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Arturo Sierra
@artsierra.bsky.social
· Mar 27
An Image Of Worlds - Sci Phi Journal
An invitation to voyage the stars, presented in crisp 2D, by Arturo Sierra.
www.sciphijournal.org
A story by yours truly has come out in the marvelous Sci Phi Journal. The cool thing about it? There's a map.
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
An end to the American century.
September 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
An end to the American century.
So many shovel salesmen, so aggressively selling shovels.
September 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So many shovel salesmen, so aggressively selling shovels.
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Pre-order alert! Essays on genre, pacing, craft of writing, plot structures, history of SFF publishing, and why spec fic is like a juggling routine with a grapefruit!
Trace Elements, a collection of essays about the Project of Science Fiction, by me and @adapalmer.bsky.social coming out March 24th 2026, available now for pre-order from all good bookstores www.amazon.com/Trace-Elemen...
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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September 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Pre-order alert! Essays on genre, pacing, craft of writing, plot structures, history of SFF publishing, and why spec fic is like a juggling routine with a grapefruit!
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When they shutoff the LLMs some people's emails are gonna be like "me client, me want deliverable, you make good, you incorporate brand strategy"
August 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When they shutoff the LLMs some people's emails are gonna be like "me client, me want deliverable, you make good, you incorporate brand strategy"
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My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
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They’ll have to pry the em dash from my cold dead hands. 🩷
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
They’ll have to pry the em dash from my cold dead hands. 🩷
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Our Fund Drive is still live! This year's AfroSurrealism Special Issue was funded through a stretch goal during last year's Kickstarter!
Here's some more from that issue:
luminaries
by Adebe DeRango-Adem
Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie
by Rutendo Chidzodzo
Read at the link in our bio!
Here's some more from that issue:
luminaries
by Adebe DeRango-Adem
Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie
by Rutendo Chidzodzo
Read at the link in our bio!
July 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our Fund Drive is still live! This year's AfroSurrealism Special Issue was funded through a stretch goal during last year's Kickstarter!
Here's some more from that issue:
luminaries
by Adebe DeRango-Adem
Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie
by Rutendo Chidzodzo
Read at the link in our bio!
Here's some more from that issue:
luminaries
by Adebe DeRango-Adem
Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie
by Rutendo Chidzodzo
Read at the link in our bio!
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Two more pieces from our Fund Drive issue:
The Wild Courage of Despair
by Ian Muneshwar
View Window
by A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social
Read both at the link to the Fund Drive issue in our bio!
Want to unlock the rest of the content in the Fund Drive issue? Donate to our Kickstarter!
The Wild Courage of Despair
by Ian Muneshwar
View Window
by A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social
Read both at the link to the Fund Drive issue in our bio!
Want to unlock the rest of the content in the Fund Drive issue? Donate to our Kickstarter!
June 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Two more pieces from our Fund Drive issue:
The Wild Courage of Despair
by Ian Muneshwar
View Window
by A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social
Read both at the link to the Fund Drive issue in our bio!
Want to unlock the rest of the content in the Fund Drive issue? Donate to our Kickstarter!
The Wild Courage of Despair
by Ian Muneshwar
View Window
by A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social
Read both at the link to the Fund Drive issue in our bio!
Want to unlock the rest of the content in the Fund Drive issue? Donate to our Kickstarter!
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It’s the weekend! Looking for something to read (or listen to?), try this one.
Now live, both the print and audio versions of my story, “Through the Machine” (As featured by Gizmodo—link threaded). Again, If you only read one of my stories this year, let it be this one. And if you like it, please share. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It’s the weekend! Looking for something to read (or listen to?), try this one.
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2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex.
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
Looking into the Future
This year has not gone as planned. On January 14th, 2025, Diamond Comics filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Years of bad business practices had caught up with Diamond Comics as they owed milli...
www.apexbookcompany.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex.
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
Andor was really awe inspiring.
May 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Andor was really awe inspiring.
Great story by @genedoucette.bsky.social , but I recommend listening to it as narrated by the great @stefansecho.bsky.social & friends, he had me giggling the whole time.
Rthing It Up: An Oral History - Lightspeed Magazine
In 23762, the Interstellar Community of Planetary Systems began its campaign to add a new member: a distant, isolated planet called Rth. It would be an understatement to say that the annexation of Rth...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Great story by @genedoucette.bsky.social , but I recommend listening to it as narrated by the great @stefansecho.bsky.social & friends, he had me giggling the whole time.
Didn't Americans have, like, a well organized militia or something, to, you know, fend off tyranny and stuff?
April 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Didn't Americans have, like, a well organized militia or something, to, you know, fend off tyranny and stuff?
Programs have been passing the Turing test since the 80s, but people really love doing free publicity by repeating nonsense they read somewhere.
Nobody who has given the subject any real consideration takes the idea of the Turing test seriously.
Also 👇
Nobody who has given the subject any real consideration takes the idea of the Turing test seriously.
Also 👇
April 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Programs have been passing the Turing test since the 80s, but people really love doing free publicity by repeating nonsense they read somewhere.
Nobody who has given the subject any real consideration takes the idea of the Turing test seriously.
Also 👇
Nobody who has given the subject any real consideration takes the idea of the Turing test seriously.
Also 👇
This one hits hard. I recommend it highly, though it's not for the faint of heart. "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep," by Sarah Langan.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/does...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/does...
Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep?, Part I - Lightspeed Magazine
The body opened too easily, like paper wrapping on room temperature butter. “This isn’t right,” Lattner said, at first to himself, then louder, for the trauma nurse and anesthesiologist to hear. The ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This one hits hard. I recommend it highly, though it's not for the faint of heart. "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep," by Sarah Langan.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/does...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/does...
It seems that all along I was missunderstanding what "free market" meant.
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It seems that all along I was missunderstanding what "free market" meant.
A story by yours truly has come out in the marvelous Sci Phi Journal. The cool thing about it? There's a map.
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
An Image Of Worlds - Sci Phi Journal
An invitation to voyage the stars, presented in crisp 2D, by Arturo Sierra.
www.sciphijournal.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A story by yours truly has come out in the marvelous Sci Phi Journal. The cool thing about it? There's a map.
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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Tremendous thanks to everyone who has supported this Kickstarter. We have now reached our goal (phew) and with donations still coming in, we're thrilled to make Utopia Science Fiction an open home for new and groundbreaking writers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/uto...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/uto...
Volume VII: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine
Help us fund another year of Utopia Science Fiction, publishing optimistic stories, poems, science articles and paying our authors.
www.kickstarter.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Tremendous thanks to everyone who has supported this Kickstarter. We have now reached our goal (phew) and with donations still coming in, we're thrilled to make Utopia Science Fiction an open home for new and groundbreaking writers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/uto...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/uto...
Apparently, it's sooner dead than a marxist, but juche is quite alright.
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Apparently, it's sooner dead than a marxist, but juche is quite alright.
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Season 2 of Andor has a lot to live up to. S1 was the best TV I ever saw*. I hope to god they don't drop the ball now. The bar is very high.
*You may not have liked it. Please don't piss on my circus by posting so.
*You may not have liked it. Please don't piss on my circus by posting so.
February 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Season 2 of Andor has a lot to live up to. S1 was the best TV I ever saw*. I hope to god they don't drop the ball now. The bar is very high.
*You may not have liked it. Please don't piss on my circus by posting so.
*You may not have liked it. Please don't piss on my circus by posting so.
The Creature promises that Ukraine won't enter NATO. Might as well, since now that the US are threatening war on other NATO members, the alliance is probably pretty much over.
February 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Creature promises that Ukraine won't enter NATO. Might as well, since now that the US are threatening war on other NATO members, the alliance is probably pretty much over.