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May issues of Dirty Magick, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, The Dark, @locusmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, @lunastation.bsky.social, and @smallwondersmag.com are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/5/

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We've got a new issue dropping tomorrow! If you'd like to get the ebook version and all the stories and poems at once - or delivered as they're released right to your inbox - you can subscribe. Subscriptions are love. <3 store.smallwondersmag.com

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Issue 23 is coming in May! The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. Authors and poets are @carolscheina.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social, @timothyquinn.bsky.social, Bret Nelson, @bogiperson.bsky.social, Gendel Gento, @jonmhansen.bsky.social, @lilliantsay.bsky.social, and @annewilkins.bsky.social.

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I adored this story back in 2021 and I'm so happy it's available again. Everyone should read it.

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If you missed Brian Hugenbruch's "Techniques for Folding Time and Space to Fit Into Your Nightstand" last June, you should check it out today! "The universe was a recursive heirloom; one simply can’t leave it to gather dust." smallwondersmag.com/...

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Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie, by Malda Marlys in Small Wonders. A traveler and a (piece of a) god. Creative and visceral and just such a fascinating piece - so much packed into so few words! smallwondersmag.com/piece/bite-b...

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Sometimes a place is a person is a piece of the sea. "I GROW" by @addi.social is for all the people who have outgrown situations, and those who hope to. smallwondersmag.com/...

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"The Shapeshifter's Daydream" by M. Stevenson is feather light and sharp like talons. Read it in our issue 16 today and remind yourself to daydream too: smallwondersmag.com/...

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If you're feeling a little isolated today, a little lonely, read "Let It Be Your Call" by @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, and know that your wolf-wild song is heard. smallwondersmag.com/...

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Anami Sheppard's "My Mother-in-Law Was Not A Dragon" is a small story of a big impact. Check it out in our issue 16: smallwondersmag.com/...

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Today's story is just two sentences, but they'll take you for a wild ride! Check out Jack of All Faces by @breewernicke.bsky.social and cheer for the hero: smallwondersmag.com/...

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The other side of a legend is often surprising and sharp. Check out "The Fox Spirit's Retelling" by Wen Wen Yang in our issue 16 for a wonderful example: smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-fo...

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If you were ever wondering "How It Feels to Be Swallowed By A Black Hole" we've got the answer for you right here with a story by Gretchen Tessmer: smallwondersmag.com/...

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"Change Your Mind" asks and answers the question: what if the multiverse were a pill, and also, would it help to cure longing? It's a wonderful exploration of what-if by Gwendolyn Maia Hicks in our issue 16: smallwondersmag.com/piece/change...

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"Tasks for the Mourning, or Flowers as for Flesh" by G.E. Woods gives us careful, detailed instructions for one of the hardest tasks of all. Read it today and let it change you: smallwondersmag.com/...

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Perhaps it's for the best that you weren't subtle, but just so you know, here are "The Six Clues That Tipped Me Off That You Were An Assassin From The Future Coming To Kill Me," courtesy of Allen Dyen-Shapiro in our issue 16: smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-si...

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In today's story by @mirandarain.bsky.social, we think about sacrifice and hunger. Read "Hungry Ghosts" today and whet your appetite for life: smallwondersmag.com/...

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Masterful storytelling here

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"Catastrophizing" is a weird and wistful piece of ecofiction by Katie McIvor. Check it out here in our issue 16:

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Who will you be when you come out of the clay? Consider "Erosion" today by @mousavage.bsky.social and let it shape you: smallwondersmag.com/...

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"Traveling at Lightspeed is Easy, Returning to Earth is Hard" is a wonderful poem by Ian Li that delivers on the promise of its title. Check it out in our issue 16 here:

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Today, reflect on giving and taking nourishment with "False Beet" by @rjaurand.bsky.social. It's a poem to savor: smallwondersmag.com/...

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What do you do when things are very, very, very wrong? One answer is to just get on with things. Check out Sylvie Althoff's "Business as Usual" in our issue 16 and consider what you would do:

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why should you read my brand new little story? well, the working document was originally titled "eat god and don't die"

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What do you do with a God of Endless War? @aardwyrm.bsky.social provides a very satisfying answer in today's story, "Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie": smallwondersmag.com/...

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notes date hits “quote post”

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March spec flash roundup is here!

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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN FEBRUARY 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's January's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

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Attention, poets! We’re opening for original poems on April 1 (seriously) and will stay open for at least a month. smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

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Issue 22 is coming in April! The stunning cover art is by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social. Authors & poets are @aardwyrm.bsky.social, @rjaurand.bsky.social, Mo Usavage, @mirandarain.bsky.social, G.E. Woods, Gretchen Tessmer, @breewernicke.bsky.social, @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, and @addi.social.

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Robert Frost and time travel are two great tastes that taste great together. Check out this emotional story by David M. Barry in our issue 15:

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Our reprint today is "I Welcome the Ant Colonies in Our House" by Tehnuka. When the ants come to you, what will they take away? smallwondersmag.com/...

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Take a moment today to read "A Small Moon Dreams of Reincarnation" by Cathy Bryant in our issue 15 and dream a little about celestial objects and their trajectories:

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The summer sweet taste of fruit is so tempting. Today, heed this warning from @rlsummerling.bsky.social, and resist "The Lure of Blackberries" : smallwondersmag.com/...

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Umbrellas are "Meant to be Shared" in this charming story by Rachel Gutin in our issue 15:

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Goddamn this story is gorgeous and ravenous and may all children whose parents have cut down sacred trees and devoured insatiably be offered a chance to get chewed on by a goddess who calls you by name and to take root at last and rest

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We're delighted to see @muteddragon.bsky.social's "How His Sins Caught Up to the Unpierceable Laoji" on this list! smallwondersmag.com/piece/how-hi...

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My weird little Ovid retelling—my most rejected story—is out today! This is a story about the queer, haunted margins of the canon. Or, in other words… a story about never being able to please your horrible dad until the day he eats himself alive and you learn how to turn into a bird.

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"Erysichthon's Daughter" is a story of hunger and desire. Today, indulge in M.R. Robinson's version of this myth: smallwondersmag.com/...

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GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed, and Small Wonders: Reviews by Charles Payseur locusmag.com/2025/03...

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Today we're serving up "A Summer Soup to Cure Magical Thinking" by Kim Harbridge. Let this meal from our issue 15 warm you:

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