Perseid Prophecies
@perseidprophecies.bsky.social
Quarterly indie digital magazine featuring weird fiction, science fiction, fantasy & fact.
Editor-in-Chief: @esraye.bsky.social
Issue 6: Summer 2025 live now. Get it free at https://perseidprophecies.ca/
Editor-in-Chief: @esraye.bsky.social
Issue 6: Summer 2025 live now. Get it free at https://perseidprophecies.ca/
Autumn has arrived!
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!
#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #indiemagazine #indiezine #shortstories
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!
#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #indiemagazine #indiezine #shortstories
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Autumn has arrived!
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!
#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #indiemagazine #indiezine #shortstories
And that means Issue 7 of Perseid Prophecies drops tomorrow!
#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #indiemagazine #indiezine #shortstories
With #radioactiveshrimp in the news, now's a good time to reintroduce Perseid Prophecies' interns: The Hermetic Conclave of Broccoli and The Esoteric Order of Cauliflower. They're warring cults with a surprising complex lore...
...but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.
...but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.
August 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
With #radioactiveshrimp in the news, now's a good time to reintroduce Perseid Prophecies' interns: The Hermetic Conclave of Broccoli and The Esoteric Order of Cauliflower. They're warring cults with a surprising complex lore...
...but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.
...but they're not actually radioactive. At least, as far as we know.
The Hermetic Conclave of Cauliflower was blessed with broccoli from above!
July 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Hermetic Conclave of Cauliflower was blessed with broccoli from above!
Are you troubled by strange notions in the night? Do you experience feelings of dread at your writing desk? Have you or your family actually seen a spook, specter or ghost? If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute.
Send your short stories to Perseid Prophecies!
Submissions now open!
Send your short stories to Perseid Prophecies!
Submissions now open!
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Are you troubled by strange notions in the night? Do you experience feelings of dread at your writing desk? Have you or your family actually seen a spook, specter or ghost? If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute.
Send your short stories to Perseid Prophecies!
Submissions now open!
Send your short stories to Perseid Prophecies!
Submissions now open!
Everybody's a critic.
July 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Everybody's a critic.
Olivia Wylie's story "Hybrid Vigor" describes a reality where the human world and fae world have recently come back together, and how a little good music can save a life.
Read it free, and the rest of Issue 7, now at www.perseidprophecies.ca!
Read it free, and the rest of Issue 7, now at www.perseidprophecies.ca!
July 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Olivia Wylie's story "Hybrid Vigor" describes a reality where the human world and fae world have recently come back together, and how a little good music can save a life.
Read it free, and the rest of Issue 7, now at www.perseidprophecies.ca!
Read it free, and the rest of Issue 7, now at www.perseidprophecies.ca!
Don't mind the shrieks. The reading team just discovered that The Hermetic Conclave of Cauliflower has produced its first heirs.
July 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Don't mind the shrieks. The reading team just discovered that The Hermetic Conclave of Cauliflower has produced its first heirs.
Issue 7's cover art is "The great comet of 1881" from the Trouvelot astronomical drawings (1881-1882) by E. L. Trouvelot (1827-1895).
July 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Issue 7's cover art is "The great comet of 1881" from the Trouvelot astronomical drawings (1881-1882) by E. L. Trouvelot (1827-1895).
Issue 6: Summer 2025 is now live and free!
Featuring stories and articles from:
- @otterkit.bsky.social
- @cwmcguinness.bsky.social
- @markpeters.bsky.social
- V.M. Sawh
- @pbarmby.bsky.social
- Simina Lungu
- Tom Godwin
- Sam Kean
Get it free:
perseidprophecies.ca
Featuring stories and articles from:
- @otterkit.bsky.social
- @cwmcguinness.bsky.social
- @markpeters.bsky.social
- V.M. Sawh
- @pbarmby.bsky.social
- Simina Lungu
- Tom Godwin
- Sam Kean
Get it free:
perseidprophecies.ca
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Issue 6: Summer 2025 is now live and free!
Featuring stories and articles from:
- @otterkit.bsky.social
- @cwmcguinness.bsky.social
- @markpeters.bsky.social
- V.M. Sawh
- @pbarmby.bsky.social
- Simina Lungu
- Tom Godwin
- Sam Kean
Get it free:
perseidprophecies.ca
Featuring stories and articles from:
- @otterkit.bsky.social
- @cwmcguinness.bsky.social
- @markpeters.bsky.social
- V.M. Sawh
- @pbarmby.bsky.social
- Simina Lungu
- Tom Godwin
- Sam Kean
Get it free:
perseidprophecies.ca
Before our time-traveling visitor departed for whens unknown, they asked we try some temporal experimentations of our own. The best we can do is an early look at Issue 6's cover.
Get it--free--tomorrow!
Submissions for Issue 7: Autumn '25 also open tomorrow!
www.perseidprochecies.ca
Get it--free--tomorrow!
Submissions for Issue 7: Autumn '25 also open tomorrow!
www.perseidprochecies.ca
July 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Before our time-traveling visitor departed for whens unknown, they asked we try some temporal experimentations of our own. The best we can do is an early look at Issue 6's cover.
Get it--free--tomorrow!
Submissions for Issue 7: Autumn '25 also open tomorrow!
www.perseidprochecies.ca
Get it--free--tomorrow!
Submissions for Issue 7: Autumn '25 also open tomorrow!
www.perseidprochecies.ca
Good advice in these trying times.
Cartoon by Tom Gauld.
Cartoon by Tom Gauld.
June 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Good advice in these trying times.
Cartoon by Tom Gauld.
Cartoon by Tom Gauld.
The importance of editing rears its head...
June 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The importance of editing rears its head...
The Perseid Prophecies hellhounds have appropriately stellar names: the newest addition is Cosmo. The grizzled veteran is Siggy Stardust, named for a famed alien killer AND an alien who sang "Fame."
Then there's Pickles. He SAYS he's a cat, but that fact alone gives us some serious doubts.
Then there's Pickles. He SAYS he's a cat, but that fact alone gives us some serious doubts.
June 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Perseid Prophecies hellhounds have appropriately stellar names: the newest addition is Cosmo. The grizzled veteran is Siggy Stardust, named for a famed alien killer AND an alien who sang "Fame."
Then there's Pickles. He SAYS he's a cat, but that fact alone gives us some serious doubts.
Then there's Pickles. He SAYS he's a cat, but that fact alone gives us some serious doubts.
Each sect has their own ideas about from where above the surface the Great Cauliflower Feasts come, and what reason He Who Dwells Beyond the Tank has for providing them.
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
June 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Each sect has their own ideas about from where above the surface the Great Cauliflower Feasts come, and what reason He Who Dwells Beyond the Tank has for providing them.
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
Each sect has their own ideas about from where above the surface the Great Cauliflower Feasts come, and what reason He Who Dwells Beyond the Tank has for providing them.
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Each sect has their own ideas about from where above the surface the Great Cauliflower Feasts come, and what reason He Who Dwells Beyond the Tank has for providing them.
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
This Old One has but one question for these denizens:
Can't we give peas a chance?
Check out @theatomicpunk.bsky.social's "Moonlight on the Gallows" in this season's issue of Perseid Prophecies!
It's a heart wrenching little tale of love, magic, and the price of impatience.
Download it for free at the link in our bio!
It's a heart wrenching little tale of love, magic, and the price of impatience.
Download it for free at the link in our bio!
April 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Check out @theatomicpunk.bsky.social's "Moonlight on the Gallows" in this season's issue of Perseid Prophecies!
It's a heart wrenching little tale of love, magic, and the price of impatience.
Download it for free at the link in our bio!
It's a heart wrenching little tale of love, magic, and the price of impatience.
Download it for free at the link in our bio!
Issue 5 of Perseid Prophecies is now live!
Featuring stories from:
@theatomicpunk.bsky.social
@bobgielow.bsky.social
Get it for free at the link below! ⏬
Featuring stories from:
@theatomicpunk.bsky.social
@bobgielow.bsky.social
Get it for free at the link below! ⏬
April 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Issue 5 of Perseid Prophecies is now live!
Featuring stories from:
@theatomicpunk.bsky.social
@bobgielow.bsky.social
Get it for free at the link below! ⏬
Featuring stories from:
@theatomicpunk.bsky.social
@bobgielow.bsky.social
Get it for free at the link below! ⏬
We're starting off the new year with some technical difficulties with our website, but despite that...
Issue 4: Winter 2025 is now available!
We've got some amazing wintery sci-fi, fantasy & horror from:
V.M. Sawh
David O'Mahony
David Cuen
Dane Erbach
Read them for FREE at the link below⏬
Issue 4: Winter 2025 is now available!
We've got some amazing wintery sci-fi, fantasy & horror from:
V.M. Sawh
David O'Mahony
David Cuen
Dane Erbach
Read them for FREE at the link below⏬
January 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We're starting off the new year with some technical difficulties with our website, but despite that...
Issue 4: Winter 2025 is now available!
We've got some amazing wintery sci-fi, fantasy & horror from:
V.M. Sawh
David O'Mahony
David Cuen
Dane Erbach
Read them for FREE at the link below⏬
Issue 4: Winter 2025 is now available!
We've got some amazing wintery sci-fi, fantasy & horror from:
V.M. Sawh
David O'Mahony
David Cuen
Dane Erbach
Read them for FREE at the link below⏬
With the holidays upon us, we're releasing the cover of our upcoming winter 2025 issue early!
Read some amazing and spooky stories by V.M. Sawh, David Cuen, @davidomahony.bsky.social, and Dane Erbach for free on January 1st, 2025!
Cover: Christmas Nebula by Ekaterina Valinakova
Read some amazing and spooky stories by V.M. Sawh, David Cuen, @davidomahony.bsky.social, and Dane Erbach for free on January 1st, 2025!
Cover: Christmas Nebula by Ekaterina Valinakova
December 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM
With the holidays upon us, we're releasing the cover of our upcoming winter 2025 issue early!
Read some amazing and spooky stories by V.M. Sawh, David Cuen, @davidomahony.bsky.social, and Dane Erbach for free on January 1st, 2025!
Cover: Christmas Nebula by Ekaterina Valinakova
Read some amazing and spooky stories by V.M. Sawh, David Cuen, @davidomahony.bsky.social, and Dane Erbach for free on January 1st, 2025!
Cover: Christmas Nebula by Ekaterina Valinakova
John Burness Jr's #shortstory "Snake Oil," explores one paranormal investigator's brush with a mysterious serum found in an ancient, decaying home. And the implications of the elixir's unusual effects.
Read it free in our Autumn 2023 issue, available now through the link in our profile!
Read it free in our Autumn 2023 issue, available now through the link in our profile!
October 8, 2024 at 8:13 PM
John Burness Jr's #shortstory "Snake Oil," explores one paranormal investigator's brush with a mysterious serum found in an ancient, decaying home. And the implications of the elixir's unusual effects.
Read it free in our Autumn 2023 issue, available now through the link in our profile!
Read it free in our Autumn 2023 issue, available now through the link in our profile!
We are also pleased to announce that submissions for our winter issue, releasing Jan 1st, are now open!
Submission for short stories, cover art and factual science articles remain open until Oct 14th. Check out our website for what we're looking for and to submit.
Submission for short stories, cover art and factual science articles remain open until Oct 14th. Check out our website for what we're looking for and to submit.
October 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
We are also pleased to announce that submissions for our winter issue, releasing Jan 1st, are now open!
Submission for short stories, cover art and factual science articles remain open until Oct 14th. Check out our website for what we're looking for and to submit.
Submission for short stories, cover art and factual science articles remain open until Oct 14th. Check out our website for what we're looking for and to submit.
Our third issue, Autumn 2024, is now live and free!
This quarter we're featuring stories from:
John Burness Jr.
X-W
Chris W McGuinness
MD Harrold
Get it for free through the link in our bio!
This quarter we're featuring stories from:
John Burness Jr.
X-W
Chris W McGuinness
MD Harrold
Get it for free through the link in our bio!
October 1, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Our third issue, Autumn 2024, is now live and free!
This quarter we're featuring stories from:
John Burness Jr.
X-W
Chris W McGuinness
MD Harrold
Get it for free through the link in our bio!
This quarter we're featuring stories from:
John Burness Jr.
X-W
Chris W McGuinness
MD Harrold
Get it for free through the link in our bio!
First day on Bluesky and we hit a magic number!
I'll take this as a good omen!
Welcome all, and thanks for joining us in sharing and lifting up science fiction, weird fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories!
I'll take this as a good omen!
Welcome all, and thanks for joining us in sharing and lifting up science fiction, weird fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories!
September 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
First day on Bluesky and we hit a magic number!
I'll take this as a good omen!
Welcome all, and thanks for joining us in sharing and lifting up science fiction, weird fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories!
I'll take this as a good omen!
Welcome all, and thanks for joining us in sharing and lifting up science fiction, weird fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories!
Short story submissions for our winter issue, releasing January 1st, open in one week on October 1st, and will remain open until October 14th!
We don't insist on specific themes for our issues, but stories that offer a wintery setting or feel may be looked on with a favorable eye 😉
We don't insist on specific themes for our issues, but stories that offer a wintery setting or feel may be looked on with a favorable eye 😉
September 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Short story submissions for our winter issue, releasing January 1st, open in one week on October 1st, and will remain open until October 14th!
We don't insist on specific themes for our issues, but stories that offer a wintery setting or feel may be looked on with a favorable eye 😉
We don't insist on specific themes for our issues, but stories that offer a wintery setting or feel may be looked on with a favorable eye 😉