I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.
CONGRATS PREMEE,
CONGRATS ALL THE FINALIST
CONGRATS WORLD, THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD WORKS THAT EXIST
speaking for ourselves, we are very pleased to see One Message Remains on this great list, in great company
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Black-and-white title card. Top: stylized word “BAFFLING,” with feathered wing shapes integrated into the letters. Beneath it in small caps: “SPECULATIVE FLASH FICTION WITH A QUEER BENT.” Centered main title: “Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space.” Bottom: “Apr 15.”
My flash piece, "Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space," is out in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Baffling Magazine!
It's one of my favorite recent stories and they did an amazing job with it!
www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
Cover art by Mónica Robles Corzo for Reckoning: It Was Paradise, a special issue on war, conflict, and environmental justice, featuring a monstrous antlered head with burning red eyes and a warhead emerging from its fanged mouth.
New today from IT WAS PARADISE, our special issue on war and conflict edited by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social, "In the Foothills" by @rajivmote.bsky.social, a devastating, beautiful story about parenting on the run from the bombing campaign: reckoning.press/in-the-footh...
ICYMI I'm fundraising for the increased costs of my continuing breast cancer treatment, so if you can spare a little something, no amount is too small.
Boosting this post helps too :)
Thanks!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
I just posted a review of The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com, an excellent and intricately built novella, which comes out this Tuesday!
acwise.net/the-language...
spread the word
THE DEADLANDS IS BACK
clear your calendar and head to the graveyard
(bring something for the crows)
settle in to read
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This June 5 in Chicago, we're delighted to celebrate our Nebula finalists and VIPs at an autographing session OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Join Grand Master N. K. Jemisin, Toastmaster Tananarive Due, and finalists including Annalee Newitz. We've got Nebula Prize Packs, too. RSVP today and spread the word!
Congratulations to all listed by Violet Lichen Books on the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! It includes New Zealanders Octavia Cade and E. M. Linden.
@octavia-cade.bsky.social @emlinden.bsky.social
Enjoy the Cover Reveal! violetlichen.com/2026/04/10/e...
#Brisbane2028
My short fiction recs from Jan-March are now up! With stories from @clairejiawen.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @amfisher.bsky.social @joelhans.com @jenniferhudak.bsky.social
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/04/shor...
Cover for The Deadlands Issue 42, Spring 2026. The image shows a pale figure with curled arms and hands laying upon a graying forest floor. A yellow lichen creeps across their hands and face, obscuring their eyes.
COVER
Do Forests Dream of Plasmodial Creep
art by @dorywhynot.bsky.social
FICTION
In This Corner of the World by @aeweisgerber.bsky.social
The Dog by Phoenix Mendoza
Lurid Parts by @aquaticteal.bsky.social
What the Trees Took Back by Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr.
NOVELETTE
The City in White by @dianadima.com
Wow, huge thanks to everyone who enjoyed "Missing Helen", and to @clarkesworldmagazine.com for publishing it! (& I love to see other Clarkesworld-y work from @isabel.kim and @thomasha.bsky.social in the short story category, and @somtoihezue.bsky.social in novelette). Congrats to all the finalists!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us. We can't do it without you!
There are 7 hours left to donate to our fundraiser at locusmag.com/igg26 and make a huge difference, every little bit counts. Claim your reward for donating!
Link in bio!
This awesome story by @tiatashiro.bsky.social is now a @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Award finalist! My excuse to repost this
Claim these rewards for donating to our fundraiser before it's too late!
Funding will close tomorrow 4/14/26 at 11am PDT!! Donate at locusmag.com/igg26 or via our bio!
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, you mean the world to us!
Only a little time left to donate to our campaign and claim these perks!! Ends tomorrow 4/14 at 11am PDT.
You can do so by visiting locusmag.com/igg26 or by clicking the link in our bio.
Big thank-you to everyone who has donated, your support means the world to us.
Hey friends, I don't know how long it'll last but my Bram Stoker and Elgin Award-winning poetry collection Mexicans on the Moon is only $7.39 on Amazon. I've never seen it that low so jump on it now if you haven't read it! Much love.
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We are excited to announce the shortlist for ECO25: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction! 🌙🌱
The shortlisted stories were chosen for their compelling writing and emotional impact. Finalists will be announced in coming weeks. Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations to the authors! 🍄💜
#FundraiserPerk Talk to L.D. Lewis for a 30-minute one-on-one video chat. Warm beverages and friendly chatter encouraged. Comes with the April e-issue of Locus and digital cover art.
Donate at https://twp.ai/9PcJgZ or through our bio!
Poster for the stories selected for “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang: EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace” Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection” Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth” A little ghost sketch too!
We are excited to announce the stories for our issue “Ghosts & The After Life” edited by Ai Jiang @aijiang.bsky.social 👻
EC Dorgan “Flehmen Grimace”
Samir Sirk Morató “unwell naturalist’s historic fairy collection” @spicycloaca.bsky.social
Emmi Khor “The Art of Rebirth” @emmikhor.bsky.social
The short story that won the BSFA award at the weekend! Listen to it for the lovely Scottish accent of @elizachanwrites.bsky.social who was exactly the person to be the narrator.
And the story might leave you feeling certain ways after, too. 🏙️🦖
We’re now closing in on 40% for this sequel to the award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror fiction! You’re amazing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
Thank you!
I'm so slow, but NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD by @klschroeder.bsky.social is a haunting elegiac wonder, a slow dream of empty skies that asks the only question worth asking- what is to be done?
"Let the dead rest, and fight for what we still might be able to save.”
Beautiful unflinching work
Cora at the Brisbane Worldcon bid table
If you're at Eastercon in Birmingham, drop by at the Brisbane in 2028 Worldcon bid table and say hello. We have restocked on candy and swag, including our popular tiny koalas. But if you want to cuddle the lobster, you need to presupport. #Eastercon #Brisbane2028 #Birmingham
The cover of The Dawnhounds, showing a fungal city, and a ship sailing into the dawn mist. "Intensely humane and beautiful ... Stronach makes the impossible look easy ... I loved it" -- Tamsyn Muir
The cover of The Sunforge, showing three figures in silhouette, standing on a hillside above a burning city. "A feverish cosmic knot ... absolutely compelling" -- Seth Dickinson
yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
New week, new author thread! This week I'm featuring Ian Li @ianli.bsky.social
1. Why You Should Read (WYSR) "The Memory Technician" @smallwondersmag.com
A client brings something to different to the memory technician's shop.
inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...
As I'm hastily putting in a few more nominations ahead of the deadline I'm remembering stuff I definitely INTENDED to nominate and almost forgot!
1. Fiona Jones for Astounding Award. She wrote one of my favorite stories of 2024, "Hello! Hello! Hello!"
clarkesworldmagazine.com/jones_03_24/