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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 1d

nobody ever vagueposts about their disappointing news, have you noticed

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 2d

may i offer you a sadly hopefully romantic multiverse story to y’all in these trying times?

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Singularities” by Cressida Roe

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 2d

may i offer you a sadly hopefully romantic multiverse story to y’all in these trying times?

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Singularities” by Cressida Roe

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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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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · Aug 16

absolute highlight of the whole season’s recording for me was the slow dawning realisation that time city can be read as an omelas riff. what if narnia was omelas and doctor who was there.

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you! ☺️

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 28d

Contract signed! I’m thrilled and bewildered and generally over the moon that I’ll have a story in the January issue, edited by @aijiang.bsky.social, of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Can‘t wait to share more (also can’t believe this means my work was read and liked by THE Ai Jiang!!)

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 28d

🥹🥰🫶 so glad and grateful you did!!

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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃 @aijiang.bsky.social · 28d

So excited to have your story in the issue!!! 🥺✨ I really loved it! 🙆🏻‍♀️🤍

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · 28d

Contract signed! I’m thrilled and bewildered and generally over the moon that I’ll have a story in the January issue, edited by @aijiang.bsky.social, of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Can‘t wait to share more (also can’t believe this means my work was read and liked by THE Ai Jiang!!)

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Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think this is the best thing I have ever written: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/sile...

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · Sep 5

In which @brendaclough.bsky.social explores the idea of historical science fiction as its own sub-genre, and what different strands appear...

Free to read right now! Share it with your friends!
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/histo...

Purple background, white text, which says ...is there such a thing as historical science fiction? There must be science fiction set in the past... a little digging turns up enough titles to show it really is a separate genre. So, let's think about historical science fiction. Towards a Taxonomy of Historical Science Fiction -- Brenda Clough

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Sep 4

after that “wuthering heights“ trailer, emily bronte actually deserves more than a cardboard tube she needs a glock

Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Aug 5

if your “gothic” novel isn't at least a little freaky and subversive, the ghosts of mary shelley and emily bronte should get to rise up from their graves and hit you with a cardboard tube

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Sep 4

re #3, especially on a remake that looks like it’ll completely erases the race discourse in the original 💀

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Sep 4

after that “wuthering heights“ trailer, emily bronte actually deserves more than a cardboard tube she needs a glock

Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Aug 5

if your “gothic” novel isn't at least a little freaky and subversive, the ghosts of mary shelley and emily bronte should get to rise up from their graves and hit you with a cardboard tube

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · Sep 4

One of the problems of short fiction is *finding* it. There's so much out there, it's hard to know how to find what you'll like. Enter InkFoundry. There are so many ways to search! Search by venue (Small Wonders, for example), by author, by tags... or have the site surprise you !

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congrats, Thomas!! Such fantastic news!

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Aug 5

if your “gothic” novel isn't at least a little freaky and subversive, the ghosts of mary shelley and emily bronte should get to rise up from their graves and hit you with a cardboard tube

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’m so awed by how beautifully you interpreted my story for this cover! 🫶

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Jul 21

The beautiful FF#26 cover by @evelynepark.bsky.social is here! In a few months, you'll get to read stories by @thesuiway.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!

FF#26 cover. A woman's face, surrounded by broken shards of mirror and a few fragments of Noh masks. Each mirror contains a different eye. Above, two evil looking eyes peer down on the scene. Everything's rendered in light and dark blues.

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Your daily reminder that every time you ask ChatGPT a question, you're using up huge amounts of water and irreplaceable natural resources.

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Ryann Fletcher SFF author @ryannfletcher.bsky.social · Jun 23

Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment!

go.bsky.app/URHc5QB

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Cressida Roe @eggandcressida.bsky.social · Jun 24

thanks so much for reading, azure! :)

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Azure Arther @litgalz.bsky.social · Jun 24

Such an apt story choice for our current existence. Y'all see the talent exuding from these 100 words? Whoa. @eggandcressida.bsky.social

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Jun 24

"A young woman, dressed in rugged clothes, huddles in the rubble." 🐎🏚️

New drabble fiction today by @eggandcressida.bsky.social: "The Fifth Horseman"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

A graphic featuring the text: "The Fifth Hourseman (Drabble Fiction) by Cressida Roe" next to the illustration on Apex's Issue 149 cover, a queen in a black dress standing beside a black wolf in a field at dusk.

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