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"The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees."
✨ Octavia Butler, "The Parable of the Sower"
Congratulations to J.A. Norman, the winner of Soft Star's Solstice Essay Contest! Read the prize-winning essay, "Modern Attempts at Ancient Celebration," in Issue Six: Solstice:
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I started a Substack! Tune in for road trip recaps, SLC restaurant reviews, musings on the healing properties of mountain views and rants on the importance of the Great Salt Lake.
Check out "Mountain Daylight Time: Dispatches from the Intermountain West":
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The (belated) final installment of Issue Six: Solstice's online run is here! In the mountains of Colorado, Elle must come to terms with her family's legacy of magic to help a visitor from the south in this short story from Soft Star alum @tealbrigade. 🌊🏔️
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It's been a busy summer, but we're back with the final installment of Issue Six: Solstice's online run Wednesday morning! Keep your eyes on your inboxes👀✉️
🌲🕊🤖 This heartwarming, Studio-Ghibli-esque short story by JH Tomen explores ecological cycles and how human traditions survive across generations — especially through stories. Read the full story of Torif and his robot, Tin Can, in Issue Six: Solstice
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🕯️🌌🖤 SOLSTICE ESSAY CONTEST FINALIST: In "The Light Starts Winning Again," Courtney Welu memorializes her uncle, Darrell, and filmmaker David Lynch, two "creators of powerful dream worlds and strange visions." Read the full essay in Issue Six: Solstice softstarmagazine.com/p/the-l…
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." ~ Carl Sagan ✨🪐🌌
In this speculative poem, Spencer Keene depicts the body of an otherworldly visitor bedecked with familiar celestial trappings.
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Issue Six: Solstice continues its online run on Monday! 🕯️🌲🖤 Make sure you're subscribed to get it in your inbox: softstarmagazine.com/welcome
Check out "The Cast of Black" by Antoinette Van Sluytman in the latest issue of @fiyahlitmag! This story was also submitted to Soft Star and is absolutely gorgeous.
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We are especially looking for Nonfiction readers.
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All responses have been sent for submissions to Issue Six: Solstice 🕯️🌌🔥 Keep an eye out for part 2 of the online run, coming soon!
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This is the zombie tbq account that is one day going to become a spam account for selling my book. How are yall? We open 4/20. We're releasing a print issue in the fall. And we're going to pay $150 this time. Think of us!
Thanks for the feature, @WishboneWords! ✨
This #MagazineCrushMonday , we're featuring Soft Star Magazine, a lit mag dedicated to "stories of science fiction, futurism, and speculative fiction with a healthy dose of optimism."
Although submissions are closed, stay up-to-date by finding them @softstarmag on IG and X!
ALT On a pale pink background are to cover images from Soft Star Magazine overlapping each other. On the left, vertical black text reads "MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHT." Beneath the cover images, black text reads "No dystopias here; Soft Star stands for curiosity, openness, and the inherent magic of the unknown." The Wishbone Words logo is in the bottom right corner.
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“History dying on the tip of their tongues.”
An excellent new flash by @ajordan901 in @softstarmag! 🔥
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Beneath the opulence of a lavish weekly feast, echoes of loss and longing simmer, as hope flickers against the vast, unyielding dark. Read @ajordan901's cosmic horror short story, The Planet Eaters, in Issue Six: Solstice.
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Beneath the opulence of a lavish weekly feast, echoes of loss and longing simmer, as hope flickers against the vast, unyielding dark. Read @ajordan901's cosmic horror short story, The Planet Eaters, in Issue Six: Solstice.
softstarmagazine.com/p/the-p…
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So honored to have another story published with Soft Star Magazine! And thank you for these beautiful pictures! ❤️
In "Snip Snap Dragon," a family partakes in a strange ritual on the winter solstice, leading to a violent and total transformation. 🐉🌌🔥 Read the full story by @MaraDavisPrice: softstarmagazine.com/p/snip-…
