Perseid Prophecies
banner
perseidprophecies.bsky.social
Perseid Prophecies
@perseidprophecies.bsky.social
Quarterly indie digital magazine featuring weird fiction, science fiction, fantasy & fact.
Editor-in-Chief: @esraye.bsky.social
Issue 6: Summer 2025 live now. Get it free at https://perseidprophecies.ca/
The story containment device we've got chained up in the basement is starting to act funny--it's belching out the best lines we haven't read yet.
The interns think it's eager to share what it's amassed.

11 days left to submit your #weirdfiction, #scifi, dark #fantasy, or #horror short stories!
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What does it look like when and AI nods?
That's only one question posed--and answered--in Erin Cullen's "asdfghjklkjhgfdsa."

Read it free in our Autumn 2025 issue.

#scifi #sciencefiction #sff #shortstory #shortstories
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sometimes all you need is a connection to home.
When Ele spots the blue skin of another anthozoa, she seeks them out. Who she finds isn't what she expected, but will the old man Bardo prove to be what she needs?
Read "The Old Man of the Sea" by @thelargestduck.bsky.social in this quarter's issue!
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Got something spooky, fantastical, or even a little weird to share?
Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue coming January 1st, are open until the end of the month!
Check out the link in our bio for info on what we're looking for and how to submit!

#submissioncall #submissionsopen #scifi #sff #horror
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The evenings are dark and stormy. The lights are drawn low over long, chilly nights.
This is the time of year the ageless beast we lovingly call "The Reading Team" thrives. It grows fat on the sustenance your stories provide...

...and demands ever more.

#Submissions are open until Nov. 30.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Old Vittolo has seen a lot in the decades he's ferried folks across the river, but even he can be surprised when things don't turn out the way they seem in @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social's short fantasy story, "River Daughter."

Read it free in the Autumn 2025 issue of Perseid Prophecies!

#fantasy
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Looking for a place to submit that sci-fi, dark fantasy, horror, or weird fiction short story?
Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue are open until the end of the month!

And remember, if your story matches the issue's season, it may be looked on more favorably!

perseidprophecies.ca/
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In a twisted tale that reminded the Reading Team of "Pickman's Model," art take a decidedly dark turn in Nathan Batchelor's "The Decimationist."

Read it for free in this quarter's issue of Perseid Prophecies!

perseidprophecies.ca

#horror #shortstory
Latest Issue - Perseid Prophecies
Issue 7: Autumn 2025 Fiction SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT! by Thomas White The Decimationist by Nathan Batchelor River Daughter by Jeannie Marschall The Old Man of the Sea by D. A. Raymond asdfghjklkjhgfdsa...
perseidprophecies.ca
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Perseid Prophecies
New publisher listing for: Perseid Prophecies @perseidprophecies.bsky.social (Fiction Nonfiction Art; Fantasy, Horror, SF; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Perseid Prophecies
New publisher listing for: Perseid Prophecies @perseidprophecies.bsky.social (Fiction Nonfiction Art; Fantasy, Horror, SF; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
duotrope.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hop on a BART train that may or may not be alive, and take a stroll through the streets of a very weird version of San Fransisco in Thomas White's "SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT!"

Read it free in this quarter's issue!
perseidprophecies.ca

#weirdfiction #indiemagazine #sciencefiction #scifi #sff
Latest Issue - Perseid Prophecies
Issue 7: Autumn 2025 Fiction SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT! by Thomas White The Decimationist by Nathan Batchelor River Daughter by Jeannie Marschall The Old Man of the Sea by D. A. Raymond asdfghjklkjhgfdsa...
perseidprophecies.ca
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Calling all writers of short spec fiction, especially sci-fi, dark fantasy, supernatural or cosmic horror, and weird fiction!
Short story submissions for our Winter 2026 issue are now open until Nov. 30th!
We don't insist on theme, but matching your story to the issue's season *may* be advantageous!
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue are now open!
Check out past issues and our guidelines to see what we're looking for, and remember, we don't insist on a theme, but if your story matches the issue's season, it may be looked on with a more favorable eye!

perseidprophecies.ca/submissions/
Submissions - Perseid Prophecies
Submissions are OPEN until November 30th, 2025 For now, most our stories and articles are classic, public domain, or open source. However, we hope to open submissions for new and original stories shor...
perseidprophecies.ca
October 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That eldritch entity we lovingly call "the reading team" is slowly waking from its month-long slumber.

Submissions for our winter 2026 issue open tomorrow and remain open until November 30th!

#submissioncall #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #sff #scifi #shortstory
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Autumn has arrived!
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!

#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #indiemagazine #indiezine #shortstories
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Issue 7: Autumn 2025 is complete and ready to go!
It releases on October 1st, Acolytes and higher can get it early through our Patreon!

www.patreon.com/c/perseidpro...

#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #weirdfiction #indiemagazine #ezine #indiezine
Get more from Perseid Prophecies on Patreon
Weird Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Fact
www.patreon.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reposted by Perseid Prophecies
Today, I woke up a published novelist.

#writingcommunity #bookcommunity #booksky #sciencefiction #scifi #sff
@esraye.bsky.social’s new book is out and it looks like one hell of a read.

“On the run and seeking refuge, beamslinger Gus arrives at a desolate fuel mining station—where once-thriving machinery lies silent and those in power guard dark secrets.” alexparkerpublishing.com/products/gas...
Gas Giant Gambit by E.S. Raye
On the run and seeking refuge, beamslinger Gus arrives at a desolate fuel mining station—where once-thriving machinery lies silent and those in power guard dark secrets. Drawn into the town’s eerie my...
alexparkerpublishing.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Perseid Prophecies
More than five years in the making from inception to publishing, my debut novel Gas Giant Gambit is out TODAY!

Thank you, Alex Parker Publishing, for taking a chance on me and this category denying genre mashup tale!

#GasGiantGambit #spacewestern #scifi #sff #sciencefiction #booksky #books
September 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
All the stories for our upcoming issue have been finalized!
As the eldritch being we call "the reading team" returns to its slumber, editing and formatting duties fall to another of @esraye.bsky.social's multiple personalities: the wretched and dreaded "Editor-in-chief."
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Five days (including today!) left to submit your short story for our Autumn 2025 issue, coming October 1st!
Check the link in our bio for submission guidelines!

#submissioncall #horror #scifi #fantasy #sff #shortstory
August 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
With #radioactiveshrimp in the news, now's a good time to reintroduce Perseid Prophecies' interns: The Hermetic Conclave of Broccoli and The Esoteric Order of Cauliflower. They're warring cults with a surprising complex lore...

...but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.
August 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"There's nothing to fear," they say. As if it's a comfort. But once you spend too long thinking about the damage nothing can do, you'll never take it for granted again.
Read Tom Godwin's classic #scifi short story "The Nothing Equation" in this quarter's issue!

perseidprophecies.ca

#sciencefiction
Latest Issue - Perseid Prophecies
Issue 6: Summer 2025 Fiction Hybrid Vigor by Olivia Wylie Red God, Green God, Black God by Chris W. McGuinness Acts of Senseless Beauty by Mark Peters The Future of Law Enforcement by V.M. Sawh Surfac...
perseidprophecies.ca
August 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
115 years ago, misinformation and disinformation spread panic through the population. Fear caused people to do crazy things and fall for crazier schemes.
Explore "The Comet Panic of 1910" by Sam Kean, and discover how science misused caused this hysteria.

perseidprophecies.ca

#indiezine #fact
Latest Issue - Perseid Prophecies
Issue 6: Summer 2025 Fiction Hybrid Vigor by Olivia Wylie Red God, Green God, Black God by Chris W. McGuinness Acts of Senseless Beauty by Mark Peters The Future of Law Enforcement by V.M. Sawh Surfac...
perseidprophecies.ca
August 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The lessons classic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror can teach are still valuable today.
Every issue of Perseid Prophecies features at least one classic tale from the public domain.
We're especially fond of Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick, and Tom Godwin.
Who's your favorite?

#scifi #off #horror
August 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
One of the hellhounds barked into the spacial rift in the kitchen for an hour this afternoon. 15 minutes later, an article on Laika, the Sovet space dog, materialized on the counter with the hound's name on the by-line.
She used her pawprint to sign the contract.

#indie #indiemagazine #sciencefact
August 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM