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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · 15h

Restocked the zine supply at Heat Check! Go check the homies out, buy some cool clothes, and drink a killer cup of coffee 🤙💀

Copies of various issues of Baubles From Bones displayed on a shelf in Heat Check in Shadyside.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · 2d

Things have been a bit quiet from us lately. Sorry for that!

We've been dealing with some gnarly burnout after our latest submission window and are just now beginning to feel the life return to our bones. BFB7 is in full-swing as we catch up on our last emails. The patience is much appreciated. 💀

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · 20d

Apologies to any writers still waiting for an email from us! 🙏

We got more submissions than we were expecting this reading period and have quite a long list of final pieces we're still considering. Our goal is to settle our TOCs next week with emails following soon after. Thanks for the patience!!

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · Sep 4

Beyond excited to share I have a specfic poem in the new issue of Baubles From Bones:
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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Guess what time it is again!! 😊 Baubles from Bones Issue 6 will release on August 27th 2025!!

We have SEVEN new stories and FOUR poems from across the speculative spectrum.

You can buy your own physical or digital copy on our Etsy while individual stories will be on our website! 📚🪐💀

Cover art of Baubles From Bones Issue 6, art by Lucas Kurz. The corpses of giant squids are bundled for harvest and lifted by cranes in a thawing landscape.

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Brian Hugenbruch @the-lettersea.com · Aug 31

I'm a little late in posting this, but I had to dust and disinfect my promotional drum before I started the beat.

New poem today at @bfbzine.bsky.social! "Citation may be required" is blank verse, and about A.I., but don't let either of those scare you.

"Citation May Be Required" by Brian Hugenbruch

An AI society searches for harmony in the echoes of a church. By Brian Hugenbruch. Featured in Baubles From Bones: Issue 6.

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thrilled to have a sci-fi / first contact story in the new issue of Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social out today! www.baublesfrombones.com/in-terms-of-...

"In Terms of Safety" by Chris Scott

When NASA intercepts signals between two communicating aliens, a board of scientists, officials, and a General are left to make first contact. By Chris Scott. Featured in Baubles From Bones: Issue 6.

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Jennifer Jeanne McArdle @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social · Aug 30

I got first seed for this story back in like 2022 when I visited the Immigration Museum in Dublin (a very cool spot). The blue lines showing migration reminded me of mycelium (i’d been reading a book on fungus, esp their networks, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. Obv the museum focused on 1/

Jennifer Jeanne McArdle @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hey read my weird historical fiction piece about a mushroom girl here www.baublesfrombones.com/westward-i-r...

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just finished reading this story. I love it!

Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨Story Spotlight Issue 6✨

Blight sends a young Irish girl to a colonial English school where an ancient tree teaches her that fungal networks run deeper than human-drawn borders.

You can read “Westward I Reach” by @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th!! 🪐📚💀

On a blurred background is a drawing of a girl and an old yew tree, nearly connected by an underground network. A quote is below it, reading: "Regardless of where God is or what he likes, I feel alone, my dress scratching the mushroom gill breathing from in my armpits and elbows and behind my knees, and I am praying to anyone who will listen that they do not bring us to a doctor who will destroy me, and I will never go home." From" Westward I Reach" by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle in Baubles From Bones Issue 6.

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Sylvie Althoff @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social · Aug 27

New story day! “Root and Branch” is out in Baubles from Bones issue 6. If you’re interested in fugitive replicants discovering gender with mad scientists in rural Thailand, boy, is this ever your lucky day! @bfbzine.bsky.social

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"Root and Branch" by Sylvie Althoff

Hidden in a Thai jungle, a geneticist and a synthetic human struggle beneath the brunt of persecution. By Sylvie Althoff. Featured in Baubles From Bones: Issue 6.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · Aug 27

New poem day!

Find "The Point of Measurement," in the newest @bfbzine.bsky.social. It's short & sweet. 👼➕❤️

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"The Point of Measurement" by Lynne Sargent

Artists and scientists alike are driven by the same desire. By Lynne Sargent. Featured in Baubles From Bones: Issue 6.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh, and if you want to read this fantastic issue, you can purchase a copy from our etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/Baubles...

or read it for free online at baublesfrombones.com/latest-issue

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 27

Beyond thrilled with how BFB6 came together! Our deepest gratitude for the authors whose patience and skill made this issue work so nicely. It's seriously a joy that we get to work with them!

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Deborah L. Davitt, Author @deborahldavitt.com · Aug 27

Live today at Bauble from Bones! www.baublesfrombones.com/alabaster-cr...

@bfbzine.bsky.social A special shout-out to the editor, Elyse, who made my horseback riding scenes so much better, and whose careful eye improved the story as well!

"The Alabaster Crown" by Deborah L. Davitt

Smuggling a stolen crown from a country embroiled in revolution becomes even more dangerous when Jasper finds someone to protect. "The Alabaster Crown" by Deborah L. Davitt. Featured in Baubles From ...

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 27

We have seven new stories and four poems, from hive mind farmers to Interplanetary eavesdropping and everything in between!

And even though this is our first issue without a witch feature, you can still expect to find mushrooms and fey 🍄✨

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 27

This made Elyse's heart so full! 😊 Such a beautiful story too!!

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 27

Baubles From Bones Issue 6 is now out!!

Scapegoats, old age, and alien gossip – through sharp-toothed friendships and blighted colonization, contemplate which common threads tie our societies together, leave us bound, and knot us into something new in this issue of Baubles From Bones. 📚🪐💀

A copy of Baubles From Bones Issue 6, sitting amongst various house plants.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hehe glad you're excited! The squid harvest is such a strong image - absolutely perfect for a cover!!

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

We're incredibly pleased with how this issue came together! There are some hard-hitting stories in this one, quite directly tackling issues that are playing out around us, but there is escape here too. Fun to be had and comfort to warm your bones.

So happy to share this with you later this week 💀

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Squidscape cover art by our regular collaborator @lucaskurz.bsky.social and inspired by @danifroom.bsky.social's poem "Entry 44"

Love how this cover turned out! Lucas did a fantastic job bringing the poem's bleak thaw to life.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Featuring work by @deborahldavitt.com, @marysoonlee.bsky.social, Parker McIntosh, @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social, @danifroom.bsky.social, @jimoloughlin.bsky.social, Lynn Sargent, @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social, @the-lettersea.com, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

Guess what time it is again!! 😊 Baubles from Bones Issue 6 will release on August 27th 2025!!

We have SEVEN new stories and FOUR poems from across the speculative spectrum.

You can buy your own physical or digital copy on our Etsy while individual stories will be on our website! 📚🪐💀

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 24

✨Story Spotlight Issue 6✨

In a country bloodied by millenia of war, a girl trains with a nun to take on a dragon.

You can read “A Dragon’s Hunger” by @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th!!

On a blurred background is an illustration of a dragon's skull in grayscale, ink running from its horns and jaw. Below the drawing is a quote that reads, "What can I tell you about my sister? I was barely eight when it all started. She wasn't much older, but she'd wash us and put us to bed and her hands were more tender than our mother's. We called her Lena. She had a longer name once. But bombs take; limbs, lives, even time itself. They clip names." From "A Dragon’s Hunger" by Madalena Daleziou in BFB6.

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 23

✨Poem Spotlight Issue 6✨

Experts in their fields, both scientists and artists long to understand the unknown.

You can read “The Point of Measurement” by Lynn Sargent in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th, 2025!! 📚🪐💀

On a blurred background is an illustration of carving tools in grayscale. Beneath it is a quote from a poem; it reads, "If the mathematicians have carved marble / for the sake of talking to angels, / why might not the physicists / seek out fey?" from "The Point of Measurement" by Lynn Sargent in BFB6

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨Story Spotlight Issue 6✨

Blight sends a young Irish girl to a colonial English school where an ancient tree teaches her that fungal networks run deeper than human-drawn borders.

You can read “Westward I Reach” by @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th!! 🪐📚💀

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Baubles From Bones @bfbzine.bsky.social · Jul 31

We've already been digging through the slush pile, and there's SO MUCH great work in here that we can't wait to publish! Witling down the longlist is going to be a painful experience.

Suffice to say though, we still have a lot of reading to do before then 😅

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