Bree Wernicke

"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"

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Moss Senses Sense of Touch Bryo is a moss-covered planet. A world of milky softness, cool as water, submerged in green. When Agata steps out of the spaceship, she sinks into moss up to her knees. Moss clings t…

“We know how to love you,” says the moss…💚💚💚
Our Friday release this week is “Moss Senses” by Beth Goder. Check it out for free today!
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Thank you for reading!! ☺️

Loved this story so much. Epistolary + weird cozy horror is my jam, thanks @breewernicke.bsky.social!

Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com

We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️

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it’s a pretty great issue!! run, don’t walk!!

Thanks so much for reading! ☺️

Bree Wernicke > Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed > Bourbon Penn Help! Possible curse?? Hi! Not sure this forum is the right place to post this, but bear with me. So about a week ago I came down with horrible stomach cramps. I assumed it was something I ate (I’m la...

I liked "Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed" by @breewernicke.bsky.social in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social.

Arachnomorphosis The city is no place for a spider.

In case you're doing some last minute reading for the Nebula awards, I'll gently place my weird spider story here.

This made it on the Locus Recommended Reading List and it will be reprinted in Podcastle soon. It's a story that's close to my heart.

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Reminder: we open to reprints on March 1st! We are looking for speculative stories (by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors) that cannot currently be read for free online.

We will stay open to reprints until the end of March and will likely open again later this year.

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I finally gave in to peer pressure and made an award eligibility graphic (two months late 😂). Nebula nominations close in less than a week and Hugos in a month! Would love if you considered my poems or short stories.

A birth announcement for a book! Including the book cover, the size of the book (14 by 12) and weight of book (567 grams). There are faint, blue starts surrounding the book which is displayed against a light blue, watercolour background.

A.D. Sui (caucasian person with short, brown hair) is wearing a grey top coat and jeans, pointing to The Iron Garden Sutra on a bookstore bookshelf and smiling.

and we're live, folks!

THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now out everywhere books are sold! if you pre-ordered a copy, you should be receiving it soon (or already have) and if not, it's not too late to purchase the yellowest book in all of history!

i am so happy your house is HABITABLE!!

SPEAR RULES

A Recipe for the Day Alban Kills the King — Orion's Belt Start by chopping the onions.

Lastly… “A Recipe for the Day Alban Kills the King,” which is a story about what comes after the end of the story. Also, crucially, it is about soup.

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It’s that time of year! I’m in my second year of Astounding eligibility, and I also published nine eligible short stories in 2025. If you only have time to read one, I hope you’ll consider “Handsomest Gentlest,” a love letter to my very good dog. You can find all nine here: m-r-robinson.com/fiction/

"God Complex" in Star*Line 48.4: sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...

"Cry of the Curio-Hawker" in Star*Line 48.3: sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...

Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association! By moving into Morbid Tower West, and being human (which we’ve verified), you’ve been approved for membership.

POETRY:

"Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!" in @strangehorizons.bsky.social (nominated for the 2026 Rhysling Award!): strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Bree Wernicke > Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman Is NOT Cursed > Bourbon Penn Help! Possible curse?? Hi! Not sure this forum is the right place to post this, but bear with me. So about a week ago I came down with horrible stomach cramps. I assumed it was something I ate (I’m la...

"Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman is NOT Cursed" in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social, 2400 words: www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/37/doc...

Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid — Orion's Belt There’s a reality where I save you, at the start.

"Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid" in @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social, fantasy, 800 words: www.orions-belt.net/archives/fiv...

Jack of All Faces - Small Wonders She told the press all about her narrow vanquishment of the dread magician John Coe and his apprentice Ruby.

"Jack of All Faces" in @smallwondersmag.com, fantasy, 500 words: smallwondersmag.com/piece/jack-o...

Issue #2 - Saros Speculative Fiction Edited by C.A. Kane “Caddisfly Lover” by L. Chan: House Trichoptera / crystal chrysalis cocktail / memory “Journal of Ron Bacewicz (Recovered)” by Bree Wernicke: camping journal / thirsty mosquitos / ...

FICTION:

"Journal of Ron Bacewicz (Recovered)" in Saros SF, horror, 1600 words: sarossf.com/issue-2/

awards eligibility 2025 (fiction) "Journal of Ron Bacewicz (Recovered)" in Saros SF "Jack of All Faces" in Small Wonders "Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid" in Orion's Belt "Doctors HATE Her!! Local Woman is NOT Cursed" in Bourbon Penn Thanks for reading! bree wernicke, breewernicke.com

awards eligibility 2025 (poetry) "Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!" in Strange Horizons "Cry of the Curio-Hawker" in Star*Line "God Complex" in Star*Line Thanks for reading! bree wernicke, breewernicke.com

hiiii bsky here's everything I had published in 2025! fiction & poetry! i'm also in my 2nd year of eligibility for the Astounding Award

Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid — Orion's Belt There’s a reality where I save you, at the start.

FFer Read of the Day: "Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid" by @breewernicke.bsky.social in @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social

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for your hugo-nominating consideration, The Electric Ant In Its Natural Habitat by Romie Stott, Tractor Beam 2025

It would be very cool (and also completely shocking) if someone were to nominate my 2025 climate-fiction short story "The Electric Ant In Its Natural Habitat" for a Hugo.

Free to read (*with* annotations) in @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social issue 2.

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2025 Awards Eligibility Albert Chu: “The Earthlight Bright Before Her”. Issue #24, February 2025. 8906 words. Science fiction.David Cleden: “The Glass Ocean”. Issue #25, June 2025. 10014 words. Sci…

Since awards voting is opening up, reminder you can see FF's eligible works at www.fusionfragment.com/2025-awards-... and Saros SF's eligible works at sarossf.com/2025-awards-...

There's also my under-construction "Best Of", in case you want a reading list: www.fusionfragment.com/2025-best-of/

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A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons, Haven Spec Magazine "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang

👀January 2026 Fiction👀

ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.

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Issue Twenty-One, January 2026, Haven Spec Magazine Fiction and poetry for the 21st century

Our ✨January 2026 Issue✨ is now free to read online!

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The January Issyou features seven stories and four poems all written in second-person POV!