Corporations! I love corporations. When I play video games, I imagine my character as a badass CEO. He’s wearing a suit, mowing down enemies without remorse, sweating from his hard-earned victory. Most people are t...

“‘It is what it is.’ Fluff masquerading as profundity is almost always the apt thing to say.”

I'm very interested!

The floodgates are OPEN! BRING IT!

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Two Fic Tuesday for March 17th Hi, hello and welcome! I have two very different stories for you this week, but I think that's part of the fun of getting to share stuff with all of you each week. These both stirred feelings in me, though they were also very different. Still, each time I was

Apparently, Thursday is the day I shout about Tuesday posts, so here we are! I'm clearly not great at doing appropriate timing. Oops XD

Anyway, this week's stories are from @jennahanchey.bsky.social and @seandowie.bsky.social It's some beautiful weird stuff this time, and you should come look!

Thank you for reading! I'm glad my story stirred mixed feelings, and am even more glad that you ultimately came away more positive.

The Year in Review 2025 by Arley Sorg The Year in Review 2025 2025 has been another tumultuous, terrible year for a lot of people in this country. Hate and prejudice seem to drive the decisions and actions of individuals in power, refl…

This is my "Year in Review" piece at Locus, where I talk about some of the titles I enjoyed.

locusmag.com/feature/the-...

Also - By the Numbers 10, from F&SF, for folks who haven't seen it yet: "What are the experiences of authors of color in publishing?"

arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...

2025 Nebula Awards Ballot The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the finalists for the 2025 Nebula Awards. Novel When We Were Real, Daryl Gregory (Saga) The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Gr…

Congratulations to our four Nebula Award finalists: @wtalabi.com, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @hhpak.bsky.social, and @thomasha.bsky.social!
Links to their stories in thread.
Full list of finalists here:
locusmag.com/2026/03/2025...

Hey! "Uncertain Sons" (novelette) and "In My Country" (short story) are Nebula finalists. All thanks to @undertow.bsky.social and @clarkesworldmagazine.com respectively. These would not be there without them. Thanks as well to readers who enjoyed these stories. And congrats to all the finalists!

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A little nervy to share my FIRST EVER published verse poem! I feel so honored and lucky that @burialmagazine.bsky.social thought it decent enough to feature it!

This one was inspired by a @toddedillard.bsky.social post! Todd is a phenom poet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THX 4 LOOKING! <3

Fantastic stuff!

Sounds great! I will buy it the moment it comes out. Can't wait!

Also, thanks so much to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and @mallorysmart.bsky.social for finding a home for it.

Jack the Ripper There’s been a seismic shift in the world. I’m not ripping many movie theater tickets anymore. Working at AMC was a dream. My manager called me a rip-roaring guy because I ripped customers’ tickets pr...

I have a new short story out in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! I think it's pretty cool. It's my shortest one yet, so those folks with short attention spans will LOVE this. maudlinhouse.net/jack-the-rip...

Thank you so much for reading/sharing, Daniel! You're awesome.

New @seandowie.bsky.social RIPS and I mean that both as a fantastic pun as well as a sincere compliment because Sean continues to write some of the funniest short fiction around

Many congrats!

Congrats!

Dispersal by Phoenix Alexander After the last one (eight years, no children) you say: enough. There are too many rules to human love and every new partner changes them, anyway. Time for something else. Apartment like a perch: glass...

“If you don’t bind things together well they will fly away”

New on hex today, a gorgeous story of flight and transcendence from Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social ! Read “Dispersal” here! 👇🪶✨

Congrats! Sounds great. Can't wait to read it!

Gonna read the Lipsyte story now.

Thank you for the shout out, Daniel!

Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue. Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...

This one is the most recent and it's so god damn good

“Final Boy,” by Sam Lipsyte “Oh, you write fan fiction,” she said. “We all write fan fiction,” I told her. “Some of us are just more honest about it.”

I think Sam is pretty routinely funny and great! @kylerseibel.bsky.social always manages the funny to punch to the gut short story as well! and we've pubbed some HILARIOUS @seandowie.bsky.social stories on @hexliterary.bsky.social !!

we're here — neon hemlock

REMINDER to send your 2025 original publications of queer speculative short stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, anything odd and unusual) to We're Here 2025 for consideration - I am the guest editor this year, with the always awesome @cypayseur.bsky.social!!

www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

Thanks to @havehashad.com, @hexliterary.bsky.social, and @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for finding homes for my works.

In 2022, 2023, and 2024 I had 0(!) publications, and countless rejections. It was a bummer, and I wondered if anyone cared about my weird stories. This year, I had 6 publications. Thanks to those who have accepted and read my work, showing me that maybe I'm not the shittiest writer.

Corporations! I love corporations. When I play video games, I imagine my character as a badass CEO. He’s wearing a suit, mowing down enemies without remorse, sweating from his hard-earned victory. Most people are t...

I have a story out today titled Corporations!. It's my favorite thing I've had published this year. Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for finding a home for it. I like nothing more than a story that's funny and has a dramatic core that's depressing as fuck. Enjoy!

maudlinhouse.net/corporations/