Jake Stein
@jakeiswriting.bsky.social
Stories in Lightspeed Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and other awesome places. Robert L. Fish nominated.
Find me at:
storiesbystein.substack.com
storiesbystein.wordpress.com
Find me at:
storiesbystein.substack.com
storiesbystein.wordpress.com
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Jake Stein
@jakeiswriting.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Surviving Humanity
Check out books, merch and new releases from Inked in Gray!
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Super proud to have stories in this exciting anthology! Please give it a preorder :)
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PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
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@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
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We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
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I continue to be shocked by magazines and writers that continue to use generative AI. Even if you think it looks good (it doesn’t), or you’ve convinced yourself it’s ethical and non-exploitative (it isn’t), the environmental cost is so ridiculously high it should be a non-starter.
January 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I continue to be shocked by magazines and writers that continue to use generative AI. Even if you think it looks good (it doesn’t), or you’ve convinced yourself it’s ethical and non-exploitative (it isn’t), the environmental cost is so ridiculously high it should be a non-starter.
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Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
December 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
What even is good?
Just write the thing.
Super proud to have stories in this exciting anthology! Please give it a preorder :)
www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...
@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...
@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
Surviving Humanity
Check out books, merch and new releases from Inked in Gray!
www.wordsmakeart.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Super proud to have stories in this exciting anthology! Please give it a preorder :)
www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...
@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...
@inkedingraypress.bsky.social
@writehive.bsky.social
PS I hear they are having a %15 off sale through Dec 2nd.
Super excited to share this one with you all is Manawaker Studios! Thanks a bunch @cbdroege.bsky.social
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
"Stuck Above" by Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social
Listen on any podcast app, or at www.patreon.com/posts/142903...
Supported by Patreon patrons!
#flashfiction #podcastfiction #narratedfiction #weirdfiction #fantasyfiction #magicalfiction
"Stuck Above" by Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social
Listen on any podcast app, or at www.patreon.com/posts/142903...
Supported by Patreon patrons!
#flashfiction #podcastfiction #narratedfiction #weirdfiction #fantasyfiction #magicalfiction
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Super excited to share this one with you all is Manawaker Studios! Thanks a bunch @cbdroege.bsky.social
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LOVE LOVE LOVE your story in this, Jake!!!! I can't wait for everyone to read it!
Can't wait for this anthology edited by @robinknabel.bsky.social coming in 2026! One of the creature features included is mine! :)
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE your story in this, Jake!!!! I can't wait for everyone to read it!
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built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Reposted by Jake Stein
Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters
Can't wait for this anthology edited by @robinknabel.bsky.social coming in 2026! One of the creature features included is mine! :)
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can't wait for this anthology edited by @robinknabel.bsky.social coming in 2026! One of the creature features included is mine! :)
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Of Beasts & Bones COVER REVEAL!
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Of Beasts & Bones COVER REVEAL!
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
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Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
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Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
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the cows
are on the dark web
are on the dark web
September 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
the cows
are on the dark web
are on the dark web
This is so frustratingly accurate.
Lengths of Fiction
Flash: Under 1,000 words.
Short Stories: Longer than that, but still short.
Novelette: *Frantically checking a magazine's guidelines*
Novella: Too long ~and~ too short.
Novels: Just one more moleskine. This will be the one.
Flash: Under 1,000 words.
Short Stories: Longer than that, but still short.
Novelette: *Frantically checking a magazine's guidelines*
Novella: Too long ~and~ too short.
Novels: Just one more moleskine. This will be the one.
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is so frustratingly accurate.
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We’re going to be closing to submissions from 12pm BST tomorrow (12th September). Not sure exactly how long for, until we get caught up. If you want to get something in, send it in before then.
September 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We’re going to be closing to submissions from 12pm BST tomorrow (12th September). Not sure exactly how long for, until we get caught up. If you want to get something in, send it in before then.
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Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
September 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.
Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!
Check out my latest!! Free to read!
Looking for a bite-sized read during a break? We’ve got just the thing!
The Last Time I Saw You by Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social is a fast-paced flash fantasy piece, and is now available to read, free on our website! hollowoakpress.com/the-last-tim...
The Last Time I Saw You by Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social is a fast-paced flash fantasy piece, and is now available to read, free on our website! hollowoakpress.com/the-last-tim...
The Last Time I Saw You
hollowoakpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Check out my latest!! Free to read!
So unbelievably happy to have a story in the latest issue of @lightspeedmagazine.com!! Talk about dream come true!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/sep-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/sep-2...
Sep. 2025 (Issue 184) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by C.Z. Tacks (“The Girlfriend Experience”) and Kel Coleman (“Last Meal Aboard the Awassa”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Place I Came To” from Filip H...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So unbelievably happy to have a story in the latest issue of @lightspeedmagazine.com!! Talk about dream come true!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/sep-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/sep-2...
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
Yes!!!
i still think GRRM could pull off a grand-slam ending by having Haviland Tuf appear in orbit over whatever planet Westeros is on
August 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes!!!
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Belovéd Writers: We are putting the kibosh on the monthly submissions window, which did not at all result in a more manageable workflow. Instead, we will open a weeklong window later this fall. For now, we are now focusing on finalizing our June and July submissions. Thanks for your patience!
July 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Belovéd Writers: We are putting the kibosh on the monthly submissions window, which did not at all result in a more manageable workflow. Instead, we will open a weeklong window later this fall. For now, we are now focusing on finalizing our June and July submissions. Thanks for your patience!
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I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.