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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · 1d

Thankful I found more time to write in September than I had all summer.
October is starting out a little iffy but we will see how it adds up.

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely incredible poem, wow

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 9d

My new poem "GPS Girl" about a navigation system slowly warping into sentience and...eventually depression..is out today💜 @radonjournal.bsky.social and look at that cover!!! This whole issue is filled with dark & strange & powerful words 🖤 www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...

GPS Girl | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 9d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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100-Foot Crow Magazine @100footcrow.bsky.social · 7d

REMINDER that we are open to submissions through October 15! The themes are HAUNT and YARD SALE. Pay is $8 per 100-word story. No cost to submit.

100footcrow.com/submission-g...

Submission Guidelines - 100-Foot Crow

Drabble submissions are open through October 15. We're looking for stories that fit the themes YARD SALE and HAUNT. You may submit one story per theme. All submissions must be submitted via our Google...

100footcrow.com

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! x

My first collection, which comes out on the best day of the year(Halloween) is up for pre-order! 🎃

mybook.to/AllsWell

All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

mybook.to

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 8d

Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to speculative fiction stories 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Jun 16

FF#25 has an official release date! These great stories will be available to everyone on June 30th (and sooner to our beautiful Patreon crew).

Fusion Fragment #25 arrive June 30th, 2025

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Jun 8

Seeing the Nebula award winners has me feeling some sort of way (human writers are incredible and should be celebrated and wow I love art by real human beings)

Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Jun 8

Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Congrats @awprihandita.bsky.social !!!!!
Loved this story so so so so much this is so deserved

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · Jun 8

🎊 And the Nebula for Best Novelette goes to... "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by @awprihandita.bsky.social (@clarkesworldmagazine.com). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · May 18

FEED US

(It has to be human and it has to be yours!)

Our submission period closes May 31st so get those short stories and poems watered, fertilized, and...cut?

We want spec that is focused on a long-term relationships. Bonus points if Canadian 🍁

www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

a man is standing in front of a sign that says this is audrey

Alt: Clip from Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey 2 (the flesh eating plant) is cajoling Seymour to feed them blood

media.tenor.com

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · May 15

Our new release date for Issue 21 is tomorrow, May 16, but you can pre-order now! #solarpunk #shortstories #poetry

Solarpunk Magazine Issue #21 (Preorder)

Solarpunk Magazine Issue #21 will release on May 13, 2025.

solarpunkmagazine.com

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · Mar 15

Okay, let's do this! Send us your early morning kids TV inspired horror for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION! 💀📺

Subs are open now until 30th June, and all the details you need to submit are in the link below (though we're happy to answer questions on here as always!):

sliceduppress.com/submissions/

Submissions

SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION – SUBS NOW OPEN! cover art TBC Send us your best short horror fiction inspired by early morning kids TV for our next anthology, Saturday Mourning Television. Tune…

sliceduppress.com

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Archive of the Odd @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social · Mar 15

archiveoftheodd.com/submissions/

Submissions

A home for the strange, the uncanny, and the odd. Open Submissions Archive of the Odd Issue #7 (Open Mar 15-May 15) Query for Serializing Audio/video Finished chapbooks/booklets Pieces you would li…

archiveoftheodd.com

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thanks Barry!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · Mar 10

In 18 years, the best day (by far) we've had for new subscriptions was triggered by a reader who posted two sentences and a link on Reddit. Never underestimate word-of-mouth. Thank you to everyone that has done that for us over the years. It all adds up and continues to make a difference.

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Mar 4

I have a new story out today in Androids and Dragons Magazine!

open.substack.com/pub/androids...

Not Broken, Just Tired

By Bailey Thomas

open.substack.com

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Mar 4

I have a new story out today in Androids and Dragons Magazine!

open.substack.com/pub/androids...

Not Broken, Just Tired

By Bailey Thomas

open.substack.com

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our Kickstarter continues! We're just shy of 50% with two weeks left to go, so please support us if you can!

Subscribe, pick up some cool swag, and get your fiction critiqued by the professionals!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...

Meme with words crossed out to say "If we want the rewards of science fiction & fantasy, we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of supporting our kickstarter."

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 19

I’m so sorry M.R. Keeping your family in my thoughts and heart today 💜

Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 19

❤️❤️

Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 18

Thank you so much Victoria!

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 18

First poetry acceptance of the year ☺️

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Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 17

ICYMI I have a new story out!

Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 16

Was a crazy week but I have a new story in Flash Fiction Magazine!

flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/02...

Something New

flashfictionmagazine.com

Bailey Thomas @buyjupiter.bsky.social · Feb 16

Was a crazy week but I have a new story in Flash Fiction Magazine!

flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/02...

Something New

flashfictionmagazine.com

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Feb 9

I need to ask authors to really consider how physically taxing and difficult it would be to drag dead weight around and dig graves. Too many books make it sound effortless

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