OTHERSIDE

OTHERSIDE

@othersidespec.bsky.social

OTHERSIDE is a new quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists. Issue 1 is out now! 🪐 🗡️ 🌈 https://patreon.com/OthersideSpec · https://othersidespec.com

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Otherside Issue 1 is free to read online! I'm so excited for everyone to read the stories, they are incredible

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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now! www.othersidespec.com

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE!

Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️

othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now! www.othersidespec.com

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE!

Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️

othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

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1 day ago

ISSUE 1 will be free to read online TOMORROW!

We cannot wait for everyone to read our debut issue. If you're excited, too, know we couldn't do this without you: subscribing or buying a copy is what will allow us to bring you many more issues full of queer art, stories, and poems in the future ✨

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Thanks for checking! We’re happy to consider something like that, as long as it’s a standalone story!

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Reminder: we are OPEN to reprints all month long! We are looking for reprints that cannot currently be read online for free! This includes stories that were never available online or are no longer online after a publication closed, etc. Find all the details in our guidelines!

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Text reads: All about the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon! How to sign up, participate, dates, & more... Header: 2026 Readathon Dates
Text: Mark your calendars! This year the 4th annual Trans Rights Readathon will be Tuesday, March 17th through Tuesday, March 31st! This year is our longest year yet! Header: What is the Trans Rights Readathon?
Text: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual decentralized call to action for readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. header: The #TRR isn’t just reading, it’s Action!
Text: The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out books by and about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender noncomforming authors and characters, along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!
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Welcome back to another year of the Trans Rights Readathon!

This year’s readathon will take place from March 17 to March 31. If you want to officially sign up, fill out the form on our 🕸️site to join the fun!

#TransRightsReadathon #trr26 #TransBooks

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Honoured that I was asked to draw little friends for the interior of Issue 1, go check it out and the wonderful writing within! (Also the cover by @hvmator.bsky.social is sooo rad)

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graphic with updated times for Queer Liberation Network's Lit for Queer Liberation auction. the graphic has images of the covers of the obake code and hammajang luck, plus a little portrait of makana. the background is a gradient from black to pink with a little graphic bookshelf at the bottom. the text reads "QLN's 2026 Bookish (and more) Auction. Lit for Queer Liberation. March 8-14, 2026. Virtual auction."

UPDATED INFO on Lit for Queer Liberation!

the auction now runs from March 8th (THIS SUNDAY) to March 14th, and I've donated signed copies of HAMMAJANG LUCK plus its standalone sequel THE OBAKE CODE. I'm also throwing in FOUR PRINTS of Edie, Angel, Malia, and Sol by Kels Gottschlichl! art downthread

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The contents page of Issue 1. Around the list of poems and stories are little creatures in blue and peach.

The interior of Issue 1 has the best little guys, all wonderfully created by @demonography.bsky.social! Please enjoy this peek ✨

We were able to add interior art due to generous Kickstarter support—thank you 🪐🗡️

Ko-fi Shop: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

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Trans author? Share your work below!

Monthly Trans Creators Boost!

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.

- Go into the replies and look for works to read and share.

- Follow new creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#TransSky #WriteSky

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We're open until the end of March 👀

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

We are currently open to reprints and nonfiction, and we are having the best time reading your incredible work! If you're waiting on a reply: in these categories, our max response time is 30 days. We'll likely be quicker than that, if not QUITE as speedy as last time. Thank you for submitting!

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A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com

ICYMI: ISSUE 1 IS HERE FOR SUBSCRIBERS! If you'd like to support the magazine and read these incredible pieces, here are a few ways:

✨ Become a paid patron: www.patreon.com/OthersideSpec

OR find Issue 1 on...

🪐 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
🗡️ Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Reminder: we are OPEN to reprints all month long! We are looking for reprints that cannot currently be read online for free! This includes stories that were never available online or are no longer online after a publication closed, etc. Find all the details in our guidelines!

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OTHERSIDE - Queer Speculative Fiction OTHERSIDE is a queer-led literary magazine that publishes speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

6 - The Homeowner's Bride by Ayida Shonibar. i love the haunted house POV in this story. ayida is so good at clandestine relationships with a body count. ❤️ othersidespec.com

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Calling all Flights of Foundry supporters!!

Help us raise fund to help us ditch WebEx for a platform that better suits our needs.

Times are rough and there are lots of good places to send your money. Give what you can or help us spread the word!

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I read the debut issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social recently. Every single poem and story was a banger.

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Green background with sparkles and a chain of daisies. Text reads: ALOCASIA seeks creative writing workshop leaders! Deadline: March 10th

ALOCASIA seeks applications for instructors to lead our upcoming Summer Creative Writing Series. Instructors will each lead a one-time Zoom workshop with dates between May and August. Compensation is $500.

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You can now grab Issue 1 on Amazon, too! Or if you’re a subscriber and you’ve already read your copy… you could leave a review and make our day! 💜

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If you sign up for a Patreon membership (for as little as $2/month!) you can then access this post, which has a download link to the issue: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

Enjoy! 💜💙

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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com

ICYMI: ISSUE 1 IS HERE FOR SUBSCRIBERS! If you'd like to support the magazine and read these incredible pieces, here are a few ways:

✨ Become a paid patron: www.patreon.com/OthersideSpec

OR find Issue 1 on...

🪐 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
🗡️ Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

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The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

Less than one week left to back THE COOKOUT anthology of speculative fiction from the African Diaspora. Only 250 to go until we open public submissions (paying at least 10 cents per word), and just over 1k to go until we're funded. You can push us over the top! #authors #readers #speculativefiction

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ICYMI! Feat. strange & wonderful queer stories and poems (incl. @ayidashonibar.bsky.social's dark delight "The Homeowner's Bride" & my Indian vampire reprint "The Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet") + an essay by @jackiehedeman.bsky.social ("He Is Survived By His Wife") that brought tears to my eyes!

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Hi yes we are still flailing about Issue 1's release! While the issue will be free to read on our site starting March 15th, you can read it sooner and support us in the process by snagging a copy now!

We couldn't be happier with this issue. We're so in love with these stories. ✨

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Huge congrats to the OTHERSIDE team for their first issue!

@othersidespec.bsky.social

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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com

We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️

Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW!

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe...
Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...

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Thank you so much! We’re honestly so thrilled and excited for everyone to read our debut issue!!

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Update this issue fucking rules. I’m double-honored to have a story in it because turns out!! It slaps

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