Heartlines Spec
@heartlines-spec.com
Heartlines Spec is a speculative magazine bringing you SFF stories and poetry focused on long-term friendships and relationships. $0.08CAD/word 🇨🇦🌎 (posts by @rebecca-b)
Frolic with strange creatures in Grotto by Leah Duarte! This is a gorgeous poem that will have you checking the next time something nibbles at your toes in the water.
Coming to paid subscribers Nov 30, 2025!
Coming to paid subscribers Nov 30, 2025!
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Frolic with strange creatures in Grotto by Leah Duarte! This is a gorgeous poem that will have you checking the next time something nibbles at your toes in the water.
Coming to paid subscribers Nov 30, 2025!
Coming to paid subscribers Nov 30, 2025!
Find your purpose and your peace in The Last Two Gardeners of Mars by Irene W. Collins. It's a gorgeous story that will have you yearning for spring just so you can listen to the plants.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Find your purpose and your peace in The Last Two Gardeners of Mars by Irene W. Collins. It's a gorgeous story that will have you yearning for spring just so you can listen to the plants.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Don't drop your stitches! Looped by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social sticks with you, even if you just want to reset.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Don't drop your stitches! Looped by @nadiaradovich.bsky.social sticks with you, even if you just want to reset.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th!
Create something beautiful out of the rubble of the past. Five of Us by Jayasri Sridha is a meditation on building, recovering, and loving.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Create something beautiful out of the rubble of the past. Five of Us by Jayasri Sridha is a meditation on building, recovering, and loving.
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
Coming to paid subscribers November 30th! $18CAD gets you a full-year subscription with the full issue on release day
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HORROR CHOCOLATE! 🍫😱 (And you thought the zombies were scary!)
I cannot wait to introduce everyone to the end of the world, snack time edition!
I cannot wait to introduce everyone to the end of the world, snack time edition!
Hey, we'll split this bag of Hawkins if you share some KitKats? At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines by @cjtavares.bsky.social is a funny, epistolary look at the end of the world and how crucial tasty food can be.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
HORROR CHOCOLATE! 🍫😱 (And you thought the zombies were scary!)
I cannot wait to introduce everyone to the end of the world, snack time edition!
I cannot wait to introduce everyone to the end of the world, snack time edition!
Hey, we'll split this bag of Hawkins if you share some KitKats? At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines by @cjtavares.bsky.social is a funny, epistolary look at the end of the world and how crucial tasty food can be.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hey, we'll split this bag of Hawkins if you share some KitKats? At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines by @cjtavares.bsky.social is a funny, epistolary look at the end of the world and how crucial tasty food can be.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
Please talk to her about horror of end of the world chocolate.
If there's gotta be an apocalypse, let's make it a cosy one.
On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times
Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times
Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If there's gotta be an apocalypse, let's make it a cosy one.
On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times
Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
On Time We Have Spent by Holly Easton focuses on maintaining friendships and community during the worst times
Issue 9 coming to subscribers Nov 30!
Let's embrace this November chill and kick off promoting Issue 9 with Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado.
The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Let's embrace this November chill and kick off promoting Issue 9 with Counting To A Hundred by Aishatu Ado.
The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
The cold will find its way to you, decide what you want to give it.
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My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
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I am still so thrilled to have a story coming soon with the amazing @heartlines-spec.com. I cannot wait for readers to be introduced to my zombie apocalypse love letter to junk food: "At the End of the World, Meet Me by the Vending Machines."
Red Dye No. 40 is coming your way!
🧟🍫
Red Dye No. 40 is coming your way!
🧟🍫
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I am still so thrilled to have a story coming soon with the amazing @heartlines-spec.com. I cannot wait for readers to be introduced to my zombie apocalypse love letter to junk food: "At the End of the World, Meet Me by the Vending Machines."
Red Dye No. 40 is coming your way!
🧟🍫
Red Dye No. 40 is coming your way!
🧟🍫
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A visceral exploration of unhealthy relationships and the balance of power where emotions are involved as a man finds himself cheating on his boyfriend with space-time itself - Time-like Curves, Space-like Curves by PH Lee.
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Timelike Curves, Spacelike Curves - Reactor
Is it bad to cheat on your boyfriend with the fabric of space and time?
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A visceral exploration of unhealthy relationships and the balance of power where emotions are involved as a man finds himself cheating on his boyfriend with space-time itself - Time-like Curves, Space-like Curves by PH Lee.
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It only costs $10 to join the CSFFA and it lets you nominate and vote for the Aurora Awards! We’ll be nominating eligible pieces from our Canadian contributors, including our amazing cover artist Alice M.
I say this every year, but it would mean everything to see our artists recognized with a win 🫀
I say this every year, but it would mean everything to see our artists recognized with a win 🫀
Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025.
If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It only costs $10 to join the CSFFA and it lets you nominate and vote for the Aurora Awards! We’ll be nominating eligible pieces from our Canadian contributors, including our amazing cover artist Alice M.
I say this every year, but it would mean everything to see our artists recognized with a win 🫀
I say this every year, but it would mean everything to see our artists recognized with a win 🫀
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What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
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man we need more stories of platonic love that doesn’t fit the societal definition of standard friendship?? like we NEED that passionate intimate friendship shit that blurs the current lines so that people can be okay with having intense affection for someone they don’t want to romance or bone
Kinda bothers me when fans interpret every close same-sex relationship in media as romantic/sexual. Like I fully grasp how much "historians call them roommates" shit sucks
But I also don't think "Healthy platonic emotional intimacy btwn guys is impossible, they just wanna F U C K" is the answer?
But I also don't think "Healthy platonic emotional intimacy btwn guys is impossible, they just wanna F U C K" is the answer?
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
man we need more stories of platonic love that doesn’t fit the societal definition of standard friendship?? like we NEED that passionate intimate friendship shit that blurs the current lines so that people can be okay with having intense affection for someone they don’t want to romance or bone
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November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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Something romantic but body horror for halloween
Trapped in This Body, I Wait for You by @linardos.bsky.social from Issue 4
Body horror; mind manipulation; insects
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Body horror; mind manipulation; insects
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Trapped in This Body, I Wait for You
Trapped in This Body, I Wait for You by Akis Linardos
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October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Something romantic but body horror for halloween
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I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤
I Met My Wife in the Woods by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social from Issue 5
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
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Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
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I Met My Wife in the Woods
I Met My Wife in the Woods by Ash Vale
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤
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This is a killer story.
I Met My Wife in the Woods by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social from Issue 5
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
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Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
www.heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wif...
I Met My Wife in the Woods
I Met My Wife in the Woods by Ash Vale
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October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is a killer story.
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there’s nothing scarier than just staying alive despite it all. but there is also? maybe nothing more rewarding
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social from Issue 8
Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
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Resurrection; portals; the obligation of living
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It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks
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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
there’s nothing scarier than just staying alive despite it all. but there is also? maybe nothing more rewarding
Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
Loving something with your whole heart 🖤
Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:
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Nature-y issues are my vibe!! I have a little poem included called "Missing You, No Matter Where I Am" 🐦⬛🌒🌳🕯️ It's about how you can feel homesick and lost even if you're somewhere magical.
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Nature-y issues are my vibe!! I have a little poem included called "Missing You, No Matter Where I Am" 🐦⬛🌒🌳🕯️ It's about how you can feel homesick and lost even if you're somewhere magical.
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I am so delighted to have a seasonally appropriate little snowy gloom of a story coming out in this issue of @heartlines-spec.com alongside the zombies and sheep and decay!
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am so delighted to have a seasonally appropriate little snowy gloom of a story coming out in this issue of @heartlines-spec.com alongside the zombies and sheep and decay!
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SO excited to be in Heartlines soon! 🥰
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
SO excited to be in Heartlines soon! 🥰
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It me! I'm the zombies! So stoked to have a story coming soon with Heartlines. This is such a great magazine and that TOC is filled with authors I admire. I am honored to be included and can't wait to share it with you.
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It me! I'm the zombies! So stoked to have a story coming soon with Heartlines. This is such a great magazine and that TOC is filled with authors I admire. I am honored to be included and can't wait to share it with you.
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time.
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀
Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬
Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀