~ Science fiction and fantasy from the small, overlooked places. ~ Publishing the best emerging and established writers in sff 💀 Read: baublesfrombones.com Subscribe: patreon.com/BaublesFromBones Pittsburgh, PAhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3m2pl4a7sx22uRestocked the zine supply at Heat Check! Go check the homies out, buy some cool clothes, and drink a killer cup of coffee 🤙💀08 Oct 2025 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pl4a7sx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3m2kww3oxqc2hThings have been a bit quiet from us lately. Sorry for that! We've been dealing with some gnarly burnout after our latest submission window and are just now beginning to feel the life return to our bones. BFB7 is in full-swing as we catch up on our last emails. The patience is much appreciated. 💀07 Oct 2025 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kww3oxqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lz5lwcrhg22vApologies to any writers still waiting for an email from us! 🙏 We got more submissions than we were expecting this reading period and have quite a long list of final pieces we're still considering. Our goal is to settle our TOCs next week with emails following soon after. Thanks for the patience!!19 Sep 2025 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz5lwcrhg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lxfypesxzc2qBaubles From Bones Issue 6 is now out!! Scapegoats, old age, and alien gossip – through sharp-toothed friendships and blighted colonization, contemplate which common threads tie our societies together, leave us bound, and knot us into something new in this issue of Baubles From Bones. 📚🪐💀27 Aug 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfypesxzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lx6laiut2s2fGuess what time it is again!! 😊 Baubles from Bones Issue 6 will release on August 27th 2025!! We have SEVEN new stories and FOUR poems from across the speculative spectrum. You can buy your own physical or digital copy on our Etsy while individual stories will be on our website! 📚🪐💀24 Aug 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6laiut2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lx4axsjgvs2v✨Story Spotlight Issue 6✨ In a country bloodied by millenia of war, a girl trains with a nun to take on a dragon. You can read “A Dragon’s Hunger” by @madalenadaleziou.bsky.social in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th!!24 Aug 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx4axsjgvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lwzs2e6zrc2q✨Poem Spotlight Issue 6✨ Experts in their fields, both scientists and artists long to understand the unknown. You can read “The Point of Measurement” by Lynn Sargent in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th, 2025!! 📚🪐💀23 Aug 2025 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwzs2e6zrc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lws2gkgduc2p✨Story Spotlight Issue 6✨ Blight sends a young Irish girl to a colonial English school where an ancient tree teaches her that fungal networks run deeper than human-drawn borders. You can read “Westward I Reach” by @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social in Baubles from Bones Issue 6, coming August 27th!! 🪐📚💀19 Aug 2025 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lws2gkgduc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lvbnpqrs422sWe closed our submissions last night with a staggering amount of responses! Our previous submission periods averaged about 450 response. This time around, we got 585!! Our minds are BLOWN. That's over 25% more than we expected. Absolute insanity!31 Jul 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbnpqrs422shttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lv2vstzk4c2eGoogle Forms has been giving us some frustrating technical difficulties this submission period. We've had a couple dozen writers reach out because the form just wouldn't show up when they clicked our link. Even the tech savvy ones that tried different browsers and clearing caches got nowhere.29 Jul 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2vstzk4c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3luzukrk3rk23Thanks @duotrope.com! If you haven't already, you've still got a few days to send us your work!! 💀🌱 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzukrk3rk23https://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lunw5xu3222fOur fiction and poetry submissions end in a week! If you want to send us your work, make sure you get it submitted in time!! 💀 baublesfrombones.com/submission-guidelines.html https://baublesfrombones.com/submission-guidelines.html23 Jul 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunw5xu3222fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lunsakwau222Last submission period saw a lot of writing featuring fae and fairies. This time around, we're receiving A LOT more dystopian scifi and romantasy. Love has always been a big theme in what we publish, but getting a taste of ✨romantasy✨ in short form has been kinda cool23 Jul 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunsakwau222https://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lulszxwcbc2cWe made our way to Wooly Bear Books in Carnegie this weekend and look what we found in their local section! It's us :) Wooly Bear is a super cute bookshop with goodies from lots of Pittsburgh artists and writers! If you're local to PGH, go check them out 💀23 Jul 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulszxwcbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3ltxa4fk5ok22Our submissions are still open for a couple more weeks! If you're curious about our reading process, Joel wrote a post looking at our past submission periods and how we've updated our approach to them over time. Give it a read if you like bts content! https://www.baublesfrombones.com/re-shaping-submissions.html14 Jul 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxa4fk5ok22https://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lsyowyfwmk2dSummer submissions are open!! We're currently accepting submissions for speculative short fiction and poetry from now until July 30th. Make sure to check our submission guidelines before sending your work! https://www.baublesfrombones.com/submission-guidelines.html #opencalls #submissionsopen02 Jul 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyowyfwmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lt2vywtym22pOur submission window has been open for 34 hours, and we've currently received 90 submissions! For reference, we've been averaging about 440 submissions each submission period. So *90* in the first day is a dizzying leap for us! So excited for all the interest! 💀03 Jul 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2vywtym22phttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lsyowyfwmk2dSummer submissions are open!! We're currently accepting submissions for speculative short fiction and poetry from now until July 30th. Make sure to check our submission guidelines before sending your work! https://www.baublesfrombones.com/submission-guidelines.html #opencalls #submissionsopen02 Jul 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyowyfwmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bfbzine.bsky.social/post/3lsuiodbhz22xIt's the last day of pride month! Read some queer sff to celebrate :) These stories from BFB2 & 3 face loss and the comforts that carries us through tough times. A little darker in tone overall, but definitely worth it! Happy reading 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💀01 Jul 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:2sohyqwbxwef3cipzkvmecbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsuiodbhz22x