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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I was really taken aback by your structure: the parent pov isn’t something I see enough in satire. The story of political change and cultural upheaval is always involves generational divisions. A bold decision with a powerful, affecting pay-off. Looking forward to your next releases!

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 3d

Literally ONE more annual subscription will allow @othersidespec.bsky.social to publish reprints!!

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A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 2d

Presently tearing my way through it. You won’t be disappointed. The knife that keeps on twisting.

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 2d

Deliciously seditious, a meta-satirical masterpiece. Subtle, restrained, venomous,
@thomasha.bsky.social’s “In My Country” in @clarkesworldmagazine.com is a tribute to subtext, ambiguity and the power of the irreducible to foment new consciousness.

Bartleby for the MAGA age.

#sff #dystopian #scifi

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What's Antifa? @thejeder.bsky.social · 3d

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 3d

Hahaha! 🤣 Love this! Long live, Dax!

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8d

"The political ineptitude of the magnates of industry and finance was no less than that of the generals and led to the mistaken belief that if they coughed up large enough sums for Hitler he would be beholden to them."

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 6d

The only thing more painful than the loss is the losing: the inevitable unraveling, the unstoppable decline.

‘Rules of Biology’ by Dale Bailey in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social paints a devastating portrait of #toxicmasculinity ‘s greatest insecurities with exquisite empathy.

#sff #scifi #shortstories

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 8d

Care-for-profit commodifies life, providing healthcare to only the few.

Ray Nayler’s “The Ocean Between the Leaves” in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social, an autopsy of #transhuman #biotech, exposes the violent class logic of turning suffering into surplus value.
A classic for our times.

#scifi #sff

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 9d

Rammel Chan’s ‘Tourists’ in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social weaves a tightrope of cross-cultural intrigue.

Exemplary deployment of translator devices, secret identities and forbidden love tropes, given new life with subtle suspense.

#scifi #sf #sciencefiction #shortstories #fiction

N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 9d

And bravx to you, Kate. Really struck by the way you shape your pov’s subjectivity in tandem with her world in this story. Such mature technique! Looking forward to more of your work :)

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 10d

@katefrancia.bsky.social’s
‘Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth’ in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social binds its delicate character study and crisply textured world, personal history and collective destiny, with nettled vine. The finale looms like a hungry shadow.

#sff #fantasy #shortstories #fiction

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 10d

And you, for writing such darkly enchanting work. One of my favourite discoveries of the year. Can’t wait for my next Chee-read!

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 12d

Are wrongs ever fully righted? Do intentions matter? Can we redeem ourselves from collective sin?

@meganflchee.bsky.social’s The Museum of Cosmic Retribution in @nightmare-magazine.com, replies to Dickens and Lovecraft with a star-spangled hammer to the heart.

#horror #sff #shortstories #fiction

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 15d

A kitchen table holds more than food: echoes of quiet war, shadows of our lost beloved, and all that can’t be fully digested.

Peter Balakian’s “Eggplant”, read in @newyorker.com’s Poetry podcast, peels back layers, revealing the Earth we consume.

#poetry #writing #reading #ecocriticism #literature

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 22d

In @lightspeedmagazine.com, @p-h-lee.bsky.social provokes disturbing reflection with ‘Only Some of True Love’s Miracles’: slicing through sentimental objectification and violence in the name of care.

Plus: MUCH better than the earworm: ‘What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me.’

#sff #scifi #shortstories

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Dr Alina Utrata @alinau27.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello Bsky!

Re/intro: I'm a political theorist of technology corporations & Silicon Valley at Oxford University. I host and produce the Anti-Dystopians, the politics podcast about tech (with new episodes incoming!)

Podcast: www.alinautrata.com/podcast
Newsletter: alinautrata.substack.com

The Anti-Dystopians | Alina Utrata | Substack

The Politics Podcast About Tech. Click to read The Anti-Dystopians, by Alina Utrata, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · 27d

A true villain origin story reads like a broken soul’s manifesto.

In @babblewocky.bsky.social’s “Butter”, featured in
@nightmare-magazine.com,
an avenging nihilist is born.

Failed by society. Deluded by the eldritch. Grim, gruesome and unforgettably great.

#sff #horror #shortstories #fiction

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 6

Intoxicating, uncanny, dripping with suspense, “An Even Greater Cold to Come” in @clarkesworldmagazine.com casts a long shadow that never stops stirring. Rarely have I encountered a writer who can consistently surprise as Rich Larson does.

#sff #shortstories #fiction #scifi #horror #shortfiction

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you care about truth, freedom and the timbre of text on the mind’s ear, chuck the corporate media slop.

Reclaim your brain:

Truthout
Democracy Now
Jacobin
Intercept
AlterNet
Politico
Counterpunch
The Nation
Mother Jones
Novara Media
Double Down News
The Baffler
n+1
Guardian
New Statesman

N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gothic premise, pulpy delivery, a voice full of dry decorum and self-deprecating mania. A humorous Lovecraft.

An Offering from the Void by @froid.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com asks: What should we publish? Why spread what can’t be unsaid?

Where’s the stone now?

#horror #sff #shortstories

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 5

And you, for writing. Brava, Lois. Exhilarated to discover your work.

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Conceptual. Polemical. A prosodic manifesto for the quantum age. A pragmatist’s pledge. A xeno-mother’s vow.

@loekwa.bsky.social’s ambitious ‘Matriarchs’ in @apexmag.bsky.social sketches the emotional infrastructure of the desperate and the brave.

#sff #asianamerican #shortfiction #stories #scifi

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Sep 1

‘The Gorgon’ by Jay O’Connell displays the delicious Machiavellianism at the hollow heart of corporate culture, banally evil and bumbling into its own cyber-grave. The prose recalls the best of Iain Banks.

Full fireworks for @asimovssfmag.bsky.social, yet again

#sff #nowpunk #scifi #shortfiction

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N. A. Dawn, Author @nadawn.bsky.social · Aug 31

@williamledbetter.bsky.social’s ‘What I Am’ in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social might have been a premise straight out of @posthumanstudios.com’s Eclipse Phase, were it not Iron Giant levels of wholesome. A warm hug of a story; a glint of gold beneath dark waves.

#sff #shortstories #fiction #scifi

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