Today, all proceeds from the Cursed Morsels store will go to rent relief for this family in Minneapolis, affected by the ongoing ICE occupation:
gofund.me/62dd6ccc0
We're down to the FINAL HOURS on our Nebula nominations, where SFWA chooses the best of what they loved in 2025. REMEMBER: This is the first year for Best Comic & Best Poem! Let's make all our awards shine.
Vote for some truly moving SFF before 11:59 PM PST on March 1!
www.sfwa.org/2025-nebula-...
A birth announcement for a book! Including the book cover, the size of the book (14 by 12) and weight of book (567 grams). There are faint, blue starts surrounding the book which is displayed against a light blue, watercolour background.
A.D. Sui (caucasian person with short, brown hair) is wearing a grey top coat and jeans, pointing to The Iron Garden Sutra on a bookstore bookshelf and smiling.
and we're live, folks!
THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now out everywhere books are sold! if you pre-ordered a copy, you should be receiving it soon (or already have) and if not, it's not too late to purchase the yellowest book in all of history!
A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”
In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work
Super Achievement in Long Fiction Ballingrude, Nathan - Cathedral of the Drowned (Tor Nightfire/Titan Books) Ha, Thomas - "Uncertain Sons" (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) Langan, Sarah - "Squid Teeth" (Reactor) Langan, Sarah - Pam Kowolski is a Monster! (Raw Dog Screaming Press) Wise, A.C. - "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" (Reactor)
Oh wow. "Uncertain Sons," the original novelette in UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, is a Stoker finalist in the Long Fic category! Congrats to the finalists! Thanks to readers who enjoyed and shared the book. And huge thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for supporting the novelette and collection!
Looking for help nominating for the Nebula Poetry Award? Below is a thread of Radon's eligible 2025 sci-fi poetry you can explore
Also check out @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @smallwondersmag.com, @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @heartlines-spec.com for the best (free) spec poetry you can find online
Promo graphic for the Apex Reader's Choice Awards announcing "Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares (me!) won for original fiction. The background is a colorful outer space scene and the alien Apex logo is on the right side.
Aahh! "Ghosts of Summer" won the Apex Reader's Choice Award for original fiction!!! 🥹☺️
Thank you so much to @apexmag.bsky.social for giving my story its home. And to all the readers-your support and delight for this story means the world. Thank you!💖
OTHERSIDE Issue 1 cover! Text at the top says OTHERSIDE - MARCH 2026 - ISSUE 1. An illustration in shades of blue, purple, and black shows a small figure sitting in the ruins of a fantastic coliseum looking down at the stars and planets. Text at the bottom is the last names of all the authors in the issue in a random order: HOLLON - KIM - LEBLANC - SICHROVSKY - PAULING - SHONIBAR - ELIZA - CYPHER - GREY - TANADRIN - FOX - SANTANA - HEDEMAN - RADOVICH - SRINIVAS.
Our free Patreon newsletter got the first peek, but now it's your turn! HERE IT IS: OUR ISSUE 1 COVER!!! Art by the incredible @hvmator.bsky.social.
We cannot WAIT for everyone to read these amazing pieces soon 🪐🗡️ We know you're going to love this issue just as much as we do.
📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
With the caveat that there are much more important things in need of financial support in our fucked up times, the support page for the Ignytes is back up for the 2026 cycle.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
I was on the SFWA committee to create the first-ever Nebula Award for poetry and it is live for nominations. Deadline 3/1. Please nominate at least one poem! www.sfwa.org/2025-ne...
WOOHOO!!!
my little pocket-sized novella The Death of Mountains is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. i'm speechless.
i guess, it all told, did a very good job
Thanks so much!!🤗🤗
help make The Iron Garden Sutra available to everyone!
the book comes out in less than a week and i have a favour to ask you. yes, you.
please ask your local library to stock it!
Editing this issue is one of my favorite things I've ever gotten to do, in any of my creative fields so far. PLEASE go check out this absolutely stunning collection of poems on the theme of Immortality. They made me laugh, cry, gasp, and cheer, and continue to utterly take my breath away ✨✨✨
So happy to share that "Hex Supply Customer Support Log" was nominated for the @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling Award longlist! Sending love to all the fellow witches who enjoyed this one 🐸🪄 @strangehorizons.bsky.social
White text that says "FIRST READER APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!" on a blurred purple image of our website banner.
OTHERSIDE is looking for 1-2 first readers! We got SO many amazing submissions that it's time to expand our team!
Interested? This is a great opportunity to learn about the editorial process 👀 We offer an honorarium and first readers can still submit to us!
📝Apply here: forms.gle/QcYLzXFn6AEn...
This is Lil Cat.
She’s in Mendocino. A little shy. VERY sweet. 8 years old. And was well loved.
Can anyone give her a soft spot to land?
That face!
If not, can you share?
www.mendocinohumane.org#sl_embed&pag...
Eye to the Telescope issue 59
Immortality
edited by @ccraynewrites.bsky.social is now live!
read all the poems here:
eyetothetelescope.com/archives/059...
Still reading long poems for the @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhyslings? Want excellent customer service with your frog antiques? Join the chat in "Hex Supply Customer Support Log" in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
A Valentine's offering 💗 A story for the lovers and the leavers, about honouring your past and your future 💞💀💐 @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/after-ever-h...
cover for an ebook titled BY YOU, HOPE STANDS; it shows two wolves (one golden, one black) howling underneath an arch with the phases of the moon above, and a starry sky in the background; the text is white with the subtitle "stories of hope and resistance"
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
Thrilled and honoured (and a bit stunned) to see Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. A first for the series...and me! :) So many incredible works and writers included there--congrats to all! 1/
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
It's Friday and perhaps you have some money in your pocket that you would like to donate to support the Black Zine Fair... We're less than $1500 away from our next goal of $15,000 - gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Standing offer: I'll give feedback (after Feb 15 only) on up to 25 pages to anyone who donates any amount to an org/fundraiser/wishlist in the link. I'm a former journalist, current novelist, and writing teacher. Synopses, queries, chapters, op-eds, all good. Honour system: DM and tell me where/what
New poem day! "Creature with the Ticking Heart" is my second poem with @strangehorizons.bsky.social, a dark, dreamy, and timeless (pun intended) piece that reimagines love - romantic or platonic - which knows no limits.
Read for free online now!
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
OOH love this!
