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A list of active, regularly published fiction markets, including stories by today's best science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.

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Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscriptions @sffmagazines.bsky.social · Oct 18
Welcome new followers!

We're glad you've left the Fascist Propaganda Network Known as X to join us here! Let's try and keep this social site a bit less evil.

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thedeadlands.com
"awoken!
by the opening blow
of a shut thing—
the latch!
of a short-sighted dog"

oh, beloveds

WHAT a poem!

bark! by Charlotte Suttee

read on 🖤

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bark! - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
bark! / awoken! / by the opening blow / of a shut thing
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January 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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havenspec.bsky.social
👀January 2026 Fiction👀

"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.

Subscribers get it Monday!
An excerpt of the short story "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang, in Issue 21 of Haven Spec Magazine (January 2026). The text reads: 1. Buy two cartons of salt: one for the actual summoning, the other for practice. Don’t worry about iodized versus sea salt, fleur de sel or pink Himalayan—as long as it’s not low-sodium, any brand will do. 2. Candles, too—your mom has some around the house, but she will notice if you take them all. Even if she doesn’t, you doubt the scent of Ocean Rain and Vanilla Sugar will impress any demons you want to bind. Votive candles are best, though tealights will do in a pinch, a pack of twenty for one ninety-nine... The background is the issue's cover art, titled Pile, by Aimee Cozza. It shows a figure with blood around their mouth and on their neck and chest, cuddling a pack of wolves.
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
Get your fancy clothes on and head out to "Another Cemetery Wedding" - and don't forget to bring a gift for the ghoul and goblin! This poem by Belicia Rhea in our 7th issue is a delight:
Another Cemetery Wedding - Small Wonders
Aria is brave for a girl who is tough as a fish, / she sends an invitation via carrier owl / whose talons tear that love letter to shreds.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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escapepod.org
Ahoy, sophonts! Do you like detectives? What about Mars? What about detectives *on* Mars? If you like the sound of that, then check out the sound or text of "Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery" by @mynachang.bsky.social!
Escape Pod 1029: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery
I was leaning against my desk in the Mars Dome cop shop, rubbing nano-repair gel on my prosthetic leg, when I caught the rookie staring at me. Or rather, staring at my leg. “Go ahead, kid…
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January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Priestess IV
by Akua Lezli Hope

"What Oracle she may be comes from knowing
where the grain was cast, the roof raised,
the Harvest threshed, the rent party held"

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POETRY by Akua Lezli Hope Priestess IV Quote What Oracle she may be comes from knowing where the grain was cast, the roof raised, the Harvest threshed, the rent party held 19 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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talestoterrify.bsky.social
Welcome to episode 730. We have two tales for you this week, about a boy desperate to protect his newfound friendship, and a harrowing trip down a forbidden road (by @blackcattales.bsky.social).

talestoterrify.com/episodes/730-emma-johnson-rivard-chris-l-robinson
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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reckoningmag.bsky.social
New from Reckoning X: @daphne-fauber.bsky.social's alligator-eating-Adam artwork "Creation" will appear as full-color endpapers in the print edition (which is up for preorder), but you get to see it now: reckoning.press/endpaper-cre...
Artwork by Daphne Fauber, "Creation", featuring a blue-eyed alligator with a human hand emerging from its throat to touch another extended human finger in a reference to "The Creation of Adam", with sparrows on the wing and a radial pattern in the background
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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trollbreathmag.bsky.social
Time for another Free Fiction Friday!

This week we have a veritable stew of a story about alien visitors, investigations into financial crimes, gun violence, and Madagascan currency exchanges.

It all makes sense when you read it. So, carve out some time for "Chuck's Gun," by Bob Morrell.
Chuck’s Gun - Trollbreath Magazine
Chuck’s Gun
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January 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Swooping back this very fine MLK Day with our first unthemed issue of 2026! Behold! Get yours! Tell a friend!

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FIYAH # 37
FIYAH Issue 37 is available in downloadable PDF and EPUB formats. Buying for someone else? Hit up the Gift Issue for transferable download codes. See the description below for content details.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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havenspec.bsky.social
Our ✨January 2026 issue✨ is ready at last!

Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!

It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!

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Haven Spec Magazine, Issue Twenty-One, January 2026. Cover and table of contents. The issue will be available to subscribers on January 26th, and its contents are as follows: Cover Art by Aimee Cozza. Fiction: Magical Girl: Corporate Failure by Lia Lao. Demon In Repose by J.A.W. McCarthy. A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons by Cynthia Zhang. Bootcut by Allison Pottern. Branches by Matt Tighe. And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must by Elou Carroll. A Tree is not a Home by Diana Dima. Poetry: A Party, A Party! by Faith Allington Queercoded Villanelle by anaum sajanlal last psalm by P. H. Low Rainmaker by Olumide Manuel Nonfiction: Letter from the Editor, Ya Herd? by Leon Perniciaro. Little Fiction Reviews by the Editors of Haven Spec Magazine.
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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thedeadlands.com
the deadlands ISSUE 41

with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved

IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD

check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
The Deadlands - Issue 41 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Charlotte Suttee, Phoua Lee, Joe Koch, Jeremy Morris, gray lindsey, Dmitri Akers, Aliya Whiteley, Marisca Pichette, Alan M. Fisher, Sadoeuph...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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lunastation.bsky.social
In the January updates I talk a bit about allostatic load, self care, and give a hint of cool projects to come.

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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines #IndiePublishing
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Feminist Futurism Versus Project 2025
An Empowering Speculative Salon
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social
Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social
Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social
Annalee Newitz
@annaleen.bsky.social
Isis Asare @isisasare.bsky.social

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NON-FICTION Quote When Le Guin talks about genre writers as “the realists of a larger reality” we surrender the power of that when we narrow our work to only depict one type of future. We have great power to restore alternate narratives, to re-broaden the range of imaginable futures. end Quote Feminist Futurism Versus Project 2025: An Empowering Speculative Salon  by Ada Palmer, Charlie Jane Anders, Andrea Hairston, Annalee Newitz, Isis Asare 12 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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talestoterrify.bsky.social
Welcome to episode 729 We have two tales for you this week. First, we share a handy instructional guide to culinary subterfuge. Then, a group of Roman soldiers descend deep into the earth in search of a lost family.

talestoterrify.com/episodes/729-meagan-regina-thomas-alfie-court
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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trollbreathmag.bsky.social
Another fantastic Free Fiction Friday- a tale of time, space, tech, and the quest to escape humanity!

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Small ship in a colorful nebula Skipping Stones over the Barrier by Antonie Rotival Trollbreath Magazine
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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tasavvurnama.bsky.social
In “Bird and Bread,” Aparna Kapur shares a fantastic satirical tale about a bird preventing the end of the world, quite smugly.

Link below to save the world: tasavvurnama.com/bird-and-bre...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
sffmagazines.bsky.social
Not our usual re-post, but this shit is super important (dare I say MORE important? I dare...)
qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 11d
Personal Me: Not in the Twin Cities, but want to help support everyone on the ground? Here’s a good list.
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11d
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
"A Keeper of Kingdoms" by Michelle Koubeck asks us to think small and big, at the same time. You are a whole world, and sometimes it is at war...
A Keeper of Kingdoms - Small Wonders
They’re weaving the kingdoms into your skin now, / The wheat farms, the castles, the villagers.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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bcsmagazine.bsky.social
BCS #449 ebook out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of struggle amid love by @rkduncan.bsky.social and Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #449
Issue #449 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by R.K. Duncan and Lalini Shanela Ranaraja and cover art by Jereme Peabody.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Expiring on Jan. 15! Subscribe to The Fabulist Magazine in print and get a free, collectible copy of Issue Zero. Limited stock • Offer ends 11:59pm Jan 15. fabulistmagazine.com/print-ebook-...
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Questions I Could Not Ask the Giant in Her Presence 
by R. C. Sherbrooke

"Do you carry plumbing pipes around with you to stick in small town water towers?
Drink counties dry to whet your whistle?"

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POETRY by R. C. Sherbrooke Questions I Could Not Ask the Giant in Her Presence  QuoteDo you carry plumbing pipes around with you to stick in small town water towers? Drink counties dry to whet your whistle? 12 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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smallwondersmag.com
Be careful of ghosts on the mountain. Wendy Nikel's "Whispers of Ascension" reminds us that there's worse out there than the wind:
Whispers of Ascension - Small Wonders
Nobody tells you about the ghosts. Not the travel agent. Not the driver. Not the outfitter.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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tasavvurnama.bsky.social
Penned by Vinayak Varma, “The Fairy Shop Op” is a subversive and witty conversation based in an industrialist dystopia that’s not too far off from our own.

Link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-fairy-sh...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Creature With the Ticking Heart 
by Nico Martinez Nocito @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social

"When you falter, recall that age
is not your master"

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POETRY by Nico Martinez Nocito Creature With the Ticking Heart  Quote When you falter, recall that age is not your master 12 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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The Song of a Non-Human Intelligence 
by Mical Garcia

"Our singing conveys the concept of 'hope,' which is how we define the wait until our home feels safe again."

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FICTION quote Despite the barriers between different cetacean languages, our song crosses the vastness of the oceans, traveling in sync with the currents and even traversing great expanses of land. Our singing conveys the concept of “hope,” which is how we define the wait until our home feels safe again. end quote The Song of a Non-Human Intelligence  by Michael Garcia 12 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM