Diana Dima
@dianadima.com
writes things | stories in Strange Horizons, khōréō, The Deadlands and others | she/her
www.dianadima.com
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Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7
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My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
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Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/11/shor...
New story up at PodCastle! I can't describe "Waterways" better than @mattdovey.com: "like a dream, like something told to you on a too-hot-day where you’re not quite in focus". Thank you Matt for the gorgeous narration & kind words, and @podcastle.org for featuring it podcastle.org/2025/11/18/p...
PodCastle 918: Waterways - PodCastle
Waterways by Diana Dima When his father died and left him the boat, he thought to himself, I can do it. I’m a boat-son, a boat-man, I’m no longer a child and no longer have to go home at sunset, w...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New story up at PodCastle! I can't describe "Waterways" better than @mattdovey.com: "like a dream, like something told to you on a too-hot-day where you’re not quite in focus". Thank you Matt for the gorgeous narration & kind words, and @podcastle.org for featuring it podcastle.org/2025/11/18/p...
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In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Cheating and picking two:
1) the foreword to Thomas Ha’s UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, because I love the stories and it was great to work with Thomas and Michael at Undertow.
2) “Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism”, because it’s kind of a précis of everything I’ve been doing.
1) the foreword to Thomas Ha’s UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, because I love the stories and it was great to work with Thomas and Michael at Undertow.
2) “Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism”, because it’s kind of a précis of everything I’ve been doing.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cheating and picking two:
1) the foreword to Thomas Ha’s UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, because I love the stories and it was great to work with Thomas and Michael at Undertow.
2) “Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism”, because it’s kind of a précis of everything I’ve been doing.
1) the foreword to Thomas Ha’s UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, because I love the stories and it was great to work with Thomas and Michael at Undertow.
2) “Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism”, because it’s kind of a précis of everything I’ve been doing.
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Psst! Canadians! The eligibility lists for the Aurora Awards are now open for work originally published in 2025. Make sure your speculative fiction, poetry, art, and eligible related work is listed!
www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
Eligibility Lists – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
www.csffa.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Psst! Canadians! The eligibility lists for the Aurora Awards are now open for work originally published in 2025. Make sure your speculative fiction, poetry, art, and eligible related work is listed!
www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
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"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
So happy to see this story out! the best kind of emotional damage 🤍
huge thanks to @pbarmby.bsky.social and @dianadima.com for critiquing this story in its earlier form!
sorry everyone else for the emotional damage.
sorry everyone else for the emotional damage.
Story #3 in FF#26: "A White Day Comes" by @thesuiway.bsky.social
If you need a story with:
-finding love at the last minute
-existential angst (but also acceptance)
-greeting the day
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
If you need a story with:
-finding love at the last minute
-existential angst (but also acceptance)
-greeting the day
Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So happy to see this story out! the best kind of emotional damage 🤍
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Ahh, so psyched for this! Come hang out with us for a free reading of all the 2025 Hugo-nominated poems and more fantastic spec poetry! Huge thanks to @electricsheepsf.bsky.social for organizing this event!
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ahh, so psyched for this! Come hang out with us for a free reading of all the 2025 Hugo-nominated poems and more fantastic spec poetry! Huge thanks to @electricsheepsf.bsky.social for organizing this event!
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GTA friends! Now you know what you’re doing on Saturday afternoon!
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
GTA friends! Now you know what you’re doing on Saturday afternoon!
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Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
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WHAT
Best Novella: #WorldFantasyAwards2025
Winner: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
Winner: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
WHAT
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Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
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We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support.
undertowpublications.com
undertowpublications.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support.
undertowpublications.com
undertowpublications.com
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It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
get your coin before it's too late!! 🖤
coins for the ferryman
coins for the ferryman
COINS FOR THE FERRYMAN
our fundraiser closes this week!! get yours today 🍄💀
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
coins for the ferryman
COINS FOR THE FERRYMAN
our fundraiser closes this week!! get yours today 🍄💀
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
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October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
get your coin before it's too late!! 🖤
So excited for my story about the Story-Woman to be in the fabulous Diabolical Plots!!
July 2025 acceptances (cont'd):
"Five Accounts of the Story-Woman"
by Diana Dima
@dianadima.com
"Well Tester"
by E.M. Faulds
@bethkesh.bsky.social
"The History of Coming Out to Your Parents Any% Speedrunning"
by Jubilee Finnigan
@finneyflame.bsky.social
"Five Accounts of the Story-Woman"
by Diana Dima
@dianadima.com
"Well Tester"
by E.M. Faulds
@bethkesh.bsky.social
"The History of Coming Out to Your Parents Any% Speedrunning"
by Jubilee Finnigan
@finneyflame.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So excited for my story about the Story-Woman to be in the fabulous Diabolical Plots!!
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Diabolical Plots acceptances announcement!
25 stories from the July 2025 window (plus one bonus acceptance between the July 2024 and July 2025 window!)
(Will do posts for each story tagging authors a little later when I have time)
www.diabolicalplots.com/diabolical-p...
25 stories from the July 2025 window (plus one bonus acceptance between the July 2024 and July 2025 window!)
(Will do posts for each story tagging authors a little later when I have time)
www.diabolicalplots.com/diabolical-p...
October 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Diabolical Plots acceptances announcement!
25 stories from the July 2025 window (plus one bonus acceptance between the July 2024 and July 2025 window!)
(Will do posts for each story tagging authors a little later when I have time)
www.diabolicalplots.com/diabolical-p...
25 stories from the July 2025 window (plus one bonus acceptance between the July 2024 and July 2025 window!)
(Will do posts for each story tagging authors a little later when I have time)
www.diabolicalplots.com/diabolical-p...
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time is running out for us all (memento mori)
but time is running out for YOU SPECIFICALLY
yes you
time is running out to get your 2026 Coin for the Ferryman
don't be left standing on the bank
empty pockets
dead heart heavier than a FEATHER
no way to go on
support the DEADLANDS, buy a coin:
but time is running out for YOU SPECIFICALLY
yes you
time is running out to get your 2026 Coin for the Ferryman
don't be left standing on the bank
empty pockets
dead heart heavier than a FEATHER
no way to go on
support the DEADLANDS, buy a coin:
Ferryman's Coin 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Here it is, your chance to grab a 2026 Ferryman's coin. We are only going to order as many as we sell during our October fundraiser, so these are limited limited special editions. Shipping Included (a...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
time is running out for us all (memento mori)
but time is running out for YOU SPECIFICALLY
yes you
time is running out to get your 2026 Coin for the Ferryman
don't be left standing on the bank
empty pockets
dead heart heavier than a FEATHER
no way to go on
support the DEADLANDS, buy a coin:
but time is running out for YOU SPECIFICALLY
yes you
time is running out to get your 2026 Coin for the Ferryman
don't be left standing on the bank
empty pockets
dead heart heavier than a FEATHER
no way to go on
support the DEADLANDS, buy a coin:
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In 7 days, our next submission period opens, with the theme: Revolutions.
We're looking for bold, subversive fiction exploring cycles of revolution, counter-revolution, quiet resistance, and more.
⏰ Submissions open Nov 1. Full details on what we're looking for: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We're looking for bold, subversive fiction exploring cycles of revolution, counter-revolution, quiet resistance, and more.
⏰ Submissions open Nov 1. Full details on what we're looking for: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 7 days, our next submission period opens, with the theme: Revolutions.
We're looking for bold, subversive fiction exploring cycles of revolution, counter-revolution, quiet resistance, and more.
⏰ Submissions open Nov 1. Full details on what we're looking for: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We're looking for bold, subversive fiction exploring cycles of revolution, counter-revolution, quiet resistance, and more.
⏰ Submissions open Nov 1. Full details on what we're looking for: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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as writers, we all want more short fiction venues around. @apexmag.bsky.social is running their Kickstarter RIGHT NOW and they've got 7 days to go and STILL AREN'T FUNDED. do you know how sad it would be to not have Apex Magazine around? devastatingly sad.
dropping the link below:
dropping the link below:
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
as writers, we all want more short fiction venues around. @apexmag.bsky.social is running their Kickstarter RIGHT NOW and they've got 7 days to go and STILL AREN'T FUNDED. do you know how sad it would be to not have Apex Magazine around? devastatingly sad.
dropping the link below:
dropping the link below:
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RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
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real talk alert:
we are HASHTAG BLESSED to have a bunch of amazing, generous patrons subscribed to get a copy of the epub, or the physical copy of The DEADlands.
these supporters literally help us keep publishing.
currently $758/mo
it costs closer to 1500/mo to fund a year of TD
pls join us! 👇
we are HASHTAG BLESSED to have a bunch of amazing, generous patrons subscribed to get a copy of the epub, or the physical copy of The DEADlands.
these supporters literally help us keep publishing.
currently $758/mo
it costs closer to 1500/mo to fund a year of TD
pls join us! 👇
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
psychopomp.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
real talk alert:
we are HASHTAG BLESSED to have a bunch of amazing, generous patrons subscribed to get a copy of the epub, or the physical copy of The DEADlands.
these supporters literally help us keep publishing.
currently $758/mo
it costs closer to 1500/mo to fund a year of TD
pls join us! 👇
we are HASHTAG BLESSED to have a bunch of amazing, generous patrons subscribed to get a copy of the epub, or the physical copy of The DEADlands.
these supporters literally help us keep publishing.
currently $758/mo
it costs closer to 1500/mo to fund a year of TD
pls join us! 👇