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Ramez Yoakeim
@yoakeim.bsky.social
SFFH Writer. Codex/ASFS. Words in Baffling, Heartlines, Metaphorosis, TranslunarTL, Cast of Wonders, UtopiaSF +more. 🏳️‍🌈 Husband 🇪🇬🇦🇺🇺🇸 Immigrant. Coffee status: It's complicated!
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Start the new year with a new story from me, a historical fantasy in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social , set in 1200s Paris, it asks 'what's the worst thing that could happen if you join a bible study group at university?'

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“Bearing the Good Fruit” by R. K. Duncan
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January 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN NOVEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's October's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
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December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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"I am the oldest daughter. To look after my family, I will have to bring a leopard home. Or be married off to a man with a string of leopard teeth laced around his neck. But I am not interested in men."

Read 'Ghost Leopard' by @crystalkoo.bsky.social

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#SFF
Ghost Leopard by Crystal Koo
Here in Blazing Mound, we are not adults until we have brought home a leopard.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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More updates have been made to the eligibility and recommendations link post. Just look at all the fabulous things people have done this year!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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"Up helical staircases and down swirling ramps, occasionally interspersed with chaotic murals of arrows: left to Hearing Loss, right to Prenatal Support..."

Read "3 East" by @yoakeim.bsky.social in our new issue:

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#WeirdFiction #Uncanny #Horror
3 East by Ramez Yoakeim
After an overnight double shift, I was in the shower when the phone rang. Dad had fallen and couldn’t get up.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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This is the 94th edition of Some Queer Short SFF, so if you manage to get through all the stories out in October, just know there's a lot more where that came from.
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

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#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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It's Black Friday at Dark Matter and it's a good chance to get your copy of Kap's Needle with 15% OFF!

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Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap's Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship's biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Thanks for putting this together every year, A.C.! Always a great way to catch up with what everyone's been up to over the past year.

Here's mine 🙏
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Angela Liu
writer, strategist, villain tiger mom
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:

Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.

If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.

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The Submission Grinder
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm so proud to have a story in "Amplitudes," thanks to Lee.

"Fettle & Sunder" is very personal, and to have @arleysorg.bsky.social describe it as "timely" and "timeless" in his @lightspeedmagazine.com review makes me even prouder!

Now's the time to grab the book and find out why!
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Contract signed! So happy one of my favorite stories finally found a home!

“Magical Girl Eater,” inspired by the growing commodification of nostalgia + fandom (and of course all my favorite magical girl series from the 90s/00s 🌙), will be in a future issue of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My short story The Doglady and the Rainstorm, published at Bright Green Futures is again free to download! 🐶🌧️

If you're looking for a solarpunk set in a near-future Rio de Janeiro where sea levels rose drastically OR if you just want cute dogs, then that's the one!

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The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story)
The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story) - Kindle edition by Bernardo, Renan, Quinn, Susan Kaye. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Doglady and the Rainstorm (a Bright Green Futures story).
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November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Got my first non-blurb review for my novelette SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from Emma’s Books and More over on Instagram. Thrilled people are enjoying this book! 🚀 Pre-order: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com!

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How to Set Up Your Mourning Robot - Lightspeed Magazine
Fill tear ducts with provided saline solution. Do not mix or combine with non-approved third-party solutions. Open the mouth of your robot when ready to activate. Press the purple button under the to...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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2025 Eligibility List

passion is my graphic design. art behind the text for Uncertain Sons by @cdsart.bsky.social. thanks in advance if you read (or have already read) any of these this year. much appreciated. will add links or other details at some point maybe.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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It's that time of the year 😜

Find links to all short fiction on my site: akislinardos.com/short-fiction/
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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If you missed it, my next book is available for pre-order (ebook for now, print coming very soon). Click the link for further info, a look at the art, and those pre-order links!
COVER REVEAL! 🚀💝🌜 We are delighted to unveil SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a #scifi #romance novelette by award-winning author @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Cover art by @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social! Launching February 3, 2026! Read all about this delightful book and see the fabulous artwork:
Cover Reveal for Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell – Stars and Sabers
Stars and Sabers Publishing gives the cover reveal for the book Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P.A. Cornell, with cover art by Kim Herbst.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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we have ferryman coins, yes, but there’s still a few of our premium items left, too!

signed books by @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @mariahaskins.com

prompts by @premeemohamed.com

painted skulls by @katelechler.bsky.social

go get em!

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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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It's a day for reviews! My latest Words for Thought column for @apexmag.bsky.social is also online today, discussing eerie and melancholy work by @nassos.bsky.social, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @cyankatz.bsky.social and @thomasha.bsky.social.

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Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review
Welcome to another Words for Thought. The stories discussed this time around are all about change, grief, complicated family relationships...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Really excited to share this dark fantasy story with backers! 🐢🩸

If you haven’t backed yet, this is also a great opportunity to add @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter-exclusive anthologies Strange Machines, Strange Libations, and Strange Locations (I was really eager to finally get these!)
WE'VE REACHED 60%!! You've just unlocked EARLY ACCESS to "Island of Sea Turtle and Blood" by Angela Liu! 🐢🩸

Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰

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October 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM