It's awards eligibility season and we at ConCurrent are definitely eligible for one award: the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. However, if you think we're a good fit for other awards, please do consider us! Short fact thread incoming. 1/

A Meal of Thorns #39: @chloroformtea.bsky.social is back on the show, exploring class, style, and the roots of dark academia in Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY!

This book is good and weird and I liked it!

after six years of reading so many Hugo Award-winning novels, there are so many small wonderful things to love. This poem is a love letter to the unsung heroes of speculative fiction. The ones that help keep humanity thrumming along. haleyzapal.com/2025/12/02/p...

Stranger Things Season 5: Part One Hawkins residents assemble! @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has a rich and spoilery review at the NOAF blog today: www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/stra...

It's awards eligibility time of the year! I don't have any fiction to offer for 2025, but here is some involvement with non-fiction for consideration. 1. "The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction," in various non-fiction and related work categories: altermag.com/articles/the... [TBC below.]

A little bit early, here's episode 87! Forever Peace: Telepathic Niceness. hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-87-f...

In Anaheim did Worldcon a special Hugo Award decree where sci-fi verse with rhymes diverse were celebrated as best poetry (With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.

Happy Treksgiving from our starship to yours! Join us and @annmichelleharris.bsky.social for a dinner party with gagh, bloodwine, Romulan ale, raktajino and more! Head over to our Instagram for photos of the food. hugogirl.libsyn.com/happy-treksg...

Film Review: Keeper A slow-burning, dizzying, and surreal descent into folk horror madness @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has the review at the blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/film...

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

We finally had a Trek dinner party! Here's a sneak peek. Episode coming soon, featuring special guest @annmichelleharris.bsky.social!

This is truly brilliant.

Happy Tuesday! hugogirl.libsyn.com/happy-hour-4

If you tried to join our Discord, please try again using the link in the episode 86 show notes! I didn't realize the links expire 😅

I switched to Pocket Casts, and not only do they not advertise for 🧊 they have way fewer ads overall!

We live to serve! 😆

In episode 86, we try (and fail) to define Haley's Oppressive Fantasy Feeling! It's time for The Tainted Cup. hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-86-t...

So you're a Hugo reader. You've listened to all my episodes and @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. You've kept up with @hugonauts.bsky.social and now you're out of podcasts. Well, you're in luck! @klaxoncomms.com is bringing you Hugo History, a new monthly podcast! And it's terrific, so check it out!

Film Review: Queens of the Dead Tina Romero, daughter of the legendary George Romero, directs a comedy zombie thriller set in a queer nightclub Haley of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social has the review at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/film...

Grandma got her bookmarks today, which is also her 84th birthday! She said they made her day! Thank you to everyone who shared the original post, to @loopslip00.bsky.social for finding them on eBay, and to @johncoxon.bsky.social for shipping them from the UK 🥹

After you vote in the Public Service Commission election, you can go to this as a reward!

If you are in Georgia, please vote in the Public Service Commission election!!

Contributors Wanted! Do YOU want to write for Nerds of a Feather? www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/cont...

Episode 4 just released! In this episode, we discuss Fritz Lieber's The Big Time and Christine gets nerdy about the history of the USO. Our guest is Nora of @leafittouspod.bsky.social!

well it could be

This month we discussed Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, which might just be Mamma Mia! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-85-f...

Here's our very first live show at @armadillocon.bsky.social! Thanks to @mrmaresca.com for inviting us! hugogirl.libsyn.com/hgg-live-the...

As a bonus, in our Discord you may encounter friends from fabulous podcasts such as @hugospodcast.com, @octothorpecast.bsky.social, and @worldbuildcast.bsky.social, all in furtherance of my ultimate goal to create the megafancast, Hugoctothorpe Building There for Girl Masochists!

Hello friends, we made a Discord server since the demise of the other site and the horrors of FB have made it tough to just chat about books. Comment or DM if you'd like an invite link!

When we griped to each other after SF trivia at dragoncon that the questions included basically no women, a (seemingly well-intended) guy said sthg like "oh shucks that's old SF for ya" and 1) it wasn't "OLD" SF trivia and 2) Octavia, Ursula, Kate, Vonda, Alice, Sheri, Anne...

Got one!! Thank you all!!!

Your favorite podcast grandma recently lost a leather bookmark she got in Ireland 30 years ago on a trip with her father. She is so, so sad about it. Hoping to replace it for her, but I've scoured the Internet with no luck so far. Anybody got any ideas? Similar to the ones in the photo (sold out 😓)

Always a pleasant surprise that y'all enjoy this! 🐾 @rudie54.bsky.social put in an extra lot of work on this one. Seattle has a LOT of dogs!

At long last, here's a Triple Con Report - World, Dragon, and Armadillo! Plus a fresh Dog Report, featuring notable talking cat Elsie, thanks to @maryrobinettekowal.com! hugogirl.libsyn.com/triple-con-r...

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

We're here! Schedules are on the website and in the replies to the original post.

Lol this is like those machines at Petco where you can watch it etch your pet's name and info onto a tag. Art!

Film Review: The Conjuring: Last Rites It isn't exactly scary, but it will appease fans looking for an emotional finale for their horror mom and dad @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social 's Haley (@cestlahaley.bsky.social ) has our NOAF review www.nerds-feather.com/2025/09/film...

Slightly diminish a book Ringworm

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We're playing! Please help!

My children!! 😍

At Dragoncon, I was absolutely delighted that @robertpicardo.bsky.social was the MC for the Dragon Awards. He was funny and charming, and took great care with the pronunciation of everyone's names. And he had this really neat trick for when he didn't know how to pronounce a name

And here's where to find Kevin! @rudie54.bsky.social

Come see Amy at ArmadilloCon! @hugeiftrue.bsky.social

Well this was certainly a movie we just watched 😅

Come see us at ArmadilloCon! Check out the schedule here: panels.armadillocon.org/ko/

I mean, if it's free...😅