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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. website: https://stephen.granades.com

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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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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3h

do Brecht next you piker

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

Stephen Granade @granades.com · 3h

We were lucky enough at @smallwondersmag.com to publish @timothyquinn.bsky.social’s “The Warfighter” that appeared in the 2024 edition of this collection. If you’ve got an eligible story, please submit it!

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 11h

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 6h

oh NO, the scream I just let out.

Stephen Granade @granades.com · 11h

I had to do this for a friend who died a few years ago and it was a slog and a half and involved so much delving through Apple accounts and 1Password entries. I hate that you’re having to go through it as well; I found it incredibly draining.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14h

Not every dream we visit is a pleasant one, especially when we know how it turns out. Well, the narrator knows how it turns out. For you to know, you'll need to read the poem "You're Dead & I'm Safe & Still I Dream of You" by @smhallow.bsky.social.

You’re Dead & I’m Safe & Still I Dream Of You - Small Wonders

In the dream you were introducing me / to your hometown, except in the dream I / already knew our vows would come to ruin

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 16h

So you might have noticed that I've started posting little threads about my short fiction reading (with the hashtag #quicksipreviews). I'm testing this out bc I'll still be reading a lot of short fiction, but want the freedom to say as much or as little as I want, and to do it without deadlines

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

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LOLTrek - Live Granades

Let's talk about lolcats. Lolcats, or cat macros, are a subset of image macros. They're pictures of cats with captions typed across them. In essence they're the "Hang In There Baby" posters gone feral...

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 1d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

The most widely read thing I ever wrote or will write was loltrek.

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 5d

We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark

What is beestung: beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven

www.gofundme.com

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 1d

That’s excellent news! Congratulations!

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Misty Granade @misty.granades.com · 1d

This week I'm reflecting on a thing I keep forgetting over and over again. All progress counts, even the babiest of steps.

Baby Steps

This week I'm reflecting on a thing I keep forgetting over and over again. All progress counts, even the babiest of steps.

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

yesss I am ready to be challenged by this coin.

Stephen Granade @granades.com · 2d

Elderly dog has never been fed in her life, and younger dog has never been played with in her life, it's so good I don't like sitting down at night.

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 2d

Whomst among us hasn't had a mother who scoops out her eyes with a spoon and lets us play with them? But that's just the beginning of @montanna-harling.bsky.social's story "Oleander".

Oleander - Small Wonders

Mama scooped her eyes out with an heirloom ornamental teaspoon, and let them roll to the floor.

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