Cressida
@eggandcressida.bsky.social
Stories in Apex, Lightspeed, Fusion Fragment, Kaleidotrope, Flash Fiction Online, Factor Four, The Baltimore Review, Milk Candy Review, &c • 2024 Wigleaf Top 50 • pfp by @evelynepark.bsky.social
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2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
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Some great selections here!
Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).
Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Some great selections here!
Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).
Of course, proud to share "Affinity Gradient" by Miah O'Malley. But also loved reading "Singularities" by Cressida Roe (at Kaleidotrope) and "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (at Apex).
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Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
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“Singularities” by @eggandcressida.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25) “is a story about stories. It’s also a clever use of the multiverse trope.” 😀
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Singularities” by @eggandcressida.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25) “is a story about stories. It’s also a clever use of the multiverse trope.” 😀
Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Very grateful to @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for picking my multiverse love story “Singularities” as one of this month’s must-reads! That little piece had such a long and hard road to being out in the world, and I’m so delighted by all the love it’s received. Go check out the full list here!
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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thank you very much
please read and share
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what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
it’s as random as the storytelling itself to me 😭 “Singularities” and “Mrs. No Face” came with their plots, “Nothing Bright” was from a line because I wanted something to match the prose style, “The Godhood of Ima Day” and “Belladonna” were arbitrarily chosen last minute and tbh I like those least
#WritingCommunity nation, how do you come up with titles for your stories? Does it come to you in a dream? Do you spin a wheel? Do you steal a line?
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
it’s as random as the storytelling itself to me 😭 “Singularities” and “Mrs. No Face” came with their plots, “Nothing Bright” was from a line because I wanted something to match the prose style, “The Godhood of Ima Day” and “Belladonna” were arbitrarily chosen last minute and tbh I like those least
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2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
most gorgeous cover art ever!!! evelyne is absolutely an artist to watch, and make sure to check out the the new @fusionfragment.bsky.social issue (to learn whats up with all those wonderfully painted eyes 👀)!!
Getting some contributor's copies lately...! Fusion Fragment is up first - if you're up for a fascinating mixture of SFF short stories, I hope you give it a closer look! 💙
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
My cover illustration is based on the story by Cressida Roe.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
most gorgeous cover art ever!!! evelyne is absolutely an artist to watch, and make sure to check out the the new @fusionfragment.bsky.social issue (to learn whats up with all those wonderfully painted eyes 👀)!!
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
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It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
i’ve always been obsessed by the ambiguity of the “st.” in this title. i’ve always read it as “saint“ because of my religious-studies-wired brain, but it’s this kind of layering that makes ha’s stories so consistently intriguing beyond their enjoyability as futuristic tales
Bookmail. Antho of concept-driven sci-fi filled with familiar folks from the short fic scene. Edited by Joe Stech. Contains "The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video." Pronounced street in some regions and saint in others.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i’ve always been obsessed by the ambiguity of the “st.” in this title. i’ve always read it as “saint“ because of my religious-studies-wired brain, but it’s this kind of layering that makes ha’s stories so consistently intriguing beyond their enjoyability as futuristic tales
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
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Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
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my weird biracial love letter to the gothic genre, "mrs. no face" in @fusionfragment.bsky.social. this was the first time i did the whole "write the story you wished you had as a kid" thing, and now i get why people say to do it. it's the good scary!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
my weird biracial love letter to the gothic genre, "mrs. no face" in @fusionfragment.bsky.social. this was the first time i did the whole "write the story you wished you had as a kid" thing, and now i get why people say to do it. it's the good scary!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
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Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
kaleidotrope.net
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
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We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
Revealing Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim - Reactor
A tale of doppelgangers and corporate intrigue, heartbreak and betrayal — arriving June 2026
reactormag.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
kaleidotrope.net
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
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Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
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the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
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House "settling" noises are the sound of slow and constant inexorable decay but nobody wants to hear that.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
House "settling" noises are the sound of slow and constant inexorable decay but nobody wants to hear that.
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"Psst, hey kid, ya wanna get sad?"
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Psst, hey kid, ya wanna get sad?"
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”