looking forward to the creative responses to the working through of the process of applied science fiction on a real Digital Psychiatry project. It's only 3 hours so a very cut down light touch version of a real project but nonetheless enough to help spark the imagination and ideas for a story.

Dead Bots and Data Sets. Who owns the deceased? Who knows them? Who can simulate them? Do we ever know someone? Can 'grief bot' companies replicate? The right data? The rights to the data? Here are 10 mins of 'starter' thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe... #griefbots #data #ourdataourfuture

Data: Identification / Individuality / Intimacy Robin Riback and I talk about the differences between the 3 - what they are, but also what they mean to us as humans. #data #ourdataourfuture #identification #individuality #intimacy open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...

"The Three Eyes of Data" drops on Thur 16 April. Keep your eyes (!) peeled or subscribe to me or Robin on substack (nudgethefuture & robinriback). Which eye is your favourite? Which one worries you most? #data #future #ourdataourfuture

New - in the 6th episode of Our Data, Our Future, Robin and I spend 10 minutes chatting about the future of work. As ever we keep it brief, dropping thoughts to create ripples to inspire discussion. And, we attempt to keep it as positive as we can! open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...

This !!

Not forgetting of course @vaughanstanger.bsky.social's very own "Wheat Futures"

Sneak preview of Our Data, Our Future episode 4 on data dependency and contingency planning - should we? why don't we? what might we do? Dropping some beginnings of ideas and answers... subscribe to our substack to get alerts when published (Tuesday 20 Jan) #data #ourdataourfuture #future

It was a great panel discussion...

Starting something over on substack...

Yeah, looks great and really looking forward to discussing Writing As Activism as well as listening to the all the other stuff, not least the Solarpunk panel with @yenooi.bsky.social

Very pleased to have you there - and what a great story it is too. PS people can read it at fitzroviafutures.uk

Pleased to see Fitzrovia Futures 2055 featured in the local Fitzrovia News - if you live or work in #Fitzrovia or are interested in community futuring (is that a phrase?) then come along to our 11 December event. fitzrovianews.com/2025/12/03/f...

Always interesting working on an idea with Claire...

I'm chuffed to have a piece of flash fiction 'In Decay' published by online Canadian publisher CommuterLit - perfect for your short commute. I'm particularly pleased because it's one of my recent favourites. commuterlit.com/2025/11/thur...

Hosting the short podcast Our Data, Our Future, with Robin Riback is an adventure - to make it succinct, worth watching & with a ‘big idea’. Episode 2 is on data hoarding and out now - what do you think of our ideas? #datahoarding #OurDataOurFuture #Futures #data open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...

Well, this is good news... so pleased to be one of the top ten winners in the Dubai Futures Foundation short story competition, alongside other writers from around the world. www.dubaifuture.ae/future-stori...

OUT TOMORROW !!

I'm excited to announce a new short podcast with New Yorker Robin Riback called “Our Data, Our Future – A short podcast with big ideas” 1st on Tues, 14 Oct, available on both substacks: ‘nudgethefuture’ and ‘robinriback’ Subscribe to us on substack now to get notified. Here's a taster. #data #future

I’m often asked where people can read the stories that come out of my applied science fiction projects. I've listed them with links here stephenoram.net/blog/2025/10... so you can easily find and choose which to read. Including the new anthology from the project with Coventry University and DSTL.

Weirdly, I learn a lot about myself and my writing by being interviewed and this one is no exception… including my response to the question of how interested I am in using AI in my work! selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-insp...

"Brain Fruit" begins its review tour tomorrow - check out its tour stops... Can't wait to see what this fantastic line-up of book reviewers make of it. With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it. #BrainFruitLilFactory

The Online Book Review Tour for "Brain Fruit" begins tomorrow... can't wait to see what those wonderful reviewers make of it... With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it. #BrainFruitLilFactory #futurefables

In case you would like me to draw one of these for you www.worldofmoose.com/products/int...

Brain Fruit - order now “A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, & deeply human.“ 500 numbered copies, a design-forward format; not just a story—an experience. stephenoram.net/brain-fruit/ #scifi #future #BrainFruit

Look what arrived today - my copy of my new novella Brain Fruit. I got #1 of a 500 hand-numbered limited edition from L'il Factory. Totally beautiful with its hessian like hard cover - its a far-future story printed in an old-fashioned way. Due on 1 Sept '25 #sciencefiction #zoefuturism #biotech

Thanks Gareth. I'm in touch with the designer and the publisher. If it is a mistake, hopefully not too much reputational damage has been done.

Hi. Can you @interzone.press say where you got the information from that Cybersalon Press have used AI generated cover art? As an editor of 2 anthologies I know a lot of effort went into avoiding that. I would like to see the evidence before taking this up with the publisher. Thank you.

If you're thinking of getting a copy of "We Are Not Anonymous" then now is a good time... ** 99p ebook until end of June ** More about the novel and what reviewers make of it here stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...

I have a new post on substack with an idea on how to reduce carbon footprint - with genuine questions about how feasible it is. Would love to hear your thoughts. nudgethefuture.substack.com/p/is-our-con...? #climate #nearfuture #future

Thoughtful review by Kevin W Molin, librarian @Roehampton Library "[.] it slows just enough to explore the psychological toll on its protagonists and the intricate moral entanglements of resistance." ** ebook 99p in June ** kevinwmolin.co.uk/2025/04/29/p... #nearfuture #scifibooks #bookreviews

I was worried we're addicted to convenience (for good reasons) & sleepwalking into ever increasing passivity & acceptance of whatever the 'great & good' choose to give us. So - I wrote this... stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a... #nearfuture #wearenotanonymous #scifibooks #DystopianFiction

My first ever poetry is published in Sein Und Werden stephenoram.net/blog/2025/06...

bringing this to your attention... deadline 1 June for 150 to 500 word proposals on Zoefuturism (explanation in the call below). vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...

This from the librarian who invited me to speak tonight (30 April) at Roehampton Library (London, SW15 4HD) "I have to say that I think this brave book could contribute to intelligent discussions" Do join us @ 5:30 tonight of you can. #foresight kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/p...

Tomorrow: Roehampton Library - I'll be talking about applied sci-fi (how to use fiction to help communities think about their futures), the thinking behind my new novel We Are Not Anonymous & my recent interview with The Sun on future cities. #futurism #sci-fi www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-a...

Always interesting to see a journalist turn a long interview into a short punchy piece. My contribution was the result of a 45 minute phone call, and I think it does a good job of avoiding sensationalism and of being on the more positive side of things. #Foresight www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...

The tour continues: “I was gripped.” @book_a_holic_17 “I found it quite inspiring for myself and my relationship with future tech.” @justanotherbooklady “really appreciated the ace representation in this book – not something you see that often!” @reader.of.rohan stephenoram.net/blog/2025/04...

Guess who was at my local bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social this evening? @stephenoram.bsky.social talking about his new book We Are Not Anonymous & discussing with @timkindberg.bsky.social how to write about the future. Monday evening treat.

Check my review of this 💙pounding #scifi #thriller "We Are Not Anonymous" by @stephenoram.bsky.social @kellyalacey.bsky.social @lovebookstours.bsky.social Then check out all the #LBTCrew reviews this week! #Ad #BookTwitter #LBTSciFi #Mystery #Fantasy 💙📚 amorinacarlton.com/2025/04/15/b...

It's the end of the first leg of the "We Are Not Anonymous" blog tour, and what a tour it's been. Here's a recap of the reviews: stephenoram.net/first-leg-of... With thanks to @isabellekenyon.bsky.social for organising it. #wearenotanonymous #sciencefiction #bookreviews #nearfuture

Today's blog tour review - stop 12: “…disturbingly confronting critique of our current technical evolution and its future trajectory.” Craigsreads stephenoram.net/first-leg-of... #wearenotanonymous #nearfuture #bookreview #sciencefiction

Love this interview in the voice of Naomi from #WeAreNotAnonymous @stephenoram.bsky.social ! 'Have you committed a crime? What was it? Yes, but then haven’t we all...the laws aren’t fair or... we’ve knowingly contributed to the climate catastrophe.' libraryoferana.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/c...

Today on the #blogtour for the latest #clifi from @stephenoram.bsky.social #LibraryofErana spotlights the book - read an excerpt and learn about the world in which the book is set above! #books📚💙

New on substack... some thoughts (in progress) about whether or not to read reviews of your work. #wearenotanonymous #nearfuture #sciencefiction #scifibooks #dystopianbooks substack.com/home/post/p-...

Thank you to @stephenoram.bsky.social and @isabellekenyon.bsky.social for sending an advanced copy of this book and inviting me to be on the book tour. (7/7) #wearenotanonymous #writer #independent #climate #writing #sciencefiction

Today (1:20pm), I'll be reading from We Are Not Anonymous - it's first public read! britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-online-w... #wearenotanonymous #nearfuture #sciencefiction #scifibooks #dystopianbooks

Cfp for Vector 302. vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...

I'm really enjoying reading these reviews - there's always that moment of 'will they like it' on release, but it seems as if they do...