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yasmeen / ياسمين
@yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
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sff writer / toddler mama / و باتكلم عربي

stories in/coming to inner worlds, night shades, saros sf, the sprawl mag, if there's anyone left

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So cool to see what an advance copy looks like!
A white bound book manuscript next to a blurry cat
December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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If everyone could speak to me the way my partner does when I’m at the dentist that would be great. 🥺
A text message reading “how are you feeling my brave brave Yasmeen”
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The most compelling character I’ve seen in a while.
A middle aged Latino man stands in front of greenery in a white button down shirt and yellow bandana scarf around his neck.
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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A little crushed tbh 🥲 a dream market
This story sparked lots of discussion among our editors and came close to publication. We hope you'll keep us in mind for future submissions.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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First snow day!! ❄️
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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finished Red Rising last week and need to cleanse my brain of the YA male protagonist tone so, here we go
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Voted for @innerworlds.bsky.social for @chillsubs.bsky.social best lit mags of 2025 awards ♥️ Sarah runs an impressive operation and alone! (from what I can tell)

Vote here:
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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A moment for the vibrant, joyous wedding I attended today 🪷 बधाई हो
A woman stands outside in an orange brown coat. The sky is gray. She is smiling. A flower arrangement of roses and eucalyptus. A plate of traditional Indian food.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Eeeeeee excited to join this crew! Call me “codexian” (is that right lol)
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Good morning 💀
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Happiest of happy birthday to my favorite little person 💗 حببتي
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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John Berger feels salient right now.

“…pure hope resides first and mysteriously in the capacity to name the intolerable as such: and this capacity comes from afar-from the past and from the future. This is why politics and courage are inevitable.”
A page of a book by John Berger: Thousands have disappeared without news. To date at least eighty have died under torture. It is probable that one of the five I'm looking at is being tortured today. His body, so unmistakable in his mother's eyes, is being made to suffer the unthinkable. How much this photograph says about politics! About how politics, at their origin, are irrepressible. These five men, with their loves, their children, their songs and their Anatolian memory, are the dupes of nobody. They were often badly led, often carelessly organized, often the first victims of the charismatic self-indulgence of their leaders, but none of this has surprised them. Of this present world which they know so well, they did not expect better. They know that there has never been a winter in Anatolia without snow, a summer without animals dying from drought, a workers' movement without repression. Utopias exist only in carpets. But they know too that what they have been subjected to in their lives is intolerable. And the naming of the intolerable is itself the hope. When something is termed intolerable, actions must follow. These actions are subject to all the vicissitudes of life. But the pure hope resides first and mysteriously in the capacity to name the intolerable as such: and this capacity comes from afar-from the past and from the future. This is why politics and courage are inevitable. The time of the tortures is agonizingly but exclusively the present.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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chuckling at this text I sent to our Brooklyn friends back in June, their response was “pretty pessimistic”
Text message that reads: guys I need zohran Mamdani to win next week, what’s the vibe? Do you feel like it’s possible?
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I felt both heartbroken and heartened seeing this mini food pantry while we trick or treated (that’s her on the left, purple spacesuit)
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It’s so weird being a heritage speaker of a language. I have very high comprehension, but I’m B2 (intermediate) in terms of speaking and whatever level “the Little Prince” is in reading. 🫠 So difficult to explain.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Here we go 🔺
A photo of the book Red Rising next to a cat
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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This level of specificity in a rejection always feels like a hug. I know so many editors don’t have the bandwidth to give it and I appreciate all the more when it comes.
We liked the story a lot, but it is not really in line with the vibe and themes we are looking for. It was a little too dark, and themes of servitude, curses, violence, and politics are not really what we do. We really appreciate you giving us the change to read it, though.
October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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“a closed system” (100 words) for @augursociety.bsky.social micro contest. I loved this little challenge.

#AugurMicros2025
September 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Thrilled to be through to the next round! And a little scared. 1000 words in 48 hours is pretty unnatural for me. Hopefully the genre roulette is kind.

#FlashFictionChallenge2025
July 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I always chuckle at this idea sitting in my concept spreadsheet, no traction yet, unsurprisingly
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I’m calling it done! A heavy subject, one I hope I did justice. Proud of my effort, regardless of the outcome.

@nycmidnight.bsky.social #MicrofictionChallenge100
July 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Woah, thrilled to be moving forward with the remaining 168 writers!

@nycmidnight.bsky.social
#MicrofictionChallenge100
July 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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I was a little stumped at first but now, ~400 words in, I’m feeling good!

#FlashFictionChallenge2025
May 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I placed 3rd in my group in the first round of the @nycmidnight.bsky.social #MicrofictionChallenge100

I am verklempt!
May 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM