The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. It's an award I've cared about for more than 25 years, and loved judging for the past five years. If you are interested in alternate history, put your hat in the ring. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

12 months ago I sent this postcard about trying some new writing techniques. Now the rest of you can read it.

Me labeling my refusal to commit to a specific subgenre for making music or writing short stories: it’s time to Adam Roberts this thing up.

What timezone do we... I mean THEY operate out of? It's a mystery. (The moon, by convention, operates under Coordinated Universal Time).

Cilla '68

what actors call that one legend who’s always overacting

Get this as a poster...or on the cover of a book...by backing The Best of Swords & Sorcery Magazine, Vol. 1. Time is running out, so act now. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

It's Friday in at least some of the time zones Translunar Travelers Lounge operates out of. And what better day to submit a story? 5000 words or less speculative fiction. Full details at the link. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

A year ago the Hedrin Autarchy dispatched six ships in the cardinal directions in response to a prophecy of doom. Five have reported back but the one heading directly upwards from the galactic plane is missing. You have been requested to search for it while patrolling that sector.

There is a Nerd Triangle in North Central Austin with third space businesses that are ALWAYS FULL. If you want to shop there in peace and quiet you gotta go morning or late night. Otherwise the people playing games are hanging from the rafters. Game stores are one of the last great third spaces.

12 months ago I sent this postcard about trying some new writing techniques. Now the rest of you can read it.

I've never been screened or diagnosed as ND, but this post has lived in my head rent free since the first time I saw it

Hey, if you wanted in on this, it's time!

I assume #ttRPG players here have heard of Alarums & Excursions, the RPG APA which shut down earlier this year? Well, a bunch of A&Eers set up a successor APA, in PDF form, called Ever & Anon, and you can download the first four issues here, for free: www.everanon.org

Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.

As an aside, when I saw an exhibition on Chinese history in Amsterdam, I was entertained to see the map that gave equal prominence to the Grand Canal and the Great Wall.

Who reads the reader? (Qui legit lectorem??)

I watched Miranda, a film about a mermaid coming to London to enjoy the human world. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-wa...

Me at ikea: this is a good purchase because it is a sustainable way to take tea to work Me actually: hehe look like potion

I have it on good authority that this novella is well worth stretching a goal for! 🖤

As an aside, when I saw an exhibition on Chinese history in Amsterdam, I was entertained to see the map that gave equal prominence to the Grand Canal and the Great Wall.

We're reading the stories that have already been submitted. We've got stories that make us laugh, gasp, think hard and occasionally be very puzzled (please read the guidelines!), and we're open for more. Submit your speculative fiction under 5000 words!

Technological advances on Olivia VII has led to economic dislocation. People are moving up the orbital elevator in search of work on the space station, overwhelming the lifesystems. Your ship is acting as tug to a greenhouse ship brought in to alleviate problems.

Who reads the reader? (Qui legit lectorem??)

I watched Miranda, a film about a mermaid coming to London to enjoy the human world. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-wa...

I watched The Wheel Of Time season 3, an epic fantasy show that hit all the marks it set itself and was then cancelled. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-wa...

the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......

so, supervillains and how they would deal with chotiner: Luthor: completely pwn'd Doom: double plus pwn'd but none of his people would dare mention it to him Riddler: completely pwn'd Joker: kills chotiner halfway through

Rude

Any other poets have a spouse who doesn't really "get" poetry? Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social theindianapolisreview.com/i-take-my-hu...

Raise your glasses and your blades to David Drake, born this day 80 years ago. Vietnam veteran, military scifi pioneer, and among the finest authors and champions of sword-and-sorcery that the genre has ever known. Does anybody here have a favorite David Drake story?

The space elevator project was founded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space. After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.

"Every Ghost Story" came out in @reactorsff.bsky.social last month. reactormag.com/every-ghost-... Thanks as always, Charles!

Oh, and @kayv.bsky.social's story "Watermen" which is in the same issue of @translunartl.bsky.social as @rukman.bsky.social's.

This was an especially good issue!

The Entropic spawn have been sucking order and energy out of the planet Gabulon, but fortunately are unable to escape the gravity well. Alarms sound from the monitoring station and you and your ship race to intervene, only to find the planet dissolved into dust.

This was a fun and interesting read that got to the Hacker News frontpage yesterday. anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...

Just a few more punches...🤜💀🤜 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I watched The Wheel Of Time season 3, an epic fantasy show that hit all the marks it set itself and was then cancelled. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-wa...

Monster of the Week 289 is Trakz, sdoowkcab eht ni sevil, stoob gib, driew taht ton s'ti sdrawkcab tniop taht teef htiw stlits no tub sdrawrof klaw yeht kool.

Job placements should be centralized. They ask one question: "what will you do voluntarily for hours with no supervision?" and match you with someone who needs that done.

they only fly Biplanes :)

CHOTINER: You enjoy a late night snack. ME: *chuckles* guilty as charged CHOTINER: You mentioned previously that plums are a favourite. ME: Oh. This. CHOTINER: Straight out of the icebox. ME: I can assure you that I was not aware that they were for breakfast. CHOTINER: okay, but this note...

London friends! This Friday 9/26 check out the experiential show "Timonopoly" written & performed by the multi-talented @emilycarding.bsky.social ✨✨✨

As well as accepting submissions, don't forget that Translunar Travelers Lounge published Issue 13 in August - have you read it yet? translunartravelerslounge.com

🎶what is fun? baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more 🎶

"But Nick, why were you writing unusual horror novels ten years ago and now that unusual horror is booming you wrote a science fiction novel that is also a play?" So you'll be ready for the theatrical science fiction boom of the mid-2030s.

catching up on my email after a long weekend away & it appears that Hellarkey vol. 4, while sold out in print, can be grabbed in PDF too! check it out from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social: malarkeybooks.com/ebooks/hella...

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off