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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 4d

Such great advice from my rejection email today.

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 5d

Inspired by @moirariom.bsky.social, I have decided to do my own rejection email editing:

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats friendo!

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 5d

“The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoughts for thinking.”

Read my friend’s first published story here!

Avery Other @averyother.bsky.social · 7d

Ope, first pub. Hello! 🕷️🕸️🪰
Peaches bwgwritersroundtable.com/peaches/

Peaches

(Honorable Mention, 2025 BWR Short Story Award) The Kind Who Soar and The Kind Who Weave weren’t always so different. Before there were legs for climbing and wings for flying, there were just thoug…

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 15d

"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌

The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen

There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 20d

$2.99 a month for some really amazing stories and poems, right in your inbox!

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 19d

Sometimes, the bees take you where you need to go. Find the time today for "Bee Kept" by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social:

Bee Kept - Small Wonders

The buzzing came just before the sticky little legs on my arm. Perched there was a bee the size of my thumbnail. If it had eyelids, it would have blinked up at me.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 21d

Take a break today for whimsy, somewhat mad science, and cats. Discover the secret ingredients in "Dr. Hypha's Laboratory" by Brian U. Garrison:

Dr. Hypha’s Laboratory - Small Wonders

Fickle as ethyl. Explosive as magnesium. / The alchemist's cats are noble but scrappy.

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Gwynne Ghoulfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social · 22d

My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force

our purple clouds of delight rise above your tear gas

strangehorizons.com

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 22d

YES! I love this.

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 22d

"Feel the breeze sweep through its branches, how the leaves flutter like starling wings..."

Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · 26d

Inviting you for a brief 🌿 respite from these times with my little story that's out today at @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Thank you to the editors for letting it share space in this issue. And thnx @smokelong.bsky.social where I drafted this piece 💞

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Beyond the Chattering Flush by Mizuki Yamagen

Here’s how you do it. Sit on the ledge, where the ivy climbs, threading dark green rivulets over the old stone wall. Place your hand here where the slate is firm and constant. See the little dip, wher...

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 23d

This anthology will include my story "A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus" in which a woman with ice magic has scores to settle🧊🧙‍♀️☠️

All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 23d

🌑 It begins. 🌑

The Into the Dark Kickstarter is officially LIVE!
34 tales of dark fantasy & fantastical horror — haunting, harrowing, and unforgettable.

Back today and help us bring this anthology to life!

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#IntoTheDark #Kickstarter #DarkFantasy #HorrorBooks

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

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Julie Leong @julieleong.bsky.social · 22d

UK COVER REVEAL! 🎉 THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS is a standalone sapphic cosy fantasy about lady mages wrangling mischievous magical artifacts in a village full of secrets and at least one catdragon. TELLER is getting a beautiful new paperback jacket!

Both available 16.10.2025 from @hodderscape

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 23d

My story is out in Small Wonders today!

“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”

Read to see what actually happened…

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 23d

Something has gone awry at the faire this year, and Princess Lilaclaire is not having a great time. Check out "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire" by @indigorue.bsky.social today and see what happens when the frogs just aren't cooperating:

Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch’s Frog Faire - Small Wonders

"How's that saying go?" Elsamina scooped a frog from the pond with a long-handled net. "You gotta kiss a few of these before you find your prince." She lifted the slimy creature towards Lilaclaire's lips and cackled. "Pucker up!"

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations! I can't wait to read it!

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 29d

BIG BIG DAY! Pantomime is out TODAY in the US! 🎉
Don't worry UK readers, it will be coming to shelves near you on Thursday💜
Let's fly, me lovelies🎪

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you feel like starting your month with a good cry, here are some beautiful words from the talented @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

Ashleigh Adams 🖋️📚✨ @ashdoeswords.bsky.social · Sep 1

Absolutely SQUEALING with joy to have a piece up in NFFR today! This whole issue is just incredible - congrats on 10 years @nffr.bsky.social 🍾🥂

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Thursdays Smell Like You by Ashleigh Adams | Issue #38

They smell like orange peel and oaky bourbon, same as your breath after three Old Fashioneds.

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Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sunday! It comes out! The contest issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social! And my story gets to share it with the winners and I'm so thrilled about it all. 🎉✨

Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · Aug 26

Issue 3 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social, our special competition issue, will land on Sunday morning. Here's the cover as a wee tease. What an amazing line-up!

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 29

My story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Come for the jungle, stay for the climax of extreme Midwestern passive aggressiveness 😁https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-color-of-things/

The Color of Things

At noon, they ate fried river fish out of banana leaves with their fingers. The guide ate with them. Laura had forgotten his name but could not bear to ask it now. Craig called for salt, and Laura …

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T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · Aug 28

🪐🐋COVER REVEAL🌊💕

I am thrilled to share the STUNNING cover for my YA sci fi coming March 2026!

THE CELESTIAL SEAS is a fast paced, gender flipped sci fi homage to Moby Dick 🩵
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#thecelestialseas #writingcommunity #scifibook

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · Aug 25

did you know if you took a person's bones and laid them end to end in a straight line that'd fucking kill them

don't do that

bones are for INSIDE

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Victoria | How to Survive Debut Author Stress, out free! @shiwritesprose.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wrote this! It's a little heavy, but I do feel most of the great things science has done for us—in this case, psychology—is to help.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact @analogsf.bsky.social · Aug 19

Check out this week's blog post from Victoria N. Shi, who discusses how the psychology of death and grief helped inspire her story "Patient Was the Doctor"
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/08/19/t...

The Science of Grief: What the Psychology of Death Tells Us About Life

by Victoria N. Shi Drawing on scientific research and examples from her own life, Victoria N. Shi explores the role of death and grief in the human psyche in this thoughtful feature. Check out her …

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yay! Publication buddy.
I love your cute little poem. 😻

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out this anthology of speculative poems, including mine: Journey of a Dandelion Seedling

Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · Aug 13

The second Worlds of Possibility Anthology is alllllll poetry, and you can get the ebook free through August 20th! www.juliarios.com/worlds-of-po...

Worlds of Possibility —Poetry is free until the 20th of August!

Get your free ebook before August 21st!

www.juliarios.com

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · Aug 11

Preorder links for THE KING MUST DIE, my science fantasy novel about found family, revolution, and second chances are live! Submit receipts via this form to receive a digital poster, drawn by the incredible Eepz.

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Digital poster promotion. The poster, featuring the four main characters of The King Must Die, was drawn by the incredible Eepz! They're on Twitter/X and Tumblr.

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