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clarkesworldmagazine.comWater-Eaters by Beth GoderClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

While driving this morning I listened to "Water-Eaters" by @bethgoder.bsky.social performed by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 240. I could feel the stomach churning uncomfortableness of Tabitha through Kate's performance. Really cool. clarkesworldmagazine.com/goder_09_26/

scottedelman.comSavor Shao Mai with Martha Wells in Episode 295 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman

@scottedelman.bsky.social did it again on Eating the Fantastic! Another fascinating interview. This time with @marthawells.com during @laworldcon.bsky.social Find out what Martha is working on and her process for writing novels. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

kickstarter.comMurderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.

I just backed Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

uncannymagazine.comHome/Body - Uncanny MagazineYou find yourself standing in a train station. People hurry past you, grunting and shuffling: a gaggle of girls wrapped in black cloaks; a family of five laden with alphorn cases taller than they are;...

I just finished reading "Home/Body" by @ph-low.com from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72. I am not entirely sure what it is I just read, but it felt magical. It is 2nd person perspective, which is always a different experience. Definitely deserves a reread. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/home...

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Picacio, Giancola Publicly Reject Must Read Magazine Contract Terms file770.com/picacio-gian...

uncannymagazine.comWhen the Book Wasn’t Better or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Adaptation - Uncanny MagazineThe cocktail party is in full swing. The lights are colorful, the music provides a hum of energy without overtaking conversations, and the circle of relative-strangers forms. One guy poses the topic: ...

Also back in time I read the essay "When the Book Wasn’t Better or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Adaptation" by the @inktofilm.bsky.social team of Luke Elliott and James Bailey. A fascinating discussion about adaptations. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...

I'll need to check out their podcast sometime. The key statement in the essay I think surrounds "we’ll suffer the occasional disappointments to find the next ..." Opinions can differ about what is successful and what is a disappointment but it is aways good to on alert.

uncannymagazine.comDragon Pearl - Uncanny MagazineWhen the surgeon showed me my pearl, the pearl that was to be mine, I thought it was a joke. The dragon pearl was a pinkish, milky drop the size of my pinkie nail, made of some jelly-like substance so...

Going back in time to my flight from Worldcon I read "Dragon Pearl" by Emily Y. Teng from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72. A really cool story spanning decades filled with mythology and technology. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/drag...

uncannymagazine.comInterview: Emily Y. Teng - Uncanny MagazineEmily Y. Teng is a speculative writer based in Seattle, Washington. Her short fiction has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, the award-winning anthology The Book of Witches, and the award-winning anthology...

Don't miss the interview by @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social with Emily Y Teng in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72 where she tells of her inspiration for the story and more. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

uncannymagazine.comChildren of Calliope - Uncanny MagazineBy the early days of the twenty-first century, advocates of book bans had managed, however accidentally, to elevate their hobby to the level of near-religion, and with it created a class of concepts t...

This week I listened to @seananmcguire.bsky.social 's "Children of Calliope" form @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72. A book banning horror story that ends with a ray of hope for us all. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/chil...

uncannymagazine.comUncanny Magazine Podcast 72B - Uncanny MagazineWelcome to Episode 72B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 72B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “Children of Calliope” by Seanan McGuire, as read by Eri...

@michaeldthomas.bsky.social interviews @seananmcguire.bsky.social in the podcast discussing the story, libraries, and what Seanan first read. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

Just started listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social 's Eating the Fantastic discussion with @wiswell.bsky.social Absolutely fascinating! Something magical went down in Baltimore that day.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social

Do you wish I'd toured in your hometown? I've got the next best thing! An hour of chatter about books and monsters and life for all you ear-havers.

lightspeedmagazine.comCongratulations on your Magic Sword™ - Lightspeed MagazineCongratulations on your Magic Sword"! For all inquiries as to its powers and perils, please consult the Virtue Exercises Manual". However, we know new users sometimes get in over their heads. That’s w...

I just read @wiswell.bsky.social 's very short story "Congratulations on your Magic Sword™" from @lightspeedmagazine.com Loads of fun. I really can envision a version of this illustrated by @steveconley.bsky.social www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/cong...

clarkesworldmagazine.comEvery Hopeless Thing by Tia TashiroClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Just finished listening to "Every Hopeless Thing" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social performed by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 214 (July 2024). A post-apocalyptic Earth story which left me with a smile on my face. Wonderful characters. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_24/

I'd love the 5 years later sequel.

clarkesworldmagazine.comAn Intergalactic Smuggler's Guide to Homecoming by Tia TashiroClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

22 Sept

Listened to "An Intergalactic Smuggler's Guide to Homecoming" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social read by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 211 in 2024 while driving yesterday. A great story with lots of heart and surprises and the power of family clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_04_24/

clarkesworldmagazine.comA Shaky Bridge by Marissa LingenClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

17 Sept

Felt like I needed a @marissalingen.bsky.social story and listened to @katercakes.bsky.social read "A Shaky Bridge" from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 227 A nice moving short story clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_08_25/

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17 Sept

They're baaaaaaack! 🎉 Some of you will be very excited to hear that I've brought back calendars for 2027! Get 'em while they're hot. www.studiorayyan.com 🐸 #art #fantasyart #calendar #shopsmall

10 Sept

Just in time for the season - a really fun book.

Sarah Pinsker@sarahpinsker.bsky.social

Hey! Just found out that through Friday @barnesandnoble.com will be running a pre-order sale. The upcoming paperback edition of Haunt Sweet Home will be available at a 25% discount (35% for Premium members) with code PREORDER25.

backerkit.comNexus WHAT IT IS! The True Story Behind the ComicGet notified when Nexus WHAT IT IS! The True Story Behind the Comic launches on BackerKit!

9 Sept

Proud to be the 17th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nexus WHAT IT IS! The True Story Behind the Comic! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

uncannymagazine.comThe Dragonfly - Uncanny MagazineContent note: mentions of suicide June finds the dragonfly the summer after Miko dies. Has died, June’s mother might say, shadow tremoring in the doorway to June’s room. Has been dead for months, Ju...

I also read on the plane "The Dragonfly" by Luna Hou from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72. A very moving tale of grief. (And as my aunt just passed in the last week I could really feel it). www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

I read more of Uncanny Magazine 72 on the plane, but since those items are not freely available on the web, I'll wait until next month to mention those.

uncannymagazine.comUncanny Magazine Podcast 72A - Uncanny MagazineWelcome to Episode 72A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 72A you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “Horse Boy” by Natalia Theodoridou, as read by Matt Pete...

And the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72A podcast ended with "Being a Brief History of It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton" by and read by @wilwheaton.net Absolutely fascinating essay. Also it was great to meet Wil at @laworldcon.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

uncannymagazine.comHuangdi - Uncanny MagazineShe carries jasmine in her hair, the empire in her hands. Even now she folds up her youth, until the magnolias stop bleeding in the imperial gardens. Death follows in its place, a loyal hound. When fa...

I also listened to "Huangdi" by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social read by @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72 podcast. We will want to remember this when Best Poem nomination time comes around. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/huan...

uncannymagazine.comHorse Boy - Uncanny MagazineNobody dances the way he does, and he knows it, and everyone can tell. The beat is something ancient and otherworldly, or that’s what it feels like; it wakes something inside him, half-remembered, hal...

Back home I listened to "Horse Boy" by @natalia-theodoridou.com from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72 read by @mrmightyink.bsky.social I really had no idea where it was going and was delighted where it ended up. What a ride! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hors...

uncannymagazine.comWhite Lines on a Green Field - Uncanny MagazineFor Seanan McGuire. And Coyote. Let me tell you about the year Coyote took the Devils to the State Championship. Coyote walked tall down the halls of West Centerville High and where he walked lunch ...

Also on the plane I read the reprint "White Lines on a Green Field" by @catvalente.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71. What a wild tall mythic tale. With kids coming back to school and football season starting it was a good time to read it. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whit...

uncannymagazine.comA Sigilary for the Median Human in the Gearwrack - Uncanny MagazineThe Sigil of Assurance You take a bit of wax and drip it over the em dash fresh out of the printer, working it over, building it up until it’s a little caterpillar crawling on the page, nestled betwee...

On the plane back from @laworldcon.bsky.social I read "A Sigilary for the Median Human in the Gearwrack" by @kyliu99.bsky.social Quite a subversive and informative short story. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-si...

uncannymagazine.comInterview: Ken Liu - Uncanny MagazineKen Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, he wrote the Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series, as well as the short story...

And then I read the Interview @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social did with @kyliu99.bsky.social which is quite short, but informative. Plus there is news on his future works to revel in. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

This audiobook is absolutely wonderful. Everyone who hasn't heard it should jump at this opportunity. I am not entering this but encourage everyone else.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social

This Friday is my birthday! And my publisher just gave me some *audiobook codes* for The Dragon Has Some Complaints, so I'm celebrating with a giveaway. All you have to do to enter is 1) follow me on here 2) reskeet this post 3) reply naming one of your favorite monsters!

My other @laworldcon.bsky.social goal achieved. @amalelmohtar.com signed my This Is How You Lose the Time War after her reading Saturday. I had a post-it for her to leave a note for @maxgladstone.bsky.social . She left the note. Max's signed the book at his reading and took the note from Amal.

Two years ago I had a more time complicated plan, but events conspired against that.

I was able to talk with @maxgladstone.bsky.social at both this reading and a Table Talk and at the Hugo Awards ceremony. I talked with @amalelmohtar.com at the reading and after the Hugo Awards ceremony. They are just wonderful and exceeded expectations.

@laworldcon.bsky.social goal achieved. After the Invisible Parade panel on Friday @johnpicacio.bsky.social and Leigh Bardugo signed my copy. They were very nice and it was a great panel.

Being on a long plane journey is not one of my favorite things, but as seen in my recent posts, having @uncannymagazine.bsky.social on my Kindle via @weightlessbooks.bsky.social made the trip a lot better. Thanks for all the great reading material.

uncannymagazine.comDoctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with AI Slop 1969 AD - Uncanny MagazineOne of the joys of Doctor Who is when decades after first broadcast, a story’s themes are suddenly painfully relevant again, and you can marvel at the timelessness of the world’s greatest Science Fict...

Read on the plane this amazing essay "Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with AI Slop 1969 AD" by @lizbethmyles.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Just an on the money new way of looking at an adventure from 1969 with today's eyes. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/doct...

uncannymagazine.comA Hundred Ways the Story Ends - Uncanny MagazineEnding 1 The world decays. It is your fault. Ending 2 The world decays. It is only somewhat your fault. Ending 3 Do I need to say it? Are you beginning to understand? Ending 4 Clearly not. End...

Read on the plane "A Hundred Ways the Story Ends" by @tarasimauthor.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71. A really cool format for a story with interesting surprises. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-hu...

uncannymagazine.comJudar of the Island: A Story Told in Four Feasts - Uncanny MagazineFeast #1 We stare at Judar of the Island, stunned, as he picks up a piece of roasted chicken and bites into the place where thigh meets leg, the marinade smearing the corners of his mouth. His teeth s...

Read on the plane "Judar of the Island: A Story Told in Four Feasts" by Rida Altaf from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71. Quite an interesting tale of magic and choices. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/juda...

uncannymagazine.comInterview: Rida Altaf - Uncanny MagazineRida Altaf (she/her) is a writer based in Karachi, Pakistan, and a recently graduated Fulbright scholar with a master’s degree in comparative literature. She is very much interested in all kinds of we...

Don't miss the interview with Rida Altaf by @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social where we learn the roots of the story and loads more. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

uncannymagazine.comThis Is Just Another Carnaval Love Story - Uncanny MagazineBecause it’s Carnaval, Iara wears a striped pirate shirt and a red pirate headband. And because of who she is, she sits on the bathroom floor, closes her eyes, and wears the perspectives of seven alle...

Read on the place "This Is Just Another Carnaval Love Story" by @janapbianchi.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71. A really delightful story with an interesting fantastic element used to good effect. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/this...

On the plane.

uncannymagazine.comLearning the Loom - Uncanny MagazineContent note: suicidal ideation I am a star, falling. “Awake now?” My eyes open to words as an unknown face greets me, small with a curious gaze. She parts full lips to bare teeth and I tense. A thr...

Finished reading "Learning the Loom" by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71 on the plane. Had started while donating blood recently. Quite interesting and as usual he has a way of subverting expectations. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/lear...

clarkesworldmagazine.comArchaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler by Tia TashiroClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

13 Aug

Just listened to/read @tiatashiro.bsky.social 's “Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler” read by @katercakes.bsky.social from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 236 (May 2026). Another amazing heart-felt story. Beautiful. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26/

alexshvartsman.comThe Best of All Possible PlanetsMy space opera comedy 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 will be published on July 28, 2026 in premium hardcover, paperback, and audiobook formats, featuring cover art by Ethemos and interior art by …

5 Aug

I just finished listening to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social 's The Best of All Possible Planets. It was most enjoyable with great voice acting. I was smiling throughout and laughing out loud at times. What it most reminds me of is a Mel Brooks comedy. alexshvartsman.com/2026/01/23/t...

uncannymagazine.comThe Cinema of Babel - Uncanny MagazineContent note: suicidal ideation “Please—turn it off!” A pained, painful wail from the room across the hall; soundtrack laughter dissolving into guttural thunder as a film projector slowed to a stop....

4 Aug

Listened to/read "The Cinema of Babel" by @sentencebender.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #71. Just a story with wild ideas and dealing with grief, which was poignant on a day I learned a friend of mine passed last week. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

uncannymagazine.comUncanny Magazine Podcast 71B - Uncanny MagazineWelcome to Episode 71B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 71B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “The Cinema of Babel” by Sam J. Miller , as read by Matt...

4 Aug

And there is a great interview by @michaeldthomas.bsky.social with @sentencebender.bsky.social in the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 71 podcast discussing origins of the story and thoughts about cinema. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

guide.lacon.orgLACon V Program GuideLACon V Programme Guide

31 July

My @laworldcon.bsky.social schedule is a bit eclectic. guide.lacon.org/ids/9704bcd4...

31 July

Here is the screen snap. I'll need to pick my t-shirts carefully.

amazon.comAmazon.com: The Dragon Has Some Complaints (Audible Audio Edition): John Wiswell, Zura Johnson, Audible Studios: BooksAmazon.com: The Dragon Has Some Complaints (Audible Audio Edition): John Wiswell, Zura Johnson, Audible Studios: Books

26 July

On the way to the Orioles game tonight I finished listening to @wiswell.bsky.social 's The Dragon Has Some Complaints marvelously performed by @zurajohnson.bsky.social (only on Audible now). It is loads of fun and heartfelt. It is definitely on my Hugo nominate list. www.amazon.com/The-Dragon-H...

uncannymagazine.comKaiju Agonistes - Uncanny MagazineContent note: Historical racism and misogyny [Time Reference Unavailable]—August, 1946 The watchseed is planted in a watery hemisphere of a watery world. The place spins around a yellow star, wearin...

24 July

I just finished reading @thehugoawards.bsky.social finalist "Kaiju Agonistes" by Scott Lynch from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 62. Just a wild ride of Kaiju wonderfulness with a brilliant conclusion that completely took me by surprise. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/kaij...