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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks so much for the reviews, @cypayseur.bsky.social 🙌

"a strong issue" means so much to us! 💖

Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 7h

Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews

Fantasy Magazine #98 Autumn 2025 (4 originals, 2 poems)

A grim issue all told, with some lingering on death and family and justice (or a lack thereof). The poetry strikes a bit more of a defiant tone, especially Eleanor Ball's "All of Our Mothers Are Dead"

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 2d

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

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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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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

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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.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 3d

For Sunday, amongst the reviews in this post is The Probability Of One by Jen Brown in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social a story of seeing the future through possibility and particles. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2022/12/dece...

December Short Story Catch Up 3

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Christian Emecheta @wunderkind100.bsky.social · 5d

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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

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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.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 4d

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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.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 25d

Coming Soon: Issue 100! Celebrate with us💖

"Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body"

Works in Fantasy Magazine often speak to those who find home in liminal spaces. Issue 100 will absolutely sing!

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 8d

reading that poem again 💖

All of Our Mothers are Dead by @eleanorball.bsky.social

find it here ⬇️

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Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 9d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

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OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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Eleanor Ball @eleanorball.bsky.social · 9d

So honored to have a poem about grief, motherhood, and necromancy in this issue 🖤

Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Now: Issue 98!

Work by Eleanna Castroianni, Tracie McBride, Mateo Perez Lara, Sunwoo Jeong, Christian Emecheta, Eleanor Ball❤️‍🔥

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Transition, Migration, & Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Now: Issue 98!

Work by Eleanna Castroianni, Tracie McBride, Mateo Perez Lara, Sunwoo Jeong, Christian Emecheta, Eleanor Ball❤️‍🔥

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Soon: Issue 100! Celebrate with us💖

Transition, Migration, & Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

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M Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful and heart-wrenching poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social

Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 12d

it's Fantasy Friday! ✨🦄⚔️

and our first poem of issue 98 is here!!

"All of our mothers are dead. All of our mothers
reach for me, bones dancing,
skulls bouncing down the hill."

All of Our Mothers Are Dead by @eleanorball.bsky.social

read it here:

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Bones ring the garden like a wedding band.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 12d

it's Fantasy Friday! ✨🦄⚔️

and our first poem of issue 98 is here!!

"All of our mothers are dead. All of our mothers
reach for me, bones dancing,
skulls bouncing down the hill."

All of Our Mothers Are Dead by @eleanorball.bsky.social

read it here:

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All of Our Mothers Are Dead - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Bones ring the garden like a wedding band.

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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 13d

VERY excited to have Jabari aka @goblinprincete.bsky.social on the Fantasy team! This is the first cover they've curated for Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and it's stunning! Check out their art: goblinprincete.com

The cover for Fantasy Issue 98! A brown-haired, light-skinned figure kneels next to a giant golden bird, tending to an arrow wound. The cover is awash in autumnal shades of orange, cream, and brown.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 13d

TOMORROW our first poem of issue 98 will be free to read!!

don't want to wait for the full TOC to land?

then subscribe to Fantasy 💖🙏

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Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 14d

in case you missed it!

Issue 98 is in your inbox, subscribers! and begins it's free roll-out on the 26th.

Click the subscriber link if you, too, want to support Fantasy ✨ ✨

Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 15d

it's here!!✨

ISSUE 98

out NOW in full for subscribers

and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 15d

it's here!!✨

ISSUE 98

out NOW in full for subscribers

and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 15d

we are extremely excited to share that @goblinprincete.bsky.social has joined the Fantasy team as Art Director! ✨

Jabari Weathers is a freelance illustrator, writer and game designer with work in Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and many other titles.

Welcome, Jabari! 🦄💖

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 15d

it's here!!✨

ISSUE 98

out NOW in full for subscribers

and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 15d

"All of Our Mothers are Dead", poetry by Eleanor Ball is scheduled to go online 9/26 - BUT!💖

If you subscribe...? You get to read everything SOONER!!! AND!!! Subscriptions mean we get to keep bringing you awesome works by amazing writers!❤️‍🔥

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Fantasy Magazine - issue 97 | Psychopomp

Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 19d

it's Fantasy Friday!! 💖✨

we love this day because it's an opportunity to celebrate all things fantasy 💞

so come and read a free back issue with us! 🦄

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Fantasy Magazine Back Issues - Psychopomp

This is a temporary arrangement, we're working on a nicer solution, but here is the entirety of the Fantasy Magazine back issues that we have available and online.

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 19d

it's Fantasy Friday!! 💖✨

we love this day because it's an opportunity to celebrate all things fantasy 💞

so come and read a free back issue with us! 🦄

psychopomp.com/fantasy/back...

Fantasy Magazine Back Issues - Psychopomp

This is a temporary arrangement, we're working on a nicer solution, but here is the entirety of the Fantasy Magazine back issues that we have available and online.

psychopomp.com

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 21d

it's coming.....

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 27

And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉

Wound, by Zi Xu

The cover for Fantasy Issue 98! A brown-haired, light-skinned figure kneels next to a giant white bird, tending to an arrow wound. The cover is awash in autumnal shades of orange, cream, and brown.

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