Joe Stech

Think Weirder Volume 2 arrives Oct 29th and my short story "Jennifer Does Pushups" (originally published in @analogsf.bsky.social) made the cut. I'm excited - this is my first time in an anthology, and I'm sharing space with some really excellent SF/F authors. thinkweirder.com/index.html

the people who told me eight pound steel cubes are useless must be feeling pretty silly after seeing my new bookmark in action

New volume of Think Weirder! :D

A cool thing full of cool stories by cool people!!

Celebrating this excellent collection that includes multiple stories I've taught in the classroom. An excellent book for anyone looking for idea-driven fiction that speaks to today's concerns.

actually to sincerepost for a moment, i think the project of a "best of" anthology is kind of herculean, and i love the angle that joe takes on it re: idea-forward SF. so pls consider supporting it and buying a copy for urself or to hand to ur most ideapilled friend :)

There’s a new edition of Think Weirder coming out! I was in the first one and the table of contents for this second edition is absolutely *stacked*

This anthology is going to be great, like all 742,915 of Joe's projects! I'm really excited for it and you should be too.

please consider thinking weirder its got a killer lineup also i am here w/ wire mother. ok bye.

Boosting this, Joe is a great editor and this is a hell of a collection l.

Table of contents and cover reveal for volume 2 is now up at thinkweirder.com! This will be the best book I've ever released, with stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Peter Watts, Isabel J. Kim, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Thomas Ha, and others. I keep re-reading the stories, they're all so good.

undefeated

The first two were SO much fun, looking forward to continuing the ride!

If you follow me online, you've probably seen my daynotes (since I post them... uh, near daily) and my monthly newsletter. I love writing them. Indeed, it's probably my favourite thing to do aside from writing books. So - I've got a bit of news! www.davidgoodman.net/announcing-m...

CONGRATULATIONS @hhpak.bsky.social! YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST-EVER WINNER OF A HUGO AWARD IN A PROSE CATEGORY! YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!

PSA turns out the fastest way to write a short story is by using it to procrastinate on writing a novel

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm some loose gravel on a turn in Sunshine Canyon. Heh heh heh, these idiot road bikes are going to hit me going 45mph...

ive heard about a rerelease of a similar story. but we all know I HAVE NO BUTT AND I MUST POUND is the science fiction classic everyone is talkin about

“Fantasy author” is a fake job created by Big Hat to sell big black hats.

I love that the image strongly suggests that at some point in their chequered history Bilbo and Gollum solved crimes together, and that Bilbo was the maverick and Gollum did things by the book.

I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I'll be on some Worldcon panels at the end of this month! Talking about alternative energy, problems with data centers in space, and AI. Here's the schedule if you'd like to attend: guide.lacon.org/people/c7c48... And DM me if you just want to meet up to say hi

PONY UP, PEOPLE

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

CLARKESWORLD DEADASS STARTED MY CAREER AND PUBLISHES SOME OF THE BEST SHORT SFF OUT THERE EVERYONE GO SUBSCRIBE TO IT RIGHT NOW!! or else.

We just published a guest blog post from Joe Stech @thinkweirder.com: The Information Theory Behind Why AI Writing Sucks. Check it out! pangram.com/blog/joe-ste...

Checking off my “getting paid for my writing with a silver coin like it is 2000 years ago” box for an anthology payment by @thinkweirder.com i am unironically so thrilled about this

Big news! ARB's first fundraiser is officially live! We're shooting for the very modest goal of $1k, with lots of stretch goals in mind. Your support is of course appreciated, and any help in spreading the word would be wonderful!

this is a great book, everyone should buy it right now for 99 cents

CHILDREN OF STRIFE BY @aptshadow.bsky.social IS OUT TODAY! I'm only a few pages in but the collection of villains on this spaceship is already worth the cost of admission

This interview with @adapalmer.bsky.social was an incredible treat! Best podcast episode I've listened to in a while. youtu.be/PAIhVfGbREA?...

I just finished "Slow Gods" by Claire North via a recommendation by @aptshadow.bsky.social, and I loved it. Beyond the cultural richness of the far future setting, I think there's something very appealing about the juxtaposition of real-feeling technology set against an element of the numinous

I did this last year and I'm trying to make it an annual Thing, so here are a few short fiction writers in their first two years of publishing worth considering for Astounding Award nomination! I'm highlighting a work I loved from each of them (it's hard to keep it to just one, but c'est la vie)

🚨New episode ‼️ Brilliant author David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social takes us on a paratextual tour of Excession by Iain M Banks! linktr.ee/stetpodcasts Dave helps us understand why paratext is sometimes the best tool for conveying intricate relationships in a novel. 💙📚 #podcasts

Thoughtful conversation on @mealofthorns.bsky.social about Egan's Diaspora, I loved how they differentiated between the sort of superficial engineering projects+big guns pop culture hard SF and the mind-expanding concept-driven hard SF that Egan writes: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/02/09/a...

the only anthology that might pay you in silver coins

Calling all concept-driven science fiction short stories (and novelettes) published in 2025! I'm looking for bangers I might have missed that fit this brief: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/call-f... If you can share this with your favorite SF author/publisher/editor, I'd be grateful!

Readers' poll closes tomorrow!

sure whatever this novel about the mall is actually about american cultural imperialism and how cultural victory is achieved by the cancerous replication of your tropes across other cultures until everywhere on earth looks like you

I have vowed that if I ever win a Hugo, I will get a tattoo. If you like any of the works below, or just want to see me get ink, give me a nod on your ballot.

It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you.

I don't ONLY read science fiction (just mostly). Here are some of my favorite books from 2025! Incredible reads by @aptshadow.bsky.social, Robert Jackson Bennett, Cory Doctorow, @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social, and @brandonsanderson.com compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/favori...