And here's a comedy YouTube show that #SFF readers and authors might like to check out: I was on @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social last week, interviewed by zoologist @billschuttauthor.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ15...
There are Monsters Among Us wi...
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The Speculative Literature Foundation is offering a $1000 grant to "writers over 50 who are at the beginning of their writing careers." See how to apply at the link:
https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/slf-older-writers-grant/
"sound arguments, excellent and entertaining writing, and a fascinating dive into history, myth, and literature and art..."
HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY was reviewed in @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social by @princejvstin.com! 1/n
#SFF 💙📚 🗃 #HAMH
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/book...
Book Review: Humans a Monstrou...
Ma #vendredilecture est celle d'Alfie de Christophe Bouix, paru Au Diable Vauvert. Il s'agit du journal d'une IA d'assistance au quotidien qui découvre les humain.es à travers une famille. Ce roman est bien foutu, très drôle et flippant.
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#PennedPossibilities 659 — MC POV: Tell us about your idea of a perfect day.
It's about reading and studying—there's so much to learn!—and the rest of the time being with my day angel best friend companion as much as he'll let me. If we happen to catch a time when our parents are out of the house and his snoopy sisters are away, the day becomes even more perfect.
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I've finished: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi appealed to me on so many levels.
He is a fish out of water, but he has adapted.
The way he adapted, studying his environment with an innocent yet scientific eye, was the most appealing aspect for me.
The descriptions of the statues; the meaning the myth and art embedded in them was a wonderful cherry on the cake.
The way Susanna Clarke stuck the landing was also perfect.
What a wonderful experience.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08ad747a-2cc1-49ad-85ae-bac1027f0ab2
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This is one of my most favorite lists I've done for Reactor so far. I highly recommend each of these stories!
https://reactormag.com/five-stories-set-in-fantastic-sff-cities/
#SFF #fiction #ShortStories #fantasy #ScienceFiction #city #cities #Urban #magic #podcast
#PennedPossibilities 659 — MC POV: Tell us about your idea of a perfect day.
Alexios: Ideally, it'd be one where I don't have to put an end to anyone's f*ckin' life. Lemme cut chase... Don't wanna get sidetracked here. I could hang at the warehouse with the chooms, get work done, and relax. It would be nice not to constantly be filled with dread... I could just focus on the biz and the clients who're looking to make good. That sounds... f*ckin' glorious. Maybe I'd even have dinner with Junk (and Trick?) after the day's done. Somewhere we've never been before, too. We love finding new spots to try.
#WritingCommunity #TheCityOfOpulence #DigitalDystopiaSeries #Cyberpunk #SFF #ScienceFiction #Romance #Worldbuilding
She Seeks Peace is now available on itch.io!
https://owentyme.itch.io/she-seeks-peace
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I see Amazon has dropped the price of the first book in the series to $2.99 (Kindle) in the US and Canada.
Meet the cast before they got traumatized, cynical, and pissed off!
THE COLD BETWEEN, Central Corps #1
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US: https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Between-Central-Corps-Novel-ebook/dp/B00ZP5WLQG/
Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Cold-Between-Central-Corps-Novel-ebook/dp/B00ZP5WLQG/
#PennedPossibilities 657 — Continuing with last night’s questioning, tell us if your SC is one to be forgiving as well.
Since stealthily enough, last night's MC was the devil-girl, the SC that undergoes the most development in association with her, Bolt, seems like the logical choice to examine for this attribute..
Historically, Bolt is a flies into a rage in order to run from conflict type. Most of the time, she avoids conflict altogether. And friends. A coworkers (being blackmailed to work for the mob tends to foster that attitude.) Forgiveness doesn't come into the picture much if you aren't around.
Now Bolt has a real friend who considers her a real friend, i. e., the devil-girl. When the main series antagonist tries to kill that new friend, Bolt goes nuclear. Let's say that it was likely little more than a air currents caused by a raging fire that was the difference between Rainy Days, the main series antagonist, getting getting grazed by a corner stone (still a serious injury) and having her head bashed in. The first such person in uncounted years that almost succeeded in killing the otherwise immortal thaumaturge.
Okay, one might argue there is no space for forgiveness here either, or to access whether she is or isn't forgiving type.
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Later this week, both of Becky Chambers' "Monk & Robot" novellas are being re-released in a single volume.
If you've not read them yet, they're absolutely the right vibe to get you through [ gestures widely /] all this.
Highly recommended.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/monk-and-robot-becky-chambers/21752517
Oh, hey, here's some non-Amazon preorder links!
CONDITION OF WAR is out June 3, 2025.
US:
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/condition-of-war-elizabeth-bonesteel/1147214538?ean=2940184353784
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/condition-of-war-central-corps
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/condition-of-war/id6745232311
Canada
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/condition-of-war-central-corps
Apple: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/condition-of-war/id6745232311
UK
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/condition-of-war-central-corps
Apple: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/condition-of-war/id6745232311
Australia
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/condition-of-war-central-corps
Apple: https://books.apple.com/au/book/condition-of-war/id6745232311
Now I know what kind of sword I'd need if I ever had to face a cavalry charge on foot. Of course, I'd need an entirely different body that could wield the thing two-handed.A post for Patreon subscribers.
#AmWriting #SFF #Swords #AmResearching
After nearly two months away from the beginnings of my outline for Shallow Trenches, Open Skies, I think I need to start over. I've just had a thought about a couple of my main characters that changes everything!
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New Issue: BCS #431 out today, featuring stories of children and parents by returning BCS author Jordan @kurellian and new one Eleanor Elizabeth Fog, with a podcast of the Fog guest-narrated by M.K. Hobson, behind cover art by Erin Costello.
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-431/
#fantasy #sff #litmag #shortstory #fictionpodcast #podcastfiction
Book promotion
SHADOW OF THE ELDERS is out now! 🎉
In a world broken by drought family and friends are ripped apart. What will they do to find each other again? What magic lurks behind their journeys? Will it save them or plunge the world into further chaos?
Find out!
Chapter 23 of Jigsaw City is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city
Having returned from the mountains, Nicole and Kazic work to catalog all the pieces of Kurg the Ulkun have held onto for millions of years, breaking them down by purpose.
Neither of them knows much about cities, though, so they enlist Kazic's cousin for the purpose, a dwarf that studies architecture.
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#FreeTalk this Saturday! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. If you register, you'll also have access to the recording afterward. This talk is part of the SPACE Showcase and previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025.
Everyone is invited!
Teaser: https://youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTmQW-W6_w7mG
Info on the May 3 talk: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/
#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #Books #Bookstodon #OnlineEvent
#TimeTravelAuthors 1: Tell us about your #TimeTravel story
One aspect of SECONDARY is how dangerous even a *little* time travel can be. The story is a worst-case scenario.
Lots of stories assume time travel means you can unscramble an egg. And maybe you can! Unscrambling a *timeline* is somewhat more difficult.
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