J. Needham

He's everywhere!!! All his stories are getting bought!! 👏

So glad you asked! Tick-ling Pastures is an organic, free range small business that aims at rearing well-socialized mega-ticks for convenient blood transfusion transfers between hospitals. (Please do not believe the recent tabloids, we rigorously ensure all our ticks are lyme disease free.)

Moira's black-out rejection poetry is literally the best thing. Go read it. The worst part is I now look forward to her rejections almost as much as her acceptances, which feels.... weird. 😂

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Omg yeeesss, I absolutely will be ordering a signed copy from you once it's out 😉. Especially because I've been lucky enough to read your spice and romance. I'm sat.

Goya is truly the Halloween It Girl 🦇 I have to resist making the Witches' Sabbath goat my PFP.

Can't wait!! 😍

All thanks to you! Praying for Augur or Mythic Roads to get back to me soon 😆🙏

Super jazzed to be included in Dragon Tomes' upcoming spooky Voices from the Void anthology with my comedic New Orleans ghost story "There’s No Runner-Up for the Best Haunt Award". The best part is sharing a cover with @moirariom.bsky.social 🐀💙

Out Oct. 20th: tinyurl.com/293hvx9k

I'm comically late on praising @2thestrugglebus.bsky.social 💚 I used her butcher special for an awkward length 50k story that wasn't selling as novel. Jenee took on the impossible task of cutting it down to 40k with zeal. I seriously couldn't have submitted this to proper novella calls without her 🫣

#AugurMicros2025
@augursociety.bsky.social

⭐ From Nebula to Neutron Star

@gravesidepress.bsky.social's "What Lurks" cryptid anthology is live and kicking. My queer, monstrous story "The Winter Caretaker" is inside ❄️. I can't express how much this story means to me.

And for all those who decide to read it... remember to keep the lantern lit 🕯️.

My gay little sci-fi romp is live and free to read at @heartlines-spec.com 🫀!

My queer vampire western story just won third place in Reach Your Apex's contest. 🧛‍♂️🖤🧛

Why send us early subs?

You get:
❣️fresh eyeballs (plump, moist, dense)
❣️boundless reading energy (cackling and exhaustion free)
❣️more time to submit again (good vibes of deadlines)

So excited to see you not only have this publication but ALSO the Written Tales acceptance. 🖤 Congrats my fellow goblin.

My short story about hurt girls and bulging wallpaper is now live at @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social. 🪱

www.darkharbormagazine.com/stories/ym4v...

Great people are running this publication 🐀

#queerpit #A #MR #N #R #SN
Delilah, a cranky doctor for hidden magical beings, is ambushed by her ex Darcy with a plea: remove her newborn son Noah’s magic with an illegal surgery to stop the danger his “faulty” magic poses. Think Rowell’s Wayward Son (magical road trip vibes) + a second-chance 👭❤️.

#queerpit #A #MR #N #R #SN
Delilah, a cranky doctor for hidden magical beings, is ambushed by her ex Darcy with a plea: remove her newborn son Noah’s magic with an illegal surgery to stop the danger his “faulty” magic poses. Think Rowell’s Wayward Son (magical road trip vibes) + a second-chance 👭❤️.

This is... one of the weirder pieces of flash I've written 😂

Issue 8 Issue 8 features portals, aliens, and metamorphoses. These stories and poems are about growing up, growing apart, and growing together. As much as our characters wish they could stay locked in their f...

Issue 8 has stepped through the portals! Our summer issue is always special because it's powered by a birthday wish, BUT this issue is EXTRA POWERFUL because it's powered by TWO BIRTHDAYS.

You should subscribe (or buy online!) -- can't let a birthday wish down 🎂

www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-8/

Ouuu even better 😍

Love this!! 😍 It's so cool how there ended up being a space/sci-fi through-line in a lot of these stories. Can't wait!

Coming soon: OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

SURPRISE! We couldn't wait until next week—our Kickstarter pre-launch page is live right now!!! Sign up to be the first to know when it launches in October, and please spread the word and tell a friend! Every sign-up makes a huge difference. We are officially one step closer to OTHERSIDE!

Can't wait to share my (emotional disaster 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨) space boys & their (gossipy 👀) nonbinary assistant with the world. Thanks @heartlines-spec.com for making it possible.

Time to bring back the summoning circle for writers!
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
That email
🕯 or acceptance 🕯
you've been
🕯 waiting for 🕯
🕯 🕯️

Feel all this in a big way 🌘

My horror flash piece "Things that live in the walls" was accepted at @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social. Thanks for giving it a home! 🖤

The cover for WE'RE HERE 2024. An earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing.

We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!

www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...