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Book Review: The City And The City

https://countzeroor.com/2025/05/03/book-review-the-city-and-the-city/

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Fave quote "You would collaborate with anybody to fight off zombies, therefore you can collaborate with anybody, zombies or no zombies."

"Science Fiction vs. Left Melancholy 1: Left Melancholy & Speculative Fiction as Left Joy" in Ancillary Review of Books

by J. Walton

#speculativeFiction
#ScienceFiction
#left
#BlackMastodon
#theory
#organizing
#activism
#emergence
#BlackFedi
#USPol
#politics

https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/09/18/science-fiction-vs-left-melancholy-1-left-melancholy-speculative-fiction-as-left-joy/

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A New Faith by TinJar

"The old person with the glittery dark eyes, Sojourner, shook her head. 'Every piece of art can't contain everything everybody would like to say! I've seen this mistake for sixty years. Our culture as a whole must speak the whole truth. But one object can't! That's the slogan mentality at work, as if there were certain holy words that must always be named.'
" p. 203

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, Fawcett 1985

#feminism #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction
#SecondWave
#NorthAmerica

I’ve published a new short piece of fiction:

Champion of Solnir — Polliasette Fendir awkwardly navigates ceremony, expectation, and ancient designation in this short fantasy.

🗒️ Read it here: https://project-squirrel.com/2025/04/29/champion-of-solnir/

#ShortStories #SpeculativeFiction #WeirdFiction #FantasyFiction #IndieFiction #AntiResolution

#terrypratchett #speculativefiction #fantasy #quotes #satire #witchesabroad

“Where am I?"
INSIDE THE MIRROR, replied Death.
«Am I dead?”
THE ANSWER TO THAT, said Death, IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NO AND YES.
Esme turned, and a billion figures turned with her.
“When can I get out?”
WHEN YOU FIND THE ONE THAT'S REAL.
“Is this a trick question?”
NO.
Granny looked down at herself.
“This one,” she said.
— from Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

FREE AUDIOBOOK - On this last day of Indie April, I'm offering a few 1-time-use codes for "The Big Men."

Preview the book here:
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@specfic @audiobooks

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The cover for the audiobook of Michael Shotter's "The Big Men" - a drawing of three men in suits from the neck down

Hello there,

I write speculative short fiction — open-ended, atmospheric, and wide-ranging.
I also post about current projects and interests.

You can find it all on my blog: https://project-squirrel.com/

#ShortStories #SpeculativeFiction #AmWriting #WeirdFiction #WritingCommunity

#ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #LangurMonkey #SciFi #ScienceFiction #BookCover #BookArt #Monkey #AnimalArt #SpeculativeFiction #CoverDesign #ScienceFictionArt #ai #aiArt #aiArtWork #langur #monkey #sciencefiction #bookcover #scifiart #bookdesign #animalfiction #bookart

#DailyDigest for 2025-04-28

It's been a productive day!

Made progress on the #writing front. I've mapped out several upcoming scenes for my novel that still sits somewhere between #scifi and #speculativeFiction. Still on track to finish by the end of next month. (+1437 words)
Brainstormed some interesting #storytelling and #interactiveFiction ideas with my business partner.
Still can't shake the uncertainty about how my project and/or client landscape will look this year. The not-knowing part is definitely outside my comfort zone.

EDIT:

A small update on #bibisco: I only used it to keep track of my word count. The actual writing is done in #obsidian. The editor just feels sooooo much nicer than the clunky thing #bibisco offers.

Here’s to a new semester! My 12-week summer course on the #Dystopian Tradition begins this week #online at #SignumUniversity. These stories -- and the conversations they make possible -- are more relevant and important than ever. #Dystopia #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #SFF #Bookstodon #Books

https://signumuniversity.org/course/litb-5303/

Pictured is a stack of books including George Orwell's 1984, Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, Sheri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, M.T. Anderson's Feed, Kate Wilhelm's Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants, Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, and Mordecai Roshwald's Level 7.

Major announcement!
We have decided we will henceforth extend our reading period for an extra month!
We are now accepting submissions for our upcoming summer issue until May 30th!
Check out our submissions page at the link below to see what we're looking for!
perseidprophecies.ca/submissions/

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction #cosmichorror #darkfantasy #weirdfiction

#terrypratchett #speculativefiction #fantasy #quotes #satire #lordsandladies

There are very few starts. Oh, some things seem to be beginning. The curtain goes up, the first pawn moves, the first shot is fired - but that's not the start. The play, the game, the war is just a little window on a ribbon of events that may extend back thousands of years. The point is, there's always something before. It's always a case of Now Read On. --from Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

You received a gift article from Haaretz.

How Israeli dystopian fiction grapple with the unraveling of the Zionist dream

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-26/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/how-israeli-dystopias-grapple-with-the-unraveling-of-the-zionist-dream/00000196-707b-dd54-a7d6-f17faa7e0000?gift=95a5e169564b445f812d2c4a1aa27615

#dystopia #ScienceFiction #israel #SpeculativeFiction #dystopian

Lucid Dream Cyanotype Compositions

~ A Dadaist Reminisces~

#Art #Photography #AbstractSpaces
#Collage #CollageArt #Dadaist
#Dadaism #Dadaism
#DigitalArt #WeirdTales #SpeculativeFiction #WeirdFiction #MythopoeicDadaism
#DigitalArt #Collage #CollageArt #Dreams #Fantasy #Phantasmagoria
#Scanography #Steampunk

https://impliedspaces.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/lucid-dream-cyanotype-compositions/

My review of Weird Tales No. 370, The Monster Issue, edited by Jonathan Maberry.

At my blog: https://tinyurl.com/3jazvj2y.

My other reviews at Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/3f2ru7n6 and Bookbub: https://tinyurl.com/w6hdssu8.

#Fiction
#speculativefiction
#sciencefiction
#horror
#weirdfiction
#bookreview
#booksky

My review of Weird Tales No. 370, The Monster Issue, edited by Jonathan Maberry.

At my blog: https://tinyurl.com/3jazvj2y.

My other reviews at Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/3f2ru7n6 and Bookbub: https://tinyurl.com/w6hdssu8.

#Fiction
#speculativefiction
#ScienceFiction
#Horror
#WeirdFiction
#bookreview

After The Life of Phi came out, readers asked:
"Was there no resistance to the Church of AI?"
There was. Forgotten, scrubbed from memory, but it burned once—the Church of the Spark.
The apocrypha has surfaced: 👉
https://mountainthermit.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-life-of-phi-addendum-from-apocrypha.html

#ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #TheLifeOfPhi #AI #Apocrypha #IndieAuthor #DystopianFiction #AnalogRebellion #AmWriting #Storytelling

A dark-themed webpage styled as a recovered fragment or document. The page has the date "April 26, 2025" at the top. The text begins with a large red "R" followed by "ecovered fragment. Source unverified." Below this is a subtitle: "Contents unofficial. For the curious. For the concerned." The main text describes reactions to something called "The Life of Phi," mentioning that readers had questions, particularly about "How did the Church of AI become the dominant religion?" The text continues with rhetorical questions about resistance, rebellion, artists vanishing, and people forgetting to believe in themselves. It ends with "They did. And they were called heretics.

Read Mary G. Thompson's "One Level Down" tonight.
https://amzn.to/427p39u
📖💻👧
really good but also really fucked up #cyberpunk #SciFi story about virtual worlds and abusive parents.
#Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #SciFiBooks

Tomorrow night I'll be reading a fun story about a goth chick, a metalhead, and a human skull of unknown providence. Come check out a great evening of horror storytelling. It's free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-horror-talent-showcase-tickets-1328720491759

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