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SF mag from Canada | 2007-2013, 2020- | Always open to submissions
Publisher of Saros SF
For all of your various FF needs: http://linktr.ee/fusionfragment
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 15d
FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!

Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26

Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
The covers of FF#26 and Saros #4, with text reading: FF#26 and Saros #4: Dual Release Day Now Available!
fusionfragment.bsky.social
Did you know that FF is on Instagram? Trying to get more active there as I attempt to hedge my bets against inevitable future platform death by actually being present on more than one service.

You could be follower #500!

www.instagram.com/fusionfragme...
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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FFer Read of the Day: "The House of Us" by @marisca.bsky.social in @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social

dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
The House of Us - Dreamforge Magazine
The storm followed her from the city gates to the moors, lashing at her back and tossing pebbles between the spokes of her bike. The raincoat […]
dreamforgemagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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eggandcressida.bsky.social
my weird biracial love letter to the gothic genre, "mrs. no face" in @fusionfragment.bsky.social. this was the first time i did the whole "write the story you wished you had as a kid" thing, and now i get why people say to do it. it's the good scary!

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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FFer Read of the Day: "Seven Ribbons" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Seven Ribbons
The first ribbon was attached to a family photograph, each ribbon-end stuck on by cracking adhesive, lines of gold looped over...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Wednesday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week. (Also get ready to see Florence at #1 for a while, probably.)
Albums on repeat at FF HQ: #1: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream #2: Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew #3: Tami Neilson - Kingmaker #4: Warbly Jets - Warbly Jets #5: Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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FF#26 review thread!!
cypayseur.bsky.social Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 5d
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews

Fusion Fragment #26 (8 originals) @fusionfragment.bsky.social

A general focus on loss and family with a lot of different visions of the future, most of them featuring a rather fractured and damaged Earth.
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Saros #4 review thread!!
cypayseur.bsky.social Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 5d
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews

Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social

The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Story #3 in FF#26: "A White Day Comes" by @thesuiway.bsky.social

If you need a story with:
-finding love at the last minute
-existential angst (but also acceptance)
-greeting the day

Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
"A White Day Comes" by A.D. Sui A memory. What is a supernova remnant but the memory of a star existing, of its last breath? What is a remnant but an inscription on the body of the cosmos, carved in violence, a last scream into the unfeeling void I was here? solar destruction / space colony advance teams / what’s the purpose when no trace is left?
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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reachyourapex.bsky.social
Today's community drabble is, "Interlunar Confidential" by Pauline Barmby. The theme was "conspiracy."

Find Pauline Barmby at @pbarmby.bsky.social

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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FF Reading Period Update

30 stories undergoing additional reads (oldest from Oct. 7)
78 unread stories in queue
Oldest unread is from 11:12 PM ET on Oct. 27
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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straith.ca
hey Bluesky I hear you like sports

I have a science fiction sports story for you

it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
A spaceman in a spacesuit faces a landscape of loose red dirt and rocks. Next to him are the words: "Out now! One athlete's journey on foot across the Martian surface. 'On the Crossing of Mars', in Fusion Fragment Issue 26. Read it at fusionfragment.com/issue-26"
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We're taking a bit of a break from reading in December, but the submission gates will remain open (mostly because those gates are really heavy, it takes like 5 people to move them, and also they've gotten a bit rusty so maybe I should deal with that somehow but you know what, I'm tired.)
END OF YEAR READING BREAK The FF team will be doing reduced reading in December. Some reading will continue, as we’ll aim to get responses out to any stories submitted in November within our usual 30 day timeframe. Submissions will remain OPEN in December. However, any story submitted in December won’t be read until January. (Unless Editor Cavan gets bored during vacation.)
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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FFer Read of the Day: "In My Country" by @thomasha.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/
In My Country by Thomas Ha
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
fusionfragment.bsky.social
Excited to see TWO NEW MAGS (!!) launched by past and present FF reading team members this week.

@rottingleafmag.bsky.social edited by @benlockwood.bsky.social <1.5k word eco-fiction

@thephantompulse.bsky.social co-edited by @jexewizabee.bsky.social <3k originals/<5k reprints horror/dark fantasy
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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thephantompulse.bsky.social
Halloween might be over, but the terror never ends. Announcing a new horror magazine, The Phantom Pulse. More info to come… thephantompulse.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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FFer Read of the Day: "Here I Go Again" by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/here...
Here I Go Again - Nightmare Magazine
This woman---walking alone, at night---is going to be killed. Here I go again. Watch my finger. See how the passive voice takes you by the hand? See how it leads you to understand the object and the v...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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ideofmarch.bsky.social
🧵6 - my apocalypse told through HOA newsletters at @fusionfragment.bsky.social

get it here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-22/
The cover of FUSION FRAGMENT (issue #22) on a bookshelf background, with the heading “can I interest you in some spooky stories, the footer idehennessy.com, and the following tropes listed: corporate towns, HOA newsletters, bombs, you will be replaced, sister space colonies, no pets allowed
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Story #2 in FF#26: "Pig Lion" by @leokaaolive.bsky.social

If you need a story with:
-robot monsters
-people isolating themselves due to self-hatred
-life as screenplay

Download it for free at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
"Pig Lion" by Leo Oliveira PERFECTION. Fully articulated, split into numerous gossamer strands, stalking her down without making a sound. A hundred-headed Hekatoncheires. A millipede dragon bristling with skin and metal and chrome. All of it staring at her. Assessing her. Unmoving and unaffected. Grappling with one’s creations / self-deception / Autumn Morning Classics
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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rottingleafmag.bsky.social
We're here!

www.briefecology.com/p/annoucemen...
ANNOUCEMENT: Rotting Leaf Magazine
A new literary magazine for eco-fiction
www.briefecology.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Thursday evening music celebration post: The production of FF runs on good tunes, so here are the five albums that spent the most time on repeat at FF HQ last week.
Albums on repeat at FF HQ: #1: Benjamin Booker - Lower #2: Blackwater Holylight - If You Only Knew #3: Caroline Rose - Loner #4: Diane Birch - Flying On Abraham #5: Grace Cummings - Ramona
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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One regret I've always had is that I used stock art for FF#1 back when I re-launched the mag. Now that I'm reformatting old issues to our new digest format, I'm able to correct past mistakes! Check out the new FF#1 cover, with art licensed from long-time FF collaborator @carlydraws.bsky.social!
The cover of FF#1. Features a rocketship lifting off into space with red and orange clouds below.
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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The print proof of FF#26 has arrived! Here it is pictured with Gus the Gargoyle (year-round decor), and a bunch of seasonal decor.
On the right, a print copy of FF#26. On the left, a little gargoyle statue holding a melted black candle. I call him Gus. Some halloween decor, including a headless-horseman thingie with blocks that says 2 days til halloween. Also a feather, something that says trick or treat, and a pumpkin, all on a seasonal orange and black runner. Oh and a print copy of FF#26 is jammed in there, too.
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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FFer Read of the Day: "A Visit From the Sentient Slime Mold Specialist" by @spencerwriting.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social

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A Visit From the Sentient Slime Mold Specialist by Spencer Nitkey
“So, ok boss, yes, you probably should have attended to the mold beneath your shower head before it got to this point. Shoulda being the operant word here. But shoulds only count in wouldas and coulda...
hexliterary.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
ONE HOUR REMAINS IN OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN! Last chance to grab a subscription + a short story critique from the brilliant Heather Clitheroe! @lectio.bsky.social is an editor and author of fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fusion Fragment, and elsewhere!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
A blurry purple background with white text. It reads "Short story critique by HEATHER CLITHEROE, editor and author of fiction in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fusion Fragment, Lightspeed, and elsewhere!" Heather is pictured smiling at the camera on the left.
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM