I have a sci-fi story in @naturefutures.bsky.social! On the baby you always wanted…or not

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A Matchbox car forklift and HO scale warehouse figures have a bit of a spat over some issue as they unpack wildly out of scale books from a box.

Cover to the book: an arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

Tiny Forklift and the Crew are unpacking the newly arrived copies of "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" (now available for order - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...). Stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett #sf #book #booksky

Looking for some flash this Friday? Contributor @dango-ramen.bsky.social published a story in @flashfrog.bsky.social! 🤩 buff.ly/PcbC3W1

An arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

"The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" is off to the printer next week with stories by @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social @dango-ramen.bsky.social, E J Delaney, and Sydney Sackett. Provocative hard SF stories that share a common opening. Pre order (4/20/26 ship date) - aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

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We are so happy to share that Tendon’s Issue 08: Care is now live! Our deepest thanks to everyone involved in making this issue a reality. Read here today: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz...

Artwork: Nina Violette, Mother and Daughter, watercolor and digital drawing, France 2022.

Thank you Chelsea 🥰

Thank you Pat ❤️

Thank you Matt 💕

An arabian/asian architectually inspired city stronghold sits on a dusky desert mountainside. A large gray spaceship is tethered to it by cables. At the bottom an exotic caravan is kicking up dust. All oranges and red under a mauve/blue sky.

The second story for our 2026 Hard SF, invite only, anthology "The Glorious Melancholy of Urgency" has arrived from @mteasdalewriter.bsky.social. Settling down to read the draft now. Sydney Sackett and @dango-ramen.bsky.social are hard at work as well.

Our spring submission window is now open, 2/1 through 5/15! Let's see what you've got!

vestalreview.net/guidelines

Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.

A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
flash-frog.com/2026/01/12/b...

I have a short essay out in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social written only a few months back, but those months feel like years. 😆
www.thesunlightpress.com/2026/01/04/2...

Happy new year and congratulations to our 2026 best small fictions nominations!

@marioaliberto3.bsky.social Anna Schachner J.D. Strunk @francinewitte.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social

I swear my writing productivity post-baby feels like 1 word every 18 years.

Our winter 2025 issue is here!

vestalreview.net/issue-67

We've got the latest by: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, Alisa Golden, @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social, L. F. Khouri, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Jennifer Met, Manuel Moyano, James Womack, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, +

I have a new piece in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. Not at all inspired by my preggo paranoia 😜

matterpress.com/journal/2025...

Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review

We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

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Fidelity - fiction by Lucy Zhang I left our husband’s body where I found it: in front of the redwood desk, head slumped over a stack of papers and a dried ballpoint pen. I made tea by squeezing the milky sap from poppies into...

I have a flash fiction story in @thebitterwolf.bsky.social! On the art of husband killing, birds, and tea ☕️ www.realbitterwolf.com/the-bitter-w...

It's a Halloween Gift for us! Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams is the #1 New Holiday Release!
This collection of magic, folklore, fantasy and poetry centering around the dreaming dark of winter is available Tuesday! Presale up now!
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Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review

We've been at this business for years, but to encounter a way cool story in our submissions stack still brings an almost indescribable joy. We just accepted two more for our December issue. Keep 'em coming, please. www.vestalreview.net/guidelines #flashfiction

I have a flash piece in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. On cats and their dubious nine lives 🐱 😄

www.oysterriverpages.com/terminal

Thank you Pat 🥰

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine!

On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

Snake Son, Lucy Zhang, Issue 16.2 Snake Son My boy slipped out like a snake rather than human. I had thought I’d be having a daughter like my mother and grandmother and great grandmother, cursed with girls they’d craft into paper p…

I have a flash piece about a snake, baby, and...uncontained brain(?) in Barely South Review 🐍
barelysouthreview.com/snake-son-lu...