The December issue of Salon Futura is now live, featuring books by Mike Carey, EJ Swift, LR Lam and Bethany Jacobs, plus fish people, hobbits, and an absolutely wonderful worldbuilding bible for 7th century Pictdom:

Would you like a queer urban fantasy novel featuring useless bisexual disasters and gay yearning? My free gift to you for the holidays: ebook / audio for zero pennies! shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...

I’ve had a lovely (but small) flurry of sales in Dec. Is there anyone who’d like to take that number of sales up to a round number for me? Pls & TY. (Links to the 2 main series. Novellas can be found by clicking author name on the sale page). mybook.to/EvergreenCou... mybook.to/HeartsOnTheL...

Reminder, original fiction/poetry submissions open TOMORROW NIGHT, at 12:01am Eastern Time on January 1st 👀 Reprint submissions will temporarily close at the same time. Nonfiction will remain open! We can't wait to read your work. We're so excited for 2026 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/guidelines/

At 7pm GMT Today! The Female Man, a Discussion, 30 December: Free, at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... or at facebook: fb.me/e/3F0xoFwPh The last posting of the link will be one hour before, so this is the last chance to sign up.

Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky. The penultimate one of this little artistic endeavour for 2025.

UPDATE: The Angry House has been released through Pen to Print's podcast. It's fully available now. #audio #horror #podcast thomaswrightson.co.uk/2025/12/14/i...

🧵 On Thursday 22nd January, we invite you to take a look behind the scenes of the Portico Library, journeying through our evocative spaces and diving into a 19th-century book or two...

Things are so dark now it's easy to lose all hope, but our ancestors knew that light would return and we continue to celebrate that fact. ko-fi.com/post/What-th... Reminder, the UK government has a consultation about its proposed immigration changes. Take part, if you can. ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...

Achievement for 2025: we started. You can’t finish anything you don’t start. Onwards and upwards. 2026 is gonna be huge.

Murderbot...

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Chuck Wendig continues to be 100% correct about this and breaks down That Post beautifully.

Submissions to "Who Am I? A Sapphic Spec Fic Anthology of Identity and Purpose" are open until 28 February! www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...

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Ok - first, everybody should buy and read this, it’s great. ALSO- if anyone who submitted for this anthology and didn’t make the stacked roster on here but you have a great story, send it our way! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Humbled by the breadth and diversity of subs to the anthology we've had so far. We are still OPEN for subs until the end of Feb 2026 as planned! We have a lot of fantasy (but that's ok!) so would love space opera and steampunk. Stories with full character arcs and conflict are standing out! #booksky

Competition time! If you buy a book at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social between 26th & 29th December you *could* win a £100 gift voucher! (See the site for details) uk.bookshop.org/shop/nairnbo...

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Now with non-Substack link davidallengreen.com/2025/12/jane...

Benefits of alt text: it makes your post accessible, it is searcheable text, more people will share it if it has alt text so more reach for you. Really, there are no downsides to alt text bluesky even has a setting to remind you to use it! describe your imgs, gifs and videos!

Watching Murder She Baked... and the challenge is less whodunnit and more who is who? They all look the same!!!

If you DO like those kind of books (or, like Janet, you’re just waiting to have one take you for an unforgettable spin…) the queerest thing I’ve ever written is coming in 2026! Or if you’re just queer and love queer reads… Click the link & hit NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH to take a ride…! bit.ly/TFotHoV

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I also watched and enjoyed the first two episodes of Murderbot. Will catch up with the rest soon.

K-pop Demon Hunters is now watched and greatly enjoyed.

Intriguing interview on the Vector blog with Sue Dawes, author of The Mune (Gold SF,2025). On the metaphorical tbr pile.

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This is a very good piece on the policy changes at the BBC Written Archives at Caversham, which have closed off most of the archive even to established researchers. It may seem a small thing, but it’s indicative of the wider assault on public institutions. Do read & sign the petition.

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My audiobook kickstarter has reached 24 sign-ups, just 6 short of my holiday target! If you're a fan of folklore and mythology, Scotland and its languages, and dark fantasy tales of haunted swords and old gods - "Notify me on launch" www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

SFWA members and general SFF community: In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events. Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey. SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...

In case you've not seen - SFWA have opened a quick survey on generative AI in writing/publishing/awards here 👇 It's limited in scope but still worth filling in if you have a moment www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...

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GenAI cannot summarise anything because it cannot analyse anything because there is no intelligence there. This entire premise starts with a lie and the deceit builds from there.

Over on Patreon I've posted three short stories—my gift to those who've supported me this year. If you'd rather, you can just buy the PDF or epub, WHAT MATTERS—monsters and heroes, dragons and princesses, and a young girl's chemistry experiment going global—for $9. Happy Solstice!

I'm aiming for 30 sign ups to my kickstarter campaign over the holidays. Fan of dark fantasy, Scottish folklore, audiobooks? Give it a "Notify me" click and share with others you know! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

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The tickets available to purchase via PayPal (through our TicketTailor site) are very limited. We only have one 'General' left on this platform. tickettailor.com/events/confuze…#switchese#citydropcono#motherlandfortsalemem

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Watching the Professionals as David Calder (who later played Star Cop Nathan Spring) closes in on Ian McDiarmid (who later played the Emperor Palpatine).

Joining us for City Drop is #JessicaSutton, aka one-third of the Bellweather Unit, Tally Craven! Details on extras coming soon. #citydropcon #talder #switches #motherlandfortsalem

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Cannot wait to read this! Sharing for reach.

None of these were written with LLMs or any kind of AI. Keep Seamus Fictional!

Watching The Professionals: Man Without a Past and thought one of the guest characters looked like Steven Pacey but not. Turns out it’s his brother Peter.

Star Wars for me. There’s no alt text in the image in the quoted post. The text in the image says: “TikTok says the number 1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.”

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Aussies. Great TV show alert.