State of Matter
@stateofmatter.bsky.social
We are an India-based speculative fiction magazine publishing short fiction and poetry. Contact: [email protected]
Managed by @ajha.bsky.social and @ayushsplaining.bsky.social
Managed by @ajha.bsky.social and @ayushsplaining.bsky.social
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Our 19th issue is here, with quite some #SouthAsian flavour in it. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
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Our 19th issue is here, with quite some #SouthAsian flavour in it. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
Details 👇🧵
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#WritingCommunity
Our 19th issue is here, with quite some #SouthAsian flavour in it. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
Details 👇🧵
Our 19th issue is here, with quite some #SouthAsian flavour in it. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
Details 👇🧵
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 21.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 21.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Motivation for the story:
“This piece was loosely inspired by my experiences traveling internationally as a non-binary trans person and how dehumanizing some border crossings can be… This story asks the reader what they would be willing to give up in order to get to where they want to go.”
“This piece was loosely inspired by my experiences traveling internationally as a non-binary trans person and how dehumanizing some border crossings can be… This story asks the reader what they would be willing to give up in order to get to where they want to go.”
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Motivation for the story:
“This piece was loosely inspired by my experiences traveling internationally as a non-binary trans person and how dehumanizing some border crossings can be… This story asks the reader what they would be willing to give up in order to get to where they want to go.”
“This piece was loosely inspired by my experiences traveling internationally as a non-binary trans person and how dehumanizing some border crossings can be… This story asks the reader what they would be willing to give up in order to get to where they want to go.”
An introduction to the story:
“This story is about the trauma of change and the feeling that you might never be able to go home again—or if you do, that the person who makes it home isn't necessarily the same person who left in the first place.”
“This story is about the trauma of change and the feeling that you might never be able to go home again—or if you do, that the person who makes it home isn't necessarily the same person who left in the first place.”
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
An introduction to the story:
“This story is about the trauma of change and the feeling that you might never be able to go home again—or if you do, that the person who makes it home isn't necessarily the same person who left in the first place.”
“This story is about the trauma of change and the feeling that you might never be able to go home again—or if you do, that the person who makes it home isn't necessarily the same person who left in the first place.”
Have you met our author, @rfdwrites.bsky.social, yet?
R. F. Daniels is a nonbinary writer and software engineer living and working in Finland. They can be found painting, composing music, and spending time with their cats.
This is their first published piece!
R. F. Daniels is a nonbinary writer and software engineer living and working in Finland. They can be found painting, composing music, and spending time with their cats.
This is their first published piece!
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Have you met our author, @rfdwrites.bsky.social, yet?
R. F. Daniels is a nonbinary writer and software engineer living and working in Finland. They can be found painting, composing music, and spending time with their cats.
This is their first published piece!
R. F. Daniels is a nonbinary writer and software engineer living and working in Finland. They can be found painting, composing music, and spending time with their cats.
This is their first published piece!
“If you had a heart, it would be hammering right now.”
- R. F. Daniels, “Mismatch”
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- R. F. Daniels, “Mismatch”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“If you had a heart, it would be hammering right now.”
- R. F. Daniels, “Mismatch”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
- R. F. Daniels, “Mismatch”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 21.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 21.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Motivation for the story:
“It started with a moment: a ship hovering in front of a giant's eye. Everything expanded from there. The stories of Heavy Metal Magazine from my childhood were a big influence for this piece.”
“It started with a moment: a ship hovering in front of a giant's eye. Everything expanded from there. The stories of Heavy Metal Magazine from my childhood were a big influence for this piece.”
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Motivation for the story:
“It started with a moment: a ship hovering in front of a giant's eye. Everything expanded from there. The stories of Heavy Metal Magazine from my childhood were a big influence for this piece.”
“It started with a moment: a ship hovering in front of a giant's eye. Everything expanded from there. The stories of Heavy Metal Magazine from my childhood were a big influence for this piece.”
An introduction to the story:
“We've lost the magic of stars… Sometime during the 1980s, space became a cold, sterile place, an endless expanse of vacuum and loneliness with... parasites with teeth. Let's bring a bit of dirt and spell-casting back to the pages of science fiction, shall we?”
“We've lost the magic of stars… Sometime during the 1980s, space became a cold, sterile place, an endless expanse of vacuum and loneliness with... parasites with teeth. Let's bring a bit of dirt and spell-casting back to the pages of science fiction, shall we?”
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
An introduction to the story:
“We've lost the magic of stars… Sometime during the 1980s, space became a cold, sterile place, an endless expanse of vacuum and loneliness with... parasites with teeth. Let's bring a bit of dirt and spell-casting back to the pages of science fiction, shall we?”
“We've lost the magic of stars… Sometime during the 1980s, space became a cold, sterile place, an endless expanse of vacuum and loneliness with... parasites with teeth. Let's bring a bit of dirt and spell-casting back to the pages of science fiction, shall we?”
Have you met our author, @ahdouglas.bsky.social, yet?
Adam’s stories have appeared in the anthology “It Calls From the Doors,” Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast, The Other Stories Podcast, and many more.
Find his latest piece, “So Nice and Sharp” here:
podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/1...
Adam’s stories have appeared in the anthology “It Calls From the Doors,” Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast, The Other Stories Podcast, and many more.
Find his latest piece, “So Nice and Sharp” here:
podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/1...
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Have you met our author, @ahdouglas.bsky.social, yet?
Adam’s stories have appeared in the anthology “It Calls From the Doors,” Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast, The Other Stories Podcast, and many more.
Find his latest piece, “So Nice and Sharp” here:
podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/1...
Adam’s stories have appeared in the anthology “It Calls From the Doors,” Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast, The Other Stories Podcast, and many more.
Find his latest piece, “So Nice and Sharp” here:
podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/1...
“… And then there’s this job.” Rig paused. “Drooghelm has agreed to kill a god.”
- Adam H. Douglas, “How to Kill a God”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
- Adam H. Douglas, “How to Kill a God”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“… And then there’s this job.” Rig paused. “Drooghelm has agreed to kill a god.”
- Adam H. Douglas, “How to Kill a God”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
- Adam H. Douglas, “How to Kill a God”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
September 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 20.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
August 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 20.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Motivation for the story:
“In February 2024, Exxon CEO Darren Woods blamed the public for the world falling behind on its climate goals. When I read that, I had to laugh… then write this piece.”
“In February 2024, Exxon CEO Darren Woods blamed the public for the world falling behind on its climate goals. When I read that, I had to laugh… then write this piece.”
August 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Motivation for the story:
“In February 2024, Exxon CEO Darren Woods blamed the public for the world falling behind on its climate goals. When I read that, I had to laugh… then write this piece.”
“In February 2024, Exxon CEO Darren Woods blamed the public for the world falling behind on its climate goals. When I read that, I had to laugh… then write this piece.”
An introduction to the story:
“Nacho Average Sun takes a satirical look at capitalism's effect on climate change.”
“Nacho Average Sun takes a satirical look at capitalism's effect on climate change.”
August 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An introduction to the story:
“Nacho Average Sun takes a satirical look at capitalism's effect on climate change.”
“Nacho Average Sun takes a satirical look at capitalism's effect on climate change.”
Have you met our author, Jennifer Peaslery, yet?
Jennifer’s work has appeared in BarBar, Moonday Mag, and Every Day Fiction.
Find her latest piece, “Dinner and a Show” here:
horrificscribblings.com/dinnerandash...
Jennifer’s work has appeared in BarBar, Moonday Mag, and Every Day Fiction.
Find her latest piece, “Dinner and a Show” here:
horrificscribblings.com/dinnerandash...
August 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Have you met our author, Jennifer Peaslery, yet?
Jennifer’s work has appeared in BarBar, Moonday Mag, and Every Day Fiction.
Find her latest piece, “Dinner and a Show” here:
horrificscribblings.com/dinnerandash...
Jennifer’s work has appeared in BarBar, Moonday Mag, and Every Day Fiction.
Find her latest piece, “Dinner and a Show” here:
horrificscribblings.com/dinnerandash...
“Get ready to launch your taste buds into orbit this September with Wendy’s out-of-this-world Nacho Supremes! Made with authentic Sun sauce. #WendysWins #NachoMania”
- Jennifer Peasley, “Nacho Average Sun”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
- Jennifer Peasley, “Nacho Average Sun”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
August 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“Get ready to launch your taste buds into orbit this September with Wendy’s out-of-this-world Nacho Supremes! Made with authentic Sun sauce. #WendysWins #NachoMania”
- Jennifer Peasley, “Nacho Average Sun”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
- Jennifer Peasley, “Nacho Average Sun”
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 20.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We are open to reading #speculative fiction, original #translation and #poetry throughout the year. We are currently scouting for work for Issue 20.
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
Submit to us at stateofmatter.in/submissions/
“Nose 2.0” by Nicholas De Marino: #speculativepoetry about… well… your nose.
Read this one over your nose.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/nose-...
Read this one over your nose.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/nose-...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Nose 2.0” by Nicholas De Marino: #speculativepoetry about… well… your nose.
Read this one over your nose.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/nose-...
Read this one over your nose.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/nose-...
“The Consequences” by Peter J. King: #speculativepoetry about gazing at the stars while on Earth.
Read this one under a night sky.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/the-c...
Read this one under a night sky.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/the-c...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“The Consequences” by Peter J. King: #speculativepoetry about gazing at the stars while on Earth.
Read this one under a night sky.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/the-c...
Read this one under a night sky.
stateofmatter.in/poetry/the-c...
“Mismatch” by R. F. Daniels: #scifi about the bodies we bear and the bodies we might forget.
Read this one with your squelchy flesh.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
Read this one with your squelchy flesh.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Mismatch” by R. F. Daniels: #scifi about the bodies we bear and the bodies we might forget.
Read this one with your squelchy flesh.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
Read this one with your squelchy flesh.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/mism...
“How to Kill a God” by Adam H. Douglas: a supernatural space #fantasy about what may or may not work when you confront a God.
Read this one as a dare.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
Read this one as a dare.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“How to Kill a God” by Adam H. Douglas: a supernatural space #fantasy about what may or may not work when you confront a God.
Read this one as a dare.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
Read this one as a dare.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/how-...
“Nacho Average Sun” by Jennifer Peasley: a #scifi near-future(?) piece about a particular solar flavour…
Read this on a sunny day.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
Read this on a sunny day.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Nacho Average Sun” by Jennifer Peasley: a #scifi near-future(?) piece about a particular solar flavour…
Read this on a sunny day.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
Read this on a sunny day.
stateofmatter.in/fiction/nach...
#WritingCommunity
Our 4-year anniversary, the 18th issue is here, and here is #fantasy and lots of #scifi. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
Our 4-year anniversary, the 18th issue is here, and here is #fantasy and lots of #scifi. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#WritingCommunity
Our 4-year anniversary, the 18th issue is here, and here is #fantasy and lots of #scifi. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...
Our 4-year anniversary, the 18th issue is here, and here is #fantasy and lots of #scifi. Find it at stateofmatter.in/issue/curren...