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Faith Allington
@faithallington.bsky.social
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Words in Apex, Mslexia, Flash Fiction Online & others.
Editorial things at Flash Fiction Online, Luna Station & Haven Spec Magazine.
Tea & fungi lover. Vaguely goth but also whimsical. 💀🍄🫖🍰 (she/her)
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MetaStellar Year Four anthology is available, full of singing forests, cybernetic parents, diamond chokers full of shadows, visits by Death and demons a plenty, and more!

Available at your favorite retailers like
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#metastellar #speculativefiction
The cover of MetaStellar Year Four anthology, featuring an image of a pale green monster on the ground and tongue with a knight’s booted foot to the throat and a blade to its chest drawing blood.
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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What’s that in the woods? A book luring you into dark, unfamiliar terrain? Excited for #bookmail, I can’t wait to dig into @wnwagner.bsky.social’s Girl in the Creek 🖤
A photo of a book, “Girl in the Creek” by Wendy N. Wagner. The book is on wood chips surrounded by green and purple leaves.
July 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Seen in the wild and excitedly purchased on indie bookstore day, I can’t wait to read Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social! 🍒
Red book cover with a woman’s head on it, title “Sour Cherry” by Natalia Theodoridou, seen in a bookstore
April 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Recently finished The Ghosts of Blaubart Mansion by the inimitable @ivygrimes.bsky.social and I loved the blend of weird, fantastical and creepy vibes. Also, it has amazing sisters and possums and ghosts. Such a wild and fun ride!
Book review: The Ghosts of Blaubart Mansion slips between the weird and the grounded until we exist only to follow its currents. Ruby once lived in the woods with her mother, her sister Opal, and a boy named Phew claiming to be God's nephew. After Ruby marries a man with too many dead wives, she lives like a luxurious pet under the direction of his steely housekeeper. Until the day that her sister, Opal, comes looking for her. The book moves between the past and the present, simmering with a delicate menace. It weaves together elements of Bluebeard and Rebecca with Southern Gothic vibes and possums, but it never goes where you expect. The prose is crisp and the story feels deftly woven, from the isolated setting, the creepy mansion, and of course, quite the assortment of ghosts. It's the kind of book that doesn't provide simple explanations, but lets you decide for yourself. For me, it explores the legacy of family, the bonds and trauma that hold us together, and how we can believe we're doing the right thing but never really be certain. Definitely recommended if you enjoy books that are eccentric, fantastical and creepy.
March 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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One of my fav covers from Kaleidotrope (Winter 2023), artwork by Aylin S Erkan.
a flying or dancing circle of brown-skinned people in white robes being cradled by a being made out of red strands
February 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Me and the three folks who read my posts
Sophie, Elliott, Alec and Parker from the TV show Leverage
January 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Reading @christinogle.bsky.social’s The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future 🔥
Cover of The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future book, small black and white mansion and red shadows
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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New Rapunzel-inspired story, A Tower is a Lonely Place, out in Corvid Queen today, thrilled to be included in this lovely journal! corvidqueen.com/stories/a-to...
A pink tinted photo of a hare in the woods and the title of my story A Tower is a Lonely Place
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Enjoying mushroom walks in the autumnal weather.
Beige and orange mushrooms growing out the side of a tree in the woods
November 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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New little story up at Cease, Cows 🥰

“Don’t be friends with a witch, that’s what they say.”

ceasecows.com/2024/02/22/b...
Screenshot of Cease, Cows website with a picture of flames on the ground and the title of the story, “By A Dark Moon”.
February 22, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Eek! I started a free Patreon newsletter, please join if you’re interested in writing craft, my publishing journey, reading and tea. And tell me your newsletter, would love to join! www.patreon.com/posts/newnes...
View from above of a round blue table, chair and rug with yellow tulips, tea cups and tiered stand with cake on the table.
February 1, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Okay I am fortunate on my choice, by chance! Although I think Noel will be feisty for you.
January 12, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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Do you like your holidays weird and creeeepy? 💀 This hermit crab story might be for you, then. www.litmoralitmag.com/allington-a-...
A comic book strip style image with words from the linked story cut out in sections.
January 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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For small poem Sunday - one of my old ones originally published in Crab Creek Review.
December 10, 2023 at 11:29 PM
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Samantha Kolesnik’s Lonesome Haunts is dire and dark, but oh so compelling. You can’t tear your eyes away from the surreal descent of her protagonists’ lives. Grey Baby lives rent free in my head. 🐴 Another great collection from @matthewstott.bsky.social
Cover of Samantha Kolesnik’s Lonesome Haunts with a blue foggy picture of a woman’s face.
December 10, 2023 at 5:54 PM
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Some nights, autumn is a flame, burning the darkness.
A dark night, a slim gingko tree with bright yellow leaves lit from below
November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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I love all the flowers but if I had to pick, roses and pansies.
A closeup photo near the ground of a small yellow flower with red stripes, tiger’s eye pansy
November 15, 2023 at 3:34 PM
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My first ever published short story, The Dancing Corpse, appeared in the delightful Betty Fedora issue #4. Lots of 🍰🫖💀 in the British countryside, murder mystery style.
November 14, 2023 at 4:23 AM
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Excited to share that my horror flash fiction story “For Sale By Owner” will appear in Pyre Magazine this month! ☠️
Vintage photo of an old British home
November 12, 2023 at 12:03 AM
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So excited my short story “The Game” will be appearing in DUEL (a Hexagon MYRIAD zine), out in December! Who will wear the crown? 👑

Edited by @thisisguan.bsky.social and published by @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
October 16, 2023 at 2:51 PM
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Excited to have a micro story in Hearth and Coffin! There’s so much good speculative writing in this issue - creepy terms of use, spooky feminist baptisms, and more. Hope you enjoy! 💀 www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/i-thoug...
October 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM
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Love this time of year, bring out your writerly ghosties and speculative fuzzies! 🍂👻🎃🍂
September 23, 2023 at 3:50 AM
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Been growing tea in hopes of making a cup for myself next year! Writing or reading + tea = happy place. 🫖
Photo of tea plant in sunlight, turquoise table and chair behind it
September 22, 2023 at 12:59 AM