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Vanessa Fogg
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Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · Jun 19
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social

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The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 2h
As non-fiction editor I am obviously biased, but we've published some outstanding essays at Ruadán this year. You can read them all here: ruadanbooks.com/category/tho...
Thoughts from the Writer’s Desk - Ruadán Books
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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 22h
And my second October story is here in issue 151 of @apexmag.bsky.social! “The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night” is a Shakespeare-inspired story about Stories featuring a doomed young lover(?), weird burial rites, and a cat.

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Apex Magazine Issue 151
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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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 1d
Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 1d
Come help us fund year six of The Deadlands--paying for stories, poems, essays, and staff! Your mushroom coin enters you in spooky giveaways throughout 2026. We can't do this without you!

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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks, Charles, same to you!
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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 2d
Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...
September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany
A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 2d
IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!
Sam grinning and holding up a huge board version of the Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 2d
Oh WOW, congratulations!!!
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 2d
FFer Read of the Day: "Support Forum for the Care and Feeding of Your Personal Spirit-Angel" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social

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SUPPORT FORUM FOR THE CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR PERSONAL SPIRIT-ANGEL - Uncharted
Welcome to the forum! You have successfully registered and now have full access to the site and all its resources. And congratulations again on the summoning of your own personal spirit-angel. It’s an...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 2d
Ah, thank for featuring this!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 3d
@yiizzy.bsky.social I think you’d be into this:)
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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 3d
When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)
Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India p. 60 Bhoota Vahana Yanta Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine- men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between 1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE. According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture, as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after him and kill him. At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated as a Roman. This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master Robot-Maker, and had a son by her. Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh, and sewed the wound back up.
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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 3d
When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)
Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India p. 60 Bhoota Vahana Yanta Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine- men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between 1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE. According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture, as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after him and kill him. At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated as a Roman. This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master Robot-Maker, and had a son by her. Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh, and sewed the wound back up.
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Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social · 8d
DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰

Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳
Photograph of a smiling Chinese American woman in a skull crown holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 8d
Here it is, my lovelies. A massive in-depth interview with @davebjeffery.bsky.social and @leemurraywriter.bsky.social about creating an anthology that tackles mental health in horror.

It's a brilliant anthology and dare I say a brillaint interview

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When Horror Meets Mental Health: This Way Lies Madness An Interview With Lee Murray And Dave Jeffery - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
"This Way Lies Madness" delivers empathetic horror on anxiety, grief, and more. Editors explain its role in destigmatizing mental health via global stories.
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you, Chris!
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Oh, so happy to hear this from you, Sam 💕
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d
Ahh, thank you, John!!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d
Eeee thank you, Sam!!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d
I love this cover! 💕
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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 7d
ive been on-and-off trying to write a story about AI for a couple of years, and I think i finally cracked it with WIRE MOTHER, which is out in @clarkesworldmagazine.com (tw in the post below).

also hey, this issue is stacked??

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Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 6d
My book officially drops in almost a month!! And I’ll be reading at the online launch event!
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Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 12d
Vanessa Fogg will read from THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS November 3rd. Register to attend online, free, via Zoom! www.interstellarflig...
Book Cover The House of Illusionists and other stories by Vanessa Fogg a fantasy house and tree with watercolor sky
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 7d
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 7d
And also featuring work by @bethgoder.bsky.social Olufunmilayo Makinde @dianadima.com and Christine Butterworth-McDermott

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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025
It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August.   Strange Tales o...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 7d
My short fiction recs for July and Aug. Featuring work by @lchanwrites.bsky.social @clairejiawen.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @catvalente.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social Daniel Oluremi and--
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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025
It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August.   Strange Tales o...
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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 8d
My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is now available to read online, discussing work by @kellyrobson.com, @thomasha.bsky.social, Jocelyn Szczcepaniak-Gillice, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and @stevetoase.bsky.social.

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Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review
This time around, I’m looking at uneasy stories, the kind that leave you with the creeping feeling of something unsettling happening...
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