Hey @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, you were freaking awesome as the Major in #TheLongWalk. I knew you would be, but you exceeded my (high) expectations. It’s fun to play the bad guy, isn’t it? (I got to do it on stage in high school.)

It’s going to be a weird Wednesday! Story Hour welcomes Debbie Urbanski back to weird us out in the very best ways! Christopher Tradowsky makes his debut with his own kinds of weird. Come see July 9 at 7:00 PDT! #Booksky @debbieurbanski.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

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Story Hour is always awesome. This week’s episode looks to be particularly awesome!

Story Hour is very proud to start June with stories from the benevolent Ben Francisco and the stupendous Suzan Palumbo. Guest hosting by the magnificent Meg Elison! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Booksky @benfrancisco.bsky.social @sillysyntax.bsky.social @megelison.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Please take a look at the Locus Gofundme. You'll be helping an essential publication, plus you can grab some amazing perks.

For our $45k stretch goal, we have an Act of Whimsy from author CSE Cooney, who will dress up as a book! Wait, what? No really, she'll dress up as JUST LIKE HOME by Sarah Gailey. Help us get to that goal and you can nab a super reward too! igg.me/at/locusmag2025

Awesome magazine for those who like science fiction & fantasy novels and stories. It’s got reviews, author interviews, & publishing news.

Tonight—should be awesome!

If you like multiverse novels, this great one is on sale for $5.99 on all ebook platforms today in the US. Transmentation | Transience by the author collective Darkly Lem, which includes @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social, who created the shared world setting. More about the book at www.darklylem.com

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Story Hour moves to YouTube this week, but we still have awesome guests. Like Effie Seiberg, who’s read for us many times—and Erin Roberts, making her Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! The things that matter stay the same. @effies.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

For the last 2 years, we ran HUGE Indiegogo campaigns w/oodles of rewards, but it took way too much time away & the mag suffered. Now we are trying an end-of-year giving campaign & we hope you will still choose to support LOCUS with a donation today. 🚀 tinyurl.com/locusdon...

Why aren’t people calling it the eXodus?

On this day in 1960, a six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana. A mob protested her. This is not ancient history. Ruby bridges is 70 now.

BOOK RELEASE! Traumatized by psychic warfare as a child, a young woman with extraordinary psychic talents negotiates a treacherous path to peace Kindle buff.ly/4cfj5Xm ePub buff.ly/3XiCZwA Also in hardcover buff.ly/48QprMG; Ingram 978-1-938185-83-0

Audible subscribers: I just discovered that my odd-couple alien detective book The Qubit Zirconium is included in the Plus catalogue for the next few weeks, so grab it for free if fun science fantasy hijinks are your jam!

A new issue of F&SF is out, and it starts with @rajeevwriter.bsky.social’s moving story “What It Means to Drift,” set in a future version of Hyderabad…

In like seven minutes!

👀 📢 SALE! This time Hild, for $1.99 on all US and Canadian platforms. I've no idea when it started and no idea how long it will last. #medievalsky More about the book here: nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...

THIS SUNDAY Meet @samtasticbooks.bsky.social @hanalee.bsky.social and Caitlin Chung at MAY SF in SF http://www.sfinsf.or... @sfinsfevents.bsky.social @cliffwinnig.bsky.social @lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social #sanfrancisco

Building better worlds. #AlienDay

2024 Dragon Awards Nominations Open locusmag.com/2024/04...

Rewards are going fast! We have a ton of one-off items -- personalized books, author chats, crits & more -- so go look regularly in case that perfect perk show up! Or the just-right birthday present for the SFF fan in your life. Thanks for your support! igg.me/at/locusmag2024

RIP Vernor Vinge. I only met him a couple of times, but he was delightful.

We're offering immortality. Live FOREVER by having your names used in a story by Nebula nominees @wtalabi.bsky.social and @aijiang.bsky.social. They have offered to pen characters named after you or a loved one in their upcoming short stories. igg.me/at/locusmag2024

Chilling Effect is apparently on sale right now for $1.99! Not sure how long it will last, but if you don't have it yet, now's the time. Various buy links here: candleinsunshine.com/books/chilli...

ZOOMAPALOOZA TIME! Half off ALL our virtual coffee meetings with our SFF luminaries, for 2 DAYS ONLY. Talk to your favorite writers, ask them for industry and writerly advice, have them regale you with excellent stories. Let's go! igg.me/at/locusmag2024

Daylight saving stole an hour from you, so have an hour of stories on us! This Story Hour, we welcome back the marvelous M. Shaw, and Corey Farrenkopf makes his Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Authors #StoryHour2020 @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

When @sgj.bsky.social says "This is the novel I’ve been waiting for" then we pay attention. In our opinion, @tananarivedue.bsky.social's The Reformatory is, quite simply, "a riveting masterpiece" and we have just two copies available, signed and personalized. igg.me/at/locusmag2024

I noticed the various ebook versions of this fine collection are 1.99 US today. You could do far worse…

For those who nominate for awards in the SF/F field, please consider these 2023 works: “High Noon on Proxima Centauri b” (novelette), published in the anthology High Noon on Proxima B from @baenbooks.bsky.social “Battlesuit” (short story), published in the anthology Many Worlds from Radix Media

If you would like a signed (by me, not everyone) copy of @datlow.bsky.social's CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS, buy at this link and tell me you did and I'll ship it out this afternoon. www.booksinc.net/aff/nick.mam...

Signal boost.

Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

THIS SUNDAY Meet @ma_carrick (Marie Brennan and @alychelms.bsky.social), and Brenda W. Clough at August SF in SF - @cliffwinnig.bsky.social #SanFrancisco

This bookmark art I created for the much-missed The Stars Our Destination bookstore in Chicago features a cat based on my onetime cat Gwydion, also much-missed. #InternationalCatDay

THIS SUNDAY 6PM Meet @charliejane.bsky.social and @katemaru.bsky.social at July SF in SF - @sfinsfevents.bsky.social @cliffwinnig.bsky.social #SanFrancisco

Hello world. 🎼“I've seen blue skies….”🎶