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Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by
@BMorrisAllen.com
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HOPE is now available! Pick it up now!
books.metaphorosis.com/anthology/20...
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Ian Rennie
2 days ago
I was part of an anthology for
@metaphorosis.com
called "Reading 5x5" where five authors were given the same story prompt to see where it took them. The same seed turned into drastically different beautiful stories on each occasion. Because a prompt is the *spur* for creativity in the process.
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Courtney Floyd
4 days ago
Our last interview of season one is here! Making
@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social
has been incredibly grounding and wonderful in a rollercoaster of a debut year. I loved chatting with
@jenniferhudak.bsky.social
and
@monawest.bsky.social
about fallow periods, persistence, and resilience. đ
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Zachary Gillan
7 days ago
Am I allowed to say it was my favorite book of the year?
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Ship of Smoke and Steel - Django Wexler, 4.5 stars, I recommend this.
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Ship of Smoke and Steel â Django Wexler
I recommend this.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/ship-of-smoke-and-steel-django-wexler/
4 days ago
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Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett, 4.5 stars, Satisfying and a lot of fun.
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Men at Arms â Terry Pratchett
Satisfying and a lot of fun.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/men-at-arms-terry-pratchett/
14 days ago
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Scifi Geek
20 days ago
I've really enjoyed all of
@gunnardewinter.bsky.social
work in Clarkesworld this year! His writing makes me think about SF in a broader perspective. I often think back to stories I love and how they relate to actual science. I definitely rec. you give them a read!!!
#BookSky
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#SciFiSky
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Deadline coming up on 14 December. Submit soon!
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21 days ago
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As far as I know, the SFWA fora are still down...
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22 days ago
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B. Morris Allen
23 days ago
Wondering what to
#nominate
? 2/4 If you prefer your reading short and flashy, please consider my story "The Only Map is Memory", published just this week in Podcastle.
podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p...
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PodCastle 919: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Possibilities - PodCastle
The Only Map is Memory by B. Morris Allen I use my memory for a map. Itâs the only map I have, but itâs unreliable in the way all memory is. Objects that I remember as big must have been smaller, loca...
https://podcastle.org/2025/11/25/podcastle-919-flash-fiction-extravaganza-possibilities/
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B. Morris Allen
23 days ago
Wondering what to
#nominate
? 1/4 As the year moves toward its end, and best of the year and awards consideration time moves closer, I'd like to ask that you consider my novelette "Cupernicity", published in February in The Future Fire for your nomination needs.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
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Cupernicity, B. Morris Allen
The center of the universe shifts. When youâre young, itâs all about your principal carer, and food, and bedtime snuggles. As you age, gravity intervenes, and the center moves further away, to cliques...
http://futurefire.net/2025.72/fiction/cupernicity.html
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Fantasy Magazine
28 days ago
and the issue 99 COVER âš Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
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B. Morris Allen
27 days ago
Did I tell you about my latest story? It's short, on PodCastle, and about choices! Read or listen!
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Faye Gabriel
27 days ago
A gorgeous, poetic, surreal love story.
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Andrew Knighton
28 days ago
In good book news, the author copies of my next
@lunapress.bsky.social
novella All That Is in the Earth just arrived! Very excited to add another one to the shelf of my books, and for you people to read this when it's out in February.
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B. Morris Allen
28 days ago
My latest story is up
@podcastle.org
! You can read my flash story, "The Only Map is Memory" along with shorts by David McGuire and Courtney Floyd.
podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p...
This is, astoundingly, my 12th story published this year, far outstripping any previous year.
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PodCastle 919: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Possibilities - PodCastle
The Only Map is Memory by B. Morris Allen I use my memory for a map. Itâs the only map I have, but itâs unreliable in the way all memory is. Objects that I remember as big must have been smaller, loca...
https://podcastle.org/2025/11/25/podcastle-919-flash-fiction-extravaganza-possibilities/
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Corey Farrenkopf
28 days ago
So excited to have a little future ghost story in the next issue of
@fantasymagazine.bsky.social
:)
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Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett, 4.5 stars, One of very funniest Discworld books so far; I really enjoyed it.
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Lords and Ladies â Terry Pratchett
One of very funniest Discworld books so far; I really enjoyed it.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/lords-and-ladies-terry-pratchett/
about 1 month ago
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J.A. Prentice
about 1 month ago
Look on my Award Eligible works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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SFF Reviews
about 1 month ago
This sounds like a fascinating exploration of the editorial journey! đâš It's so inspiring to see how stories evolve into published works. Can't wait to dive into those case studies! #SFF #WritingJourney đ
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SFF Reviews
about 1 month ago
What a beautiful concept! đ¶ The idea of intertwining music and prose is so inspiring! Looking forward to exploring the emotional journey in "Score"! đ #SFF #BookLove
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Gifts for
#writers
Looking to buy a holiday present for a writer friend or to improve your own writing skill? Consider anthologies from our
#Verdage
imprint (thread).
bookshop.org/lists/verdage
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Verdage
Science fiction and fantasy anthologies, often with an innovative approach to the process of writing.
https://bookshop.org/lists/verdage
about 1 month ago
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Fusion Fragment
about 1 month ago
FFer Read of the Day: "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by
@vanessafogg.bsky.social
in
@lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when...
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When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm - Lightspeed Magazine
When the Faerie King takes his tour of the human realm, he becomes---of course---a viral hit. The first posts and videos stream out from Shanghai, just after the New Year. Heâs seen waiting patiently ...
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/when-the-faerie-king-toured-the-human-realm/
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R.T. Ester
about 1 month ago
Liked this a lot when I first read it
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B. Morris Allen
about 1 month ago
If you're reading for awards, please consider my novelette "Cupernicity". I'm really pleased with it, and it's free to read!
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
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Cupernicity, B. Morris Allen
The center of the universe shifts. When youâre young, itâs all about your principal carer, and food, and bedtime snuggles. As you age, gravity intervenes, and the center moves further away, to cliques...
http://futurefire.net/2025.72/fiction/cupernicity.html
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Vanessa Fogg
about 2 months ago
Eeee, itâs Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! đđ°
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Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks, 4 stars, I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
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Feersum Endjinn â Iain M. Banks
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/feersum-endjinn-iain-m-banks/
about 2 months ago
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Just a reminder to those who publish
#ebooks
only on Amazon that you're cutting off a substantial audience, now that it's impossible (I think) to get Amazon ebooks onto non-Kindle e-readers. I've been frustrated that several books I'd like to buy are only on Amazon and not available in libraries.
about 2 months ago
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Vanessa Fogg
2 months ago
Got back from a West Coast trip to see family and found this waiting for me. My contributor copies of this very cool space horror anthology!
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Stelliform Press
2 months ago
Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week! Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is âA landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.â
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Corey Farrenkopf
2 months ago
Want to check out my Weird/dark eco-fantasy/horror novelette, the Final Sight? Itâs kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape. Fun stuff :)
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Gareth L. Powell
2 months ago
Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the
#books
you love.
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Myna Chang
2 months ago
Check it out at Interstellar Flight Press & while you're there you can sign up for the online launch on November 3!
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The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillusionists.html
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Galen Strickland
3 months ago
Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.
templetongate.net/house-of-ill...
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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg
Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows
http://templetongate.net/house-of-illusionists.htm
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Alex Singer, Arbiter of Bagels (Festive)
3 months ago
PSA to those who live in the US, no matter how disillusioned you may be, vote in local elections and encourage your friends and family to do so. One of the big problems for liberals is low turnout for lower level elections, which puts in people who approve of gerrymandering tactics for the big ones.
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Kaleidotrope
3 months ago
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
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When Mothers Dream â Brenda Cooper A moving and beautiful collection.
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When Mothers Dream â Brenda Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/when-mothers-dream-brenda-cooper/
3 months ago
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The Face in the Abyss - A. Merritt, 3.5 stars, An effective escapist adventure.
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The Face in the Abyss â A. Merritt
An effective escapist adventure.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/the-face-in-the-abyss-a-merritt/
3 months ago
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Jason Sanford
3 months ago
The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results
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Beth Goder
3 months ago
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle. The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole
@podcastle.org
team for the amazing work they did on this story.
podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder  I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. Itâs Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
https://podcastle.org/2025/09/30/podcastle-911-mycelium/
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This Inevitable Ruin - Matt Dinniman, 4 stars, I'm still on board for more.
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This Inevitable Ruin â Matt Dinniman
I'm still on board for more.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/this-inevitable-ruin-matt-dinniman/
3 months ago
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Wakers - Orson Scott Card, 3 stars, Okay for YA readers.
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Wakers â Orson Scott Card
Okay for YA readers.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/wakers-orson-scott-card/
3 months ago
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Just about one week left to submit to TRUNK. PS It's not a big deal, but to those of you who provide the info we ask for and format your titles the way we like, I see you and thank you for saving me time and trouble.
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B. Morris Allen
3 months ago
An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide!
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
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Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years
Trump has veered, often suddenly, proudly and loudly, into unprecedented territory in at least 15 different areas.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/trump-unprecedented-presidency-behind-the-curtain
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B. Morris Allen
3 months ago
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
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A Bird Afraid of Feathers â Plant Based Press
Years ago, I ran across a fractal image that looked just like feathers. I loved it immediately, and resolved to use it as a book cover (with appropriate licensing and attribution, of course). That eventually resulted in the anthology HOPE: The Thing With Feathers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It's an anthology of hopeful, feather-related SFF stories. I wrote my own contribution early on - "A Bird Afraid of Feathers" - and included it as the last story in the book.
https://www.bmorrisallen.com/2025/08/02/a-bird-afraid-of-feathers-plant-based-press/
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B. Morris Allen
3 months ago
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
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The Coping Saw
The Coping Saw - Kindle edition by Allen, B. Morris, Publishing, Farthest Star. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Coping Saw.
https://www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B-Morris-Allen-ebook/dp/B0FRPD2T8B
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Jennifer Hudak
3 months ago
My story âA Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbellâ is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. Itâs about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Hereâs a free 60-day subscription if you need it:
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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Subscribe to The Sunday Morning Transport
An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week. Click to read The Sunday Morning Transport, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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Lara San Mamés
3 months ago
"It was just after seven-thirty in the morning. He wouldnât be allowed to grieve his wife, however. Instead, heâd have to deal with what he knew would be a bureaucratic nightmare." âđ» Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
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Her Last Will â Karl El-Koura
In the night, the silent robots took away his wife and left a note in her place.
https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2022/Her-Last-Will-Karl-El-Koura/
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Kaleidotrope
3 months ago
Boycotting Disney? Good on ya! Need something else to keep you entertained? Might I make one small suggestion?
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R.W.W. Greene (He/him)
3 months ago
A nice little review for a story published in
@metaphorosis.com
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