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Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>★★★★★ "This book is an absolute riot! Fast-paced, great characters, and great world-building. A must read if you love books that make you laugh out loud." –Maureen H.</p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
Michael Shotter<p>Looking for a great deal on your next speculative-fiction read? The Kindle edition of "8" is on sale until July 22 in the US and the UK. Don't miss it!</p><p>US: <a href="https://amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>UK: <a href="https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/specfic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>specfic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/horrorbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>horrorbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specfic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookdeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookdeal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookdeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookdeals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whattoread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whattoread</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booksofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booktodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booktodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NodWellsTimelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NodWellsTimelines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheNodWellsTimelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNodWellsTimelines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>Most of my characters are not inspired by people I know personally. Marshal Ray Gascon is an exception.</p><p><a href="https://esraye.com/2025/07/15/gas-giant-gambit-ray/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">esraye.com/2025/07/15/gas-gian</span><span class="invisible">t-gambit-ray/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gasgiantgambit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gasgiantgambit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debutnovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debutnovel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Owen Tyme<p>Free Ebook at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smashwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smashwords</span></a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smashwords.com/books/view/1462</span><span class="invisible">617</span></a></p><p>That predatory grin… You can't run! You can't hide! Blink and you're dead! Attack and she cuts you! You step out of reach! She's too fast… You're always retreating! You slip and fall! Swords on your throat! Your heart races! You pray for mercy! It never comes…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SWSale2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWSale2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indieauthor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actionadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actionadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Angus McIntyre<p>Very pleased to announce that my very short story “Naturally, You Have Questions” will appear on the Night Shades website on August 15. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Runalong Womble<p>New Review - this is a science fiction story about power, choices, not acting and more. Really impressed by The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin</p><p><a href="https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/7/15/the-lathe-of-heaven-by-ursula-k-le-guin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">runalongtheshelves.net/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/7/15/the-lathe-of-heaven-by-ursula-k-le-guin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 727 — MC POV: Do you remember your 21st birthday? Describe it as best you can. </p><p>Alexios: Mmm. I was so young and naïve. I'd give just about anything to relive that day, too. I had just graduated from university and there was this lass I fancied in my class... She wanted to see a film together for my birthday. I spent the morning with my parents, helped my mum in the garden, and spent some time with family. I was over the moon that this lass had asked for a date night, said yes, and picked her up around dinnertime. We had a meal, enjoyed the movie and all that. It was a great time. I miss being young. Everything felt so much easier back then, didn't it? </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romance</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers<p>Creepy no. 69 (1975)</p><p>Hard to believe no serious fan of horror/fantasy lit hadn't read "The Pit And The Pendulum" by 1975 but there's always someone in that lucky ten thousand, as XKCD tells us.</p><p>If you hadn't read it, this illustration doesn't convey to you that it's slipping down on every swing.</p><p>Original magazine: <a href="https://archive.org/details/warrencreepy-069" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/warrencree</span><span class="invisible">py-069</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagazineCover</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
Allan Dyen-Shapiro<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ReaderCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderCon</span></a> attendees, I will be in the Dealers Room, at one of the Authors Alley tables, from 3 - 7 pm on Friday. If you'd like me to sign a copy of The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds, that would be the best place to find me. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HardSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWritingSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWritingFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HardScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EcoSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EnvironmentalSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>★★★★★ "Rayner is brilliant! His writing is a strange and exhilarating mixture of the cerebral and the entertaining ... Alpha Max is a crazy and wild ride. I enjoyed it very much. –Karen Molenaar Terrell, author of Cosmic Connections: Sharing the Joy </p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
Pesto Jaguar<p><a href="https://pestojaguar.itch.io/perhapsyoumighttrythesoup-01" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pestojaguar.itch.io/perhapsyou</span><span class="invisible">mighttrythesoup-01</span></a></p><p>My Zine "Perhaps You Might Try The Soup" is a <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> adjacent zine with experimental text, comic pages and interesting images and jokes.</p><p>It was part of <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediZineFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediZineFest</span></a> 2024 digital bundle, but you can grab it free at the link (itch). I hope you will enjoy!</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zines</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zine</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comic</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a></p>
Joachim Boaz<p>Christopher Priest (1943-2024) was born on this day. Bibliography: <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?336" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?336</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>L, Jack Faragasso, 1975; R, Bob Fowke, 1978<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Jon Hancock<p>Futurism: "Scientific Romances in the Atomic Age: How the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Film Rediscovered the Victorian Era"</p><p><a href="https://vocal.media/futurism/scientific-romances-in-the-atomic-age" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vocal.media/futurism/scientifi</span><span class="invisible">c-romances-in-the-atomic-age</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ScientificRomance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificRomance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Verne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verne</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disney</span></a></p>
SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers<p>Astounding vol. 24, no. 5 (January 1940)</p><p>Not familiar enough with factories/foundries/engineering plants to know if this is even science fiction, frankly. Beamy thing is sploding, good luck with that.</p><p>Original magazine: <a href="https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v24n05_1940-01_dtsg0318" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/Astounding</span><span class="invisible">_v24n05_1940-01_dtsg0318</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagazineCover</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈<p>I’m enjoying the novelette Lorelei of the Red Mists by Keith Brackett and Ray Bradbury. It’s an unusual hybrid. The story and characters feel very much like Brackett, but the writing style is more abstract than anything I’ve seen in her other work. Sometimes whole sentences merely hint any meaning rather offering it. That must have been Bradbury’s touch. I had assumed she had an outline at the start, but apparently she really did make up the story as she wrote, so that by the time she had to let it go, she was half way but had no idea where the story was going. I didn’t think anyone actually wrote that way, except perhaps in a serialized piece. Here’s an interesting blog entry about it. <a href="https://queer.party/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/Bradbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bradbury</span></a> <a href="https://adventuresfantastic.com/brackett-and-bradbury-lorelei-of-the-red-mist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adventuresfantastic.com/bracke</span><span class="invisible">tt-and-bradbury-lorelei-of-the-red-mist/</span></a></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 726 — If your SC had a picture frame with slots for 3 photos, who / what would be in the pictures?</p><p>Let's do this for Dante... </p><p>1. The gang, most likely being silly (and drunk) at a party. <br>2. He and Noona at a diner together, all ridiculous grins and good food.<br>3. His parents, both smiling and happy. </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romance</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
A New Faith - a solarpunk novel by TinJar<p>Part 3 begins! Finally, the stakes come into focus. How does it all end? Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at <a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23solarpunk" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hopepunk" target="_blank">#hopepunk</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" target="_blank">#books</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23novel" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23climatechange" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23adaptation" target="_blank">#adaptation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23migration" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mystery" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23thriller" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23booksky" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23authorsky" target="_blank">#authorsky</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23sciencefiction" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23climatefiction" target="_blank">#climatefiction</a><br><br><a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A New Faith</a></p>
A New Faith: Solarpunk novel<p>Part 3 begins! </p><p>Finally, the stakes come into focus. <br>How does it all end?</p><p>Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at <a href="https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Parts 1 and 2 are available to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/download" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>download</span></a> (or read online) for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPUB</span></a> formats</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatefiction</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>10 Twilight Zone Episodes Every Sci-Fi Fan Should Be Required to Watch At Least Once—CBR</p><p>Fine selections. I like the idea of mandatory viewing. 😊 What are your favorites?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwilightZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwilightZone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RodSerling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RodSerling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilliamShatner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamShatner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbr.com/twilight-zone-episodes-every-sci-fi-fan-should-watch-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbr.com/twilight-zone-episodes</span><span class="invisible">-every-sci-fi-fan-should-watch-list/</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>"Snarky as Pratchet, insightful as Stephenson, as full of scathing social commentary as Swift or Voltaire, and weirdly reminiscent of LeGuin, Alpha Max is the only multiverse novel you need this month, or maybe ever." –Ernest Lilley, Amazing Stories</p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>