Vanessa Jae

Poster text: Happy Bandcamp Day to all who celebrate. Buying an album on Bandcamp pays an artist about the same as streaming it every day for a year

#BandcampFriday 🔥

couldn't think of the word "em-dashes" and called them "thinking stripes" instead 😔

Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.

2025 version of this coming soon

this year I became a full-blown novella guy

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Review: “Nothing in the Basement” by Romie Stott Release Date: August 26, 2025Publisher: Dybbuk PressGenre: Horror Description Richard and Sandra are good people: comfortably overweight, generally honest. They live in a nice house in a safe neigh…

New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press.
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It's that time again! Free critiques for short stories, novellas, novelettes, novels, poetry and flash or micro-fiction! Also, query letters!

Up to 5K, I read all genres! The people that have worked with me have been published and with many, we're still friends! Please RT!

Convincing you to read my poem with the first sentence!

My father’s least favorite prophecy
has been reviewed by five generations of scholars
and soundly dismissed by them all.

Read the full poem @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

To Be the Change When the heir becomes a daughter…

For me, it's probably my poem 'To Be the Change', which was released this spring from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This was my first explicitly trans piece to enter the world; it tackles familial expectations and ancestral prophecies through a fantasy lens.

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could write 20 zines on batshit linkedin posts tbh

Indigenous Author Submissions On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.

The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

TOMORROW!!

how generous of water to let us live on its planet

(the sea is calling to me at World Fantasy Con)

Cow piloting a UFO. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 24 HOURS Next Stretch Goal: $1,294 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"

Our Kickstarter ends in just 24 HOURS! This is your LAST CHANCE to shop our catalogue of new ebooks, author critiques, and exclusive merch before it's gone for good. Check the 🧵 to see our full selection!

Thank you all for supporting another year of Apex. 🖤👽

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gonna be a blast 💃

Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees!

Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am!

Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!

Sunday, 11 AM, Osborne Reading Room 1.

Come talk about speculative poetry for an hour #WorldFantasyConvention2025

Image of forest with pink/purple light and the "Open to Novella Queries" call, Oct 21-31, accepting speculative ecofiction, folk horror, weird fiction, new weird & surreal literary science fiction.

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
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Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives

SFF folks: Archita Mittra is one of ours—you know her Ignyte Award-nominated critical writing in @locusmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, and @reactorsff.bsky.social, and her short fiction, most recently in @lightspeedmagazine.com. She needs our help. gofund.me/cd9b937c2

If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.

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Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

We have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices

Hey guys, @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social only needs a little bit more to reach their fundraising goal. They pay pro rates for fiction and $100 (!!!) for poetry and authors get an amazing piece of art for their published work
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congratulations!!

2025 Winner: Outstanding Speculative Poetry: RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE by Fasasi Ridwan

Congratulations to Fasasi Ridwan who wins the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry for RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Info on Angela Liu's poetry critique! Text says: LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER poetry critique by ANGELA LIU Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and Ignyte finalist! Rhysling Award recipient! work in Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, elsewhere! Otherside logo is at the bottom over blurred purple OTHERSIDE website banner art.

We have some lovely rewards for you over on Kickstarter! Snag a subscription + poetry critique from the wonderful @angelaliu.bsky.social! Angela is a Nebula, Hugo, Astounding, Locus, AND Ignyte finalist—as well as a Rhysling Award recipient! And also the best.

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Donate to Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices, organized by Sam Asher For two years, The Cosmic Background has been the world's premier venue for f… Sam Asher needs your support for Support The Cosmic Background's Diverse Voices

Hey guys, @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social only needs a little bit more to reach their fundraising goal. They pay pro rates for fiction and $100 (!!!) for poetry and authors get an amazing piece of art for their published work
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

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