And there's a third story this month! Out today at Phano, "The Secret Procession" is about what popes get up to under the streets of Vienna.
www.phano.com/articles/the...
My second story this month is in @foofarawpress.bsky.social's March Mindlessly Massive issue. It's called "Escape Algorithm"...
foofaraw.press/mindlessly-m...
My latest story is out today in Trollbreath. Cats in space! (sort of).
Lots of good stuff in this issue. Plus, it's cool that each issue starts things off with an interview of the artist - in this case, Aimee Cozza.
Short break from insanity to share that UNCERTAIN SONS is a BSFA finalist. A testament to @undertow.bsky.social's thoughtful work more than anything else that the book has gone anywhere. Thanks to them and to folks who support indies like UP. Means a lot. Congrats to all the finalists.
Trollbreath Magazine Spring 2026. Issue 7 - Fiction The Messenger of Budapest by Amy Kitcher Istani by Z.D. Dochterman A Study of Cats in Low-Gravity Mining Stations by B. Morris Allen We Die with the Snowfall by Ash Horn Ghosts of Rouyi by V. Zixin Inheritance by Jennifer Skogen Schema by Wren Douglas The Frayed Edges of Souls by Azure Arther The Physics of a Gunshot by Chris Barnham On the Subject of Moonwhites by Erin Keating Image of a cartoon troll in a bowler hat and chain mail holding a ray gun
Time to subscribe - issue 7 is dropping on March 1st! Only $5 a quarter or $20 a year for access to these amazing stories, plus poetry and non-fiction!
magazine.trollbreath.com
As the Nebula nomination deadline approaches, I hope that you'll keep in mind my 2025 novelette "Cupernicity" in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which I'm very proud of. Please consider including it in your nominations.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
It's the first Friday of the month, so time for some flash fiction. This one's wading through the same waters as my new novella, scifi contemplating bodies, health, & a life well lived.
andrewknighton.com/scars-a-scie...
I'm formally putting out my shingle as a freelance editor. See edits.metaphorosis.com for info and rates.
More SFF short story recommendations! Amazing stories by @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social
medium.com/@katefrancia...
FFer Read of the Day: "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
PS I just now learned that Sterling E. Lanier's Hiero series did finally get its third book in 2025: Hiero's Answer.
What are some series for which a final book was planned but not completed before the author(s) died?
I'll start with a few:
Phyllis Eisenstein, City in Stone [Book of Elementals series]
Marvin Kaye & Parke Godwin, Singer Among the Nightingales [Masters of Solitude series]
I was part of an anthology for @metaphorosis.com called "Reading 5x5" where five authors were given the same story prompt to see where it took them. The same seed turned into drastically different beautiful stories on each occasion. Because a prompt is the *spur* for creativity in the process.
Our last interview of season one is here! Making @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social has been incredibly grounding and wonderful in a rollercoaster of a debut year.
I loved chatting with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social and @monawest.bsky.social about fallow periods, persistence, and resilience. 💚
Am I allowed to say it was my favorite book of the year?
Ship of Smoke and Steel - Django Wexler,
4.5 stars,
I recommend this.
Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett,
4.5 stars,
Satisfying and a lot of fun.
I've really enjoyed all of @gunnardewinter.bsky.social work in Clarkesworld this year! His writing makes me think about SF in a broader perspective. I often think back to stories I love and how they relate to actual science. I definitely rec. you give them a read!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐 #SciFiSky
Deadline coming up on 14 December. Submit soon!
As far as I know, the SFWA fora are still down...
Wondering what to #nominate? 2/4
If you prefer your reading short and flashy, please consider my story "The Only Map is Memory", published just this week in Podcastle.
podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p...
Wondering what to #nominate? 1/4
As the year moves toward its end, and best of the year and awards consideration time moves closer, I'd like to ask that you consider my novelette "Cupernicity", published in February in The Future Fire for your nomination needs.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
Cover of issue 99 of Fantasy Magazine featuring a dark skinned woman with glowing eyes and a glorious tufted moth on her forehead. A full moon rises above. the entire image is in shades of black, white and gray.
and the issue 99 COVER ✨
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
Did I tell you about my latest story? It's short, on PodCastle, and about choices! Read or listen!
An author holding up paperback copies of his book - All That Is in the Earth by Andrew Knighton
In good book news, the author copies of my next @lunapress.bsky.social novella All That Is in the Earth just arrived! Very excited to add another one to the shelf of my books, and for you people to read this when it's out in February.
My latest story is up @podcastle.org ! You can read my flash story, "The Only Map is Memory" along with shorts by David McGuire and Courtney Floyd.
podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p...
This is, astoundingly, my 12th story published this year, far outstripping any previous year.
So excited to have a little future ghost story in the next issue of @fantasymagazine.bsky.social :)
Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett,
4.5 stars,
One of very funniest Discworld books so far; I really enjoyed it.
Awards Eligibility 2025 Bells Long Silent - Cast of Wonders 641 The Seeds of Monstrous and Beautiful Things - James Gunn's Ad Astra 16 The Little Deaths of Autumn - Kaleidotrope Autumn 2025 The Horrible Conceit of Death and Night - Apex Magazine 151 Little Thief and the Martyr's Head - Beneath Ceaseless Skies 446
Look on my Award Eligible works, ye Mighty, and despair!
