Radon Journal
@radonjournal.bsky.social
Publisher of short prose & poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and cyberpunk dystopia. Pays semi-pro rates. Simultaneous Times partner. CLMP member. Like Black Mirror but more political.
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g.a. costa's poem "On the Factory Floor" depicts industrial accidents and their disturbing consequences.
We take a deep dive into the poem/author, including her inspiration from The Jungle and Billie Holiday. Plus, a mini-set of 1920s industrial/futurist music:
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We take a deep dive into the poem/author, including her inspiration from The Jungle and Billie Holiday. Plus, a mini-set of 1920s industrial/futurist music:
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
g.a. costa's poem "On the Factory Floor" depicts industrial accidents and their disturbing consequences.
We take a deep dive into the poem/author, including her inspiration from The Jungle and Billie Holiday. Plus, a mini-set of 1920s industrial/futurist music:
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
We take a deep dive into the poem/author, including her inspiration from The Jungle and Billie Holiday. Plus, a mini-set of 1920s industrial/futurist music:
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
g.a. costa takes a haunting look at food factories in "On the Factory Floor."
The work never stops—no matter what.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/on-...
The work never stops—no matter what.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/on-...
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
g.a. costa takes a haunting look at food factories in "On the Factory Floor."
The work never stops—no matter what.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/on-...
The work never stops—no matter what.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/on-...
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“Why are Americans mistrustful of AI?” asks the morning briefing thing I’m skimming while I “no” through literally a dozen questions being asked to me by a robot who stands between me and the person I need to talk to to schedule the x-ray that I really, really need
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“Why are Americans mistrustful of AI?” asks the morning briefing thing I’m skimming while I “no” through literally a dozen questions being asked to me by a robot who stands between me and the person I need to talk to to schedule the x-ray that I really, really need
g.a. costa brings us fresh McHell in her dystopian sci-fi poem "On the Factory Floor" 🌯
Read it here:
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January 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
g.a. costa brings us fresh McHell in her dystopian sci-fi poem "On the Factory Floor" 🌯
Read it here:
Read it here:
"US tech giants don’t have customers so much as they have hostages... " Great read on why you can't download ebooks anymore
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Show Me the Incentive, I’ll Show You the Outcome locusmag.com/feature...
January 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"US tech giants don’t have customers so much as they have hostages... " Great read on why you can't download ebooks anymore
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new story coming tomorrow.
wish it was your pub day? well you gotta play to win baby… we’re open!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
wish it was your pub day? well you gotta play to win baby… we’re open!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month.
Night Shades is OPEN
Night Shades opens sporadically and for indeterminate periods of time. The detai...
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January 2, 2026 at 2:24 AM
new story coming tomorrow.
wish it was your pub day? well you gotta play to win baby… we’re open!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
wish it was your pub day? well you gotta play to win baby… we’re open!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
First order of 2026 business is upping front cover pay to $120 and back cover to $60. Stay tuned for more. 2026 Artist-in-Residence will be announced mid-month.
Editors are back at it, with a meeting tonight to select the final couple stories for Issue 12. Next issue arrives soon on February 1
Editors are back at it, with a meeting tonight to select the final couple stories for Issue 12. Next issue arrives soon on February 1
January 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
First order of 2026 business is upping front cover pay to $120 and back cover to $60. Stay tuned for more. 2026 Artist-in-Residence will be announced mid-month.
Editors are back at it, with a meeting tonight to select the final couple stories for Issue 12. Next issue arrives soon on February 1
Editors are back at it, with a meeting tonight to select the final couple stories for Issue 12. Next issue arrives soon on February 1
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"The Oneiromantic Sheep" by Frank Baird Hughes in @radonjournal.bsky.social
Love love love the opening narrator and how the story motioned to and then immediately shattered my expectations from that first paragraph. Incredible world- and ecosystem-building.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
Love love love the opening narrator and how the story motioned to and then immediately shattered my expectations from that first paragraph. Incredible world- and ecosystem-building.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
The Oneiromantic Sheep | Issue 10
Radon Journal Issue 10 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
"The Oneiromantic Sheep" by Frank Baird Hughes in @radonjournal.bsky.social
Love love love the opening narrator and how the story motioned to and then immediately shattered my expectations from that first paragraph. Incredible world- and ecosystem-building.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
Love love love the opening narrator and how the story motioned to and then immediately shattered my expectations from that first paragraph. Incredible world- and ecosystem-building.
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
Getting kissed on NYE? Neither are we.
BUT there's still time to submit your fiction, poems, and flash! Get a head start on your 2026 submission goals:
www.radonjournal.com/submit
BUT there's still time to submit your fiction, poems, and flash! Get a head start on your 2026 submission goals:
www.radonjournal.com/submit
December 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Getting kissed on NYE? Neither are we.
BUT there's still time to submit your fiction, poems, and flash! Get a head start on your 2026 submission goals:
www.radonjournal.com/submit
BUT there's still time to submit your fiction, poems, and flash! Get a head start on your 2026 submission goals:
www.radonjournal.com/submit
Miah O'Malley 's interview discusses her approach to writing revolution, how hospice informed "Sleepholder," and more!
Read it here:
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Read it here:
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December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Miah O'Malley 's interview discusses her approach to writing revolution, how hospice informed "Sleepholder," and more!
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
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Wrapping up the year by highlighting the stories I published in 2025. First up is "Thicker Than Water" at @radonjournal.bsky.social. It's a postapocalyptic tale that's kind of The Road meets Day of the Triffids. :)
#writingcommunity #horror #writersofbluesky
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#writingcommunity #horror #writersofbluesky
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December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wrapping up the year by highlighting the stories I published in 2025. First up is "Thicker Than Water" at @radonjournal.bsky.social. It's a postapocalyptic tale that's kind of The Road meets Day of the Triffids. :)
#writingcommunity #horror #writersofbluesky
www.radonjournal.com/issue9/thick...
#writingcommunity #horror #writersofbluesky
www.radonjournal.com/issue9/thick...
Out now: Miah O'Malley discusses her short story "Sleepholder" in-depth, and our editors muse on how technology and capitalism will increase disparities in dying and hospice.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Out now: Miah O'Malley discusses her short story "Sleepholder" in-depth, and our editors muse on how technology and capitalism will increase disparities in dying and hospice.
radonjournal.substack.com/p/miah-omall...
radonjournal.substack.com/p/miah-omall...
Thanks to advancements in the metaverse, the rich and poor need no longer be equal in death!👩⚕️💉🔌
@miahomalley 's "SLEEPHOLDER" is a thought-provoking imagining of hospice in a dystopian future.
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
@miahomalley 's "SLEEPHOLDER" is a thought-provoking imagining of hospice in a dystopian future.
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
December 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to advancements in the metaverse, the rich and poor need no longer be equal in death!👩⚕️💉🔌
@miahomalley 's "SLEEPHOLDER" is a thought-provoking imagining of hospice in a dystopian future.
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
@miahomalley 's "SLEEPHOLDER" is a thought-provoking imagining of hospice in a dystopian future.
Read it here:
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
All we want for Christmas is revolution
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
All we want for Christmas is revolution
In the near future, people die in metaverse environments. Soothing. Therapeutic. Tailored to your price point.
Until resistance operatives realize the programs can be hacked.
This week's feature is "Sleepholder" by @miahomalley.bsky.social!
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
Until resistance operatives realize the programs can be hacked.
This week's feature is "Sleepholder" by @miahomalley.bsky.social!
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In the near future, people die in metaverse environments. Soothing. Therapeutic. Tailored to your price point.
Until resistance operatives realize the programs can be hacked.
This week's feature is "Sleepholder" by @miahomalley.bsky.social!
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
Until resistance operatives realize the programs can be hacked.
This week's feature is "Sleepholder" by @miahomalley.bsky.social!
Read it here: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/sle...
Simultaneous Times featuring three Radon authors is now live! 🎧
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
We are proud to partner with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and have @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and @davidleezweifler.bsky.social's stories come to new life
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We are proud to partner with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and have @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and @davidleezweifler.bsky.social's stories come to new life
Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times Ep.94 - Parker M. O'Neill, Em...
From the pages of Radon Journal - https://www.radonjournal.com/ -Stories featured in this episode:Instructions for Self-reflection by Parker M. O'Neill - https://linktr.ee/parkermoneill -music by Phog...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Simultaneous Times featuring three Radon authors is now live! 🎧
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
We are proud to partner with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and have @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and @davidleezweifler.bsky.social's stories come to new life
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
We are proud to partner with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and have @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and @davidleezweifler.bsky.social's stories come to new life
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Simultaneous Times ep.94 is live and on your favorite podcast players. This ep features stories from the pages of @radonjournal.bsky.social with featured authors Parker M. O'Neill, Emma Burnett, & David Lee Zweifler
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Simultaneous Times ep.94 is live and on your favorite podcast players. This ep features stories from the pages of @radonjournal.bsky.social with featured authors Parker M. O'Neill, Emma Burnett, & David Lee Zweifler
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
Our latest author feature is live on substack — Mark Dimaisip, a three-time Radon poet whose work blends cultures and religious imagery.
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MARK DIMAISIP writes hunty haikus for holy homosexuals
Author feature — Issue #11
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December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our latest author feature is live on substack — Mark Dimaisip, a three-time Radon poet whose work blends cultures and religious imagery.
radonjournal.substack.com/p/mark-dimai...
radonjournal.substack.com/p/mark-dimai...
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@radonjournal.bsky.social produces a great magazine, has great editors, and has cultivated a great community of authors on their discord server. One of the few truly "author first" mags out there.
Submit your best anarchist, transhumanist Sci-fi
Submit your best anarchist, transhumanist Sci-fi
If you're an author looking to get into Radon's first 2026 issue, we suggest submitting in the next week or two.
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@radonjournal.bsky.social produces a great magazine, has great editors, and has cultivated a great community of authors on their discord server. One of the few truly "author first" mags out there.
Submit your best anarchist, transhumanist Sci-fi
Submit your best anarchist, transhumanist Sci-fi
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The December edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/12/10/s...
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The December edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/12/10/s...
It's a Mark Dimaisip double tap!! Two of Mark's vivid, hard-hitting poems are in the current issue, and he's our writer spotlight of the week.
"Saint Sebastian sighs...."
Check out his poems in RADON 11: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/hun...
"Saint Sebastian sighs...."
Check out his poems in RADON 11: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/hun...
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's a Mark Dimaisip double tap!! Two of Mark's vivid, hard-hitting poems are in the current issue, and he's our writer spotlight of the week.
"Saint Sebastian sighs...."
Check out his poems in RADON 11: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/hun...
"Saint Sebastian sighs...."
Check out his poems in RADON 11: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/hun...
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Now feels like a good time to remind folks you can submit your most surreal, magical, strange, or weird stories for our inaugural edition of The Foofs (awards and anthology) https://foofaraw.press/the-foofs-2025/
The Foofs (2025)
an award "show" for the weird and the wonderful
foofaraw.press
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Now feels like a good time to remind folks you can submit your most surreal, magical, strange, or weird stories for our inaugural edition of The Foofs (awards and anthology) https://foofaraw.press/the-foofs-2025/
Our latest author feature is up, and it's a wild one:
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
MATTHEW GHEORGHE wrote a horror story about fucking your spaceship
Author feature — Issue #11
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December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our latest author feature is up, and it's a wild one:
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
open.substack.com/pub/radonjou...
If you're an author looking to get into Radon's first 2026 issue, we suggest submitting in the next week or two.
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If you're an author looking to get into Radon's first 2026 issue, we suggest submitting in the next week or two.
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing
We'd like to lock in the issue by Christmas and have plenty of time in January for editing