Jean Strickland
@b4heroes.bsky.social
speculative fiction writer | she/her | social anxiety | loves board games and studio ghibli | 🔗 jeanstrickland.wordpress.com 😶🌫️
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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"I can write you a blackout poem out of welfare application documents. My friends and I we barely exist. My friends and I we exist barely. Head shorn, feet quite firmly on the ground. Today I wear nothing but a binder." Willow Brand Desjardins in @anmlymag.bsky.social !
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"I can write you a blackout poem out of welfare application documents. My friends and I we barely exist. My friends and I we exist barely. Head shorn, feet quite firmly on the ground. Today I wear nothing but a binder." Willow Brand Desjardins in @anmlymag.bsky.social !
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We're thrilled to announce that preorders for Violet Lichen's first novella are LIVE! Welcome to the world of @ivygrimes.bsky.social folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR 🔮🪆🌌
Full Announcement HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Preorder HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Full Announcement HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Preorder HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're thrilled to announce that preorders for Violet Lichen's first novella are LIVE! Welcome to the world of @ivygrimes.bsky.social folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR 🔮🪆🌌
Full Announcement HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Preorder HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Full Announcement HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Preorder HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Finished Expedition 33 - absolutely incredible. It explores art and grief in a deep and rich fantasy world. Totally accessible to casual or cozy gamers. 100% recommend.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finished Expedition 33 - absolutely incredible. It explores art and grief in a deep and rich fantasy world. Totally accessible to casual or cozy gamers. 100% recommend.
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Our magazine has a long title, but we love short fiction, it’s all we publish. Stories that stir zeal and doom in a cauldron. Stories that build skeletons of flying vampiric cities. Stories that travel in time through echoes of secret songs. Help us keep doing this! kck.st/4mIkEm1
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
kck.st
September 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our magazine has a long title, but we love short fiction, it’s all we publish. Stories that stir zeal and doom in a cauldron. Stories that build skeletons of flying vampiric cities. Stories that travel in time through echoes of secret songs. Help us keep doing this! kck.st/4mIkEm1
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Well, we tried to stop the portal, but it looks like it’s opening anyway. Oh well. We open for submissions at midnight. Ish.
Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each.
Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story.
Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each.
Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story.
July 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Well, we tried to stop the portal, but it looks like it’s opening anyway. Oh well. We open for submissions at midnight. Ish.
Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each.
Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story.
Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each.
Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story.
Me: hm, I've described this location so many times... need some new description... TIME TO DESCRIBE IT IN THE RAIN.
July 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Me: hm, I've described this location so many times... need some new description... TIME TO DESCRIBE IT IN THE RAIN.
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
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Some interesting stats on # of subs vs acceptances for mags I’ve sent the most short fic to 👀‼️
Clarkesworld: 30-0
The Dark: 29-12
The Dread Machine: 29-4
Apex Magazine: 27-1
Strange Horizons: 22-0
F&SF: 19-1
Clarkesworld: 30-0
The Dark: 29-12
The Dread Machine: 29-4
Apex Magazine: 27-1
Strange Horizons: 22-0
F&SF: 19-1
May 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some interesting stats on # of subs vs acceptances for mags I’ve sent the most short fic to 👀‼️
Clarkesworld: 30-0
The Dark: 29-12
The Dread Machine: 29-4
Apex Magazine: 27-1
Strange Horizons: 22-0
F&SF: 19-1
Clarkesworld: 30-0
The Dark: 29-12
The Dread Machine: 29-4
Apex Magazine: 27-1
Strange Horizons: 22-0
F&SF: 19-1
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I get this question a lot. I don't have strong views on how transmasc people should dress, but since I often get the question, I've thought about it a bit. Will share some thoughts in this thread. 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I get this question a lot. I don't have strong views on how transmasc people should dress, but since I often get the question, I've thought about it a bit. Will share some thoughts in this thread. 🧵
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
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Out now! Join Windkeeper #170 and his dog in a little white house on the edge of the windswept plain. This is a story about a quiet, post-apocalyptic life full of small joys and meaningful connections.
augursociety.org/the-windkeep...
augursociety.org/the-windkeep...
February 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Out now! Join Windkeeper #170 and his dog in a little white house on the edge of the windswept plain. This is a story about a quiet, post-apocalyptic life full of small joys and meaningful connections.
augursociety.org/the-windkeep...
augursociety.org/the-windkeep...
I would give a segment of my soul to see the plotting index cards hung on fabric boards of my favorite authors.
February 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I would give a segment of my soul to see the plotting index cards hung on fabric boards of my favorite authors.
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Up next on CCK Editing Trivia:
Have you ever wondered what @crowkeys.bsky.social's most common non-punctuation edit is? (Humour me. Say yes.)
Fixing the homonym 'mantle' used in place of 'mantel'.
mantle = a cloak or covering
mantel = a shelf above a fireplace, aka a mantelpiece.
Have you ever wondered what @crowkeys.bsky.social's most common non-punctuation edit is? (Humour me. Say yes.)
Fixing the homonym 'mantle' used in place of 'mantel'.
mantle = a cloak or covering
mantel = a shelf above a fireplace, aka a mantelpiece.
February 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Up next on CCK Editing Trivia:
Have you ever wondered what @crowkeys.bsky.social's most common non-punctuation edit is? (Humour me. Say yes.)
Fixing the homonym 'mantle' used in place of 'mantel'.
mantle = a cloak or covering
mantel = a shelf above a fireplace, aka a mantelpiece.
Have you ever wondered what @crowkeys.bsky.social's most common non-punctuation edit is? (Humour me. Say yes.)
Fixing the homonym 'mantle' used in place of 'mantel'.
mantle = a cloak or covering
mantel = a shelf above a fireplace, aka a mantelpiece.
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Just set everything up in Submittable to start receiving stories again starting this Saturday, February 1st! TWO DAYS AWAY! The team is getting excited. We can’t wait to see what folks have in store for us. 😃
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
January 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just set everything up in Submittable to start receiving stories again starting this Saturday, February 1st! TWO DAYS AWAY! The team is getting excited. We can’t wait to see what folks have in store for us. 😃
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
Word count: 500-1000
Theme: Anything!!
Genre: All of it!!
#writingcommunity
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Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Hexagon Hiatus
I have edited 19 (soon to be 20) issues of my favourite magazine of all time, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now). I started Hexagon as a project to gain editing experience and to improve my own…
hexagonmagazine.ca
January 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
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SUBMISSION CALL!
submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue.
see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com
know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word!
#litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters
submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue.
see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com
know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word!
#litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
SUBMISSION CALL!
submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue.
see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com
know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word!
#litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters
submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue.
see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com
know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word!
#litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters
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Shhhh. Come're. You'll be the first to hear about this. Starting May 11, we'll open our themed call for submissions "Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller" for our September issue, paying $300 for accepted flash (under 1000 words). Watch our social media channels for more info.
January 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Shhhh. Come're. You'll be the first to hear about this. Starting May 11, we'll open our themed call for submissions "Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller" for our September issue, paying $300 for accepted flash (under 1000 words). Watch our social media channels for more info.
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Dearest writers,
Updated submissions info!
We plan to open Jan 22-29
22-25 to works by BIPOC authors
26-29 open to all
Short fic!
Flash fic!
Poetry!
Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion.
We are eager to see your words!
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
- A
Updated submissions info!
We plan to open Jan 22-29
22-25 to works by BIPOC authors
26-29 open to all
Short fic!
Flash fic!
Poetry!
Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion.
We are eager to see your words!
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
- A
https://psychopomp.com/fantasy-magazine-guidelines/…
January 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Dearest writers,
Updated submissions info!
We plan to open Jan 22-29
22-25 to works by BIPOC authors
26-29 open to all
Short fic!
Flash fic!
Poetry!
Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion.
We are eager to see your words!
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
- A
Updated submissions info!
We plan to open Jan 22-29
22-25 to works by BIPOC authors
26-29 open to all
Short fic!
Flash fic!
Poetry!
Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion.
We are eager to see your words!
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
- A
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Making a spreadsheet of spec fic presses who publish novellas. Please let me know your favourites!
So far, I've got @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @press-android.bsky.social, & Jo Fletcher Books. Please tell me more!
So far, I've got @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @press-android.bsky.social, & Jo Fletcher Books. Please tell me more!
January 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Making a spreadsheet of spec fic presses who publish novellas. Please let me know your favourites!
So far, I've got @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @press-android.bsky.social, & Jo Fletcher Books. Please tell me more!
So far, I've got @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @press-android.bsky.social, & Jo Fletcher Books. Please tell me more!
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It's been a hot minute since I did this, so: for every like this gets today, I’ll post a totally made-up story title you’re free to use if you’d like. (Coming up with your own story titles is hard work, and everyone should be relaxing today!)
December 26, 2024 at 7:55 PM
It's been a hot minute since I did this, so: for every like this gets today, I’ll post a totally made-up story title you’re free to use if you’d like. (Coming up with your own story titles is hard work, and everyone should be relaxing today!)
New micro story!! Published by Crow & Cross Keys!! Only 215 words, just a paragraph. 🥰 Please read!!! 🙏
crowcrosskeys.com/2024/12/21/j...
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Jars—Jean Strickland
I lift a jar of preserved peaches by its hinged top, and it catches the deep orange of the spasming stove light. The counter rolls under my knees as I climb onto it. In the high cabinet, deep as a …
crowcrosskeys.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:51 PM
New micro story!! Published by Crow & Cross Keys!! Only 215 words, just a paragraph. 🥰 Please read!!! 🙏
crowcrosskeys.com/2024/12/21/j...
crowcrosskeys.com/2024/12/21/j...
Deep cleaned my house. Found garlic in the radiator.
December 18, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Deep cleaned my house. Found garlic in the radiator.
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Today, on Shirley Jackson’s birthday, let’s all marvel at one of the greatest opening paragraphs ever written (from THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE)
December 14, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Today, on Shirley Jackson’s birthday, let’s all marvel at one of the greatest opening paragraphs ever written (from THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE)