The Colored Lens
@thecoloredlens.bsky.social
The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.
The Colored Lens is a small semi-pro zine published quarterly.
The Colored Lens is a small semi-pro zine published quarterly.
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The Colored Lens: Spring 2025
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Our Spring 2025 issue of The Colored Lens is now available exclusively on Amazon.
Do you have your copy?
Get it now! www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens...
The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Colored Lens is looking for a First Reader to join our team.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
If you are interested, first send us an email at [email protected] giving a short overview of your writing experience and attach a writing sample. If you have submitted to us previously, you can direct us to your submission.
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My weird flash piece about an Italian reincarnated as a glob of old hair conditioner is out today in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social. It’s the first time my names appeared on a cover so I’m absolutely chuffed. Check it out here:
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The Colored Lens: Autumn 2025
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October 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My weird flash piece about an Italian reincarnated as a glob of old hair conditioner is out today in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social. It’s the first time my names appeared on a cover so I’m absolutely chuffed. Check it out here:
www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens...
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Check out this week’s featured story, “World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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September 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “The Poisoner” by Amber Velez, on our website!
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August 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Check out this week’s featured story, “The Poisoner” by Amber Velez, on our website!
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Contract signed! 🥳 My short story "How to Reset the Timeline in Three Easy Steps" will appear in the winter issue of The Colored Lens. ( @thecoloredlens.bsky.social ) Can't wait to share it with you all. :)
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August 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Contract signed! 🥳 My short story "How to Reset the Timeline in Three Easy Steps" will appear in the winter issue of The Colored Lens. ( @thecoloredlens.bsky.social ) Can't wait to share it with you all. :)
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Check out our latest featured story, “Fish, Fog and the Sea” by Nora Schinnerl, on our website!
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August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Check out our latest featured story, “Fish, Fog and the Sea” by Nora Schinnerl, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “The Meaning of Baskets” by Katie Gray, on our website!
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August 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “The Meaning of Baskets” by Katie Gray, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Tick” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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July 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Tick” by Mark Manifesto, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “The Conspirators” by Travis Lee, on our website!
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July 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “The Conspirators” by Travis Lee, on our website!
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Today's listing of the day is: The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine @thecoloredlens.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine @thecoloredlens.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today's listing of the day is: The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine @thecoloredlens.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Check out our latest featured story, “Give the Algorithm What it Wants” by J. R. Dewitt, on our website!
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July 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Check out our latest featured story, “Give the Algorithm What it Wants” by J. R. Dewitt, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Paradox Lost” by Hec Lampert-Bates, on our website!
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July 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Paradox Lost” by Hec Lampert-Bates, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Spoons” by Adria Bailton, on our website!
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June 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Spoons” by Adria Bailton, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Parlor Tricks” by Laine Perez, on our website!
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June 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Parlor Tricks” by Laine Perez, on our website!
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Exciting news!! I'm going to be published in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Colored Lens! This is the first time I'll have been published in an actual print magazine (if they keep doing physical zines by then!) Thanks @thecoloredlens.bsky.social for choosing my story.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Exciting news!! I'm going to be published in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Colored Lens! This is the first time I'll have been published in an actual print magazine (if they keep doing physical zines by then!) Thanks @thecoloredlens.bsky.social for choosing my story.
#writingcommunity #writersky
#writingcommunity #writersky
Check out this week’s featured story, “Always by Your Side” by Anthony Regolino, on our website!
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May 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Always by Your Side” by Anthony Regolino, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, La Cumparsita by Aster Loxley, on our website!
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May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Check out this week’s featured story, La Cumparsita by Aster Loxley, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Dog Catching” by Samantha Balliet, on our website!
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April 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Dog Catching” by Samantha Balliet, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Dial Tone” by Shiloh Miller, on our website!
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April 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Dial Tone” by Shiloh Miller, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, “Thanks, Nostradamus” by Scott Colby, on our website!
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April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, “Thanks, Nostradamus” by Scott Colby, on our website!
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Check out this week’s featured story, She Came Down From the Sky, by J.E. Schleicher, on our website!
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April 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out this week’s featured story, She Came Down From the Sky, by J.E. Schleicher, on our website!
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Check out “Paper Brush Stick Stone” by Sophia Zhao, in our newest issue, available here!
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April 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check out “Paper Brush Stick Stone” by Sophia Zhao, in our newest issue, available here!
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Check out our newest story, The Rules of Divining Lentils with Tweezers, by DLC Hanson, on our website!
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April 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Check out our newest story, The Rules of Divining Lentils with Tweezers, by DLC Hanson, on our website!
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My story The Ghost Merchant is out this week in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
March 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My story The Ghost Merchant is out this week in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!