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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · 5d

This is amazing! I love all the little details, the mirror, the detail on the windows. Wish I was brave enough to do a home reno myself 😅

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · 26d

I've recently thought if I could write SFF with the prose of Maggie O'Farrell I'd be pretty happy

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 26d

SFF writers! What writer outside your genre was a big influence on your work?

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you! It's ironic that I'd literally just posted complaining about how hard writing was and then refreshed my feed to see my own book cover staring back at me 😅

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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 27d

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Join us for a fun-filled weekend of workshops, panels & interviews - all focused on the glorious form of the #shortstory
#festival #amwriting #writingcommunity @farhanashaikh.bsky.social
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Short Story September Festival Weekend

Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories.

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · 27d

I squealed when I saw this and had to take a seat on the stairs to read it. My novella has a review in Strange Horizons!!

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 27d

There are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt
reviewed by E. C. Barrett

Orphan Planet by Madeehah Reza
reviewed by Nileena Sunil

Memories From The Jungle by Tristan Garcia, trans. by Christopher Beach
reviewed by Will Emmons

Link to latest issue in bio!

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #bookreviews

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cover of There are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt featuring a cloudy red background with the title in yellow letters all overlayed with red polka dots.

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"There Are Reasons for This is unmistakably a novel of our times. While that might sound depressing, thanks to Berndt’s vivid, unexpected writing and fully imagined misfits, her portrayal of what it’s like to have to keep on getting on with life while the world is ending is unexpectedly cathartic."
reviewer: E. C. Barrett

8 September 2025
Strange Horizons

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cover of Orphan Planet by Madeehah Reza featuring a white background with fold lines and a large purple dot in the upper left.

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"I really appreciated how this book allowed us to watch Elif grow into her own person amid extraordinary circumstances, and I really enjoyed how the character dynamics were written. The novella as a whole was really engaging..."
reviewer: Nileena Sunil

8 September 2025
Strange Horizons

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cover of Memories From The Jungle by Tristan Garcia, translated by Christopher Beach featuring a sketch of a chimpanzee looking up.

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"In Memories From The Jungle, there can be no synthesis between civilization and nature. They must be kept totally apart. Humans must live on space stations and animals on the Earth. Otherwise they must destroy each other."
reviewer: Will Emmons

8 September 2025
Strange Horizons

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 27d

There are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt
reviewed by E. C. Barrett

Orphan Planet by Madeehah Reza
reviewed by Nileena Sunil

Memories From The Jungle by Tristan Garcia, trans. by Christopher Beach
reviewed by Will Emmons

Link to latest issue in bio!

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #bookreviews

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · 27d

Writing is HARD. Why did no one tell me this

a baby girl with a ponytail on her head is making a sad face .

ALT: a baby girl with a ponytail on her head is making a sad face .

media.tenor.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28d

Please, please help Soad and omar with a bit of money to help her get a room, not a tent. @mommunism.bsky.social

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · Sep 10

A simple but important way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. A helpful list is in the link below but please do explore @arablit.bsky.social more widely as well as publishers like @commapress.bsky.social

ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · Sep 10

This should not be limited to English. We've reached out to people who can help with lists of Palestinian lit in Turkish, Indonesian, Malayalam, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German. If you can help with these or other languages, please message.

arablit.org/2025/09/08/l...

List in Progress: Palestinian Literature Forthcoming Fall 2025 or 2026

Although we generally focus on literature in translation, this encompasses literature written by Palestinians in any language (and a few additional titles at the end). Please let us know if you hav…

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm only a few chapters in but enjoying it so far! It was gifted to me after I'd really enjoyed the animated series Pantheon as apparently it works on similar themes. Will take my time with this one as it's such a long book but it reads surprisingly easily 🤓

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 10

This summer and September have so far been science/fiction flavoured 🌝

*note only one of these has been read to completion because I am an appallingly slow reader

A pile of books:

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger

On the Kindle:

City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Israeli army has now officially ordered more than 900,000 Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip

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Eng Alaa @mamatwins.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hey, I'm Alaa from Ga** and this is a story about my suffering.
We are not scammers, spammers, or fraud
We are simply who we are living through gen@cide, starvation, oppression, and humiliation
I hope u all repost or quote it.
We are not spam
This thread describes our story:
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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you Tufty!

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · Sep 3

📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 Boostage!

Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm thinking of starting a little writers' club in South East London. If you or anyone you know is interested please complete the form below so I can get an idea of interest/numbers. No commitment, no fee, just bring yourself and your writing gear!

forms.gle/dhewQeBwFjtu...

SE London Writing Club

Register your interest for an casual writing club in South East London (mainly Croydon-Bromley-Orpington area). Writers of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome. There are no special requiremen...

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm thinking of starting a little writers' club in South East London. If you or anyone you know is interested please complete the form below so I can get an idea of interest/numbers. No commitment, no fee, just bring yourself and your writing gear!

forms.gle/dhewQeBwFjtu...

SE London Writing Club

Register your interest for an casual writing club in South East London (mainly Croydon-Bromley-Orpington area). Writers of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome. There are no special requiremen...

docs.google.com

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is extremely cute 🥹

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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nerve to Write is a new online magazine for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers to showcase creative innovation and build crip community. We are officially open for free submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid writing, and artwork!

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please support @tasavvurnama.bsky.social, South Asia’s premier paying spec-fic market

I just signed up for monthly support here:

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Tasavvur Magazine

Tasavvur is a digital magazine dedicated to South Asian speculative fiction. We have been publishing stories since our inception in 2022, featuring narratives that imagine new worlds, explore the unkn

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The Fantastic Other @thefantasticother.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are now open for an extended Feedback Response period, from September to the end of November!

Have a story or poem that you're struggling to find a home for? You can send it our way for a donation, and we'll share our thoughts and ideas: fantasticother.com/feedback-res...

Feedback Response Submissions

We are proud to support authors in every way we can. In order to raise funds and give writers inside knowledge and tips regarding their submissions, we are offering a paid feedback submission optio…

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

I've sold my soul to short stories. Sure, there are some ideas I have that are committed to being novella/novel length, but short stories have ensnared me heart and soul

Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · Aug 31

What I'm realizing through writing long-form is I'll always return to shorts as well. Long is a commitment, but shorts is where I get to experiment more liberally, re-discovering my writing and voice with each tale.

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Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social · Aug 31

What I'm realizing through writing long-form is I'll always return to shorts as well. Long is a commitment, but shorts is where I get to experiment more liberally, re-discovering my writing and voice with each tale.

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

Another one in the @innerworlds.bsky.social gang! Read this beautifully melancholic tale by Safiya with a hot cup of tea 🌊

Safiya 🌙 @safiyacherfi.bsky.social · Aug 26

P.s. I had a short story published a few months ago if you want to have a read ☺️🫶🏻

inner-worlds.ghost.io/deliver-safi...

Deliver by Safiya Cherfi

“The MacRae sisters tell me you were the first one to spot the creature?” He sounded like he’d jumped straight out of the BBC Radio the boys had sent their father from Edinburgh.

inner-worlds.ghost.io

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

This was so so beautifully written Safiya. Feels like a genuine piece of folklore, so poignant yet gentle. Also I did not know you had Scottish ancestry??

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