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Emily Yu
@emilyyu.bsky.social
· Oct 31
My story "When We Disappear" is available to read at THIS magazine! Thank you for the opportunity 🙏
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HEY
THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY
LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE
THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY
LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HEY
THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY
LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE
THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY
LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE
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Only 1 day left until our next submission period opens!
We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS".
⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS".
⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Only 1 day left until our next submission period opens!
We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS".
⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
We're looking for daring, subversive, and strange fiction that explores the theme "REVOLUTIONS".
⏰ Submissions will open on November 1. Check out the complete theme description and submission details: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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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! 🫀
Double vaccinated ✅✅
(yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)
(yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)
October 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Double vaccinated ✅✅
(yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)
(yes, I would rather have 1 super sore arm instead of 2 medium sore arms)
Congratulations @angelvleal.bsky.social !!!! So proud of you!!!
Two Latinx writers in the Rhysling Award!! 💖 Thank you so so much for including me!! :') And enormous congrats to all the finalists and especially @pedroiniguez.bsky.social for winning in multiple categories!! 😱🎉 Love to you friend, you deserve it! 🫂
Short Poem Winners
First Place: Lost Ark • F. J. Bergmann • Space & Time Magazine 146
Second Place: A Black Hole is a Melting Pot That Will Make Us Whole • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • Star*Line 47.1
Third Place: The Witch Recalls Her Craft • @angelvleal.bsky.social • Uncanny 60
First Place: Lost Ark • F. J. Bergmann • Space & Time Magazine 146
Second Place: A Black Hole is a Melting Pot That Will Make Us Whole • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • Star*Line 47.1
Third Place: The Witch Recalls Her Craft • @angelvleal.bsky.social • Uncanny 60
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Congratulations @angelvleal.bsky.social !!!! So proud of you!!!
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This is the second time our co-founders have woken up to a STRETCH GOAL HIT!! You hit our $9,700 goal overnight—that means ISSUE 7 IS FUNDED! We are now ONLY ONE STRETCH GOAL AWAY FROM YEAR 2 FULLY FUNDED!!
AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is the second time our co-founders have woken up to a STRETCH GOAL HIT!! You hit our $9,700 goal overnight—that means ISSUE 7 IS FUNDED! We are now ONLY ONE STRETCH GOAL AWAY FROM YEAR 2 FULLY FUNDED!!
AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
AND spot our next revealed stretch goal? 👀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
It's Truth and Reconciliation Day!
Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments):
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir)
- Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction)
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction)
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments):
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir)
- Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction)
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction)
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's Truth and Reconciliation Day!
Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments):
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir)
- Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction)
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction)
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Here's some books I recommend (details for each book in the comments):
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle (memoir)
- Kukum by Michel Jean (fiction)
- 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (non-fiction)
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Omg last day is tomorrow! Get your stories/poems in!
✨ 1 more week to go for submissions at @heartlines-spec.com ✨
Send us your SPEC fiction WITH a long-term relationship (familial or platonic or romantic)!
Be sure to read the full guidelines here: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
Happy writing! ✍️
#sff #spec #fantasy #scifi
Send us your SPEC fiction WITH a long-term relationship (familial or platonic or romantic)!
Be sure to read the full guidelines here: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...
Happy writing! ✍️
#sff #spec #fantasy #scifi
Submission Guidelines
Learn all about our submissions guidelines, what we're looking for, and our payment details
www.heartlines-spec.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Omg last day is tomorrow! Get your stories/poems in!
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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...
Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches:
www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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...
Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches:
www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...
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HI YES WE JUST PASSED $2,000 IN 30 MINUTES?!? THANK YOU SO SO MUCH?????? WE'RE ABOUT 37% FUNDED!!!!
AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!
AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
HI YES WE JUST PASSED $2,000 IN 30 MINUTES?!? THANK YOU SO SO MUCH?????? WE'RE ABOUT 37% FUNDED!!!!
AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!
AND if we get 6 more backers we unlock 1000 more words per issue due to a lovely anonymous donation!
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Val wants everyone to know that as the lead marketing co-founder, their professional skillset mostly involves them yelling GAY MAGAZINE at people when all other words fail her. It's an important task, someone must do it.
Gay magazine!!
September 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Val wants everyone to know that as the lead marketing co-founder, their professional skillset mostly involves them yelling GAY MAGAZINE at people when all other words fail her. It's an important task, someone must do it.
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Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝
✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!
✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!
September 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝
✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!
✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!
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Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently.
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently.
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀
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Our September newsletter is out for free patrons or higher! In this issue we have interviews from Ash and MR as well as announcements and Kickstarter updates, our new Patreon goals, and SO much more! We’re doing A LOT the next two months and we can’t wait!
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Newsletter: Meet Ash and MR! | OTHERSIDE
Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon
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September 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Our September newsletter is out for free patrons or higher! In this issue we have interviews from Ash and MR as well as announcements and Kickstarter updates, our new Patreon goals, and SO much more! We’re doing A LOT the next two months and we can’t wait!
www.patreon.com/posts/newsle...
www.patreon.com/posts/newsle...
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I’m so excited for Flights of Foundry! (Even if I cannot believe that it is somehow already mid-September??) Here’s my panel schedule! If you aren’t registered yet, you can still sign up for this fantastic free virtual con here: flights-of-foundry.org
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
September 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’m so excited for Flights of Foundry! (Even if I cannot believe that it is somehow already mid-September??) Here’s my panel schedule! If you aren’t registered yet, you can still sign up for this fantastic free virtual con here: flights-of-foundry.org
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Welcome to the team!
The search is ooooooooooover!
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
September 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Welcome to the team!
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Join TEAM NO BURNOUT
(maybe some burnout, as a treat)
(maybe some burnout, as a treat)
Do you kick your feet over chosen family stories? Do you yearn about generation ships lost to time? Are you haunted by multiverse and all the different iterations of your love/nemesis?
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
September 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join TEAM NO BURNOUT
(maybe some burnout, as a treat)
(maybe some burnout, as a treat)
The dichotomy of me today is being sad that I won't get to work with Jess at Heartlines Spec but happy that I'll get to work with them at OTHERSIDE 🥲
We are so thrilled to announce that Jess Cho will be joining the OTHERSIDE team as a Poetry Editor! Jess is a Rhysling Award-winning author with work in khōréō, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Fiction, Apparition, Nightmare, and elsewhere. They can't wait to read your work when we open in January!
September 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The dichotomy of me today is being sad that I won't get to work with Jess at Heartlines Spec but happy that I'll get to work with them at OTHERSIDE 🥲
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On August 28, an internal EPSB memo was leaked to the public. It contained the list of more than 200 books. The WGA's Board strongly urges both the Government of Alberta and EPSB to revisit and rescind their decisions and stand up for the democratic rights of all readers and writers.
September 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On August 28, an internal EPSB memo was leaked to the public. It contained the list of more than 200 books. The WGA's Board strongly urges both the Government of Alberta and EPSB to revisit and rescind their decisions and stand up for the democratic rights of all readers and writers.
Come work with us at Heartlines Spec ❤️❤️❤️
Do you kick your feet over chosen family stories? Do you yearn about generation ships lost to time? Are you haunted by multiverse and all the different iterations of your love/nemesis?
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
September 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Come work with us at Heartlines Spec ❤️❤️❤️
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Good news friends! Moksha added custom form fields and we now have a section for any content or trigger warnings.
It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙
heartlinesspec.moksha.io
It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙
heartlinesspec.moksha.io
a cartoon of two rabbits standing next to each other on skis
Alt: 90s cartoon PSA with two cool skater rabbits and Stay Alert/Stay Safe message
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good news friends! Moksha added custom form fields and we now have a section for any content or trigger warnings.
It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙
heartlinesspec.moksha.io
It's not a requirement but is appreciated 💙
heartlinesspec.moksha.io
I only learned recently that flight attendants only get paid for time in the air! Even though sometimes there are delays before takeoff--they are NOT paid for this time! Very unfair!
Canadians facing issues with air canada - CUPE IS NOT YOUR ENEMY! Striking workers want fair wages! It's the company rescheduling and cancelling your flights because they don't want to engage fairly! And shame on CTV for dishonest reporting on this strike
August 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I only learned recently that flight attendants only get paid for time in the air! Even though sometimes there are delays before takeoff--they are NOT paid for this time! Very unfair!
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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...
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
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...
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...
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It's important to have a balanced SFF reading diet.
@heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day
@heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day
August 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's important to have a balanced SFF reading diet.
@heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day
@heartlines-spec.com and Radon, when consumed together, will give you the full breadth of emotion each day