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The Fantastic Other
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A fresh, genre-bending litmag featuring sci-fi, fantasy, & paranormal oddities & curiosities. Writers welcome! We take fiction, poetry, & art. Open year-round, no fees attached. Submit at https://fantasticother.com/submissions/
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 28
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

Now announcing the theme for our Winter 2026 issue: METAMORPHOSIS

Send us your metamorphosed poetry, fiction, and art!
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 23d
We hate literary magazines that are like, "We don't know what we are looking for, but we know it when we see it." Bullshit. We know what we are looking for, and we aren't trying to hide the ball. We even made videos to explain it!

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · 24d
Been working on your submission for a while, but need some outside eyes on it? 👀

Why not our eyes? With our feedback response submission option, our editing team will give your story or poem a full critique, including some ideas on where you can take it.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Sep 4
Page Against the Machine

@pipt.bsky.social looks at a project exploring “creative ways to demonstrate the power that human words, poetics & writing might have in resisting the influence of artificial intelligence in the literary sphere & beyond”
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Page Against The Machine: On the Poetics of AI Refusal
This essay by artist and researcher Pip Thornton documents and debates some of the outputs of ‘Writing The Wrongs of AI’ (WWAI), a project which explored creative ways to demonstrate the power that hu...
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Green Stories @greenstories.bsky.social · Sep 4
The writers as resistance festival is on throughout September with lots of talks and events, see writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...
The Writers' HQ Writing As Resistance Festival
Stories to change the world. A deep dive into the radical nature of creativity and the transformative possibilities of stories.
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Sep 1
We are now open for an extended Feedback Response period, from September to the end of November!

Have a story or poem that you're struggling to find a home for? You can send it our way for a donation, and we'll share our thoughts and ideas: fantasticother.com/feedback-res...
Feedback Response Submissions
We are proud to support authors in every way we can. In order to raise funds and give writers inside knowledge and tips regarding their submissions, we are offering a paid feedback submission optio…
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 28
Good thing they have a blue checkmark /s
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 28
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

Now announcing the theme for our Winter 2026 issue: METAMORPHOSIS

Send us your metamorphosed poetry, fiction, and art!
fantasticother.com/submissions/
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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · Aug 28
I scratched an arm with a manicured fingernail. Iridescent scales flaked in the breeze like dust. Under microscopy these chitinous flecks were hexagonal coins, a treasure chest’s worth. My value, measured in scales.

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All the Rainbows We Shed by Jennifer Lesh TROLLBREATH Magazine The background is scales with a rainbow overlay
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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · Aug 27
WHEN WE TALK OF STOLEN SISTERS
This multi-award-winning collection of Jessica Doe’s poetry call our attention to the disappearance of Indigenous women, the cultural genocide that continues, and the courageous survive.
Learn more and find links here: bit.ly/DoeSis
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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · Aug 27
Goodness, wouldn’t that be terrible
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 21
What a treat! Not surprised to see Trigger so represented here, and FLCL was indeed a game-changer in my youth!
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 11
If you're looking to sit down with a cozy ghost story, you'll find both chills and warmth in Steven Bryan Bieler's "My Spring Cleaning."

You can read it now for free in our Summer 2025 issue! #ghoststory #fiction

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4
Honoured that @thefantasticother.bsky.social have published another short story of mine! Check out AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS in their tenth issue with other brilliant contributors and a stunning cover 😍
AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS by Madeehah Reza The Seven Guardians have always been there. They are etched into our country’s history, each one holding a legend of its own. Each one stands as one of our protectors at the borders of our vast country. They are as ancient as the Earth itself, we are told, looming over us as colossal towers of men. If you stood beneath one, we are told, you’d lose sight of its head
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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 4
Congratulations to Madeehah Reza, @madeehahwrites.bsky.social, part of our All World's Wayfarer writing fam! She has a new story out today in @thefantasticother.bsky.social. Way to go Madeehah!
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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4
Honoured that @thefantasticother.bsky.social have published another short story of mine! Check out AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS in their tenth issue with other brilliant contributors and a stunning cover 😍
AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS by Madeehah Reza The Seven Guardians have always been there. They are etched into our country’s history, each one holding a legend of its own. Each one stands as one of our protectors at the borders of our vast country. They are as ancient as the Earth itself, we are told, looming over us as colossal towers of men. If you stood beneath one, we are told, you’d lose sight of its head
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 3
The Summer 2025 Issue is now out! 🎉

That makes our tenth full issue! Thank you all, readers and contributors, for making this possible.

This issue features fresh, eclectic poetry and fiction, including a special piece from returning contributor Madeehah Reza.

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 1
Only 2 days left until the release of our Summer 2025 issue!!!

There are some bombshell stories we're excited to share.

And if you haven't yet, be sure to check out our Author's Spotlight interview with Madeehah Reza, whose work will be featured in this issue!
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Author’s Spotlight: Madeehah Reza
For this Author’s Spotlight, we reached out to Madeehah Reza, a talented speculative fiction author whose work we featured in our Summer 2024 issue. We invited Madeehah to discuss her journey…
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Aug 1
I love the idea of celebrating early contributors!
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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · Aug 1
Take a trip back in time to our first ever Summer issue with ‘Stone Horses’ by Darrell Lindsey.

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Throwback Thursday: 'Stone Horses' by Darrell Lindsey - PULP Literature
Summer Poetry! Take a trip back in time to our first ever Summer issue with 'Stone Horses' by Darrell Lindsey.
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 1
BCS Archives w #437: "Turn To Stone Ourselves" @mariecroke.bsky.social BCS #364 "another little girl centuries before, who had grown up to claim her youth-name, her adult-name, and her elder-name, yet who had never been quite content with any of those" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/turn...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Turn To Stone Ourselves by Marie Croke
Reminding me of another little girl centuries before, one who had grown up to claim her youth-name, her adult-name, and finally her elder-name, yet who had never been quite content with any of those n...
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · Aug 1
“SECULARISM, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA brings together diverse disciplinary and regional perspectives on the pressing issue of Islamophobia.” Tahir Abbas, Leiden University
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##Islamophobia #Racism #Culture #Religion
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Jul 27
Now announcing the cover art for our Summer 2025 issue!

This vibrant piece is "Richey" by Cynthia Yachtman. You can see more of her work at www.instagram.com/cynthiayatch...

The whole issue will be available on our website August 3rd!
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · Jul 25
There is just over 12 hours left to enter to #win a free digital copy of Bodily Harm!
Get those entrees in today! :)
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#Contest #Giveaway #AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Jul 25
"Enter to Win Bodily Harm" sounds like a threat, but maybe appropriate for y'all! 😆
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University of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · Jul 25
"[Yee] invites us to rethink informality not as a failure or deviation, but as a key mechanism of state formation and urban life," writes Leandro Benmergui for Planning Perspectives.

Read the full review here: bit.ly/40n4Qwn
Cover of "Informal Metropolis: Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940–1976" by David Yee
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Jul 25
ICYMI today's story is Bolting by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/07/25/b...
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