Baffling Magazine

Speculative flash stories with a queer bent from @neonhemlock. Co-editors @slickhop @kcolemanwrites. Ast Ed @aunjuli, & Ass Ed @bendied @atharfi & @DAVorobyov.

[Baffling Magazine @BafflingMag]

Baffling #16 dropped today! Rad cover by @morphiria and nine quiet stories from…

Jared Povanda
P. H. Low
Matt Richardson
Sydney Paige Guerrero
Ramez Yoakeim
Rachel Gutin
Ada Hoffmann
Michelle Exler
Hanna A Nirav

https://t.co/BJMQDaa268

[Lindsey Godfrey Eccles @LGEccles]

Everybody please take a look at my latest flash about the tragic love of a galactic emperor, out now in @BafflingMag! https://t.co/OSnMCM1q4C

[Augur Society | Fund our SFF press on Kickstarter! @augursociety]

If you have the 💸, back the campaign!

Otherwise, EVERY share, like and comment helps us find the people who are financially able to support us

Every thing helps — there’s no small support when fundraising

Find the campaign here:

https://t.co/FXxFe6GWHD

[Christopher Luis-Jorge @jeezluisjorge]

Check out my new short story, A Pilgrim's Progress, available now in @BafflingMag a project of @neonhemlock

It was a pleasure working with them!

https://t.co/2syhZKcLtb

[H.A.N. 🗡 hanstillhere.bsky.social @hanstilltweets]

*taps mic* hi, friends. It has been wild times for a very long time, but the human experience is complex and multi-layered. We must celebrate our joy even during rough times.

Tl;dr i have a story in this. I wrote it a long time ago, and I'm really grateful to see it here.

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

And we're live! 🩵💚🩷

Pre-orders are now open for EMBODIED EXEGESIS, WE'RE HERE 2023 and BAFFLING YEAR THREE via our crowdfund at Kickstarter.

Three flavor of queer scifi, fantasy and horror, all coming at you later this year.

Thanks for your support; it means a lot.

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

Pretty soon, Issue Sixteen of @BafflingMag will be out on July 1st, marking four years of "speculative flash fiction with a queer bent."

We've published 117 stories and 114 authors so far, all at the SFWA pro-rate of 8¢/word.

[Reactor Magazine @reactormag]

Fantasy drag ballroom, an alien apocalypse, sapphic rusalkas? This can only mean one thing: @QueenOfRats brings us the must-read short SFF fiction from April 2024!

https://t.co/ARiG9nDe2U

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

Expect two more cover reveals in the coming week! We're getting ready to open pre-sales for a triple-threat anthology crowdfund.

Sign up here to get emailed when we go live: https://t.co/EMtONdSUkt

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

The book will be out in late August.

You can check out the full cover here alongside the ToC here: https://t.co/Vf9W0TlP9X

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

We're excited to share the cover for BAFFLING YEAR THREE, which comprises issues nine through twelve of @BafflingMag. The wonderful illustration is by @carlydraws ,and depicts characters from a rad story in issue nine by @MariscaPichette.

[Neon Hemlock Press @neonhemlock]

Open until June 15th! Bring us your most monstrous queer flash 👿

https://t.co/KOvD2PJeCk

[n-word albee 🇵🇸 (@malikbtxt.bsky.social) @malikb_wav]

If you're in Baltimore and want to see me do read my story "Haus Lobo" (published in @BafflingMag), along with other featured readers, I'll be at Current Space at Howard Street on May 8th. Hope to see you all there!

[Baffling Magazine @BafflingMag]

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Baffling Issue #15 🪶

Please enjoy the wonderful cover by @mimimar__ and stories from @thesharkwrites @celdanie04 @bluish_orb @spacermase @sentencebender @malikb_wav & Sydney Sackett.

https://t.co/NSxC9xHcXZ

[Baffling Magazine @BafflingMag]

@mimimar__ it’s so wonderful, thank you again 🪶

[Sam J. Miller @sentencebender]

Surely I'm not alone in suspecting that the TV show "Friends" was part of an insidious plot to gentrify New York City?

What? Just me?

Well. I wrote a short-short story about it, out now in the awesome new issue of the fantastic @BafflingMag!!

https://t.co/Gex4TmHKKo

[mimimar🌸💜comms open! @mimimar__]

prints of this piece are available here💙🌙🌌
https://t.co/ALLPk5gyPE

[mimimar🌸💜comms open! @mimimar__]

my cover for this month's issue of @BafflingMag 🌙
based on the short story "Moon Bearer" by Celia Daniels that is featured in this issue!
(character designs by me💙)
https://t.co/09qiCstYuv