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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 13h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 22h

cavern neutrinos
dance skyward through rock and flesh
drones swoop with joy above

#ScifaikuSaturday
#haiku #scifaiku

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 1d

I'll post it tomorrow for Scifaiku Saturday! 😄

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Marieke Nijkamp @mariekeyn.bsky.social · 4d

Clearly this isn't an easy time to have a proudly queer children's series, but at the same time that makes it more necessary than ever.

SPLINTER & ASH means so very much to me, and I'd love it if you gave it a try. Get it at your favorite local bookstore or at: bookshop.org/p/books/spli... ⚔️💙

Splinter & Ash #2: City of Secrets

Check out Splinter & Ash #2: City of Secrets - <p><strong>The second book in<em> New York Times</em> bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp’s immersive medieval fantasy trilogy! A shadowy ...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 1d

-Started rewatching Deep Space Nine and am listening to the accompanying Delta Flyers podcast 👽
-Wrote a flash fiction story and submitted it ✒️
-Reading Murderbot Diaries 🤖
-Got the EdgeZero 2024 Anthology of Dutch SciFi short stories in the mail 📖
-Wrote a #Scifaiku 📡

#SciFiChat Social Hour

David A. Rozansky @davidrozansky.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for the #SciFiChat Social hour.

Join us.

Rules:
1. No firebreathing in the main dining hall.
2. Use the #SciFiChat hashtag to participate.
3. It's now called the Monster Mash.

#SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #books #TV #Movies #Comics #Games

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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 1d

Under-Rated Books Itch Bundle! itch.io/b/3305/under... Get 63 of the best books you've never heard of for only $38 USD! That's 83% off! Oct 9th - 13th! Find new favs, and consider leaving them ratings to give us all a boost! 📢📚 #writesky #readersky #writingcommunity

Most, but not all, of the underrated book bundle covers are arranged around central text: Itch.Io Under-Rated Bundle OCT 9th - 13th Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

The 11 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#WAR

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 2d

The five finalists for the Fantastic Stories Competition of Dutch Comic Con are up! Have a read and vote for your favorite!

www.dutchcomiccon.com/activities/a...

Fantastic Stories Competition | Heroes Dutch Comic Con

If you've been walking around with an idea for a madness story for a while, quickly get into the pen and join in! The winners will be presented during the Heroes Dutch Comic Con.

www.dutchcomiccon.com

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Astra Clayton @astraclayton95.bsky.social · 7d

#booksky #memes #writing

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 4d

I'm absolutely thrilled that @apexmag.bsky.social Issue 151 is out - containing my drabble 'Don't Hide From the Mirror', the first piece I've published with Apex!

🏳️‍⚧️ trans euphoria
🩸body horror
✒️only 100 words!

Check out the full issue now!

Apex Magazine Issue 151

EDITORIALMusings from Maryland by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Liecraft" by Anita Moskát, translated by Austin Wagner"Ghosts of Summer" by Catherine Tavares "Code Green" by Rebecca Johnson "We Used ...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 4d

The top five will be selected for publication. Past editions can be downloaded here for free: www.hebban.nl/auteur/hebba...

I highly recommend you give them a read!

Hebban Schrijfwedstrijden

In 2019 is Hebban.nl begonnen met het regelmatig organiseren van schrijfwedstrijden. Eerst een paar kleine, ter gelegenheid van o.a. de Debuutweken en in het kader van het Thrillermagazine en vanaf 20...

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 4d

The yearly Dutch speculative fiction short stories competition received 267 submissions, a record!

Great to see so many writers join. Looking forward to reading some great stories!

harlandprijs.eu/record-aanta...

#Harland #HarlandPrijs

Recordaantal inzendingen: 267 verhalen! - Harland Prijs

Voor de Harland Prijs 2025 kwamen maar liefst 267 verhalen binnen.

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Johan Klein Haneveld @johankh.bsky.social · 5d

460 woorden geschreven vandaag - en daarmee is hoofdstuk 1 van mijn nieuwe roman van start gegaan. Morgen verder! #AmWriting

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 6d

Finished @wiswell.bsky.social's book 'Someone you can Build a Nest in'. Really enjoyed it, would recommend! It seems to have achieved everything it set out to do, which must not have been easy considering the main character. 🖤

Now on to read The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com !

The cover of the book. Two creatures stand on a road limned by trees, shrubs and funghi. They are approaching a town, seen off in the distance. The feeling is late medieval.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 6d

Got my first rejection, or rather: the absence of a message after the judging date went by and finalists were selected.

Rather than a defeat it feels as if it opens up possibilities. To quote that one Magic the Gathering card: "When nothing remains, everything is equally possible."

On to the next!

A Magic the Gathering card. Black borders with shimmering black and silver foundation. Fields in white (bone, eggshell and other off-white colors) with text on top of it.

The card name is One with Nothing. It's an Instant.

The design of the card is by Jim Nelson, I believe.

The illustration is bright pinks on top of blacks and dark blues. A man, bearded, East Asian, old, bald, stares ahead of him while three glowing pink orbs, each as big as his head, float around him like ball lightnings, connected by visual energy to his head.

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 6d

Haha that's a great cover!

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 7d

we uplifted snails
they birthed bizarre new physics
written in slime tracks

#scifaikusaturday

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Joe F @joe--f.bsky.social · 7d

Unfurled quantum sail
Not ready to encounter
The coming quark storm

#haiku
#scifaikusaturday storm

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 10d

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 👌

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 10d

Our 19th anniversary issue of Clarkesworld features original fiction by Isabel J. Kim, Fiona Moore, H.H. Pak, Greg Egan, Liu Maijia, Carrie Vaughn, and Phoebe Barton.

Online now at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_229

Subscriptions available at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Cover art by Quentin Stipp features a robot and two humans walking into a forest and towards a tall building with red tubes that have burst through the upper levels and into the sky.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 11d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

strangehorizons.com

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 13d

Nearly finished a 6000 word story but the deadline is still a ways away... So now we're working on a completely different story that feels like it needs some love. 😊

a baby yoda standing next to a frog with the words " distracted easily i am " on the bottom

Alt: a 'baby yoda' standing next to a frog with the words " distracted easily i am " at the top

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 14d

AVAILABLE NOW: School is in session and the latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is up at scifansat.com! Enjoy a recess within our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Many thanks to every contributing #SFF author, and to our readers... like you!

#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More!

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Sep 5

Semiotic Standard icons designed by Ron Cobb for the USCSS Nostromo in Alien (1979).

They're everywhere in the USCSS Maginot from Alien Earth (2025).

A chart titled "Semiotic Standard" showing a collection of futuristic safety and system symbols designed for spacecraft. Each symbol is inside a square with red, black, white, gray, yellow, blue, or green coloring, and labeled with meanings such as “Pressurized Area,” “Cryogenic Vault,” “Airlock,” “Hazard/Warning,” “Exhaust,” “Radiation Hazard,” “High Radioactivity,” “Refrigeration,” “Direction,” and “Life Support System.” A legend at the bottom explains the color codes: red for visible/solid/alive/abnormal, white and grey for life-supporting conditions, black for vacuum and danger, yellow for harmful atomic/chemical processes, blue for lowered thermal condition, and green for biological substances. The chart is signed “R. Cobb.”

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Hinse Mutter @hinsemutter.bsky.social · 14d

Writers should write what they want to write. (Or whatever they are compelled by their inner or exterior circumstances to write)

Arula Ratnakar @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social · 14d

There’s been some discussion about “authors should try to write solution stories,” and ”people want to read hope and optimism right now” and I get it, I want to *read* happy things too right now myself! but its just not in me right now to write that. (1/)

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