Samantha Murray

The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social

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Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. clarkesworldmagazine.com Includes our robot mascot's head looking up and over at the cover of a recent issue that has a building on a hill with red tubes bursting through the walls and into the sky. A small robot and some people approach the woods in front of the building. Ok, so maybe that place has problems too, but at least it's pretty to look at. I won't say that won't happen in the real world because you never know who will decide to invest in the BuildingDestroyer(tm) after seeing that picture instead of buying a subscription and supporting real human artists and authors. Those people probably wouldn't support us anyway because we hate their so-called "AI" and mock their little toys when we have the opportunity to. But yes, visit our world. The stories are good. Really. At least we think so. Can't hurt to try, can it? Stay as long as you like. There's nineteen years of stories, many in audio too. Just don't forget to stop to eat and drink and sleep and take care of yourself. And when you're ready, go back to the real world and fight your monsters or just breathe. You can come back any time. I suppose I should stop rambling now. I apologize for the lack of a screaming possum in this ad, but trust that it is there in spirit.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
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That hurts my fillings Matt

Nice work!

You got right to the tooth of it

😁

My kid’s dental appointment is actually literally at 2.30 and I feel like we are a punchline to a dad joke

A pile of Uncertain Sons, just a lot of uncertainty and a lot of sons

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

Pre-order links now up! This 20 story collection includes originals plus tales that have garnered 13 awards, shortlistings or competition places
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This was lovely!

I think this is the best thing I have ever written: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/sile...

Gorgeous story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social in @castofwonders.org 💙💙💙

Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Favourite thing I read this week was this clever and lovely story by @tiatashiro.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com 💙
clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/

Your Daily Dose of #Empathy (myreadinglife.com/2025/07/27/t...)

From the other side of climate change.

"Through These Moments, Darkly" by @samanthamurray.bsky.social (2025) — 3,610 words (about 15 minutes for the average reader)

Published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com issue #223, April 2025.

I'd be honoured if you considered my work for the Ditmar awards:

1) Painted Surfaces, published in @nightmare-magazine.com

2) An Object of Vision, published in Fission #4

3) Feel the Burn, published in Archive of the Odd

Links in 🧵

Release date 6th October!!

Whoa, congrats!

Through These Moments, Darkly by Samantha Murray Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

FFer Read of the Day: "Through These Moments, Darkly" by @samanthamurray.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

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BASE GOAL: FULLY FUNDED!

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far!

BUT we're not done yet! We have some juicy stretch goals just waiting to be unlocked!

I know! It took me way too many months to work out I could do this haha

It is so good! We were in TAS in January and I fell in love with it.

Why yes I DID pay the $20 postage and get my favourite cider shipped all the way from TASMANIA instead of continuing to bemoan that they don’t stock it in WA. Because I am an ADULT and I have this POWER (this may be obvious but somehow still came as a surprising revelation to me.) 😋

We're on our way to being funded - but we're not there yet!

Tell your friends, signal boost, share awesome reads with folks who love to read💞

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Thanks, I guess! Also the word migraineur (which I also just discovered yesterday) is so fancy

I had my first migraine with aura the other day, complete with bright jagged flashy scintillating shit, where I then temporarily struggled to read properly. SO THAT IS NEW AND FUN

This story gave me goosebumps 🔥

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Through These Moments, Darkly by Samantha Murray

Through These Moments, Darkly, by Samantha Murray in Clarkesworld. Post slow climate apocalypse, we see the relationship between a biologist and a dark physicist. And the portals. The prose is graceful yet maintains the tension like a garrotte. Beautiful and disquieting.

Ahh, thank you!!! I’m really glad you liked it 😊

Aw, thank you! 😊

'An extraordinary, hallucinatory accomplishment' - Karen Joy Fowler

"Questions monstrosity, masculinity, romance, and power... deeply affecting and unsettling." - Reactor

"Striking... ingeniously weaves tales within tales." - Locus

'A magnificent novel and, unbelievably, a debut -- you must read this as soon as you can' - Vajra Chandrasekera

It's publication day for Sour Cherry!

I can't thank enough everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social and @wildfirebooks.bsky.social who worked to make this book happen. And now here we are! I hope it finds its readers. 🍒

US: tinhouse.com/book/sour-ch...
UK: www.headline.co.uk/titles/natal...