SciFanSat Magazine

When you are ready, our submissions are open, and our editor does not bite. :-)

Thanks to Editor Jason Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SciFanSat team for publishing my #flashfiction “Gateway Upgrade”. The cover page is especially fabulous!
Excited to read everyone’s work. Congratulations to all.

#Oulens #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 01-MAR-26 is:

Publish & Extend

#Prompt

Delighted to have my (rather dark) flash fiction story, 'Now Entering Springfield County', appear in this excellent issue! ☺️

So obviously I am being completely objective when I say that you should definitely rush over to scifansat.com for a science fiction fix immediately! 😉

When I got the message that my story The Thrum got selected—I’ve never woken up quicker at 6.30 😂
What a wonderful way to start the day. I am so very excited and happy to have my short under a brilliantly inspiring cover, huddling up around entrances with a bunch of talented writers.

So humbled!🙏🏼🥰

Reality always reserves more conditions than what we expect. That's why "Just Few Ways" led me to an unpredicted 'Entrance' to imagine.

Which is likely why Micro-Fictions are hoping #SciFanSat would publish anything we offer to them.
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You're welcome, Lynn!

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Thank you, Jason, Kim, and Bartleby!

I’m delighted to see my haiku sequence, “Entranced,” nestled in its home in the February issue of SciFanSat.com

#SciFanSat
#SFF

From the staff of #SciFanSat and the alumni who voted for their favorite #SFF authors in the January poll, we congratulate Chris Krechowiecki-Shaw who earned the first 2026 Bartleby B. Boar Nomination of the year for their short story, “Hyrrokkin”!

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More!

AVAILABLE NOW: The February issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Enter tales of adventure with stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More written by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow!

Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!

The clouds are ominous as the hermit reaches the giant seashell that is his beachside home.

He raps its entrance with his cane. “Lewis! We need to scram! Storm’s a comin’!”

Huge crab limbs emerge from the shell’s bottom.

“This is why I invested in a mobile home!”

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 28 February 2026 is 🤔🫆🧩⁉️🫥

#ENIGMA

✍️ on!

👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! February’s theme for issue 31 is ENTRANCE and it will be published on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.

We’re hotwiring the stargate, and the February issue of #SciFanSat will make its entrance tomorrow!

An illustration of a father and young daughter, seen from behind. They stand under a ruined archway overgrown with vegetation in daylight that illumes them past the shadow of the structure. Beyond parent and child is another, taller arch; perhaps once a perfect circle high on a great wall or building, it now tops a crooked gap through ruins returning to nature.

“Where are we, Dad?”

My February #SciFanSat cover art for our issue coming out this Saturday with fiction based upon the multiple themes of “Entrance”. I wanted to make something that encompassed both meanings of the word, and ended up focusing on portals, awe, and environmental beauty as a result.

Cheers for SciFanSat author alumni Jan Karlsson!

“INVALID AUDIO INPUT. ACCESS DENIED.”

Her fist falls weary on the door. “Its voice recognition must be fried.”

“Maybe,” her sister says.

“I’ve sung the damn song six times. Once in Tolkien Elvish!”

“But perhaps you need to sing it, in a different key?”

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 21 February 2026 is 🔐⏳🏃‍♀️🚀 😱⛓️‍💥 #ESCAPE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! 2026 Themes: January — Ice February — Entrance March — Spiral April — Earth May — Rescue June — Contact July — Combat August — Alter September — Rebel October — Spirit November — Hope December — No Theme, Best of 2026 Issue

Submissions are now closed for February’s #SciFanSat issue, and we have begun assembling it for publication on Saturday, 02.28.2026. Many thanks to all the writers and poets who submitted pieces! Below are our upcoming themes for the year.

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

There's still a few hours to get your submissions in; I've just sent mine, a military/sci-fi/horror piece called "The Void Grenade" (I must stop leaving it so late!😂)

I love @scifansat.bsky.social magazine; the community and staff there are always so supportive - go follow and show some love.💖👽🐉

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! February’s theme for issue 31 is ENTRANCE. The deadline for submissions to issue 31 is February 19th, and it will be published on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.

Authors! The #SciFanSat portal is rapidly closing! Put the pedal to the hyperdrive and make an entrance with your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More at scifansat.com/landing.html before submissions close at 11:59 PM EST tonight!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

A fantasy illustration of a male sword and sorcery hero entering through an archway in a wall. He is taking his first steps down overgrown stairs into shadowed ruins. Above the portal is the giant carved face of a woman in stone, and distant in the background beyond is a lost city.

“The Entrance”

Art by me for February’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of ENTRANCE! Authors, submissions are due tonight by 11:59 pm EST for the new issue next Saturday. Full details available at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

Thank you, Brian! It will be on the editor's desk later today.

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! February’s theme for issue 31 is ENTRANCE. The deadline for submissions to issue 31 is February 19th, and it will be published on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.

Writers, are you distracted? Entranced? Be it a hypnotic specter or your phone, snap out of it! Only two days remain to get your Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat at scifansat.com/landing.html before submissions close on February 19th!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Last call to the published author alumni of #SciFanSat: Be sure to enter a vote for your favorite piece that you’d like to see win the Bartleby B. Boar nomination for January's issue! The peer poll closes in 3 days at 11:59 PM EST on February 19th!

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! February’s theme for issue 31 is ENTRANCE. The deadline for submissions to issue 31 is February 19th, and it will be published on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.

Authors! Write what you love, love what you write, and enter worlds beyond! Five days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat at scifansat.com/landing.html before submissions close on February 19th!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

On a black and star field background, a non-AI tagged Pixabay image of an android is shown. The android seems to be contemplating the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag. A blue, rectangle outline highlights the image and hashtag.

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 14 February 2026 is 🫵🏼 🗣️ 🫡 🖖 #COMMAND

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! 2026 Themes: January — Ice February — Entrance March — Spiral April — Earth May — Rescue June — Contact July — Combat August — Alter September — Rebel October — Spirit November — Hope December — No Theme, Best of 2026 Issue

Thank you, Renee! Submissions are open for all of our upcoming themes in 2026 if you'd like to get started on a piece for later in the year. :-)

A fantasy illustration of an enchantress, one hand outstretched, standing in a veil of magical entrancement that resembles psychedelic molten wax.

“Enchantress”

Art by me for February’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of ENTRANCE! Writers, 7 days remain until submissions are due on February 19th. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! February’s theme for issue 31 is ENTRANCE. The deadline for submissions to issue 31 is February 19th, and it will be published on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.

Writers, is your creativity ajar? Don’t fret, nine days remain for you to knock it wide open and get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on February 19th at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Published author alumni of #SciFanSat: Don’t forget to vote for your favorite piece and author that you’d like to see win January's Bartleby B. Boar nomination! The peer poll is open for 10 more days before it closes at 11:59 PM EST on February 19th!