Cressida
@eggandcressida.bsky.social
Stories in Apex, Lightspeed, Fusion Fragment, Kaleidotrope, Flash Fiction Online, Factor Four, The Baltimore Review, Milk Candy Review, &c • 2024 Wigleaf Top 50 • pfp by @evelynepark.bsky.social
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2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
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2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
i’ve always been obsessed by the ambiguity of the “st.” in this title. i’ve always read it as “saint“ because of my religious-studies-wired brain, but it’s this kind of layering that makes ha’s stories so consistently intriguing beyond their enjoyability as futuristic tales
Bookmail. Antho of concept-driven sci-fi filled with familiar folks from the short fic scene. Edited by Joe Stech. Contains "The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video." Pronounced street in some regions and saint in others.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i’ve always been obsessed by the ambiguity of the “st.” in this title. i’ve always read it as “saint“ because of my religious-studies-wired brain, but it’s this kind of layering that makes ha’s stories so consistently intriguing beyond their enjoyability as futuristic tales
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 awards eligibility post - take two!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
I have two short stories out this year, and I would be so grateful if you kept them (and me) in mind during awards season! Links threaded below - thanks for reading!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
You could be follower #500!
www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
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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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my weird biracial love letter to the gothic genre, "mrs. no face" in @fusionfragment.bsky.social. this was the first time i did the whole "write the story you wished you had as a kid" thing, and now i get why people say to do it. it's the good scary!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
my weird biracial love letter to the gothic genre, "mrs. no face" in @fusionfragment.bsky.social. this was the first time i did the whole "write the story you wished you had as a kid" thing, and now i get why people say to do it. it's the good scary!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
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Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
kaleidotrope.net
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
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We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
Revealing Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim - Reactor
A tale of doppelgangers and corporate intrigue, heartbreak and betrayal — arriving June 2026
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November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
kaleidotrope.net
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you so much for sharing, Adria!!
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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...
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...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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...
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...
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the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
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House "settling" noises are the sound of slow and constant inexorable decay but nobody wants to hear that.
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
House "settling" noises are the sound of slow and constant inexorable decay but nobody wants to hear that.
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"Psst, hey kid, ya wanna get sad?"
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Psst, hey kid, ya wanna get sad?"
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the issue is out! check out all these fantastic stories, including my post colonial take on the bluebeard fairytale, a backhand tribute to my favorite problematic genre of gothic ”romance”
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excited to see my story out in the world! um...this one sure is a Sui story. enjoy! and i'm sorry!
FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
excited to see my story out in the world! um...this one sure is a Sui story. enjoy! and i'm sorry!
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🎊🎊🎊🎊YOOOOOO IT'S HERE🎊🎊🎊🎊
🪐🪐🪐FUSION FRAGMENT #26 AND SAROS #4 🪐🪐🪐
My latest story is in FF#26 BUT so are incredible stories from lots of other wonderful people, please check them out!
If you read mine you get to read 5k words of an ultrarunner hallucinating his way across Mars
It's a "fun" time
🪐🪐🪐FUSION FRAGMENT #26 AND SAROS #4 🪐🪐🪐
My latest story is in FF#26 BUT so are incredible stories from lots of other wonderful people, please check them out!
If you read mine you get to read 5k words of an ultrarunner hallucinating his way across Mars
It's a "fun" time
FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎊🎊🎊🎊YOOOOOO IT'S HERE🎊🎊🎊🎊
🪐🪐🪐FUSION FRAGMENT #26 AND SAROS #4 🪐🪐🪐
My latest story is in FF#26 BUT so are incredible stories from lots of other wonderful people, please check them out!
If you read mine you get to read 5k words of an ultrarunner hallucinating his way across Mars
It's a "fun" time
🪐🪐🪐FUSION FRAGMENT #26 AND SAROS #4 🪐🪐🪐
My latest story is in FF#26 BUT so are incredible stories from lots of other wonderful people, please check them out!
If you read mine you get to read 5k words of an ultrarunner hallucinating his way across Mars
It's a "fun" time
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FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26
Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
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Two more sleeps until the new issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social drops, including my Gothic horror tale, “Mrs. No Face” (just in time for Halloween!)
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
Happy to announce that we've acquired "Mrs. No Face" by @cressidaroe.bsky.social! Cressida's work has also appeared in Lightspeed, The Deadlands, Milk Candy Review, and more!
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Two more sleeps until the new issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social drops, including my Gothic horror tale, “Mrs. No Face” (just in time for Halloween!)
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
Two more sleeps until the new issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social drops, including my Gothic horror tale, “Mrs. No Face” (just in time for Halloween!)
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
Happy to announce that we've acquired "Mrs. No Face" by @cressidaroe.bsky.social! Cressida's work has also appeared in Lightspeed, The Deadlands, Milk Candy Review, and more!
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Two more sleeps until the new issue of @fusionfragment.bsky.social drops, including my Gothic horror tale, “Mrs. No Face” (just in time for Halloween!)
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
🪞(un)dead wives
🇯🇵 biracial rep
🗝️ modern Bluebeard retelling
👯♀️ power of sisterhood
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>:3c SUBLIMATION is now up on edelweiss and netgalley for early reads sooooooooooo if you've been fiending for an arc of Sublimation Now Is The Time
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
>:3c SUBLIMATION is now up on edelweiss and netgalley for early reads sooooooooooo if you've been fiending for an arc of Sublimation Now Is The Time
working my way through the @catvalente.bsky.social backlist & wishing i knew about her books as they came out! would really have inspired me to write weird lush unapologetic prose sooner. DEATHLESS has gone right back into the reread pile & i long for a funky 00s-style adaptation of SPACE OPERA
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
working my way through the @catvalente.bsky.social backlist & wishing i knew about her books as they came out! would really have inspired me to write weird lush unapologetic prose sooner. DEATHLESS has gone right back into the reread pile & i long for a funky 00s-style adaptation of SPACE OPERA
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Hello everyone.
Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️
www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...
Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️
www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
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October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hello everyone.
Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️
www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...
Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️
www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...
“Singularities,” aka, 5 Times Tam Lin Tried to Become His Own Man (+ 1 Time He Succeeded)
Discover all the paths not taken in the multiverse in @eggandcressida.bsky.social's new story "Singularities."
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“Singularities,” aka, 5 Times Tam Lin Tried to Become His Own Man (+ 1 Time He Succeeded)
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if you're appalled by the presence of unsettling eroticism in your gothic media I have terrible news for your about The Definitional Gothic
September 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
if you're appalled by the presence of unsettling eroticism in your gothic media I have terrible news for your about The Definitional Gothic