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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 7d

We just hit our submission cap, so we’ll keep things open until the end of the day if you have something you’d like to sneak our way. Friendly reminder that we’re friendly and always pay for the work we publish!

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A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.

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Stefanie Kirby @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled to have a new little prose poem floating around over at @astrolabe.ooo (and they *happen* to be open for submissions)!

Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 16d

With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning.

Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 16d

With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning.

Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 16d

Explore at the link in bio. And YES, the changing of the seasons means we're open to 150 submissions.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 16d

With autumn comes the careening of the Whale, bringing tales of transition, transformation, and yearning.

Featuring work from: @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social, @shalinisingh.bsky.social, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo, Veronica Tucker, Eden Petri, David Capps, Emily O Liu, and Laura Walker.

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · Aug 4

I’m still pinching myself that my small story is in this year’s Best of the Net alongside so many amazing pieces. Many thanks to the good folks at COMP for nominating it.

bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...

In the Waiting Room – Best of the Net

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · Jul 27

Great list of stories I need to search out - and litmags! @grist.org
@orionmagazine.bsky.social @diabolicalplots.com @clarkesworldmagazine.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @seizethepress.bsky.social @apparitionlit.com @apexmag.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo

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Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social · Jul 25

One week from today! Free / zoom / mid-day break

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our next one is coming at you next week, but you have time to register for this FREE lunch time reading with 6 women & nonbinary speculative fiction authors!

www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

Friday, August 1 at 12:00 noon (EDT)
featuring
Chelsea Conradt, N.V. Haskell, Tabitha Potts,
Mar Romasco-Moore, Rani Selverajah, and Marguerite Sheffer

• Preregister for upcoming events HERE

Pictures of the featured authors

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · Jul 23

New micros up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social!! Thank you for giving these micros a home! 🥰❤️

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Jean jacket layered in pins, anarchy & misfits & sonic youth, red bangs sprayed in a bouffant wave, red lips smacking hubba bubba. Mom didn’t like it but who can say no to a goddess who at any slight could destroy our whole neighborhood." @lumchanmfa.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Joel Hans @joelhans.com · Jul 21

Each day this week, I’m sharing why I loved one of the pieces we published last week on @astrolabe.ooo as part of the Retrograde.

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · Jul 18

ICYMI, I have a new flash story out at @astrolabe.ooo.

It's about leaving a party with someone you just met, driving on highways at 1 am, the music up so loud you could sink into it forever.

Sorrow for Youth • fiction from Guan Un

There’s no one else in the beach parking lot. You turn off the engine and the silence rushes in but for the hum in her throat, the tick of the engine cooling.

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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · Jul 18

Honoured to have materialized in the Astrolabe universe today: www.astrolabe.ooo/ross-annual-...

Annual Review • fiction from Shana Ross

You could have put in an escalator. Or better yet, you could have invented an elevator. That would have been Exceptional.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jul 17

A touch late, but never forgotten, the Retrograde has arrived! With it comes signs of yellowing and desiccation, omens from the sun, but also some things Exceptional and worth gathering around.

As always, we encourage you to explore and delight in these works among the Universe: astrolabe.ooo

Astrolabe
Summer 2025
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Amanda Yskamp - "Gathering"
Shana Ross - "Annual Review"
Guan Un - "Sorrow for Youth"
Eli Dowd - "They Buried Their Dead in Sitting Posture"
Carter Lappin - "Sometimes You Can't Help but Feel Like He Does These Things on Purpose"

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Guan Un @thisisguan.bsky.social · Jul 17

New story day! It's not everyday I get to join a Universe, but I'm so thrilled to join the Astrolabe Universe.

A flash story about leaving the party at 1am, driving down the streets with the music up loud, and that girl beside you, whose song you want to hear the end of ...

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jul 17

Featuring work from Amanda Yskamp, @shanaross.bsky.social, @thisisguan.bsky.social‬, Eli Dowd, and Carter Lappin.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jul 17

A touch late, but never forgotten, the Retrograde has arrived! With it comes signs of yellowing and desiccation, omens from the sun, but also some things Exceptional and worth gathering around.

As always, we encourage you to explore and delight in these works among the Universe: astrolabe.ooo

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m so excited to be a part of this anthology with so many amazing writers. Many thanks to @astrolabe.ooo for originally publishing my story.

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Jul 1

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 🌱🍄
Violet Lichen Books and Apex Book Company are delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! Thank you to everyone who submitted and nominated stories this year. Check the post or keep reading for the full table of contents!

ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction TOC Announcement

Violet Lichen Books and Apex Book Company are delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction, the first ever best-of anthology series dedicated to ec...

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jun 29

"The Destination" by Heather Kamins: www.astrolabe.ooo/kamins-the-d...

"Oh Me Oh My Oh" by Amelia K.: www.astrolabe.ooo/amelia-k-oh-...

Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jun 29

We're shimmering at the sight of two Astrolabe stories on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2025 Longlist—congrats to @shakieranthem.bsky.social and Amelia K., whose work both live within the Errants asterism!

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Jun 18

For all sorts of reasons, we're pushing back our summer issue to July 17th, and our next open reading window to the autumnal equinox. We got a quite a few submissions this spring, and we want to make sure we're giving each of them attention before we open for more. Thanks for bearing with us.

our next issue will materialize on July 17th for Mercury Retrograde

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · Mar 23

"I hear an ice cream truck ringing around the corner. Children are shouting. The seasons bleed into one another." Mr. Bear! And this issue of @astrolabe.ooo is transporting, as always!

Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thrilled to be part of the @astrolabe.ooo universe with my piece “Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood”

www.astrolabe.ooo/bellas-self-...

Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood • fiction from Georgia Bellas

I see her hands cup a grasshopper. I see her sweep with pine needle brooms. Can you smell the lilacs, purple and white?

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Aud Auder @cbauder.bsky.social · Mar 31

! this flash by @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social is so sweet and sorrowful and gorgeous 💙 @astrolabe.ooo

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Self-hypnosis, or Dig Deep In There Until the Bottom of the Ocean of Your Childhood • fiction from Georgia Bellas

I see her hands cup a grasshopper. I see her sweep with pine needle brooms. Can you smell the lilacs, purple and white?

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Mar 21

Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds by @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Robin Steve, Jessica Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Angela Mihm.

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Astrolabe

A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.

www.astrolabe.ooo

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Mar 21

Featuring new writing from @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social, @l42r.bsky.social, @maryloubuchi.bsky.social, Jessica Lee Richardson, Devan Murphy, and Robin Steve, plus two pieces of springlike artwork from Angela Mihm.

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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · Mar 21

Spring is here! The Stitches materialized today. Explore these worlds—the wounds and the healing, the birds and the walnut shells, the tusks and the possibility of berries.

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Astrolabe

A new literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.

www.astrolabe.ooo

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