Malina
@iridescentwords.bsky.social
Writer of literary and speculative fiction. Published in Odin by Flame Tree Press, Cast of Wonders, Gwyllion, Ellipsis, Eye to the Telescope, WestWord Journal, NFFD Antho & more.
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Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon
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My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Hosting an in-person reading tomorrow, and at the same time, ebook copies will go on sale.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hosting an in-person reading tomorrow, and at the same time, ebook copies will go on sale.
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Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Flash Roundup * October-November 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
A powerful story with inventive worldbuilding. A story with teeth that could tear you apart.
Really lovely story from Anita Moskát in @apexmag.bsky.social , a creative magical take as well as having emotional depths: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Liecraft
For a long time now I’d been practicing liecraft five or six times before breakfast. I’d roll over to Khao’s side of the bed and...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A powerful story with inventive worldbuilding. A story with teeth that could tear you apart.
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There is also someone out there impersonating me. If someone emails you out of nowhere, it's not me. It's never me. Let's be real. I can't even answer friends' emails right now b/c my CFS is so bad. I am NOT emailing strangers.
I hung out with Lois yesterday and we talked about these things. She is NEVER involved in ANYTHING like this. If you get a message or a social media DM claiming to be her, IT NEVER IS.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There is also someone out there impersonating me. If someone emails you out of nowhere, it's not me. It's never me. Let's be real. I can't even answer friends' emails right now b/c my CFS is so bad. I am NOT emailing strangers.
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
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🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
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So...guess what I've been doing?
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
We are so thrilled to announce another book coming from us next year: A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! We were delighted by the unusual characters and we think you’re going to love them!
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So...guess what I've been doing?
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!
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Hey folks! I know people are stretched a little thin right now but I wanted to boost this fundraiser for @siwc.bsky.social -- which as some may know cancelled this year so as to avoid crossing the picket line for the con hotel staff. (But now they are broke!)
Shares appreciated!
Shares appreciated!
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
www.gofundme.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hey folks! I know people are stretched a little thin right now but I wanted to boost this fundraiser for @siwc.bsky.social -- which as some may know cancelled this year so as to avoid crossing the picket line for the con hotel staff. (But now they are broke!)
Shares appreciated!
Shares appreciated!
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I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
What Happened That Night
Josh is gone, but I see him everywhere. Even now, it's his reflection I see in the puddle as the storm brings me back to reality. I shiver. Seems I'm always cold these days. I need to get my shit
short-edition.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
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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
🧵
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
🧵
The shared love of words led to a friendship between two men from very different backgrounds who appeared uncannily similar with their long white beards. Simon Winchester's book The Professor and the Madman is quite an interesting read, ideal for dark winter nights.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The shared love of words led to a friendship between two men from very different backgrounds who appeared uncannily similar with their long white beards. Simon Winchester's book The Professor and the Madman is quite an interesting read, ideal for dark winter nights.
No one knows exactly how many quotations he contributed, but if he sent in 12,000 over a period of two years, and was contributing to the dictionary for over eighteen years... let's call it a snowstorm.
Did you know that Dr. William Minor contributed thousands of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary... from his study in Broadmoor asylum?
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
No one knows exactly how many quotations he contributed, but if he sent in 12,000 over a period of two years, and was contributing to the dictionary for over eighteen years... let's call it a snowstorm.
Did you know that Dr. William Minor contributed thousands of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary... from his study in Broadmoor asylum?
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Did you know that Dr. William Minor contributed thousands of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary... from his study in Broadmoor asylum?
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✍️Totally over the moon with an acceptance today! It came about when the editor of the dream journal got back to me to say they liked it but it needed to be clearer in parts. He added this was not a promise of publication.
Reader, it turned into a much better story as a result. I DID IT!
Reader, it turned into a much better story as a result. I DID IT!
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
✍️Totally over the moon with an acceptance today! It came about when the editor of the dream journal got back to me to say they liked it but it needed to be clearer in parts. He added this was not a promise of publication.
Reader, it turned into a much better story as a result. I DID IT!
Reader, it turned into a much better story as a result. I DID IT!
This looks exciting! Check it out...
And it's out! From Island of Wak-Wak. If you like goddesses, this is for you. A healthy dose of feminine rage too.
"Lyrical, unflinching, and alive with defiance, this chapbook is a recital of divine women who have had enough."
Available in Kindle or Paperback. amzn.to/47IXAis
#Poetry #ChapBook
"Lyrical, unflinching, and alive with defiance, this chapbook is a recital of divine women who have had enough."
Available in Kindle or Paperback. amzn.to/47IXAis
#Poetry #ChapBook
Over It: Goddesses Who've Reached Their Limit (Coffee Table Chapbook)
Over It: Goddesses Who've Reached Their Limit (Coffee Table Chapbook) - Kindle edition by Leen, Gerri. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Over It: Goddesses Who've Reached Their Limit (Coffee Table Chapbook).
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November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This looks exciting! Check it out...
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Who wouldn't want to be cocooned in a snow globe right now?
Many congratulations, Michael🎊
Many congratulations, Michael🎊
2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Who wouldn't want to be cocooned in a snow globe right now?
Many congratulations, Michael🎊
Many congratulations, Michael🎊
A beautiful, compelling story. Check it out!
ICYMI, my novella THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, which among other things imagines how the cuisine of an extradimensional diaspora in Calcutta might develop, is out in S. Asia as a paperback, in N. America as a limited ed hardcover, & the world as an ebook:
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A beautiful, compelling story. Check it out!
My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@gonelawn.bsky.social
@gonelawn.bsky.social
Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon
gonelawn.net
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@gonelawn.bsky.social
@gonelawn.bsky.social
Read In the Debris Field by Luke Whisnant in a sundrenched field. It's amazing how he shifts between major life events in a few sentences.
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Read In the Debris Field by Luke Whisnant in a sundrenched field. It's amazing how he shifts between major life events in a few sentences.
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“Gossip” began as Old English godsibb for a godparent or god-relative. The meaning came to represent the idle talk of family members.
#etymology
#etymology
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Gossip” began as Old English godsibb for a godparent or god-relative. The meaning came to represent the idle talk of family members.
#etymology
#etymology
"Charged air as if before a storm, this feeling creeping over him of a thing to come which cannot yet be seen, only silver light in a tight beam to say that this is a moment when something is bound to happen... alone in the jittery privacy of anticipation..." Dutch Angle by Jennifer McMahon, Crannog
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Charged air as if before a storm, this feeling creeping over him of a thing to come which cannot yet be seen, only silver light in a tight beam to say that this is a moment when something is bound to happen... alone in the jittery privacy of anticipation..." Dutch Angle by Jennifer McMahon, Crannog
Enjoyed reading Crannog in the cold morning air of a balcony in the mountains.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Enjoyed reading Crannog in the cold morning air of a balcony in the mountains.
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Norse sagas feature riddle duels where wisdom, not strength, won battles. Odin himself answered questions disguised as a traveler. If brainy contests appeal, Trivial Pursuit scratches that ancient itch. #FolkyFriday
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Norse sagas feature riddle duels where wisdom, not strength, won battles. Odin himself answered questions disguised as a traveler. If brainy contests appeal, Trivial Pursuit scratches that ancient itch. #FolkyFriday
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This year we nominated TWENTY-SEVEN of our contributors for literary awards. We believe the bin is packed with winning words - good luck to all our nominees 🌟💜
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This year we nominated TWENTY-SEVEN of our contributors for literary awards. We believe the bin is packed with winning words - good luck to all our nominees 🌟💜
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In many ghost stories, the White Lady wanders roadsides and ruins, her pale figure glowing against the dark. Monochrome becomes a warning. Grief drained of color, memory turned to mist. #WyrdWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In many ghost stories, the White Lady wanders roadsides and ruins, her pale figure glowing against the dark. Monochrome becomes a warning. Grief drained of color, memory turned to mist. #WyrdWednesday