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Moving the recs to Bluesky!
November 11, 2024
B”H Dear everyone, Thank you for bearing with me! I know the past year has been frustrating. With Twitter crashing and burning, I moved my daily story...
No updates today - technical issues
March 25, 2024
Hi everyone, Sadly there will be no update today - I'm having some technical issues with Buttondown and Stripe. The free emails work well, but the...
All in caps - "THE MOST HOLY DAY OF THE TRANSSEXUAL CALENDAR" by Nora Hikari
March 21, 2024
Author: Nora Hikari Title: “THE MOST HOLY DAY OF THE TRANSSEXUAL CALENDAR” Venue: Beestung, Winter 2024 (ed. Sarah Clark) Type: Poem – Under 50 lines Themes:...
Bleeding ink onto skin - "What Tales Demand" by Rukman Ragas
March 20, 2024
Author: Rukman Ragas Title: “What Tales Demand” Venue: Tasavvur, Winter 2024 (ed. Kehkashan & Amal Singh) Type: Short story – 1401 words Themes: Fantasy,...
Bones cracking - "Through the Keyhole" by Lisa M. Bradley
March 18, 2024
Author: Lisa M. Bradley Title: “Through the Keyhole” Venue: F&SF, Nov/Dec 2023 (ed. Sheree Renée Thomas) Type: Poem – under 50 lines Themes: Horror, dark...
Taxes, body fluids, and happiness - "Interstitial Void Transit" by Jeremy Pak Nelson
March 14, 2024
Author: Jeremy Pak Nelson Title: “Interstitial Void Transit” Venue: Small Wonders, July 2023 (eds. Cislyn Smith & Stephen Granade) Type: Flash story – 976...
Love and maggots - "Interstate Mohinis" by M.L. Krishnan
March 13, 2024
Author: M.L. Krishnan Title: “Interstate Mohinis” Venue: Diabolical Plots, June 2023 (ed. Kel Coleman) Type: Short story – 3030 words Themes: Contemporary...
It's dark in the forest - "Red Rite" by Eva Papasoulioti
March 12, 2024
Author: Eva Papasoulioti Title: "Red Rite" Venue: Strange Horizons, Mar 2024 (eds. AJ Odasso, Romie Stott, Lisa M. Bradley, Vanessa Jae – I’m not sure who...
Mysterious contraptions! "Bird-Girl Builds a Machine" by Hannah Yang + Bonus book!
March 11, 2024
Author: Hannah Yang Title: “Bird-Girl Builds a Machine” Venue: Clarkesworld, Nov 2023 (ed. Neil Clarke) Type: Short story – 2940 words Themes: Science...
Meanwhile in Ukraine... "The Ghost Tenders of Chornobyl" by Nika Murphy
March 7, 2024
A quick note that there has been a major issue with paid subscription renewals, i.e., they just stopped working. The past few days have been very hectic for...
Get haunted! "The Haunting House" by David Ebenbach
March 6, 2024
Author: David Ebenbach Title: “The Haunting House” Venue: Weird Horror, Spring 2024 (ed. Michael Kelly) Type: Short story – unsure of the wordcount, I read...
Share your life with sea life! "Dream the Sea" by Clara Ward
March 5, 2024
Author: Clara Ward Title: “Dream the Sea” Venue: Small Wonders, Feb 2024 (eds. Cislyn Smith, Stephen Granade) Type: Flash story – 968 words Themes: Science...
Reduce your STRESS!!! "I Hope I Can Call You Back" by Tara Campbell
March 4, 2024
Author: Tara Campbell Title: “I Hope I Can Call You Back” Venue: Worlds of IF, February 2024 (eds. Justin T. O’Conor Sloane and Jean-Paul L. Garnier) Type:...
This week's paid update features some classic sense of wonder...
March 1, 2024
I have trouble saving this text, but pls believe that this novelette is great. Author: Chi Hui, translated by John Chu Title: “Stars Don’t Dream” Venue:...
Does your workplace need some... “D.E.I. (Death, Eternity, and Inclusion)” by N. Romaine White
February 29, 2024
Author: N. Romaine White Title: “D.E.I. (Death, Eternity, and Inclusion)” Venue: Fiyah, Winter 2024 (ed. Nelson Rolon) Type: Short story – 3884 words Themes:...
In prison with "The Cello in the Cell" by David Janisch
February 28, 2024
Author: David Janisch Title: “The Cello in the Cell” Venue: Nightmare, October 2023 (ed. Wendy N. Wagner) Type: Short story – 4800 words Themes: Horror,...
Not scorpions, but “The Six Most Common Questions Asked by...” by Mo Usavage
February 27, 2024
Author: Mo Usavage Title: “The Six Most Common Questions Asked by Customers in Rubian Brothels” Venue: Baffling, Jan 2024 (Dec 2023?) eds. Kel Coleman, dave...
Have some soup - "My Mother Fears the Vampires" by Julia Yuxuan
February 26, 2024
Author: Julia Yuxuan Title: “My Mother Fears the Vampires” Venue: Small Wonders, August 2023 (eds. Cislyn Smith, Stephen Granade) Type: Poem – Under 50 lines...
Today's paid rec is a glorious mess...
February 23, 2024
Today's novella is a mythical story retold with music majors in college and an epic amount of spite! Author: Jordan Kurella Title: I Never Liked You Anyway...
Feral drones! “The Little Free Guide To Dronewatching...” by Ann LeBlanc
February 22, 2024
Author: Ann LeBlanc Title: “The Little Free Guide To Dronewatching, Abridged & Annotated” Venue: Baffling Magazine, March 2023 (eds. Craig Laurance Gidney,...
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