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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Suddenwall by Sara Saab

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

“Suddenwall” by Sara Saab explores trying to move on after a genocidal war, both on an individual and societal level. Fascinating and sobering www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sudd...

In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. The city of Vannat is a strict and inscrutable rulemaster, so Panette doesn't question the rules. She lives a plain, clean life. Keeps her ...

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

Because of the heavy chop that day, there is no time for a tour. “You shouldn’t have a problem finding things,” the captain tells me. She’s wearing a neon orange vest over her life jacket and a neon o...

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

And now for the new stuff! I loved “New Niches” by Jackie Roberti, a vibey, introspective piece about an isolated wind farm worker looking at all the ecosystems destroyed and perhaps finding an unexpected glimmer of hope reckoning.press/new-niches/

New Niches | Reckoning

reckoning.press

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

And a couple strong recs from my Magazine Minis post: bsky.app/profile/tarv...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · Sep 8

Got September’s Magazine Minis review up earlier than usual this month. Check it out, or stick around for a brief thread of favorites

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · Sep 7

Magazine reviews in a different order this month. Today, we’re taking quick dips into Asimov’s, khoreo, and Translunar Travelers Lounge! www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/07/t...

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

The Clarkesworld faves are here: bsky.app/profile/tarv...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 16d

I reviewed this month’s issue of Clarkesworld! Check it out, and/or stick around for a brief thread of favorites

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 16d

The theme of this month’s Clarkesworld review is that long titles are great? idk there is good sci-fi, come read what I think about it: www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/21/t...

September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

Rounded up my favorite reads of September. As always, here’s a thread of the short fiction section

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 2d

Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...

A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.

Mary Margaret Road-Grader

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, the oldest of the bunch, “Mary Margaret Road-Grader” by Howard Waldrop has an entertaining voice and a fascinating, post-apocalyptic inversion on the “times are changing, the old ways are dying” trope strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

It was the time of the Sun Dance and the Big Tractor Pull. Freddy-in-the-Hollow and I had traveled three days to be at the river. We were almost late, what with the sandstorm and the raid on the wh…

strangehorizons.com

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

“Freediver” by @isabel.kim introduces a weird alternate world and a dangerous job, but its biggest questions are the personal ones—why sign up for danger, and can you trust others to let them put themselves at risk? reactormag.com/freediver-is...

Freediver - Reactor

A two-man team must risk a spacewalk when meteoroids threaten crucial portal-spanning telecommunications cables that hang a hundred meters beneath the ocean...and forty-five billion light years away.

reactormag.com

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Suddenwall by Sara Saab

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

“Suddenwall” by Sara Saab explores trying to move on after a genocidal war, both on an individual and societal level. Fascinating and sobering www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sudd...

In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. The city of Vannat is a strict and inscrutable rulemaster, so Panette doesn't question the rules. She lives a plain, clean life. Keeps her ...

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com

Because of the heavy chop that day, there is no time for a tour. “You shouldn’t have a problem finding things,” the captain tells me. She’s wearing a neon orange vest over her life jacket and a neon o...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

And now for the new stuff! I loved “New Niches” by Jackie Roberti, a vibey, introspective piece about an isolated wind farm worker looking at all the ecosystems destroyed and perhaps finding an unexpected glimmer of hope reckoning.press/new-niches/

New Niches | Reckoning

reckoning.press

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

And a couple strong recs from my Magazine Minis post: bsky.app/profile/tarv...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · Sep 8

Got September’s Magazine Minis review up earlier than usual this month. Check it out, or stick around for a brief thread of favorites

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · Sep 7

Magazine reviews in a different order this month. Today, we’re taking quick dips into Asimov’s, khoreo, and Translunar Travelers Lounge! www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/07/t...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

The Clarkesworld faves are here: bsky.app/profile/tarv...

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 16d

I reviewed this month’s issue of Clarkesworld! Check it out, and/or stick around for a brief thread of favorites

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 16d

The theme of this month’s Clarkesworld review is that long titles are great? idk there is good sci-fi, come read what I think about it: www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/21/t...

September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 1d

Rounded up my favorite reads of September. As always, here’s a thread of the short fiction section

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 2d

Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...

A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.

September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 2d

Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...

A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.

September 2025 Round-up and Short Fiction Miscellany

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 2d

Got my September round-up posted, with some great short fiction and my favorite longer read of the year (reading year, not publication year) www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/05/s...

A round-up of my favorite sci-fi fantasy short stories and novels from September, with favorites from Jackie Roberti, Sara Saab, and Emily St. John Mandel.

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 3d

See that sounds worse

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great college football Saturday for your team to have a bye

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 3d

Woah I totally missed Penn State hiring Butch Jones

Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 3d

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 3d

Woah I totally missed Penn State hiring Butch Jones

Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 3d

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great college football Saturday for your team to have a bye

Fantasy Review: House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone who isn’t in the AL East please

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 7d

Another debut review up today: House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich, with some really interesting development of fantasy religion www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/01/f...

Review of the indie fantasy debut novel House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich, featuring fascinating fantasy religion and also a dungeon crawl.

Fantasy Review: House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich

Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 7d

Another debut review up today: House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich, with some really interesting development of fantasy religion www.tarvolon.com/2025/10/01/f...

Review of the indie fantasy debut novel House of the Rain King by Will Greatwich, featuring fascinating fantasy religion and also a dungeon crawl.

Fantasy Review: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 8d

Reviewing a debut novel about memory, family, and data privacy: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/30/f...

Review of The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King, a two-timeline epistolary story about family, data privacy, and memory magic.

Fantasy Review: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 8d

Reviewing a debut novel about memory, family, and data privacy: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King www.tarvolon.com/2025/09/30/f...

Review of The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King, a two-timeline epistolary story about family, data privacy, and memory magic.