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Elena Sichrovsky
@esichr.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 she/they/it
🪦 writing horror is cheaper than therapy
📘 debut chapbook EATING OUT ANNE SEXTON with Ghost City Press
🌐 https://www.elenasichrovsky.com/
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 22d
award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction
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fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
if you're on the fence: the sale of these anthologies does a lot. this year, profits from 1 full-price anth sale are able to pay 3 contributors to next year's publications!
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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cavar.bsky.social
hello all semi/nonhuman entities & accomplices, i'm editing a @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog series on multispecies / alterhuman writing, and submissions are open now through Dec 15!!!

You should submit something! Especially if you're unpublished! Don't self-reject!

fifthwheelpress.com/blogsubs
submission guidelines: Alterhuman/Multispecies Some people aren’t human. Actually, mostly people aren’t: cats, sharks, trees, rocks, and everyone in between each hold histories and vital relationships that are too often sidelined in favor of anthropocentric narratives. For this call, I want to see stories in which the idea(l) of human individualism is narratively and poetically challenged. Stretch and break the bounds of who is typically afforded a voice; who matters; who counts as an ally in the struggle for collective liberation; and who determines what it means to be a person at all. In addition to more conventionally multispecies/nonhuman narratives, I’m particularly interested in works by/featuring alterhuman characters and themes, and am looking for the complex, imaginative, thoughtful over the polemic/educational. Regular fwp length guidelines apply (up to 1500 words/no more than 3 pages of poetry/hybrid pieces).
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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robertarjoyan.bsky.social
MONSTROUS ANGELS is out!

Get a copy and feast your multitudinous seraphic eyes on this anthology of angelic horror! Mine’s called GIVE ME WINGS and it’s got music, madness, movies, and a mysterious monk.

🪽🪽
Monstrous Angels: An Anthology of Religious Horror
An Anthology of Religious Horror
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November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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probablyharmless.bsky.social
It was way too early in the morning when I first reposted this so I didn't say anything but this is one of my favorite stories I've ever written and I stuck with it through 37 rejections and it would mean a lot to me if you'd take a look. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥
translunartl.bsky.social Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 2d
Day 12 dawns of TTL's retrospective re-read with Rise by @probablyharmless.bsky.social; in a world where children are born blank below the waist and must choose a gender at 13 Ash chooses otherwise.
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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eleanorball.bsky.social
Obsessed with this one by @esichr.bsky.social from HAD (I forget if I’ve shared it before, but it’s so good it’s definitely worth sharing twice!)
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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spicycloaca.bsky.social
since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
Image ID: the words "award eligibility 2025" are transposed over a monochrome celestial illustration. Image ID: a part 1 list of award eligible works are listed over the same monochrome celestial background. it reads as follows: Pearlescent Tickwad. Fiction. Strange Horizons, January 2025. galactic oracle eulogy. Fiction. Flash Fiction Online, February 2025. sharp house. Fiction. NIGHTMARE Magazine, March 2025. Image ID: this is part 2 of the awards eligible works list. It reads as follows: möbius loop. Fiction. khōréō magazine, March 2025. SHRIKE. Fiction. ergot. press, April 2025. In Perfection's Shape I Writhe. Fiction. New Edge Sword and Sorcery, December 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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joellekillian.bsky.social
I did the thing :)
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.

🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines

🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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carsonwinter.bsky.social
Admit it, you want to win a Cummie.

The most important award in the horror industry is open for nominations until the end of the month. Publishers, authors—I'm going to need you to step up and tell us about your favorite books.

forms.gle/ye4fmWyuyhd6...
The Dead Languages' Cummies
For the second year in the row, we are proud to announce the annual Dead Languages' Cummies award. What are the DLP Cummies? The Cummies will juicily celebrate horror authors and presses. These a...
forms.gle
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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mcardlejeanne.bsky.social
I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.
Jennifer Jeanne McArdle Award Eligibility 2025 Half-Orc Songs Fantasy/9000w in Dirty Magick Magazine Issue 6 When to Choose the Snake God Fantasy/5000w in Luna Station Quarterly Issue 61 Sea Junk Shaped like the English Alphabet Weird horror/4500w in Fraidy Cat Quarterly Issue 5 Of Bats and Apes historical horror/5600w in In the Eyes of the Hungry Most Humans Listen when a Duck Talks to Them contemporary fantasy, humor/5000w in Madam Don’t Forget Your Sword How a Satyr becomes Real weird fantasy/920w in This Exquisite Topology Westward I Reach historical weird/6000w in Baubles from Bones Issue 6 The Money Left in My Account weird/1000w in Slugger Issue 1
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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probablyharmless.bsky.social
Is it an awards eligibility post? Is it a retrospective? I dunno, but here it is. I published some words this year. Check it out. (If there is anything you'd like to read and can't find, let me know and I'll get it to ya!) 🫀
A graphic with a gray, sort of cement-looking background with splatters of black ink. Text transcript: Theodore Hill, 2025 Releases. “I Think I Have Lost Someone” The Skull & Laurel, Horror (Flash), January. “Rise” Translunar Travelers Lounge, Sci Fi, February. “Pirouette in Periwinkle” The Ghastling, Horror (Flash), April. “Other Duties As Required” Cosmic Horror Monthly, Horror/Sci Fi, July. “Hammerhead” God’s Cruel Joke, Horrorotica, September. “A Taste” Whisper House Press, Horror (Flash), November. Upcoming: “More Famished Than My Means” (Poem, God’s Cruel Joke, December).
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Weird Year in Review:
8 books.
3 magazine issues.
2 sleep-deprived co-publishers.
Let's do it again in '26!

Missing anything from your bookshelves? Hit up our webstore🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
11 Tenebrous titles, all in a row
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Read our Pushcart nominated stories!

Deliver by @safiyacherfi.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/deliver-safi...
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by @esichr.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...
Strangler Fig by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/strangler-fi... 2/2
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁

Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:

Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
Pushcart Nominations: Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan Deliver by Safiya Cherfi They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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esichr.bsky.social
award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
esichr.bsky.social
check out my piece here: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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emmikhor.bsky.social
I just enjoyed this awesome story by @esichr.bsky.social published in @innerworlds.bsky.social
Try out this sci-fi read... It'll leave you thinking!

inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...

#shortstory #sciencefiction #scifi #amreading #shortstories
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
Open call for submissions!

Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters

Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻

Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th

paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
🌈📚🪐💙
Image reads: Open call for submissions. Seeking aro/ace paranormal short stories for an upcoming anthology project! Submission period: September 15 - November 30 2025 There is a website link: paranormal-aspecs.carrdd.co/ There are three photos, one of a smoky figure, one of a hand against a pane of glass, and a foggy forest Image reads: What we're looking for Stories that centre asexual and aromantic characters (or identities that fall under those umbrellas) in a paranormal context. Give us your ghosts and ghouls, your werewolf packs and vampire covens, the things that hide beneath the bed and between the trees. Image reads: Submission Guidelines Word Count: 2,000-7,500 words Submission Period: Sept 15-Nov 30 Stories must feature aspec characters and contain some aspect of paranormal or speculative fiction Submission Guidelines: Please email your submission to phenomenapress@gmail.com with '[STORY TITLE] - Aspec Paranormal Anthology' in the subject line Include: name, email address, WIP title, word count and short synopsis For more info: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
esichr.bsky.social
award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
esichr.bsky.social
in love with my haul from @ascalaphid.com - shipping was so fast and these lil critters are my fave lil guys
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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katemaxlow.bsky.social
When you feel a story with your whole dang heart, and realize now's as good a time as any for a cathartic cry and fist shake at the universe ...

inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...

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@innerworlds.bsky.social
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
esichr.bsky.social
two new releases that i didn't expect to love but they delivered
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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lucidillusions.in
Just finished reading They Promised This Would be Beautiful by @esichr.bsky.social

It was amazing!

inner-worlds.ghost.io/they-promise...

I hope to see the PDF version in the future for the proper formatting ^_^

#WritingCommunity #ReaderSky
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Your mentor once described a Bridge as being close to sacred. Inhale against the pull of time, they said. Let past, present, and future flood your molecules.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
October 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
esichr.bsky.social
ALL HAIL THE BLACK FLAME this book made me fall in love with novels again @scumbelievable.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
esichr.bsky.social
finally catching up on posting after being offline/ill/travelling
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM