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This was a joy to write. Spoilers for my Analog story within!
It's time to announce the August flash fiction theme! Submerge yourself in some haunting jellyfish lofi because...๐๐๐ซง
August's flash fiction theme is DEEP SEA! ๐ชผ๐ฆ
Heat vents! Whale fall! Doomed sub voyages! Send it all! Submissions are open until August 31st!
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
So excited about this week's Electric Sheep guest, Sheree Renรฉe Thomas!
The selected stories will knock the breath out of you.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social @electricsheepsf.bsky.social
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Guidelines for Saros #5 have arrived!
We open on August 22nd for stories 500-2500 words in length centered on the theme of Sound/Silence. Payment will be $25 CAD for both originals and reprints.
The period will stay open until we've collected 111 subs.
Full details at sarossf.com/submissions/
โwhat her bottles couldnโt do was change other peopleโs beliefsโ โฆ love this. Good read!
"The Marks We Leave" by @mianbell.bsky.social (6,768 words)ย โ Rylek seeks to assuage his pain of the loss of his lover by saving some of the people in the simulation on which he works. A compassionate exploration and portrayal of deep grief. (My rating: 5/5)
My every-couple-months reminder: FF is always bringing in new submissions readers. Details in the quoted thread!
SFWA educates authors about industry matters through many venues, including Writer Bewareยฎ, a service helmed by @victoriastrauss.com. It is a gift to be in dialogue as writers and other industry participants about the issues that matter most to our genre's future thriving.
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celebrate a small victory with me? Analog has been a dream since I was a wee tot ๐ฅบ very pleased this story landed with @analogsf.bsky.social
truly moving!! ๐ฅฐ (and I love seeing aikidoka in the wild!!)
Rereading Didion this sweltering summer afternoonโฆ โThe impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.โ Oh yesโฆ compulsionโฆ hello ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐
This week went by so fast, it's making our heads spin! ๐ตโ๐ซ
There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for July is CAROUSEL. You have until the end of the month to submit!
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gorgeous, lyrical, the palpable complexities of intimate relationships, nature vs nurture, (aikido! ๐ฅฐ๐ฅ) and wow what an endingโฆ pls read this lovely tale by @tiatashiro.bsky.social
i mightttt have a story in this issue ๐๐