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T.R. Steele 🍂
@authortrsteele.bsky.social
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he/him 🏳️‍⚧️ | ♎ | author of fantasy and gothic fiction ⚔️ | words in/coming from A Coup of Owls Press, Hearth Stories, Tales to Terrify, Heartlines Spec, and Plott Hound Magazine
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T.R. Steele 🍂 @authortrsteele.bsky.social · Jan 22
Hello, time for an introduction! 🍃 I'm Tee, and I write fantasy/gothic fiction featuring trans protagonists and atmospheric settings, with lots of details on flora and fauna. I am currently looking for literary representation and putting short stories out on submission. It's wonderful to be here. 🌱
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Here is my awards eligibility 2025 post! I'm really happy I've had so much published this year. Thank you to all the magazines who believed in my work.
A text box that mimics the look of lined paper on a green, crumpled paper background. Above, it reads "Awards Eligibility 2025" and "T.R. Steele." The text box, it reads "The Owl-wife (Coup of Owls Press, June 2025), Under the Skin (Heartlines Spec, Issue 8, Summer 2025), At the Edge of the Tale (Plott Hound Magazine, Issue 2, Summer 2025), Fully-Formed (Hearth Stories Magazine, June 2025)." The silhouette of grass runs along the bottom border. The silhouettes of a small flock of birds fly above the grass.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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johnjosephadams.com
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!

Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy stylized as cover text.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
Check out the latest issue of @bafflingmag.bsky.social!

Stories from Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.

And thank you to @anoteinpink.bsky.social for illustrating the cover!

www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...
A teaser image for Issue 21 of Baffling, October 2025. A feathery background. Names: Claire Jia-Wen, Michael M. Jones, Raja’a Khalid, Madi Haab, Gina Thayer, Rose Maxwell and Bastian Hart.
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Speaking of novellas... this is art representative of my fantasy novella about a struggling young trans man knight who is called upon to kill a unicorn that is herself slaying dragons important to the local ecosystem. I commissioned this beautiful piece from @milirine.bsky.social!
A young man with dark reddish-brown hair dressed in armour with a sword at his waist stands beside a beautiful black warhorse in a woodland scene. In the distance, an ethereal, fawn-coloured unicorn stands among the plants. The colours are cool-toned greens and browns, and the scene is lush and detailed. Bordering the art are oak leaves, acorns, yellow celandine flowers, dandelions, and more. Two white hares blowing medieval-style horns perch on top of the frame, while two brown hares blowing longer horns crouch below it. On either side of the frame, the mirrored image of a green wyrm-like dragon curls its tail among the plants.
November 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Happy Novella November! ✨ Novellas are my favourite literary format to read and to write in. Going to dedicate this month to catching up on the novellas on my TBR!
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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rottingleafmag.bsky.social
We're here!

www.briefecology.com/p/annoucemen...
ANNOUCEMENT: Rotting Leaf Magazine
A new literary magazine for eco-fiction
www.briefecology.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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thaisibir.bsky.social
"At the Edge of the Tale" by @authortrsteele.bsky.social free to read online!

​“You are either very wise,” said Twirl, “or very cruel.”

​The unicorn’s long lashes swept over their cheek. “Why can I not be both?”

plotthoundmag.com/at-the-edge-...
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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thedeadlands.com
it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!
Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Lovely to see Under the Skin by @authortrsteele.bsky.social mentioned in this roundup

Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches:

www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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teaganwhite.bsky.social
broken grasp • 11”x14” • gouache & watercolor on paper
painting of a swift circled by floating ivy vines
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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clarascintilla.bsky.social
Sharing the peace
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
My submission to @augursociety.bsky.social's microfiction contest! #AugurMicros2025 🌊
An image of a body of water at dusk, with a pink and blue sky and a moon reflecting the setting sun, giving it a pinkish tinge. Overlaid text reads: "Alive Again by T.R. Steele With the rivers unearthed, the water took its first breath in a long, long time. It was dusk on the day of the unearthing. The shores were crowded, but we’d arrived early, holding hands as we waited. The tired flow eased into riverbeds throughout the city that had been cleared and raised and tended back into being with the help of a thousand thousand hands. Ours were only a few of many. As the rivers streamed into the lake, the sigh billowed around us, sound and feeling both, an utterance not heard for an age. The waters were alive again."
September 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Read my story, "At the Edge of the Tale" (which is about a sad little barn swallow becoming a key figure in the larger story of a captured unicorn) in the second wonderful issue of @plotthoundmag.bsky.social!
thaisibir.bsky.social Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · Sep 5
Plott Hound issue 2 is now live!

Buy individual issue or annual subscription to access this latest menagerie:
plotthoundmag.com/issues/
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
I'm really obsessed with dead leaves and tiny spindly fungi at the moment

#art
a page of many small drawings of fungi on dead leaves and twigs. they are all very tall and skinny with small caps, mostly white or light brown (with a couple red), and in groups. the background is tan with a white mycelium pattern. signed layaroseart.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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thaisibir.bsky.social
Plott Hound issue 2 is now live!

Buy individual issue or annual subscription to access this latest menagerie:
plotthoundmag.com/issues/
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Really excited to have my story "Julian of the Eels" live and ready for you to listen to in episode 710 of @talestoterrify.bsky.social! talestoterrify.com/episodes/710...
710 | John Betancourt & T. R. Steele – Tales to Terrify
Welcome to episode 710. We have two tales for you this week. First, a young woman facing eviction turns to […]
talestoterrify.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
OUR MICROFICTION CONTEST IS BACK!! ✍️🌺🐛🍄

We had such a great turnout for our first contest that we're back for a second round to celebrate ECO24! Check the pictures/alt text below for full details. The deadline to email your submission to darian@apexbookcompany.com is SEPTEMBER 25TH @ midnight!
“Flora – Fauna – Fungi” An ECO24 Microfiction Contest Write a short piece of speculative ecofiction (up to 300 words) inspired by one of three photo prompts, and e-mail the piece to darian@apexbookcompany.com. The submission period for this contest will run from September 5th-25th, 2025. The top three stories overall will be voted on among Apex and Violet Lichen staff, and the winners will be published on the Apex blog, as well as sent a bookmark and a copy of ECO24: THE YEAR’S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION upon release day! fig. 1 - flora Ghost Orchid A mossy tree in a dark swamp covered in ghost orchids. The bright white blossoms, shaped like a human leaping, have stems so thin, they look as though they're floating in midair. fig. 2 - fauna Saddleback Caterpillar A saddleback caterpillar, a thumbnail-sized spiky brown caterpillar with a flat, neon green back patch shaped like a horse saddle, sits on a single autumn leaf, drinking from a pool of water. fig. 3 - fungi Mushroom Spore Prints A collection of powdery white mushroom spores against a black background. The lines of the mushroom gills and the black center spot from the mushroom's stem are left behind, making the prints look like a human eye's iris.
September 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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hearthstories.bsky.social
We open up for submissions tomorrow! (Happy labor day)

Speculative (fantasy, generally) short fiction (1k-10k words) in non-technological settings. Take a look/we'd love to hear from you starting tomorrow!

hearthstories.org/submissions....

#writingcommunity
Hearth Stories: Submissions
Submission guidelines for Hearth Stories magazine. What to send, what not to send, when to send, where to send.
hearthstories.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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heartlines-spec.com
Why send us early subs?

You get:
❣️fresh eyeballs (plump, moist, dense)
❣️boundless reading energy (cackling and exhaustion free)
❣️more time to submit again (good vibes of deadlines)
nmunrowrites.bsky.social Nicole Munro (is writing; on hiatus) @nmunrowrites.bsky.social · Aug 23
Early submission period for @heartlines-spec.com /Heartlines Spec is upon us! Send us your fantasy and/or sci-fi stories based around long-term relationships (platonic, familial, romantic)! Refresh your memory here with the full guidelines: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines
Learn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details
www.heartlines-spec.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
Missed Murmurstations EP 1 with Cleopatria? 🎙️👀

Listen back to Sonia & Cleopatria talk about how Cleopatria creating their first zine made them feel powerful & how they now pass on that creative freedom through their zine workshops!

Listen NOW on Spotify & Apple!👇
open.spotify.com/episode/5FjE...
August 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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plotthoundmag.bsky.social
Plott Hound Magazine is opening up submissions on September 1st.

If you have any animal-centric fiction, poetry, or essays, we'd love for you to send them our way!

Guidelines: plotthoundmag.com/submissions/
August 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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benmce.bsky.social
Replanting
Digital painting of a landscape with a large airship burning a forest in the distance. Two people plant trees in the foreground.
August 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
authortrsteele.bsky.social
Something that has been a huge help for my writing and writer's block was unintentionally discovered: I volunteer with a nature stewarding group to remove invasive plants from local parks, and I found the mind-blanking, manual labour of pulling up winter creeper and buckthorn has really helped 1/2
August 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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heartlines-spec.com
Get ready, we open soon!

Early subs for equity-deserving groups: August 24
General subs: September 1

If you're still tinkering, @rebecca-b.bsky.social created a list of Vibes and Comparables! It's not an exhaustive list but it should kickstart some words.

www.heartlines-spec.com/vibes-and-co...
Vibes and comparables
One question Heartlines Spec often receives is: what does a long-term relationship mean? What does a long-term relationship story look like? Long-term is something that varies for every person. It co...
www.heartlines-spec.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
List of resources in the thread ❤️🖤🤍💚
A white banned says FEED GAZA in front of a digital drawing of red poppies with black and white details and green leaves in front of a blue sky with clouds
August 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM