Astral Waters Press

The Astral Waters Review: A biannual journal of sci-fi and fantasy featuring writers and artists who are POC and/or LGBTQ+.

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

ISSUE III IS HERE! And we have an exciting announcement:

ALL issues of Astral Waters Review are now available for FREE download @ https://t.co/hFzXLZWIak!

Our third issue is 133 pages of #aliens, #ghosts, #robot cops, and lots more #scifi & #fantasy lit

Read it today! 🪐👽🧙

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Dear #BlackWriters,
Continue to challenge your oppressors.
Continue to progress our society.
Continue to fight.
Continue to dream.

We exist to support and amplify the voices of marginalized #scifi & #fantasy writers. We always have, we always will. We stand with you.

[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

After four revisions and about 10 rejections over two years, my #sciencefiction short story "Adjudicated" finally has been published in @AstralWatPress #freebook #freebooks
https://t.co/Br4UYxFSL7

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Fantastic news!

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

#Witcher fans, we have heard you loud and clear! We're printing *more than half a million books* to meet demand for Andrzej Sapkowski's New York Times-bestselling series!

Thank you for helping us make #TheWitcher a publishing phenomenon!

https://t.co/GtBtEAOkzM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Official #submissioncall for the Spring 2020 issue of Astral Waters Review! #Queer writers and #POCwriters, send us your most astronomical, robotical, fantastical work ⭐🌙

More submission info at https://t.co/amb269GXfV

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

What more could we ask for #poetry than stirring words about the stars? We bring you this enchanting poem by @pinecreekpoet, inspired by the black hole Sagittarius A and the stars that orbit it. We hope you're as mesmerized as we are. Read the full poem at https://t.co/ZwD1TWJXoo

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

What if you could mend the dead? Etienne just might be able to. Read the rest of this gripping, loving #specfic story in our just-published second issue!
Find Issue II of Astral Waters Review at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Witches! Deception! Jealous fathers and blood magic! Nothing can get in the way of an accomplished Merchant in her quest to win the heart of her beloved. Learn their fates in this #highfantasy tale now available in Issue II of Astral Waters Review at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Follow author Cindy Phan @besidealife!

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

#Books are useful for a good many things. We can't wait to show you what all they can do in this creepy short #fantasy by emerging author Cindy Phan. You can read "Good Books All" in its entirety in Issue II of Astral Waters Review, available now at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

#Books are useful for a good many things. We can't wait to show you what all they can do in this creepy short #fantasy by emerging author Cindy Phan. You can read "Good Books All" in its entirety in Issue II of Astral Waters Review, available now at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

@seananmcguire Thank you thank you thank you for your contributions to the genre! We're a brand new lit mag that features queer SF/F writers, and we strive to spread this same message far and wide!

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

READ THIS THREAD! This is why Astral Waters Review exists: to promote SF/F authors and stories that defy the cishet white male "gatekeepers." Let there be NO gatekeeping. Stunning, award-worthy writing from queer writers and writers of color too often goes unnoticed.

[Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire]

Fun loop I wind up in over and over again: someone in a position of authority, earned or unearned, asserts that SF/F has become corrupt as a genre. They don't SAY it's because of all these damn women and queers, but they still say it if that's the subtext you've been...

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Looking for some incredible, beautiful, fantastical digital artwork? Check out stunning originals (like this piece) from @ThanatosOfNicte in Issue II of Astral Waters Review, now available in ePub and PDF for just $5 at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Dear #specfic and #queerbooks lovers:
Magical music boxes, soul stitchers, electronic trees, and charming robot delivery boys await you in our second issue ~*
Grab your digital copy today for just $5 at https://t.co/hFzXLZF7iM

(All sales go toward paying our contributors!)

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

@PineCreekPoet We're so happy to include you! Look out for our spotlight post about your piece next week during our Author Spotlight series!

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Our editors are pretty stellar, too :) Look out for our second issue in just a couple of days!
https://t.co/R1nO107oX7

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

Got a sci-fi or fantasy #shortstory just waiting to be published? Today is the LAST DAY to #submit to our Fall 2019 issue! (We're open for submissions year round, but all submissions after October 1st will be considered for our Spring 2020 issue.) [email protected]!

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

@ravelry Thank you Ravelry for setting this example! This isn't a ban on "freedom of thought and expression from Republicans," it's a ban on hate.

[Astral Waters Press @AstralWatPress]

As an establishment that exists as a safe haven for oppressed and underrepresented voices, we fully support Ravelry's ban of pro-Trump, pro-white supremacy content. We're following their example; rest assured that you won't read any of that content in our magazine, either.