Fusion Fragment
@fusionfragment.bsky.social
SF mag from Canada | 2007-2013, 2020- | Always open to submissions
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
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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!
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as a new zealander, i’m also eligible for the sir julius vogel awards! 🥝🥹
anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by
@fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sarossf.com/issue-1/
anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by
@fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sarossf.com/issue-1/
realised i never made an official 2025 pubs list, so...
hi! i had one short out in saros sf (publisher: @fusionfragment.bsky.social, 4k words) last year, feat:
🏍️flying car crashes
💎sapphic nepo babies
🧠 transplanting your situationship's memories into your brain to cope with her death <33
hi! i had one short out in saros sf (publisher: @fusionfragment.bsky.social, 4k words) last year, feat:
🏍️flying car crashes
💎sapphic nepo babies
🧠 transplanting your situationship's memories into your brain to cope with her death <33
February 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
as a new zealander, i’m also eligible for the sir julius vogel awards! 🥝🥹
anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by
@fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sarossf.com/issue-1/
anyone can nominate, so i’d be honoured if you’d consider “looking glass” (pubbed in saros sf #1 by
@fusionfragment.bsky.social and edited by @meganjkerr.bsky.social)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sarossf.com/issue-1/
FFer Read of the Day: "The Walled Garden" by @drfionamoore.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_25/
The Walled Garden by Fiona Moore
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "The Walled Garden" by @drfionamoore.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_25/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_07_25/
Since awards voting is opening up, reminder you can see FF's eligible works at www.fusionfragment.com/2025-awards-... and Saros SF's eligible works at sarossf.com/2025-awards-...
There's also my under-construction "Best Of", in case you want a reading list: www.fusionfragment.com/2025-best-of/
There's also my under-construction "Best Of", in case you want a reading list: www.fusionfragment.com/2025-best-of/
2025 Awards Eligibility
Albert Chu: “The Earthlight Bright Before Her”. Issue #24, February 2025. 8906 words. Science fiction.David Cleden: “The Glass Ocean”. Issue #25, June 2025. 10014 words. Sci…
www.fusionfragment.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Since awards voting is opening up, reminder you can see FF's eligible works at www.fusionfragment.com/2025-awards-... and Saros SF's eligible works at sarossf.com/2025-awards-...
There's also my under-construction "Best Of", in case you want a reading list: www.fusionfragment.com/2025-best-of/
There's also my under-construction "Best Of", in case you want a reading list: www.fusionfragment.com/2025-best-of/
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Excited to see @timjmajor.bsky.social's "Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes" from Saros #1 make the TOC of Best British SF! You can read the story for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/
And congrats to FFers @drfionamoore.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social as well!
And congrats to FFers @drfionamoore.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social as well!
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Excited to see @timjmajor.bsky.social's "Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes" from Saros #1 make the TOC of Best British SF! You can read the story for free here: sarossf.com/issue-1/
And congrats to FFers @drfionamoore.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social as well!
And congrats to FFers @drfionamoore.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social and @lindzmcleod.bsky.social as well!
FF survives by the grace of its Patreon crew, so every so often I like to buy things for them! There's a giveaway on right now over at our Patreon where one lucky winner is gonna get their choice of 8 great prizes celebrating recent publications by FFers. Join up!!
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February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
FF survives by the grace of its Patreon crew, so every so often I like to buy things for them! There's a giveaway on right now over at our Patreon where one lucky winner is gonna get their choice of 8 great prizes celebrating recent publications by FFers. Join up!!
www.patreon.com/posts/april-...
www.patreon.com/posts/april-...
FFer Read of the Day: "A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away From Your Campervan; Or, Roamin' Rights" by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social in Compost:
stopcopaganda.compost.digital/a-charm-to-k...
stopcopaganda.compost.digital/a-charm-to-k...
A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away from Your Campervan; Or, Roamin’ Rights
“AND JUST WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING, RAGAZZO?”
stopcopaganda.compost.digital
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away From Your Campervan; Or, Roamin' Rights" by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social in Compost:
stopcopaganda.compost.digital/a-charm-to-k...
stopcopaganda.compost.digital/a-charm-to-k...
Happy to announce that we've acquired "Graftage" by Sarah M. Saif for FF#29. This is Sarah's first publication!
February 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Happy to announce that we've acquired "Graftage" by Sarah M. Saif for FF#29. This is Sarah's first publication!
FFer Read of the Day: "The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack" by @awprihandita.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack - Uncanny Magazine
Content note: child abuse The tiger curls in my living room, on the sofa in front of the TV. Finish your lunch, she says, and her words bend my back until I’m on my hands and knees, hunching over th...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack" by @awprihandita.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
If you've been mulling over buying a physical copy of FF or Saros, our printer is having a 25% off sale that runs through tomorrow. Here's the link to our latest!
www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill | Blurb Books Canada
Find Fusion Fragment #26 by ed. Cavan Terrill at Blurb Books. “A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / ...
www.blurb.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
If you've been mulling over buying a physical copy of FF or Saros, our printer is having a 25% off sale that runs through tomorrow. Here's the link to our latest!
www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
www.blurb.ca/b/12602785-f...
FF Reading Update
25 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 29)
67 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 4:28 PM ET on Jan. 27
242 subs received in the last 30 days
25 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 29)
67 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 4:28 PM ET on Jan. 27
242 subs received in the last 30 days
February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
FF Reading Update
25 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 29)
67 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 4:28 PM ET on Jan. 27
242 subs received in the last 30 days
25 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 29)
67 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 4:28 PM ET on Jan. 27
242 subs received in the last 30 days
The final story in Saros #4, edited by @hannahgreer.bsky.social: "At the Heart of It" by @ctbideas.bsky.social
To read it, grab a copy of Saros #4 for free at sarossf.com/issue-4/
To read it, grab a copy of Saros #4 for free at sarossf.com/issue-4/
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The final story in Saros #4, edited by @hannahgreer.bsky.social: "At the Heart of It" by @ctbideas.bsky.social
To read it, grab a copy of Saros #4 for free at sarossf.com/issue-4/
To read it, grab a copy of Saros #4 for free at sarossf.com/issue-4/
FFer Read of the Day: "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #125A: “Please Properly Cage Your Words” by Beth Goder – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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We are currently open to submissions! Send us your rotten ecosystems and haunted biomes
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We are currently open to submissions! Send us your rotten ecosystems and haunted biomes
Congrats to all the FFers on the Locus Recommended Reading List! So many this year I need two whole pages for it: @bogiperson.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @vanessafogg.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @jordankurella.com
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Congrats to all the FFers on the Locus Recommended Reading List! So many this year I need two whole pages for it: @bogiperson.bsky.social @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @vanessafogg.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @jordankurella.com
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
Saturday music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week.
January 31, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Saturday music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week.
Happy to announce that we've acquired "The Rocket Equation" by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social for FF#29!
Chloe's work has previously been published in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, The Rumpus, The Future Fire, and many more.
Chloe's work has previously been published in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, The Rumpus, The Future Fire, and many more.
January 31, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Happy to announce that we've acquired "The Rocket Equation" by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social for FF#29!
Chloe's work has previously been published in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, The Rumpus, The Future Fire, and many more.
Chloe's work has previously been published in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, The Rumpus, The Future Fire, and many more.
FFer Read of the Day: "Without Sunsets or Snow" by @mariness.bsky.social in @3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...
www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...
Without Sunsets or Snow by Mari Ness
They'd given my mother exactly three more hours. I could have protested, of course. She had the credits -- financial, green, and gray. An attorney easily could have argued that she was owed at least t...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Without Sunsets or Snow" by @mariness.bsky.social in @3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...
www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...
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The beautiful cover for FF#27 has arrived! Stunning work once again by @abistevensart.bsky.social!
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The beautiful cover for FF#27 has arrived! Stunning work once again by @abistevensart.bsky.social!
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
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My #scifi story "Margin Walker" (originally published by @fusionfragment.bsky.social) made it to the longlist of the Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Kind of 🙁 it didn't get to the final selection, but good to see it in the running. (And yes, the title does come from the Fugazi song, ICYWW.)
January 28, 2026 at 11:57 PM
My #scifi story "Margin Walker" (originally published by @fusionfragment.bsky.social) made it to the longlist of the Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Kind of 🙁 it didn't get to the final selection, but good to see it in the running. (And yes, the title does come from the Fugazi song, ICYWW.)
OK this 1 like = 1 line from a story is going around, so I'm gonna join in.
But instead, let's do 1 like = 1 story's classic FF vibe tags, plus bonus slightly unhinged tags that I come up with right now as I drink the cocktail I just mixed myself.
But instead, let's do 1 like = 1 story's classic FF vibe tags, plus bonus slightly unhinged tags that I come up with right now as I drink the cocktail I just mixed myself.
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
OK this 1 like = 1 line from a story is going around, so I'm gonna join in.
But instead, let's do 1 like = 1 story's classic FF vibe tags, plus bonus slightly unhinged tags that I come up with right now as I drink the cocktail I just mixed myself.
But instead, let's do 1 like = 1 story's classic FF vibe tags, plus bonus slightly unhinged tags that I come up with right now as I drink the cocktail I just mixed myself.
Ah, the first time Louis upset/delighted me. Feels like only yesterday.
Read it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-6/
Read it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-6/
"We made a decision. We knew what it meant."
– "Babies Come from Earth", published, gosh, lots of places, but you should check it out in @fusionfragment.bsky.social #6
– "Babies Come from Earth", published, gosh, lots of places, but you should check it out in @fusionfragment.bsky.social #6
Issue #6
“Babies Come From Earth” by Louis Evans: hopeless pregnancies / troubled doctors / colony worlds”Gravel” by Steven Genise: embracing change / post-apocalyptic / chasing goat…
www.fusionfragment.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Ah, the first time Louis upset/delighted me. Feels like only yesterday.
Read it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-6/
Read it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-6/
Still among my fave FF stories. Also, one of our contributions to the messed-up-deer subgenre.
Find it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/
Find it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/
Death flowering up through all forms of matter like the bones of an entire civilization exploding out through the flesh of a single person, split and torn asunder with fierce and uncompromising purpose. —"Born Again," published in @fusionfragment.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Still among my fave FF stories. Also, one of our contributions to the messed-up-deer subgenre.
Find it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/
Find it in www.fusionfragment.com/issue-10/
The beautiful cover for FF#27 has arrived! Stunning work once again by @abistevensart.bsky.social!
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The beautiful cover for FF#27 has arrived! Stunning work once again by @abistevensart.bsky.social!
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
Stories are coming your way soon from @ewenmaer.bsky.social @jyzh.bsky.social @julialicia.bsky.social @catenotkate.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @katharinetyndall.bsky.social and Anya Leigh Josephs.
FF Reading Update: Almost back to pre-December break turnaround times!
17 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 21)
77 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 10:43 AM ET on Jan. 18
237 subs received in the last 30 days
17 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 21)
77 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 10:43 AM ET on Jan. 18
237 subs received in the last 30 days
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
FF Reading Update: Almost back to pre-December break turnaround times!
17 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 21)
77 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 10:43 AM ET on Jan. 18
237 subs received in the last 30 days
17 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Dec. 21)
77 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 10:43 AM ET on Jan. 18
237 subs received in the last 30 days