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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · Apr 10

I never thought it would be possible but I will be a part of @clarionwest.bsky.social😭AND not only that, but with friends @rukman.bsky.social & @mruthrobinson.bsky.social 🫂💖It's unbelievable. I want with all my heart to learn with all of y'all & write queer SFFH for weeks❤️‍🔥Huge congrats to everyone!!

Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · Apr 9

Please join us in congratulating our 2025 Six-Week Workshop students! They will be attending virtually from far and wide, across eight different time zones. Read more about where they're from and the summer format on our blog: www.clarionwest.org/2025/04/09/i...

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Welcome, 2025 Six-Week Workshop Students!
Aishatu Ado
Rida Altaf
Krushna Dande
Kehkashan Khalid
Angel Leal
Ricardo Morales Bonilla
Plangdi Neple
K.W. Onley
Anais Ornelas Ramirez
Rukman Ragas
M.R. Robinson
Victoria N. Shi
Sonia Sulaiman
Miguel Torhton
Travis Trusty

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 2d

There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.

“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”

Fiction
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
“The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice
“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes
“The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox
“Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos
“What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman
“The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris
“Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti
“My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity
“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen
“The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen
“Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed

Poetry
“Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens
“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon
“Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce
“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross
“Atomic” by Jennifer Crow
“Bedazzled” by Robert Borski
“Bestla” by James Joseph Brown

Artwork by Carly A-F

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not gonna lie, this might be my favorite story I've read this year so far...like, wow, this is soo sooo dreamy and beautiful and strange!!! I love it..you've got a fan 💜

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Divya Kernan @divyakernan.bsky.social · Jul 1

My story "Carmilla, or, the Making of a Girl" is out in Baffling Magazine and I am both thrilled and humbled! This is my very first story making its way into the world. You can read it here:
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 3d

it's sunday october 5th

have you read the novelette

GARDEN OF THE BLOODPOTTER

yet?

👀

by @babblewocky.bsky.social ??

you absolutely should

and you CAN

right here:

Garden of the Bloodpotter - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The latest novelette by Erin Brown: Garden of the Bloodpotter, published by Psychopomp, read it for FREE.

psychopomp.com

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 7d

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Emily!!! 💖🫂

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

Ahhh thank you so much!! 💜😊

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much Angela!!! 💖

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 5d

Latinx spec poetry 💜💜💜 represents!! Two amazing poets and two stunning pieces. Congratulations to all, and especially @pedroiniguez.bsky.social and @angelvleal.bsky.social 💖💖

SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Short Poem Winners

First Place: Lost Ark • F. J. Bergmann • Space & Time Magazine 146

Second Place: A Black Hole is a Melting Pot That Will Make Us Whole • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • Star*Line 47.1

Third Place: The Witch Recalls Her Craft • @angelvleal.bsky.social • Uncanny 60

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

Yay!! Thank you Myna!!! 💜

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Nico!!! 💖 (Also, I love your poems!) 😊

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

thank you sooo much for those words!!! 🥹

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 5d

thank you so much, friend!! that's so kind of you 💜💜

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

😭 that's so sweet!!! thank you so much for your support friends!!! 🫂 y'all are literally wonderful 💖💖💖

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

aw 💜 thank you so much Eva!! :') 💜💜

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 6d

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to OTHERSIDE Poetry Editor @angelvleal.bsky.social!! "The Witch Recalls Her Craft" is such a beautiful piece, we remain in awe of Angel's work always 💜

SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

Same to you Pedro!!! I'm so proud when I see you soaring 💜 Keep going, friend!! 🙌You're amazing :)

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much!!! 💚💚

Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

Two Latinx writers in the Rhysling Award!! 💖 Thank you so so much for including me!! :') And enormous congrats to all the finalists and especially @pedroiniguez.bsky.social for winning in multiple categories!! 😱🎉 Love to you friend, you deserve it! 🫂

SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

thank you sooooo much friend!!! 🥹💖 i honestly feel honored getting congrats from writers I literally admire, so thank u!!💜

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

Ahhh thank you so much Ali!!! 😊

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Lisa!! That means the world! 💜

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Book Category

First Place: Mexicans On The Moon • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • (Space Cowboy Books, 2024)

Second Place: Surrealia • @miguelmitchell.bsky.social • (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2024)

Third Place: The Dark Between the Twilight • Jamal Hodge • (Crystal Lake Pub, 2024)

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Angel L🏳️‍⚧️ @angelvleal.bsky.social · 6d

aw thank you sooo much Felicia!! 💖