Simo
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
he/they 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Spec fic + all things weird & queer. Stories in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Tales & Feathers, khoreo & more. Lambda '25! http://srinivassimo.com
Spec fic + all things weird & queer. Stories in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Tales & Feathers, khoreo & more. Lambda '25! http://srinivassimo.com
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It's absolutely wild to me that a book I wrote for the love of my life (@pegasusunder.bsky.social, if you didn't already know) woven through the language of flowers and two Jane Austen characters who frankly NEEDED their sapphic freedom, already has over 800 ratings on Goodreads.
My heart 😭
My heart 😭
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's absolutely wild to me that a book I wrote for the love of my life (@pegasusunder.bsky.social, if you didn't already know) woven through the language of flowers and two Jane Austen characters who frankly NEEDED their sapphic freedom, already has over 800 ratings on Goodreads.
My heart 😭
My heart 😭
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Acceptance announcement! My first cowritten short story, with @srinivassimo.bsky.social
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
July 2025 acceptances (cont'd):
"We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore"
by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas
@smessenger.bsky.social
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
"The Peace Found in the Balloon Hole"
by Lyra Meurer
"The Time Keeper"
by Ali Faye Miller
"The Monster's Wife"
by Stewart Moore
"We Burst Across the Theoretical Gore"
by Sara S. Messenger and Simo Srinivas
@smessenger.bsky.social
@srinivassimo.bsky.social
"The Peace Found in the Balloon Hole"
by Lyra Meurer
"The Time Keeper"
by Ali Faye Miller
"The Monster's Wife"
by Stewart Moore
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Acceptance announcement! My first cowritten short story, with @srinivassimo.bsky.social
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
You are sweet damp roadkill. You are also a mountain lion. You are also the ravenous car.
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oh yes, it’s Fantasy Friday! 🗡️✨
and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
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and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Knife Plus - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.
psychopomp.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
oh yes, it’s Fantasy Friday! 🗡️✨
and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
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Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)
New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.
Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.
benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...
Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.
benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...
Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...
Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."
benjaminckinney.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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it's here!!✨
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni
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September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
it's here!!✨
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
ISSUE 98
out NOW in full for subscribers
and check out the free roll-out here (and hit that subscribe button if you'd like to read the full issue now): psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
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This was fantastic. We say “touch grass” like a curse on someone, when really the digital realm has become a place to separate us from the sensual (and I’d argue the emotional) connection we have with the world around us and those closest to us
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This was fantastic. We say “touch grass” like a curse on someone, when really the digital realm has become a place to separate us from the sensual (and I’d argue the emotional) connection we have with the world around us and those closest to us
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Our extended call for work from trans, disabled, and/or BIPOC creators closes TODAY!!
Don't wait! Get those stories in now!
Don't wait! Get those stories in now!
Got a short story, flash fic, or poem sitting in your drafts? 👀📖
Submissions for Augur Magazine Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5 are ✨ OPEN! ✨
Visit augursociety.org/submissions/ to read our guidelines and submit!
Submissions for Augur Magazine Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5 are ✨ OPEN! ✨
Visit augursociety.org/submissions/ to read our guidelines and submit!
Submit to Augur Magazine
We're looking for surrealism, dream touched realism, and SFF! Now with higher pay.
augursociety.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our extended call for work from trans, disabled, and/or BIPOC creators closes TODAY!!
Don't wait! Get those stories in now!
Don't wait! Get those stories in now!
Omg, and Rafael Sabatini, Jean Giono, and Simenon, how could I forget?!
SFF writers! What writer outside your genre was a big influence on your work?
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omg, and Rafael Sabatini, Jean Giono, and Simenon, how could I forget?!
Hilary Mantel, John Le Carré, Annie Proulx, Dashiell Hammett, Anthony Price.
SFF writers! What writer outside your genre was a big influence on your work?
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hilary Mantel, John Le Carré, Annie Proulx, Dashiell Hammett, Anthony Price.
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“AMPLITUDES: STORIES OF QUEER AND TRANS FUTURITY is an exceptional speculative anthology.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews a new anthology edited by @leemandelo (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:szpg4dlgc7naaiaptcdwiah7" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@leemandelo.bsky.social)
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity edited by Lee Mandelo: Review by Alex Brown
Being queer and trans in the United States in 2025 is both a herculean effort and an experience of profound joy. Every day brings some new horror aimed at eradicating my rights as a person, putting…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“AMPLITUDES: STORIES OF QUEER AND TRANS FUTURITY is an exceptional speculative anthology.” @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats) reviews a new anthology edited by @leemandelo (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:szpg4dlgc7naaiaptcdwiah7" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@leemandelo.bsky.social)
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we made a thing for you
it's the @fantasymagazine.bsky.social back issues--those that we have online, anyway.
acquiring an older property like Fantasy reveals... quirks.
starts with issue 48... 🤷🤷🏼♀️🤷♂️
we're working on
1 - getting the older issues online, and
2 - making all the URLs prettier
njoy
it's the @fantasymagazine.bsky.social back issues--those that we have online, anyway.
acquiring an older property like Fantasy reveals... quirks.
starts with issue 48... 🤷🤷🏼♀️🤷♂️
we're working on
1 - getting the older issues online, and
2 - making all the URLs prettier
njoy
Fantasy Magazine Back Issues - Psychopomp
This is a temporary arrangement, we're working on a nicer solution, but here is the entirety of the Fantasy Magazine back issues that we have available and online.
psychopomp.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
we made a thing for you
it's the @fantasymagazine.bsky.social back issues--those that we have online, anyway.
acquiring an older property like Fantasy reveals... quirks.
starts with issue 48... 🤷🤷🏼♀️🤷♂️
we're working on
1 - getting the older issues online, and
2 - making all the URLs prettier
njoy
it's the @fantasymagazine.bsky.social back issues--those that we have online, anyway.
acquiring an older property like Fantasy reveals... quirks.
starts with issue 48... 🤷🤷🏼♀️🤷♂️
we're working on
1 - getting the older issues online, and
2 - making all the URLs prettier
njoy
Surprise double-header! "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" from Issue 1 of Plott Hound Magazine is now free to read online!
plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
@thaisibir.bsky.social, your illustration is stunning and perfect, omg.
plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
@thaisibir.bsky.social, your illustration is stunning and perfect, omg.
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Surprise double-header! "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" from Issue 1 of Plott Hound Magazine is now free to read online!
plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
@thaisibir.bsky.social, your illustration is stunning and perfect, omg.
plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...
@thaisibir.bsky.social, your illustration is stunning and perfect, omg.
Today! "The Hilltop Eel" joins 12 other lush and unsettling tales in SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC-ECO HORROR ANTHOLOGY from @hedonebooks.bsky.social, curated & edited by @pegasusunder.bsky.social!
Get your copy here: books2read.com/u/mvwAv6
Get your copy here: books2read.com/u/mvwAv6
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today! "The Hilltop Eel" joins 12 other lush and unsettling tales in SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC-ECO HORROR ANTHOLOGY from @hedonebooks.bsky.social, curated & edited by @pegasusunder.bsky.social!
Get your copy here: books2read.com/u/mvwAv6
Get your copy here: books2read.com/u/mvwAv6
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JULY 2025🏳️🌈
I round up nearly 30 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @karinlow.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @johnchu.bsky.social @emnorth.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social & more!!!
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I round up nearly 30 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @karinlow.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @johnchu.bsky.social @emnorth.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social & more!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - July 2025 | Charles Payseur
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August 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JULY 2025🏳️🌈
I round up nearly 30 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @karinlow.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @johnchu.bsky.social @emnorth.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social & more!!!
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I round up nearly 30 stories by @elijah.mea.rs @karinlow.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @johnchu.bsky.social @emnorth.bsky.social @prioryruins.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social & more!!!
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For #SapphicSeptember I offer up my upcoming story, All Her Darling Little Ones in SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC ECO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY, especially if you like:
- star-crossed lovers who refuse to be crossed😈
- alternative childbirth🐣
- white rich guys, but dead💀
- gourds, gourds so many gourds🎃
- star-crossed lovers who refuse to be crossed😈
- alternative childbirth🐣
- white rich guys, but dead💀
- gourds, gourds so many gourds🎃
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For #SapphicSeptember I offer up my upcoming story, All Her Darling Little Ones in SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC ECO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY, especially if you like:
- star-crossed lovers who refuse to be crossed😈
- alternative childbirth🐣
- white rich guys, but dead💀
- gourds, gourds so many gourds🎃
- star-crossed lovers who refuse to be crossed😈
- alternative childbirth🐣
- white rich guys, but dead💀
- gourds, gourds so many gourds🎃
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There’s a special poetry award in the Hugo Awards this year, and three of the finalist poets also have work in Worlds of Possibility —Poetry! Behold: a thread of poem excerpts! 1/8
August 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There’s a special poetry award in the Hugo Awards this year, and three of the finalist poets also have work in Worlds of Possibility —Poetry! Behold: a thread of poem excerpts! 1/8
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If you read my poem "Shears" smallwondersmag.com/piece/shears/ and think "hey, that's a fun twist on a familiar tale" then you'll LOVE my collection of retellings!
August 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you read my poem "Shears" smallwondersmag.com/piece/shears/ and think "hey, that's a fun twist on a familiar tale" then you'll LOVE my collection of retellings!
no joke one of the best experiences of my life 😭💖 thank you @nisishawl.bsky.social and @lambdaliterary.org!
Going to be forever grateful for this @lambdaliterary.org cohort with @nisishawl.bsky.social 💖🌈
August 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
no joke one of the best experiences of my life 😭💖 thank you @nisishawl.bsky.social and @lambdaliterary.org!
The Lambda Literary speculative fiction cohort just wrapped up 5 days of magical workshop with Nisi Shawl. Help them fund their next book, The Five Petals of Thought!
The Five Petals of Thought is coming real! Fundraiser for supporting me as I write this artifact of an alt history philosophical movement: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn
Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!
www.gofundme.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Lambda Literary speculative fiction cohort just wrapped up 5 days of magical workshop with Nisi Shawl. Help them fund their next book, The Five Petals of Thought!
"AI...is perhaps the most evil thing the corporate world has done since the invention of leaded gasoline and PFAS chemicals, and if hell exists, I hope to see every Patagonia-wearing dickhead that’s served as an apologist for generative AI there."
My latest newsletter is about how big tech and big business has guaranteed that the next generation to enter the workforce will be poorer, less secure, and lonelier.
And why every generation that follows will be a lost generation.
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And why every generation that follows will be a lost generation.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-silico...
How Silicon Valley and Big Business Created The Next Lost Generation
The kids aren't alright.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"AI...is perhaps the most evil thing the corporate world has done since the invention of leaded gasoline and PFAS chemicals, and if hell exists, I hope to see every Patagonia-wearing dickhead that’s served as an apologist for generative AI there."
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Hey friends!
Tomorrow I launch my first newsletter focused on the joy of short stories :)
Hopefully it will bring you a little joy too.
That’s the goal anyway.
If you’d like to sign up, that would be wonderful.
If not, that’s cool too.
coreyfarrenkopf.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
Tomorrow I launch my first newsletter focused on the joy of short stories :)
Hopefully it will bring you a little joy too.
That’s the goal anyway.
If you’d like to sign up, that would be wonderful.
If not, that’s cool too.
coreyfarrenkopf.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
Subscribe to Corey's Stories
Corey Farrenkopf is a librarian and writer. His work has appeared in Electric Literature, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, The Deadlands, Bourbon Penn, Flash Fiction Online, and elsewhere. His two books a...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hey friends!
Tomorrow I launch my first newsletter focused on the joy of short stories :)
Hopefully it will bring you a little joy too.
That’s the goal anyway.
If you’d like to sign up, that would be wonderful.
If not, that’s cool too.
coreyfarrenkopf.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
Tomorrow I launch my first newsletter focused on the joy of short stories :)
Hopefully it will bring you a little joy too.
That’s the goal anyway.
If you’d like to sign up, that would be wonderful.
If not, that’s cool too.
coreyfarrenkopf.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
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Announcement for the writers among you: we're increasing our submissions word count to 10,000 words.
If you write dark fiction send it our way. Don't explain anything, just make things weird and make us deal with it. Ambiguity encouraged, definitive endings frowned upon.
If you write dark fiction send it our way. Don't explain anything, just make things weird and make us deal with it. Ambiguity encouraged, definitive endings frowned upon.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Seize The Press Magazine is an anticapitalist publication looking to publish dark speculative fiction. Bleak sci-fi, dark fantasy, horror and all kinds of weird, messy, genre-de...
www.seizethepress.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Announcement for the writers among you: we're increasing our submissions word count to 10,000 words.
If you write dark fiction send it our way. Don't explain anything, just make things weird and make us deal with it. Ambiguity encouraged, definitive endings frowned upon.
If you write dark fiction send it our way. Don't explain anything, just make things weird and make us deal with it. Ambiguity encouraged, definitive endings frowned upon.
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I’ve been so busy that all I’ve managed to do re: this news is hit repost a few times, but I’m emerging to say THE OTHERSIDE KICKSTARTER IS ALMOST HEREEE! And we just hit our third Patreon goal, which means 8 cents/word and $50/poem for queer authors. 😭 I don’t know about you, but… I am excited.
SURPRISE! We couldn't wait until next week—our Kickstarter pre-launch page is live right now!!! Sign up to be the first to know when it launches in October, and please spread the word and tell a friend! Every sign-up makes a huge difference. We are officially one step closer to OTHERSIDE!
Coming soon: OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’ve been so busy that all I’ve managed to do re: this news is hit repost a few times, but I’m emerging to say THE OTHERSIDE KICKSTARTER IS ALMOST HEREEE! And we just hit our third Patreon goal, which means 8 cents/word and $50/poem for queer authors. 😭 I don’t know about you, but… I am excited.