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Oleander - Small Wonders Mama scooped her eyes out with an heirloom ornamental teaspoon, and let them roll to the floor.

Whomst among us hasn't had a mother who scoops out her eyes with a spoon and lets us play with them? But that's just the beginning of @montanna-harling.bsky.social's story "Oleander".

“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places” Fiction “Singularities” by Cressida Roe “The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes “The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox “Follow My Instructions, I Promise This Won’t Hurt” by Akis Linardos “What Am I This Time?” by Scott Edelman “The Hunting of the Phoenix” by S.L. Harris “Godling, Runner, Thief” by Avra Margariti “My Collectors” by Shaenon K. Garrity “What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen “The Violin/ist or The Madrigal” by Katie R. Yen “Wilayat in Seven Saints” by Tanvir Ahmed Poetry “Eldritch Democracy” by Chris Clemens “Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon “Lacus Solitudinis” by Josh Pearce “I have been to the market” by Shana Ross “Atomic” by Jennifer Crow “Bedazzled” by Robert Borski “Bestla” by James Joseph Brown Artwork by Carly A-F

There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.

"Censors of Titan" by Mike Morgan, in Aug's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/morganCensors.html

“I stop people finding out things that would disturb the balance of their minds.”

-from "Censors of Titan" by Mike Morgan (@culttvmike.bsky.social), in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#scifi #shortstories

I love seeing more speculative fiction journals including non-fiction articles! Let's get Apex that 1% (and beyond)!

We are a work in progress, but loving the support!

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Cast of Wonders 655: The Carmel B Crazies (encore episode) by Rick Kennet narrated by @margueritekenner.bsky.social hosted by @scribblejotter.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

"The Crow Who Owns the Stop Sign" by MC Childs, in Aug's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/childsCrow.html

His voice smokes from the burns of his last life.

-from "The Crow Who Owns the Stop Sign" by MC Childs, in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#poem #poetry #scifi #fantasy #myth

Changeling For October, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you new stories by William Alexander, A.D. Sui, Alan Smale, and John D. Murphy. As always, the first story of the month is free to read.

The Sunday Morning Transport visits a private box today with a story from William Alexander (@willalex.bsky.social) about the persistence of narrative in an ever-changing universe. Free for everyone to read!

"Mild Fish and Linen" by Veronica Mullin now free to read online!

"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"

plotthoundmag.com/mild-fish-an...

"After a Wolf Swallowed the Sun" by @linardos.bsky.social free to read online!

"Man wanted the sun, and he’d have sucked it dry, turned it to tall towers of glass and more machines. So I swallowed it, to protect it from the Man.”

plotthoundmag.com/after-a-wolf...

"Late Night Conversations" by Ramsha Farooq Raja stuns with a dual perspective between two family members that are just a little more peculiar than the rest.

Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

Free Fiction Friday with “Gracie and Leelanau Save the Worst Boy at Camp One-Pine” by Sarah Pauling Trollbreath Magazine Image of a bright green snake

Free Fiction Friday with
“Gracie and Leelanau Save the Worst Boy at Camp One-Pine”
by Sarah Pauling
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Escape Pod 1013: Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2) Waking up sick in a punk house shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody so I don’t know why it always came as a surprise to me. My head throbbed so bad I couldn’t tell the difference between the hangover…

Sure, we all know Buckaroo Banzai's wisdom: "no matter where you go, there you are." In case you'd rather be somewhere else, this week we bring you part 1 of "Here Instead of There" by @matociquala.bsky.social, complete with grade-A cursing! Great for wherever in spacetime you find yourself.

Radon Issue 11 is in print

Our latest issue is in print!

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In addition to the publisher link above, it's available on your preferred online book retailer worldwide

#PC911: Mycelium by Beth Goder, read by Tatiana Grey. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Rated PG. I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us through the river’s gentle snarls, he sings about lost keys to pass the time — he’s always had a thing about lost keys and the doors they’ll never open, the places we’ll never find. “Are you going to eat what the head gives you?” asks Piack. He’s one year older than I am — nineteen. With the sun behind him, his form swims in light. The dragonflies buzz around us, brush their wings against our faces.

#PC911: Mycelium by Beth Goder, read by Tatiana Grey. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Rated PG.

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Hugs! Nothing can relieve the heartbreak but time, and even then they hold a sharply painful warm spot in our hearts.

Cover art by Quentin Stipp features a robot and two humans walking into a forest and towards a tall building with red tubes that have burst through the upper levels and into the sky.

Our 19th anniversary issue of Clarkesworld features original fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Fiona Moore, H.H. Pak, Greg Egan, Liu Maijia, Carrie Vaughn, and Phoebe Barton.

Online now at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_229

Subscriptions available at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Stepping away from our "short fiction always!" mantra to remember Dame Jane Goodall, who was an inspiration to us when we were younger and considering a career in science. What an amazing individual, and a dedicated advocate for wildlife.

Thanks for sharing your life with us, Dr. Goodall.

Spooky Season is here. Welcome Issue 51! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...

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New fiction this week!
"(Skin)" by Chelsea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Otherside is on a roll, and we hope you can keep them moving forward. It's a relief to launch with enough funding so the editors can breath easier for the first few years, so show them your love via monetary donations (and maybe pick up a subscription and/or other rewards as well).

"You Will Survive This Night" is a reprint by Indrapramit Das, who writes about what it means to be a girl and a monster at the same time.

Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

Utopia SF, Vol 7, August 2025 - Tangent Online Utopia Science Fiction (Vol 7), August 2025 "Sylvester is an Asshole and Must Die" By Calie Voorhis "Damage Abatement" by Dawn Vogel "Speak" by Nico Martinez Nocito "The Black Dragon" by Robert Bagnall "Too Late Never" by Ken Foxe Reviewed by Chuck Rothman "Sylvester is an Asshole and Must Die" starts the August issue of

The reviews are in on our latest issue, courtesy of Chuck Rothman @chuckrothman.bsky.social in Tangent Online. "Speak" by Nico Martinez Nocito @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social is described as a story that hits "far too close to home." #sciencefiction

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POETRY by Anne E. G. Nydam Jorinde Remembers Quote My self was lost in the song, feathered in shadows, And all I knew became the nightingale. 29 September 2025 Strange Horizons

Jorinde Remembers
by Anne E. G. Nydam

"My self was lost in the song, feathered in shadows,
And all I knew became the nightingale."

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff #fantasy

Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni

reading that poem again 💖

All of Our Mothers are Dead by @eleanorball.bsky.social

find it here ⬇️

psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...

"Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review By A.C. Wise. Apex Magazine Issue 150"

"I’m looking at uneasy stories, the kind that leave you with the creeping feeling of something unsettling happening just off the page." 🌘📚

New short fiction review by @acwise.bsky.social: "Words for Thought"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Ino’s Hideaway Mari Ness brings us a delicious and transformative review.

The Sunday Morning Transport enjoys the ocean view with a story from Mari Ness (@mariness.bsky.social) that reviews a very unusual restaurant. Read a sample or subscribe to get the whole story!

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Now: Issue 98!

Work by Eleanna Castroianni, Tracie McBride, Mateo Perez Lara, Sunwoo Jeong, Christian Emecheta, Eleanor Ball❤️‍🔥

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Soon: Issue 100! Celebrate with us💖

Transition, Migration, & Borders: Movement in, and of the Body

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The Forest Through the Teas Walking into the Ninety-Fifth Annual Ladies’ Mysticality Society Tea Party with her granddaughter at her side, Hyacinth Gartner had never felt prouder.Her granddaughter had never looked more misera…

Punny closer to September: In “The Forest Through the Teas,” author Wendy Nikel goes all in on the wordplay to give Grandma Hyacinth a distinct voices. Check it out now on FFO!

#flashfiction #writingcommunity #cozy #fantasy
@wendynikel.bsky.social

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I Don’t Mind by Josie Levin I get tired of my body. I start to send it outside. I start to send it outside without me. One night it goes out and doesn’t come back.

"I get tired of my body. I start to send it outside. I start to send it outside without me. One night it goes out and doesn’t come back."

Read 'I Don’t Mind' by Josie Levin in our latest issue: inner-worlds.ghost.io/i-dont-mind-...

#WeirdFiction #Fabulism #FlashFiction