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OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2h

We’ve yelled about our Kickstarter a lot, so we wanted to take a breath and say thank you.

You funded Year 1 in 4 hours, Year 2 in 4 days. The emotions our team is feeling are SO strong. We’ve cried several times—and it’s only week 2! Thank you 💜

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

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

Update 9: Meet the Voices in the Dark · Into the Dark

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

🌘 Meet the Voices in the Dark 🌒

6 days left to support INTO THE DARK's Kickstarter campaign! Meet several authors/stories in this collection (including mine, 'Imperfect Monsters'!) in today's Kickstarter update!

"Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster.”

🌈🚀💫🩸📚💙

Into the Dark's stories span ancient curses, bloodied battlefields, and intimate tales of revenge, grief, and love. Today we’re spotlighting just a few of the incredible authors who brought them to li...

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 3h

🌘Meet the Voices in the Dark🌘

From haunted sinkholes to cursed warriors & vengeful ghosts, Into the Dark is filled w/ unforgettable stories by incredible authors from around the world

Our latest update spotlights their work. Help bring these dark tales to life

www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

I absolutely love this premise!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you!!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

This sounds like so much fun!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

This sounds so good!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

THIS SOUNDS SO GOOD! I can't decide whether I love your first line or your hooks more

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

I love this premise!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

This sounds so good! Wishing your pitch the best of luck today!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

SUMMER OF BRAVE x EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE
+Cousin rivalry
+Math joy
+Anxiety rep

For 14yo Juanita, math team is her home—so when the school board shuts hers down, she’s determined to save it before states & her chance to become Maine’s first female math champion

#DVPit #MG #CON #LGBT #TV

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 16h

"Ghosts of Summer" published in @apexmag.bsky.social. Summertime is for summoning ghosts.

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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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 20h

We're steadily ticking up, up, up towards our $13,000 MORE ART!! stretch goal. Help us add interior art type pieces such as fun dividers and headers to each story per issue! Which allows us to hire more queer artists!!

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

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

YOU ALL DID IT! WE HIT OUR REPRINT STRETCH GOAL! Our next stretch goal is MORE ART!! This is so much more than we dared hope possible so thank you 💜

Beyond more art we also have nonfiction followed by an additional reprint per issue!

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

Over a hazy purple background, there's the header "stretch goals." Five goals, of $6900, $8300, $9700, $11000, $12000 are now illuminated in rainbow with a picture of an open lock next to them. The remaining goals of $13000 (More Art!) and $14000 (Nonfiction) and $15000 (+1 Reprints!) show a closed lock next to them.

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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!

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

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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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!

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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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 1d

It's here! @apexmag.bsky.social issue 151 is out now and contains my story "Ghosts of Summer"!!! The end of summer and the beginning of spooky season collide as two witches try to beat the summer heat. But high temperatures and magic are a dangerous combination. 👻☀️

Check out the full issue below:

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 ...

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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

Time to (fund)raise the dead!

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

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!

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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H.V. Patterson @hvpatterson.bsky.social · 2d

Just over a week left to support Into the Dark from @awwlitmag.bsky.social! Loads of dark fantasy including my story, "Phalanges and Flames". There are a lot of cool goodies available to backers--check it out!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Into the Dark

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!

To the Swallow’s Final Hatchling — Orion's Belt

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: My poem 'To the Swallow's Final Hatchling' is free to read from Orion's Belt!

🌙Tonight, or some night soon,
I’ll dream my way back home again💫

If you love fairytale birds, reimagined myths, and intergenerational stories, I hope you'll check it out!

www.orions-belt.net/archives/to-...

Save me my wings, little daughter.

www.orions-belt.net

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

Also features a scary story by me!

Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3d

There are NINE DAYS LEFT in Into the Dark's Kickstarter campaign!

Secure copies, bonus content, and exclusive art of this incredible anthology (featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters'), all while supporting queer-run publisher @awwlitmag.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology