Emily Yu

RIP to Catherine O'Hara, comedic legend and Canadian icon 💔

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‼️ ONE MORE WEEK to send in your submissions for @heartlines-spec.com, closing on Jan. 31st ‼️

We're looking for your stories and poems focused on a long-term relationship (any) WITH fantasy or sci-fi. Guidelines and more info here: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

Write and submit now!! ✍️

Come say hi at @tricon-hfx.bsky.social!! Editor @rebecca-b.bsky.social will be buzzing around and ready to talk short fiction

LAST TEN DAYS FOR GENERAL SUBS! Give us your best relationships!!

Oh shit, writers saw ‘symbiotic’ and ran with it 👀

We have the BEST submitters 💕

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

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!

TONIGHT!

I'll hopefully get back to writing too lol

Issue 9 Issue 9 features farewells, apocalypses, the decay of laws of physics and things lurking in the water, waiting to drag you under. These endings are all balanced with new beginnings. Much like the deat...

Number 9, number 9, number 9.

Issue 9 has been released! It's a bittersweet one as we welcome @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social as Poetry Editor and say goodbye to Jess Cho

2 pieces are available now to all subscribers! Snow, Stars, Stone and grotto

www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-9/

books of THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS and WE SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN with a red banner reading PRIX JULIA VERLANGER 2025 on a table with other books

HEY

THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY

LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE

Image of fast-moving lights in a circular motion. Overlaid text reading the following text: Submissions open from November 1 to 30th under the theme of Revolutions.

Only 1 day left until our next submission period opens!

We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS".

⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...

It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.

Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬

Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀

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Double vaccinated ✅✅
(yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)

Congratulations @angelvleal.bsky.social !!!! So proud of you!!!

Over a hazy purple background, there's the header "stretch goals." The first three goals, of $6900, $8300, and $9700 are now illuminated in rainbow with a picture of an open lock next to them. The remaining goals of $11000 (Issue 8) and $12000 (Reprints!) and $13000 (More Art!) show a closed lock next to them.

This is the second time our co-founders have woken up to a STRETCH GOAL HIT!! You hit our $9,700 goal overnight—that means ISSUE 7 IS FUNDED! We are now ONLY ONE STRETCH GOAL AWAY FROM YEAR 2 FULLY FUNDED!!

AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀

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Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese: this is a story of an Indigenous man and his struggles with addictions and racism that trace back to his childhood when he was taken from his family and placed in residential school. Richard Wagamese (RIP) is a phenomenal storyteller.

21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act: only 200 pages but I had to take multiple breaks because this made me physically ill. Created in 1876 to fully assimilate (read eliminate) Indigenous people, it is still in place today. The last amendment was in 2019 AFTER this book was published.

Kukum by Michel Jean: this is a love story between a white orphan and an Indigenous man, but also between a white woman and Innu culture. The Innu people were nomads because the land can't belong to anyone. White settlers took that away from them and their children too.

From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle: I recommend this book to everyone, especially if they work in healthcare. Jesse's story is so inspirational and he had to overcome so much intergenerational trauma and addictions struggles to get to where he is today (professor of Métis studies in Toronto!)

It's Truth and Reconciliation Day!

Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments):
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir)
- Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction)
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction)
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Omg last day is tomorrow! Get your stories/poems in!

Lovely to see Under the Skin by @authortrsteele.bsky.social mentioned in this roundup

Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches:

www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...

HI YES WE JUST PASSED $2,000 IN 30 MINUTES?!? THANK YOU SO SO MUCH?????? WE'RE ABOUT 37% FUNDED!!!!

AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!

Val wants everyone to know that as the lead marketing co-founder, their professional skillset mostly involves them yelling GAY MAGAZINE at people when all other words fail her. It's an important task, someone must do it.

A list of stories included in best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, including Kerry C. Byrne’s “And When She Shatters”

Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝

✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!

Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently.

Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀

Newsletter: Meet Ash and MR! | OTHERSIDE Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon

Our September newsletter is out for free patrons or higher! In this issue we have interviews from Ash and MR as well as announcements and Kickstarter updates, our new Patreon goals, and SO much more! We’re doing A LOT the next two months and we can’t wait!

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FIND MR AT FLIGHTS OF FOUNDRY! SEPT. 26 1:00 PM ET WRITING QUEER STORIES NOW (MODERATOR) A discussion about the challenges and joys of writing queer fiction in a hostile climate. SEPT. 27 12:00 PM ET OTHERSIDE CHILL-N-CHAT Come hang out with Ash, Val, and MR! We're excited to answer any questions you might have about OTHERSIDE. SEPT. 27 3:00 PM ET THE ART OF THE RETELLING Why retell an existing story? What makes retellings interesting and vital? Surprising no one, I have thoughts! SEPT. 28 6:00 PM ET HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR NON-HISTORIANS Interested in writing historical fiction but not sure where to begin? This panel will help you get started!

I’m so excited for Flights of Foundry! (Even if I cannot believe that it is somehow already mid-September??) Here’s my panel schedule! If you aren’t registered yet, you can still sign up for this fantastic free virtual con here: flights-of-foundry.org

Hope to see you there!

Welcome to the team!

😂 pretty much what happened on Discord