Tonja K. Johnson

I adore the weirdness of this story. It stands on its own perfectly, but it’s also one of those rare cases where I thought that I would really love to read a novel set in this world. Or perhaps a whole series of short stories…

And @alasdairstuart.com’s hosting track is, as always, marvellous

Congratulations to all the 2026 @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling Award nominees! 🎉

Very exciting to see twelve (!!!) poems from last year's Strange Horizons issues on the list!

Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work and thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed them! ❤️

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

Reminder: we open to reprints on March 1st! We are looking for speculative stories (by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors) that cannot currently be read for free online.

We will stay open to reprints until the end of March and will likely open again later this year.

📝Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Relevant to AI writing, Toni Morrison, Octavia E. Butler, and Sonia Sanchez noted that many want to be writers but don’t wanna write.

As Morrison said, “Writing has become almost a celebrity thing in the sense that people don’t want to write; they want to be authors. And that’s quite different.”

Swooping back in with the deets on our two THEMED issues of the year! Tell a friend who would write the hell out of these 🔥🔥🔥

fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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a man in a red shirt is standing in a forest with the words " there must be trek somewhere in here " above him ALT: a man in a red shirt is standing in a forest with the words " there must be trek somewhere in here " above him

#manuscriptwishlist #mswl I want sci-fi with the same spacefarers-as-seafarers feel as the best Star Trek series. Master and Commander but in space. Drama on the bridge. Mutiny in the lower decks. Emotions (mostly) repressed because the chain of command doesn't allow for them.

Pssst. Are you on here when you should be writing?? ⏳

Translunar Travelers Lounge a speculative fiction magazine

Issue 14 of Translunar Travelers Lounge arrived on time yesterday, with a full load of fourteen stories. translunartravelerslounge.com

The Dark, Uncanny, The Deadlands and Apex: Review by Paula Guran The Dark 11/25 Uncanny 11-12/25 The Deadlands Fall ’25 Apex 10/25 I enjoyed both original stories in The Dark #126. “Totensonntag” by Brian Evenson may not be the talented author’s most technically…

“The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker from Uncanny Magazine, “Liecraft” by Anita Moskát from @apexmag.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @paulaguran here -

Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows:

Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars

Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️

🧵 for any FIYAH authors with published story files/summaries appearing on The Writing Atlas. We weren't involved with this curation (and presumable theft) and are taking steps to protect your work.

FIYAH first issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Malon Edwards, Brent Lambert, Wendi Dunlap, DaVaun Sanders, V.H. Galloway, and L. D. Lewis.

FIYAH second issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Maurice Broaddus, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Russell Nichols, Christopher Caldwell, Wole Talabi, Barbara L.W. Myers, and Eden Royce.

FIYAH third issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Danny Lore, Sydnee Thompson, Jennifer Marie Brissett and Xen. Poems from Mame Bougouma Diene, Uche Ogbuji, Rodney Wilder.

FIYAH fourth issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from C. L. Clark, Stephanie Malia Morris, Emmalia Harrington, Arnica Ross, and Melody Gordon. Poems from Resoketswe Manenzhe and Constance Collier-Mercado.

So we're definitely celebrating FIYAH's cover art for Black History Month! Feast on this absolutely legendary run from @gdbee.bsky.social to set off year one 🥰 Of course you're following Geneva already, and this is your reminder to scoop up a print, her graphic novel, and more: gdbee.carrd.co

Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade:
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social for recommending “Garden of the Bloodpotter!” I’m so honored.

SUBS CLOSE TONIGHT! Get them polished, get them in! ⌛

FIYAH # 37 FIYAH Issue 37 is available in downloadable PDF and EPUB formats. Buying for someone else? Hit up the Gift Issue for transferable download codes. See the description below for content details.

Swooping back this very fine MLK Day with our first unthemed issue of 2026! Behold! Get yours! Tell a friend!

fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

Happy Friday! Let's love on our creators today. Who is a Black SFF author you wish more people were screaming about? Bonus if they have new work coming out this year 🔥🔥🔥

Just over three weeks left to submit your SFF short story or poem to our second unthemed issue of 2026!

Don't overthink it, smash that send button 👇🏿

fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

First Monday of 2026! Here's to a productive week of *whatever* you need to hit those goals. Words, research, marketing, rest...writers, what's cooking for the week ahead? Let's get it 🔥

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

OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!

othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Black Horror | Call for Submissions We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
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FIYAH #37: ToC & Cover Art FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #37. Cover art illustrated by Kymani Gayle. Stories include: “Legion” by Karama Neal “The Things We Bur…

Announcing our new TOC + cover art! Stories from Karama Neal, Timothy Ngome, Irene W Collins, Jordan Alexander, & Ella N'Diaye—poetry by Donnie Moreland, upfromsumdirt, &
Aishatu Ado. Kymani Gayle with the 🔥🔥🔥 art! Behold our latest coming your way in mid January: fiyahlitmag.com/2025/12/15/f...

A picture of a very tired very bald man and the two halves of his heart cheesing for the selfie.

Does anyone read these? lol. Always grateful for another year I get to share my work thanks to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and Inkyard Press (RIP ❤️) Beyond thrilled to close out another year with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social , and so privileged to work with these amazing authors.

It Builds Character: Finding the Heart of Your Story, with N. K. Jemisin — Blue Stoop A 2-hour masterclass with award-winning author N.K. Jemisin. In this craft-first workshop, N. K. Jemisin will share how to consider character as a building block — and an engine — of story, from initi...

Hi, all. If you missed my Blue Stoop workshop on Characterization on Sunday, you can purchase it here! www.bluestoop.org/recordings/v...

Help Sustain the Otherwise Award! « Otherwise Award Please donate to help us raise $9,000 for the next year of operations.

Otherwise supports the very sort of fiction that we need today more than ever: visions of possibilities through the fog of the present. Please donate otherwiseaward.org/support-us/d... to our year-end fundraising campaign:

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Happy Monday kinfolk! What are we working on this week? Let's get it 😤

Critical Friends The Strange Horizons SF/F Criticism Podcast

NEW PODCAST ALERT!

Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!

This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.

"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Red square with images of vampires and a robotic Afrofuturist creature behind it. Text on the red square reads: 2025 Awards Eligibility. The Husband, PodCastle (Jan 2025), Dark Fantasy Short Fiction. A Nameless Thing, FIYAH #36 (Oct 2025), Sci Fi/Horror short fiction. Blacula, Nightmare (Dec 2025), Horror Poetry.

Very proud of everything I put out this year. Here’s hoping next year will be even more spooky and queer!