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It is World Book Day. Buy a book from an indie press, leave a review for an author, or social media post to a beloved author and make their day.

ATTENTION WRITERS! WERE-2 is funded...which means the #opencall for submissions has begun! Click through the link for the #submissionguidelines, write up/revise that story involving were-creatures other than #werewolves, then submit! You could be in the anth! www.patreon.com/posts/152176153 #booksky

Hey #illustrators #artists #portfolioday I am looking to license an image featuring tea or coffee (cups?) & possibly an astronaut for an upcoming anthology project. Definitely a science fiction theme involving tea/coffee somehow. Please get in touch. Definitely NO AI, not now, not ever. Humans only.

WHAT ELEGANT STARS cover with Neon Hemlock logo and “now on kickstarter” The cover, Illustrated by Lyss Menold, features a butch figure in an outfit of nebulous threads striding towards the viewer, disembarking from a spaceship. Beyond them is a futuristic city and a massive ringed planet.

This fashion-forward space opera anthology from @neonhemlock.bsky.social is six (6) days & just over $3500 from funding!

Please consider:
-getting an e-book
-treating yourself to Neon Hemlock's entire 2026 catalogue
-single-handedly funding one of the stretch goals

Or just spreading the word!

Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".

⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️

Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...

The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!

Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity A Hard SF anthology of stories involving tea or coffee, stars, and gravity.

2 hours into the KS campaign and the "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" anthology (www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...) is 52% base funded. Great to see the support for us for 2026. Thank you all. Stretch goals, when reached, have the potential to add an additional 12 authors to the book.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Have a published resistance themed story ready to join an anthology edited by yours truly? It’s not too late to submit. This call closes at the end of January 2026.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

This is bound to be another fantastic anthology from Neon Hemlock, and it went live on KS today! Check it out!

And I'm not *just* saying that because I get to do interior illustrations and (hopefully🤞) some very cool stretch goal stuff 👀.

Our submission boxes are open! Check out our sub guidelines, then send us your #solarpunk! #writers #authors solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions/

White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"

White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"

OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️

If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!

📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

we're here — neon hemlock

Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!

The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.

www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

Women of Xal II Original Game Free! The revolution begins. Can Xjena survive rising violence and The Great Silence— Xal's final extinction event?

Women of Xal II's Kickstarter is FINALLY up and running! Please share with your #VisualNovel friends who like their dark political mysteries, character studies, and cast of queer ladies.

First game is free during the campaign, of course.

#Gaming #Kickstarter #Campaign #Yuri #Indie #Indiedev #Game

Fiction Submissions OPEN Indigenous Authors

Strange Horizons is still open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!

More info about this submission window:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Submission guidelines:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

We look forward to reading your stories!

UFO Publishing Inventory Clearing Sale! The UFO Publishing warehouse is full! Here’s a photo of many, many books waiting to be adopted into good homes. With a couple of new releases anticipated for next year we need to make room. A…

Get your holiday shopping sorted while supporting small presses! UFO is running a warehouse clearance sale for a few more days.

alexshvartsman.com/2025/11/28/u...

#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊

This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.

Check our website for more details ⬇️

Iron Circus Comics Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.

A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.

If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!

store.ironcircus.com

Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

8 years of AaN Press covers aligned in 6 rows.

On Small Business Saturday, think of the small indie presses doing their best to publish interesting anthologies and support worthy authors - aanpress.com. We ship quickly. #scifi #fantasy #smallbusinesssaturday

A Korean woman stands on a bridge as she looks up at a glowing snowflake. A white snowy dragon wraps around the snowflake. The scene is inspired by a garden of morning calm in Korea.

Frost ❄️🤍

Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.

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LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)