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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · Aug 9
HOPE is now available!

Pick it up now!
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 3d
Check it out at Interstellar Flight Press & while you're there you can sign up for the online launch on November 3!
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...
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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 6d
Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg
Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows
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Alex Singer, Arbiter of Spooky Bagels @moonsheen.bsky.social · 5d
PSA to those who live in the US, no matter how disillusioned you may be, vote in local elections and encourage your friends and family to do so. One of the big problems for liberals is low turnout for lower level elections, which puts in people who approve of gerrymandering tactics for the big ones.
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 6d
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places” Fiction “Singularities” by Cressida Roe “The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes “The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos “What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman “The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris “Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti “My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity “What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen “Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed Poetry “Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens “Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon “Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce “I have been to the market” by Shana Ross “Atomic” by Jennifer Crow “Bedazzled” by Robert Borski “Bestla” by James Joseph Brown Artwork by Carly A-F
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 8d
When Mothers Dream – Brenda Cooper

A moving and beautiful collection.
When Mothers Dream – Brenda Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 11d
The Face in the Abyss - A. Merritt,
3.5 stars,
An effective escapist adventure.
The Face in the Abyss – A. Merritt
An effective escapist adventure.
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 11d
The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results
Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement? You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.
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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 11d
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle.

The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.

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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder   I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 11d
Submissions are now closed for TRUNK.
For the curious:
- Average # of rejections was 27.
- Average story length was 4,500.
- No real difference between held and declined.

HELD for consideration: 14%
That will be trimmed down quite a bit over the next week or so, and more slowly thereafter.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 13d
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YouTube video by Nick Lowe - Topic
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 17d
I've said many times that if I only read books by people whose politics I agreed with, I'd read very few books. There just aren't that many vegan, animal rights-supporting leftists writing SFF.
I do try to avoid work by writers I think are just bad people personally, regardless of their politics.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 17d
This Inevitable Ruin - Matt Dinniman,
4 stars,
I'm still on board for more.
This Inevitable Ruin – Matt Dinniman
I'm still on board for more.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 17d
Wakers - Orson Scott Card,
3 stars,
Okay for YA readers.
Wakers – Orson Scott Card
Okay for YA readers.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 19d
Just about one week left to submit to TRUNK.

PS It's not a big deal, but to those of you who provide the info we ask for and format your titles the way we like, I see you and thank you for saving me time and trouble.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · Aug 6
Feeling rejected? Send your story to us for TRUNK: stories that took the long way.
This anthology of SFF stories with 20+ rejections (10+ for novelettes) is open for submissions now.
books.metaphorosis.com/calls/
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Open/Upcoming TRUNK: stories that took the long way   Concept: Stories that met with many rejections before being published. This can include both reprint or original stories. In either case, …
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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 20d
An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide!
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years
Trump has veered, often suddenly, proudly and loudly, into unprecedented territory in at least 15 different areas.
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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 20d
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
A Bird Afraid of Feathers – Plant Based Press
Years ago, I ran across a fractal image that looked just like feathers. I loved it immediately, and resolved to use it as a book cover (with appropriate licensing and attribution, of course). That eventually resulted in the anthology HOPE: The Thing With Feathers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It's an anthology of hopeful, feather-related SFF stories. I wrote my own contribution early on - "A Bird Afraid of Feathers" - and included it as the last story in the book.
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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 20d
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
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The Coping Saw
The Coping Saw - Kindle edition by Allen, B. Morris, Publishing, Farthest Star. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Coping Saw.
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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 22d
My story “A Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbell” is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. It’s about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Here’s a free 60-day subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
Subscribe to The Sunday Morning Transport
An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week. Click to read The Sunday Morning Transport, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Lara San Mamés @laratraduce.bsky.social · 22d
"It was just after seven-thirty in the morning. He wouldn’t be allowed to grieve his wife, however. Instead, he’d have to deal with what he knew would be a bureaucratic nightmare."

✍🏻 Karl El-Koura
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Her Last Will – Karl El-Koura
In the night, the silent robots took away his wife and left a note in her place.
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 23d
Boycotting Disney? Good on ya! Need something else to keep you entertained? Might I make one small suggestion?
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Jan 8
Well, I guess better late than never.
Steamboat Willie saying Read Kaleidotrope
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R.W.W. Greene (He/him) @rwwgreene.bsky.social · 24d
A nice little review for a story published in
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a few years back. 🪐📚
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 25d
The Internet Archive has archived this report. Let's "Streisand Effect" this finding

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404 Media @404media.co · 27d
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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Metaphorosis Publishing @metaphorosis.com · 26d
The House Without Windows - Barbara Newhall Follett,
3.5 stars,
The writing is excellent and evocative.
The House Without Windows – Barbara Newhall Follett
The writing is excellent and evocative.
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 27d
I am reading through this book of short stories right now, revisiting old favorites and encountering new ones. Thomas is one of the brightest lights of short fiction today. What he does with weird horror—mixing and blending in sci-fi, fantasy, the literary—is a marvel
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 27d
Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.
A pile of Uncertain Sons, just a lot of uncertainty and a lot of sons
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · Sep 12
It’s Free Fiction Friday!! Today, join a farm girl as she gets a little help from unlikely friends

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The Water Dragons of Harney County Trollbreath Magazine. Image is a field under dark skies with a glowing drawing of a dragon attacking a snake
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