Heartlines Spec

We're only posting updates on this site going forward! Connect with us on Bluesky and Instagram 💜 heartlines-spec.com

We're open for submissions until Jan 31! Send us your SFF stories/poems that feature long-term relationships: platonic, romantic, or familial Short fiction: 500-3,500 words, $0.08/word Poetry: send up to 5, $60 flat heartlinesspec.moksha.io/publication/he…

Issue 6 is out for subscribers! It's got ancient spaceships, witchery, godly shenanigans, mysterious birds, alien-spiders, and cuddly pets. Literally everything you need/want. Watch this space as we release free-to-read stories/poems each week heartlines-spec.com/issue-6/

Missing our shiny promo vids? They're not gone! Just relocated to Instagram and Bluesky! We're curbing our presence on this site and have decided to limit it to basic info. instagram.com/heartlinesspec/

How do you want to change the world? 'Visiting Birds' by @jentombs asks how far you'll go and how many bird friends you'll make/lose along the way. Coming to subscribers November 30!

It's hard to say goodbye to a friend, harder when they were supposed to outlast you. Grief's Apogee by @Mytherea drives you to the limit even when you're looking in the rearview. Coming to subscribers November 30!

Part rivalry, part comfort, 'Beth' by @KathrynRwReese promises to lure in some corvids and comb through a bird's nest with you. Coming to subscribers November 30!

Godhood comes in many forms, in 'Do You Know How the Lotus Flower Blooms?' by @idrinkthy it takes shape by knowing yourself and loving your community. Coming to subscribers November 30!

I can't wait to unleash my latest creepy-crawlies on the world... Coming soon @HeartlinesSpec

Not everyone shines, but the steady darkness can be a comfort just as much as the person within it. Astrometric Love by Ian Li has all the sweetness in the stars 🌟 Coming to subscribers November 30!

Hold our hand when we walk through the spooky spidery forest please 😨🕸️🌳 Legs, Scopulae, Pedipalps, Fangs by @jen_lesh_fleck is part horror, part cozy family, part teenage disdain Coming to subscribers November 30!

Thank you @HeartlinesSpec for giving my piece a place! If you want to read my first ever media essay (with juicy opinions on the shortfalls of Muslim feminist media) then you’ll find it in Issue 6 of Heartlines Spec ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Happy to announce my (literally) creepy sci-fi story "Legs, Scopulae, Pedipalps, Fangs" will be in this issue. Thanks for having me aboard, @HeartlinesSpec!

Short fiction by @jentombs @Mytherea @jen_lesh_fleck @evolveon @crossing_winter Katherine Heath Shaeffer @idrinkthy Poetry by Allison Burris @TaborSkreslet @vedavilliers @KathrynRwReese Ian Li Non-Fiction by @signed_BibiB @godalyshutup

Friends! Gather round and let us tell you about Issue 6! It's got dimensions, witchery, spiders, spaceships and resistance. Basically everything you need. Mummer cover at by Alice M @itsbabypears

Wow, this story is so short yet it hit me right in the feels. I love how it starts so lighthearted yet underneath there is something deeper and darker but hopeful at the same time. Great stuff! by @AshValeWrites in @HeartlinesSpec heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wife-…

New bookmark for my collection. Handmade with ❤️ by @HeartlinesSpec.

Still thinking about this post. Like I didn't write a story about a JANITOR perpetually stuck at work in liminal space, never seeing his family, watching the jet set hurry elsewhere, and only a sliver of love keeps him tethered to time...for a reason* heartlines-spec.com/lost-time-in-t…

Next weekend! We’re hosting @HWAOntario for a signing and reading with @sillysyntax @AiJiang_ @Writer_ReganMcD @sj_shank @TopdjianC @elainethebrain Come by and get spooky with these amazing horror writers! 🖤👻📚