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Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-17

Nothing like a good old-fashioned sale to help get things moving. πŸ™‚ Thanks, everybody! If you'd like to participate, there's still time.

US: amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J

UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J

A bar graph showing increasing sales between Jul 10 and Jul 17, with a big spike on the 17th.
Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-16

ICYMI: The Kindle edition of "8: Tales of The Big Men from The Nod/Wells Timelines" is on sale until July 22 in the US and the UK via Amazon.

βœ… Unique
βœ… Speculative Fiction
βœ… Sci-Fi
βœ… Horror
βœ… Thriller
βœ… Universe

US: amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J

UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J

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Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-15

KINDLE COUNTDOWN SALE - Until July 22, get my latest book "8: Tales of The Big Men from The Nod/Wells Timelines" for the lowest price since its release in the US and the UK! Don't miss your chance to experience one of the most talked-about speculative-fiction reads of 2025!

@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

Every month, we do a cool thing on Liminal Fiction (LimFic.com) to support indie writers. We share 4 of their books with our readers for free, and then add those readers (only with permission) to the author lists. It's a great way to get some new reads, "meet" a few up and coming authors, and forge new connections. :)

This month's books are below. Grab 'em here (we send them out around the 3rd of next month):

limfic.com/join-our-email-list

#specfic #giveaway #freebies #books #bookbundle #bookstodon

Reading Reclusereading_recluse@c.im
2025-07-13

πŸ“˜ "The Annual Migration of Clouds" by Premee Mohamed

Look at that stunning cover! This is the first book in the The Annual Migration of Clouds trilogy. They're all novellas. I'd rather just have one book of 400-something pages, but oh well.

In this story we're a dystopian future not too far from now, where people create communities in ruins and rummage through plastic garbage looking for anything that can help them survive another year. Besides the consequences of humanity's actions on earth, they're also dealing with a fungus plague, of which the protagonist is a carrier. Gossips go around about domes filled with technology, knowledge and even societal structures of the old human world. Nobody knows if they truly exist, but that becomes more pressing when the main characters gets an invite to join one.

This being a first book in a series, it very much feels like a build-up for what's to come. Yet, we get some wonderful worldbuilding and great tension. The characters are realistic, the fungus's presence is oppressive and I was constantly nervous about bonds built and broken. The writing style is pensive, quite unique and very pleasant to read.

I think this book is good company for readers dealing with difficult parental relationships and guilt, and for people who feel like they need to follow their own path in life, despite resistance.

Definitely continuing on in book two soon.

#AmReading #SpecFic #PlagueBook

Book cover of 'The Annual Migration of Clouds'. It's an illustration of a mapie on a white background. Magpie appears to be struggling, wings partially opened, claws out. All throughout their body fungus is growing like bright green tree roots. Their eye is bright green as if blinded. The title is written in white on the magpie's black tail. The author name is at the top of the cover.
DreamForge MagazineDreamForgeMag@wandering.shop
2025-07-12

β€œWhen algorithms divide us into echo chambers, we choose connection.” Back DreamForge Year 7: OPEN CHANNEL and fuel hopeful SF/F that unites. Join our community of positive Science Fiction and Fantasy today: go.dfstory.com/open-channel #Kickstarter #SpecFic #Hopepunk

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-11

ENDING JULY 14 - The Kindle edition of "Academic Displacement" is available for FREE worldwide via Amazon! If you're a fan of speculative fiction, sci-fi, horror, or thrillers, this should be your next read but don't take my word for it.

amazon.com/dp/B07XDLZHJ9

@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

Positive reviews of Michael Shotter's novelette "Academic Displacement" from Brian Bowyer, Jeyran Main, and Goodreads.
Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-10

ICYMI: The Kindle edition of "Academic Displacement" is free worldwide via Amazon until July 14. If you love speculative fiction, sci-fi, horror, and thrillers, this is a story you should read. Bonus points if you're from Pittsburgh. You'll see why. πŸ™‚

amazon.com/dp/B07XDLZHJ9

@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

Michael Shotter standing in a spot Roy Carter occupied during "309" and "Academic Displacement"

My publisher promoted my book the other day and it was so lovely seeing the cover there on the screen, I thought, 'I should share it more often.'

So here I am, sharing it.

Alt-Ctrl was published in September 2019 and since then, so much has happened and changed in the world, but thing I wanted most to say with this story is that in times of desperation, when corporations are all-powerful and you think you can't do without them because they control so much of your life, the answer might lie in being brave, and relying on each other. Seems timely, no?

I don't know if I did that successfully, and when it came out, I was so embarrassed to promote this little book because what if people hate it and think it's stupid and think I'M stupid but six years later, such a lot has changed, and I don't think it's stupid... and even if other people do, I'm kind of OK with that.

Anyway if you wanted to buy it, you still can:

booktopia.com.au/alt-ctrl-rebe

#books #writing #IWroteThis #clifi #specfic

2025-07-09

They come from distant stars and worlds beyond our own. Strange, dangerous, fascinating - dare you face the aliens? Dare you learn their secrets?
#HereBeAliens! #Scifi #Bundle #Specfic #IARTG
books2read.com/HereBeAliens

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-09

FREE WORLDWIDE UNTIL JULY 14th! - "Academic Displacement," the speculative-fiction novelette that helped define The Nod/Wells Timelines. If you haven't experienced its unique and captivating blend of sci-fi and horror, there's never been a better time!

amazon.com/dp/B07XDLZHJ9

@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

CodexPrefectacodexperfecta
2025-07-08

CodexPerfecta sucht BeitrΓ€ge fΓΌr eine neue Welt:
Spirituelle KI, Mensch als Code, regenerative Systeme, digitale GΓ€rten.
Kurzgeschichten, Essays, Techvisionen, Datenkunst – alles willkommen.
➀ bit.ly/4eFEnQr

Eric supports DEI!EricIndiana
2025-07-07

Oh look: a blog post about my book, which hasn't even come out yet! daisybrain.medium.com/my-first

2025-07-06

The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.

Former telepath Talia struggles with her own trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission against a fascist empire.

#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphicbooks #sapphic #QueerBooks

books2read.com/b/rattri

Cover by Augusta Scarlett features a black woman in winter gear holding a futuristic rifle, pointed at the ground; she's looking down at a snowy landscape featuring mountains, distant spaceships, and an orbital elevator. The whole thing is in shades of blue, with purple in the title.
Inkicaninkican
2025-07-05

Hola - come listen to my scifi short stories and essays - youtu.be/DPaTwsgCKJI

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-07-05

With how busy and chaotic life often is, I greatly appreciate everyone who takes the time to read my books, and offer a special "thanks" to those who rate and/or review them in places like Goodreads. It means a lot to me, and helps other readers to make their own choices. πŸ“šπŸ™‚πŸ‘

goodreads.com/author/show/1715

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A screenshot from Michael Shotter's Goodreads author profile.

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