Kaleidotrope
@kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Katherine Souza
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Katherine Souza
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Genuinely new to Bluesky snd looking for some fantastic writers to follow? Well, here are just a few who have appeared in Kaleidotrope!
If you've never checked out Kaleidotrope's starter packs of the fantastic authors and artists who've appeared in the zine over the years, now would be a good time to do so, since they've just been updated—and not just so I can finally pin a new post to my profile that doesn't have a typo in it! 😜
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I hope you’ll consider Kaleidotrope for this year’s H҉u҉g҉o҉, N҉e҉b҉u҉l҉a҉, o҉r҉ o҉t҉h҉e҉r҉ b҉e҉s҉t҉ o҉f҉ y҉e҉a҉r҉ l҉i҉s҉t҉s҉!
Yes, this is my annual Awards Illegibility Post.
Yes, this is my annual Awards Illegibility Post.
November 14, 2023 at 8:27 PM
I hope you’ll consider Kaleidotrope for this year’s H҉u҉g҉o҉, N҉e҉b҉u҉l҉a҉, o҉r҉ o҉t҉h҉e҉r҉ b҉e҉s҉t҉ o҉f҉ y҉e҉a҉r҉ l҉i҉s҉t҉s҉!
Yes, this is my annual Awards Illegibility Post.
Yes, this is my annual Awards Illegibility Post.
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That was awesome, I love how it upends everything I've been reading about mythology lately.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
That was awesome, I love how it upends everything I've been reading about mythology lately.
There is power in a union. There is strength in what might otherwise fall in between. Stand up and be counted in @mimulus.bsky.social's new poem "Shapeshifters’ Local."
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There is power in a union. There is strength in what might otherwise fall in between. Stand up and be counted in @mimulus.bsky.social's new poem "Shapeshifters’ Local."
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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My story Birds, Vibrant and Wild in Kaleidotrope, is both very different from me and the most 'me' thing I have ever written.
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“Birds, Vibrant and Wild” by Owen McManus
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November 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
My story Birds, Vibrant and Wild in Kaleidotrope, is both very different from me and the most 'me' thing I have ever written.
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...
Farewell, Farmers’ Almanac. I wonder if Kaleidotrope will make it to 200 years of publication…
A Fond Farewell
After more than 200 years of sharing wit and wisdom, the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be our last edition. But our story stays alive in you.
www.farmersalmanac.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Farewell, Farmers’ Almanac. I wonder if Kaleidotrope will make it to 200 years of publication…
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The sorely underrated Frances Rowat's "After Midnight, in a Dead Woman's Shoes" :
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“After Midnight, in a Dead Woman’s Shoes” by Frances Rowat
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November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The sorely underrated Frances Rowat's "After Midnight, in a Dead Woman's Shoes" :
kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
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Need a reminder of all the stories Kaleidotrope has published?
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Need a reminder of all the stories Kaleidotrope has published?
There are a lot of different reasons to publish, and continue publishing, a magazine, but this is the one joy of it that never gets old.
Just sent out thirteen acceptance letters. I look forward to sharing these stories with everyone!
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There are a lot of different reasons to publish, and continue publishing, a magazine, but this is the one joy of it that never gets old.
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Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
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“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
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“Singularities” by Cressida Roe
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Have you read?
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“Singularities” by Cressida Roe at kaleidotrope
How many stories can be told across lifetimes?
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
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The first one that comes to mind today (that's not mine) is Armageddon Bride by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
“Armageddon Bride” by Lindz McLeod
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November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The first one that comes to mind today (that's not mine) is Armageddon Bride by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
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OK, it's a poem, but THIS ONE. Damn. kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
“To the witches in the woods behind the middle school” by Natalie Hennessy
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
OK, it's a poem, but THIS ONE. Damn. kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
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It’s time to tally up “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” in @trailofleaves.bsky.social’s charming new story.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s time to tally up “The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” in @trailofleaves.bsky.social’s charming new story.
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
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If you've never checked out Kaleidotrope's starter packs of the fantastic authors and artists who've appeared in the zine over the years, now would be a good time to do so, since they've just been updated—and not just so I can finally pin a new post to my profile that doesn't have a typo in it! 😜
Genuinely new to Bluesky snd looking for some fantastic writers to follow? Well, here are just a few who have appeared in Kaleidotrope!
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you've never checked out Kaleidotrope's starter packs of the fantastic authors and artists who've appeared in the zine over the years, now would be a good time to do so, since they've just been updated—and not just so I can finally pin a new post to my profile that doesn't have a typo in it! 😜
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It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
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June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
Get out there and vote!
Every vote matters, even in "Eldritch Democracies."
Read the new poems by Chris Clemens and see your government in action!
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Read the new poems by Chris Clemens and see your government in action!
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November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Get out there and vote!
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The sky is all for you.
Take much. Take more.
No, more. Let no one
tell you that the sky is
for others. It longs
for you as you long
for transcendence.
Take much. Take more.
No, more. Let no one
tell you that the sky is
for others. It longs
for you as you long
for transcendence.
Pick three words at random and write your own short poem!
There are 7 poems in the new Kaleidotrope and 579 different words between them.
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The sky is all for you.
Take much. Take more.
No, more. Let no one
tell you that the sky is
for others. It longs
for you as you long
for transcendence.
Take much. Take more.
No, more. Let no one
tell you that the sky is
for others. It longs
for you as you long
for transcendence.
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other’s human flickering
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
other’s human flickering
Pick three words at random and write your own short poem!
There are 7 poems in the new Kaleidotrope and 579 different words between them.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Pick three words at random and write your own short poem!