*writes faster on general slush sub*

Hah! thanks for the reminder! I need to record "In Coffee Spoons" for him soonish, too!

@gwynnega.bsky.social “the jacarandas are not impressed by your show of force” strangehorizons.com/.../the-jaca...

. . . This one gets a special mention for being a scream of rage in articulate, beautiful words, that seared *right through me* like a solar flare.

@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social, “Eagle-Eyed,” Gripping, horrific–grabbed me by the throat and did not let go. eyetothetelescope.com/archives/057...

Marie Brennan “Hermit of the Crossroads.” This is a delightful, perfect circle that feels utterly complete by the end. havenspec.com/poetry/hermi...

Ian Li, “Uncertainty,” a lovely superposition of quantum physics over the human heart. Brilliant Poetry, October 2025 (I don’t think this one’s online.)

@danielausema.bsky.social “Lesser Zodiacs,” Starts off whimsical, lands on something a little more menacing. mergansermagazine.com/story/lesser...

The incomparable Gerri Leen with “The Separation Was Not Mutual,” available at Penumbric. www.penumbric.com/archives/Oct...

@the-lettersea.com Hugenbruch, “On the mourning of future history,” a crackling, wonderful villanelle! Star*Line Issue 48.3 (bug him for a copy!)

Absolutely *crushed* the ending on this one!!

Oh. My. God. What an intro. How am I supposed to wait till tomorrow for part 2??

I don't want to spoil it. JUST PLAY THIS GAME.

It's on Steam. Go get it. I'll wait.

And you discover the entire history of the past century and a half has been subject to previous revisions tied to dark matter physics, religion, and more.

I think I am about halfway through, given my progress through the achievements and the urgency of the narrative at the moment.

AND uncovering the REAL history of the nebula and the moons and planets on which your people have lived for millennia) . . .

. . . then TR-49 is an Enigma-code deciphering, librarying, researching, archive-digging race against the clock as WORDS can REVISE REALITY.

If Heaven's Vault is my "dictionary game" as my husband reduces it down cheekily to (yes, you're uncovering bits and fragments of an ancient language from inscriptions you find at archaeological sites and from dealers on the black market in ancient goods . . .

Have to admit, I'm very curious as to where this one is going. The first section, regarding robots creating new iterations of themselves inside a closed facility on Earth, seems to have had *no* relationship to the rest of the story, so I am *wildly* curious as to how this will come back around.

I play-tested this with my group! It's amazing. <3 Gearing up to GM it with another group using the testing materials myself now!