We've acquired 'The World in Our Hands' by Sophie Gazarian for FF#22!

This is the exact reason I wanted Ariel Marken Jack's From the Archives column in FF. There's so many incredible stories out there just waiting to be re-shared.

Congrats to FFers Ai Jiang || 江艾 || is a dawn owl 🦉 Uchechukwu Nwaka and Thomas Ha-thomasha.bsky.social on being named Locus Award Finalists!

Based on the 7 responses so far, the data says:
1) I only buy stories that contain grief
2) 100% of stories sent to FF are set on Earth

Not true, of course, but if I have a good sample size, I'll be able to share some interesting trends! Join in, FF submitters!

Have you submitted to FF in 2024? Do you like the stat threads we post here? If you said yes to both, then you can help us out by providing some data about your submission!

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FF is looking to add a few more folks to our reading team! You can apply here: fusionfragment.aidaform.com/reader-applica…

And if you have questions about it, my DMs are always open!

We loved 'The Memory Shop' by Melissa Ren / Melissa Ren, published in Issue 20 of Fusion Fragment!

Read it here!
fusionfragment.com/issue-20/

More reviews!
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Review by Danai Christopoulou / Danai Christopoulou | Greek SFF Author (she/they)

Few things in life give me as much happiness as updating the contributor page on the FF site. Thankful for the opportunity to have worked with so many incredible writers over the years!

fusionfragment.com/contributors/

Cover art for FF#21 by Commissions Open! has arrived! Get ready for stories by jlgeorge.bsky.social lore lopez Gentle Brontosaurus 🦕 (yasmeen) ياسمين 🇵🇸 Bree Wernicke Joelle Killian Avra Margariti Uchechukwu Nwaka The Enj is Near (Endria Isa Richardson) sydney paige @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!

We loved 'Give Me English' by Ai Jiang / Ai Jiang || 江艾 || is a dawn owl 🦉, republished in Issue 20 of Fusion Fragment / Fusion Fragment!

Read it here!
fusionfragment.com/issue-20/

More reviews!
havenspec.com/short-fiction-…

Review by Danai Christopoulou / Danai Christopoulou | Greek SFF Author (she/they)

Congrats to FFers Tiffany Morris Ai Jiang || 江艾 || is a dawn owl 🦉 David F. Shultz and Maria Haskins on their Aurora Award nominations!!

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We've acquired 'Calling from the Payphone at the Teleporter Depot' by Marsh Hlavka for FF#22! Marsh has most recently been published in Kaleidotrope.

Do you like the stat threads we do on here? If so, there's a little announcement on the way in our newsletter, which is set to go out tonight.

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We've acquired 'Callie's World' by the PKD and Locus Award-winning Meg Elison (not here) for FF#22!

We've acquired 'Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions' by Íde 🔮👽🎹 Hennessy (she/they) for FF#22! Íde has fiction published or forthcoming in Reckoning, Apex's Strange Machines anthology, and Cosmic Horror Monthly.

We've acquired EC Dorgan's 'Wolf Willow' for FF#22! EC's work has previously appeared in publications such as Augur, Metaphorosis, and Prairie Fire!

Stay tuned for a bunch of acquisition announcements! But in the meantime, a
READING PERIOD UPDATE:
9 stories are undergoing additional reads
Oldest unread sub is from just after 3:30 PM ET on the 18th
28 unread currently in queue

FF has acquired the novelette 'What Happened at the Pony Club' by the BSFA Award winning Fiona Moore (@drfionamoore elsewhere too)! Coming soon in FF#22.