Plus it’s run by the endlessly generous and absolute marvel of a human that is @voidskrawl.bsky.social
I’m so gutted I can’t go this year!
Murderbot just gets it.
(From Platform Decay by @marthawells.com)
Has anyone created a lit mag randomiser yet? I'm trying to read more widely/randomly (and also lazy).
Closest I've found is Duotrope's "listing of the day" (which you can access without an account, although it hasn't changed since yesterday).
“The outline of everything, seeped in blue ghost-print…”
The story bone’s connected to the heart bone.
Herman Melville, sensory-seeker:
I may have jumped the gun a little bit, but what are guns for if not for jumping...
Anyway, entries are now OPEN for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026!!!
Micros up to 100 words
Free to enter
Send UP TO TWO micros across FIVE categories
Deadline 30th June
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
If you’re in (or can get to) London this weekend I HIGHLY recommend you get a ticket to @voidspacezine.bsky.social interactive festival - one of the most fun/inspiring events I’ve ever been to. SO much talent and immersive creativity: voidspacezine.com/voidspace-li...
Which led me to this mag I hadn't heard of before, and this flash which I very much enjoyed: Sinkholes by H J Dutton @crypticfrogpub.bsky.social
"Any day you could go down, and you’d never be ready."
crypticfrogpublishing.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/i...
I think maybe my job now is just repeatedly saying this?
And eg: you can also borrow a load of audiobooks on your phone from local libraries. Not just classics! Brand new buzzy novels and non fiction! I have Yesteryear and Calculation of Volume and Things In Nature Merely Grow right now.
