No donations for 2 days. Please help Archita reach her goal and get some semblance of security in this terrible time for her and her mother.

And of course if you appreciate and want to help support my work as a writer, critic, and more, feel free to check out my Patreon and become a patron! www.patreon.com/c/quicksipre...

ICYMI, I have a new story out! 🎵🎸🚀

Rejoice, sophont observers, for a new original story is upon us: "Baron Quits The Payloaders" by @renanbernardo.com. Because while space is mostly emptiness, a lot of what isn't emptiness is !!ROCK!!

URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders! My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨‍🚀⚡ It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies. escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...

In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way! acwise.net/what-have-yo...

My heart is with Scott. I can't fathom how frustrating it is to have tried it for more than 50 years and then having to withdraw because of everything that's going on.

If you write a book on fiction where the majority of your examples are from white men and then defend that authors should read widely, then I have bad news. If you use terms like "women's fiction" and "crossdresser" (for homossexuals), then 🫠 🫠

Convincing you to read my novella with the first sentence. Add yours if you'd like.

I'll play. Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Add yours if you'd like

A reprint with a spaceship (and mud) My novelette "Adamere in Swan" is now for sale as a standalone ebook; you can buy it from my shop, itch.io, Ko-fi or Campfire. It came out in last year's Autumn issue of ParSec. (I have not Americanized the text, so you can expect at least one bonus letter u…

Just for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today. Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up) duotrope.com/interview/ed...

My inbox contains an acceptance! 🎉

This is disgusting! If you use are an author and use it, I'll never read anything you publish. And if you're a reader and knowingly read something translated this way, I'm sorry that your standards are so low and I'm certain you won't have a good experience with it.

The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.

I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...

Yay! Paperbacks of SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL have started to become available for pre-order. Barnes & Noble for now, but we’ll get there. Here’s all the pre-order links so far but more are coming! www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

New Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 67A features “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign; “Call Us Boy.” by Somto Ihezue, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Sarah Pinsker! buff.ly/YxaYPx0

Awards Season is upon us! My novella Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle (19,500 words), a dark space opera set in a generation spaceship returning to Earth after a failed expedition, is eligible as Best Novella in the Nebulas, Hugos, Locus and for Best Shorter Fiction in the BSFA.

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

I still feel as a winner and immensely honored for being finalist for the Nebula and the Ignyte in 2024. It's truly an accolade in itself!

Congrats, @foxesandroses.bsky.social!!!!

A story with a very cool format that imagines co-working as augmented by neural sharing. Definitely worth your time to check this out. Free click. @renanbernardo.com #AmReading #AmReadingFiction #Dystopic #ShortStory #WriterSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity www.phano.co/articles/we-...

Brief Halloween update: There are two ARC giveaways of my next novella CABARET IN FLAMES happening until the end of the day, one on Goodreads (www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...) and one on IG (www.instagram.com/p/DQWwC7SlyYn/). The book is also available to pre-order and to request on NetGalley.

In our universe, the superheroes are wiping out healthcare CEOs and stealing Napoleon's jewellery

Reading for awards? Wanna consider "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything"? @locusmag.bsky.social said "fun & funny but doesn’t lose its bite, pushing readers to ques­tion why superheroes (are) more believ­able than achieving ...accommodations as a disabled person." www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

TEN MINUTES LEFT!!! ALMOST THERE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

My recommendation today is Ticket po mamser., by @carolinehung.bsky.social! Powerful and gripping tale about immigration published @strangehorizons.bsky.social. strangehorizons.com/fiction/tick...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Can't wait to read it! Congrats, @reasie.bsky.social!!!

Awards Season is upon us! My novella Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle (19,500 words), a dark space opera set in a generation spaceship returning to Earth after a failed expedition, is eligible as Best Novella in the Nebulas, Hugos, Locus and for Best Shorter Fiction in the BSFA.

This story is soooo good!!! You won't want to miss it when it's out!

✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!

The Kickstarter for @apexmag.bsky.social is only a few hundred dollars from hitting their funding goal. Help push them over the top! As a reminder, among the add-ons are signed copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

This is becoming serious!

YOU'RE INVITED to an ECO24 launch party! 🥂🎉 Join authors @louisevans.bsky.social and Kay Vaindal at Lofty Pigeon Books on Nov. 18th for reading, conversation, and signings to celebrate ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Reserve your spot; RSVP below!⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...

Our latest Eco-Update is out! In this issue: Ecological displacement in British Columbia, salamander extinction possibility, and an eco-fiction review of the ECO24 anthology from @apexmag.bsky.social 🌎🌐🧪🏡 www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

"I recently read Violet Lichen Books’s upcoming eco-fiction anthology, ECO24. The book is a collection of some of the best eco-fiction published in 2024 from both well-known and new short fiction writers, and there’s a lot of good writing here." @apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social

A wonderful review of ECO24! "The diversity of stories reflects the diversity of the authors and also showcases the indefinable quality of eco-fiction." Ben highlights stories by K-Ming Chang, Guillermo G. Mendoza, @hironennes.bsky.social, @renanbernardo.com, @kayv.bsky.social & Mathew Freeman 💚

The man has everything to stay informed. He can read, he can ask experts, he can simply grab a book and read to realize there won't be millions of people living in space any time soon, no matter what he or anyone else does. Not sure if he's just deluded because he *really* wants this (like a child).

What Renan said. If you want to see @apexmag.bsky.social stick around and keep publishing great fiction, help them reach their goal. Donate if you can spare it, share either way.

6 days to go so @apexmag.bsky.social can fund their 2026 Kickstarter! Don't want to sound dramatic, but I always feel bad when I see markets go away. But that's what might happen, and just when we need art more than anything. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Hey, look what landed in my mailbox! A #solarpunk graphic novel from @renanbernardo.com! And it's gorgeous 😍🌞

It's not rude to ask creators the best way to make sure your money gets to them, I assure you! They will be generally happy to tell you. Indeed, I have a whole article about it: whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Honored to be part of the talking Reflections on COP30: Climate Change and Storytelling alongside other great professionals to be talking about the role of art and climate storytelling! It will happen Nov 29th at 3PM (UK) / 12PM (BR) / 9AM (US Central)

Archita is 66% to her goal--please keep sharing & donating if you can to help her get some security in this awful time. Thank you to everyone who's sharing & donating for your generosity.

It's surviving so far!

As always, John delivers another great piece into the world!

October now has 4 book sales and we are at 129 books sold. Thank you all as always for your support!🫰🏽🫶🏽 Indie authors (yes, even those of us who have other, more tradpub stories in magazines and award-winning anthologies) rely on word of mouth and our own self-promos.