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Allan Dyen-Shapiro

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Science fiction writer; PhD biochemist; worked in biology/environmental science; educator. SFWA/Codex. Stories in Factor Four, Dark Matter Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, Small Wonders, Stupefying Stories, B-Cubed Press. allandyenshapiro.com

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jun 8

And now available in paperback as well as Kindle:

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The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds

The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds [Dyen-Shapiro, Allan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · 10d

New blog post. Important #MiddleEast stuff many of you likely missed. Consequential for #ScienceFiction authors setting stories there.

#Booksy #Booksky #Israel #Palestine #Peace #E1 #WestBank #AmWriting

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THE NEW NAME FOR THE E1 AREA WILL BE TRUMP

Periodically, as someone who has set short stories in Israel/Palestine and co-edited an anthology of fiction set in the Middle East, I endeavor to explain something that the mainstream media has obscu...

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · 19d

For those wondering why my posts have been apolitical, a McCarthyite witch hunt is underway in Florida that's nabbed many for social media posts. I'm still hitting anti-fascist/anti-racist themes in my fiction. The witch hunters are generally too dumb to read fiction.

#Booksky
#AmWriting
#Writesky

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Sep 20

Solved my Codex contest story no-plot problem: It's a mystery. I don't know what's going to happen yet, so neither does my protagonist. But my hardboiled attorney has met the femme fatale and she's dispensed him to deal with the big bad. Who's a bird. I'm stealing lines from Poe. Horror comedy.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Sep 20

I got my story seed for the Codex Halloween/horror contest and liked it so much that I've coasted a while, writing on just a vibe. Humorous noir with a sentient animal protagonist. I really should figure out what the story's about soon. Readers tend to like a plot.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Sep 15

I thought JD Vance was the king of the divan.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you have a burglar alarm, they often need a land line to function. And burglars need not meet stereotypes. The worst home invasion we ever had in our neighborhood was by rich, white, teenage vandals "visiting" a friend. The 14-year-old female ringleader got tried as an adult in court and jailed.

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Sep 5

ICE foolishly arrested hundreds of South Korean immigrants at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. Don't they know that the men are actually demons? When they start harmonizing and dancing, the ICE terror forces will be in serious trouble. Honmoon over homeland! #Huntrix will defeat Noem!

#KpopDemonHunters

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you!

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm glad to have facilitated that connection. I also loved that story. And many others by Le Guinn.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 17

Friends at #WorldCon, especially those I haven't yet crossed paths with, I have a table talk from 3-4 today in room 427. Anyone who liked (or didn't like) what I said on any of my panels this weekend, feel free to come by and chat, too. Or anyone else. #Worldcon83 #seattleworldcon2025

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 13

New flash fiction humor piece out today. Enjoy!
#aliens #alienconquest #satire #humor #sciencefiction #anticapitalist #scifi #Booksy #WritingCommunity #oligarchy #writers #writing #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction

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“Glossary” • by Allan Dyen-Shapiro

Glossary of Archaic Terms used in Monograph on Human Culture During the Period of Conquest (Kindle Edition) colonist (ˈkälənəst) The humans’...

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 8

My WorldCon Panels:

Wed 6:00pm: Interesting Energy for Future and Fiction

Thu 9:00am: Why you wearing riot gear? Politics in Horror

Fri 9:00am-10:00am: Plagues and Pestilences

Sat 10:30am: What if everyone had a roof and two meals?

Sat 4:30pm: You Ask, We Build

Sun 3:00pm: Table Talk

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 7

An interview with me done on the podcast 2 Black Critics Minus One where I talk about The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds.

www.podchaser.com/podcasts/2bc...

#Booksy #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #ScienceFiction #ReadMoreBooks #BookLover #EnvironmentalRacism #EcoFiction #ReadMoreBooks #NewBook

2BC Minus One Keep Writing, Flash Fiction, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Interview with Allan Dyen-Shapiro, Best Movies of 2025 and 28 Years Later Review by 2BC Minus One

2BC Minus One Keep Writing, Flash Fiction, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Interview with Allan Dyen-Shapiro, Best Movies of 2025 and 28 Years Later Review from 2BC Minus One on Podchaser, aired Saturday, 28...

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 2

I just submitted a short story I've been trying to sell since early 2020 to yet another market. My world had a pandemic, climate-related population displacement, and refugees placed in a concentration camp to die. But my camp was in Georgia rather than Florida. So, I guess it's still near-future SF?

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 30

For those of you going to WorldCon, my book will be on sale at the Liminal Fiction table. If you'd like me to sign a copy, I'll be at the table Thursday 2-3, Friday 12-1, and Friday 3-4.

www.limfic.com/book/the-day...

#Booksy #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #ScienceFiction #ReadMoreBooks #BookLover

The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds

“Genocide Joe” is a marked man. Once a highly respected corporate microbiologist, now the scapegoat for a GMO-caused ecological disaster that’s turned San Francisco Bay toxic and poisoned thousands, J...

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 29

The scammers are going to need to up their game a bit. I just got a friend request on Facebook from Cormac McCarthy. Not only did the scammer not know McCarthy was deceased, the scammer didn't realize he was male.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 23

And guess whose book is featured in the #SFWA New Release Newsletter this month?

#Booksky #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #HardSF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books #Writer #Writing #AmWriting #ReadEveryDay #read #Reading #AlwaysReading #ReadMoreBooks #NewBook #BookLover

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NRN 2025 JULY CATALOG.pdf

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 18

First #ReaderCon selfie, with
‪ @karchwrites.bsky.social. Awesome time catching up before programming began. Other members of Aurora Street critique group are also here (@bethanypowell.bsky.social and @larkmorganlu.bsky.social). Former member ‪ @willmcmahon36.bsky.social is here too.

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 14

#ReaderCon attendees, I will be in the Dealers Room, at one of the Authors Alley tables, from 3 - 7 pm on Friday. If you'd like me to sign a copy of The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds, that would be the best place to find me.

#Booksky #WritingCommunity #Hopepunk #HardSF #SciFi #ScienceFiction

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 10

A scene in which two Ph.D.s talk to each other required me to to Google to establish that a drug released in your eye could reach your leg muscles. Retinal vein to cavernous sinus to jugular vein to heart to arteries. If I'd made the characters mail carriers, "This shit works!" would have sufficed.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 10

Random fact of the day. Obtained via Googling as a double-check on the plausibility of a line in the story I'm working on. China is the world's largest producer of apples, with an output of ten times that of the US. So, it appears fine to have my Chinese character in Shanghai eat an apple.

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Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 7

When I resubmit a previously rejected story to a new market, I don't always reread it first, but when I do, especially one I haven't read in a while, it can put me in a good mood. The feeling that it is awesome and deserves acceptance is worth the time. #WritingCommunity #Writersky #Writesky

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 7

You'd think physicians would realize it might undermine confidence in their skill when the auto-confirm message for an appointment asks you to bring your advanced care directive paperwork with you to the doctors office.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 4

Especially since in this story, it was an internal thought. I challenge you to find five people, at least in any culture with which I am familiar, who have never used profanity in their internal thoughts.

Allan Dyen-Shapiro @allandyenshapiro.bsky.social · Jul 4

I use it, knowing I'll have to ignore it half the time. It does a pretty good job of flagging when I inadvertently lose a necessary word between drafts or miss a comma. I never use the AI features that write the text for you--that would be a disaster. And unethical.