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Vanessa Fogg

@vanessafogg

Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com

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Intergalactic Mixtape #43 Hey! This week I finished my reread of the Finder Chronicles by Suzanne Palmer (Finder, Driving the Deep, The Scavenger Door, Ghostdrift) and I love them all...

New Intergalactic Mixtape!

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You, too!

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Dark weirdness? Yes, and I love this one

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A lot of good books for sale here! :)

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What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom - Uncanny Magazine After dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop your garbage into every Thursday night and never...

I have a new story out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!

β€œWhat We Mean When We Talk About The Hole In The Bathroom” is about superstition, intercultural relationships, and yes, a strange hole in the bathroom.

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...

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A noir-toned background image of a rainy city skyscape, birds flying with a backdrop of smeared neon lights, with a detective standing on a rooftop in long coat and hat with one arm raised. Right-justified text on the image reads "open call for novellas, opens: 4.01.26, closes: 4.30.26." The RuadΓ‘n Books logo is centered above the text.

A noir-toned background image of a rainy city skyscape, birds flying with a backdrop of smeared neon lights, with a detective standing on a rooftop in long coat and hat with one arm raised. Right-justified text on the image reads "open call for novellas, opens: 4.01.26, closes: 4.30.26." The RuadΓ‘n Books logo is centered above the text.

We're opening to novella manuscripts on 4/1/26! We're looking for dark thrillers, crime noir, & dark speculative fictionβ€”if you've got a complete novella (25k-40k words) that fits, we want to hear from you.

Submission guidelines coming soon: links.ruadanbooks.com/cfs

#WriterSky #AuthorSky

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Chalk Scribblers talk collections: Ana Sun & Vanessa Fogg A conversation with the authors of two recently published shot story collections: Ana Sun and Vanessa Fogg.

A little over an hour before Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social and Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social join us to talk about their short story collections. Join us online for free:
#writingcommunity #authors

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982585217...

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This s gorgeous

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Brittle Terrain by Stephen Case Grey had felt a drift of air against the back of her legs when she had stepped behind the earl’s table. She knew she would find a slit in the tent fabric that the earl’s killers had used to enter. She...

BCS 2025! "The Brittle Terrain" @stephenrcase.bsky.social BCS #438 "And because no one saw it, no one else knew it was there. It was the story of her life: not seeing what everyone else saw; instead feeling what everyone else was blind to." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... #BCSof2025

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VERY excited to see the gorgeous cover image on the latest issue of @analogsf.bsky.social! Check out the excerpt for my novella "Consumer" on the website: analogsf.com

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Thank you again, @stephenrcase.bsky.social for this beautiful review!!

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(Also one little note: the review refers to an advance review copy which unfortunately was missing a Table of Contents. That layout error is corrected in the official published version! )

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ICYMI. Honored to have this beautiful, beautiful review of my book up at Strange Horizons, by @stephenrcase.bsky.social

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This Wednesday!

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Thank you, you too!

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I did, in fact, miss this. Highlights a ton of shorts, novellas, novels. And also collections by Christopher Caldwell, @kristinaten.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @vanessafogg.bsky.social. And UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, (including the titular novelette). Thanks so much, A.C.!

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Scion by Thomas Ha Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Hey there. Latest story, now out, "Scion." Strangeness. Estrangement. And the history that gets lost in between. A son and father in a moving house. Deranged relatives at cross-purposes. A community fleeing a murderous intruder. A crumbling lunar colony in revolt. Hope folks enjoy. Twisty one.

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Genuinely chuffed to see my @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette "The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends" be a @bsfa.bsky.social finalist alongside such great authors!!

bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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Congratulations!! Loved that story!

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cover of The House of Illusionists and Other Stories by Vanessa FoggΒ featuring a East Asian style building with a tree blooming with purple flowers behind it. 

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Fogg’s focus on endings and societies declining or being destroyed may hit harder today than when these stories were originally written, which is why her consistent emphasis on the power of beautyβ€”if not to save then at least to somehow redeem such endingsβ€”is important.
reviewer: Stephen Case

23 February 2026
Strange Horizons

Left cover of The House of Illusionists and Other Stories by Vanessa FoggΒ featuring a East Asian style building with a tree blooming with purple flowers behind it. Right REVIEWS Quote Fogg’s focus on endings and societies declining or being destroyed may hit harder today than when these stories were originally written, which is why her consistent emphasis on the power of beautyβ€”if not to save then at least to somehow redeem such endingsβ€”is important. reviewer: Stephen Case 23 February 2026 Strange Horizons

The House of Illusionists and Other Stories by Vanessa FoggΒ 
reviewed by Stephen Case

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

#bookreviews #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi

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Thanks to Jacqueline Nyathi @hararereview.com for a great review of SauΓΊti Terrors at @thecontinent.org
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Tar Vol's 2025 Short Fiction Top Ten Sharing the top ten sci-fi fantasy short stories and novelettes from 2025, along with an update to Tar Vol's Recommended Reading List.

Scrambling to fill out nominating ballots? I was too, and so I did lots of rereading and settled on my Top Ten SFF Short Fiction of 2025

(Also featuring: a Recommended Reading List update with my book of the year added)

www.tarvolon.com/2026/02/26/t...

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Grief Eater NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

Holy hell, my novella GRIEF EATER is on NetGalley!!! Check out that stunning Dante Luiz cover!! @interstellarflight.bsky.social

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Yay! Look forward to seeing it!

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Thank you so much for reading and writing about it!

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Delighted to have my book, The House of Illusionists, featured in @acwise.bsky.social 's column, along with so many wonderful books and stories!

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This is lovely!

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Interview with Author Maria Haskins β€œPiglet Delivers” by Maria Haskins is the kind of story you want to go into knowing as little as possible, so if you haven’t read...

New interview with me in Apex, talking about my Winnie the Pooh story "Piglet Delivers", writing, Eeyore, dogs, and so much more. Great questions and a great conversation with Marissa van Uden!
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

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Congratulations!!

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I loved this book, too

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