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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 7d

"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle.

The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.

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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle

Mycelium by Beth Goder I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 7d

Behind the Revolving Door releases today! ✨

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Behind the Revolving Door, an Anthology of Choices, Volume I|eBook

Within these pages are stories about choices made under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. What happens when a chef decides to cook a vampire filet? Why does a mother desire and, at the same ti...

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 8d

And also featuring work by @bethgoder.bsky.social Olufunmilayo Makinde @dianadima.com and Christine Butterworth-McDermott

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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025

It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August. Strange Tales o...

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 19d

Author Beth Goder returns to FFO with “Emerald Gears,” a story in which the setting is also the main character. What is the antidote to a life of wandering and bargaining…? Could it be poetry?
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi

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Emerald Gears

Before the start of market day, the Market unfurls its ribbons in the tender light of dawn. Today, it’s nestled in a seaweed forest on an unnamed planet. Yesterday, it was hidden behind an as…

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 19d

"Emerald Gears" is out at Flash Fiction Online!

Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade.

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...

Emerald Gears

Before the start of market day, the Market unfurls its ribbons in the tender light of dawn. Today, it’s nestled in a seaweed forest on an unnamed planet. Yesterday, it was hidden behind an as…

www.flashfictiononline.com

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 20d

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 22d

FFer Read of the Day: "Sunflower Loop" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @translunartl.bsky.social

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Sunflower Loop, by Beth Goder

I’m riding through space on my bike (as one does) when I see this enormous sunflower.

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 22d

That sounds amazing! I can't wait to read it!

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Sep 4

I will no longer be submitting to F&SF, Analog, and Asimov's while they are published by MRM.

I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog.

The editors are great. The publisher is not.

P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ve made an update to this situation.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · Mar 31

Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.

See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wow, again! Thank you! : D

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Aug 28

FFer Read of the Day: "The Appliance Crisis" by @bethgoder.bsky.social (again!) in @smallwondersmag.com

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The Appliance Crisis - Small Wonders

I was having an eat-an-entire-pack-of-Oreos type of day because I'd stepped on my glasses getting out of bed, Ernest had accidentally tossed my algebra textbook into a puddle, and the magic toaster wa...

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks for posting my story! : )

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Aug 26

FFer Read of the Day: "Mirror-hole" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

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Mirror-hole

The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner. A huge, jagged oval in the middle of the mirror.Haley shrugs and puts on mascara. It’s not like she’s never…

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you for reading it and for your kind words! ❤️

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 20

“She thinks of her life as a path that’s narrowed, a twisting stairway she has always been walking down. She remembers her grandmother telling her that the things that feel inevitable are not always so, that gentle moments have power.”

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Miles To Go Before I Sleep - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos.

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Aug 18

This story took me years to write. I was so nervous about sending it out, but it got accepted on its first submission. I'm so happy this story has a home at The Deadlands and that I can share it with y'all.

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · Aug 18

NEW story for you today, beloveds!!

and there are KAZOOS

"The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos."

Miles To Go Before I Sleep by @bethgoder.bsky.social

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Aug 15

Eating a salad at 10AM. It is not breakfast or lunch. It is the Time of Salad. 🥗

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Jul 23

I am excited to have a story in this anthology but also I can't wait to READ this anthology! Holy cats, that's a lot of great stories. And the categories are so intriguing. 😍

Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · Jul 22

PRESS RELEASE

Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!

curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social

"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."

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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm so thrilled to have "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" sharing this amazing TOC.

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · Jul 15

well would you look at that! it's toc'o tuesday! 🌮💀

and let me tell you, issue 39 is a stunner!

just check out that toc:

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DreamForge Magazine @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social · Jul 10

Beautifully illustrated Print Issues, taking you into worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy where ideas dominate over dissatisfaction and the human adventure is just beginning. Support us now on Kickstarter. go.dfstory.com/open-channel

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · Jul 7

New fiction!
"Please Properly Cage Your Words" by Beth Goder!
@bethgoder.bsky.social
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Jul 6

Many thanks to editor extraordinaire @amandaghelms.bsky.social for making this story shine! 💕

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Please Properly Cage Your Words" is up at the amazing @diabolicalplots.com!

🏠Whoa this is a weird house in San Francisco
🏠But everything is fine
🏠Except the author is talking
🏠And the words are getting out
🏠Monkey puzzle trees
🏠Metafictional nonsense
🏠...!

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DP FICTION #125A: “Please Properly Cage Your Words” by Beth Goder – Diabolical Plots

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thanks for posting and for your kind words about my story!

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