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November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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AWESOME READ for anyone who relishes differences in stories, considers life more deeply, and is most worried about who we really are at bottom. -- Sabatino Russo

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The Visitor
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November 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The Visitor takes a simple premise and turns it into a layered exploration of identity, memory, and what it means to belong in your own skin...Thoughtful, eerie, and memorable. — Cecilla Adams

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November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Meet the Hale family. Trapped on a Church-run prison farm, they must choose between obedience and resistance. From my new dystopian novel The Wicked Who Fight Against Zion, comes out November 28th on Black Friday
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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2093
Preserve-Light™ for the rich.
Fluorescents for everyone else.
Skin for the Few - The light decides your worth.
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Skin for the Few: How the Dermal Preservation Act Deepens Inequality
By Leila Anwar | The Guardian 2.0 | 4 August 2093
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🏹🔥✨🌆 Did you know The Hunger Games is actually a form of speculative fiction?

It imagines a dystopian future where media, power & survival collide.

What are your thoughts on Sunrise of the Reaping and how the movie will portray the genre?
#SpeculativeFiction #Dystopian #TheHungerGames #BookTalk
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Waldman does a superb job of setting up a quirky story with plenty of twists & social commentary...If you’re a fan of thoughtful Science Fiction...𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 is an excellent choice. --Drew Faraday

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The Visitor
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November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Mandel’s version of the future isn’t loud or dystopian—it feels calm, a bit melancholic, and very human. Life on the moon mirrors life on Earth, with the same questions about connection, meaning, and what makes something real.
 
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October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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If you’re a fan of thoughtful Science Fiction that doesn’t rely on aliens invading the Earth or AI and androids challenging their creators for supremacy, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 is an excellent choice.
-- Drew Faraday

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The Visitor
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October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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In The Visitor the author does a wonderful job blending science fiction with psychological drama....It’s perfect for anyone who loves stories mixing mystery, emotion, and existential depth.– Frank Jones

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The Visitor
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October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A quiet, engaging read for those who enjoy literary science fiction that ponders the essence of self. -- Bernie Lomax

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The Visitor
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October 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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They clung to their armor like prayer, finally grateful for Yebra's gifts. Let them worship what keeps them alive. Let them stink. Blessed are the armored; Yebra’s logic is sharper than any blossom, no matter how grotesque. #dystopian #speculativefiction #satire
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Speculative fiction where we explore the alternate reality if I eggs and toast with my wife for brecky instead of coffee and a smoke with Terrance the Alley raccoon. Positively dystopian.

#speculativefiction #literature #raccoon
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Absolutely! "The Handmaid's Tale" brilliantly blends dystopian and speculative elements. As Atwood said, "Nothing changes instantaneously." What are your fave spec fiction reads? 🪐📚 #SpeculativeFiction #Dystopia
yumewrites.bsky.social Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social · Oct 6
Ah yes! I think of speculative fiction as a broader umbrella term that captures science fiction, fantasy, spec lit, surreal fiction, etc. So Handmaid’s Tale to me is both!
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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October 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Awesome fan review of the day for "Black Corrosion".

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A Dark, Inventive Masterpiece If I had to sum this book up in one phrase, it would be: "darkly inventive". From the grotesque sky to the corroded cocoons, from the Dreams and Nightmares to the desperate human politics, every element feels both original and cohesive. The imagination on display here is staggering. But what makes it work is that none of this inventiveness exists in a vacuum. Every detail, no matter how fantastical, has a human consequence attached to it. That's what separates a flashy setting from a living world. Gurgu has built the latter. This book stands shoulder to shoulder with the best post-apocalyptic fiction I've read, not because it imitates them, but because it dares to be completely its own thing. That's worth celebrating.
October 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month!!!

Dystopian Lagos
Demigods
Odd jobs: godhunter

David Mogo Godhunter
Speculative fiction
Term I love: Godpunk

Author: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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#diversifyyourbookshelf
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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“The Scrapbook,” my dystopian horror sci-fi short story about an AI-dominated future, will get an “Honorable Mention” in the next issue of Allegory.

#horror #horrorstories #speculativefiction #sci-fi #dystopian #ai #artificialintelligence #imaginativewriting
September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Pick up a copy of “Flower Wilt, Weeds Thrive” at books2read.com/flowerswilt and a.co/d/gIuNG1P
Throw yourself into the weird grim city of Hinodè - The Scorned World
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September 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Fun fact:
CLIPPED is now wide!
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"There's nothing to repent for..."

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The cover of Clipped by KQ Watson with buy link logos for various online book retailers. The covers of the epub and paperback editions of Clipped by K.Q. Watson. Bloody red wings on a white background. the text "A divine being who chose to give up his wings. A girl with demons in her head. Faith-healers, drug dealers, cult-leaders & gun-toting angel hunters. A road trip through a god-fearing dystopian world." An abstract image of splattered black wings on a white background. The text reads: Heaven was perfect, until they came for his son. When angel engineer Zak's infant son is cast down for being born without wings, he faces Heaven's cruel mandate: forget, or fall. Clipped, Zak plummets to a broken Earth, where false prophets exploit the faithful, drug lords rule dead cities, and every truth comes with a price. Pursued by ruthless angel hunters through decaying urban wastelands and corrupted mega-churches, Zak uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from Earth's grimmest gutters to Heaven's highest chambers. What begins as a father's desperate search becomes a brutal quest for vengeance that will expose Heaven's most devastating lies - and make them remember his son's name. Cover for Clipped by KQ Watson with text and arrows pointing out various tropes.
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Behind the Scenes of Chapter 8
Hindsight — Chapter 8 — Aug 2024 — Water
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Behind the Scenes of Chapter 8
Hindsight — Chapter 8 — Aug 2024 — Water
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August 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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August 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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New Episode—Tech, Trauma, and Tales: The World of T.R. Napper

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August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Outlining for book 2 in Scorned World series #writingcommunity
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August 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM