Cislyn Smith
@cislyn.bsky.social
Writer, editor, crafty person. Frequently covered in cat hair, often wearing many hats. Dream Foundry, Flights of Foundry, Small Wonders Magazine
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Cislyn Smith
@cislyn.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Oh hey, so maybe I should introduce myself since there's been a huge influx of new folks? Hi! I'm co-chair for Flights of Foundry, operations manager of Dream Foundry, and co-editor of Small Wonders Magazine! I love collaborating on projects and working out logistics for anything other than dinner.
It’s been six weeks since dad died. I keep feeling like I haven’t done anything and I’m taking too long but this is actually kind of a whirlwind and now that I’m nearly done here in Florida I feel it. I will miss this view.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s been six weeks since dad died. I keep feeling like I haven’t done anything and I’m taking too long but this is actually kind of a whirlwind and now that I’m nearly done here in Florida I feel it. I will miss this view.
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We are TWO BACKERS away from 400 backers!! With LESS THAN 24 HOURS LEFT for late pledges, help us get to 400 backers before our campaign fully comes to a close? 👀
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ONLY 24 HOURS LEFT to late pledge! If you want a 2026/2027 subscription or to sponsor a poem, story, or cover? Now’s the time! We’re so appreciative of all your support and can’t wait to open to submissions and start working on bringing the magazine to life!
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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.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We are TWO BACKERS away from 400 backers!! With LESS THAN 24 HOURS LEFT for late pledges, help us get to 400 backers before our campaign fully comes to a close? 👀
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New challenge: Dad wanted a 13 year old neighbor to have "the coolpix camera". Great! He had FIVE of them. So now I'm staring at these and trying to figure out which is the sturdiest and most kid friendly.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New challenge: Dad wanted a 13 year old neighbor to have "the coolpix camera". Great! He had FIVE of them. So now I'm staring at these and trying to figure out which is the sturdiest and most kid friendly.
I’ve found twelve more external hard drives in dad’s house this morning. That’s in addition to the fourteen I already found. Kiiiiiinda thinking I’ll throw them all (gently) in a box and deal with them later.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’ve found twelve more external hard drives in dad’s house this morning. That’s in addition to the fourteen I already found. Kiiiiiinda thinking I’ll throw them all (gently) in a box and deal with them later.
It feels oddly indulgent to sit and read stories and click buttons when I'm surrounded by so much to do in dad's house still. But I have a plan for things and I am trying to pace myself. Also, I actually love reading slush. So, onward.
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It feels oddly indulgent to sit and read stories and click buttons when I'm surrounded by so much to do in dad's house still. But I have a plan for things and I am trying to pace myself. Also, I actually love reading slush. So, onward.
Spooky? Spooky.
Oh hey, did someone say SPOOKY? We've got spooky!
Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
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Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
1/6
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Spooky? Spooky.
Happy Halloween! If you'd like some spooky reads I've got a few for you! First up is "Tasting Notes" at The Orange and Bee:
Features: witches, murder, sweet things
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
Features: witches, murder, sweet things
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
Tasting notes
Issue seven: flash fiction by Cislyn Smith
theorangebee.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Halloween! If you'd like some spooky reads I've got a few for you! First up is "Tasting Notes" at The Orange and Bee:
Features: witches, murder, sweet things
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
Features: witches, murder, sweet things
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
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In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
medium.com/@katefrancia...
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
medium.com/@katefrancia...
I slept eleven hours last night. It’s possible I needed that.
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I slept eleven hours last night. It’s possible I needed that.
Today is dad’s after party. We’ll have a picnic by the river, listen to loud music, and share stories of a guy who lived a lot. Here are a few of the photos I hung up around the house for folks to take.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today is dad’s after party. We’ll have a picnic by the river, listen to loud music, and share stories of a guy who lived a lot. Here are a few of the photos I hung up around the house for folks to take.
My grandmother saved every single letter Dad wrote home when he was in the army. Dad kept them after grandmother died. It’s stuff like this that feels super challenging to deal with.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My grandmother saved every single letter Dad wrote home when he was in the army. Dad kept them after grandmother died. It’s stuff like this that feels super challenging to deal with.
The interconnectedness of bodies is a real problem. A thing hurts, I shift gait and then new and different things ALSO hurt. Surely some sort of distributed system with multiple redundancies would be better at the task of embodying humans.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The interconnectedness of bodies is a real problem. A thing hurts, I shift gait and then new and different things ALSO hurt. Surely some sort of distributed system with multiple redundancies would be better at the task of embodying humans.
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
I had a story come out today!
If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
Tasting notes
Issue seven: flash fiction by Cislyn Smith
theorangebee.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I had a story come out today!
If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
If you think too much about fairy tale witches and also murder and complicated relationships, this one is for you.
theorangebee.substack.com/p/tasting-no...
Oh hey now the AC is out. Here’s hoping the portable unit in the bedroom works or I won’t be sleeping tonight.
On the plus side I looked through approximately a zillion family photos today. Yay?
On the plus side I looked through approximately a zillion family photos today. Yay?
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Oh hey now the AC is out. Here’s hoping the portable unit in the bedroom works or I won’t be sleeping tonight.
On the plus side I looked through approximately a zillion family photos today. Yay?
On the plus side I looked through approximately a zillion family photos today. Yay?
There’s nothing quite so infuriating as trying to cancel a dead loved one’s subscriptions. Geez, dad, I promise you didn’t need so many paid substack things. Also it’s like five screens for each cancellation. Ugh.
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There’s nothing quite so infuriating as trying to cancel a dead loved one’s subscriptions. Geez, dad, I promise you didn’t need so many paid substack things. Also it’s like five screens for each cancellation. Ugh.
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Running short fiction magazines is hard, or so I hear. Here’s a list of three you can support if you’re so inclined, and I do hope you are.
There are several great magazines fundraising right now, or about to start fundraising, and we encourage y'all to support them!
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Running short fiction magazines is hard, or so I hear. Here’s a list of three you can support if you’re so inclined, and I do hope you are.
My dad passed away in the early hours yesterday. He was an awesome single dad, a nature photographer, an audiophile, a collector of rocks and fossils, a reader, and so much more. Check out @riverguy47.bsky.social for some of his pictures. I miss him more than words can say already.
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My dad passed away in the early hours yesterday. He was an awesome single dad, a nature photographer, an audiophile, a collector of rocks and fossils, a reader, and so much more. Check out @riverguy47.bsky.social for some of his pictures. I miss him more than words can say already.
I’m having a rough one over here. Share something happy or silly with me, when you can? I’m at the hospital with my dad and could really use a smile.
September 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m having a rough one over here. Share something happy or silly with me, when you can? I’m at the hospital with my dad and could really use a smile.
Gonna miss flights of foundry this year (for the first time ever) due to family emergency that has me down in Florida. It is a nice feeling knowing that the convention will happen and run just fine without me, though.
September 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gonna miss flights of foundry this year (for the first time ever) due to family emergency that has me down in Florida. It is a nice feeling knowing that the convention will happen and run just fine without me, though.
Did you KNOW Flights of Foundry has a direct sign-up sheet for the workshops and chill-n-chats that didn't get filled up by the lottery? And in fact, there are a LOT of seats open in a lot of cool sessions. Register and then mosy on over to the program and sign up!
flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words " do you know " in the background
Alt: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words " the more you know " above the rainbow
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September 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Did you KNOW Flights of Foundry has a direct sign-up sheet for the workshops and chill-n-chats that didn't get filled up by the lottery? And in fact, there are a LOT of seats open in a lot of cool sessions. Register and then mosy on over to the program and sign up!
flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/
Convention channels are deployed on the discord and I've started to get roles assigned, pin answers to common questions, etc.
It's starting to feel real. LESS THAN A WEEK AAAAAH
It's starting to feel real. LESS THAN A WEEK AAAAAH
a close up of a furry animal with a very angry look on its face
Alt: Fizzgig, a small furry muppet critter from the movie The Dark Crystal, opening its mouth wide and stomping its little feet.
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September 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Convention channels are deployed on the discord and I've started to get roles assigned, pin answers to common questions, etc.
It's starting to feel real. LESS THAN A WEEK AAAAAH
It's starting to feel real. LESS THAN A WEEK AAAAAH
Happy Caturday! Blizzara likes my sunlamp even more than I do.
September 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy Caturday! Blizzara likes my sunlamp even more than I do.
I needed something chill tonight because my brain was completely fried.
Enter: KPop Demon Hunters.
Yesssss this was so fun! Also, I love this duo and want this in my life.
Enter: KPop Demon Hunters.
Yesssss this was so fun! Also, I love this duo and want this in my life.
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I needed something chill tonight because my brain was completely fried.
Enter: KPop Demon Hunters.
Yesssss this was so fun! Also, I love this duo and want this in my life.
Enter: KPop Demon Hunters.
Yesssss this was so fun! Also, I love this duo and want this in my life.
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Calling all Flights of Foundry Flock!
We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.
flights-of-foundry.o...
We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.
flights-of-foundry.o...
September 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Calling all Flights of Foundry Flock!
We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.
flights-of-foundry.o...
We're looking for volunteers! It takes a lot run a convention. Want to see behind the curtain, meet cool people, and be a part of what makes FoF great? We have several different roles and we'll teach you what to do.
flights-of-foundry.o...