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Astra Clayton @astraclayton95.bsky.social · 4d

#booksky #memes #writing

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I'm absolutely thrilled that @apexmag.bsky.social Issue 151 is out - containing my drabble 'Don't Hide From the Mirror', the first piece I've published with Apex!

🏳️‍⚧️ trans euphoria
🩸body horror
✒️only 100 words!

Check out the full issue now!

Apex Magazine Issue 151

EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used ...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 2d

The top five will be selected for publication. Past editions can be downloaded here for free: www.hebban.nl/auteur/hebba...

I highly recommend you give them a read!

Hebban Schrijfwedstrijden

In 2019 is Hebban.nl begonnen met het regelmatig organiseren van schrijfwedstrijden. Eerst een paar kleine, ter gelegenheid van o.a. de Debuutweken en in het kader van het Thrillermagazine en vanaf 20...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 2d

The yearly Dutch speculative fiction short stories competition received 267 submissions, a record!

Great to see so many writers join. Looking forward to reading some great stories!

harlandprijs.eu/record-aanta...

#Harland #HarlandPrijs

Recordaantal inzendingen: 267 verhalen! - Harland Prijs

Voor de Harland Prijs 2025 kwamen maar liefst 267 verhalen binnen.

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Johan Klein Haneveld @johankh.bsky.social · 2d

460 woorden geschreven vandaag - en daarmee is hoofdstuk 1 van mijn nieuwe roman van start gegaan. Morgen verder! #AmWriting

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 3d

Finished @wiswell.bsky.social's book 'Someone you can Build a Nest in'. Really enjoyed it, would recommend! It seems to have achieved everything it set out to do, which must not have been easy considering the main character. 🖤

Now on to read The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com !

The cover of the book. Two creatures stand on a road limned by trees, shrubs and funghi. They are approaching a town, seen off in the distance. The feeling is late medieval.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 3d

Got my first rejection, or rather: the absence of a message after the judging date went by and finalists were selected.

Rather than a defeat it feels as if it opens up possibilities. To quote that one Magic the Gathering card: "When nothing remains, everything is equally possible."

On to the next!

A Magic the Gathering card. Black borders with shimmering black and silver foundation. Fields in white (bone, eggshell and other off-white colors) with text on top of it.

The card name is One with Nothing. It's an Instant.

The design of the card is by Jim Nelson, I believe.

The illustration is bright pinks on top of blacks and dark blues. A man, bearded, East Asian, old, bald, stares ahead of him while three glowing pink orbs, each as big as his head, float around him like ball lightnings, connected by visual energy to his head.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 3d

Haha that's a great cover!

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 4d

we uplifted snails
they birthed bizarre new physics
written in slime tracks

#scifaikusaturday

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Joe F @joe--f.bsky.social · 4d

Unfurled quantum sail
Not ready to encounter
The coming quark storm

#haiku
#scifaikusaturday storm

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 7d

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 👌

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 7d

Our 19th anniversary issue of Clarkesworld features original fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Fiona Moore, H.H. Pak, Greg Egan, Liu Maijia, Carrie Vaughn, and Phoebe Barton.

Online now at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_229

Subscriptions available at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Cover art by Quentin Stipp features a robot and two humans walking into a forest and towards a tall building with red tubes that have burst through the upper levels and into the sky.

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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

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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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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 10d

Nearly finished a 6000 word story but the deadline is still a ways away... So now we're working on a completely different story that feels like it needs some love. 😊

a baby yoda standing next to a frog with the words " distracted easily i am " on the bottom

Alt: a 'baby yoda' standing next to a frog with the words " distracted easily i am " at the top

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 12d

AVAILABLE NOW: School is in session and the latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is up at scifansat.com! Enjoy a recess within our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Many thanks to every contributing #SFF author, and to our readers... like you!

#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More!

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Sep 5

Semiotic Standard icons designed by Ron Cobb for the USCSS Nostromo in Alien (1979).

They're everywhere in the USCSS Maginot from Alien Earth (2025).

A chart titled "Semiotic Standard" showing a collection of futuristic safety and system symbols designed for spacecraft. Each symbol is inside a square with red, black, white, gray, yellow, blue, or green coloring, and labeled with meanings such as “Pressurized Area,” “Cryogenic Vault,” “Airlock,” “Hazard/Warning,” “Exhaust,” “Radiation Hazard,” “High Radioactivity,” “Refrigeration,” “Direction,” and “Life Support System.” A legend at the bottom explains the color codes: red for visible/solid/alive/abnormal, white and grey for life-supporting conditions, black for vacuum and danger, yellow for harmful atomic/chemical processes, blue for lowered thermal condition, and green for biological substances. The chart is signed “R. Cobb.”

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 11d

Writers should write what they want to write. (Or whatever they are compelled by their inner or exterior circumstances to write)

Arula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social · 11d

There’s been some discussion about “authors should try to write solution stories,” and ”people want to read hope and optimism right now” and I get it, I want to *read* happy things too right now myself! but its just not in me right now to write that. (1/)

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 11d

a close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below him

Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below him

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 12d

Elven is officially listed on StoryGraph for those looking to leave their ARC reviews. It’s definitely been rough not having the preorder period I had intended, so reviews are greatly appreciated!

Itchio: desiheart.itch.io
Kofi: ko-fi.com/desiheart013
Kobo: kobo.com/en/ebook/blo...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

Live right now in BCS #441: "Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth" by @katefrancia.bsky.social "The wind wailed around the tiny pile of stones at the base of the blackthorn tree. She stood for a moment, eyes closed, willing herself to move." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/holl...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth by Kate Francia

The wind wailed around the tiny pile of stones at the base of the blackthorn tree. She stood for a moment, eyes closed, willing herself to move. She could do this simple thing: walk through her door. ...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastisch, gefeliciteerd!

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Roderick Leeuwenhart @leeuwenhart.bsky.social · 12d

Voor mijn Nederlandse lezers: het nieuws over de Galaxy Award voor Sterrenlichaam heeft zich de afgelopen week al op diverse plekken verspreid 🖖

Roderick Leeuwenhart wint Chinese Galaxy Award

Roderick Leeuwenhart wint als eerste Nederlander de Chinese Galaxy Award met zijn sciencefictionroman Sterrenlichaam.

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Johan Klein Haneveld @johankh.bsky.social · 12d

Voor wie het gisteren gemist had:

Johan Klein Haneveld @johankh.bsky.social · 13d

Een uitgebreide recensie van 'Vreemde steden, bijzondere oorden 2' bespreekt ook mijn bijdrage 'Het zwarte meer'. 'De schrijver excelleert in sfeer: pijnboombossen, de obsidiaanzwarte vlakte die licht opslokt ... De toon blijft melancholiek en wrang.' swaelmans.blogspot.com/2025/09/vree...

Vreemde Steden, Bijzondere Oorden - The Sequel

horror en grimdark recensies van nederlandse genreliteratuur

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 13d

oh hey, this is my story!!

"Fireweed, Ferns, and Moss" was inspired by the Cree (and other Indigenous group) practice of placenta burial, and its risks in a future Alberta devastated by wildfires

two midwives rush to complete a burial before the police find them...it's about grief, love, and hope

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13d

#ChoicesAnthology releases NEXT TUESDAY and to celebrate, I'm sharing an excerpt from Fireweed, Ferns, and Moss, a story of dystopia, resistance, and hope

Want to read the full story? Preorder the anthology today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: We’ve heard whispers for so long from other birth workers; that afterbirth, the placenta, planted under a living tree, might heal the rotted ground and sulphur sky. Mother Earth is eager to accept lifeblood and return it tenfold.
I have never seen a tree.
~ Excerpt from Fireweed, Ferns and Moss by Ash Vale

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 13d

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:

psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

All of Our Mothers Are Dead - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Bones ring the garden like a wedding band.

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