M.J. Jones
@mjj-writes.bsky.social
Writer. M for Marie; M.J.'s fine. Words in EMBALM/Myriad, Tales to Terrify and Gwyllion Magazine. Pseudonymous. 🏳️🌈 she/her
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M.J. Jones
@mjj-writes.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Since a few people are following me, I thought I'd do a little intro and share some of my published writing. So hi, I'm M.J.! I write short speculative fiction, mostly dark fantasy, and one day I want to write the novel you never forget. Until I manage that, you can find my words in:
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
This delights me.
Further citation, since I was curious! (Seems like the researcher elaborated in press interviews) archive.org/details/chri...
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This delights me.
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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New SFFH lit mag alert!!!!
my friends started a lit mag!!! submissions open on january 1st. pay is 0.03/word for unpublished fiction! accepting stories, reprints, cover artwork! www.thephantompulse.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New SFFH lit mag alert!!!!
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"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
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BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
Is it a good thing if my pieces are under consideration longer than, say, the average response time on Moksha? Should I be encouraged by that, or is it just an artifact of magazine editors being very busy?
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is it a good thing if my pieces are under consideration longer than, say, the average response time on Moksha? Should I be encouraged by that, or is it just an artifact of magazine editors being very busy?
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
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Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.
podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...
podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...
Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window - PodCastle
Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six month...
podcastle.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.
podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...
podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...
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whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
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I wrote an article for @publisherswkly.bsky.social on how setting shaped several new gothic novels: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Gothic Horror Goes Global
Authors unearth terrors in an Arizona mine, rural Japan, and beyond
www.publishersweekly.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I wrote an article for @publisherswkly.bsky.social on how setting shaped several new gothic novels: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"The zookeepers were like, “Yeah, that bird is evil. We have to put on helmets when we go in, because he’ll run up the wall to try to stab us in the head with his beak.”"
I was lucky enough to chat with @tkingfisher.com for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about “Snake-Eater,” the strangeness of the southwest, and how roadrunners are actually pseudo-velociraptors: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Hostile Landscapes: PW Talks with T. Kingfisher
The Hugo and Nebula winner discusses how location informs her next two works of horror: Snake-Eater and Wolf Worm.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"The zookeepers were like, “Yeah, that bird is evil. We have to put on helmets when we go in, because he’ll run up the wall to try to stab us in the head with his beak.”"
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Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)
New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.
Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.
benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...
Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.
benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...
Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...
Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."
benjaminckinney.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)
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Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.
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We’ve reached 100 backers and are closing in on £3000 raised. Can we hit that target today? www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
www.kickstarter.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We’ve reached 100 backers and are closing in on £3000 raised. Can we hit that target today? www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
You should read this, it's a cup of hot chocolate for your Friday evening 😊
...if you wanted you could read the only retelling I think I've ever published? a what-if/unpacking of easy of the sun west of the moon. it's much softer and nicer than I usually am and caught on more than most of my writing, so I feel it gives a slightly off impression? but I still kinda like it
A Princess With a Nose Three Ells Long - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
In a castle flanked by fjords, so very far from everything that the winds rarely raised its banners, there lived a troll princess. Her mother was a troll queen, by virtue of a castle and a bad temper,...
psychopomp.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You should read this, it's a cup of hot chocolate for your Friday evening 😊
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A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.
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the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed
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ICYMI, SPOOKY SEASON is here again, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/U9e7bru
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ICYMI, SPOOKY SEASON is here again, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/U9e7bru
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Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
I have not swum at these ponds, but I am an outdoor swimmer, and I would feel very unsafe if people were allowed to scrutinise whether I look female enough to be at any of my usual swimming spots.
This also isn’t true!!! There is a public consultation NOW OPEN and you can go have your say. Obviously they want to present it as a done deal but it’s not.
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hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/
October 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I have not swum at these ponds, but I am an outdoor swimmer, and I would feel very unsafe if people were allowed to scrutinise whether I look female enough to be at any of my usual swimming spots.