Oil spill painting in the background. Text reads Ashely Adams and ALOCASIA present Killing the Planet: Writing the Sixth Mass Extinction. May 16 at 6pm EST, Free, Virtual on Zoom. ALOCASIA.org. How do we articulate the devastation caused by ongoing environmental violence? How do we mourn the lives of billions of creatures lost solely for temporary profit? How can we grieve the futures that will not be while creating a new world worth fighting for? Killing the Planet: Writing the Sixth Mass Extinction is a generative writing workshop that gives writers a framework for braiding ecological disaster into personal narratives. Writers will be invited to be witnesses to extinctions great and small and imagine how we might pull ourselves away from the edge of collapse.

So so thrilled to announce the first installation of the ALOCASIA Summer Creative Writing Workshop Series, led in May by Ashely Adams! RSVP on Eventbrite to reserve your free ticket!

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(If you’ve seen this three times, please pretend you did not, we managed to time the original post for the exact moment Bluesky decided to stop working. The important thing is WE ARE VERY EXCITED.)

“It was hard to choose which story to feature, since I liked all of them” ‼️ We are HONORED (which is code for screaming in excitement) by this shout-out and thrilled to see “The Homeowner’s Bride” by @ayidashonibar.bsky.social featured in this incredible lineup! You can read this story right here:

If you're a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer: there are about 36 HOURS LEFT to submit your original fiction and poetry for Issue 2! Send us your work! 👀

Submit here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

Hallowed Ground - An Afterlife Horror Comic Anthology A 100+ Page Horror Anthology. Twelve stories of HELL, PURGATORY, and HEAVEN, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams!

5 days left on Hallowed Ground!! If the book doesnt fund unfortunately the entire creative team will get smited into purgatory by skelepope :(

Pls prevent our untimely smiting and help support the book!!

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OTHERSIDE The official OTHERSIDE merch shop. Pick up some merch and help us keep publishing fantastic queer speculative fiction!

We officially have OTHERSIDE MERCH!! Would you care for a nice hoodie or sweatshirt or hat... or, perhaps, an extremely silly mug?

✨ Shop here: otherside-shop.fourthwall.com

Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

55% funded! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Here's all the info you'll need to place a request with your library, for easy copy-and-pasting!

Title: OTHERSIDE: Issue 1 (March 2026)
Publisher: Hybris Press
Print ISBN: 978-1972122020
Ebook ISBN: 978-1972122006

Text on a blurred blue background. Text reads: REQUEST ISSUE 1 FROM YOUR LIBRARY! Did you know you can request print or ebook versions of OTHERSIDE from any library? It helps us... and helps readers, too! Save this list: here's all the info you'll need for your local library's requisition form! Title: OTHERSIDE: Issue 1 (March 2026) Publisher: Hybris Press Print ISBN: 978-1972122020 Ebook ISBN: 978-1972122006

Looking for an easy way to support OTHERSIDE? Not only can you request Issue 1 at your favorite indie bookstore... but you can also request a print or digital copy from your local library! Along with leaving reviews and telling your friends, this is one of the best free ways you can help us grow! 📚

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Reminder that late pledges are still open for We've Always Been Here!

Since we're so close to our stretch goal for digital translations, we'll still get the zine translated as long as we reach it with late pledges! ✨

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Purple magazines forever!!! 💜

Thanks to Otherside for a wonderful interview, and for supporting our magazine since we announced our relaunch! 💜 Anyone with a short story or poem in need of a home should submit to Otherside—they’re open for submissions! ✨

Anathema: Spec from the Margins Support the relaunch of our Ignyte and British Fantasy Award-nominated magazine dedicated to the work of queer writers of color!

This post is public, so you can read it even if you aren't signed up as a patron. Please enjoy! And, if you can, please back (or spread the word about) Anathema's Kickstarter! Here's the link:

Newsletter: Interview with Anathema + Updates! | OTHERSIDE Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon

Our April newsletter is out... and we are THRILLED to feature an interview with the incredible @anathemamagazine.bsky.social editorial team! We talked about their vision, their submissions wishlists, and all the best ways you can support them. Let's help them crush their Kickstarter goals! 🌈💜

Text on our blurred purple banner art. Text reads: ISSUE 2 FICTION WISHLIST: space opera and cyberpunk; rich secondary worlds; dream-logic and ambiguity; messy and complicated choices; monsters, aliens, weird fiction; trans joy and euphoria

With just under a week left in our Issue 2 submissions window, our co-founders put together a wishlist for all the last-minute submitters! Send us space opera, cyberpunk, monsters and messiness, trans joy and euphoria, and more 🪐🗡️

Full submission guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines?u...

OTHERSIDE - Queer Speculative Fiction OTHERSIDE is a queer-led literary magazine that publishes speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

Alas, the website keeps going down, probably because so many glum authors are pointing readers there right now 😅 Direct links to retailers can be found on our website, though! Purchases via Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Fable all help us (hopefully) avoid this fee!

Text on a blurred purple background. Text reads: ISSUE 2 POETRY WISHLIST: your most visceral poems, queer joy and euphoria, ghosts monsters Goosebumps vibes, surreal and lyrical poems, the interplace of form and content, weird/unpexpected over warm/fuzzy

Our submissions for Issue 2 close in a week! Poets, here is a wishlist of poetry vibes from our poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal 👀

Read our full guidelines here, then send us your poems and make all their dreams come true: othersidespec.com/guidelines?u...

Well, uh, this would be a great day to sell about 35 issues. 🫠

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We're reached 75% of our goal!

Thank You note: To celebrate our progress, we’ve prepared a gift for you. Check out this list of books you might have missed but will definitely want to check out. We’re betting something on here will really hit the spot as a reward for spreading the word and helping us make Flights of Foundry even better!

We're at 75% of our fundraising goal!

To celebrate our progress, we’ve prepared a gift for you. Check out this list of books you might have missed but will definitely want to check out. We hope you enjoy!
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Of course, there’s nothing our team loves like being surprised by an incredible submission, so don’t let this list limit what you send us! And we’d be grateful for shares + extra help spreading the word, too.

Text on a blurred purple background. Text reads: ISSUE 2 POETRY WISHLIST: your most visceral poems, queer joy and euphoria, ghosts monsters Goosebumps vibes, surreal and lyrical poems, the interplace of form and content, weird/unpexpected over warm/fuzzy

Our submissions for Issue 2 close in a week! Poets, here is a wishlist of poetry vibes from our poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal 👀

Read our full guidelines here, then send us your poems and make all their dreams come true: othersidespec.com/guidelines?u...

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

When we asked poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal what they wanted to see in Issue 2, they immediately said things like "VISCERAL VERSE" and "weird queer monsters" and "joy and euphoria" and "MORE POEMS, PLEASE." Poets, you know what to do! Send us your work + spread the word! We pay $50/poem!

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An ill-timed cold has meant I’ve done less promo than usual on our current Kickstarter. We’ve got 48 hours left in our campaign, and we’re about $1700 short of our goal All you need to do to help is boost this post!

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*chants* visceral verse!

Jess & Angel are incredible, send poems!!

Thanks Sonia, that's so exciting! We hope you all enjoy!

Sonia Sulaiman | Patreon creating stories inspired by Palestinian folklore

The book club is reading Otherside issue one for next month’s live chat. All paid patrons are in! www.patreon.com/c/soniasulai...

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

When we asked poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal what they wanted to see in Issue 2, they immediately said things like "VISCERAL VERSE" and "weird queer monsters" and "joy and euphoria" and "MORE POEMS, PLEASE." Poets, you know what to do! Send us your work + spread the word! We pay $50/poem!

Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen - OTHERSIDE It’s 3am when the bot knocks on my door  And he looks like a man, but  I can tell he’s a bot from the way he stands there Stiff like his body is the ex-girlfriend  he had a painful and inexplicable br...

Day 12: "Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen" by @robotleblanc.bsky.social in @othersidespec.bsky.social. I've been so thrilled watching Otherside launch this year, and this is my favorite poem from their inaugural issue. 🌈✨

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Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Eleanor! So glad you enjoyed this one 💜