Anneke
@ernerker.bsky.social
yearning for the sea
short fiction in Strange Horizons, Baffling, Nocturne, Hex, others
review team at GrimDark Magazine
articles editor at Strange Horizons
rep'd by Martha Perotto-Wills
annekeschwob.info
short fiction in Strange Horizons, Baffling, Nocturne, Hex, others
review team at GrimDark Magazine
articles editor at Strange Horizons
rep'd by Martha Perotto-Wills
annekeschwob.info
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
well I remember when the Luddites said “let us not smash the stocking frames, let us merely embark on a milquetoast campaign of public education”
you absolute weapon
you absolute weapon
AI sits in billions of phones. Refusing to engage won't stop it, just leaves vulnerable people without knowledge. Demand ownership and control, not abstinence.
Abstinence From AI Is Not the Answer
Opinion | Refusing to use AI won’t protect society. Responsible resistance must include gaining knowledge about it.
f.mtr.cool
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 AM
well I remember when the Luddites said “let us not smash the stocking frames, let us merely embark on a milquetoast campaign of public education”
you absolute weapon
you absolute weapon
Who wants to come over and supplicate the old gods
Before the Bog God by Infinite Citadel, andrewbeauman
A duet ritual game of cunning, corruption, and cosmic bargains.
infinitecitadel.itch.io
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Who wants to come over and supplicate the old gods
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We're putting together a mailing list for short fiction reviewers and critics to get review copies of the magazine.
So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at jonny@seizethepress.com and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.
So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at jonny@seizethepress.com and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We're putting together a mailing list for short fiction reviewers and critics to get review copies of the magazine.
So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at jonny@seizethepress.com and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.
So if you're a short fiction reviewer - first off you're doing the lord's work - but also email me at jonny@seizethepress.com and I'll add you to our shiny new reviewers list.
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god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
self-promotion breaks me out in hives but if this sounds as good 2 u as it does to me, you may like “the mixling mare” recently published by me in kaleidotrope ! ! !
Word on the street is that in 2026 the next big thing in publishing is garish, avant garde science fantasy about anguished souls living in weird cities built on the bones of fallen civilizations they could never hope to understand
okay but: weird fantasy
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
self-promotion breaks me out in hives but if this sounds as good 2 u as it does to me, you may like “the mixling mare” recently published by me in kaleidotrope ! ! !
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So good & riveting it may also be for good vibes ppl too 🤓🐴 🔥
If your approach to the New Year is much more “bad vibes only,” then “The Mixling Mare” is for you!!
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
So good & riveting it may also be for good vibes ppl too 🤓🐴 🔥
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Guys you CANNOT miss this impeccably crafted, heartbreaking, freaky weird story. One of my all time favs!
If your approach to the New Year is much more “bad vibes only,” then “The Mixling Mare” is for you!!
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Guys you CANNOT miss this impeccably crafted, heartbreaking, freaky weird story. One of my all time favs!
If your approach to the New Year is much more “bad vibes only,” then “The Mixling Mare” is for you!!
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
If your approach to the New Year is much more “bad vibes only,” then “The Mixling Mare” is for you!!
Start your year off wrong with my weird, epistolary, gothic novelette about a very slimy anatomist with a centaur fixation
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Start your year off wrong with my weird, epistolary, gothic novelette about a very slimy anatomist with a centaur fixation
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What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 12:31 AM
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
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in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
Keep your eyes peeled—I have a novelette in this one!
Incredible as it may seem, there's a new issue of Kaleidotrope coming in about a week—maybe less!
December 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Keep your eyes peeled—I have a novelette in this one!
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
When I’m trying to pack my suitcase and my cats climb inside
H971.2
Task performed
with help
of little old men.
Task performed
with help
of little old men.
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When I’m trying to pack my suitcase and my cats climb inside
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the most important thing any novel can have, though, is The Worst Woman In the World
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
the most important thing any novel can have, though, is The Worst Woman In the World
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Reading for 2025? Here's all BCS stories from 2025, what length category they're in (Short Story, Novelette, etc), links, and links to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, so you can read our authors' work in other zines. Thank you for reading! #BCSof2025 www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 2026 Awards-Eligible Stories from <i>BCS</i> by Scott H. Andrews
For readers interested in nominating for awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, in 2026, here are the eligible stories from BCS in 2025 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interes...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reading for 2025? Here's all BCS stories from 2025, what length category they're in (Short Story, Novelette, etc), links, and links to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, so you can read our authors' work in other zines. Thank you for reading! #BCSof2025 www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2...
Further proof (as if you needed it!) that keeping BCS going is a worthy endeavor, deserving of your support: it’s ranked third* on the 2026 Fish list of independent lit mags
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....
*out of almost 2000 ranked, 4K surveyed
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....
*out of almost 2000 ranked, 4K surveyed
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Further proof (as if you needed it!) that keeping BCS going is a worthy endeavor, deserving of your support: it’s ranked third* on the 2026 Fish list of independent lit mags
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....
*out of almost 2000 ranked, 4K surveyed
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....
*out of almost 2000 ranked, 4K surveyed
Joe hive rise up and stare deeply into the sun together
today we get to publish your and our good pal, Joe Aguilar, and it absolutely rules!
“Rain is the grief of the tortoise’s father, and volcanoes are the anger of the tortoise’s mother.”
https://www.havehashad.com/obnor
“Rain is the grief of the tortoise’s father, and volcanoes are the anger of the tortoise’s mother.”
https://www.havehashad.com/obnor
three tinies by Joe Aguilar
Rot in Hell On the sidewalk is a crumpled yellow wrapper that says, in red letters, “Rot in Hell.” Looking closer, I see it now says, “Cheeseburger.” The wrapper can’t fool me: I know as soon as I…
www.havehashad.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Joe hive rise up and stare deeply into the sun together
I’ve loved being a BCS first reader, and also, it is a LOT of work! But I think it’s worth it for the quality of stories we publish. And if you also think that—maybe consider throwing a couple of bucks our way
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’ve loved being a BCS first reader, and also, it is a LOT of work! But I think it’s worth it for the quality of stories we publish. And if you also think that—maybe consider throwing a couple of bucks our way
As discussed in this episode, there are two kinds of people: people who love PENDA’S FEN and people who haven’t seen it yet
This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
As discussed in this episode, there are two kinds of people: people who love PENDA’S FEN and people who haven’t seen it yet
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well