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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 17m

The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:

He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen

Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2h

Thirty-five years would be a phenomenal run even if On Spec had only published half as much incredible work. They will definitely be missed.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 19h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

This is a sweet hug of a fairy tale retelling. Marissa is so good at tapping into the heart of stories.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 1d

This story is exactly what I needed to read this morning.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 21h

If you'd like a print, I have a US print shop! (shipping worldwide)

www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...

And check out Kaleidotrope, fiction fans!

#art

reaper and hourglass with sand figure in pink and yellow

reaper and hourglass with sand figure in black and gold tones

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 1d

Read the story that other people have called "fun, clever," and "just wonderful," and said "I'd spend more time with the beekeepers daughter and the hobgoblins for sure," only in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

Read this at once, for a marvelous and cozy fairy tale interlude in your day!

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 1d

This story is a DELIGHT.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

kaleidotrope.net

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

“You don’t understand, AI levels the playing field, allows anyone to create.”

No. You know what actually does that? Being alive.

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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 3d

"A plague of gods have given us a bad name
us half-betweeners, shadowfill and moonlighters..."

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 3d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope, if you’re into that sort of thing.

www.kaleidotrope.net

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 2d

Highly recommended short, potentially applicable to PTSD warriors. A new fave!

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social · 3d

I really like this poem!

Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 3d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 2d

"I have been to the market
where they sell futures packed in mason jars"

Love this new poem by Shana Ross in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social

@shanaross.bsky.social

“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 3d

This is gorgeous and utterly entrancing. 🍄

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, new story this week! Last of the year (probably). Features a hot shot pilot, a retired but persistent ambulance, and snacks.

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

www.kaleidotrope.net

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 2d

OMG read this. So good. The pacing is exquisite.

Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 3d

My weird horror story "My Collectors" is in this month's Kaleidotrope!
kaleidotrope.net

“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 3d

This is a Weird One, whether you want to interpret that as a warning or an advertisement.

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 2d

The Beekeeper's Daughter, my story of bees, giants, goblins, secrets, and more bees, is only one of many in the new issue of Kaleidotrope, online now at kaleidotrope.net

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

Most people using AI to create art are running a con. The rest are being conned into thinking they’re creating art.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

For what it’s worth, in case it isn’t obvious, this is a joke, not an actual submission I was sent. Most people trafficking in AI “assisted” stories aren’t fessing up to that fact, oddly enough. 😀

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

“Dear editor,
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: my story, "The Little Deaths of Autumn," is out now in the new issue of Kaleidotrope!
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 1d

“Dear editor,
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”

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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 3d

I think of Chelsea Market when I picture this poem...but it's an ode to a Canadian skill I'm learning: when to refuse an individual desire for the sake of others kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross

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