Faith Allington
@faithallington.bsky.social
Author
📚 Pink horror & haunting speculative stories
✒️ Editorial at Flash Fiction Online, Haven Spec & LSQ
👻 Vaguely goth but also whimsical
🍄 Tea drinker & fungi admirer
(she/her) #amquerying
📚 Pink horror & haunting speculative stories
✒️ Editorial at Flash Fiction Online, Haven Spec & LSQ
👻 Vaguely goth but also whimsical
🍄 Tea drinker & fungi admirer
(she/her) #amquerying
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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The prose of "Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is the first thing to hit you in the teeth—it’s thick, visceral and compelling. In less than twelve hundred words, the story manages to pack a great deal of context and character work...
Read the story & the micro review! havenspec.com/fiction/magi...
Read the story & the micro review! havenspec.com/fiction/magi...
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The prose of "Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is the first thing to hit you in the teeth—it’s thick, visceral and compelling. In less than twelve hundred words, the story manages to pack a great deal of context and character work...
Read the story & the micro review! havenspec.com/fiction/magi...
Read the story & the micro review! havenspec.com/fiction/magi...
"Elou Carroll’s short story about wickedness explores what happens when we look away from the darkest parts of ourselves. It offers a lovely take on the concept of changelings. Each vignette unfolds, revealing a new layer that..."
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must, Haven Spec Magazine
"And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" by Elou Carroll
havenspec.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"Elou Carroll’s short story about wickedness explores what happens when we look away from the darkest parts of ourselves. It offers a lovely take on the concept of changelings. Each vignette unfolds, revealing a new layer that..."
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
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ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
A Party, A Party!, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Party, A Party!" by Faith Allington
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February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
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The community drabble for today is, "Decisions, Decisions…" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "conundrum."
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The community drabble for today is, "Decisions, Decisions…" by Hannya Kay. The theme was "conundrum."
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Hannya Kay on X @Hannya_Kay / BlueSky @HannyaKay.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
So excited for my werewolf sanctuary poem to appear in such truly stunning company! Also that art! 🔥 🥹
do you need:
🎊 parties as an act of hope
🐺 monsters finding community
this poem was written for you
havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...
do you need:
🎊 parties as an act of hope
🐺 monsters finding community
this poem was written for you
havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...
Our ✨January 2026 Issue✨ is now free to read online!
Find it here:
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
Or get the PDF and EPUB:
ko-fi.com/s/c906166bff
The January Issyou features seven stories and four poems all written in second-person POV!
Find it here:
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
Or get the PDF and EPUB:
ko-fi.com/s/c906166bff
The January Issyou features seven stories and four poems all written in second-person POV!
Issue Twenty-One, January 2026, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and poetry for the 21st century
havenspec.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
So excited for my werewolf sanctuary poem to appear in such truly stunning company! Also that art! 🔥 🥹
do you need:
🎊 parties as an act of hope
🐺 monsters finding community
this poem was written for you
havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...
do you need:
🎊 parties as an act of hope
🐺 monsters finding community
this poem was written for you
havenspec.com/poetry/a-par...
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This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
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Hi this is Rebecca, FFO EIC. I just want to say that if you are like me, it’s been really hard to write lately. The absolute horrific behavior of ICE goons is hard to watch yet I can’t look away. I’m journaling, I’m capturing quotes and emotions, I’m reading poetry.
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
January 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hi this is Rebecca, FFO EIC. I just want to say that if you are like me, it’s been really hard to write lately. The absolute horrific behavior of ICE goons is hard to watch yet I can’t look away. I’m journaling, I’m capturing quotes and emotions, I’m reading poetry.
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
Still swooning over how my werewolf sanctuary poem ended up with this amazing wolf pile artwork by @aimeecozza.com!!! 🥰 🥹
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
"A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
Subscribers get it Monday!
"A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Still swooning over how my werewolf sanctuary poem ended up with this amazing wolf pile artwork by @aimeecozza.com!!! 🥰 🥹
Reposted by Faith Allington
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Our general submission window will open on the first of the month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Our general submission window will open on the first of the month!
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more!
Guidelines & schedule:
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
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Our ✨January 2026 issue✨ is ready at last!
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Our ✨January 2026 issue✨ is ready at last!
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
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🎉🎂 Happy UK Book Birthday to @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.
Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.
Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🎉🎂 Happy UK Book Birthday to @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.
Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards,
🖤 A @reactorsff.bsky.social Reviewer's Choice of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy.
Buy: https://geni.us/asunder
Reposted by Faith Allington
Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
Prattlefog & Gravelrap | Matt Kendrick | Substack
A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings. Click to read Prattlefog & Gra...
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January 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
A gorgeous excerpt from Our Human Shores by @burrowtongue.bsky.social - love how reading this lush, pressing book gives you such a variance of moods and interpretations.
#smallpoemsunday #poetry
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/our...
#smallpoemsunday #poetry
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/our...
January 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A gorgeous excerpt from Our Human Shores by @burrowtongue.bsky.social - love how reading this lush, pressing book gives you such a variance of moods and interpretations.
#smallpoemsunday #poetry
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/our...
#smallpoemsunday #poetry
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/our...
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Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
Haven Spec Magazine, Submission Page
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
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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
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I have not written/published much this year, but if you're looking for a horror flash tale about being a mom and dealing w trauma with a wintry twist, give "My Heart in a Snow Globe" a read!👇
ICYMI: My latest horror flash out in @pseudopod.org featuring:
🔮 enchanted snow globes
👩🎨 a helicopter mom
🎨 art & crafts
☃️ winter vibes
If you're looking for a short, creepy read do check out "My Heart in a Snow Globe" in the July issue! ❄️
🔮 enchanted snow globes
👩🎨 a helicopter mom
🎨 art & crafts
☃️ winter vibes
If you're looking for a short, creepy read do check out "My Heart in a Snow Globe" in the July issue! ❄️
❄️🔮I haven't written much in a while but an old horror flash of mine "My Heart in a Snow Globe" resurfaced in @pseudopod.org last month. It's a lil dark, twisty tale about motherhood as an art & the things we'd do to protect our loved ones. I hope you enjoy reading it!
pseudopod.org/2025/07/11/p...
pseudopod.org/2025/07/11/p...
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I have not written/published much this year, but if you're looking for a horror flash tale about being a mom and dealing w trauma with a wintry twist, give "My Heart in a Snow Globe" a read!👇
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Lotta folks talking resolutions, so a quick reminder to focus on goals you can control.
Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new…
You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.
Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new…
You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Lotta folks talking resolutions, so a quick reminder to focus on goals you can control.
Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new…
You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.
Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new…
You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.
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My creative process includes writing, deleting, staring into space, and convincing myself I’m not bad at this. 🙃
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My creative process includes writing, deleting, staring into space, and convincing myself I’m not bad at this. 🙃
Give us your reprints featuring resistance of all kinds, from the hugely impactful to the tiny sparks. Give us your hope and rebellion and courage. Show us we all got this, even when it's brutal.
Hi folks, I've updated FFO's Submittable page with details about our call for resistance-themed reprints, which is opening on Jan 1st. The editor for this anthology is Jeanna Cammarano ( @wordrat.bsky.social)
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
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#writingcommunity #flashfiction
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December 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Give us your reprints featuring resistance of all kinds, from the hugely impactful to the tiny sparks. Give us your hope and rebellion and courage. Show us we all got this, even when it's brutal.
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Also proud of The Beekeeper's Daughter, my riff off folk lore and fairy tales and maybe a little Jack Vance in there. I only had the one short story published this year, but it's one I'm satisfied with and I'm happy it found a home in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“The Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Neil Willcox
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December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Also proud of The Beekeeper's Daughter, my riff off folk lore and fairy tales and maybe a little Jack Vance in there. I only had the one short story published this year, but it's one I'm satisfied with and I'm happy it found a home in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...