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Submissions | PseudoPod PseudoPod is always looking for quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see...

I don't know what to tell ya, fam!

Our open submission period closes in two days. Two whole days!! (Aug 11th)

So if you got something good, get that good gotten to us while the getting is good. (This sentence somehow makes sense because English is the true horror.)

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CHESIRAH by @ldlewiswrites.com (originally pubbed in FIYAH)

I want Colleen Wheeler (voice actor for Mystique in X-Men Evolution) to voice Chesirah. I just know this thing animated would be LUSH!

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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!

Last day to get those subs in! Gods and Monsters closes tonight 🕛

Congrats to @edenroyce.bsky.social for her Shirley Jackson award win! Now you can scoop up HOLLOW TONGUE and get a bonus novella?? win/win 🤝🏿

Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon a magazine of the queer fantastic.

I've yelled about them before, but Otherside is a new magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, & art by queer authors & artists. They are currently $10.20/month away from being able to offer 8 cents/word for stories & $50/poem. That's, like, 2-3 more patrons. Could you be the one to tip them over?

First, forget all the stories, myths, and songs about how the first gods were created. That method was one and done.

“How does one create a god?”

Answers await in Rachel Meresman’s new story, “How to Create a God.”

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Big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

2025 World Fantasy Awards Finalists The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2024 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 30 – November 2, 2…

Well LOOK who is up for a World Fantasy Award, this guy 🥳 Congrats to all the finalists! And extra love to the @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social authors who eye rolled their way through my edit notes 🤣 this one doesn't happen without y'all! ♥️♥️♥️ locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...

We love seeing these submissions coming in for our latest issue, but one thing is missing....

Yours!

Polish it up, get it in! Don't self reject!

Amazing to see our khōréō fam @clairejiawen.bsky.social story “The Last Flesh Figure Skaters” in WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024 by @neonhemlock.bsky.social 🧡

Thank you, @cypayseur.bsky.social and @rykaaoki.bsky.social for featuring this incredible story!

PseudoPod 983: Grave Worms The grey flannel suit might have looked masculine on the rack, or on another woman, but the close cut of the cloth, and the way the expensive fabric skimmed over the lines of her straight…

“The grey flannel suit might have looked masculine on the rack, or on another woman,”

Grave-Worms, by Molly Tanzer
Narrators: The Word Whore and Preston Buttons
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis

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I promise you. Can’t stop. Won’t stop.

Issue #35: BLACK ISEKAI Visit the post for more.

FIYAH #35: Black Isekai is now out and available for download! Some amazing stories came from this fun theme. Get yours here:
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FIYAH #35: BLACK ISEKAI ToC & Cover Art FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #35: BLACK ISEKAI. Cover art illustrated by Josh Awol. Short stories include: “Heavenly Harpoon” by Erin Brow…

Behold! The TOC and cover reveal for FIYAH #35: Black Isekai is officially LIVE:

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featuring works by:
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Beige square with blue flowers illos at corners and open book with ink pot and pen at bottom. Text: Write & Connect A Monthly space for BIPOC Creative Writes Age 18+ only First Meeting: Saturday June 7th 11 am-1 pm Expect: 1 hour to write and meet fellow BIPOC creatives. No lectures. No pressure. Just chilling! Location Black Garnet Books, St Paul, MN. Meeting Times: 1st Saturday of every month. Open Mic in December! Light snacks provided--feel free to bring your own!

BA alum L. Nabang is hosting a monthly one-hour space for BIPOC creative writers at Black Garnet Books! Write and connect--snacks and hot bevs provided. First one: June 7 11-12 pm. No need to register--just drop by!

Submissions | PseudoPod PseudoPod is always looking for quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see...

Please read our Submissions Guidelines before you submit:

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And then you can submit your PUBLISHED/TO BE PUBLISHED IN A 2025 ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION* story here:

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[*No matter how many times we say it...]

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 12:00 noon (EDT) featuring K.G. Anderson, Raven Belasco, Sarah Day, Tonja K. Johnson, M.K. Martin, and Ellen Birkett Morris

Thanks to everyone who came to Thursday's Quick Reads! Time to get ready for the next one. It will be here before you know it! Sign up at the link to register for this FREE, fun online smorgasbord of women & nonbinary SFF authors!

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Finally saw "Sinners." GotDAMN that was good. It's so beautiful to see a Black creative, in the fullness of his power, ignore all the "shoulds" and conventions and just COOK. That movie was so good it made me come home and write.

Happy Monday y'all! Submissions to the anthology close THIS FRIDAY!!!!

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Had the pleasure to create the official illustration for "Beneath A Midnight Tide" by Tonja K. Johnson 🩷

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The dopest themed anthology I’ve ever seen is about to drop their submission call info. Best believe I’m cooking something up.

In the mix once again!!! Your fave SFF mag is back in the running for the Hugo Awards 🔥🔥🔥 Pardon us while we cartwheel around the station 🤸🏿

Congrats to all the finalists! @thedeadlands.com @escapepod.org @khoreo.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Good luck!

Sometimes the editor *loved* your story. But space constraints. Or it was too similar to another piece for *waves hand* reasons. Or something that had *nothing* to do with your work.

I can't stress how many stories I've reluctantly passed on knowing full well they'll land in other SFF markets. +/