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"Lentils for Breakfast" made Reactor's Must Read Short Fiction List. This one warmed my heart, too!
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"Lentils for Breakfast" made Reactor's Must Read Short Fiction List. This one warmed my heart, too!
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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: June 2025 - Reactor
A selection of June's best short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories.
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😃 I'm stunned!! Thank you @jamieboyd.bsky.social for sharing this... and thank you so much @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social for featuring my story! I'm so glad Deepika is reaching the hearts she's meant to.
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
This has been an amazing week of scholarly, literary, and magical discussions. Thank you so much for entertaining my clay- and career-related questions!
Lovely, lively discussion about art, connection, & clay at VICFA tonight with @teneajohnson.bsky.social, Katelyn Watson, & @maroon-stranger.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you for starting my weekend off with a drop of magic!
Thank you for starting my weekend off with a drop of magic!
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This has been an amazing week of scholarly, literary, and magical discussions. Thank you so much for entertaining my clay- and career-related questions!
Not to my taste, but still glad I gave it a try. Dark sapphic romance with a vampire twist, starring two Black women. I don't mind a dark theme, but the romance aspect fell flat for me, in comparison to the many luscious descriptions of blood. Wish the two enhanced each other, instead!
#booksky📚💙🌶️
#booksky📚💙🌶️
August 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not to my taste, but still glad I gave it a try. Dark sapphic romance with a vampire twist, starring two Black women. I don't mind a dark theme, but the romance aspect fell flat for me, in comparison to the many luscious descriptions of blood. Wish the two enhanced each other, instead!
#booksky📚💙🌶️
#booksky📚💙🌶️
✨️writing prompt✨️
Solstitia seeks short stories of any genre for the fourth issue of their twice-yearly zine, themed "Dragon Hoards". Fiction fans welcome here!
📝: under 10K words
🗓: due 09.01
💸: $50 award
Solstitia seeks short stories of any genre for the fourth issue of their twice-yearly zine, themed "Dragon Hoards". Fiction fans welcome here!
📝: under 10K words
🗓: due 09.01
💸: $50 award
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Solstitia seeks short stories of any genre for the fourth issue of their twice-yearly zine, themed "Dragon Hoards". Fiction fans welcome here!
📝: under 10K words
🗓: due 09.01
💸: $50 award
Solstitia seeks short stories of any genre for the fourth issue of their twice-yearly zine, themed "Dragon Hoards". Fiction fans welcome here!
📝: under 10K words
🗓: due 09.01
💸: $50 award
Another Black sapphic read; s/o to V. Black for handing me the spiciest book on her table at ReadOut! Reminds why I've loved fanfiction; it's hard to find a well-written tale of two women with full arcs, flaws, and victories, falling in love, on traditional shelves. Kudos to you!
#booksky 📚💙🌶️🪐 #bvm
#booksky 📚💙🌶️🪐 #bvm
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Bannister Press seeks visually evocative, thought-provoking fantasy short stories of otherness for the second installment of their annual anthology "Other". Submit the first 1500 words of your story to be considered.
📝: 2.5K - 3.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: $0.08 CAD/word
Bannister Press seeks visually evocative, thought-provoking fantasy short stories of otherness for the second installment of their annual anthology "Other". Submit the first 1500 words of your story to be considered.
📝: 2.5K - 3.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: $0.08 CAD/word
August 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Bannister Press seeks visually evocative, thought-provoking fantasy short stories of otherness for the second installment of their annual anthology "Other". Submit the first 1500 words of your story to be considered.
📝: 2.5K - 3.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: $0.08 CAD/word
Bannister Press seeks visually evocative, thought-provoking fantasy short stories of otherness for the second installment of their annual anthology "Other". Submit the first 1500 words of your story to be considered.
📝: 2.5K - 3.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: $0.08 CAD/word
One of my first forays into Black sapphic romantasy. Loved the drama, creative worldbuilding and fresh take on those tired old fantasy tropes. Still learning about this genre, but I'm curious to read more!
#booksky 📚💙🌶️ #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm
#booksky 📚💙🌶️ #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One of my first forays into Black sapphic romantasy. Loved the drama, creative worldbuilding and fresh take on those tired old fantasy tropes. Still learning about this genre, but I'm curious to read more!
#booksky 📚💙🌶️ #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm
#booksky 📚💙🌶️ #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm
✨️writing prompt✨️
Silver Sun Books seeks fantasy short stories of Potions & Paramours for Issue 20 of their quarterly anthology "Indie Bites", featuring indie authors whose books are self-published, hybrid, and unpublished.
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: £5 honorarium, plus donations share
Silver Sun Books seeks fantasy short stories of Potions & Paramours for Issue 20 of their quarterly anthology "Indie Bites", featuring indie authors whose books are self-published, hybrid, and unpublished.
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: £5 honorarium, plus donations share
August 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Silver Sun Books seeks fantasy short stories of Potions & Paramours for Issue 20 of their quarterly anthology "Indie Bites", featuring indie authors whose books are self-published, hybrid, and unpublished.
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: £5 honorarium, plus donations share
Silver Sun Books seeks fantasy short stories of Potions & Paramours for Issue 20 of their quarterly anthology "Indie Bites", featuring indie authors whose books are self-published, hybrid, and unpublished.
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.31
💸: £5 honorarium, plus donations share
Haul from my local bookstores on Bookstore Romance Day! Excited to start Lana Harper's sapphic witchy series. Expanding my Romantasy repertoire!
#booksky #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm 📚💙🌶️
#booksky #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm 📚💙🌶️
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Haul from my local bookstores on Bookstore Romance Day! Excited to start Lana Harper's sapphic witchy series. Expanding my Romantasy repertoire!
#booksky #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm 📚💙🌶️
#booksky #blackbooks #blacksky #bvm 📚💙🌶️
Honestly, my ideal historical romance. Real, unsung histories of women of color, portrayed as playful, nuanced and powerful as I know they must have been. Sapphic history can be uplifting... and sexy! More, please, Adriana Herrera!
#booksky 📚💙🌶 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #sapphic #lgbtq #lesbian
#booksky 📚💙🌶 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #sapphic #lgbtq #lesbian
August 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Author Henry Neilsen seeks cyberpunk horror short stories of a technofeudalist future for his upcoming shared-world anthology, "The Disconnected".
📝: up to 3K words
🗓: due 08.16
💸: AUD$10/500 words
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Author Henry Neilsen seeks cyberpunk horror short stories of a technofeudalist future for his upcoming shared-world anthology, "The Disconnected".
📝: up to 3K words
🗓: due 08.16
💸: AUD$10/500 words
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
August 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Author Henry Neilsen seeks cyberpunk horror short stories of a technofeudalist future for his upcoming shared-world anthology, "The Disconnected".
📝: up to 3K words
🗓: due 08.16
💸: AUD$10/500 words
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Author Henry Neilsen seeks cyberpunk horror short stories of a technofeudalist future for his upcoming shared-world anthology, "The Disconnected".
📝: up to 3K words
🗓: due 08.16
💸: AUD$10/500 words
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Another Caribbean author; loved exploring the rich world of Xaymaca through this fantasy lens. A good YA read for lovers of dense world-building, full casts of moody characters, and plots with more turns than a mountain highway!
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #specfic
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #specfic
August 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another Caribbean author; loved exploring the rich world of Xaymaca through this fantasy lens. A good YA read for lovers of dense world-building, full casts of moody characters, and plots with more turns than a mountain highway!
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #specfic
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #blackbooks #bvm #specfic
✨️writing prompt✨️
Author Claudie Arsenault seeks sci-fi/fantasy short stories centering non-romantic relationships for her upcoming anthology, "Common Bonds". Aromantic writers encouraged!
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Author Claudie Arsenault seeks sci-fi/fantasy short stories centering non-romantic relationships for her upcoming anthology, "Common Bonds". Aromantic writers encouraged!
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Author Claudie Arsenault seeks sci-fi/fantasy short stories centering non-romantic relationships for her upcoming anthology, "Common Bonds". Aromantic writers encouraged!
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Author Claudie Arsenault seeks sci-fi/fantasy short stories centering non-romantic relationships for her upcoming anthology, "Common Bonds". Aromantic writers encouraged!
📝: up to 7.5K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #litmag
Falling in love with Nalo Hopkinson. This short story collection is such a delight! "Broad Dutty Water" and "Inselburg" were my favorites. I love her unapologetically exuberant imagination! What should I read by her next?
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #specfic #blackbooks #bvm
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #specfic #blackbooks #bvm
August 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Falling in love with Nalo Hopkinson. This short story collection is such a delight! "Broad Dutty Water" and "Inselburg" were my favorites. I love her unapologetically exuberant imagination! What should I read by her next?
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #specfic #blackbooks #bvm
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #blacksky #specfic #blackbooks #bvm
✨️writing prompt✨️
Air & Nothingness Press seeks speculative short stories of memory manipulation for their upcoming anthology, "Mmeory". Writers of Color strongly encouraged!
📝: under 2K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #prompt #litmag
Air & Nothingness Press seeks speculative short stories of memory manipulation for their upcoming anthology, "Mmeory". Writers of Color strongly encouraged!
📝: under 2K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #prompt #litmag
August 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
✨️writing prompt✨️
Air & Nothingness Press seeks speculative short stories of memory manipulation for their upcoming anthology, "Mmeory". Writers of Color strongly encouraged!
📝: under 2K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #prompt #litmag
Air & Nothingness Press seeks speculative short stories of memory manipulation for their upcoming anthology, "Mmeory". Writers of Color strongly encouraged!
📝: under 2K words
🗓: due 08.15
💸: 8c/word
#writingcommunity #bvm #writesky #prompt #litmag
What's a writer to do when @reactorsff.bsky.social lists her first short story among the top ten of June 2025? Buy more books, of course! 🥰
Thank you again to @lunastation.bsky.social for giving Deepika's story a home, and to Book + Bottle for helping me celebrate! Can't wait to share more.
Thank you again to @lunastation.bsky.social for giving Deepika's story a home, and to Book + Bottle for helping me celebrate! Can't wait to share more.
August 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What's a writer to do when @reactorsff.bsky.social lists her first short story among the top ten of June 2025? Buy more books, of course! 🥰
Thank you again to @lunastation.bsky.social for giving Deepika's story a home, and to Book + Bottle for helping me celebrate! Can't wait to share more.
Thank you again to @lunastation.bsky.social for giving Deepika's story a home, and to Book + Bottle for helping me celebrate! Can't wait to share more.
A fresh take on the sci-fi thriller. Thoroughly enjoyed! Recommended read to those who enjoy unique perspectives, engaging mysteries, and a little dash of horror in their not-too-far-off future fiction. Looking forward to more from this author!
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #mystery #thriller #asianauthor
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #mystery #thriller #asianauthor
July 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A fresh take on the sci-fi thriller. Thoroughly enjoyed! Recommended read to those who enjoy unique perspectives, engaging mysteries, and a little dash of horror in their not-too-far-off future fiction. Looking forward to more from this author!
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #mystery #thriller #asianauthor
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #mystery #thriller #asianauthor
Whew, what a ride! Highly recommend to readers curious about what speculative fiction can do. A swift, fierce, and explosively creative dive into a world shaped by anti-literacy.
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #caribbeanauthor
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #caribbeanauthor
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Whew, what a ride! Highly recommend to readers curious about what speculative fiction can do. A swift, fierce, and explosively creative dive into a world shaped by anti-literacy.
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #caribbeanauthor
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #scifi #caribbeanauthor
My first time reading a medical mystery plot in a fantasy... and I want more! Loved the complicated explorations of Persian history and identity, presented through an alternate world where blood magic and bioscience intersect.
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #fantasy #lgbtbooks
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #fantasy #lgbtbooks
July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My first time reading a medical mystery plot in a fantasy... and I want more! Loved the complicated explorations of Persian history and identity, presented through an alternate world where blood magic and bioscience intersect.
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #fantasy #lgbtbooks
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #fantasy #lgbtbooks
Reposted by Maroon Stranger
Loving @maroon-stranger.bsky.social 's 'Lentils for Breakfast'! Such an evocative (and fragrant!) way of portraying the challenges of assimilation while holding on to one's cultural roots. Looking forward to the other stories too!
July 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Loving @maroon-stranger.bsky.social 's 'Lentils for Breakfast'! Such an evocative (and fragrant!) way of portraying the challenges of assimilation while holding on to one's cultural roots. Looking forward to the other stories too!
What a tender story. I resonated with so many aspects of Jess's journey, and the Ghosts v Gods v Gangsters action did not disappoint!
Great read for fantasy lovers looking beyond the Euromythos, and for Queer children of Asian diaspora.
#booksky 📚💙 #fantasy #lgbtq #sapphic #lesbian 📚🏳️🌈
Great read for fantasy lovers looking beyond the Euromythos, and for Queer children of Asian diaspora.
#booksky 📚💙 #fantasy #lgbtq #sapphic #lesbian 📚🏳️🌈
July 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Better is a direction! And paradise is in the mind...
Feeling inspired by this read. At times painful; as a mixed kid, Sidney's self-hatred reflects who I could've been. Grateful for the family & community who guided me to love, instead.
#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
Feeling inspired by this read. At times painful; as a mixed kid, Sidney's self-hatred reflects who I could've been. Grateful for the family & community who guided me to love, instead.
#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
July 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Better is a direction! And paradise is in the mind...
Feeling inspired by this read. At times painful; as a mixed kid, Sidney's self-hatred reflects who I could've been. Grateful for the family & community who guided me to love, instead.
#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
Feeling inspired by this read. At times painful; as a mixed kid, Sidney's self-hatred reflects who I could've been. Grateful for the family & community who guided me to love, instead.
#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
😃 I'm stunned!! Thank you @jamieboyd.bsky.social for sharing this... and thank you so much @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social for featuring my story! I'm so glad Deepika is reaching the hearts she's meant to.
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
Congrats to @maroon-stranger.bsky.social whose story
"Lentils for Breakfast" made Reactor's Must Read Short Fiction List. This one warmed my heart, too!
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
"Lentils for Breakfast" made Reactor's Must Read Short Fiction List. This one warmed my heart, too!
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: June 2025 - Reactor
A selection of June's best short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories.
reactormag.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
😃 I'm stunned!! Thank you @jamieboyd.bsky.social for sharing this... and thank you so much @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social for featuring my story! I'm so glad Deepika is reaching the hearts she's meant to.
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
#booksky 📚💙 #writesky #blackbooksky #bvm
Some lighthearted fantasy romance treats (and one poetry anthology!) from a local book fair. I've read a few of these already; my favorite was the Kimberley Lemming! Any other lovers of her work?
#booksky 📚💙 #romantasy 📚🌶 #romancebooks #bvm #blackbooks
#booksky 📚💙 #romantasy 📚🌶 #romancebooks #bvm #blackbooks
June 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some lighthearted fantasy romance treats (and one poetry anthology!) from a local book fair. I've read a few of these already; my favorite was the Kimberley Lemming! Any other lovers of her work?
#booksky 📚💙 #romantasy 📚🌶 #romancebooks #bvm #blackbooks
#booksky 📚💙 #romantasy 📚🌶 #romancebooks #bvm #blackbooks
South Asian villainess arc. Binsa's fear & ambition cast such a compelling story, even as she makes every wrong decision imaginable. My closest comparison is OO Sangoyomi's 'Masquerade'.
Still chewing on this book, and imagine I will be for quite a while. ❤️
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #darkfantasy #asianauthor
Still chewing on this book, and imagine I will be for quite a while. ❤️
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #darkfantasy #asianauthor
June 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
South Asian villainess arc. Binsa's fear & ambition cast such a compelling story, even as she makes every wrong decision imaginable. My closest comparison is OO Sangoyomi's 'Masquerade'.
Still chewing on this book, and imagine I will be for quite a while. ❤️
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #darkfantasy #asianauthor
Still chewing on this book, and imagine I will be for quite a while. ❤️
#booksky 📚💙🪐 #darkfantasy #asianauthor