and there's the answer

good thoughts your way, Jo

Done!

Fiction Anthology Purchasing Factors This survey is designed to help clarify how people decide on buying and reading short fiction anthologies. For the purposes of this survey, I am defining "anthology" to mean a book of multiple short...

Some indy research that I'll be sharing results of for everyone to see / use! This survey is on short fiction anthologies. You can take it even if you never read them, as there are Qs about that, too. The aim is to help anthologies shine, so please share it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CL Hellisen award eligible work from 2025 Audio Work Fiction The Shape of Monsters - Audible Originals short story/novelette “Shadow Jack“ - (GigaNotoSaurus) "Salt Cove" - (the Pink Hydra) "Makers" -(Storyteller Anthology) Anthology Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney, eds.

A quick award eligibility refresher!

A wee reshare of this as I know a few awards consideration is under way! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

My free to read short story, Under the Slippery Sky, is about how much we stand to lose when we dismiss indigenous and traditional ways of knowing in favor of 'modern' technology, written in collaboration for the Applied African SF and BSFA Vector project 👇

appliedafricansf.com/under-a-slip...

oh yeah that was loads of fun, maybe one day....

yupppp

god, publishing trauma is so hard to shake. It just hangs out in the back of your head, making you question everything.

yeeeeyyyy

So looking forward to all the inquiring minds. What are some of the questions that you, as a budding SFF author wnat to know about world building?

Ahhh that's brilliant! Hope you have loads of fun

A very over-the-top social media graphic featuring two books: The Haunting of Avis Lovelock and The Needfire, both by MK Hardy. The graphic has large pink glowing text reading "They're both gay!" and a variety of 'lesbian' graphics from canva.com, including several frogs, and a selection of brightly-coloured sparkles and stars.

In honour of #lesbianvisibilityweek, an updated graphic now that we've got 2 books on offer. Support your local lesbians and buy/pre-order these books this LVW!

Both available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social wherever good books are sold.

I'm in already

I really needed to read this piece this morning.

Often as a writer,coming up against the frustrations of publishing,I find myself slipping back into being an ungenerous reader, primed to hate every flaw.

It's not healthy

Ah coolios, enjoy it!

Ohhhh this is so cool, love it!

A mari with arms outstretched and looking up at balla pf magic in a patterned cloak

The magician

(This pose I really struggled with so is a bit wonky)

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Weirdly, this exact scenario describes my husband too. He says penguins in media should have vicious glints to their eyes and blood on their beaks

Oh damn

Buffy, Danai’s white calico cat, is loafing on a pillow on top of a wooden bureau, screaming at you. You need to do as she says.

“What do you mean you haven’t bought Vile Lady Villains yet? Are you aware they’re on sale at both Waterstones and the ‘Zon? Do you mean to displease me?”

What a perfect expression 🤣

For the record, writers who have submitted before but haven't yet been published in Kaleidotrope are of course very welcome to submit as well! 😀

Luckily nothing broken, but I think we'll give lifts a wee break.

I told him to practice with a penguin but he refuses 😭

Yupppp it's clearly deeply ingrained

I'm fine, I landed on him. 🙃

He's got a bit of soft tissue damage but nowt broken

There are certain ring tones/phone sounds that instantly make me tense up.

That didididit....didididit...didididit is enough to spike my heart rate.

I don't even remember what I associate it with, but clearly it was shite

Oh loving those woool colours

THIS