Amazing recs and the best thing to wake up to. What wonderful company to be in, especially with my long time friend and CP @thelialao.bsky.social
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Amazing recs and the best thing to wake up to. What wonderful company to be in, especially with my long time friend and CP @thelialao.bsky.social
started as booktwt randos and here we are
so real haha 🙂↕️
i think my problem is since i got properly into writing short fiction ~six months ago i now get submission fomo so i’ll go “haha i’m not submitting dw” only to show up in people’s inbox like: 🧍♀️🧍♀️🧍♀️
bookmarking to read after work bc this sounds so good??
THE NINE CRASHES OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HILLA QUINN by @trailofleaves.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
SILVER AND SHADOW, SPRUCE AND PINE by @mariahaskins.com in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
Imaginative worlds, vulnerable characters, and beautiful prose!
honoured to be on this list with longtime oomf and icon @rukman.bsky.social 🥹🌟
thank you for reading! 🥹 honoured that this was one of ur faves
Sword lesbians, chivalry, and mech suit jousting (oh my)
Check out my flash fiction in Small Wonders today!
beta readers are truly the world’s strongest soldiers because what do you mean i can say something unhinged like “hi i decided to submit to an anthology due in four days” and i’ll receive pages of feedback in less than 48 hours??? 🥹
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JANUARY 2026🏳️🌈
I round up over 40 stories by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @thedescenters.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @victormanibo.com @seraph76.bsky.social @remedy.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/151830...
Contract signed! My story about a sentient fern and its mind-reading little girl companion will be in a future issue of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social!
wait i love sentient plants! looking forward to reading
So psyched to share a TOC with all these incredible authors! Adventitious Issue 2 letsgoooo
nat world domination era 😤
To kill the witness is forbidden. However, bringing him to the verge of death and leaving him there for fate’s determination is, technically, allowable. But when two warriors assigned to watch over a death march break their mandate and commit one act of mercy, Asheru lives. #WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT
graphic advertising signed copies of Hammajang Luck and The Obake Code for Queer Liberation Network's Lit for Queer Liberation auction. the graphic is a gradient from black to pink, with a line of books and little plants at the bottom. the text reads "QLN's 2026 Bookish (and more) Auction. Lit for Queer Liberation. March 1-7, 2026. Virtual auction. Makana Yamamoto. Signed & Personalized copies of Hammajang Luck and The Obake Code"
THRILLED to share that I'm participating in QLN's Lit for Queer Liberation 2026! I've donated signed copies of my cyberpunk lesbian space heist, HAMMAJANG LUCK, and it's standalone sequel starring the wonder kid hacker, THE OBAKE CODE
you can bid between March 1st and March 7th at the link below!
ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT against a fantasy map backdrop
PITCH Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To escape this curse, she’ll have to break her vow of silence, not fall in love with (or murder) the chatterbox traveling with her, and confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world.
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL bi 4 bi golden retriever boyfriend travelogue but they’re in a sidescroller god: fmk??
FIRST LINE The monastery’s map had just gone out of date again when Remi found another crack in the world.
ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT
Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To break this curse, she’ll have to confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world.
#WSPit #W #A #F #LGBT #ND
Our ✨February 2026 Issue✨ is now free to read online!
Find it here:
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
Or get the PDF and EPUB:
ko-fi.com/s/805c9b3a99
In it, you'll find five stories and five poems for your reading pleasure. Please spread the word!
this is my fave rukman piece to date - visceral, brutal and boundary pushing, everyone pls give it a read
let’s go!!! this is huge
thank you for putting this together! i had “magical girl: corporate failure” come out in haven spec :))
havenspec.com/fiction/magi...
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN JANUARY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's December's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
I must believe there is space for inelegance, ugliness, and grotesque indulgence. That there is something more to do than strive for better.
rukman wrote this lovely insightful thread so pls read but i’ve been writing a lot post viable paradise and i think the main reason isn’t because of some sigma hustle grindset (tm) but bc i remembered writing is really fun??
writing only freak fiction is 10/10 would recommend
Welcome a year of new SFF short stories! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights magical girl burnout, choose-your-own paper fortune, and the inaugural dystopian tale from a brand-new magazine!
how does it feel to be correct about everything ever
I have a new story out today! The Salt and The Cure is about looking at the question of "what is even god" and then wondering if you can love someone horrifyingly into one
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
Some great 2026 short fiction reads for you, including recent work by FFer @thelialao.bsky.social!
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