Arthur H. Manners
@arthurmanners.bsky.social
Author. Work in Analog, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, etc. Debut novel: INWORLD, spring 2027, Saga Press & HarperVoyager UK. Rep: Alexander Cochran, Greyhound Literary (UK) & Brandi Bowles, UTA (US). Website & Newsletter: https://arthurmanners.com/
My sci-fi poem "Looking Back" is free to read on the @analogsf.bsky.social website, where it's a finalist for the 2025 AnLab Award. Congratulations to all the finalists! analogsf.com/about-analog... #sci-fi #poetry
2025 Analytical Laboratory Finalists - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
We’re excited to bring you the 2025 AnLab award finalists, listed in chronological order. Winners will be announced here and in the September/October issue. A b
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I've been travelling, so I'm a bit late with the announcement, but my space-horror story "Song of Marzanna" is out now in Tales to Terrify. A xenoarcheologist studying an orbital temple left by an extinct alien race discovers something terrible about the inscriptions covering its walls. #horror
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Tales to Terrify@talestoterrify.bsky.social · 2w agoWelcome to episode 764 We have one tale for you this week, about an ancient alien temple that hides a devastating secret. talestoterrify.com/episodes/764-arthur-h-manners
Good friend and author Stephen Cox's new book 'The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror' is out now. I love this cover, and the pitch is killer.
StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted"@stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Crooked Medium’s Guide to Terror – A Spooky Victorian Mystery London 1882. A carpenter is killed by a train – an eerie, brutal crime. Flamboyant spiritualist medium Mrs Ashton and her sapphic partner Braddie seek justice for the widow. A charismatic rival medium takes London by storm... #books
Congratulations to all the Hugo winners this year, some very tight competition all round.
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · last mo.Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!!!
Love the red in @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social's upcoming book, killer cover
StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted"@stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 2mo agoCover reveal! The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror London 1882.True terror is a murderer you can’t stop. A carpenter murdered, a family threatened. Flamboyant spiritualist Mrs Ashton and sapphic partner Braddie seek justice – and face a reckoning from beyond the grave. Preorder now #books #read
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
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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 · 3mo agoI 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 · 2mo agoDelighted 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.
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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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 · 3mo agoWe're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
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 · 3mo agoHEY 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 · 4mo agoReleased 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 · 4mo agoI 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 · 4mo agoClaude down: Anthropic AI not working in major outage
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 · 5mo agoHis 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 · 5mo agoIt'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!
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!
