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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, new story this week! Last of the year (probably). Features a hot shot pilot, a retired but persistent ambulance, and snacks.

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

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“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, new story this week! Last of the year (probably). Features a hot shot pilot, a retired but persistent ambulance, and snacks.

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

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“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 2d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

www.kickstarter.com/.../apexpu.....

30% UNLOCKED!

For the first time, Apex will open to nonfiction pitches. We are expanding our nonfiction editorial team! ZZ Claybourne has been our nonfiction editor for the past couple of years, and is doing a fantastic job. His editorial eye has elevated Apex’s nonfiction and has helped us discover many new voices. Rodney Carlstrom will be joining the Apex team as an associate nonfiction editor to help ZZ manage submitted nonfiction pitches.

cow floating in space with some astronauts next to the current Kickstarter number, "$6,000!"

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

www.kaleidotrope.net

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 3d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

www.kaleidotrope.net

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 3d

There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.

“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”

Fiction
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
“The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice
“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes
“The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox
“Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos
“What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman
“The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris
“Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti
“My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity
“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen
“The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen
“Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed

Poetry
“Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens
“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon
“Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce
“I have been to the market” by Shana Ross
“Atomic” by Jennifer Crow
“Bedazzled” by Robert Borski
“Bestla” by James Joseph Brown

Artwork by Carly A-F

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 6d

Could you spare a few bob to help a weird little litmag keep going?

Here's 3 ways you can support us:

1) Become a subscriber! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...

2) Make a one-off donation! inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...

3) Buy past issues as EPUB & PDF! innerworlds.gumroad.com

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6d

In memoriam...

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 9d

Submissions open now for members of marginalised groups! 🎉

(general submission window 15-31 October)

Seeking speculative stories about our inner lives:

💙 500 - 2,500 words
💚 £0.02 per word, min £20
💛 Sim subs welcome!
🧡 Reprints welcome!

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#SubmissionCall

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 9d

Big news from BFS members (and leaders) @shonak.bsky.social and @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social: A new independent non-profit organisation designed to help creatives thrive in publishing. Here's @divergent-paths.bsky.social

britishfantasysociety.org/divergent-pa...

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Lonely Tower Film & Media @lonelytower.bsky.social · 12d

What a beauty!!!!!

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europebyrail.eu @europebyrail.eu · 12d

A landmark day in railway history… on 27 September 1825 George Stephenson’s ‘Locomotion No.1’ took a 26-mile journey along the Stockton and Darlington Railway: the world’s first public steam-powered passenger service...

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 22d

I went to the dentists today, and have just eaten some salted caramel Lindt dark chocolate. As a reward for my teeth.

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 26d

It reminded me more of Up, because they never went anywhere (except that one time).

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · Sep 9

I prefer people's faces to be smaller than my thumb nail. So I can barely tell it's a face. Or not a face at all. Attached to words.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · Sep 9

I use an Anker pair of earbuds which also have ANC, and they've lasted me a few years so far. I forget they're in quite frequently. They are great, except for when sleeping (I have some Sony wireless earphones).

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Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · Sep 9

One great point after another in this essay:
"...the bioessentialist ick. SNW abandons the lessons these species’ episodes are meant to teach us as viewers in favor of aping those species’ bare images to sell fans back the same thing they’ve always loved"

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 9

Strange New Worlds has been celebrated for updating the progressive framework of Star Trek's universe. But in its rendering of the Vulcans and Gorn, the series shows a startling propensity toward bioessentialism that even The Original Series never stooped to

#StarTrek
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In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Is Biology Destiny? - Reactor

Vulcans are logic machines, Gorn are monsters... or so Strange New Worlds might have us believe.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 8

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 7

We need your support in the next 3 days, before the fall of eternal night. Help us breathe new stories that keep us alive, each word and phrase building the monster’s body, the one who rends and tears and protects us from darkness. kck.st/4mIkEm1

A strange creature lurks upright in the colorful darkness, along with the 3LBE icon and cover artwork.

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · Sep 7

And that submission link is...
smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ve made an update to this situation.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.

P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

September newsletter just dropped! In which I discuss some contract woes and take a deep dive into an AI nightmare. (Aside from the usual updates).
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Aimee Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com · Sep 4

What MRM has put P.A. through is absurd. There are terrific editorial teams working at the three big print SFF mags, but as long as the publisher finds it reasonable to treat authors this way, I won't be submitting to any of the publications they own.

P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

September newsletter just dropped! In which I discuss some contract woes and take a deep dive into an AI nightmare. (Aside from the usual updates).
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I'm back with some September updates!

Plus a deep dive into an AI cautionary tale.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · Sep 1

#GeneralStrike100
Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · Sep 1

I didn't vote last year when I had a Glasgow membership, because I simply didn't have the time or inclination to do the reading.

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · Aug 28

I am a dedicated watcher of opening credits. On this occasion I skipped them.

People pretending to be Vulcans makes me deeply uncomfortable and focussing on just the vocal aspect made it worse.

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