OTHERSIDE
@othersidespec.bsky.social
OTHERSIDE is a new quarterly magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by queer writers and artists. Open now to submissions of nonfiction and reprints!
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OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - NOVEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
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I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - November 2025 | Charles Payseur
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December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - NOVEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
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I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
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The last of our looks into Stardust: Act One. We hope you've enjoyed them.
Crave more? Mark the date:
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Follow, like, subscribe, and all the things. Become a Voidfarer and receive further behind-the-scenes exclusives: voidfarers.sublightgames.com
Crave more? Mark the date:
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Follow, like, subscribe, and all the things. Become a Voidfarer and receive further behind-the-scenes exclusives: voidfarers.sublightgames.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The last of our looks into Stardust: Act One. We hope you've enjoyed them.
Crave more? Mark the date:
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Follow, like, subscribe, and all the things. Become a Voidfarer and receive further behind-the-scenes exclusives: voidfarers.sublightgames.com
Crave more? Mark the date:
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Follow, like, subscribe, and all the things. Become a Voidfarer and receive further behind-the-scenes exclusives: voidfarers.sublightgames.com
We are open! We've received ~300 subs and replied to ~130. About 30 more are waiting on a second read.
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We are open! We've received ~300 subs and replied to ~130. About 30 more are waiting on a second read.
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
We aren't always reading in order, but we are reading steadily and expect to keep to our estimated 2-week response time, so don't fret, and hang tight! Thank you for sharing your work with us!
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
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We're looking for volunteers to help raise funds! If you have some spare time, and want to help out, please reach out to leaders@dreamfoundry.org to express your interest.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're looking for volunteers to help raise funds! If you have some spare time, and want to help out, please reach out to leaders@dreamfoundry.org to express your interest.
Thanks so much to all who played along with our guessing game! The results are in: we received exactly 180 submissions in 24 hours! 🎉 That means our winner is @wonderandawe83.bsky.social, with a guess of 189. Send us a DM if you’d like to redeem your prize: some OTHERSIDE stickers and bookmarks!
Over on our patron Discord, we're running a little contest... and we thought we'd bring that contest to Bluesky, too! So, here goes: we open to fiction/poetry submissions on January 1st. How many subs do you think we'll get in the first 24 hours? We have OTHERSIDE swag for the closest guess! 💫
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Thanks so much to all who played along with our guessing game! The results are in: we received exactly 180 submissions in 24 hours! 🎉 That means our winner is @wonderandawe83.bsky.social, with a guess of 189. Send us a DM if you’d like to redeem your prize: some OTHERSIDE stickers and bookmarks!
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Want a low-stakes challenge to motivate you to read queer? Welcome to our 2026 Queer Book Challenge on @thestorygraph.com ! We’ve got a mix of prompts that we hope will motivate you to read a diverse range of books featuring queer characters. Join us! app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Want a low-stakes challenge to motivate you to read queer? Welcome to our 2026 Queer Book Challenge on @thestorygraph.com ! We’ve got a mix of prompts that we hope will motivate you to read a diverse range of books featuring queer characters. Join us! app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
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OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all!
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
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This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This year has been unrelentingly miserable. But the best thing—the thing that has sustained me—has been @othersidespec.bsky.social. After almost a year and a half of work, we officially launch in 2026… and we open to submissions at midnight! Make OTHERSIDE your first sub of the new year? 🌈 🪐 🗡️
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Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Over on our patron Discord, we're running a little contest... and we thought we'd bring that contest to Bluesky, too! So, here goes: we open to fiction/poetry submissions on January 1st. How many subs do you think we'll get in the first 24 hours? We have OTHERSIDE swag for the closest guess! 💫
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Over on our patron Discord, we're running a little contest... and we thought we'd bring that contest to Bluesky, too! So, here goes: we open to fiction/poetry submissions on January 1st. How many subs do you think we'll get in the first 24 hours? We have OTHERSIDE swag for the closest guess! 💫
Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For Boxing Day, can we offer you a cover for Issue 31? Subscribe to get it on New Year’s Day! smallwonders.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
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I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready.
We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.
Starting January 1st, we'll be busy reading your submissions of original fiction and poetry... but this week, the OTHERSIDE team is recharging! Here are a few of the books, shows, games, and more keeping us busy lately. What about you? Any recs for us?
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Starting January 1st, we'll be busy reading your submissions of original fiction and poetry... but this week, the OTHERSIDE team is recharging! Here are a few of the books, shows, games, and more keeping us busy lately. What about you? Any recs for us?
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
we're here — neon hemlock
www.neonhemlock.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Queue update: we're reading a little slower over the holidays. You likely won’t get a response from us until the final days of the year as our team takes a break this week!
Reprints close Jan 1, BUT original fiction/poetry open that same day! Nonfiction will stay open for the foreseeable future!
Reprints close Jan 1, BUT original fiction/poetry open that same day! Nonfiction will stay open for the foreseeable future!
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Queue update: we're reading a little slower over the holidays. You likely won’t get a response from us until the final days of the year as our team takes a break this week!
Reprints close Jan 1, BUT original fiction/poetry open that same day! Nonfiction will stay open for the foreseeable future!
Reprints close Jan 1, BUT original fiction/poetry open that same day! Nonfiction will stay open for the foreseeable future!
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Issue 5.4 is out now! ❤️🔥 A wintry, gothic issue underpinned by disasters and dark transformations. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com
This incredible cover is by Mary Ainza 🧡
This incredible cover is by Mary Ainza 🧡
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Issue 5.4 is out now! ❤️🔥 A wintry, gothic issue underpinned by disasters and dark transformations. Head over to our website to buy a copy & read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com
This incredible cover is by Mary Ainza 🧡
This incredible cover is by Mary Ainza 🧡
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Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction: January-June 2026
Trying something different this year and breaking up by genre, so if you're looking for SFF/H, Crime Fiction, or Graphic Novels, just keep scrolling! (Yes, some of those distinctions are a little fuzzy. I did my best.) Romance will still be…
Trying something different this year and breaking up by genre, so if you're looking for SFF/H, Crime Fiction, or Graphic Novels, just keep scrolling! (Yes, some of those distinctions are a little fuzzy. I did my best.) Romance will still be…
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction: January-June 2026
Trying something different this year and breaking up by genre, so if you're looking for SFF/H, Crime Fiction, or Graphic Novels, just keep scrolling! (Yes, some of those distinctions are a little fuzzy. I did my best.) Romance will still be getting its own post, though, so do keep an eye out for that in the coming days! Literary/Upmarket Fiction…
lgbtqreads.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction: January-June 2026
Trying something different this year and breaking up by genre, so if you're looking for SFF/H, Crime Fiction, or Graphic Novels, just keep scrolling! (Yes, some of those distinctions are a little fuzzy. I did my best.) Romance will still be…
Trying something different this year and breaking up by genre, so if you're looking for SFF/H, Crime Fiction, or Graphic Novels, just keep scrolling! (Yes, some of those distinctions are a little fuzzy. I did my best.) Romance will still be…
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Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI