Submissions Calendar of Fools is seeking your short stories for the Missed-Fits anthology. The idea for Missed-Fits is born of two central motivations at Calendar of Fools: the desire to create truly unique book...

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The open call starts in just 3 days! From April 16 to May 16, we are open to stories between 1,200 and 2,100 words about something missing or out of place (broadly defined), so get your story written, and send it our way. Link to the more detailed submission guidelines in the comments 🙂

Submissions Calendar of Fools is seeking your short stories for the Missed-Fits anthology. The idea for Missed-Fits is born of two central motivations at Calendar of Fools: the desire to create truly unique book...

Announcing the open call for our the "Missed-Fits" anthology! We are seeking specfic from 1200 to 2100 words about something missing or out of place. It'll run from April 16 to May 16. We are paying $0.08/word. So, get writing and send us something! Submission page here, but form isn't live yet.

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

We've reached our stretch goal! This means the "Missed-Fits" anthology will now be able to buy 3 more stories from the slush pile, brining the total to at least 32 tales for the book! Still 24 hours left, so claim your rewards before we end, and thank you all for your support!

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

11 days left in the "Missed Fits" Kickstarter! To help us reach our goal, we're offering another unlockable reward! If we can reach $5,200 by March 5, all backers get a free ebook copy of "Vanni's Choice," by David Elsensohn, editor of this anthology, in addition to the freebies already unlocked!

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

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We're at 45 backers currently. If we can reach 80 backers by Feb 23, backers will receive a free ebook copy of Erik Lynd's collection "The Long Fall into Midnight, Vol. 1" Refer a friend to lock in this bonus plus the referral ebook, John Campbell's "The Tiger and the Waif." Link in the comments.

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

We're in the last 24 hours to claim bonus ebooks for backing the "Missed-Fits" anthology in the first five days! If you haven't looked yet, check out our rewards to see if anything speaks to you. If you have, refer a friend so you both get a referral bonus AND they get their first five days bonus!

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

Thanks so much to any who have already supported our "Missed-Fits" kickstarter. We're announcing a new bonus reward for referrals! Refer a friend to the project and you both get an e-book of John Campbell's "The Tiger and the Waif!" So, if you back, tell a friend, and get even more for you both!

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

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One day in and already nearly 20% funded! Thanks so much for your support! If you haven't supported yet, there's still time to grab both the First Five Days and First 100 Backers bonus rewards! Link in the comments.

Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

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The Kickstarter for our "Missed-Fits" anthology is live! We have great rewards and add-ons for writers and readers alike, so come check them out. Plus, we have bonus rewards for anyone who backs in the first five days and our first 100 backers, so get in early to snag those! Link in the comments.

Coming soon: Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

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Three weeks until launch for our "Missed-Fits" Kickstarter campaign, and we have an update! There will be bonus rewards for our first 100 backers and all who back within the first five days! Click the link in the commens and follow the project to be alerted on launch and lock in these bonuses!

Coming soon: Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

After we fund, we'll have an open call in which we expect to buy about 30 more stories, one of which could be yours! Follow the project to stay in the loop! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...

We've got the full list of anchor authors for our upcoming project, "Missed-Fits":

@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!

Intergalactic Rejects: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology of science fiction and fantasy gems rescued from the black hole of rejection, with stories from acclaimed authors such as Samuel R. Delany, Robert J. Sawyer, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca M...

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Inner Workings: A Calendar of Fools Anthology Along with twelve original short stories and essays by recent Writers of the Future are four reprinted stories and essays from acclaimed authors Martin L. Shoemaker, Kary English, Eric James Stone, an...

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Hey everyone! Just in time for Christmas, SmashWords is having a sale, and we are participating. From now until January 1, you can get our first anthology, "Inner Workings," as well as our most recent project, "Intergalactic Rejects," at discounted prices! Links to each work are in the comments.

Forget-me-not by Gregory Norman Bossert Gerald pulled the hair from the lint trap. It was heavy and golden and hung in a gentle curve, the sort that would cover one eye and then reverse itself to trace a collarbone...

Time for another free story! For the next three weeks, @gregbossert.bsky.social's "Forget-me-not" is available for free on our site! This is such a wonderfully weird, gripping story about the search for meaning and value, so don't miss out!

Coming soon: Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

Big announcement! Our next project, "Missed-Fits" is coming soon! This anthology features stories of awkward lengths (1200-2100 words) about things that don't fit or are out of place. An open call will follow, provided we fund. Click the link and follow to be notified upon launch!

Brigid and the Snakes (A Tale of Ireland that Might Have Been) by Jean Marie Ward A plague on them that said the chores of an alewife were beneath the dignity of a goddess and the first Reverend Mother Abbess of Kildare! A...

It's time for another free story. Now available, "Brigid and the Snakes" by @jeanmarieward.bsky.social! This is a fantastic(al) alt-history at the intersection of Celtic folklore and the story of Saint Patrick. Available for three weeks only, so don't miss your chance. Read it today!

Pod People by Rich Larson Back when Danny was alive still, he was always giving me ocean facts, always real solemnly. Like: Dad, there’s a wrinkly gray shark in the Arctic Ocean that trades its eyes for parasite...

We've got another free story! For the next three weeks, come check out Rich Larson's "Pod People." It's a fantastic story about found family and transcendent empathy, so you'll be glad you did.

Boddah by Dale Smith "I assure you I will be the worst ever Kurt Cobain." The house had cost Cobain over a million dollars when he had bought it: three stories and nearly three quarters of an acre surrounded...

It's new free story time! Now, and for the next three weeks, read @dalesmithonline.com's "Boddah," for free on the Calendar of Fools website! It's a dark, thoughtful tale about what makes us us as opposed to someone else, and it keeps you riveted to the very end! calendaroffools.com/stories/bodd...

Tears in the Nursery by Catherine Wells Roxanne had been in labor for forty-two hours: forty-two hours of pains that gripped her, squeezed her, then slipped away for what seemed only a moment before they clutched at her a...

It's time for another free story! For the next three weeks, head over to our site and read "Tears in the Nursery" by Catherine Wells for free. Make sure you don't miss out!

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Life After Life After Life by Christopher Blake We swim, singing with joy to the Stars, weaving and darting and skimming photo-plankton from the exosphere of Harvest, our home asteroid. The pod sings and the Stars sing back: ol...

Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.

For the Rectitude of Our Intentions by Stephen Kotowych It wasn't fully signed yet, of course. Even now, delegates of the Continental Congress who had not been in Philadelphia during the final vote earlier in the week made their way to ...

It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.

Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child by Steve Loiaconi After recent tragic events at Holman Elementary School, your child's memories have been downloaded to the enclosed synthoid. Please charge the robot for at least 36 hours using a USB...

We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.