I could say many things about Patricia Court's stories, but "they lack complex characters" will never be one of them. This heartbreaking piece is, I think, a magnificent character piece, and it makes me long for the never-published anthology it was written for.
New, from Hell Itself, "Sentinels" by Patricia Court
Currently on the schedule for the first Friday in July.
(Said with the caveat that @arttracy.bsky.social plays fast and loose with our schedule.)
A great many people dismiss origin stories, but secondary-world stories about how something came about truly highlight the differences between that world and ours, which makes us reconsider our own. Whether they're connected to a franchise or standalone, I love them when done well. And this one is.
New, from Hell Itself, @danielausema.bsky.social brings us an origin story in "Grey Eytel and His Band of Birds."
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Now presenting on Hell Itself: “A Tennis Match with a Queen Ant”
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Now from Hell Itself, "A Tennis Match with a Queen Ant" by @reggiekwok.bsky.social
Appropriately for the imminent solstice, my story “Daylight Savings Time” asks, “what if we just had a few more hours in the day?”
Published by @hellitself.bsky.social, find it here: hellitself.com/daylight-sav...
I have made a couple of changes to the @hellitself.bsky.social guidelines.
First, I've decided to set a minimum word count of 1,000 words.
Second, I've created a two-tier minimum number of rejections so longer stories require fewer to be eligible.