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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Aug 2

"You’re gonna think, “Lazy bitch. She just copied this letter from the original!” That’s called a bootstrap paradox. It happens."

I love it when a time travel story surprises me!

Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

When I Was Your Age - Uncharted

Dear past me, Happy eighteenth birthday. It’s time. Your time. Writing this letter feels so, so strange. Believe me, you won’t know what it feels like until… well… I remember reading this in Mom and D...

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · Aug 8

(the shortlist 2/2):

Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social
Quinn Green @stayquinning.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

The Shortlist for August 8, 2025 - turn and work

Fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri, John Jodzio, Jan Hassman, Andrew Bertaina, Stefanie K. Yang, and Quinn Green

www.turnandwork.com

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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SethWade.bsky.social @sethwade.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’m so thrilled to share my short story “Postpartum Ballad of Wendy Rhys” that was just published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social —be warned, it’s pretty dark! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/post...

Postpartum Ballad of Wendy Rhys - Uncharted

I slink down the street, rotting tot in stroller. Each clack of the wheels on the sidewalk cracks becomes a twist inside my chest. Squeals ringing from the playground. Ladies on benches in neat dresse...

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · Aug 15

(2/3)
Fiction from:
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social
J.D. Strunk in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Anna Koltes in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social AND @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Don Rath in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social ‬

The Shortlist for August 15, 2025 - Turn & Work

There's a lot here this week. New fiction at Turn & Work, two nonfiction pieces and 10 short stories.

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Aug 17

"Also, there was the duckling to consider. None of his training prepared him for how to slay a demon while holding a live fowl."

Fun story from Amy Flanders in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !

The Demon and the Duckling - Uncharted

“No, thank you.” The demon inclined her head graciously. “Pardon?” The knight blinked. He was not prepared for politeness from demons. It went against all his training. He swallowed the rising lump in...

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Aug 18

Maybe Mr. Feathers fits the list?

"BIrds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria
@unchartedmag.bsky.social

Birds Aren’t Real - Uncharted

Evan Little lives in a narrow, blue, two-story townhome. His is Model A, which is the best model. His bathroom is to the left of his closet. Models B and C have their bathrooms on the right. His back ...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Aug 18

Does a heroic crow count?

"Come Crow, Come Death" by @madpelletier.bsky.social
@unchartedmag.bsky.social

Come Crow Come Death - Uncharted

It’s rare for someone to be born with a genuine gift. I certainly wasn’t. Only thing I ever saw in a crystal ball was my own reflection, not that it stopped me taking the coins off the hopeful and the...

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Spencer Nitkey @spencerwriting.bsky.social · Aug 18

We also have:

The Night Birds by @premeemohamed.com in Northern Nights (undertowpublications.com/shop/norther...)

"Birds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria in
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bird...

@authortrsteele.bsky.social's " The Owl-Wife" acoupofowls.com/2025/06/15/s...

Northern Nights — Undertow Publications

TRADE PAPERBACK (Oct. 2024) 296 PAGES COVER ART: Serena Malyon "This Whitman's sampler of Canadian horror explores so many subgenres that there's bound to be something here for every reader." - P...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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A.M. Lomuscio @lomush.bsky.social · Aug 21

My story "Good Real History" placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, it'll be live on 10/30/25!
It follows a reality TV crew that goes back in time to film historic events and create their own narratives. A huge thank you to @unchartedmag.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Aug 27

"...and I am an ante-divine, trans-dimensional concept-construct held captive inside a small wooden carving of a finger, not a demon, said the demon straight into my brain."

Mitchell Shanklin in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

It’s Not...It’s Not a Planet Anymore and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again - Uncharted

I kept my demon summoning career secret from my girlfriend through six months of dating. But one week after I moved in with Diana, the fiction that I was just some goth chick with a job at the Wiccan ...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · Sep 5

I fell in love with this story the first time I read it, and I've come back to it multiple times.

@tkrex.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Her smile tugs at me, plucking some chord I don’t have a name for yet, in the hidden alcove on whatever floor this is of the American Hotel."

Give yourself a treat with this gorgeous story! "Haunting Beauty" by @tkrex.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social ❤️

Haunting Beauty - Uncharted

Someone left cat food in the extremely haunted basement trash room of my building and it made me so hungry I forgot how creeped out I was being down there for a second. So I hit up a photographer I mo...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 29d

7. Bone Eater Earth by Emma Burnett in @unchartedmag.bsky.social where a tech billionaire attempts to come to an arrangement with Mother Earth www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...

Bone-Eater Earth - Uncharted

I lose my finger during the private flight back from Japan. It isn’t the whole finger, of course, just the bone. When I drugged myself into oblivion at the start of the flight, it was totally fine. Wh...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 28d

“That’s what the news has been saying, August knows. They need as many people as they can get.” -
Spirit alembic keeper, now out in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

www.unchartedmag.com/stories/spir...

Spirit alembic keeper - Uncharted

Alembics line the walls, rounded and bulbous glasses blown in bubbly greens and creamy whites and swirling yellow-blues. Their contents shift and churn of their own accord, some in slow dancing waves,...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · 27d

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 28d

More guest editor news! 📣
Emma Burnett, our guest editor for our Nov 2025 issue, has a new story out today at @unchartedmag.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉
#writingcommunity #shortstory #speculativefiction

emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 28d

“That’s what the news has been saying, August knows. They need as many people as they can get.” -
Spirit alembic keeper, now out in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

www.unchartedmag.com/stories/spir...

Spirit alembic keeper - Uncharted

Alembics line the walls, rounded and bulbous glasses blown in bubbly greens and creamy whites and swirling yellow-blues. Their contents shift and churn of their own accord, some in slow dancing waves,...

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Uncharted Mag @unchartedmag.bsky.social · Jul 29

Last day to register! Learn how @benjaminpercy.bsky.social
crafts thrilling stories, hooks readers fast, and writes across genres. Plus—get your questions answered in a live Q&A.

Registration deadline: July 29, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific

Sign up today: unchartedmag.com/uncharted-sp...

2025 Keynote by Benjamin Percy - Uncharted

Last week to register! As writers ourselves, we know how invigorating and inspiring it can be to hear from successful genre writers who have found a way to finish their drafts and get their projects i...

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