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Live in BCS #453: "Mother’s Hearth" by W.A. Hamilton.

"The roll was light and fluffy, and the soup had a homey warmth to it. Everything the woman served seemed to be just what Sigrun had wanted. “It’s something I’ve always dreamt of,” Sigrun found herself saying, not sure where her words came from. “But also, I never allowed myself to dream of it. Does that make sense? A family of my own. And then to come so close and discover I cannot...”"

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Mother’s Hearth by W.A. Hamilton

The roll was light and fluffy, and the soup had a homey warmth to it. Everything the woman served seemed to be just what Sigrun had wanted. “It’s something I’ve always dreamt of,” Sigrun found herself saying, not sure where her words came from. “But also, I never allowed myself to dream of it. Does that make sense? A family of my own. And then to come so close and discover I cannot...”

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1d ago

BCS #454 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by @mercwolfmoor and @jonolfert.bsky.social behind cover art by Silas Goewey.

https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-454/
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #454

Issue #454 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor and Jonathan Olfert and cover art by Silas Goewey.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1d ago

Weightless Books 1d ago

New issue of @bcsmagazine is here, featuring stories by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor and @indigotusk Jonathan Olfert and cover art by Silas Goewey. https://weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-454/

Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2d ago

Nominating for Hugo Awards? Deadline is Saturday!

Here's all eligible BCS stories, their category, links to nominating info, and link to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, to read our authors' work published in other fine venues.

(Pls *DON'T* nominate BCS for Semiprozine Hugo; we recused. Consider other great zines from past years' longlists. You can nominate Scott for Editor Short Form if you find him worthy.)

Thank you for considering our stories!

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2026-awards-eligible-stories-from-bcs/
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 2026 Awards-Eligible Stories from <i>BCS</i> by Scott H. Andrews

For readers interested in nominating for awards, such as the Hugos or Nebulas, in 2026, here are the eligible stories from BCS in 2025 and which awards category they fit in. Thank you for your interest in our stories! What BCS Stories are Eligible: Everything published in 2025, which is BCS #423 through BCS #447. Here are some of our best-reviewed pieces of 2025 and which award category they fit in (short fiction categories for Hugos and Nebulas are the same). For a list of all eligible BCS stories and their categories, see the bottom of this post. Please DON’T... Read more »

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 19

New Issue: BCS #453 out today, featuring stories of mothers and life about children by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson, a podcast of the Ferguson guest-narrated by MK Hobson, behind new cover art by Silas Goewey.

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-453/
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #453 by Scott Andrews

Featuring new cover art: "Imbue" by Silas Goewey. Mother’s Hearth by W.A. Hamilton. The Sea Child by Justin Wesley Ferguson. BCS 359: The Sea Child by Justin Wesley Ferguson.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 17

Congratulations to @MarieCroke , "Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh" from BCS #423 has been voted a finalist for the Nebula Awards!

"Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh" is a great fantasy story of family, memorial, loss, and compassion. You can read it here: https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-echoes-drifting-through-the-marsh/

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh by Marie Croke

Outside the preburial cottage, the pier creaked. I saw no shadow under the doorway, yet I froze, afraid Adamet was listening. I imagined, yet again, an anger filtering over his calm countenance. Wondered whether my admission of taking Danai into the Whispermarsh had been a final wedge between us. "Did your father truly leave?" I asked softly. A part of me hoped if he had, it was because he wanted to be kept in the dark about any admissions I made. A larger part of me believed he was done with me, exhausted by the choices I'd made.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 17

Weightless Books Mar 11

New issue of @bcsmagazine is here! Featuring stories by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson and new cover art by Silas Goewey. https://weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-453/

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 13

Are you nominating for Hugo Awards?

Here's all eligible BCS stories, their category (Short Story, etc), links to nominating info, and link to our BCS Authors Elsewhere posts, to read our authors' work published in other fine venues.

(Pls *DON'T* nominate BCS for Semiprozine Hugo. It's an honor to have been a Finalist ten times; we recused. You can nominate Scott for Editor Short Form if you find him worthy.)

Thank you for considering our stories!

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2025/12/07/2026-awards-eligible-stories-from-bcs/
#hugoawards

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 2026 Awards-Eligible Stories from <i>BCS</i> by Scott H. Andrews

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 12

Live today: the second half of the @jasonsanford science-fantasy novella in BCS #452, the third double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 8, alongside a story by JW Halicks and art by Tyler Edlin.

https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-452/
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #452 – Science-Fantasy Month 8 by Scott Andrews

A third double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 8, featuring a full-length novella by multiple-time BCS Science-Fantasy Month author Jason Sanford and science-fantasy cover art “Project Elderidge 1” by Tyler Edlin. Where the Dream Train Goes, Pt. I by Jason Sanford. Where the Dream Train Goes, Pt. II by Jason Sanford. The Book Collectors by J.W. Halicks.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Mar 11

BCS #453 ebook out early today @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of mothers and their children by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson, behind new cover art by Silas Goewey.

(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors and our First Readers. Thank you!)

https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-453/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-453-ebook/dp/B0GRP4G2GD/
#fantasy #sff #litmag #ebook

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #453

Issue #453 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by W.A. Hamilton and Justin Wesley Ferguson and cover art by Silas Goewey.

Weightless Books

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