Our crops are watered 😍 Thrilled to see The Last Two Gardeners of Mars by Irene W Collins on the shortlist!

www.heartlines-spec.com/the-last-two...

It’s so gorgeous Pauline!! 🛰️🛰️🛰️

The Impossibility of Fall Prevention The Impossibility of Fall Prevention by Pauline Barmby

“Prediction doesn’t change the inevitable result of gravity, the weight of who we are.”

One of my most personal stories, “The Impossibility of Fall Prevention” is brought to you by the awesome folks @heartlines-spec.com. I hope it speaks to you.

www.heartlines-spec.com/the-impossib...

I have a poem I'm really proud of in here!🤖🎉

Thank you Rebecca!!

guess who has a short story here 😉

My weird, achy, sorta-cannibalistic poem "The Siren, After a Meal" is in this issue. I'm a published poet as of today! 💜

Does my story warn of satellite catastrophe? Yes.

Is it the most personal story I have published to date? Also yes.

Glad to be able to share it.

My little mermaid retelling (with 100% more frogs and the forever war) is in here! Very excited to share this with you all.

It's here! It's here! I'm a published poet!

New story day!

Happy pub day!

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@pbarmby.bsky.social
Rachel Esser
@crystalkoo.bsky.social
@bookended-islal.bsky.social
Anne Liberton
@parkeriswriting.bsky.social
Scott Payne
Julia Raye
@julesarbeaux.bsky.social
jordanrhirsch.bsky.social
@samlesek.bsky.social
@ktlyn.bsky.social
Y.M. Pang
Lareina Abbott
Lulu Vidal

Creating an issue is a labour of love from the writers to the artists to the readers. It's a long journey from start to finish.

This issue glares at death, seals family bonds, and drags you to the briny deep. Take a deep breath and dive in.

Thank you to all our contributors and staff ❤️

Issue 10 The stories and poems in Issue 10 take place in the grey area between worlds. The line between reality and the speculative becomes blurred as characters dive into the ocean, robots tell stories, and a...

Issue 10 is now available for subscribers!

Two pieces are available for all subscriber levels BUT if you give us a cool $18CAD, you get to read the whole thing RIGHT NOW!!

www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-10/

I was wondering!! But didn’t want to tag an unsuspecting KT 😆

"Five of us" by Jayasri Sridhar in @heartlines-spec.com issue 9 spotted!

LOOK AT IT🔥

Heartlines Spec's covers are always incredible, but this one is a standout!

it's that bisexual lighting 💜

Cover for Issue 10, art by Alice M. Purple hued seascape with a lighthouse on a rocky coast, a ghost ship with St. Elmo's Fire is in the distance

LOOK! Look with your special eyes!

Our cover for Issue 10 is inspired by a folktale of New Brunswick's ghost ship--a ghostly, firey schooner that appears in the Northumberland Strait.

@itsbabypears.bsky.social used gorgeous colours to mimic the eerie effect of St. Elmo's Fire

Coming March 31!

Lovin' the emojis here! My 📣📰🤖 poem will soon be available to read

Sometimes you just can’t make words good, so the joy of tiny images is the next best thing 💗

💓 this is when a picture (or three teeny ones) is worth roughly 3500 words

a cartoon mushroom with a blue cap is standing in a pile of berries . Alt: a cartoon mushroom from Hollow Knight with a blue cap is standing in a pile of berries .

I’m so excited for people to read it!!

I can't WAIT for you all to read these poems!!

One week until my poem "Permission" is in the world!

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Short Fiction (con't)
🔥❤️‍🔥🧂 by Anne Liberton
👩‍🍼🥑🖥️ by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
⚱️🗣️🌌 by Scott Payne
🐚🧜🌊 by @juliarayewriter.bksy.social

Poetry
🌊🧜‍♀️🫀 by Jules Arbeaux
🪸🌊💍 by @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social
📣📰🤖 by @samlesek.bsky.social
🧬⛓️🧬 by @ktlynwrites.bksy.social
👑🍎🗡️ by Y.M. Pang

One week until Issue 10! Water, family, and death are big themes (with cryptids lurking throughout). Get the vibes before you dive deep:

Short Fiction
🚜🛰️☄️ by @pbarmby.bsky.social
👣👣👣 by Rachel Esser
🍄🏚️🍄 by @crystalkoo.bsky.social
🏝️♊👩‍✈️ by @bookended-islal.bsky.social

Between Worlds, A Garden Between Worlds, A Garden by JL George

#SFFChat

Thanks for hosting!

I have a story in @heartlines-spec.com that's all about travelling between worlds (and eventually choosing to stay somewhere) -- seems like an appropriate thing to share for today's chat: www.heartlines-spec.com/between-worl...