Summer theme announcement!
RURAL SUMMER GOTHIC
Subs open 4/1 - 4/30 for July 2026 publication.

Instead of doing a word bank, I thought it might be more fun and mysterious to make a collage and let you interpret it! We are excited to see what you submit.

ust a reminder that the spring issue deadline is coming up next week. We are taking longer in our decision process, and our final decisions won't be made until mid-February. In the meantime, we are enjoying reading and looking at everything you've sent so far!

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My first published short story is out today in Belladonna's Garden! (@bdglit.bsky.social)

"A Song for Boughs Afire" is a wintery tale of a grieving widow, a sentient aspen clone colony, and a timberman who has trouble respecting boundaries.

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Subs are now open for our spring issue’s theme: Posion Blooms.

Jan 1-31, 2026

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"If Trees Could Scream" has found a home with the lovely @bdglit.bsky.social!

This one is a little eerie and a little enchanted (and yes...there are trees!)

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The winter issue of Belladonna's Garden Literary Magazine was published today. My short story, "Siren's Song," is included in it.

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We’ve received so many amazing submissions that the garden gate is closing early. Send us your work by August 15 at 11:59 pm.

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Belladonna’s Garden is open to fiction that’s soft, slow, and soul-tending — stories that ache gently. Think quiet magic in ordinary places. If your story feels like a rainy morning with a book on your chest, we want it.

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