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Gillian Secord 🇨🇦 @gilliansecord.bsky.social · 10h

My latest story, "the love song of house and lake" is out now in @onspecmag.bsky.social !!
A love letter to Canadian summers, it asks such brave questions as, "what if your lakeside cottage was.... kind of hot, actually?"

excerpt from "the love song of house and lake" by Gillian Secord, taken from OnSpec Magazine

"Are you watching me?" Adrian blurts out. "In the house? It feels like... someone's always staring."

He can't see house's face too well from this depth, but there's a definite flush of embarrassment across his cheeks. "I'm not you're staying inside me, obviously I can but that doesn't mean I'm intentionally-"

"I knew it," lake says gleefully. "You absolute hypocrite. What do you think, ground? Stay with me instead. I'd take good care of you." She presses a cold kiss onto the side of his neck, right above his pulse. Adrian shivers.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 3d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 2d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 1d

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social · 1d

It's always tough to see a beloved magazine like On Spec come to an end. 💔 Thank you, Diane Walton, for your amazing contributions! Let's keep celebrating SFF! 🌌✨ #SFF #OnSpec #ThankYou

Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, On Spec, the long-running Canadian SFF magazine, will be closing its doors in December after managing editor Diane Walton steps down :(

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Gutted about On Spec. They were my first publishing venue that wasn't a school magazine/university magazine/teens' writing competition, and the editing there was always friendly, helpful and supportive.

onspec.ca/2025/10/09/t...

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Gutted about On Spec. They were my first publishing venue that wasn't a school magazine/university magazine/teens' writing competition, and the editing there was always friendly, helpful and supportive.

onspec.ca/2025/10/09/t...

Thirty-Five Years

Editorial In On Spec VOL 35 No 3, Issue #133 Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No…

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, On Spec, the long-running Canadian SFF magazine, will be closing its doors in December after managing editor Diane Walton steps down :(

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Gutted about On Spec. They were my first publishing venue that wasn't a school magazine/university magazine/teens' writing competition, and the editing there was always friendly, helpful and supportive.

onspec.ca/2025/10/09/t...

Thirty-Five Years

Editorial In On Spec VOL 35 No 3, Issue #133 Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No…

onspec.ca

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David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦 @davidjonfuller.bsky.social · 1d

You can read my horror tale set in Iceland, "Two Voices, One Song," in the latest issue of On Spec magazine, among many other great stories! @onspecmag.bsky.social

Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 3d

New issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social is here! weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga...

On Spec Magazine #133 VOL 35 No 3

Volume 35 No 3 issue of On Spec Magazine. This issue features short stories by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm ("The Bag of Holding"), Gillian Secord ("the love song of house and lake"), John Park ("When the S...

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Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · 1d

The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
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Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

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Yes, forcing users to upload documents for age verification is going to end very badly.

Collecting sensitive documents, like ID is an especially bad idea.

Do not collect shit that you do not need to collect, ever.

If it's not collected it can't be leaked.

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 3d

Very pleased to announce a return to the world of Gaunt, Bone, and Shadowdrop, in a stand-alone story in the next @bcsmagazine.bsky.social .

Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 3d

New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here! Featuring stories by @librariangoblin.bsky.social and Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social and cover art by @brucedraws.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #443

Issue #443 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Chris Willrich and Adrian Ward nd cover art by Bruce Brenneise.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

BCS #443 ebook out early today @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social and @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #443

Issue #443 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Chris Willrich and Adrian Ward nd cover art by Bruce Brenneise.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

So last night I migrated @gregpak.net from Bluesky to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users! A few thoughts on the process for anyone thinking about this...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

whew. that took a while! but it looks like i'm done! all blobbed up in blobtown!

screenshot of a notice that says "You are good to go! You have all 4131 of the expected 3669 blobs. You're done!!"

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C.D. Brown/Dirty Magick Magazine @cdbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Patreon Users: Buy the special Halloween issue of Dirty Magick Magazine now! Better yet, subscribe for great monthly fantasy/urban fantasy stories! #indiepublishing #fantasy #urbanfantasy

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Dirty Magick Magazine Issue 14 | Collection from Dirty Magick Magazine | 6 posts

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 3d

New issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social is here! weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga...

On Spec Magazine #133 VOL 35 No 3

Volume 35 No 3 issue of On Spec Magazine. This issue features short stories by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm ("The Bag of Holding"), Gillian Secord ("the love song of house and lake"), John Park ("When the S...

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Today's theme is the title song from Primus's 1999 album ANTIPOP (far ahead of its time as usual), only with the letters "p-o-p" replaced with the the letters "p-r-i-m-e" for no particular reason. Then replace "drop" with "die" to make the rhyme work (sort of), and you got yourself an earworm

Cover art from Primus's ANTIPOP but with POP replaced with PRIME in a bad photoshop job

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 3d

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 3d

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways:

📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop
💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation
📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks)
🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 3d

New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here! Featuring stories by @librariangoblin.bsky.social and Adrian Ward @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social and cover art by @brucedraws.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #443

Issue #443 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Chris Willrich and Adrian Ward nd cover art by Bruce Brenneise.

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 4d

#Booksky If you’d like to avoid the Behemoth on Prime Day or other occasions, you can also find our great queer books on our webstore (including Kindle format, as well as @draft2digital.bsky.social, Bookshopdotorg, Kobo, iTunes, @weightlessbooks.bsky.social and beyond! queenofswordspress.com

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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 4d

YAY!!!!

BTW, if you're going to buy the ebook, buy it from Weightless, and not the evil place. Trust me. The pixels just taste better

Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Today from @underlandpress.bsky.social, new horror from @pauljessup.com! CANCER EATS THE HEART: weightlessbooks.com/cancer-eats-...

Cancer Eats the Heart

Welcome to Dark Rivers, a rustic northern town forgotten by most and beloved by few. At its heart is Cannibal House, a crumbling Victorian mansion lorded over by Old Wick, a mysterious wanderer whose ...

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 4d

I'm absolutely thrilled that @apexmag.bsky.social Issue 151 is out - containing my drabble 'Don't Hide From the Mirror', the first piece I've published with Apex!

🏳️‍⚧️ trans euphoria
🩸body horror
✒️only 100 words!

Check out the full issue now!

Apex Magazine Issue 151

EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used ...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

Live in BCS #442: "Pools of Light at the Center of the World" @willmcmahon36.bsky.social "...and the singing of the insects reminded him of another villain in the story of his exile, which was the lute player, from whose clicking mandibles had come..." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/pool...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Pools of Light at the Center of the World by Will McMahon

...and he now wandered alone through the green and bright land of his desire, its air thick with the heady buzz of life, of unseen life, and he paused again and crouched, the joints of his body creaki...

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Libreture - your ebook & comic cloud library @libreture.com · 4d

The Books Are For Everyone reading list from @haymarketbooks.org includes ten books that reflect the spectrum of urgent writing often targeted for censorship by prisons across the country.

Click on individual titles to buy the discounted DRM-free ebooks. 💜

Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List

Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Today from @underlandpress.bsky.social, new horror from @pauljessup.com! CANCER EATS THE HEART: weightlessbooks.com/cancer-eats-...

Cancer Eats the Heart

Welcome to Dark Rivers, a rustic northern town forgotten by most and beloved by few. At its heart is Cannibal House, a crumbling Victorian mansion lorded over by Old Wick, a mysterious wanderer whose ...

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