Alejandro Caldwell
@alejandrocaldwell.bsky.social
Writer | Programmer | Editor
After Dinner Conversation | Flash Fiction Magazine
Read my stuff here: https://alejandrocaldwell.wordpress.com
After Dinner Conversation | Flash Fiction Magazine
Read my stuff here: https://alejandrocaldwell.wordpress.com
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Ray Bradbury sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bradbu... died on this day, so here are four of his French covers (Artist: Enki Bilal, Christian Broutin, Jacques Noel and Vincent Froissard). The 2nd also for The Martian Chronicles:
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ray Bradbury sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bradbu... died on this day, so here are four of his French covers (Artist: Enki Bilal, Christian Broutin, Jacques Noel and Vincent Froissard). The 2nd also for The Martian Chronicles:
Is there a word for "space between translations"? Lexical or semantic gap perhaps? Been thinking a lot about the how the differences in languages creates such an interesting insight into the differences between cultures
May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is there a word for "space between translations"? Lexical or semantic gap perhaps? Been thinking a lot about the how the differences in languages creates such an interesting insight into the differences between cultures
Watched Baby's Day Out last night - the late 90s - early 00s were quite a time for movies about precocious children huh?
May 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Watched Baby's Day Out last night - the late 90s - early 00s were quite a time for movies about precocious children huh?
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -- Soren Kierkegaard
May 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -- Soren Kierkegaard
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Happy Short Story Month! The Lit Hub staff will spend May recommending a different short story each (work) day for your reading pleasure. Today’s pick? Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony.”
One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staf…
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May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy Short Story Month! The Lit Hub staff will spend May recommending a different short story each (work) day for your reading pleasure. Today’s pick? Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony.”
Watched Jordan Peele's "Us" last night - was particularly interested in the reoccurring symbol of the white rabbit in the underworld
April 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Watched Jordan Peele's "Us" last night - was particularly interested in the reoccurring symbol of the white rabbit in the underworld
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Happy Independent Bookstore day! It's always a great day to support indie bookstores, but I'm glad for this chance to celebrate them especially! I am so grateful for all they do for communities, readers, and writers. Support indies with online ordering too--through their websites or bookshop.org
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore day! It's always a great day to support indie bookstores, but I'm glad for this chance to celebrate them especially! I am so grateful for all they do for communities, readers, and writers. Support indies with online ordering too--through their websites or bookshop.org
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i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
April 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
Finally getting around to watching The Last of Us from HBO - I understand the hype now!
April 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Finally getting around to watching The Last of Us from HBO - I understand the hype now!
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Very sad to hear the passing of a literary giant like Llosa - may he rest in peace.
April 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Very sad to hear the passing of a literary giant like Llosa - may he rest in peace.
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The last living titan of the Latin American literary “boom” and one of the most influential writers of the Spanish-speaking world died on Sunday.
lithub.com/mario-vargas...
lithub.com/mario-vargas...
Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89.
The Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, the last living titan of the Latin American literary “boom,” and one of the most influential writers of the Spanish-speakin…
lithub.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The last living titan of the Latin American literary “boom” and one of the most influential writers of the Spanish-speaking world died on Sunday.
lithub.com/mario-vargas...
lithub.com/mario-vargas...
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I made a list of every literary magazine I could find on Bluesky. Follow them and share this post. The sooner they see Bluesky as a viable platform, the sooner they leave X.
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I made a list of every literary magazine I could find on Bluesky. Follow them and share this post. The sooner they see Bluesky as a viable platform, the sooner they leave X.
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
Getting sick the day before a six-hour train ride: ironic, aggravating, humbling.
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Getting sick the day before a six-hour train ride: ironic, aggravating, humbling.