SUBSCRIBE to The Fabulist Magazine: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror & Beyond. Bimonthly, full color and in glorious PRINT! https://fabulistmagazine.com/print-ebook-subscription/https://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mkdwcnr7h22vHappening scene at the SYZYGY Co-op on South Van Ness right below 15th St. in SF! Come buy art and books!25 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdwcnr7h22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mkdhzqyjjk2uSan Francisco and Bay Area, we'll be exhibiting our full catalogue of print chapbooks, books and magazines TODAY at the Strange New Worlds Fair at the SYZYGYSF Artists Co-op, 395 So. Van Ness x 15th St. in SF! https://syzygysf.com/events/strange-new-worlds-art-fair/25 Apr 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdhzqyjjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mjcmlseo622dARTISTS. We have an open call for fanastical art running from April 17-May 17. We pay. Selected works will appear in print, and possibly on the cover of our print magazine. Full guidelines here! (photo: Ivan S.) https://fabulistmagazine.com/spring-2026-open-call-for-visual-art/12 Apr 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcmlseo622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mi2nz7ea2j2pHello all you last-minute Hugo voters. Nominations close TOMORROW. Here's our utterly shameless last-minute pitch ... thanks for considering! https://fabulistmagazine.com/the-fabulist-magazine-2025-award-eligibility/27 Mar 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2nz7ea2j2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mhbdti2m2s2tRunning an indie mag and press is like "oh just another 600 yards of tar pits" and then that floaty feeling of liberation — you go through the slog! — but oh, what's that ahead ... ?! And you know you can do it again, you can damn well slog through another 600 yards of tar pits ...17 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbdti2m2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mhbdpdoalk2tIn a word or three, "Hell to the yes." [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbdpdoalk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mhbbaqgzlk2jHum a little Piaf as you consider "Press Me To Your Heart" for your witchy little Hugo ballot. https://fabulistmagazine.com/press-me-to-your-heart/17 Mar 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbbaqgzlk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh7rzf625y24Firmly in the "New Weird" end of the spectrum, this unnerving tale of an uncanny phone call sets your teeth ever-so-slightly on edge ... One of our 2025 treasures, for your consideration. https://fabulistmagazine.com/dead-mens-fingernails/17 Mar 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7rzf625y24https://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh7hwooa2q2zOne of our favorites. Where the fantastical is all in the mind, the heart, the mystery of the other. "Out Yonder," by Samuel Wood. Thanks for your consideration. fabulistmagazine.com/out-yonder/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/out-yonder/16 Mar 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7hwooa2q2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh6w4pcovl2oLeeAnn Perry's anxious narrative of an invasive, seductive, inscrutable phone-app magnifies the helpless fascinations of the digital millennium. #hugoawards https://fabulistmagazine.com/a-tyranny-of-desire/16 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6w4pcovl2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh6shfzb3b22Hugo voters, here's a story for our times. And yeah, it doesn't really go down easy. fabulistmagazine.com/wigs/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/wigs/16 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6shfzb3b22https://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh4fdn5iiq2wThis is a hard story about a moment of true peril, and the beautiful transformation that follows. #hugoawards https://fabulistmagazine.com/what-a-wonderful-world/15 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4fdn5iiq2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mh2d756em32rJust gonna quote the blurb on this one: "We love how this gentle, urgent charmer uses sci-fi cliche to show us so much about being human." #hugoawards fabulistmagazine.com/heartless/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/heartless/14 Mar 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2d756em32rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgzrjecsfo2aHugo voters, this little gem about a pet allosaurus is a poignant gut punch wrapped in Pythonesque absurdity. Take a breath. https://fabulistmagazine.com/the-dinosaur-wing/14 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzrjecsfo2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgy274gh4q2hTime travel and romantic obsession. What could possibly go wrong? Katie Kent's "Mine Again," for your consideration. #hugoawards fabulistmagazine.com/mine-again/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/mine-again/13 Mar 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgy274gh4q2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgxs5hzmvy2zPlumb the weirdness of family and social obligations in the surreal coming-of-age ritual of Jen Soong's "Harvest" ... #hugoawards fabulistmagazine.com/harvest/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/harvest/13 Mar 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxs5hzmvy2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgxhuioqpb2jWe offer you TZ Hum's otherworldly animal fable "Foxhunters" for your Hugo consideration. "They say cats can slip between worlds. Cats do slip sometimes, by accident, but foxes do so with purpose." fabulistmagazine.com/foxhunters/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/foxhunters/13 Mar 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxhuioqpb2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgtciic2kh2hHey Hugo voters ... Joe Belarge's "Rendezvous at the Pier" is a strikingly uncomfortable, insightful portrait of need and self-delusion in the age of virtual lives and digital self-sequestration. https://fabulistmagazine.com/rendezvous-at-the-pier/12 Mar 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtciic2kh2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgt246vvth2wFor your Hugo/Short Fiction consideration, kevlin.bsky.social Kevlin Henney's "Spring Flight" is a gorgeous, lyrical grasp at childhood's last chances and the new hopes that follow. fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/ https://fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/11 Mar 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt246vvth2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgssdgpijl2wReading for the Hugos? In Best Short Fiction, we recommend "The Garden of Feelings," by Aotearoa New Zealand writer Tehnuka. It's one of the most yearningly abstruse, exotic, strange and beautiful stories about the trials of parenting you'll ever read. https://fabulistmagazine.com/a-garden-of-feelings/11 Mar 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgssdgpijl2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgskig5ctm2wThat feeling when you have boatloads of awesome to share with Hugo readers but have spent the last three weeks doing taxes, royalties and contracts for contributors and also still have to finalize the next issue of the magazine and who said anything about deadlines, anyway??!11 Mar 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgskig5ctm2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulistmag.bsky.social/post/3mgsho23wng22Hugo Award nominations are OPEN and The Fabulist is eligible in the Best Semi-Prozine and Short Fiction categories, and more. Check out our full eligibility post here, and THANKS for your consideration. https://fabulistmagazine.com/the-fabulist-magazine-2025-award-eligibility/11 Mar 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ui3iic5mztvkssdccrhaquur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsho23wng22