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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне

@barsukov.com

2x Nebula, Compton Crook finalist. BSFA-longlisted. SFWA, Codex member. Left one former empire only to settle in another. Speaks German by day, Russian by night. Writes in English. Represented by Ed Wilson @ Johnson & Alcock Ltd.

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 5mo ago

That’s the way. We need to raise the quality bar—though for that to happen, publishers need to stop being money whor … sorry, stop focusing solely on profit for a moment and return to their original mission. To shape the public’s taste, rather than pander to people’s worst reading tendencies.

Leo Andrade@wizleo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Not exactly aimed at this type of shit but there is a @typebarmagazine.bsky.social article that came to mind. We gotta get snobbier, guys. Skimming the simplified version of shit, especially if a robot did it it, is not the same as *actually reading it*. www.typebarmagazine.com/sci-fi-fanta...

P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thank you, Yare! If you’d like to read “Through the Machine” you can find it here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 5mo ago

I loved in 2025 (for awards) STORIES “Through the Machine” @cornellwriter.bsky.social “Different Flames” @bethcato.bsky.social “The Mermaid Who Declined…” @aphowell.com “The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King” @jelenawrites.bsky.social “The Cold Burning Light of Her” @swpisciotta.bsky.social

Sam W. Pisciotta@swpisciotta.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thank you so much, Yari! if you’re interested in reading “The Cold Burning Light of Her,” find it in Lightspeed www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...

The Cold Burning Light of Her - Lightspeed Magazine

Tilda stands at a crossroads just outside of town. It’s a place where worlds meet, and the perfect place to create a new person. The crescent moon glimmers through the oaks bent thick along the roadsi...

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 5mo ago

I loved in 2025 (for awards) STORIES “Through the Machine” @cornellwriter.bsky.social “Different Flames” @bethcato.bsky.social “The Mermaid Who Declined…” @aphowell.com “The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King” @jelenawrites.bsky.social “The Cold Burning Light of Her” @swpisciotta.bsky.social

L.A. Young (a.k.a. Misty; a.k.a. Aquavenatus)@aquavenatus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

You have to hand it to @balticon.bsky.social for compiling a list of intriguing titles for their award finalists!

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 5mo ago

Shea Ashcroft & Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory have been shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award for best first novel! Compton Crook can only happen once in life, so I'm incredibly honored and happy. Thank you so much to @balticon.bsky.social & everyone who keeps supporting the book. I love y'all.

Jason Sanford@jasonsanford.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Praise from @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social: "Jason Sanford ain't playing with y'all anymore. We Who Hunt Alexanders lives at the intersection of cyberpunk and horror. Edginess and timeliness; blood and desperation; love and terror all woven like a rogue literary DNA strand." 1/2

We Who Hunt Alexanders - Apex Book Company

WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS by Jason Sanford is a dark, cosmic novella following a neurodivergent main character in a gothic, dangerous world.

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 11mo ago

Working with @metaphorosis.com and @bmorrisallen.com was one of the happiest times of my life.

Metaphorosis Publishing@metaphorosis.com · 12mo ago

Stories that were Award Finalists We didn't win any awards, but we had several stories that were finalists for awards. Here they are. Nebula Award “Tower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy” — Yaroslav Barsukov “Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary” — Yaroslav Barsukov “Tower of Mud and Straw III:…

Becca Gomez Farrell@becca.gomezfarrell.com · last yr.

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov is worth the read! A 2x Nebula Award finalist, the true pleasure of reading this tale is the main character's contemplations of betraying orders, warfaring countries, and shifting memories and reflection, symbolized in the mimic tower legend.

The book cover, featuring a terrifying tower, seagulls, and a person and their feed. Colors are shades of purple.
P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks so much for reading! For those who haven’t yet, that story is “Through the Machine.” Find it via this link or the Nebula Reading List: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...

Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine

“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...

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Allison Mulder@amulderwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

Just read this while going through some of my saved-up links-- Loved it! Thanks so much for writing it!