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Fantastic Femmes at Fantastic Fest

FILM, FANTASTIC FESTThe Best Scifi, Fantasy, and Horror Movies Featuring Women’s Stories

Interstellar Flight Magazine is back at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this week bringing you coverage of the best films hitting the screens soon. Chock full of world premieres, celebrity appearances, five short film blocks, live podcast recordings, horror drag shows, secret screenings, and over 90 feature films, this year’s lineup is looking lit.

This year, I’m highlighting the films from the festival featur...

Book Launch for THE LONG FALL UP by William Ledbetter

NewsletterJoin Us November 6, 2023 via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of THE LONG FALL UP, a Collection of Award Winning Short Stories

“William Ledbetter’s stories exists at the crossroads between hard and soft: they’re full of hard space, hard choices, and hard lives, but also the soft hearts of the people who work there, make them, and live them. Bill can do more in two pages than some authors do in twenty; he’ll make you love a sweater, fear for a ship, and more. So whatever your preference...

Can a Poem Scare You?

Against Horror as a Genre of Fear and the Power of the Dark Poem

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How to Teach Writing Your Way

Running a Creative Writing Workshop Writers Will Love

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The Best Speculative Poetry of the Year is Explosive

Reading from the 2023 SFPA Elgin Award Nominees

This is my fifth (!) year reviewing selections from the SFPA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association) Elgin Award for best speculative poetry book. A full list of nominated books is available on the SFPA website. This year’s award chair is Morgan L. Ventura, who I would like to thank for diligently tracking nominations. Here are my previous reviews:

The Best Speculative Poetry of the Year is EpicSpeculative Poets Renegotiate Femininity & the ...

Book Launch for anOther Mythology by Maxwell I. Gold

NewsletterJoin us on September 4, 2023, via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of anOther Mythology, A Queer Poetic Retelling of Classic Myths

“Maxwell I. Gold’s poetry pulls from the heart and bleeds truth onto the page.” — Michael Bailey, multi-award-winning author and editor.

Join us online to celebrate the publication of anOther Mythology by Maxwell I. Gold, a chapbook of poems that recast classic myths from across the globe in a queer light.

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September 4, 2023
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Introducing THE LONG FALL UP and Other Stories by William Ledbetter

Announcements17 Short Stories, Including the Nebula Award Winning Novelette “The Long Fall Up”

“William Ledbetter’s stories exists at the crossroads between hard and soft: they’re full of hard space, hard choices, and hard lives, but also the soft hearts of the people who work there, make them, and live them. Bill can do more in two pages than some authors do in twenty; he’ll make you love a sweater, fear for a ship, and more. So whatever your preference, hard or soft: if Bill Ledbetter has writt...

Journaling for Nature Poets

Creating a “Field Guide” to Track Your Writing

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Nature Is Diverse, so Poetry Should Be Too

Exploring the Diversity of the Natural World Through Poetry

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Acquisitions from the 2022 Horror Novella Submissions Call

AnnouncementsFeaturing works by E.L. Chen, J. Weintraub/Nicola Lombardi, Amanda J. McGee, J.V. Gachs, and Emma Osborne

Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to announce the acquisitions from our 2022 Horror Novellas Submissions call. As the Managing Editor, I would like to thank everyone who submitted to us. This was a particularly complex call, as I came down with Covid in the midst of the submission call.

There are so many fantastic voices in horror right now, and I am delighted to be publishin...