Stories that need to be read. Featuring @singingtotigers.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @rickandwrite.bsky.social @rosemaxwell.bsky.social and many more. payhip.com/b/LNWd2 Paperback also available from theslab.press

Story #7 in FF#25 is "The Glass Ocean" by @davidcleden.bsky.social. David's beautifully realized Kryst, a small island in an ocean of (not-)sand, plays host to a tale of self-reckoning, old grudges, and lost love. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

FF#25 has arrived! Stories by Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social! Get yours (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

Your officially official FF#25 TOC, coming soon: Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social, with art by @almosthomefree.bsky.social!

The gorgeous cover for FF#25 has arrived, courtesy of @almosthomefree.bsky.social! FF#25 has stories by @joelhans.bsky.social, @jaqevans.com, @davidcleden.bsky.social, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, Phoebe Billups, Anna Ziegelhof, @marisca.bsky.social, and @suchnadine.bsky.social!

Can’t wait to see this anthology out in the world!

Thrilled to get my author copy of 'Vivid Worlds' today edited by the award winning @wishusdonna.bsky.social Such a great collection of eco themed stories. Really proud to be part of this.

Absolutely spot on post. Vital reading for anyone who cares about the future of the creative arts. Thank you @emmanewman.bsky.social for saying this so eloquently.

👻 Time to support your favorite authors' books from 2024 in the Locus Awards! 🧟‍♂️ Locus Magazine is a nonprofit dedicated to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. All readers can vote! Voting ends April 15—don’t miss out! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards

Your homework assignment for Saturday: If you read something recently that you loved, tell the writer! Just a brief note will probably make their day!

Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/

The end of a long work week definitely needs this:

Only a few days left to vote for your favourites in the Locus Awards! poll.voting.locusmag.com

Brilliant!

We've got an empty queue for cover art! We're looking to license existing art for the Saros #4 cover, so if you've got something in your portfolio that you think might fit the bill for this theme, check out our guidelines!

Pretty sure my brain also looks a lot like this first thing in the morning.

Done! Fusion Fragment is a most excellent magazine.

Many congratulations to all the Analog AnLab finalists - a fantastic reading list for anyone who wants to catch up on 2024 Sf www.analogsf.com/about-analog...

Locus Poll – Read “Places You Have Never Been” for free! I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story…

As a life-long Pratchett fan this is fascinating but also a very sad reminder of what we lost.

I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.

Good to see FUTURE'S EDGE on Bookbub's list of read-worthy books for March www.bookbub.com/readworthy/b...

Glad to see the @societyofauthors.bsky.social release this statement on what you can do in response to the recent news about Meta, as well as sign the open letter below. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t... Utterly disgusted by the £1.147 TRILLION figure. Meta can more than afford to pay up.

Just signed this open letter

John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang all have new books out this month. Whether it’s time travel or a moon made of cheese that takes your fancy, there’s some sci-fi here for you

Just in case you're not subscribed, here's my latest blog post/newsletter: enewman.co.uk/space-ships-...

Details on the New Owners of Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF locusmag.com/2025/03...

🏆 The Locus Awards have been honoring the best in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror since 1971! Voting is open NOW and all readers get to vote! Have your say in celebrating the genre’s finest. Voting ends April 15! Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards #SciFi #Fantasy

60 hours until Hugo nominations close!

You won’t want to miss this story

John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang all have new books out this month. Whether it’s time travel or a moon made of cheese that takes your fancy, there’s some sci-fi here for you

Not quite on the level of the 'pale blue dot' photo but I think this image will become / is already iconic.

In this passage from Dengue Boy, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we get an insight into life for Michel Nieva’s mosquito protagonist – and the drowned future world she inhabits

I'm mid-way through the book and very much enjoying it. Full review to come when I'm done!

Something to ease into Monday morning with, from the fabulous @tomgauld.bsky.social

Right. Chores are done. The sun's still shining on the garden bench. Time to crack open this beauty from @garethlpowell.bsky.social I picked up in Bath earlier in the week

I know I'm late to the party but just finished reading 'Pushing Ice' by Alastair Reynolds. What a great book! Gritty space mining action, Big Dumb Object (kind of), aliens, vast expanses of time - the story has it all! Not sure why it isn't better known - or maybe it is and I just missed it?

Vivid Worlds ToC and Cover Reveal I hope you had a great World Book Day yesterday. Here at The Slab Press, we're having our Vivid Worlds Book Day today instead, because I get to announce the writers and stories that will be featuring in our upcoming solarpunk anthology - plus reveal the cover…

Cover reveal – Vivid Worlds anthology Today (7th March 2025) is the start of the 5th World Conference on Climate Change and Global Warming in Vienna so it's an auspicious day for the wonderful folk at The Slab Press to be launching the cover reveal for their latest anthology: a climate-themed…

So thrilled to be a part of this. And what great cover art!

Just enjoyed a great evening of bookish talk with @aptshadow.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social expertly compered by the incomparable @emmanewman.bsky.social in glorious Bath

Super-excited to be going to see @aptshadow.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social in Bath this evening. Anyone else going?

New Genre Grapevine out with an update and analysis of the purchase of Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF and a look at the argument among conservative writers over Baen Books & Ark Press. Plus other news/info. Also, that's 3 reports out in just over a week! I'm back, baby! www.patreon.com/posts/123383...

Here’s something else to lie awake and worry about in the middle of the night.

My wife: Your TBR pile is becoming unmanageable. Me: ?? Wife: You just bought a charity shop copy of a book you forgot I already gave you for Christmas. Me: Ah, but I am going to read it TWICE. ... I'm living on borrowed time now

If you're nominating for awards (or if you just want to read some really good spec fic from 2024), here's my Recommended Reading List for short fiction: