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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 1h

Eeep so may cool things!! including a certain novelette featuring a weird city & (kinda) ghosts!! GET THE WONDERFUL MUSHROOMY COIN 🍄

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 5h

help support small press!

help support death magazines!

we're just out here trying to do some cool shit, like:

@vajra.me is guest editing OCTOBER and JANUARY deadlands DOUBLE VAJRA !

with CUSTOM DOUBLE ART BY @carlydraws.bsky.social !!

upcoming NOVELETTE (April 2026) by @dianadima.com !!!

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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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!

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 2d

in case you missed it ✨

catch up with our latest Fantasy release! 💖

Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 5d

"The first time I stole someone’s memory, it tasted like burnt coffee and vintage whiskey." ☕🥃

now that's the way to start our Fantasy Friday!!

read on:

The Memory Breach by @wunderkind100.bsky.social

psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

The Memory Breach - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The first time I stole someone's memory, it tasted like burnt coffee and vintage whiskey. I didn't mean to do it—I was just trying to help Mrs. Henderson find her keys.

psychopomp.com

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 3d

Had a great time at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social book fest today! You can get the Best Weird Fiction of the Year at undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we... 🖤

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 3d

Me and the fab @dianadima.com with Best Weird. Pick it up to read Diana's great story Auspicium.

Diana Dima and me with Best Weird Fiction

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 3d

Thank you Michael! It was so great meeting you!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 4d

There are several great magazines fundraising right now, or about to start fundraising, and we encourage y'all to support them!

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 7d

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page

Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

www.havenspec.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 7d

My book officially drops in almost a month!! And I’ll be reading at the online launch event!

Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 13d

Vanessa Fogg will read from THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS November 3rd. Register to attend online, free, via Zoom! www.interstellarflig...

Book Cover The House of Illusionists and other stories by Vanessa Fogg a fantasy house and tree with watercolor sky

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 7d

There were requests for an option to gift someone else an OTHERSIDE subscription—and now you can! We've updated our add-ons to include gift subscriptions! For those who want to lovingly throw OTHERSIDE at friends and family AND support our Kickstarter 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 7d

🎉🎉🎉 31 days left for the African Translation Project to fully fund TWO TRANSLATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉

Already shared? share again! Let's get this bread!

I really want to read these books, don't you?? 👀

$3370 gets it done!

Share, donate, buy from the art shop!

ko-fi.com/africantrans...

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3370, 66%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 7d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social · 7d

The Apex Magazine kickstarter is alive! Help keep this amazing magazine going and support short fiction. This team works so hard, fueled mostly on passion, so anything you can give to support them and the writers and artists featured is massively appreciated 🫶

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

HAPPY KICKSTARTER DAY!! 🎉🎉🎉

Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨

👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

two skeletons are shaking hands in a cemetery .

Alt: spooky scary skeletons silly symphony dance

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 8d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 8d

Thank you so much, Vanessa!

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 8d

My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/shor...

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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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 10d

for the weekend crowd!

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 12d

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

*US entrants only

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 12d

It's @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social weekend!

On Sunday at 3pm Eastern, come listen to @akualezlihope.bsky.social, @dianadima.com, @yarntheory.bsky.social and yours truly, led by moderator @bugthewriter.bsky.social, as we chat about speculative poetry!

FoF is online & free! Register here:

Registration – Flights of Foundry

flights-of-foundry.org

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 11d

We just finished up the Speculative Flash Fiction panel! (I'm very good at promoting these after the fact.) @cjtavares.bsky.social brought the great questions, and @dianadima.com, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, and @howsweetthewords.bsky.social were super insightful.

Stephen Granade @granades.com · 12d

Guess what starts today? @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social starts today! Here's where you can find me during the convention. Not yet registered for this fabulous online convention? It's free to attend! flights-of-foundry.org/registration/

Stephen's Flights of Foundry schedule. All times are in Eastern Daylight Time
Friday 1 PM: Writing Queer Stories Now
Friday 7 PM: The Death of Truth is the Ultimate Victory of Evil: Andor Season 2
Friday 8 PM: Chill-n-Chat: Stephen Granade (Still open!)
Saturday 2 PM: Speculative Flash Fiction
Saturday 7 PM: Literary Speculative Fiction
Sunday noon: Play Again to Find Out: Storytelling Through Iteration
Sunday 3 pm: Sci Fi and AI

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 14d

Loved this essay by @kristinaten.bsky.social about nostalgia, speculative fiction, and in-betweenness. puncturedlines.com/2025/09/16/w...

We Have to Go Back: Speculative Fiction, Nostalgia, and the Ghosts of Bookshelves Past, Guest Essay by Kristina Ten

We’re delighted to welcome Kristina Ten on the blog with an essay about some of the origins—personal, familial, cultural, and political—of her debut short story collection. Tell Me Yours, I’l…

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 14d

Can*Con approacheth but you can already be making plans for after and LOOK AT THIS AWESOME CON IN HALIFAX IN MAY!

This is a rad lineup of guests and this looks to be a great time!

TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 14d

Introducing TriCon! ✨May 15-17, 2026 in Kjipuktuk | #Halifax. Celebrating spec fic, we couldn't be prouder to have @amalelmohtar.com @englelaird.bsky.social and @kurestinarmada.bsky.social joining us as our Guests of Honour. Earlybird tickets available now! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/tricon-the...

Blue graphic stating that Earlybird Tickets for TriCon: The Trident Conference for Soeculative Fiction are on sale now. Lower right corner says Kjipuktuk | Halifax, May 15-17 2026

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 14d

Do you like queer speculative fiction? Do you want to help support my work highlighting, reviewing, writing, and discussing queer speculative fiction?

Because I'll be reorganizing my Patreon soon and it's a great time to become a patron!

www.patreon.com/c/quicksipre...

creating reviews, fiction, recommendations, & more!

www.patreon.com

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Diana Dima @dianadima.com · 14d

Excited for Flights of Foundry this weekend and talking about flash fiction on Sat!!
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 15d

Come see @kaidelmas.bsky.social, @howsweetthewords.bsky.social, @granades.com, and @dianadima.com talk all things flash fiction at the Speculative Flash Fiction panel Saturday, 9/27 during Hour 26.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 22d

IT'S COMING

45 days until halloween!

who will give their soul 🔪

we mean their bones! 🦴

oops we mean their coin! yes, their coin

to the ferryman today?

www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

you trust us, right? 💀

A neon pink skeleton covered in cobwebs features a giant orange jack 'o lantern smile over the image.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 22d

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22d

We're celebrating @thomasha.bsky.social today. It's pub day for UNCERTAIN SONS. (Yes, I'm posting again. It's exciting.) Please consider grabbing a copy, print or eBook, from us, or elsewhere.

undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

Book cover of UNCERTAIN SONS with text: "You! Yes, you! You need this book! The stories in Uncertain Sons already feel like classics of the uncanny. As inventive as Ray Bradbury, as unsettling as Thomas Ligotti or Carmen Maria Machado, Ha knows how to produce that peculiar, pleasurable, creeping sense of wrongness and dislocation so particular to weird horror. I am such a fan of Thomas Ha's writing-and I expect that you will be, too." -Kelly Link, Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Book of Love and Get in Trouble

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