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
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.
I was lucky enough to meet Common Bonds creator @clh2oars.bsky.social at Can*Con.
Currently obsessed with Busy Little Bees by @polenth.bsky.social — perfectly weird distillation of inheritance and found family
Currently obsessed with Busy Little Bees by @polenth.bsky.social — perfectly weird distillation of inheritance and found family
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was lucky enough to meet Common Bonds creator @clh2oars.bsky.social at Can*Con.
Currently obsessed with Busy Little Bees by @polenth.bsky.social — perfectly weird distillation of inheritance and found family
Currently obsessed with Busy Little Bees by @polenth.bsky.social — perfectly weird distillation of inheritance and found family
TORONTO PEEPS!
Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️
Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute?
WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025
Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️
Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute?
WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
TORONTO PEEPS!
Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️
Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute?
WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025
Heartlines Spec is going to be at Word on the Street! We'll be selling ALL THE SWAG: magazines, art prints, stickers, pins, and patches ❤️
Visit us! Say hi! Maybe buy something cute?
WOTS is 100% free to attend. Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025
The search is ooooooooooover!
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
September 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The search is ooooooooooover!
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
We're delighted to announce that @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social is our new Poetry Editor! She'll be working with Jess to finish out the issue.
Look how judgey that bonus editor is! You definitely want to impress them by sending your weirdest, best poetry.
Do you kick your feet over chosen family stories? Do you yearn about generation ships lost to time? Are you haunted by multiverse and all the different iterations of your love/nemesis?
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
September 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Do you kick your feet over chosen family stories? Do you yearn about generation ships lost to time? Are you haunted by multiverse and all the different iterations of your love/nemesis?
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
Heartlines is growing! We’re looking for
- A poetry editor
- 2-3 submission readers
Looking until we're not 🫀
Let's make life and death a little more complicated shall we? Fate, friendship, and fucked up vibes
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!!
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!!
July 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Let's make life and death a little more complicated shall we? Fate, friendship, and fucked up vibes
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!!
It's Charli's Body, You're Just Living In It by @prioryruins.bsky.social
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!!
An Ear for Magic by @itsesi.bsky.social takes you down a winding path into a witchy market, asks what you yearn for, and keeps you lingering in an unexpected, longtime friendship
Available to paid subscribers on July 31st!
Available to paid subscribers on July 31st!
July 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
An Ear for Magic by @itsesi.bsky.social takes you down a winding path into a witchy market, asks what you yearn for, and keeps you lingering in an unexpected, longtime friendship
Available to paid subscribers on July 31st!
Available to paid subscribers on July 31st!
Issue 8 will be coming to your inbox July 31st 👾
@itsbabypears.bsky.social aced these Unbothered Flirty Objects
$18CAD gets you a full year of Issues and helps us continue to pay our artists
www.heartlines-spec.com
@itsbabypears.bsky.social aced these Unbothered Flirty Objects
$18CAD gets you a full year of Issues and helps us continue to pay our artists
www.heartlines-spec.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Issue 8 will be coming to your inbox July 31st 👾
@itsbabypears.bsky.social aced these Unbothered Flirty Objects
$18CAD gets you a full year of Issues and helps us continue to pay our artists
www.heartlines-spec.com
@itsbabypears.bsky.social aced these Unbothered Flirty Objects
$18CAD gets you a full year of Issues and helps us continue to pay our artists
www.heartlines-spec.com
What the Birds Taught Me by @nicowritesbooks teaches you to hold onto your friends, listen closely, and care for them (ever so gently) 🪶
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!
July 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What the Birds Taught Me by @nicowritesbooks teaches you to hold onto your friends, listen closely, and care for them (ever so gently) 🪶
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!
Available to paid subscribers July 31st!
Protect your sibling, protect your people, and guard your knowledge.
It's the hard choices that make For the Pursuit of the Better by @criverawrites.bsky.social such a gorgeous read.
Coming soon July 31st for all paid subscribers!
It's the hard choices that make For the Pursuit of the Better by @criverawrites.bsky.social such a gorgeous read.
Coming soon July 31st for all paid subscribers!
July 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Protect your sibling, protect your people, and guard your knowledge.
It's the hard choices that make For the Pursuit of the Better by @criverawrites.bsky.social such a gorgeous read.
Coming soon July 31st for all paid subscribers!
It's the hard choices that make For the Pursuit of the Better by @criverawrites.bsky.social such a gorgeous read.
Coming soon July 31st for all paid subscribers!
Space is big and it can be lonely with two people, but at least you have each other.
Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is comforting and homey, even when you're losing ground 🛰️
Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is comforting and homey, even when you're losing ground 🛰️
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Space is big and it can be lonely with two people, but at least you have each other.
Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is comforting and homey, even when you're losing ground 🛰️
Orbit Decay by Bella Chacha is comforting and homey, even when you're losing ground 🛰️
And I Will Read to You About Butterflies by @cornellwriter.bsky.social is grief-struck, hope-laden, and humanity-affirming.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st! $18CAD gets you a full year subscription with access to everything on release day.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st! $18CAD gets you a full year subscription with access to everything on release day.
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And I Will Read to You About Butterflies by @cornellwriter.bsky.social is grief-struck, hope-laden, and humanity-affirming.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st! $18CAD gets you a full year subscription with access to everything on release day.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st! $18CAD gets you a full year subscription with access to everything on release day.
What do dissections, awkward declarations of love that ruin everything, and an alien virus have in common? They're fun to read about (probably less fun to deal with tho)!!
Kissing, Brain Parasites, and a (Mild) Nuclear Explosion by @j-needham.bsky.social is a 'splody good time
Kissing, Brain Parasites, and a (Mild) Nuclear Explosion by @j-needham.bsky.social is a 'splody good time
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What do dissections, awkward declarations of love that ruin everything, and an alien virus have in common? They're fun to read about (probably less fun to deal with tho)!!
Kissing, Brain Parasites, and a (Mild) Nuclear Explosion by @j-needham.bsky.social is a 'splody good time
Kissing, Brain Parasites, and a (Mild) Nuclear Explosion by @j-needham.bsky.social is a 'splody good time
Liturgy for Boys who Bloomed before the World was Ready by CP Nwankwo is an embrace of gentleness and love, while standing strong against societal expectations of manliness.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st!
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st!
July 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Liturgy for Boys who Bloomed before the World was Ready by CP Nwankwo is an embrace of gentleness and love, while standing strong against societal expectations of manliness.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st!
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st!
Girl Adventure Story by @rosemaxwell.bsky.social is the Narnia aftermath of your dreams.
It's friendships that outspan portals and time.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st ❣️
It's friendships that outspan portals and time.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st ❣️
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Girl Adventure Story by @rosemaxwell.bsky.social is the Narnia aftermath of your dreams.
It's friendships that outspan portals and time.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st ❣️
It's friendships that outspan portals and time.
Coming to paid subscribers July 31st ❣️
Math, philosophy, and delicious food -- three great tastes that are heartbreaking when mixed together
Which is why we're so excited for you to read Timeloop by @patluri.bsky.social
Coming to paid subscribers July 31!
Which is why we're so excited for you to read Timeloop by @patluri.bsky.social
Coming to paid subscribers July 31!
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Math, philosophy, and delicious food -- three great tastes that are heartbreaking when mixed together
Which is why we're so excited for you to read Timeloop by @patluri.bsky.social
Coming to paid subscribers July 31!
Which is why we're so excited for you to read Timeloop by @patluri.bsky.social
Coming to paid subscribers July 31!
Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Cranes by @kanishkt.bsky.social is about going home, grief, creation, and destruction. You're going to love it (and then make some origami animals and weep at them)
Available to subscribers July 31st!
Available to subscribers July 31st!
July 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Cranes by @kanishkt.bsky.social is about going home, grief, creation, and destruction. You're going to love it (and then make some origami animals and weep at them)
Available to subscribers July 31st!
Available to subscribers July 31st!
We guarantee you'll be pulled into riptide by @rukman.bsky.social
to survive a riptide, you must/
give into it. submit to the writhing waves./
the harsh wind, whipping water into peaks,
This poem will comfort you back on dry land 🌊
Coming to subscribers July 31st!
to survive a riptide, you must/
give into it. submit to the writhing waves./
the harsh wind, whipping water into peaks,
This poem will comfort you back on dry land 🌊
Coming to subscribers July 31st!
July 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We guarantee you'll be pulled into riptide by @rukman.bsky.social
to survive a riptide, you must/
give into it. submit to the writhing waves./
the harsh wind, whipping water into peaks,
This poem will comfort you back on dry land 🌊
Coming to subscribers July 31st!
to survive a riptide, you must/
give into it. submit to the writhing waves./
the harsh wind, whipping water into peaks,
This poem will comfort you back on dry land 🌊
Coming to subscribers July 31st!