Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
@bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Hugo Award finalist, World Fantasy and Ignyte Award winning online magazine of literary adventure fantasy, since 2008.
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Support <i>BCS</i> by Scott H. Andrews
Thanks very much for your interest in supporting Beneath Ceaseless Skies! There are many ways you can support us. Only 0.7% of BCS readers support the zine financially. 99.3% do not. If you would like...
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New Issue: BCS #446 out today, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social, From the Archives by Peter Hickman, new cover art by Jereme Peabody: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #446 by Scott Andrews
Featuring new cover art: “Ice Quest” by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody. Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head by J.A. Prentice. The Unmasking Of Fioha Dubhan by Samuel Chapman.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New Issue: BCS #446 out today, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social, From the Archives by Peter Hickman, new cover art by Jereme Peabody: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
New cover art, with BCS #446, out today: “Ice Quest” by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/ice-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Ice Quest by Scott Andrews
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New cover art, with BCS #446, out today: “Ice Quest” by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/ice-...
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Best experience I had publishing a story was with @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
The editor of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social once said this:
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Best experience I had publishing a story was with @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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The editor of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social once said this:
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The editor of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social once said this:
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
"...don't bend your own style so far that it saps the individuality that your voice in my opinion has. A vivid and unique sense of voice to me is a rare and precious thing, that makes a writer's fiction come alive."
That's stuck with me.
From the Archives w BCS #445: "The Feather Tree" by KJ Kabza, BCS #435 & podcast 348: "And as young Loory was stubbornly carried away, he would watch the still-unexplored feather tree and reach for those distant boughs that waved at him to come back." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Feather Tree by KJ Kabza
Loory thought about this. It was not the same, exactly, as giving up hope because hope was not a single, stone-fired thing (when once broken, never the same) but a thing like a marshland, made of unco...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From the Archives w BCS #445: "The Feather Tree" by KJ Kabza, BCS #435 & podcast 348: "And as young Loory was stubbornly carried away, he would watch the still-unexplored feather tree and reach for those distant boughs that waved at him to come back." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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Look on my Award Eligible works, ye Mighty, and despair!
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Look on my Award Eligible works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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"Woman Like Stone Like Water" is my pleistocene ghost story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, but nobody's yet invented ghosts or mysteries so it isn't very scary
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Woman Like Stone Like Water by Malda Marlys
The stranger turned at the noise she was making and stared at her rather rudely. (Did plains people not train their children properly?) He didn’t quite seem able to stand, but he scooted away from her...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Woman Like Stone Like Water" is my pleistocene ghost story in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, but nobody's yet invented ghosts or mysteries so it isn't very scary
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
In BCS #445 & podcast 354: "The Crow's Second Tale" @marissalingen.bsky.social "So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she would have to be the one to fix it." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In BCS #445 & podcast 354: "The Crow's Second Tale" @marissalingen.bsky.social "So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she would have to be the one to fix it." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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Thanks to @rainewilson.bsky.social for spotting this list that includes my @bcsmagazine.bsky.social story, I Will Sing Your White Bones Home, and telling me about it 💚
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Musical Magic: Five SFF Stories About the Power of Song - Reactor
Tales about finding your voice and singing your heart out.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thanks to @rainewilson.bsky.social for spotting this list that includes my @bcsmagazine.bsky.social story, I Will Sing Your White Bones Home, and telling me about it 💚
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“Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head” is available now in the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! It’s about a homeless orphan girl who discovers she can speak to one of the severed heads mounted over the city gate.
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social and cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head” is available now in the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! It’s about a homeless orphan girl who discovers she can speak to one of the severed heads mounted over the city gate.
BCS #446 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social , behind cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #446
Issue #446 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by J.A. Prentice and Samuel Chapmanand cover art by Jereme Peabody.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
BCS #446 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social , behind cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
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New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social and cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social and cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
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“Bloody Muddy Water” by @jduckwriter.bsky.social from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, “To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter” by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social
Small Wonders, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Lightspeed: Review by Charles Payseur
Small Wonders 7/25 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/7/25, 8/21/25 Lightspeed 8/25 The July Small Wonders features some great poetry, including Courtney Floyd’s “Renfield at His Windowsill”, which captures…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Bloody Muddy Water” by @jduckwriter.bsky.social from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, “To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter” by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social
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Oh my god I can't BELIEVE that I made this mistake. I was so careful, too! I'll make the corrections where I can. I'm so sorry, and so embarrassed.
Thanks for your work on this story; it was such a delight to narrate.
Thanks for your work on this story; it was such a delight to narrate.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Oh my god I can't BELIEVE that I made this mistake. I was so careful, too! I'll make the corrections where I can. I'm so sorry, and so embarrassed.
Thanks for your work on this story; it was such a delight to narrate.
Thanks for your work on this story; it was such a delight to narrate.
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I understand. Beneath Ceaseless Skies publishes longer work though, and I've loved working with Scott.
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I understand. Beneath Ceaseless Skies publishes longer work though, and I've loved working with Scott.
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Ooh, I'll check it out!
What I meant above by my usual method is that I love stumbling across stories published in places like @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and then reading them on the e-reader rather than a phone or computer. So for me it's a value add!
What I meant above by my usual method is that I love stumbling across stories published in places like @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and then reading them on the e-reader rather than a phone or computer. So for me it's a value add!
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ooh, I'll check it out!
What I meant above by my usual method is that I love stumbling across stories published in places like @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and then reading them on the e-reader rather than a phone or computer. So for me it's a value add!
What I meant above by my usual method is that I love stumbling across stories published in places like @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and then reading them on the e-reader rather than a phone or computer. So for me it's a value add!
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Who needs some wonderful stories featuring birds? Here are a couple I listened to recently. Loved them both.
Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds by @jameslsutter.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
The Crow's Second Tale by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds by @jameslsutter.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
The Crow's Second Tale by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Who needs some wonderful stories featuring birds? Here are a couple I listened to recently. Loved them both.
Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds by @jameslsutter.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
The Crow's Second Tale by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds by @jameslsutter.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com
The Crow's Second Tale by @marissalingen.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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Short Story
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
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“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Cry, the Carob King by Thomas Ha
Two tall apparitions bent by a small one, cooing and brushing at its head. I don’t know what the glob thought, but I took those to be something of a young family, or their shades at least. The glob’s ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Short Story
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
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Earlier in the week I told you about my own story in this week's issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , but have you taken the time to read @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social 's? It's warm and sweet for a cool autumn night. And there's bread: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Loaf in the Woods by David Marino
Olaf likes bread fine. No, loves bread, loves a good butter loaf or a fruit tart or a lovely strawberry rhubarb pie from home. Hells, earlier in the season he snacked on a nice seed bun as he was walk...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Earlier in the week I told you about my own story in this week's issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , but have you taken the time to read @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social 's? It's warm and sweet for a cool autumn night. And there's bread: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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It is so nice to receive a personalized rejection with actionable feedback on a short story. Thank you again @bcsmagazine.bsky.social for being so thorough in your review process! Can't wait to submit something new
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It is so nice to receive a personalized rejection with actionable feedback on a short story. Thank you again @bcsmagazine.bsky.social for being so thorough in your review process! Can't wait to submit something new
New Issue: BCS #445 out today, featuring stories by returning BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, podcast of Lingen read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, Archives @kjkabza.bsky.social, art by Bruce Brenneise: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #445 by Scott Andrews
The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen. The Loaf in the Woods by David Marino. BCS 354: The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New Issue: BCS #445 out today, featuring stories by returning BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, podcast of Lingen read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, Archives @kjkabza.bsky.social, art by Bruce Brenneise: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
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And now for the inevitable self-promotion before the husband scolds me:
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Drowned Man by Laura E. Price
"I don't rightly care where he came from—he's one more person to keep watch on." Gwen nudged Corwyn toward the stairs that led belowdecks. Her voice was dark as she added, quietly, "I am not fond of n...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And now for the inevitable self-promotion before the husband scolds me:
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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Did I ever get around to recommending this fabulous (in all senses) story by Chris Willrich in Beneath Ceaseless Skies?
It's a story about stories and about a library and the idea of libraries and the way a person needs a good book to live in.
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It's a story about stories and about a library and the idea of libraries and the way a person needs a good book to live in.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich
“Oh, no, not at all. I have not retired, and neither have my informants. My informants are dead. I am a necromancer, grandchild. The pool of possible spies is far larger among the dead than the living...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Did I ever get around to recommending this fabulous (in all senses) story by Chris Willrich in Beneath Ceaseless Skies?
It's a story about stories and about a library and the idea of libraries and the way a person needs a good book to live in.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...
It's a story about stories and about a library and the idea of libraries and the way a person needs a good book to live in.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...
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A podcast of my story "Disassembling Light", originally published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is up on It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton!!!
This isn't even a career milestone I knew to want, but my nerd's heart is so full!!
This isn't even a career milestone I knew to want, but my nerd's heart is so full!!
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A podcast of my story "Disassembling Light", originally published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is up on It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton!!!
This isn't even a career milestone I knew to want, but my nerd's heart is so full!!
This isn't even a career milestone I knew to want, but my nerd's heart is so full!!