Simo
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
he/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Spec fic + all things weird & queer. Stories in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Tales & Feathers, khoreo & more. Lambda '25! http://srinivassimo.com
Spec fic + all things weird & queer. Stories in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Tales & Feathers, khoreo & more. Lambda '25! http://srinivassimo.com
LE CARRÉ MEETS GORMENGHAST omg
OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
LE CARRÉ MEETS GORMENGHAST omg
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I can't believe I can finally share this story! 🥹🖤
In "The Homeowner's Bride," the protagonist is a haunted house that's DTF. Both horror and a love story, it's one of the strangest, riskiest, most heartfelt things I've ever written, and I'm so thankful that Otherside took a chance on this piece.
In "The Homeowner's Bride," the protagonist is a haunted house that's DTF. Both horror and a love story, it's one of the strangest, riskiest, most heartfelt things I've ever written, and I'm so thankful that Otherside took a chance on this piece.
IT'S HERE! We are SO thrilled to officially reveal our Issue 1 table of contents! Every single piece in this issue is unbelievably good, and we cannot wait for you to read these stories and poems in March. These authors are amazing 🪐🗡️
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I can't believe I can finally share this story! 🥹🖤
In "The Homeowner's Bride," the protagonist is a haunted house that's DTF. Both horror and a love story, it's one of the strangest, riskiest, most heartfelt things I've ever written, and I'm so thankful that Otherside took a chance on this piece.
In "The Homeowner's Bride," the protagonist is a haunted house that's DTF. Both horror and a love story, it's one of the strangest, riskiest, most heartfelt things I've ever written, and I'm so thankful that Otherside took a chance on this piece.
Ahhhh look at this epic TOC! I can't wait!
IT'S HERE! We are SO thrilled to officially reveal our Issue 1 table of contents! Every single piece in this issue is unbelievably good, and we cannot wait for you to read these stories and poems in March. These authors are amazing 🪐🗡️
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Ahhhh look at this epic TOC! I can't wait!
(flaming Elmo of gay excitement)
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
(flaming Elmo of gay excitement)
So excited that "The Vetala" gets to be part of @othersidespec.bsky.social's inaugural issue!!
Last but certainly not least: reprints and nonfiction!
👑 “Mother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain” - @sarahpauling.bsky.social
🌊 “The Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet” - @srinivassimo.bsky.social
🪦 “He Is Survived by His Wife” - @jackiehedeman.bsky.social
(5/6)
👑 “Mother Mansrot in the Glass Mountain” - @sarahpauling.bsky.social
🌊 “The Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet” - @srinivassimo.bsky.social
🪦 “He Is Survived by His Wife” - @jackiehedeman.bsky.social
(5/6)
February 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So excited that "The Vetala" gets to be part of @othersidespec.bsky.social's inaugural issue!!
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✨ I’m excited to share that Orion’s Belt will reopen for submissions from March 1 to May 15! We’ll be seeking spec flash, micro, & poetry, as well as translations & reviews! Most importantly, our payment for poetry & art will increase. Follow us on this new adventure and for more exciting news! ✨
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
✨ I’m excited to share that Orion’s Belt will reopen for submissions from March 1 to May 15! We’ll be seeking spec flash, micro, & poetry, as well as translations & reviews! Most importantly, our payment for poetry & art will increase. Follow us on this new adventure and for more exciting news! ✨
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Check out this unicorn-in good story, "This, too, is magic" by @crossingwinter.bsky.social
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/this-too-is-...
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/this-too-is-...
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Check out this unicorn-in good story, "This, too, is magic" by @crossingwinter.bsky.social
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/this-too-is-...
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/this-too-is-...
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"'The Matriarchs' by Malena Salazar Maciá... is a harrowing and emotional story about resilience and survival."
Maria Haskins aka @mariahaskins.com has wonderful things to say about Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 in the February Locus Magazine aka @locusmag.bsky.social !❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Maria Haskins aka @mariahaskins.com has wonderful things to say about Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 in the February Locus Magazine aka @locusmag.bsky.social !❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Fantasy Magazine - issue 99 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 features work by: Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, Malena Salazar Maciá, Eleanor Glewwe, Alex Jennings, Cory Farrenkopf, and M. L. Krishnan
psychopomp.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
"'The Matriarchs' by Malena Salazar Maciá... is a harrowing and emotional story about resilience and survival."
Maria Haskins aka @mariahaskins.com has wonderful things to say about Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 in the February Locus Magazine aka @locusmag.bsky.social !❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Maria Haskins aka @mariahaskins.com has wonderful things to say about Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 in the February Locus Magazine aka @locusmag.bsky.social !❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
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My poem “Sijo for Billionaires,” from my collection Time Travel Is Easy (2025). Apropos of nothing.
February 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM
My poem “Sijo for Billionaires,” from my collection Time Travel Is Easy (2025). Apropos of nothing.
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If you're looking for a calfing good time, check out "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" by @srinivassimo.bsky.social
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
If you're looking for a calfing good time, check out "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" by @srinivassimo.bsky.social
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
We love it, and we hope you will, too! plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
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2) “The Church At The Edge of Time” (in @strangehorizons.bsky.social)
- the pastor is a woman with small birds living in her eyes (literally)
- the pastor is a woman with small birds living in her eyes (literally)
The Church at the Edge of Time
the pastor is a woman / with small birds living in the hollows of her eyes.
strangehorizons.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
2) “The Church At The Edge of Time” (in @strangehorizons.bsky.social)
- the pastor is a woman with small birds living in her eyes (literally)
- the pastor is a woman with small birds living in her eyes (literally)
SHOWSTOPPING
MY JENNIFER'S BODY X JUNO WEIRD FLORIDA HORROR NOVELETTE IS LIVE on @nightmare-magazine.com! Lane just wants to make friends with the boy next door, who she’s afraid of, because, hey, that thing happened to her mom.
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...
Jennifer’s Daughter - Nightmare Magazine
My mom was sixteen when a band of boys took her out to the woods and bound her to a tree and tortured her to death, like in Jennifer’s Body, so you see her womb was kinda already out of commish by the...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
SHOWSTOPPING
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Absolutely apropos of something, I feel it's time to share this again.
The Cephalophore - The Dark Magazine
i. He visited me in the night, carrying his head. Dead men would sometimes visit the city this way. I had known this could happen with the executed, but I could not bring myself to accept the visitati...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Absolutely apropos of something, I feel it's time to share this again.
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As the other Otherside poetry editor, I can't stress this enough. "Please fuck us up. Please make it gayer and more trans and stranger and more unabashedly you than you think would usually be accepted. WE want that kind of shit. We want the othered queer pieces that take forever to find a home 💜
Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
As the other Otherside poetry editor, I can't stress this enough. "Please fuck us up. Please make it gayer and more trans and stranger and more unabashedly you than you think would usually be accepted. WE want that kind of shit. We want the othered queer pieces that take forever to find a home 💜
Hi. Do you want to cry today? Do you want a reason to get up again and keep getting up? READ THIS.
“Leygr” is free to read!! 🐚
🪨 an epic mortal-immortal friendship (there’s an aroace reading here for the discerning)
🪨 a bunch of hot immortal siblings who Don’t Get It
🪨 a reason to keep lying in the barrow
🪨 a reason to get up again, and walk outside
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
🪨 an epic mortal-immortal friendship (there’s an aroace reading here for the discerning)
🪨 a bunch of hot immortal siblings who Don’t Get It
🪨 a reason to keep lying in the barrow
🪨 a reason to get up again, and walk outside
magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hi. Do you want to cry today? Do you want a reason to get up again and keep getting up? READ THIS.
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I'd just like people to read and share (and maybe nominate for things, if they like it enough) my short story "To Be Merciful; or, Light After Darkness"
free on my Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/to-be-...
free on my Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/to-be-...
To Be Merciful; or, Light After Darkness | Jennifer R. Donohue
Get more from Jennifer R. Donohue on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'd just like people to read and share (and maybe nominate for things, if they like it enough) my short story "To Be Merciful; or, Light After Darkness"
free on my Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/to-be-...
free on my Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/to-be-...
Thank you, @authortrsteele.bsky.social (and thank you @prioryruins.bsky.social for flagging this post for me ahh)!
Read "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" here: plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
Read "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" here: plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thank you, @authortrsteele.bsky.social (and thank you @prioryruins.bsky.social for flagging this post for me ahh)!
Read "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" here: plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
Read "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" here: plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
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Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
Plastic, Prism, Void by Violet Allen — Debut trans romantasy — LittlePuss Press
A time-skipping quick-quipping trans romantasy supernova!
"An utterly essential, astounding new voice." —Charlie Jane Anders
www.littlepuss.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
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This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Who'd like a promo code for a free audio copy of Assemble Artifact's latest issue, which includes my novelette That Slow Nightfall?
You can't read this story about a blind MC (and the hot guy who becomes her 'eyes' but is hiding a terrible secret) anywhere else!
You can't read this story about a blind MC (and the hot guy who becomes her 'eyes' but is hiding a terrible secret) anywhere else!
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who'd like a promo code for a free audio copy of Assemble Artifact's latest issue, which includes my novelette That Slow Nightfall?
You can't read this story about a blind MC (and the hot guy who becomes her 'eyes' but is hiding a terrible secret) anywhere else!
You can't read this story about a blind MC (and the hot guy who becomes her 'eyes' but is hiding a terrible secret) anywhere else!
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🔥 SUBS OPEN 🔥
I enjoyed the first trans horror anthology YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and this follow-up looks STUNNING! 🦢🩵🤍🩷
I enjoyed the first trans horror anthology YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and this follow-up looks STUNNING! 🦢🩵🤍🩷
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🔥 SUBS OPEN 🔥
I enjoyed the first trans horror anthology YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and this follow-up looks STUNNING! 🦢🩵🤍🩷
I enjoyed the first trans horror anthology YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and this follow-up looks STUNNING! 🦢🩵🤍🩷
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LP is working hard to complete their BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago, but financial hurdles are making it tough. Every donation helps cover tuition. Please consider contributing or sharing this campaign to support their journey. Every bit counts!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
LP is working hard to complete their BFA at the Art Institute of Chicago, but financial hurdles are making it tough. Every donation helps cover tuition. Please consider contributing or sharing this campaign to support their journey. Every bit counts!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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It's absolutely wild to me that a book I wrote for the love of my life (@pegasusunder.bsky.social, if you didn't already know) woven through the language of flowers and two Jane Austen characters who frankly NEEDED their sapphic freedom, already has over 800 ratings on Goodreads.
My heart 😭
My heart 😭
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's absolutely wild to me that a book I wrote for the love of my life (@pegasusunder.bsky.social, if you didn't already know) woven through the language of flowers and two Jane Austen characters who frankly NEEDED their sapphic freedom, already has over 800 ratings on Goodreads.
My heart 😭
My heart 😭
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Acceptance announcement! My first cowritten short story, with @srinivassimo.bsky.social
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
July 2025 acceptances (cont'd):
"We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore"
by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas
@smessenger.bsky.social
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
"The Peace Found in the Balloon Hole"
by Lyra Meurer
"The Time Keeper"
by Ali Faye Miller
"The Monster's Wife"
by Stewart Moore
"We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore"
by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas
@smessenger.bsky.social
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
"The Peace Found in the Balloon Hole"
by Lyra Meurer
"The Time Keeper"
by Ali Faye Miller
"The Monster's Wife"
by Stewart Moore
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Acceptance announcement! My first cowritten short story, with @srinivassimo.bsky.social
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.