Beth Goder
@bethgoder.bsky.social
SFF author with stories in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and more. Archivist. Member of Codex Writers Group. Submissions Reader for Fusion Fragment. https://bethgoder.com/
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Day 4 of TTL's look back, and @bethgoder.bsky.social takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Day 4 of TTL's look back, and @bethgoder.bsky.social takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to look at a space sunflower, following which she takes us to
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And on a cheerier note after my recent downer updates — for those who prefer to ingest your science fiction via pixels rather than paper, an electronic edition of my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded is also available. pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
And on a cheerier note after my recent downer updates — for those who prefer to ingest your science fiction via pixels rather than paper, an electronic edition of my science fiction short story collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded is also available. pspublishing.co.uk/101-things-t...
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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When editing feels like butchering lol. Everything I loved about that story is gone, sigh.
No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰
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No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰
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Sunflower Loop, by Beth Goder
I’m riding through space on my bike (as one does) when I see this enormous sunflower.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
When editing feels like butchering lol. Everything I loved about that story is gone, sigh.
No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰
translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/s...
No doom, no gloom! I'll share a story with you instead, from the fantastic @bethgoder.bsky.social, no less. Sure to bring a smile, so fun, so well written 🥰
translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/s...
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People are doing year wrap-ups already (give December a chance, people!) buuuut I'm curious -- What's the thing that's most dear to you that you've published this year and why?
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
People are doing year wrap-ups already (give December a chance, people!) buuuut I'm curious -- What's the thing that's most dear to you that you've published this year and why?
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FFer Read of the Day: "Seven Ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
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Seven Ribbons
The first ribbon was attached to a family photograph, each ribbon-end stuck on by cracking adhesive, lines of gold looped over...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Seven Ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
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I just read "An Account of the Land of Witches" by Sofia Samatar. I was blown away by the beauty and depth of this story.
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An Account of the Land of Witches - Uncanny Magazine
1. An Account of the Land of Witches I arrived in the Land of Witches at the end of the season of furs. The sun shone, banks of chilly foam lay piled up in the streets, and the river emitted groans da...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I just read "An Account of the Land of Witches" by Sofia Samatar. I was blown away by the beauty and depth of this story.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/an-a...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/an-a...
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One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.
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#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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@bethgoder.bsky.social
#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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Arachnomorphosis
The city is no place for a spider.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.
@bethgoder.bsky.social
#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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@bethgoder.bsky.social
#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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I'm an archivist, so of course I couldn't resist writing a story that is all photograph captions. : )
Happy Thursday! This week’s throwback is a gem from Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm an archivist, so of course I couldn't resist writing a story that is all photograph captions. : )
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle.
The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.
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The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.
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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle.
The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.
podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole @podcastle.org team for the amazing work they did on this story.
podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
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And also featuring work by @bethgoder.bsky.social Olufunmilayo Makinde @dianadima.com and Christine Butterworth-McDermott
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Short fiction recs! July and August 2025
It’s the last day of September, and this round-up is way overdue. Some things I read and loved in July and August. Strange Tales o...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And also featuring work by @bethgoder.bsky.social Olufunmilayo Makinde @dianadima.com and Christine Butterworth-McDermott
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/shor...
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Author Beth Goder returns to FFO with “Emerald Gears,” a story in which the setting is also the main character. What is the antidote to a life of wandering and bargaining…? Could it be poetry?
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi
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#writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi
@bethgoder.bsky.social
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Emerald Gears
Before the start of market day, the Market unfurls its ribbons in the tender light of dawn. Today, it’s nestled in a seaweed forest on an unnamed planet. Yesterday, it was hidden behind an as…
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September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Author Beth Goder returns to FFO with “Emerald Gears,” a story in which the setting is also the main character. What is the antidote to a life of wandering and bargaining…? Could it be poetry?
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi
@bethgoder.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #scifi
@bethgoder.bsky.social
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"Emerald Gears" is out at Flash Fiction Online!
Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade.
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...
Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade.
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...
Emerald Gears
Before the start of market day, the Market unfurls its ribbons in the tender light of dawn. Today, it’s nestled in a seaweed forest on an unnamed planet. Yesterday, it was hidden behind an as…
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September 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Emerald Gears" is out at Flash Fiction Online!
Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade.
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...
Come visit the Market, this wonder of wonders, but only if you bring something to trade.
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/emer...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I will no longer be submitting to F&SF, Analog, and Asimov's while they are published by MRM.
I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog.
The editors are great. The publisher is not.
I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog.
The editors are great. The publisher is not.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
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This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I will no longer be submitting to F&SF, Analog, and Asimov's while they are published by MRM.
I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog.
The editors are great. The publisher is not.
I've had stories in F&SF. A story and a novella in Analog.
The editors are great. The publisher is not.
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Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
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FFer Read of the Day: "The Appliance Crisis" by @bethgoder.bsky.social (again!) in @smallwondersmag.com
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The Appliance Crisis - Small Wonders
I was having an eat-an-entire-pack-of-Oreos type of day because I'd stepped on my glasses getting out of bed, Ernest had accidentally tossed my algebra textbook into a puddle, and the magic toaster wa...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "The Appliance Crisis" by @bethgoder.bsky.social (again!) in @smallwondersmag.com
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FFer Read of the Day: "Mirror-hole" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
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Mirror-hole
The mirror-hole appears on Haley’s sixteenth birthday as she’s putting on eyeliner. A huge, jagged oval in the middle of the mirror.Haley shrugs and puts on mascara. It’s not like she’s never…
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August 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Mirror-hole" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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“She thinks of her life as a path that’s narrowed, a twisting stairway she has always been walking down. She remembers her grandmother telling her that the things that feel inevitable are not always so, that gentle moments have power.”
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“She thinks of her life as a path that’s narrowed, a twisting stairway she has always been walking down. She remembers her grandmother telling her that the things that feel inevitable are not always so, that gentle moments have power.”
@bethgoder.bsky.social
@bethgoder.bsky.social
This story took me years to write. I was so nervous about sending it out, but it got accepted on its first submission. I'm so happy this story has a home at The Deadlands and that I can share it with y'all.
NEW story for you today, beloveds!!
and there are KAZOOS
"The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos."
Miles To Go Before I Sleep by @bethgoder.bsky.social
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and there are KAZOOS
"The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos."
Miles To Go Before I Sleep by @bethgoder.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This story took me years to write. I was so nervous about sending it out, but it got accepted on its first submission. I'm so happy this story has a home at The Deadlands and that I can share it with y'all.
Eating a salad at 10AM. It is not breakfast or lunch. It is the Time of Salad. 🥗
August 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Eating a salad at 10AM. It is not breakfast or lunch. It is the Time of Salad. 🥗
I am excited to have a story in this anthology but also I can't wait to READ this anthology! Holy cats, that's a lot of great stories. And the categories are so intriguing. 😍
PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!!
curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
"This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next."
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Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
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July 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I am excited to have a story in this anthology but also I can't wait to READ this anthology! Holy cats, that's a lot of great stories. And the categories are so intriguing. 😍
I'm so thrilled to have "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" sharing this amazing TOC.
well would you look at that! it's toc'o tuesday! 🌮💀
and let me tell you, issue 39 is a stunner!
just check out that toc:
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and let me tell you, issue 39 is a stunner!
just check out that toc:
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July 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm so thrilled to have "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" sharing this amazing TOC.