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Stephen Granade
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Science presenter, robotics researcher, fiction writer, interactive fiction person, award-winning Virgo. Co-editor of @smallwondersmag.com SFF magazine.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · Aug 22
i summarized my story for you, your welcome
A @dril tweet re-written to say “TELEPORTING may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,”
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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"I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma."

The opening line of "As You Were" by Adrian Ward grabs you hard and doesn't let go. Find out what happened next here:
As You Were - Small Wonders
I remember you as you were: strong, beautiful, screaming that you didn’t want to eat Grandma.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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I named my Chrono Trigger save poorly and now I have to live with being creeped out by the game, part two of ???
Screenshot of the game Chrono Trigger where one of the characters, Merle, a young woman, is saying to my character, “You’re such a pig, Daddy!”
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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What’s really entertaining/horrifying me is I named the save “Daddy” so my kid would be slightly horrified and now it is I being horrified.
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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I’m sharing an emulator with one of my kids and so made sure to name my Chrono Trigger something distinctive and uh.
Screenshot of the character page of the JRPG Chrono Trigger showing that I have inadvertently named my character “Daddy”
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Today's reprint is a story of history, discovery, and clearing way for something new. Read "Speaking for Those With Obsidian Tongues" by Wendy Nikel here:
Speaking for Those With Obsidian Tongues - Small Wonders
Time passes slowly for those made of stone. Each day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a day. At least that's what they tell us.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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My newest work: “Three of Wands (A phylogeny of my creativity). I’m really excited to be submitting it to an upcoming exhibit. #PaperWeaving #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #Collage #CollageMaker #CrochetArt #YarnLove #Crochet #InHerStudio #GiantTassel
A photo of an art piece consisting of three paper weavings that are attached to a stick. The warp is strings and the weft is paper in mostly shades of blue. The leftmost weaving has a giant yellow tassel hanging from it and the rightmost weaving has two blue tassels hanging from it. The stick is about four feet long and there is yarn wrapped around the branches and yarn ends are hanging down to flutter in the breeze. A photo of an art piece consisting of three paper weavings that are attached to a stick. The warp is strings and the weft is paper in mostly shades of blue. This is a closeup of the leftmost weaving. It has a giant yellow tassel hanging from it. A photo of an art piece consisting of three paper weavings that are attached to a stick. The warp is strings and the weft is paper in mostly shades of blue. This is a closeup of the rightmost weaving and it has two blue tassels hanging from it.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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"Renfield at His Window" by Courtney Floyd is a meditation on love and monsters and life:
Renfield at His Windowsill - Small Wonders
The thing is, I started eating spiders / to remind myself of the way your kisses
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January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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This poem managed to draw a bark of surprised laughter from me.
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Just as we might celebrate the tiger no longer being in its cage, let us exclaim yes YES today to "little roundfaced dogs" by Bernie Jean Schiebeling
Little Roundfaced Dogs - Small Wonders
Little roundfaced dogs, running up main street, rushing past stoplights and shopfronts and parked cars.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Here’s what I’m working on in January: misty.granades.com/2026/01/06/w...
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#ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings
#ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor
#CrochetArt #YarnLove
What I'm working on - January 2026 - Misty Granade
Here's an update of all of the projects I'm working on in January. It's a new year but still doing many of the same things!
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January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Lift up your voices and sing so even the stones join in. "Songbook for the Jovian Resistance" by @prioryruins.bsky.social is a shout into the darkness for dark times
Songbook for the Jovian Resistance - Small Wonders
That first night, after the massacre of the helium-3 miners’ union at Mare Placidus, there were only a dozen of us.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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It’s remarkably constructed and its pacing is so immaculate. I was legit angry that the sequel didn’t suddenly exist when I finished it.
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Both of these are so excellent.
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Ones that work well are also hard as hell to create, I say, having failed at several.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️

If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!

📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines" White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Celebrate the new year by reading this absolute banger from @kmveohongs.bsky.social, about a kingdom whose peace is paid for in very specific, horrible ways.
kmveohongs.bsky.social K.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social · 10d
New story alert! This story fought me tooth and nail to get written, but it's become perhaps my favorite short story of mine. It also contains a polarizing POV choice that, IIRC, split my writing groups. kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...
“The Savior of the Three Lands” by K.M. Veohongs
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January 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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My younger kid plays a lot of Stardew Valley with one of their friends and for Christmas they hand-made her a Junimo.
A disgustingly cute Junimo from Stardew Valley, made from epoxy sculpt, sitting on the edge of a table, arms spread, long legs dangling over the side.
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Writers! Vol. 2 of 'The Best Weird Fiction of the Year' is open to your submissions. Please adhere to the guidelines.

undertowpublications.com/best-weird-f...
GUIDELINES (Please read carefully) NOTE: I receive over 2,000 submissions per call. Only writers whose work is selected for the volume will receive a response. Thanks for understanding. This is a reprint fiction anthology, to be published later this year, 2026. I am seeking material first published last year, in 2025. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2025 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2025. To repeat—this volume is for stories originally first published in 2025. We are not accepting previously unpublished stories, or stories published prior to 2025 in any form. Stories between 500 and 17,499 words are considered. Please check with your publisher if you are uncertain about the reprint rights to your work. Stories created with or assisted by Generative AI, in any way, are ineligible and will not be considered. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text. Writers can send in their work using the form below only. Do not e-mail your story. You can send up to three (3) stories, but each must be sent separately. Ensure your byline and e-mail address are on the manuscript. NOTE: The submission form does not like any strange characters—asterisks, parenthesis, hashtags, etc.—in the form fields. Please use text and numbers only. Deadline for all material is February 28. Payment is a small $25 U.S. honorarium and 1 copy each of the print and electronic editions.
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Happy new year! Start 2026 with some small wonders! Read through our archives, look forward to our January issue being released on the website, and subscribe!

smallwondersmag.com
Small Wonders
A monthly magazine featuring science fiction and fantasy flash fiction and narrative poetry that packs a punch.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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"Tuesday", my most recent short story, is available for free, and I'd be eternally grateful if you read it and considered it for any awards you're able to nominate stories for: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Do you like hard SF and mommy issues? Were you forced to memorize 靜夜思 in Chinese school? I have the novellete for you!
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I love doing my yearly recap where I look back over the year! Here’s to ushering out 2025 well and turning my face to 2026.
The alchemy in 2026
I love doing my yearly recap where I look back over the year! Here’s to ushering out 2025 well and turning my face to 2026.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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ah yes, the game most famously known as the prequel to Riven
The official Myst strategy guide, which has a banner at the top: “THE OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE for the prequel to Riven.”
December 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM