Book cover with green background with painted crows, some brown-black and one multi-colored.
Cover reveal for our newest Field Guide, releasing in September 2026, The RMP Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay, edited by @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social & @artichokeheart.bsky.social! Thanks to Pamela Callahan for more amazing crow artwork! Book details here: rosemetalpress.com/cover-reveal...
TOMORROW, I will be one of many authors taking apart in this all-day event exploring language in SFFH! It starts at 10am, I will be reading from "The Dead Man's Empire" at 11:15, and there are fascinating readings and panels all day, all for £5 (free for @britfantasysoc.bsky.social members).
Great news of a new book forthcoming from contributor Scott Garson
This week's story is "The Old Man" by Kyle Bilinski, selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
This week's story is "The Old Man" by Kyle Bilinski, selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
@ninasudhakar.bsky.social discusses her Katherine Anne Porter Prize-winning collection WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND (@tamupress.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...
Sad news regarding contributor Sheldon Lee Compton whose work we were and are honored to have published. Our condolences and thoughts to those who knew him and miss him.
@ninasudhakar.bsky.social discusses her Katherine Anne Porter Prize-winning collection WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND (@tamupress.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...
A conversation with our fiction editor, this time wearing her novelist hat.
QUEEN by Birgitta Trotzig, tr. Saskia Vogel (@archipelagobooks.bsky.social). Reviewed by Melissa Reddish. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/queen/
QUEEN by Birgitta Trotzig, tr. Saskia Vogel (@archipelagobooks.bsky.social). Reviewed by Melissa Reddish. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/queen/
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Kind words for my Saltire first book winning collection, now heading out of print due to @404ink.bsky.social shuttering. I hope it will find a home somewhere. Still quite proud of this one
We are big Jamie Iredell fans. necessaryfiction.com/stories/jami... // necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
If you've enjoyed our recent stories selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social, why not check out some of her own writing, too?
Gorgeous story from Sarah Fawn Montgomery ( @sfmontgomery.bsky.social). So honored that she sent in a piece for us! If you don't know, Sarah Fawn is an excellent and celebrated cnf writer, so I was really happy to read some of her fiction!
This week's story is "Drown" by @sfmontgomery.bsky.social, selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/drown/
I have new flash fiction out in @necessaryfiction.com today! Many thanks to @demisty.bsky.social for publishing this piece about the cruelty of girlhood and drowning in poverty.
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This week's story is "Drown" by @sfmontgomery.bsky.social, selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/drown/
Cool to see that Small Scale Sinners won the Pen/Faulkner!
I reviewed it for @necessaryfiction.com
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MOUNT VERITY by Therese Bohman, tr Marlaine Delargy (Other Press). Reviewed by Gabrielle Stecher Woodward. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/moun...
MOUNT VERITY by Therese Bohman, tr Marlaine Delargy (Other Press). Reviewed by Gabrielle Stecher Woodward. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/moun...
Barrelhouse conference in Washington, DC on April 18!
Hey writers come join @barrelhouse.bsky.social and whole lot of other literary magazines and small presses on April 18 for a great day talking craft and publishing at American University in DC! We have about 25 tickets left, so sign up soon! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
hello. I am now the editor of South Dakota Review, a bonus job that came with my job. people keep asking me about "submitting" (huh) "poems" (hmm) but I only want to read about the weather.
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Gentle reminder that we're still taking pre-orders for the next batch of Crossroads, due to ship out around April 14th. And for non-US folks, we have POD and ebook options--linked in the quoted thread.
In research notes, @wendyjfox.bsky.social writes about THE LAST SUPPER from @sfwp.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...
In research notes, @wendyjfox.bsky.social writes about THE LAST SUPPER from @sfwp.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...
Fun, weird, and plausible? Sure! Loved this one.
zoom seminar once upon a time: using fairy tale forms to write better in any genre Amber Sparks Saturday, April 4"h, , 2026 10:00AM - 1:00PM CST
This fairy tale forms workshop sold out last week but we’ve added a few more seats, so if you were trying to get in, get in now! It’s going to be so fun and generative writingworkshops.com/collections/...
Check out my review of The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac, tr. Monica Cure (@deepvellum.bsky.social) and then go order a copy from your favorite indie bookstore like @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social or @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social
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This week's story is "Platforms and Sidewalks" by Maria Odessky Rosen , selected by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/plat...