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Spring 2026 Roundup - New SFFH Short Fiction & Poetry
Issue #30 - March 2026
Arthur Manners
March 06, 2026
Hey everyone,
It’s been a while… again. Looks like this newsletter is likely a quarterly thing, at least for a while. I’ve been extremely busy on something I’m not allowed to talk about yet—more soon on that.
For now, I’m pleased to share some new releases and other news.
Table of Contents
Latest Releases & News
2025 was a great year for my short fiction and poetry, and 2026 is shaping up to be even better.
Awards Season
My awards eligibility for works published in 2025. The Hugo and Locus nominations are still open, and I’d be over the moon if you’d consider voting for my sci-fi/horror flash “Woodsong” (October 2025, Flash Fiction Online), and my sci-fi poem “Looking Back” (September 2025, Analog Science Fiction & Fact).
N.B. It’s more difficult to get hold of back-issues of Analog, but you can email me for a .pdf. I’ve included a snippet below:
Short Fiction & Poetry Releases
I had 4 new short stories and 1 reprint published in 2025, and 3 new poems published. I recommend you check out “Woodsong” (flash, sci-fi/horror), “A Troubleshooting Guide to Your Flat-Pack Planet” (flash, sci-fi/comedy), and “Roommate” (poem, horror), all of which are free to read online.
In 2026, I already have 3 new stories and 4 reprints scheduled for publication in 2026, and 1 new story scheduled for publication in early 2027.
2025 & 2026 - Available Now
Short stories
Short fiction
(Reprint) Ten Thousand Years Walking the Godsroad — Professor Fieff’s Transdimensional Travelogue (anthology), December 2025
Woodsong — published in Flash Fiction Online (Wilderness Horror issue), October 2025 (paywalled)
The Discipline of Small Evil — published in Illustrated Worlds Magazine, March 2025 (paywalled)
Reprinted in Madam, Don’t Forget Your Sword, May 2025
Boomtown Atoll – published in Phano, March 2025 (free to read)
A Troubleshooting Guide to Your Flat-Pack Planet — published in Nature: Futures, January 2026
Poetry
Martian Gardeners Paring Memories of Old Earth – published in Solarpunk Magazine, March 2025 (paywalled)
Looking Back — published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October issue 2025
Roommate — published in Haven Spec Magazine, February 2026
Upcoming releases in 2026 & 2027
Disaster Recovery — forthcoming in Unidentified Funny Objects 10 (anthology), Apr/May 2026
(Reprint) The Discipline of Small Evil — forthcoming in Cast of Wonders, mid 2026
The Vigil We Keep — forthcoming in TBA, mid 2026
(Reprint) Boomtown Atoll — forthcoming in Issues in Earth Science, May 2026
(Reprint) Nelly’s World — forthcoming in Uncharted, June 2026
(Reprint) Woodsong — forthcoming in Pseudopod, October 2026
Political Scandals of the Third Gods’ War — forthcoming in The Colored Lens, Winter 2026
Aspects of Eternity — forthcoming in Abyss & Apex, January 2027
Links & Recommendations
TV: Shrinking (AppleTV). Okay, so somehow I’ve only just found this. But it’s fantastic. It’s made by the same team responsible for Ted Lasso, and you can immediately tell. Harrison Ford kills his role as a grumpy but lovable old man… is that a role? Or did they just call him onto set and shout action?
Film: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple star in this off-the-wall time travel story. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the trailer promised something fun and weird, and it absolutely delivered. Worth a watch.
Books: Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin. Stand-up comics fascinate me, and hearing about the long road to success, and why he left it, from one of the masters himself, is a treasure.
Books: Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford. Continuing with the stand-up comic trend, it’s hard to top Maria Bamford, and she brings her usual surreal charm to this memoir.
Music: Flashdance… What a Feeling, Irene Cara. Yep, I watched Flashdance. Such a good song.
Where’s Rolo?
Have a good one,
Arthur