Kaleidotrope
@kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Katherine Souza
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Katherine Souza
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Genuinely new to Bluesky snd looking for some fantastic writers to follow? Well, here are just a few who have appeared in Kaleidotrope!
If you've never checked out Kaleidotrope's starter packs of the fantastic authors and artists who've appeared in the zine over the years, now would be a good time to do so, since they've just been updated—and not just so I can finally pin a new post to my profile that doesn't have a typo in it! 😜
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I do hope you'll follow this suggestion.
Crawl inside somebody else’s skin in @scottedelman.bsky.social’s creepy new story “What Am I This Time?”
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I do hope you'll follow this suggestion.
Wondering which 48 stories and 28 poems Kaleidotrope published in 2025?
Well, friends, wonder no more!
Well, friends, wonder no more!
Kaleidotrope 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Wondering which 48 stories and 28 poems Kaleidotrope published in 2025?
Well, friends, wonder no more!
Well, friends, wonder no more!
“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...
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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.” 😀
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Crawl inside somebody else’s skin in @scottedelman.bsky.social’s creepy new story “What Am I This Time?”
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Crawl inside somebody else’s skin in @scottedelman.bsky.social’s creepy new story “What Am I This Time?”
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Some of us are born with certain gifts, as @devanbarlow.bsky.social shows in the new fantasy story “Dybbuk-Draw.” Don’t we have a responsibility, then, to use those gifts to help?
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August 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Some of us are born with certain gifts, as @devanbarlow.bsky.social shows in the new fantasy story “Dybbuk-Draw.” Don’t we have a responsibility, then, to use those gifts to help?
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If you see Kaleidotrope on Twitter/X, that isn’t me. I’d recommend not seeing anything on Twitter/X.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you see Kaleidotrope on Twitter/X, that isn’t me. I’d recommend not seeing anything on Twitter/X.
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[Taking notes for a sequel to my story The Beekeeper's Daughter in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ]
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November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
[Taking notes for a sequel to my story The Beekeeper's Daughter in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ]
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in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, "The Moon's Only Daughter and the Teeth of Time," a meditation on immortality and fibercraft
“The Moon’s Only Daughter and the Teeth of Time” by Malda Marlys
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November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, "The Moon's Only Daughter and the Teeth of Time," a meditation on immortality and fibercraft
It’s really hard to keep a magazine going. I can only imagine how hard it is to keep a magazine that’s reliant on subscriptions going.
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s really hard to keep a magazine going. I can only imagine how hard it is to keep a magazine that’s reliant on subscriptions going.
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Here’s Kaleidotrope’s eligibility post:
{ahem}
Kaleidotrope is eligible for awards.
Thank you.
{ahem}
Kaleidotrope is eligible for awards.
Thank you.
December 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Here’s Kaleidotrope’s eligibility post:
{ahem}
Kaleidotrope is eligible for awards.
Thank you.
{ahem}
Kaleidotrope is eligible for awards.
Thank you.
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Why not enjoy a couple dozen poems from Kaleidotrope!
For every like this gets, I’ll post a Kaleidotrope poem from the archives beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Why not enjoy a couple dozen poems from Kaleidotrope!
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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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Since all the cool kids are doing it — here's a reminder of the seven new pieces of fiction I published in 2025. "The Touch of an Old Friend's Hand" and "What Am I This Time?" are both novelette length, while the other five are short stories.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Since all the cool kids are doing it — here's a reminder of the seven new pieces of fiction I published in 2025. "The Touch of an Old Friend's Hand" and "What Am I This Time?" are both novelette length, while the other five are short stories.
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Okay your poetry prompt is to write a poem whose title starts with Q (or X) for the next Kaleidotrope submission period
Remarkably, I have published no Q poems.
a man with his arms crossed and the words how rude below him
Alt: Q from TNG with his arms crossed and the words how rude below him
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Okay your poetry prompt is to write a poem whose title starts with Q (or X) for the next Kaleidotrope submission period
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Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
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ALSO, I didn't start writing this magical city with the novel!
no, first I wrote "Mistempered Weapons," a Lady-Tybalt-Narrated Romeo and Juliet with rival theater companies in a magical city, and you can read THAT in Kaleidotrope for free
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no, first I wrote "Mistempered Weapons," a Lady-Tybalt-Narrated Romeo and Juliet with rival theater companies in a magical city, and you can read THAT in Kaleidotrope for free
kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ALSO, I didn't start writing this magical city with the novel!
no, first I wrote "Mistempered Weapons," a Lady-Tybalt-Narrated Romeo and Juliet with rival theater companies in a magical city, and you can read THAT in Kaleidotrope for free
kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
no, first I wrote "Mistempered Weapons," a Lady-Tybalt-Narrated Romeo and Juliet with rival theater companies in a magical city, and you can read THAT in Kaleidotrope for free
kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
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"What roots she has her own" by @marisca.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥 kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
“What roots she has her own” by Marisca Pichette
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November 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"What roots she has her own" by @marisca.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥 kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
Why not enjoy a couple dozen poems from Kaleidotrope!
For every like this gets, I’ll post a Kaleidotrope poem from the archives beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Why not enjoy a couple dozen poems from Kaleidotrope!
For every like this gets, I’ll post a Kaleidotrope poem from the archives beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For every like this gets, I’ll post a Kaleidotrope poem from the archives beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.
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do you need to read fantastic sf/f fiction and poetry absolutely free? Fred at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social has that for you. Might even find me in the archives.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
do you need to read fantastic sf/f fiction and poetry absolutely free? Fred at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social has that for you. Might even find me in the archives.
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got to attend an event that had a reading (streamed online, yay) of "Wilayat in Seven Saints" by Tanvir Ahmed and also had an awesome presentation by @jennahanchey.bsky.social!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
got to attend an event that had a reading (streamed online, yay) of "Wilayat in Seven Saints" by Tanvir Ahmed and also had an awesome presentation by @jennahanchey.bsky.social!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
absolutely in awe of this piece AND Jenna's presentation, and I'm going to be chewing on both for a good long while!
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It's pretty great. You should.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's pretty great. You should.