her vehicle.
a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers
Alt: Monk in his traditional suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers, looking at his watch.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Have arrived ten minutes early for the birthday party festivities for my local writers' place.
Normally I would just head in from when the doors unlock and leave when they're shutting down the building, but this is a SPECIAL EVENT.
And someone in the neighboring car is Waiting in her vehicle.
Normally I would just head in from when the doors unlock and leave when they're shutting down the building, but this is a SPECIAL EVENT.
And someone in the neighboring car is Waiting in her vehicle.
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I know there’s a lot going on but if you have any money to spare, please consider protecting a vital wetland area, or share this link.
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Be One In a Million
We are asking YOU and 1 million people to give $10 to protect and preserve 1,400 acres of wild lands on West Galveston Island.
secure.qgiv.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but if you have any money to spare, please consider protecting a vital wetland area, or share this link.
secure.qgiv.com/event/beonei...
secure.qgiv.com/event/beonei...
Mom's a writer so it was on the radar.
Saw a Gordon Korman library visit when I was 8.
Read The School Story by Andrew Clements where two twelve-year-olds try to get books published.
Thought, "oh, neat, I'll just start writing with an aim toward publication nOw."
Saw a Gordon Korman library visit when I was 8.
Read The School Story by Andrew Clements where two twelve-year-olds try to get books published.
Thought, "oh, neat, I'll just start writing with an aim toward publication nOw."
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mom's a writer so it was on the radar.
Saw a Gordon Korman library visit when I was 8.
Read The School Story by Andrew Clements where two twelve-year-olds try to get books published.
Thought, "oh, neat, I'll just start writing with an aim toward publication nOw."
Saw a Gordon Korman library visit when I was 8.
Read The School Story by Andrew Clements where two twelve-year-olds try to get books published.
Thought, "oh, neat, I'll just start writing with an aim toward publication nOw."
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If you have, like, 30 seconds you can vote for the best lit mags and help make a significant difference to some hard working, kind, and reliable magazines. And maybe win some cash yourself!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
@chillsubs.bsky.social
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
@chillsubs.bsky.social
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you have, like, 30 seconds you can vote for the best lit mags and help make a significant difference to some hard working, kind, and reliable magazines. And maybe win some cash yourself!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
@chillsubs.bsky.social
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
@chillsubs.bsky.social
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Some quick investigation on Psychopomp's site yesterday showed that they still have a *lot* of inventory for sale. This might be the perfect time to pick up some holiday gifts for people and help out a small business.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some quick investigation on Psychopomp's site yesterday showed that they still have a *lot* of inventory for sale. This might be the perfect time to pick up some holiday gifts for people and help out a small business.
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, who got hit with a briefcase full of bees, and he almost deserved it."
All great stories share one special ingredient. Epic Fantasy? Steamy Romance? Hard SciFi? Look carefully and you'll find it: someone getting hit with a briefcase full of bees.
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, who got hit with a briefcase full of bees, and he almost deserved it."
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The Deadlands is publishing some of the best writing out there🖤
bit overwhelmed by the influx of patrons
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
thanks for all the kind words 🖤🥲
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
🙏🏻🖤💀
if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
🙏🏻🖤💀
if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The Deadlands is publishing some of the best writing out there🖤
I thought what I liked about Physical: 100 / Physical: Asia was the novelty of so many different types of athletes gushing over each other.
Then I tried Final Draft and remembered that what I like is whichever theater kids built the levels for Physical: Asia with pirate ships and castles and
Then I tried Final Draft and remembered that what I like is whichever theater kids built the levels for Physical: Asia with pirate ships and castles and
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I thought what I liked about Physical: 100 / Physical: Asia was the novelty of so many different types of athletes gushing over each other.
Then I tried Final Draft and remembered that what I like is whichever theater kids built the levels for Physical: Asia with pirate ships and castles and
Then I tried Final Draft and remembered that what I like is whichever theater kids built the levels for Physical: Asia with pirate ships and castles and
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Hi folks! Odd timing, but what is time. I wanted to say a few words about @bogiperson.bsky.social 's new book, Song of Spores. The launch was somewhat swallowed by the News Cycle, alas...
Usual disclaimer: the author is my spouse, I love them, etc.
This book is awesome!
Usual disclaimer: the author is my spouse, I love them, etc.
This book is awesome!
My brand new book Song of Spores is just $4.99 on the Kindle!
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Hi folks! Odd timing, but what is time. I wanted to say a few words about @bogiperson.bsky.social 's new book, Song of Spores. The launch was somewhat swallowed by the News Cycle, alas...
Usual disclaimer: the author is my spouse, I love them, etc.
This book is awesome!
Usual disclaimer: the author is my spouse, I love them, etc.
This book is awesome!
Hey, loaf.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey, loaf.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
Just listened to this on my walk and loved it. Listening to birdsong as the last lines closed the story was just...achingly perfect. @ruthjoffre.bsky.social
#PC916: Woodpecker, Warbler, Mussel, Thrush by Ruth Joffre read by Julia Rios. A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated G
podcastle.org/2025/11/04/p...
podcastle.org/2025/11/04/p...
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Just listened to this on my walk and loved it. Listening to birdsong as the last lines closed the story was just...achingly perfect. @ruthjoffre.bsky.social
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
@erincairns.bsky.social , founder of the fabulous InkFoundry did the lion's share of the story metadata entry with help from @quitevague.bsky.social and the Diabolical Plots First Readers. This might have taken me years to do myself! This was so helpful!
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If there are any other magazines, journals etc, who would like my help cataloguing their fiction by tags/genre/etc hit me up! The only caveat is that you have paid your authors!
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Give this all the awards.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Give this all the awards.
This is one book I started from the library and then--when I ran out of renewals savoring it--decided I needed to Simply buy it.
Still savoring slowly but already loving Asunder. @kerstinhall.bsky.social
Still savoring slowly but already loving Asunder. @kerstinhall.bsky.social
Asunder by Kerstin Hall is a dark fantasy novel set in a wholly unique world, with two characters literally stuck together. I read it at the start of the year and I think about it constantly. 💙📚
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is one book I started from the library and then--when I ran out of renewals savoring it--decided I needed to Simply buy it.
Still savoring slowly but already loving Asunder. @kerstinhall.bsky.social
Still savoring slowly but already loving Asunder. @kerstinhall.bsky.social