"Someone once asked why
My mother’s portrait guards the doorway.
“Doesn’t it stop you from healing?”
TODAY, beloveds! our first POEM of issue 42:
No Mother to Replace by Nosawema O.
read it here: ⬇️ 🖤 💀
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issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
including many deathy fiction and poetry
INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh.
check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON
💀🦴🖤
oh we bloomscrolling? hell yeah, hell yeah
April aside... If you have ever wondered... "what are the experiences of authors of color in SFF???" you should check this out, originally pubbed in F&SF in Summer 2025:
arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
I mean... it's April? But I'm still hoping ppl will read it? : )
Everybody go read this new story by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social
Original flash fiction...
Original short fiction...
Original poetry...
Plus interviews with seriously cool people!
We published three issues in 2025! Give them a read!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Original flash fiction...
Original short fiction...
Original poetry...
Plus interviews with seriously cool people!
We published three issues in 2025! Give them a read!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
This is my "Year in Review" piece at Locus, where I talk about some of the titles I enjoyed.
locusmag.com/feature/the-...
Also - By the Numbers 10, from F&SF, for folks who haven't seen it yet: "What are the experiences of authors of color in publishing?"
arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
The review features the following stories:
“The Language We Have Learned to Carry in Our Skin” by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social
“If Memory Serves” by @formerlykevin.bsky.social
Deal announcement for Bright Phaedra by Felicia Martínez. An author headshot and the Thinking Ink Press deal announcement on a white background: The Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus reimagined in a multiverse with sentient artificial intelligences.
Big news!!
I am SO excited to share that my sci-fi novella, Bright Phaedra, has landed with Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social
It's a near future story about asexual connection, the temptations of AI, and the unboundedness of love.
I can't wait for you all to read this one!!
Get a taste of my short fiction reviews in LOCUS! You can read my thoughts on Fantasy Magazine, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur online at the Locus website.
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
It's that time! Vote in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)!
You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
Big big CONGRATULATIONS!!! To the Nebula Awards Finalists!
"'The Dragon and the Bog' by Sunwoo Jeong is a quirky story with a dark edge about Jimin, who seeks to die (or maybe not)."
Up at Locus! Reviews by @mariahaskins.com of:
Fantasy Autumn ’25
Bourbon Penn 11/25
Tasavvur Fall ’25
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
Wonderful to see a couple of Fantasy Magazine stories on Sam J. Miller's list of reads he recommends!
Stumbled across this on his Twitter - thank you so much Sam, and everyone else who gave our issues a look!❤️🔥
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Interesting point!
I sent the survey July 7, 2024.
Since then: executive orders against DEI (Jan 2025) & many other despicable, blatantly messed up things.
Some who would quietly make racist decisions now do so with pride.
Perspective is more important than ever.
arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
COPIOUS amounts of gratitude to everyone who submitted to our Special Call issue 100. As much as we don't get to publish it, I want to say we were in awe of many of the submissions we did receive. May all your queer, trans, & migrant stories and poetry find homes that celebrate and honour you 💕✨📜📝
Reminder: we are OPEN to reprints all month long! We are looking for reprints that cannot currently be read online for free! This includes stories that were never available online or are no longer online after a publication closed, etc. Find all the details in our guidelines!
"'They Return' by Eleanna Castroianni, an unsettling, visceral story set in a community where the dead leave their graves...."
Up at Locus! Reviews by @mariahaskins.com of:
Fantasy Autumn ’25
Bourbon Penn 11/25
Tasavvur Fall ’25
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
At Locus aka @locusmag.bsky.social !
Maria Haskins talks about:
“The Matriarchs” by Malena Salazar Maciá
“A Cup of Forgetting” by Eleanor Glewwe
Corey Farrenkopf’s “When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You’ve Gone Too Far”
“Ichthyosis” by M. L. Krishnan
...and more!
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
"Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
Give us gossip wicked and vital, dinner parties salacious and droll, debutantes vile and intrepid.
Give us unforgivable rudeness and oppressive etiquette, scathing asides and dire gaffes."
Under 6K words
Read this, read this carefully. Arley is doing incredible, important work here.
Fantasy Magazine, PodCastle, and Cast of Wonders: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...
At Locus aka @locusmag.bsky.social !
Maria Haskins talks about:
“The Matriarchs” by Malena Salazar Maciá
“A Cup of Forgetting” by Eleanor Glewwe
Corey Farrenkopf’s “When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You’ve Gone Too Far”
“Ichthyosis” by M. L. Krishnan
...and more!
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"
arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
I’m always thrilled whenever stories from Issue V get love! Congratulations to @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & @formerlykevin.bsky.social!
Read their stories & the rest of this stellar anthology for free on willthisbeaproblem.co.ke
#AfricanSFF #KenyaMentioned
You can read part of my short fiction review for Locus Magazine at Locus Online! Featuring stories from @podcastle.org @castofwonders.org and @fantasymagazine.bsky.social !
Being in conversation with @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social felt like a gift for me as a writer and reader in this moment of rumours of war and unceasing terrible political news.
There may be some words in this conversation that offer your heart & imagination something more to hold onto too.