I'll be at Archon this weekend.

The Sidewise Award is looking to add judges. If you are interested in joining the jury, please see instructions and submit your application via this article at Locus. locusmag.com/2025/08/side...

William the Conqueror? If you want to learn more about him (or at least a version of him), consider my novel After Hastings, in which he fails to gain that nickname. stevenhsilver.com/afterhasting...

My newest story, "Trouble Unalloyed," is now available in the anthology Tales of Galactic Pest Control, edited by Tom Easton and David Gerrold. books2read.com/u/mgdDMx

@lavietidhar.bsky.social is running a series of articles on Shelfies and posted my article a while back. shelfies.beehiiv.com/p/shelfies-2...

It isn't too late to help rid the galaxy of pests and bugs. Support the Tales of Galactic Pest Control kickstarter for an anthology edited by Tom Easton and David Gerrold. bit.ly/4mD3kzy

My next short story, "Unalloyed Trouble" will appear in Tales of Galactic Pest Control, edited by Tom Easton and David Gerrold. The best way to read it is to support the Kickstarter bit.ly/4mD3kzy

May 18 is International Museum Day and publication day for Journey Planet issue 90: Museums. This massive, 155-page zine offers a look at more than 60 museums around the world. www.journeyplanet.org/journey-plan...

ICYMI, Journey Planet is a 2024 Hugo Finalist., which includes ediitrs including @awakaruk.bsky.social @sillysarasue.bsky.social @chuckserface.bsky.social @shsilver.bsky.social and myself.

First, some general resources. @shsilver.bsky.social maintains a website with an extensive list of Jewish SFF including everything from novels to short stories:

Congratulations to 1998 Sidewise Award winner Stephen Fry (for Making History) on being named a Knight Bachelor on the 2025 New Years Honours List. @stephenfry.bsky.social

I'll be at Windycon on Friday and Saturday. Come for my readings, bring (or buy) books for autographing, listed to my panels, and be prepared to answer trivia questions and have chocolate thrown at you.

Just out of the World Fantasy Awards. Congrats to all the winners and finalists!

Last night, with Sidewise winner @alansmale.bsky.social in attendance, I presented the Sidewise Award to @rcwordsmith.bsky.social during dinner overlooking Niagara Falls for her story "Apollo in Retrograde."

I'll be at World Fantasy Con this coming weekend. Although I won't be on any panels, I will be running the Mass Autographing session on Friday evening, where about 150 authors will be signing. tinyurl.com/3u7y9srf

Today at Archon. "Research, Research, Research" followed by "Facts in Fantasy."

Find me at Archon through October 6.

I have copies available at Archon 47 this weekend (10/4-6).

Take an #historical path not taken in ALTERNATE PEACE, an #alternatehistory anth from ZNB ed by @shsilver.bsky.social & @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social! Kindle: amzn.to/3vOTwIy Trade: amzn.to/2Y45HVo B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alternate-... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... #readingcommunity

We've announced this year's Sidewise Finalists, winners to be announced at Worldcon. Short Rosemary Smith. Apollo in Retrograde Mark Ciccone. Toe-to-Toe Long Francis Spufford. Cahokia Jazz Sandra Newman. Julia Josh Weiss. Sunset Empire Harry Turtledove. The Wages of Sin www.uchronia.net/sidewise/

This morning, issue 81 of Journey Planet, which I guest edited and focuses on the Holocaust, was posted. tinyurl.com/jp81yh

Today is the day each year when we celebrate and read George Sand's second novel.

My 2023 In Memoriam for Science Fiction (which is much more inclusive than the Worldcon In Memoriam) has been posted at Amazing Stories. amazingstories.com/2024/01/in-m...

This Friday at 7:00 at Capricon, I'll be running Trivia for Chocolate, come and satisfy your sweet tooth.

At Capricon next weekend, I'll be running a scavenger hunt in the area around the convention hotel. The clues should be printed in the program book, on signs around the con, and available at the info desk. Answers will be presented at a panel on Sunday. Here's a sample of one of the clues.

My Capricon 44 Schedule.

Although I won't be at Windycon this weekend, you can catch me at the Deep Dish Reading Series next Thursday.

My World Fantasy Con Schedule for this weekend.

I'll be at Archon in Collinsville, IL. Here's where to find me.

We announced the Sidewise Award Finalists his week. Winners to be announced at World Fantasy Con in October. www.uchronia.net/sidewise/

On Sunday, following a Cubs victory at Wrigley Field, my daughter and her boyfriend got to walk out on the field where he proposed to her. Looks like a wedding next year.