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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 6d

New interview with Marie Brennan today - hear about her Hugo-winning poem, novels, short stories, and some gorgeous art!

@swantower.bsky.social

Author Interview * Marie Brennan

The first-ever Hugo award for a poem was awarded to Marie Brennan at Worldcon 2025. In addition to poetry, Marie is an accomplished author of novels and short stories. Thanks to Marie for talking w…

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 6h

I had a story come out today!

If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.

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Tasting notes

Issue seven: flash fiction by Cislyn Smith

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 5h

Love it!

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 6h

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 11h

We are $225 from MORE ART! We want to be able to commission one or more additional queer artists to create even more art! Think headers, dividers, the little flourishes and interior art details that bring things to life! Help us support more queer art! 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 9h

Wow!

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Great story & narration!

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 18h

In my latest @bookriot.bsky.social, I list 6 Recent Horror Short Story Collections with work by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, Samanta Schweblin, and @kristinaten.bsky.social!

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6 Recent & Upcoming Knockout Horror Short Story Collections

Dabble in the abuses of power that happen everyday, read about Halloween pranks going horribly wrong, and more

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 16h

Congrats!

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 1d

Gather round the campfire and let me tell you a scary story about scary stories, at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Big thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for publishing this, and to *you* for reading it. Happy camping! mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

“I’m not losing my mind, right? This guy was not in the picture we took.”
“Who the hell is he?” They’re squinting hard in the dark. He just looks like another one of them, to put it plainly. Like he could have been a fourth roommate. But there was no fourth roommate. It was always just the three of them.
“I have absolutely no memory of this dude. I’ve never seen him before in my life.”

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 1d

Creepy AF 🫣

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 1d

Why are we so drawn to stories and art? Because they’re our insides turned out for everyone to see — the darkness and the confetti in equal measure. 🌤️

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 1d

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 1d

Did you hear the news? BITTER OVER SWEET was featured in @msmagazine.com's list of Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025! buff.ly/oD6cAJf

Preorder a copy of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social right here: buff.ly/NJbAI32
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 1d

Chickasha

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 2d

"The sound was high and wrenching. There was a strong, wild smell now. She and I stood watching the second wave of the storm as it broke, droplets spattering, dense as white oil."

Love the relationship amid the storm!

@helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

McClory: 'White Rain'

Fiction by Helen McClory

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 1d

"None of the snakes were awake, but the music made you think something violent was going to happen. I suppose the violence was in the man, not the snakes."

I love this story! All of Helen's stories are full of quirky happenings & gorgeous language.

@helenmcclory.bsky.social

Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 1d

"I want to tell you about this other film I saw, one night when you were out sticking twigs in your hair and shoving your hand into the mouths of foxes, you dank, fleshy monster."

Every bit of this story is unexpected! And sharp as a snakebite.

@helenmcclory.bsky.social in Winter Tangerine!

The Language of Heaven — Winter Tangerine

www.wintertangerine.com

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Rachael Clarke / R.A. Clarke @raclarkewrites.bsky.social · 1d

HANNA X SPIDERHEAD
Locked away in a clandestine lab, a daring hacker twin, a clone anomaly carrying secrets, and a desperate robotics expert must face malicious oppressors, their origins, their own inner demons & maybe even each other in an explosive bid for truth and freedom. #DVPit #Dis #A #H #SF

A mood board image showing a blad woman, clones, a moody grey green lab-like atmosphere, doctors, DNA strands, a bloody faced woman, and a man with a gun.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 1d

"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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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Cali!!!

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know WTF this is about but I am here for it

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2d

This might not be the, um, best time to resurrect this initiative, but am ready to greenlight this once I get the pigs, or similar animal that can scarf jiggly. Swimming pool could be a large enough private one. Have leads on public ones.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23d

Okay, so, Portland...I need an abandoned indoor pool and someone to make really large multicolored jellos from molds that look like creatures if you smashed them on the floor of the abandoned swimming pool... and then someone with some trained pet pigs to devour the remains while being photographed.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 2d

A small press going out of business without paying its authors...inexcusible. I wish I could say it rarely happens, but I would be lying.

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 2d

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 2d

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
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Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 2d

Love this!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

I've just reached 1,800 free subscribers on my Substack! I know that we are all bombarded with great and not-so-great content every day, so thank you for finding value in my writing craft analysis and writing tips!

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Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack

Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...

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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 3d

This week's guest is Helen McClory!

First up is "The Companion" in Wigleaf!

"At this time of day, the risk of attack was minimal, and all she had was that noise, that taste, the treachery beneath, and the cold air around."

@helenmcclory.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social

McClory: 'The Companion'

Fiction by Helen McClory

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 3d

Stella Yin was SO GOOD! The story and the artistry of the narrative ❤️

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