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Devin Martin

@quietandscreaming.bsky.social

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Co-Editor for @PodCastle.org — formerly, Audio Producer. Even more formerly: Associate Editor VA with narrations at Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Far-Fetched Fables Had post-viral fatigue since before it got 'popular' #MECFS

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Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Jul 31

And closing out PodCastle #DisabilityPride & Magic is @bethkesh.bsky.social's incredible "Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike" read by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social.

I hosted this episode, so you can find some of my thoughts about the story, and the event as a whole, there:

PodCastle @podcastle.org · Jul 31

#PC902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike by E. M. Faulds read by Eliza Chan.
A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated PG-13 - Content warning for ableist attitudes.

podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...

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Eleanor R. Wood @erwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Aaaaahhhhhhh this is such an honour!! Thank you to everyone who voted for us! 😭🎉🎉🎉😭

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Fiction Podcast goes to @podcastle.org
podcastle.org

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The Ghost of Kat Kourbeti: soon @ World Fantasy Con @darthj.uno · 1d

Congratulations to @podcastle.org for winning an Ignyte Award! 👏

What a beautiful happenstance that my new narration is up there today - 'Vedritsa of the River' by @catchingwords.bsky.social is a sapphic Rusalka story with cli-fi elements, and I was deeply honoured to work on it. Give it a listen!

PodCastle 913: Vedritsa of the River - PodCastle

Vedritsa of the River by Adriana Kantcheva The Kamchia river had grown turgid after a storm. I surfaced from my habitual pool and bent over the young girl as she lay washed on the bank, her limbs co...

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Matt Dovey @mattdovey.com · 3d

OH SHIT YOU GUYS

😭😭😭

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

The #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Fiction Podcast goes to @podcastle.org
podcastle.org

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 14d

"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.

podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...

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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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 16d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

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

OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 22d

CANCEL a streaming service, SUBSCRIBE to a print zine. Doooooooo itttttttttttt.

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Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social · 29d

UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 10 - an anthology of humorous SF/F just launched on kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

Unidentified Funny Objects 10

After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!

www.kickstarter.com

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Sep 16

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · Sep 15

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!

Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Short Fiction | Escape Pod

Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

escapepod.org

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Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 14

I can't promise you escapism, but if you want fantasy that face real life issues head on, then do I have a duology for you...

NanoKim 柯金宝丽 @nanosounds.bsky.social · Sep 14

Fathomfolk and Tideborn are excellent, by the way. Everyone should read them, especially given current events. Sea creatures and humans trying to live together in Tiankawi; facing rising tensions, revolution, fear of marginalised folk in a fantastical ESEA-inspired backdrop. Also, dragons.

Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 14

What a time to be writing fantasy about immigrants being treated as scapegoats and the rise of populist politics...

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 12

hey, it's Fantasy Friday 🦄 💖 and general subs are currently OPEN!!

send us your stories and poems that play with the limitations of borders and be a part of issue 100! ✨

more details on theme and how to submit here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 10, 2025

psychopomp.com

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · Sep 10

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can't imagine why a Labour Prime Minister like Keir Starmer would be threatened by a party that is working to:

- Lower bills.
- Protect the NHS.
- Nationalise our water companies.

Ignore the name calling and his rants about me at in Parliament and join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · Sep 8

DEAD COUNTRY is a Kindle Monthly Deal for September! Which means it should be $2.99 wherever fine ebooks are sold. For example, here: bookshop.org/p/books/dead...

Plenty of time to read and join us for our discussion on r/CraftSequence later this month!

Dead Country: Book One of the Craft Wars Series

Book One of the Craft Wars Series

bookshop.org

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Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Sep 4

He's just been so irrelevant that it hasn't been necessary!

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · Sep 3

the @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter is at $4059 out of a $10,000 base goal! They have EIGHT DAYS LEFT

they've been going for 25 years, let's keep them going!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

www.kickstarter.com

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Sally Beaumont- Voice Actor & Game Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · Sep 2

Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices,
If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text.
You get the idea.

If you value your job: protect others jobs too.

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Addie Ellicott @aciddropwriting.bsky.social · Sep 3

So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...

PodCastle 907: Maintenance Phase - PodCastle

Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, gasping for breath. She recalled the shots, the dancing, the giggling stumble into a stranger’s apartment while they pulled off each ...

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

are you ready for some big news?

WE ARE OPEN

for BIPOC subs for issue 100!

and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖

find out more here:

psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

updated September 2, 2025

psychopomp.com

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Aug 29

All this talk of when or if to query about a submission, I just want to reiterate one important thing: writers should never be *afraid* to query.

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Rachael K. Jones @rachaelkjones.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey Bluesky pals, check out this Kickstarter and help us keep short fiction weird! <3

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Aug 27

Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

kck.st

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CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · Aug 27

'People do not want the messy, uncomfortable truth that disabled people know—that we are all only one infection or accident away from disability.'

Aaaaah so much this!!!

Add age to that. Lmty, you are *all* going to end up needing care and support to do what you once thought were basic acts.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Aug 26

@pollyrowena.bsky.social on nature writing, chronic illness, and the controversy surrounding Raynor Winn’s memoir, The Salt Path.

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

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Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Aug 26

The offer to us came quite close to the con (3-6 months??), so it's hard to say how widespread it was... but yeah

Devin Martin @quietandscreaming.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well, there was that one time when we got offered an all-expenses-paid trip to China! Mysteriously, there was money for it that year. PodCastle did not take them up on it

(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · Aug 26

i didn't realize people didn't know, but as far as I'm aware, yes, hugos and nebulas finalists do still have to pay to attend the award ceremony

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