author, editor, & poet | Digital Communications Manager at @UCBerkeley’s @Oandbinstitute
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11 Nov 2025
The Lady of the Door returns to Earth only to save her son. Will her all be enough to protect the one she cares about the most? Find out in my debut speculative fiction, “The Less You Know, the Better”
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Jun 15
beestung's Pleasure Issue is open for an extra few days for BIPOC writers! We deserve a little breathing room, and we're getting it
Deadline: 6/20
Pay: $20
Guest editor: brilliant & savvy & looking forward to reading you up & down
Theme: 👄🥵🫦🩲🍆🍑🎇
beestungmag.com/special-call…
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Jun 12
TO! MORROW!
Jun 11
Deadline: 6/13!
The Pleasure Issue aims to interrogate the varying politics of pleasure via the difference between the erotic and the pornographic through flash fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and art. Pleasure does not exist in a vacuum.
More: beestungmag.com/special-call…
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Even if you're not a paid CHM subscriber, you can still get some of the best free cosmic and weird horror in the game by reading CHM Lite—a slightly truncated version of our regular magazine available for FREE. Learn more here: zurl.co/2HNky
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Jun 11
hey it's us <333333
Jun 11
Submit to 'em here: chillsubs.com/lists/fsfw-jun…
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ALT Open lit mags that pay writers and don't charge fees Barrelhouse - Bridging the gap between serious art and pop culture midnight & indigo - Literary home for Black women across the diaspora Anarchist Fictions Journal - Print journal of original and reprinted short fiction and poems about, or adjacent to, anarchy Flash Fiction Online - Celebrating brief, beautiful, and dynamic flash fiction beestung - Micro-mag of non-binary writers that's sweet and stings Aôthen Magazine - Ancient Mediterranean themed classics lit mag Pleiades Magazine - Literature in context Fantastic Other - Discussing dreams, analyzing fantasies, prodding popular larks Jun 11, 2026
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“…there is no human to devour…”
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This month, we gather work that circles the many afterlives of upheavals—personal, historical, spectral. We are also pleased to feature two invited contributors this month, Eden Royce and Beatrice Iker!
Single issues available here: zurl.co/rDaJb
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Outros planos | Ebere Obua
omenana.com/2024/12/25/outro…
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Jun 10
Commensalism is now an Ignyte finalist🙂↕️ and thanks to the amazing people at @_WTBAP you can now read it for free!
Public voting runs till August 16:
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com…
22 Nov 2025
Like Pluribus? My short story “Commensalism, or theThe Labyrinth’s Vessels” follows a conversation on agency and human desire between a chef and the super-intelligent slime mold that rules over the planet.
willthisbeaproblem.com/2025/…
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In this generative craft intensive, we'll cover all things non-normative storytelling in creative nonfiction.
Writers will leave with at least three pieces in varying levels of doneness. Come ready to write!
Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/p…
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The Pleasure Issue of beestung will be an issue interrogating the varying politics of pleasure via the difference between the erotic and the pornographic through flash fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and art. Find out more at beestungmag.com/special-call…
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were black men getting on with the genders, neopronouns, and successful adoptions? or were we all still teaching our offspring ways to assimilate to hierarchy?
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Jun 9
Well then!
My @sauutiverse novella DESCENT is a finalist for the best novella Ignyte Award!
The Ignytes mean a lot to me because of what they represent. Community, care, consideration. 🙏🏾
I'm thrilled to share the spotlight with so many excellent authors!
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We're Back!
And we'd love to see you!
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Jun 8
My short story “Commensalism, or The Labyrinth’s Vessels”, published in @_WTBAP is a 2026 Ignyte Awards finalist!!!
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poetry as re-membering: a conversation with @Vangi22
“i have abandoned her (the book) too many times… forgotten to honour the woman i was when i crafted her. she teaches me that there is beauty everywhere. precious moments in rubble.”
Read full interview from link in bio.
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Jun 6
I try to. I cathedral. In desire. In anger.
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A mere nine days remain until our submissions close on 6/15, so here are some tips on revision from our team of readers and editors. We know how it feels to pore over a piece right before before submitting, so we hope these tips make the final stretch just a bit easier.
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Don't miss out on seeing Lauren C. Johnson reading at @TelHiBooks' Aloud / Out Loud event co-hosted with @sfgrotto TONIGHT at 6:30pm PDT!
Make sure to register here: buff.ly/fJ1kPYN
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