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Bryan Chaffin

@geektells.bsky.social

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SPSFC 4 finalist! Author of SciFi thriller Accidental Intelligence. SFWA member. Cohost of The Context Machine. Former cofounder of The Mac Observer. he/him https://geektells.com/books

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · Jun 5

I am gobsmacked! 😮

The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · Jun 5

Accidental Intelligence by @geektells.bsky.social‬ has been chosen as an #SPSFC 4 finalist.

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Judge: "My favorite opening half of anything I've read in this competition this year."

The cover of Accidental Intelligence by Bryan Chaffin. A man looking out a tall building sees an enormous idealized feminine head with green eyes radiating light.

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 18h

Nice!

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 3d

Go! Go! Roddy Ho!

contextmachine.bsky.social @contextmachine.bsky.social · 3d

New ep dropped: @geektells.bsky.social and @jgamet.bsky.social do their best to stay on topic and talk about the new Slow Horses season on Apple TV+. Jeff is planning on going to the Colorado Pen Show, too, so Bryan has some first-time attendee tips for him.

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Slow Horses Season 5 (and New Book), Jeff’s Pen Show Plans - The Context Machine Podcast

Bryan and Jeff do their best to stay on topic and talk about the new Slow Horses season on Apple TV+.

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 3d

Been steady for me, for what that's worth.

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 6d

I have Beachfront Bargain Hunt on in the background while I do a little work. I don't actually like the show, but it works as background for me.

I mention this because my recurring thought while it's on is, "I wonder if that house has been destroyed by the sea since they filmed?"

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 7d

Surely just natural pumpkin variants?

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 8d

Wow. You know how to live it up.

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 10d

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 11d

Amazing! 🙌

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 11d

Oooohhh! I have a short story in this! Get it!

Blaze Ward @blazeward.bsky.social · 11d

BSQ032. Zeros and Ones.

Just pushed the publish button, so you'll see it everywhere in a couple of days.

Zeros and Ones. Boundary Shock Quarterly Issue 32. Picture of a robot on the cover with a red city scape and blue sky behind it. Includes Guest Authors Bryan Chaffin and Frank Zanca.

I just pushed publish, so sometime in the next three days it will be live

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 13d

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 15d

Tick tock, Bluesky! Time is running out to back the Kickstarter for Neosynthesis, a SciFi anthology about Code, Consciousness, and Survival. Support indie SciFi, and the hardback is a Kickstarter exclusive!

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17 Hours to Go on Neosynthesis Kickstarter!

Time is running out to back our Kickstarter for Neosynthesis, a SciFi anthology about code, consciousness, and survival!

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 15d

🙏

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 16d

That trailer…

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 17d

I love this sketch of the Ceres Station authors responsible for this anthology. 👇

The Kickstarter is drawing to a close, and it’s the only way to get a hardback!

Lonnie Busch, Jes Deaver, Rohan O’Duill, Bryan Chaffin, JD Robinson, Nick Snape, and TK Toppin!

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 17d

Technically, you’re the man. 📠

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 17d

What’s all this, then?

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 17d

A new book from Lonnie?! Count me in. 🙌

airbusch1 @airbusch1.bsky.social · 17d

They’ve only visited her in dreams… until now.

Very excited to announce the release of ASSIMILATION in October 2025! More coming soon!
#scifibooks #scifi #books #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indiebooks #horror
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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 17d

Outstanding!

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 18d

Ever wondered how the first true AI will have their sentience recognized by humanity? That's the subject of my short, "KT Enters the Chat." Here's a pull quote.

Support indie SciFi!

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A pull quote from "KT Enters the Chat," one of my short stories in the Neosynthesis anthology:

"Love was the biggest quandary of all. The self-delusions humans willingly embraced boggled even his capacious mind. And if it wasn't nonsense, it would surely be their downfall."

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 18d

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 21d

Dang! Well done! 🙌

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 22d

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 22d

<--Jelly

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Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 23d

Hey, SciFi authors, here's your chance to step up and help judge a contest! #scifi #writers

The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition @spsfc.bsky.social · 23d

With the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) taking book entries next month, we're looking for a few good volunteers to join us as judges:

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More than a few, actually. #SPSFC

A photo of the retro raygun awarded to the winner of the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition alongside a plague that notes the winner of SPSFC 4 as Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker. Next to the trophy is Welker's book, which has a cover of a hovering ovoid spacecraft above San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The sky is orange and full of portent.

Bryan Chaffin @geektells.bsky.social · 26d

We have a stretch goal! If we hit €1,500 (roughly $1780), we're adding an audiobook!

Support indie SciFi!

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Stretch goal announced for our Kickstarter for the SciFi anthology Neosynthesis. If we hit €1,500 (roughly $1,700), we'll add an audiobook!

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