Just finished listening to another of @scottedelman.bsky.social 's Eating the Fantastic podcast episodes. This time a conversation with @effjayem.bsky.social Fascinating as usual. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Listened to this great episode of @scottedelman.bsky.social 's Eating the Fantastic this weekend. Loads of fascinating things about Mark L. Van Name that I was unaware of. A great conversation.

Congratulations to @amalelmohtar.com for "The River Has Roots" winning the Nebula Award.

Listened to @effies.bsky.social read her wonderful @thehugoawards.bsky.social nominated story “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” on Story Hour. A fun supers story. Very enjoyable and very entertaining reading. Well deserved nominations. youtu.be/5T5WrJV2v40?...

Read/listened to “Immigrant Girl from the End of the World” by @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 70. Like the best stories it makes be want to know more about the fate of the characters involved. Just a deeply rich concept. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/immi...

Just listened to/read @thehugoawards.bsky.social nominated "Never Eaten Vegetables" by @hhpak.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 220 and performed by @katercakes.bsky.social Quite a wonderful story with delightful characters. clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_01_25/

A photo of one of my panels at @balticon.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks.

Just finished listening to @thehugoawards.bsky.social best novella nominee Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social That was very enjoyable and there were quite a few surprises in how the story developed. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Listened to/read all of @thehugoawards.bsky.social novella nominee "Murder By Memory" by @oliviawaite.com That was lots of fun. I'll definitely have to check out the second book in the series, which came out in March this year. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Just finished listening to and reading @thehugoawards.bsky.social best novella nominee "The Summer War" by @naominovik.bsky.social It was a great delight with many twists and turns and so lyrical prose. The novella category is really tough to rank. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788200...

Just listened to and read "Snatchers" by @foxesandroses.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 70. A modern invasion of the body snatchers story - very well done with the creepiness level raised to 11 and a great group of characters to follow. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Listening to @thehugoawards.bsky.social nominee "The River Has Roots" by @amalelmohtar.com The audio is just phenomenal. It has the music of the story performed by Amal and her sister. Anyone who enjoyed reading the book should also listen to it. It is narrated and sung by Gem Carmella.

Just finished listening to @thehugoawards.bsky.social nominee What Stalks the Deep by @tkingfisher.com That was thoroughly entertaining and very creepy. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

While donating blood just now I read "Chimera" by Anjali Sachdeva from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 69. A very moving story about family and personal choices www.uncannymagazine.com/article/chim...

Listened to @theodoragoss.bsky.social 's "The Woman Who Stole Flowers" from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 69 today. A wonderful quirky story with some possible mythological answers. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

@wiswell.bsky.social 's story is now available for everyone on the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social website. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/welc...

Almost out of time! Vote by April 1 in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

Added some more votes to the @locusmag.bsky.social Awards from all the reading I did in the past week or so. Earlier deadline this year - April 1.

The Hugo Awards nominating period closes tomorrow, and as you complete your ballot, I hope you'll consider Eating the Fantastic in the category of Best Fancast. To refresh your memory, here's where you can sample all 28 of the podcast's 2025 episodes. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

There's one day left & less than $400 to go until we're funded. Don't miss being among the first to read THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE PLANETS -- a modern day take on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with #corgis. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

Listened to "The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social from the Jan 2025 @clarkesworldmagazine.com An amazing story and I need to add it to my novelette nominees for the Hugo Award. @katercakes.bsky.social is wonderful and made me feel clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_01_25/

Listened to "Heart of Thunder" by @alexinovae.bsky.social from August 2025 @clarkesworldmagazine.com That was a brutal story of a future that makes you think about some things in the present. clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_08_25/

Listened to Nebula novella finalist "Descent" by @wtalabi.com from May 2025 @clarkesworldmagazine.com and then I needed to read the beginning again to close the circle. A fascinating new world and a very gripping story. @katercakes.bsky.social is amazing. clarkesworldmagazine.com/talabi_05_25/

Nice company you keep @wiswell.bsky.social theportalist.com/best-debut-s...

Just listened to another Locus rec reading short story - "Missing Helen" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social from the July 2025 @clarkesworldmagazine.com A first person/second person point of view story that must have been a puzzle to construct. Really, really cool. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/

Just listened to another Locus recommended short story from @clarkesworldmagazine.com "The Library of the Apocalypse" by @rati.bsky.social from the May 2025 issue. Quite intriguing and powerful. clarkesworldmagazine.com/mehrotra_05_...

Just listened to the Nebula Short Story finalist "In My Country" by @thomasha.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com A really powerful story. clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/

I was absorbed tonight by @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's Dead Hand Rule. Not the best idea on the first night of DST. In place of my patiently reading a bit at a time, I just could not stop any more. I am looking forward to the conclusion. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I just downloaded my @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 69 from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social and went straight to @wiswell.bsky.social 's "Welcome to Heroism." It has some really funny scenes and thought provoking ideas. Another great story by John. 4/7 on the web. www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

I just backed @alexshvartsman.bsky.social 's The Best of All Possible Planets on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo... Looking forward to the audiobook.

Thrilled to announce that THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE PLANETS audiobook will be narrated by Eli Schiff, featuring the amazing comedian Lewis Black as the voice of Airvolt! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

HOLY COW The Humble Bundle has been extended for another week because they were so pleased with our success so far. Please tell your friends. There's one more chance to help this essential organization. <3 (don't forget to select "adjust donation")

Slowly rationing out @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's Dead Hand Rule. I was not feeling all that well this morning and I got to Chapter 38. This is one of the most exciting chapters of fiction I've read. It really gets the blood flowing and I felt a bit better after reading it.

Finished listening to All That We See or Seem by @kyliu99.bsky.social I was compelled to go through the final 15 chapters today. It is a really good techno-thriller and I am looking forward to more Julia Z novels. www.simonandschuster.com/books/All-Th...

Finished listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social with Jack C. Harris on Eating the Fantastic. Another fascinating discussion about the ins and outs of comics world. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

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In addition I need to call out "The Parsley Girl" by @theodoragoss.bsky.social - the poem in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social podcast 68B. A really fun story about fairy tales and witches. I had not read the original Persinette fairy tale from 1698. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Listened to/read "This Story Does Not Exist" by Kylie Lee Baker from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 68 read by @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy Quite an interesting and moving story from the POV of a robot. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/this...

Finished listening to The Incandescent by @emilytesh.net this evening. It was loads of fun with a good number of surprises and heart felt moments. One of my favorites of 2025. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I recently started reading Dead Hand Rule by @maxgladstone.bsky.social and then suddenly on page 89 Max appears to channel Douglas Adams while talking about coffee shops. I got a good laugh there.

Just finished listening to another enlightening episode of Eating the Fantastic. A great conversation between @scottedelman.bsky.social and @donsimpson1713.bsky.social

Proud to be the 41st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Art of Steve Rude 2026 — Inside the Nexus Studio! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Just read "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull" by @andyduncansf.bsky.social from his An Agent of Utopia collection. Actually I read along with Andy performing the first 5 pages at about 02:15:00 of Ep 85 of Eating the Fantastic and then read the rest. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

I just finished listening to this ultimate "behind the scenes" of a story discussion between @scottedelman.bsky.social and @andyduncansf.bsky.social which features two readings from the story to start off the podcast. “Criswell Predicts!” I'll listen to more discussions between the two of them.

Almost halfway through @alixeharrow.bsky.social 's The Everlasting. I really should not be surprised how good this is, but it keeps on getting better. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Listened to/read "The Doorkeepers" by @atgreenblatt.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 68. Another fascinating concept in a great story with intriguing characters. There is a lot in this story and it merits a reread. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Hey, and the podcast has the @atgreenblatt.bsky.social story! Looking forward to that.

Here is your @wiswell.bsky.social Wearing the Lion reminder photos of the day. At the @usbotanicgarden.bsky.social

Read "To Speak in Silence" by @maryrobinettekowal.com from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 67 while donating blood today. This was a great choice for this as it brought a big smile to my face throughout. A delightful story. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/to-s...

Just listened to/read "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by @rati.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 67. Just an amazing almost "perfect" short story. Disasters, unexplained phenomena, perseverance, hope. It could be a beautiful Twilight Zone ep. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...