Phenomena Press
@phenomenapress.bsky.social
Phenomena Press is a Melbourne/Naarm based indie book press focusing on aromantic and asexual speculative fiction stories
Run by @megthewriter.bsky.social
Designs by @harperkinsley.bsky.social
Submissions details: https://paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/
Run by @megthewriter.bsky.social
Designs by @harperkinsley.bsky.social
Submissions details: https://paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/
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Might be fun for us to have a Ko-Fi account to share a newsletter for folks who follow us there 👀
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
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#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
ko-fi.com/phenomenapress
#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
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Call for Submissions: QUEER MYTHOLOGIES: a celebration of spirituality, folklore, and queer cosmologies.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Call for Submissions: QUEER MYTHOLOGIES: a celebration of spirituality, folklore, and queer cosmologies.
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Happy Aromantic Week!!!
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My latest Substack covers the meaning of aromanticism, its microlabels, the importance of representation and much more! Check it out ⬇️ #BookSky #LGBTQIA #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/aromantics...
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My latest Substack covers the meaning of aromanticism, its microlabels, the importance of representation and much more! Check it out ⬇️ #BookSky #LGBTQIA #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/aromantics...
Aromantics Assemble!
It's Aromantic Week - but what is Aromanticism?
andreamariana.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Happy Aromantic Week!!!
💚🖤🤍
My latest Substack covers the meaning of aromanticism, its microlabels, the importance of representation and much more! Check it out ⬇️ #BookSky #LGBTQIA #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/aromantics...
💚🖤🤍
My latest Substack covers the meaning of aromanticism, its microlabels, the importance of representation and much more! Check it out ⬇️ #BookSky #LGBTQIA #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/aromantics...
It's #aromanticawarenessweek!!
To all our aro-spec friends out there, we see you and we love you! Keep sharing your stories, they deserve to be out in the world 💚
To all our aro-spec friends out there, we see you and we love you! Keep sharing your stories, they deserve to be out in the world 💚
a person holding a large flag that has a green white and gray stripe
Alt: a person wearing a cape while holding a large aromantic flag (colours are dark green, light green, white, grey, and black)
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February 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It's #aromanticawarenessweek!!
To all our aro-spec friends out there, we see you and we love you! Keep sharing your stories, they deserve to be out in the world 💚
To all our aro-spec friends out there, we see you and we love you! Keep sharing your stories, they deserve to be out in the world 💚
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Fiction can provide a space for aspec people to imagine themselves into the world. Amelia Burton and I got into this in this One on One.
The Potential of (A)Speculative Fiction... with Amelia Burton
In this One on One, Amelia Burton and I talk speculative fiction and the ways it can illuminate aspec experience
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February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Fiction can provide a space for aspec people to imagine themselves into the world. Amelia Burton and I got into this in this One on One.
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It's Aro Awareness Week! Shout out to my fellow Aros!
If you like fiction about aromantic characters -with partners and or friends- 23 of us (mostly aro ourselves) have put a book in this bundle.
The aro(aces) in my book, Manipulator's War, are building friendships.
♠️🌈📚💙 itch.io/b/3517/aroma...
If you like fiction about aromantic characters -with partners and or friends- 23 of us (mostly aro ourselves) have put a book in this bundle.
The aro(aces) in my book, Manipulator's War, are building friendships.
♠️🌈📚💙 itch.io/b/3517/aroma...
February 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
It's Aro Awareness Week! Shout out to my fellow Aros!
If you like fiction about aromantic characters -with partners and or friends- 23 of us (mostly aro ourselves) have put a book in this bundle.
The aro(aces) in my book, Manipulator's War, are building friendships.
♠️🌈📚💙 itch.io/b/3517/aroma...
If you like fiction about aromantic characters -with partners and or friends- 23 of us (mostly aro ourselves) have put a book in this bundle.
The aro(aces) in my book, Manipulator's War, are building friendships.
♠️🌈📚💙 itch.io/b/3517/aroma...
So we're absolutely going to have some updates and exciting news really soon 👀
For now, we have sent out all of the replies to the authors who submitted to us and genuinely so excited for the line up that we've got for our first anthology
Stay tuned!
For now, we have sent out all of the replies to the authors who submitted to us and genuinely so excited for the line up that we've got for our first anthology
Stay tuned!
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
So we're absolutely going to have some updates and exciting news really soon 👀
For now, we have sent out all of the replies to the authors who submitted to us and genuinely so excited for the line up that we've got for our first anthology
Stay tuned!
For now, we have sent out all of the replies to the authors who submitted to us and genuinely so excited for the line up that we've got for our first anthology
Stay tuned!
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There's a lot going on in the world today, but art is still here. Just a reminder that subs are still open on our Sapphic Specfic anthology, and will close on Feb 28! Submit here: www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
There's a lot going on in the world today, but art is still here. Just a reminder that subs are still open on our Sapphic Specfic anthology, and will close on Feb 28! Submit here: www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
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Do you get tired of all the romance being pushed this month? Here's a bundle of friendship themed books curated especially for you!
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🖤 📦️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🖤 📦️
Friendship Centered SFF by Elise Carlson and 37 others
Friendship Centered SFF: 37 items for $35.00
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February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Do you get tired of all the romance being pushed this month? Here's a bundle of friendship themed books curated especially for you!
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🖤 📦️
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🖤 📦️
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for the late-night/timezone crowd: not enough sapphics on your TBR? get 22 sapphic books for only $22!!! #booksky #QueerAdultSFF
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February 4, 2026 at 7:13 AM
for the late-night/timezone crowd: not enough sapphics on your TBR? get 22 sapphic books for only $22!!! #booksky #QueerAdultSFF
itch.io/b/3483/sapph...
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I have a potentially unrealistic goal of getting 50 people to follow my upcoming kickstarter by the end of February. Is that lofty? Objectively no. I think we can make it happen 👀
Click "notify me on launch" if a genre-blending anthology of vampire fiction piques your interest:
Click "notify me on launch" if a genre-blending anthology of vampire fiction piques your interest:
Coming soon: Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of Vampires
A genre-blending collection of vampire fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I have a potentially unrealistic goal of getting 50 people to follow my upcoming kickstarter by the end of February. Is that lofty? Objectively no. I think we can make it happen 👀
Click "notify me on launch" if a genre-blending anthology of vampire fiction piques your interest:
Click "notify me on launch" if a genre-blending anthology of vampire fiction piques your interest:
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Reminder: our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors ends Jan 21! If you're part of one or more of these communities and haven't submitted yet, send us your original fiction and/or poetry!
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: 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 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Reminder: our extended window for BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled authors ends Jan 21! If you're part of one or more of these communities and haven't submitted yet, send us your original fiction and/or poetry!
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Next general window opens April 1 🪐🗡️
Full guidelines here: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Have some Ace Sapphic Horror Book Recs.
Since the bookcomunity is sleeping on them, Ive gotta wake all of you up by throwing these your way!
♠️🌈📚
💙🌈
🌈💜 🏳️🌈📚🏳️⚧️
Since the bookcomunity is sleeping on them, Ive gotta wake all of you up by throwing these your way!
♠️🌈📚
💙🌈
🌈💜 🏳️🌈📚🏳️⚧️
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Have some Ace Sapphic Horror Book Recs.
Since the bookcomunity is sleeping on them, Ive gotta wake all of you up by throwing these your way!
♠️🌈📚
💙🌈
🌈💜 🏳️🌈📚🏳️⚧️
Since the bookcomunity is sleeping on them, Ive gotta wake all of you up by throwing these your way!
♠️🌈📚
💙🌈
🌈💜 🏳️🌈📚🏳️⚧️
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In the Eye is on sale this month!
amzn: a.co/d/fSr7YsE
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b2r: books2read.com/beholder
#booksky 💙📚 #acebooks 🌈📚 🌶️📚
amzn: a.co/d/fSr7YsE
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b2r: books2read.com/beholder
#booksky 💙📚 #acebooks 🌈📚 🌶️📚
January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
In the Eye is on sale this month!
amzn: a.co/d/fSr7YsE
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/in-the-eye-o...
b2r: books2read.com/beholder
#booksky 💙📚 #acebooks 🌈📚 🌶️📚
amzn: a.co/d/fSr7YsE
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/in-the-eye-o...
b2r: books2read.com/beholder
#booksky 💙📚 #acebooks 🌈📚 🌶️📚
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Let’s Talk About Love centres around the story of Alice, a Black girl and biromantic asexual still somewhat in the closet about her asexuality.
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#LGBTQ #QueerBooks #Asexuality #Representation
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#LGBTQ #QueerBooks #Asexuality #Representation
Queer Representation Done Right: Let’s Talk About ‘Let’s Talk About Love’
Loving from an asexual perspective
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January 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Let’s Talk About Love centres around the story of Alice, a Black girl and biromantic asexual still somewhat in the closet about her asexuality.
buff.ly/0sJ38CE
#LGBTQ #QueerBooks #Asexuality #Representation
buff.ly/0sJ38CE
#LGBTQ #QueerBooks #Asexuality #Representation
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Asexual characters are underrepresented across literature, but especially Historical Fiction
This week on Substack, I tackle ace representation in historical writing and offer ideas for portraying "the invisible orientation" 🤍🖤💜 #BookSky #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/invisible-...
This week on Substack, I tackle ace representation in historical writing and offer ideas for portraying "the invisible orientation" 🤍🖤💜 #BookSky #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/invisible-...
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Asexual characters are underrepresented across literature, but especially Historical Fiction
This week on Substack, I tackle ace representation in historical writing and offer ideas for portraying "the invisible orientation" 🤍🖤💜 #BookSky #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/invisible-...
This week on Substack, I tackle ace representation in historical writing and offer ideas for portraying "the invisible orientation" 🤍🖤💜 #BookSky #QueerHistory
andreamariana.substack.com/p/invisible-...
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The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch.
A few reminders:
You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript.
Finished manuscripts only. No WIPs allowed!
One pitch per ...
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
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Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday!
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026.
There will be no cap.
More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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Very excited to announce that submissions are open for our next anthology, which will explore THE MOON archetype. Looking for artwork + creative writing, all guidelines are outlined here.
therebis.substack.com/p/the-moon-s...
therebis.substack.com/p/the-moon-s...
Creating from chaos
Announcing our next issue & our new guest editor
therebis.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Very excited to announce that submissions are open for our next anthology, which will explore THE MOON archetype. Looking for artwork + creative writing, all guidelines are outlined here.
therebis.substack.com/p/the-moon-s...
therebis.substack.com/p/the-moon-s...
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Less than two weeks before we open for horror/Weird fic zine submissions. Get your piece(s) ready! We pay 10 cents per word.
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Submission Calls
OPEN Zine call (February 1st through 7th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mini-essays …
cursedmorsels.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Less than two weeks before we open for horror/Weird fic zine submissions. Get your piece(s) ready! We pay 10 cents per word.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
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Guess what? We are open for business! Short story submissions now welcome at brownhoundpress.com.
Brown Hound Press
A small press based in Lexington, Kentucky that publishes offbeat mystery and literary fiction.
brownhoundpress.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Guess what? We are open for business! Short story submissions now welcome at brownhoundpress.com.
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Might be fun for us to have a Ko-Fi account to share a newsletter for folks who follow us there 👀
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
ko-fi.com/phenomenapress
#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
ko-fi.com/phenomenapress
#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
January 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Might be fun for us to have a Ko-Fi account to share a newsletter for folks who follow us there 👀
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
ko-fi.com/phenomenapress
#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
Might be fun for you to support us and keep up with what we're doing this year 👀
ko-fi.com/phenomenapress
#writesky #booksky #indiepress 🌈📚🪐
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It's that time of the year again! I am seeking reviewers for my next Chronicles of Nerezia novella, LOST TRADITIONS.
eARCs will go out on January 15. You can get previous novellas, too.
forms.gle/8GuNRhkbUq4Q...
eARCs will go out on January 15. You can get previous novellas, too.
forms.gle/8GuNRhkbUq4Q...
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It's that time of the year again! I am seeking reviewers for my next Chronicles of Nerezia novella, LOST TRADITIONS.
eARCs will go out on January 15. You can get previous novellas, too.
forms.gle/8GuNRhkbUq4Q...
eARCs will go out on January 15. You can get previous novellas, too.
forms.gle/8GuNRhkbUq4Q...
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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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Women and non-binary folks: thinking of submitting to Scylla Publishing's anthology "Who Am I"? Here's a thread with some tips. (These are Kate's opinions, not necessarily Scylla's.)
Anthology Submissions - Who Am I? | Submit Your Sapphic Story Today — Scylla
Explore sapphic speculative fiction stories about identity and purpose. Submit your work for the upcoming anthology open from Dec 1, 2025, to Feb 28, 2026.
www.scyllapublishing.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Women and non-binary folks: thinking of submitting to Scylla Publishing's anthology "Who Am I"? Here's a thread with some tips. (These are Kate's opinions, not necessarily Scylla's.)