My cli-fi story "Boomtown Atoll" is now available in "Issues in Earth Science", as part of their "Fiction for the Classroom" feature. I'm delighted that it'll be used to discuss climate change in classrooms. Read it for free here: earthscienceissues.net/fiction_for_... #cli-fi #sci-fi #shortstory

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts is almost out, and the wonderful @elizachanwrites.bsky.social is always worth hearing live. She's touring in July and August to talk all about the new book. #fantasy

Eliza Chan@elizachanwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

I am back from my very sporadic use of Blue Sky to let you know I'm doing a bunch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts events in July and August. Would love to see you there if you can! All links in my bio and the thread below.

Beautiful cover for @bingewriting.bsky.social's latest book, and it sounds like it's going to be a killer story.

Nicholas Binge@bingewriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

Delighted to share the UK cover of Exhumation. Early reviews are calling this my best one yet. I think it's certainly my most ambitious. Out in October! Preorder if you can!

Gutted to hear of Sam Neill’s death. My favourite film growing up was Jurassic Park. www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

Sam Neill, Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders actor, dies aged 78

The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. He had recovered from cancer and "the loss was sudden and unexpected", his family says.

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not saying anything new, but if these folks actually believed in genAI writing, they'd disclose it, tout it, and build their own audiences elsewhere and leave others be. hiding and sneaking it to markets who want no part of it doesn't prove you're good at writing. just proves you're good at fraud.

ICYMI.

SAG-AFTRA@sagaftra.org · 4w ago

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

Nelly's World, perhaps my favourite of the short fiction I've written, has just been reprinted in @unchartedmag.bsky.social and is free to read now. www.unchartedmag.com/stories/nell... #scifi #shortstory #neurodivergent

Nelly’s World - Uncharted

Rachel had been buried less than four hours before Nelly escaped upstairs to her gaming rig. After the stragglers headed home from the wake, I stood in her bedroom doorway. The house was silent except...

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behold it’s glory!

Oliver K. Langmead@oliverklangmead.bsky.social · last mo.

COVER REVEAL! OUR GLORIOUS PROGENY An anthology of reproductive futures, coming March 2027 from @lunapress.bsky.social Featuring 12 short stories from:

Honored to say The Works of Vermin is a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Congrats to everyone on the list!

Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · last mo.

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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io9@io9.com · last mo.

A24 Wants You to Be Nice About Its Google AI Deal

Atomic Coffin by @benedictanning.bsky.social couldn't have been released at a better time. Perfect summer treat. Taking this bad boy on holiday next week!

Benedict Anning@benedictanning.bsky.social · last mo.

HEY MY DEBUT IS OUT TODAY AND IDK I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY TBH THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DO YOU WANNA BUY IT NO WORRIES IF NOT also also i'm finally listening to the full audiobook and jfc kristin atherton is a fucking legend www.penguin.co.uk/books/474739...

My sci-fi poem "Someone Comes Knocking" is now published in issue 40 of Shoreline of Infinity. Very pleased to be a part of this issue. Enjoy!

Shoreline of Infinity@shoreinf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Released today! Shoreline of Infinity 40 - science fiction magazine from Scotland for the entire Universe. Includes: Grown-up Handwriting by Joyce Bingham - the winning story of this year's Cymera Festival/Shoreline of Infinity story competition. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor...

Very happy to be a part of Folded Space Season One

Folded Space, an Audio Science Fiction Anthology@foldedspace.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am very excited to present the authors that will be included in season one! @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social, @bethgoder.bsky.social, @meganjkerr.bsky.social, @christinwrites.bsky.social, @arthurmanners.bsky.social, @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @addi.social, @annewilkins.bsky.social, @horrorsong.blog

oh no how will we generate pure unrefined mediocrity from the midden heap of stolen human interactions where will I get my fresh artbarf, my hot steaming infoslurry

The Independent@the-independent.com · 2mo ago

Claude down: Anthropic AI not working in major outage

We are officially OPEN for Banned Books Submissions!! 🥳

AI is Appropriated Intelligence. It is built on the work of the world's creatives - authors, artists, musicians, actors, voice artists, designers, journalists, directors - without permission. 'Appropriated' is a more useful description of the tech than 'Artificial' IMO.

My poem "Looking Back" is also a finalist in this year's Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Award at @analogsf.bsky.social. locusmag.com/2026/05/2025...

2025 Analog AnLab Awards and Asimov’s Readers’ Award Finalists - Locus

Finalists for the 2025 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Award and the 2025 Asimov's Readers' Awards have been announced. The Analog AnLab Awards finalists are: Novella Aleyara's Flight , Christop...

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So glad that my sci-fi poem "Looking Back" is a finalist for the Rhysling Award this year.

SF & F Poetry Assn@sfpoetry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

His New Antlers, Rick Christiansen, Sheila-Na-Gig Irrevocable, Adele Gardner, Star*Line Looking Back, Arthur H. Manners, Analog One Hundred Thousand Legends and the Longing Underneath, Gwendolyn Maia Hicks, Dangerous to Go Alone! 2 Patient 10642, Elizabeth R. McClellan, Salon Sinister /

Broke my hand slamming the pre-order button for @bingewriting.bsky.social's Abyss. See you all at the emergency room.

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's a totally normal administrative assistant job. It's his first day. And you can read an excerpt from Nicholas Binge's Abyss now!

It's Pub Day for my debut novel, THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY. It's an Arabfuturist story of a revolution set on a generation ship with lots of linguistic shenanigans. Chapeau to tu!

Contracts signed. I'm a big fan of the @escapeartists.net podcasts, who've been consistently publishing some of the best short fiction in the business. This year I'm pleased to say that I'll have stories appearing in @castofwonders.org and @pseudopod.org!

Huge congratulations to all the Hugo finalists this year!

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

You can follow all the finalists (or at least all the ones who have Bsky accounts) for the 2026 Hugo Awards right here with this starter pack. go.bsky.app/mR4XaC

Add this to your TBRs asap folks! If you like crazy mind-bending SF that will fill you with a sense of absolute awe, @arthurmanners.bsky.social's Inworld is the book for you. Out next year!

Delighted to finally announce: I got a book deal! My science-fiction debut, INWORLD, is pitched as The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation, and will be published in spring 2027 by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and HarperVoyager UK. Details below! #bookdeal #scifi #books #booksky

⏳ Time is running out. ⏳ Nominations close on March 28. www.lacon.org/hugos

Hugo Award Nominations – LAcon V

Important Links:

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The Green Party just came out strongly in favour of creatives in their battle against exploitation by AI companies. They urge the government to commit to not weakening copyright law. 🧵 1/2

Final reminder that the Hugo awards close tomorrow. You don't have to vote for every category, just vote in any category for something you enjoyed! My eligible works in #ShortStory and #Poetry categories: arthurmanners.com/awards-eligi... #HugoEligible #HugoAwards

Arthur H. Manners@arthurmanners.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hugos are still open! My sci-fi/horror flash "Woodsong" and my sci-fi poem "Looking Back" are eligible! Details: arthurmanners.com/awards-eligi...

One of my paintings of Rose Crescent in Cambridge UK (not recent). I love this curved street and it's shops and restaurants. Frequented La Mimosa around the time this was painted. The WOW sign was included in other paintings and drawings. This one was sold.

If you think you need genAI to make your art, I think that’s sad and self-defeating and will lead to badly derivative art, but that’s not why I oppose it. GenAI was built unethically, is maintained exploitatively, often to enrich the worst people, and is environmentally disastrous. That’s why.

Newsletter: Spring 2026 Roundup - New SFFH Short Fiction & Poetry arthur-manners-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/spring-202...

Spring 2026 Roundup - New SFFH Short Fiction & Poetry

Issue #30 - March 2026, new short fiction and poetry in sci-fi, fantasy and horror from author Arthur H. Manners.

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