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bay ♠ they/ze ♠ 18 ♠ ao3 user is spoondrifts ♠ “light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it’s done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive.” (poppies, by mary oliver)
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I should probably stop being so insane about Community, but I simply refuse to stop so here you go: more Community and text posts
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"what if i'm misinterpreting this character whose only discernable character traits and motives are being impossible to interpret" and other rational fears
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it’s easy to forget, so I’ll remind y’all: you can make fantasy versions of anything. yes even things you might not think about. like soil types. I am thinking of fantasy soil types right now
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girlhood is touching your necklace whenever you feel nervous
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so I’m looking at short story publishers (fantasy)
Tor, cream of the crop. 25 cents a word. Stories can be read for free (YES). Slowish response time at ~3 months. Prefer under 12k, absolute maximum is 17.5k. Don’t bother if it’s not highly professional quality. SFWA qualifying.
Crossed Genres. 6 cents a word. Different theme each month (this month’s is “failure”). Submissions must combine either sci-fi or fantasy with the theme. Response time 1 month. 1k-6k, no exceptions. SFWA qualifying.
Long Hidden, anthology from CG. 6 cents a word. 2k-8k, no exceptions. Must take place before 1935. Protagonist(s) must be under 18 and marginalized in their time and place. Must be sci-fi/fantasy/horror. Deadline 30 April. Response by 1 October.
Queers Destroy Science Fiction. Sci-fi only right now, author must identify as queer (gay, lesbian, bi, ace, pan, trans, genderfluid, etc, just not cishet). 7.5k max. Deadline 15 February. Responses by 1 March. You can submit one flash fiction and one short story at the same time. (My network blocks the Lightspeed site for some reason, so I can’t get all the submission details. >_>) Probably SFWA qualifying?
Women in Practical Armor. 6 cents a word. 2k-5k. Must be about 1) a female warrior who 2) is already empowered and 3) wears sensible armour. Deadline 1 April. Response within three months.
Fiction Vortex. $10 per story, with $20 and $30 for editor’s and readers’ choice stories (hoping to improve). Speculative fiction only. Imaginative but non-florid stories. 7.5k maximum, preference for 5k and under. (I kind of want to support them on general principle.)
Urban Fantasy Magazine. 6 cents a word. 8k max, under 4k preferred. Must be urban fantasy (aka, the modern world, doesn’t need to be a literal city).
Nightmare. 6 cents a word. 1.5-7.5k, preference for under 5k. Horror and dark fantasy. Response time up to two weeks. SFWA and HWA qualifying.
Apex Magazine. 6 cents a word. 7.5k max, no exceptions. Dark sci-fi/fantasy/horror. SFWA qualifying.
Asimov’s Science Fiction. 8-10 cents a word. 20k max, 1k minimum. Sci-fi; borderline fantasy is ok, but not S&S. Prefer character focused. Response time 5 weeks; query at 3 months. SFWA qualifying, ofc.
Buzzy Mag. 10 cents a word. 10k max. Should be acceptable for anyone 15+. Response time 6-8 weeks. SFWA qualifying.
Strange Horizons. 8 cents a word. Speculative fiction. 10k max, prefers under 5k. Response time 40 days. Particularly interested in diverse perspectives, nuanced approahces to political issues, and hypertexts. SFWA qualifying.
Fantasy and Science Fiction. 7-12 cents a word. Speculative fiction, preference for character focus, would like more science-fiction or humour. 25k maximum. Prefers Courier. Response time 15 days.
Scigentasy. 3 cents a word. .5-5k. Science-fiction and fantasy, progressive/feminist emphasis. Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. 15 cents a word. 3k maximum. Any sci-fi/fantasy, they like a literary bent. (psst, steinbecks!) They also like to see both traditional and experimental approaches. Response time two weeks.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 6 cents a word. 10k maximum. Fantasy in secondary worlds only (it can be Earth, but drastically different—alternate history or whatever). Character focus, prefer styles that are lush yet clear, limited first or third person narration. Response time usually 2-4 weeks, can be 5-7 weeks. SFWA qualifying.
Clarkesworld. 10 cents a word up to 4000, 7 afterwards. 1-8k, preferred is 4k. Science-fiction and fantasy. Needs to be well-written and convenient to read on-screen. Appreciates rigour. No talking cats. Response time 2 days. SFWA qualifying.
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. 6 cents a word. Any length. Science-fiction and fantasy (along with fantastic horror). Good world-building and characterization. Clear straightforward prose. Response time three months. Yes, OSC is editor-in-chief. SFWA qualifying.
Interzone. Sub-pro rates if anything (but highly respected). 10k max. Short cover letter. Science-fiction and fantasy.
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"Smart, clever, loyal Iago, who could turn wormwood into diamonds if you let him talk long enough."
Or: For once, Cassio has the last word.
aka my first and only foray into shakespeare fanfiction. i <3 toxic yaoi
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#RUBY'S MONOLOGUE SWEEP#I WAS THE BEST OF THOSE SONS OF BITCHES. THE MOST LOYAL. NOT EVEN ALASTAIR KNEW‚ ONLY LILITH.#yeah i'm sure you're a little angry right now but come on‚ sam! even you have to admit‚ i'm—i'm AWESOME#spn
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my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity
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oh so we’re all about subverting the chosen one trope until the chosen one nukes the earth and eats the solar system. i see how it is
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**if you have multiple partners, pick the largest height difference
***yes the inches/cm arent exactly the same but i did my best, sorry for being usamerican
i hate to reblog beg but...... im desperate to see the results
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you know that line in season 7 when sam is talking to marin about seeing/hallucinating her brother’s ghost and how at first it must’ve been nice because of how much she must have missed him and sam’s like also currently in the psych hospital for hallucinating lucifer. you must have missed him. at first it was nice. how do you spend an eternity in the cage with someone and not miss them a little bit? how do you even classify all your feelings about that person when they were all you had and so evil and hurtful and reprehensible but also the only source of relief and respite and conversation and connection?
so sam and gadreel are talking about lucifer and sam says well you must hate him and gadreel says yes but i love him too. we all did. sam says sure yeah BEFORE— and gadreel says yes, and during, and after. he was wonderful and we loved him and he is terrible and we love him. i could never forgive him and i miss him every day. and sam has to excuse himself to go have a panic attack lying facedown on the ground under his bed
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all i wanna do is lie in the sun!!!! read my books!!!! daydream about fictional scenarios!!!!! love without fear of abandonment!!!!!! smell like vanilla!!!!!!! cry over great poetry!!!!! sit on the grass for hours on end!!!!! not care about how others perceive me!!!!!! find god in the smallest of things!!!!! be free of guilt and shame!!!!
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EPILOGUE: REST
Thomas -
The food in the cupboard will keep. The food in the fridge will not.
No warnings, just fluff, resolution, and the final act of a long-running play. It's been a long journey, guys - thanks for coming on it with me.
Overtly sentimental and rambling post to follow soon-ish.
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