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Astral, Alien Fiction

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Astral, Alien Fiction is a speculative fiction magazine specializing in stories from or focusing on non-human perspectives.

Website: https://astral-af.org/
Submissions: https://astral-af.org/submissions.html
Publisher: https://hearthpress.org

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@kaleidotrope.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 12:46 AMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

This is the last time Kaleidotrope will be open to fiction and poetry submissions this year, and I don't yet know exactly how long it will be closed after that.

@astral-af.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:20 AM

We open for submissions November 1st! astral-af.org/submissions....

@astral-af.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:19 AM

Not all of our stories are about aliens. Check out this gorgeous story from issue one, "Through Loam and Chalk We Swim" by Rosalyn Robilliard, told from the perpective of a worm.

astral-af.org/issues/01/th...

#SFF #story

@foofarawpress.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:27 AMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

So here we are again! Monstrously Massive March is open and closes after 100 submissions or 30 days. We want Weird Horror featuring some sort of monster or big bad

@hearthstories.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 3:51 PMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

@foofarawpress.bsky.social 's Emporium now carries our issues (still for no charge) as well as those of our sibliing magazine @astral-af.bsky.social , @radonjournal.bsky.social , and their own publications. Might be your nice one stop shop for getting great fiction!

@astral-af.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 3:46 AM

Congratulations to @moonsheen.bsky.social !

@ancillaryreviewofbooks.orgSep 26, 2026, 3:26 PMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

Do you like reading *about* speculative fiction? Do you like revising and offering feedback? Do you have strong but civil opinions about comma placement? ARB could use your help!

@astral-af.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 3:29 AM

Don't worry. We found the abyss.

A cloudy sky reflected in faintly rippling water. Looking down into it, past wood from a dock and a grassy bank, makes it look like a strange, cloudy abyss.
@cursedmorsels.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 1:38 PMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

Good morning. Today, I start teaching again for the next six weeks, and you know what that means: everyone gets a FREE ebook copy of Bitter Apples, our fictional teacher horror stories written by teachers anthology. These stories are dark, strange, and a little too real:
dl.bookfunnel.com/aq9wzj3aql

@astral-af.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 4:13 AM

At Astral, we love a good story of misunderstandings between species. Beth Goder delivers.

@kaleidotrope.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 9:46 PMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but: read Kaleidotrope.

@foofarawpress.bsky.socialSep 4, 2026, 6:19 PMReposted by @astral-af.bsky.social

*Incredible* mail day, if you ask me! Snag your own copy store.foofaraw.press

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