Anna Clark
@annaclark.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction, welder of ships, and artist of dragons.
Stories in Diabolical Plots, Factor Four, and Flash Fiction Online.
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Stories in Diabolical Plots, Factor Four, and Flash Fiction Online.
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Anna Clark
@annaclark.bsky.social
· Jan 2
This is my favourite story I've written.
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Today we launch our Feb ‘26 issue w/ new stories from @christinehanolsy.com @elijah.mea.rs @thomasprice.bsky.social Christopher Blake & Christopher Degni
& a reprint from @samanthamurray.bsky.social
Cover art by @owengent.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
& a reprint from @samanthamurray.bsky.social
Cover art by @owengent.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
Flash Fiction Online February 2026
Flash Fiction Online’s February 2026 issue features speculative fiction that explores needs, wants, and desires. With these short stories, we welcome you to laugh at the darkest comedies, art…
www.flashfictiononline.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Today we launch our Feb ‘26 issue w/ new stories from @christinehanolsy.com @elijah.mea.rs @thomasprice.bsky.social Christopher Blake & Christopher Degni
& a reprint from @samanthamurray.bsky.social
Cover art by @owengent.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
& a reprint from @samanthamurray.bsky.social
Cover art by @owengent.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...
Feeling like a miserable bastard this evening. I hate winter. I hate the cold, the damp, and the fire in the fireplace, spewing particulates. I hate candles. Actually, I generally hate naked flames around the home. Work provides enough burning smells. But it brings my friends joy, so I grump here.
January 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Feeling like a miserable bastard this evening. I hate winter. I hate the cold, the damp, and the fire in the fireplace, spewing particulates. I hate candles. Actually, I generally hate naked flames around the home. Work provides enough burning smells. But it brings my friends joy, so I grump here.
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This morning was beautiful. So I sat inside and looked at a screen and read. Now I want to go for a run, and of course, I've left it until it's raining.
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This morning was beautiful. So I sat inside and looked at a screen and read. Now I want to go for a run, and of course, I've left it until it's raining.
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What genres of books and stories does Locus review? We review science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, surreal, slipstream, crossed genres, similarly themed YA, art books, and related nonfict…
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January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
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Crawling back from a very nasty bout of flu by posting some of my favorite stories I read last year. Is it a perfect list? No, there's a ton of amazing stuff out there. But I am happy with it and I hope you can find something in here for you <3
AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF GLORIOUS SHORT FICTION THAT I ENJOYED IN 2025 (BY PUBLICATION MONTH).
his love’s ashes on his tongue, by Monte Lin, in The Deadlands (January) I love how this story explores grief and death. It’s a journey in a strange city. A journey inside our minds and the v…
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January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Crawling back from a very nasty bout of flu by posting some of my favorite stories I read last year. Is it a perfect list? No, there's a ton of amazing stuff out there. But I am happy with it and I hope you can find something in here for you <3
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Have you read my 2025 short story, "Dare Seize the Fire"?
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Dare Seize the Fire, Jennifer R. Donohue
This isn’t how I’m supposed to die.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Have you read my 2025 short story, "Dare Seize the Fire"?
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
My colleague's hair is turning purple. He claims his housemate, another colleague, has sabotaged his product, though he also said his barber suggested something odd is going on in town, because he's the second bloke whose hair has a purple tint. I'm not convinced he didn't try to dye it Arsenal red.
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My colleague's hair is turning purple. He claims his housemate, another colleague, has sabotaged his product, though he also said his barber suggested something odd is going on in town, because he's the second bloke whose hair has a purple tint. I'm not convinced he didn't try to dye it Arsenal red.
Just finished rewatching The Return of the King. It's been fun revisiting these with friends, and it's particularly funny to hear my most hippy friend complain about a "soppy ending" and say she'd rather have more battles.
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Just finished rewatching The Return of the King. It's been fun revisiting these with friends, and it's particularly funny to hear my most hippy friend complain about a "soppy ending" and say she'd rather have more battles.
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I have a story about not having kids at the end of the world. I'm proud of it.
The End of the Line
When it all falls apart, what right should the world have to expect anything more?
www.phano.co
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I have a story about not having kids at the end of the world. I'm proud of it.
I have a story about not having kids at the end of the world. I'm proud of it.
The End of the Line
When it all falls apart, what right should the world have to expect anything more?
www.phano.co
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I have a story about not having kids at the end of the world. I'm proud of it.
Spent today revision. Usually I don't think I'm too bad at cutting, but this story has actually grown.
January 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Spent today revision. Usually I don't think I'm too bad at cutting, but this story has actually grown.
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First two reads of the year (both half finished):
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
First two reads of the year (both half finished):
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
I just spent an hour on a call with my little brother while we both did some drawing practice. It was awesome. I should call him more. My drawings were all shit, but I laughed loads. This axe dude is the best of the bunch, despite his duff proportions.
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I just spent an hour on a call with my little brother while we both did some drawing practice. It was awesome. I should call him more. My drawings were all shit, but I laughed loads. This axe dude is the best of the bunch, despite his duff proportions.
Watching the Two Towers with some friends recently, joking that the slope the Rohirrim charge down has a steeper gradient than the cheese-rolling hill. I can't unsee it. Cartwheeling down, armour and horses and all.
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Watching the Two Towers with some friends recently, joking that the slope the Rohirrim charge down has a steeper gradient than the cheese-rolling hill. I can't unsee it. Cartwheeling down, armour and horses and all.
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Oh look, a bunch of lovely stories! People should go poke these for sure!
I'm on a reading spree. This is the first time in forever that I've been on holiday with nothing else to do while recovering from a virus. Recommendations! I've read half of the current issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, and it's a really strong collection.
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Oh look, a bunch of lovely stories! People should go poke these for sure!
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It’s another Onomastics Corner for “Songbook for the Jovian Resistance,” out today in @smallwondersmag.com ☄️
smallwondersmag.com/piece/songbo...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/songbo...
Songbook for the Jovian Resistance - Small Wonders
That first night, after the massacre of the helium-3 miners’ union at Mare Placidus, there were only a dozen of us.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
It’s another Onomastics Corner for “Songbook for the Jovian Resistance,” out today in @smallwondersmag.com ☄️
smallwondersmag.com/piece/songbo...
smallwondersmag.com/piece/songbo...
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I rarely weigh in on things outside of my writing bubble, but Jay's a great short spec fic reviewer w/high volume, consistent coverage that isn't in a mag/column. Extremely hard to find blogs like it. Def check out his work if you're curious about the latest in short SFF.
www.tarvolon.com
www.tarvolon.com
I’m a review-heavy blogger whose main goal is to share excellent SFF, especially underappreciated work. I have a particular focus on short fiction, trying my best to capture whatever appeal there is in each work (even work I don’t love), whether it’s The Themes or the storytelling or something else.
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I rarely weigh in on things outside of my writing bubble, but Jay's a great short spec fic reviewer w/high volume, consistent coverage that isn't in a mag/column. Extremely hard to find blogs like it. Def check out his work if you're curious about the latest in short SFF.
www.tarvolon.com
www.tarvolon.com
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I got to read an early iteration of this story and immediately knew it was something special. Another one by my powerhouse of a friend Anna Clark. Go read it you won't regret it. #newstory #shortstory #sff
This is my favourite story I've written.
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I got to read an early iteration of this story and immediately knew it was something special. Another one by my powerhouse of a friend Anna Clark. Go read it you won't regret it. #newstory #shortstory #sff
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This is one of my favorite pieces as well! Such a raw, beautiful, truthful story. Frankly, I consider it required reading, especially now. Take some time today and read it. You won't regret it.
This is my favourite story I've written.
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is one of my favorite pieces as well! Such a raw, beautiful, truthful story. Frankly, I consider it required reading, especially now. Take some time today and read it. You won't regret it.
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Eligibility post:
I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club
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I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club
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January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Eligibility post:
I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club
🧵
I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club
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There's nothing quite like the experience of having a writer friend whose writing you love say nice things about your own writing.
This story made me feel things. What a way to kick off 2026 by a supremely talented writer.
This is my favourite story I've written.
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
There's nothing quite like the experience of having a writer friend whose writing you love say nice things about your own writing.
Things are shit, but I painted a seal in a shell for a friend's birthday.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Things are shit, but I painted a seal in a shell for a friend's birthday.
Times like this make me feel very small, even from my currently safe distance. This is wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Times like this make me feel very small, even from my currently safe distance. This is wrong.