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New old speculative fiction magazine, relaunched June 2k20! Looking for work on the ever-moving edge of its kind--fiction, art, graphic narrative, animation. www.penumbric.com. For submissions info, see www.penumbric.com/subs.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Nov 9

Submissions:

We are always open for submissions of #art, #animation, & #music!

We are open for #fiction & #poetry from 15 June to 15 September & from 15 December to 15 March!

See penumbric.com/subs.html for details.

Penumbric announcement - Submission Guidelines

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 1d

The October issue is up! You can find it at the usual place (www.penumbric.com/currentissue...), and of course a pdf version at www.penumbric.com/currentissue....

#reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

The cover of the October 2025 issue of Penumbric, found at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/cover.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 1d

Art from August's #Penumbric: "Raveled Lovers" by Ashley Abigail Gruezo Resurreccion, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artwork #fantasy #myth

"Raveled Lovers" by Ashley Abigail Gruezo Resurreccion, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/resurreccionLovers.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 3d

Ryan was no longer backed up on the cloud.

-from "Traffic Patterns" by Brian D. Hinson, in #Penumbric's Aug issue at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#scifi #shortstory

"Traffic Patterns" by Brian D. Hinson, in Penumbric's Aug issue at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/hinsonTraffic.html

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Jen Wang @jeniverseabr.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Here's my re-imagining of Chang'e, published in the April 2025 issue of @penumbricmag.bsky.social #poetry #JeniverseWritings #mythology www.penumbric.com/archives/Apr...

Penumbric April 2k25, Woman on the Moon

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 4d

“I stop people finding out things that would disturb the balance of their minds.”

-from "Censors of Titan" by Mike Morgan (@culttvmike.bsky.social), in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#scifi #shortstories

"Censors of Titan" by Mike Morgan, in Aug's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/morganCensors.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 5d

Sunday #art: "The Arrival" by Christina Sng (@christinasng.bsky.social), in #Penumbric's August issue at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artist #artwork #scifi #horror

"The Arrival" by Christina Sng (@christinasng.bsky.social), in Penumbric's August issue at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sngArrival.html

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 5d

His voice smokes from the burns of his last life.

-from "The Crow Who Owns the Stop Sign" by MC Childs, in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #scifi #fantasy #myth

"The Crow Who Owns the Stop Sign" by MC Childs, in Aug's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/childsCrow.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 7d

Saturday #art from August's #Penumbric: "Wisp Warbler" by Camellia Paul, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artwork #artist #fantasy #myth

"Wisp Warbler" by Camellia Paul, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/paulWarbler.html

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 10d

Javonte: a warning?
we can talk if you tell me who this is

God: It’s God.

-from "The God Bot" by Tamika Thompson (@tamikathompson.bsky.social), in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#scifi #shortstory

"The God Bot" by Tamika Thompson (@tamikathompson.bsky.social), in August's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/thompsonGod.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 11d

A little #art from August's #Penumbric: "Bifurcation" by Carl Scharwath, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#artwork #scifi #scifiart #myth

"Bifurcation" by Carl Scharwath, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/scharwathBifurcation.html

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 13d

The words are colorless knobbly jots
we fire at one another from
opposite ends of creation.

-from "A tour of our superconducting word collider" by Richard Magahiz, in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... (pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...)

#poem #poetry #scifi #fantasy

"A tour of our superconducting word collider" by Richard Magahiz, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/magahizTour.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 14d

Art in August's #Penumbric: "Killjoys Inc." by Ritiksha Sharma, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artwork #scifi #scifiart

"Killjoys Inc." by Ritiksha Sharma, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sharmaKilljoys.html

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 16d

Wearing an exoskeleton was like being spooned by a squid.

-from "Vagabond" by EJ Kavounas, in #Penumbric's August issue at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#scifi #shortstories

"Vagabond" by EJ Kavounas, in Penumbric's August issue at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/kavounasVagabond.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 17d

i toppled planets
i stacked three feet high

-from "Astronaut Ice Cream" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (@spires.bsky.social), in August's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #poet #scifi

"Astronaut Ice Cream" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, in August's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/spiresAstronaut.html

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 20d

When Pius was assigned to Murk, he assumed he would be translating the Bible into the language of genius octopuses.

-from "A Word That Means Everything" by @andydibble.bsky.social, in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... (pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...)

#scifi #shortstory

"A Word That Means Everything" by Andy Dibble, in August's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/dibbleWord.html

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social for the amazing conversation. My latest poetry collection is out now from Hippocampus Press. I had a blast talking about Dante and epic poetry with you!

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to @cybergodwrites.bsky.social on the release of Songs of Enough An Inferno All My Own! We had a great discussion on Instagram live. Here are photographs of the many faces we made while discussing epic poetry, Allen Ginsberg, Dante & more!

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 23d

I've begun work on the October issue amongst all this. I've notified the authors but not the artists so far. That should also happen in the next few days.

The day job is calling ... I have so many books to proofread! But this is a good thing :)

Hope you are all doing well! 🥰

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 23d

The latest submissions period for written works is over. Thank you everyone for so many amazing stories and poems! And of course the art, graphic narrative, and music subs window is still open. (And we're still evaluating a bunch of subs, so don't worry if you haven't heard back yet!)

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 23d

I realize we've totally been AWOL from social media lately. Here's an update: Best of #Penumbric, vol viii, has finally been proofed and is now up on Amazon at www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR9HFPH8. (Yay!!!) Author's copies will go out in the next couple of weeks as we try to catch up.

Best of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag, vol viii: June 2k24 to April 2k25

Best of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag, vol viii: June 2k24 to April 2k25 [Neomythos Press] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Best of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag, vol viii: June 2k24 to April 2k25

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 28d

We've reached our submissions limit for written works for this subs period! Thank you so much to everyone who submitted work! 🥰 We'll reopen for fiction and poetry subs on 15 December.

(Art and music subs are always open!)

#fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror

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Hannah Greer @hannahgreer.bsky.social · 29d

I had a story come out last month with @penumbricmag.bsky.social! Titled "What Makes a Demon", it follows a woman as she tries, with extreme and perhaps invasive measures, to protect her sister from the patriarchy. Check it out! www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

Penumbric August 2k25, What Makes a Demon

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just ordered another proof copy of "Best of #Penumbric, vol viii" from Amazon. Hopefully I get it this time!!

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Sep 5

I've spoken to Amazon about the Best of #Penumbric ... any proof or authors' copies printed in the US will be delayed (due to delays at "the manufacturing facility"). No timeline to fix this. (But retail copies won't be delayed ... printed elsewhere?) Still sorting what to do.

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh, this is good ... when I try to use Amazon's help chat, it errors out. Argh ...

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looks like Amazon can't figure out how to print a proof copy of Best of #Penumbric. I've had to cancel the order. My choices are to just look at the pdf proof and have it go live anyway, or continue to delay our annual anthology. This is not good business, Amazon.

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