I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Please take the time to check out, contribute, and share his @gofundm3.bsky.social. every interaction helps. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

It's the Most Listerful Time of the Year, so if you're making reading lists for next year, might I interest you in the fact that SEASON OF THE SERPENT, the final novel in the Nameless Republic trilogy, releases on August 11?

Wrapping my own damn self, in lieu of being wrapped by a machine: suyidavies.com/updates/suyi...

Today, I went to the library to look for a specific kind of book about a specific topic. On the same shelf, I found a *different* book on a *different* aspect of the same topic---an aspect I didn't even know existed. I went with the 2nd book.

I think of Manusos (in Pluribus) as that one character that supercharges a novel, that makes you sit up when you first encounter them. The sheer strength of their singular conviction raises twofold intrigue: tension (what will they do NOW?) & suspense (what happened to make them this way?).

"From idea to story" is the first lesson in my advanced fiction class because, while idea inertia happens to everyone, emerging writers can often get stuck there, while seasoned authors know the hard work is in distilling said hodgepodge of ideas into a story that has clarity and direction.

Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?

Wrapping my own damn self, in lieu of being wrapped by a machine: suyidavies.com/updates/suyi...

I've known a lot more non-readers than readers. The conditions that spawn lifelong readership need constant nurture & nourishment, & the conditions that disrupt it are ubiquitous, neverending & must be constantly battled, requiring a practice & fortitude many, sadly, cannot afford / will not accord.

Hey yall! We're looking for ✨youtubers or streamers✨ who'd be interested in playing the cooperative card game Prosper with Dragons on their channel. Reply or DM if you're interested or know someone who could help this game find its audience! 📣 More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

I'm the kind of practiced hater who will pop out of hiding places and bonk people on the head with an empty water dispenser bottle: <bonk> Stop. <bonk> Using. <bonk> That.

Started reading Son of the Storm yesterday. Absolutely hooked! So excited to see where the story goes.

It's the Most Listerful Time of the Year, so if you're making reading lists for next year, might I interest you in the fact that SEASON OF THE SERPENT, the final novel in the Nameless Republic trilogy, releases on August 11?

Honored to be a Special Guest at @laworldcon.bsky.social next year! 🚀💫💜 I hope to use the space to champion the amazing work of speculative poets and Canadian BIPOC SFF writers!

You've still got two weeks to add some HEAT to your holiday game nights! 🔥🔥🔥🐲 Prosper with Dragons Holiday Sale: $25 thru Dec 13th! (Free US Shipping!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/115... ✨ Makes a great stocking stuffer! ✨

Congratulations to friend of the con @suyidavies.com for his 2025 Nommo Award win! Suyi's work is amazing and you should read all of it.

Spotlight: 2025 Nommo Award winners The ASFS announced this year’s winners at the Aké Arts & Book Festival in Lagos. The awards celebrate exceptional talent in African speculative fiction across four categories. #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙

“Lost Ark Dreaming” by @suyidavies.com won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Novella. 🔗 torpublishinggroup.com/lost-ark-dre...

Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards! Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa @suyidavies.com Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh @izom-chisom.bsky.social #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky

So the biggest request we got our first time selling Prosper with Dragons was MORE LORE! Well, we've got you covered! We'll have some great story to accompany this gorgeous art soon! In the meantime, you can support real artisits and creatives by grabbing a game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

"We often frame the loss of Indigenous knowledge as a tragedy only for the local communities who held it. But ultimately, the loss is not just theirs to bear, but belongs to the world at large too." aeon.co/essays/gener...

My first book deal, guys!🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thank you to everyone who has read and critiqued over the years. And thank you to @ruadanbooks for giving my book a home. Coming soon in 2026 You can read the full gist here. ruadanbooks.com/author-naomi...

✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨ Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Happy Book Birthday! One year today! 🍾🥂 @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, @aniyonsenga.bsky.social, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @suyidavies.com, @tobiogundiran.com, @xanwriter.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/au/afrocente...

"Consider the contemporary cannibal as metaphor. There’s a long artistic tradition of using physical appetite to symbolise emotional appetite...be it wanting to exploit, wanting to enact revenge, or wanting as loving desire." @wenyilee.bsky.social reactormag.com/tender-is-th...

Best fictional band ever, if you ask me.

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

The number of messages I've failed to respond to this year must be a personal record. If I never* responded to you, I apologize. *chances are that I still might, but you maybe want to take that with a grain of salt, lol.

@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself. Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

SFF author Nia Davenport has tragically lost her husband; please consider contributing to her GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

Process > product.

"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...

The Treasury of British Comics Annual is out on the 12th November, featuring MYTEK THE MIGHTY, by: 📝 Script: @suyidavies.com ✏️ Pencils: @neocomicart.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: Barbara Nosenzo 🗨️ Letters: Jonathan Stevenson Available to pre-order now: https://bit.ly/44E9Eib

Says a lot about my current state of affairs that after I spent months trying to write and send a single newsletter, I managed to still mess it up by stating the incorrect month. This week's vibe: Big Yikes. suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

My state of mind over the past few weeks:

Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now! Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.

Wake up, babe. We ordered a second moon from Temu.

Major congrats to @vajra.me & RAKESFALL for winning the 2025 Ursula Le Guin prize. Happy days for SFF!

"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit. Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).

Books are really, really expensive right now. A much touted SFF hardcover release this week ran me ~$50 Canadian. I don't know how that's sustainable for a readership struggling with a crisis of affordability. I know there are ~reasons~ for this, but none of them reduces the sting.

We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

Happy book publication day to @tashasuri.bsky.social and The Isle in the Silver Sea!

"Peak Day", 2025. A new employee at a fulfillment centre gets an orientation from the only other human employee in their unit. Edited by @teresempierre.bsky.social. Published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social. On shelves now. (Hopefully on literally any other shelf than the Bad River's).

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

Getting to actually sit in on a panel this morning at @canconsffh.bsky.social, listening to the insightful @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social @suyidavies.com Luke R.J. Maynard and Sienna Tristen talk the intricacies of Slow Fiction. #CanCon2025