R.J. Breathnach
@rjbreathnach.bsky.social
Irish. Scríbhneoir of poetry and science fiction. https://linktr.ee/rjbreathnach
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What better way to start a new month than to announce that my short story, "The Electric Ghostwriter", has been published in Allegory Volume 48/75! #writing #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction
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www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...
Allegory | The Electric Ghostwriter
Biannual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror
www.allegoryezine.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What better way to start a new month than to announce that my short story, "The Electric Ghostwriter", has been published in Allegory Volume 48/75! #writing #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction
www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...
www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...
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Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
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Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
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Now introducing the second half of the Sci-Fi Ireland team!!! YOU!!!
Sci-Fi Ireland is taking applications for fiction readers and a singular translation editor!!
If you're interested please go to the our website and follow the application process!!!
#sciencefiction #ireland #reader #translation
Sci-Fi Ireland is taking applications for fiction readers and a singular translation editor!!
If you're interested please go to the our website and follow the application process!!!
#sciencefiction #ireland #reader #translation
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Now introducing the second half of the Sci-Fi Ireland team!!! YOU!!!
Sci-Fi Ireland is taking applications for fiction readers and a singular translation editor!!
If you're interested please go to the our website and follow the application process!!!
#sciencefiction #ireland #reader #translation
Sci-Fi Ireland is taking applications for fiction readers and a singular translation editor!!
If you're interested please go to the our website and follow the application process!!!
#sciencefiction #ireland #reader #translation
Thrilled to say that my poem “Who?” and my prose poem “A Letter to Forgotten Irish Miners” have both been published in this incredible issue! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
RABBLE REVIEW No.9 is NOW AVAILABLE! Thank you to our fantastic contributors, and thank you reader for reading! Enjoy and please let us know which works resonate with you the most.
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rabblereview.com/rr9
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thrilled to say that my poem “Who?” and my prose poem “A Letter to Forgotten Irish Miners” have both been published in this incredible issue! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
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This happened just now.
Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …
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Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …
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Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books
Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This happened just now.
Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual
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Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨
bansheepress.org/submit
bansheepress.org/submit
Submit — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!
bansheepress.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨
bansheepress.org/submit
bansheepress.org/submit
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Remembering Seamus Heaney who died 12 years ago today.
August 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Remembering Seamus Heaney who died 12 years ago today.
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Happy #InternationalDogDay from Clarke and Bacon!
August 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy #InternationalDogDay from Clarke and Bacon!
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There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.
August 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.
Do you like coffee and/or robots? Then you'll love my flash fiction piece "STR1K3BR34K3R" that's just been published by Androids and Dragons! #writing #scifi #sciencefiction #coffee
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...
STR1K3BR34K3R
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August 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Do you like coffee and/or robots? Then you'll love my flash fiction piece "STR1K3BR34K3R" that's just been published by Androids and Dragons! #writing #scifi #sciencefiction #coffee
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/str1k3br34...
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The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreck havoc" on Ireland's bee population
Asian hornets could 'wreck havoc', warn beekeepers
The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreck havoc" as its preferred food is honey bees.
www.rte.ie
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreck havoc" on Ireland's bee population
Happy #InternationalWolfDay! To celebrate, you can read my poem "Wolf Sonnet" in Issue 6 of Drawn to the Light! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
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August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy #InternationalWolfDay! To celebrate, you can read my poem "Wolf Sonnet" in Issue 6 of Drawn to the Light! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
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drawntothelightpress.com/archive/
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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
A fine loaf of sourdough, fresh from the oven 🍞
August 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A fine loaf of sourdough, fresh from the oven 🍞
I think this is the first time in a long time that all of my finished but unpublished stories are under consideration somewhere or other. Literally can't remember the last time I looked at the folder where I keep them and found it empty.
August 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think this is the first time in a long time that all of my finished but unpublished stories are under consideration somewhere or other. Literally can't remember the last time I looked at the folder where I keep them and found it empty.
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180y ago, the Great Hunger killed over a million people in Ireland as the Great Powers stood by & ignored the horrific suffering of children.
Famine stalks Gaza, babies are arriving at the makeshift triage & dying. The death toll from genocide will grow as famine & disease murder more. Donate:
Famine stalks Gaza, babies are arriving at the makeshift triage & dying. The death toll from genocide will grow as famine & disease murder more. Donate:
Gaza Crisis Appeal
Families in Gaza are attempting to rebuild their lives. With your donations, Concern, through its trusted partner, can provide vital emergency supplies.
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July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
180y ago, the Great Hunger killed over a million people in Ireland as the Great Powers stood by & ignored the horrific suffering of children.
Famine stalks Gaza, babies are arriving at the makeshift triage & dying. The death toll from genocide will grow as famine & disease murder more. Donate:
Famine stalks Gaza, babies are arriving at the makeshift triage & dying. The death toll from genocide will grow as famine & disease murder more. Donate:
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Nineteen years ago this week, an unexpected conversation at Readercon led to the creation of Clarkesworld. The day before, I had no interest in working in publishing. As hard as it is sometimes, I can't imagine not doing it now.
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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Nineteen years ago this week, an unexpected conversation at Readercon led to the creation of Clarkesworld. The day before, I had no interest in working in publishing. As hard as it is sometimes, I can't imagine not doing it now.
Oh and please subscribe if you can
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Oh and please subscribe if you can
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The reality is that Interzone were harassed off this site by “writers” who didn’t like being reminded that they have a responsibility to take a proactive stance against AI. They just want to sit back and hope someone else solves the problem, and they can’t stand anyone calling out that apathy.
July 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reality is that Interzone were harassed off this site by “writers” who didn’t like being reminded that they have a responsibility to take a proactive stance against AI. They just want to sit back and hope someone else solves the problem, and they can’t stand anyone calling out that apathy.
My 2 cents on the current AI discourse: if you mention a publication that’s used AI for artwork in your cover letter to another publication, the editor has no way of knowing your views on that use of AI. You’ve left open the possibility that you’re pro-AI. 1/?
July 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My 2 cents on the current AI discourse: if you mention a publication that’s used AI for artwork in your cover letter to another publication, the editor has no way of knowing your views on that use of AI. You’ve left open the possibility that you’re pro-AI. 1/?