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Chisom Umeh

@izom-chisom.bsky.social

writer | entrepreneur | one time poet Words in Omenana. Apex. Clarkesworld. Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2023

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY@wtalabi.com · 2d ago

Eugenia has already said here everything I was going to say about this. One thing I will add is that the lasting thing I gained following this project was a deep hatred for AI slop and LLMs as anyone who has heard me speak on ths subject since knows. I saw how the sausage was made and rejected it.

Eugenia Triantafyllou@foxesandroses.bsky.social · 3d ago

In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel! "There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report, August 6, 2026: Jeff Vandermeer's ABDICATION, the last novel in the Southern Reach series, in which an ornithologist exiled to a remote coast stumbles on a terrifying secret,  a self-proclaimed king pursues a mystery hidden in a strange weather station, and a man who can become a cormorant is tasked with a deadly mission through a future landscape transformed by Area X, for publication in October 2027, in a significant deal, to Jenna Johnson at Farrar, Straus, by Joseph Veltre at the Gersh Agency and Alex Kohner at Yorn Levine (world).
Prof. Nicole Holliday@mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is the part that breaks my heart. "Generative AI has broken the sacred contract between professors & students: that the professors are there to teach and the students are there to learn. The understanding has been broken...That’s a very deep part of the grief” www.chronicle.com/article/thes...

These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw.

What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?

chronicle.com

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 5d ago

"corporate leadership is starting from the premise that AI has (or will) radically change the business, and they're working backwards from that premise to find the evidence to support this article of faith."

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary)@bowiesongs.bsky.social · 6d ago

in re Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (which, in the original Martian Chronicles, occurs on today's date), I didn't realize the very first published version of the story, in Collier's magazine, was set in April 1985. (the current edition of Martian Chronicles now sets it in 2057).

the complete text of Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" in Collier's, 6 May 1950
Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · last wk.

For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why

Tade Thompson@tadethompson.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm at the park, reading, and a woman with an accent said to me, "Oh, you're a reading worm". I love that construction. It's so poetic when second-language folks speak. I did not correct her because reading worm is better than bookworm.

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 2w ago

We're still pushing away at our goal of giving our entire team a raise in celebration of our 20th anniversary issue in October. Each subscription takes us one step closer. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ There isn't a better way to thank them for their part in the last 20 and the next 20.

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

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Simon Underwood@lizardbrain-art.bsky.social · 3w ago

Did you know that I wrote and illustrated a full-length Iron Age kaiju fantasy graphic novel? I did! If any of those descriptors sound good to you, take a look at it here. Available in print or as a PDF.

GARGANTUAN

A great beast has arisen from the sea. It approaches the city of Thrykaea, leaving devastation its wake. Queen Pharseia and her closest allies stand in its way. They must overcome the greatest threat ...

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Sky Cambly-Maki@skycamblymaki.bsky.social · 3w ago

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor is fantastic The way it blends the life of (fictional) author, interviews with her friends and family, and the fiction she's created, is so engaging The ending especially has it as something that I'll be thinking about it for a while #BookSky

The cover of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
That guy@stuartbayens.bsky.social · 3w ago

A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.

Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.

ctvnews.ca

The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 4w ago

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

Tade Thompson@tadethompson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Writers (of whatever), if you've ever sold a short/poem/essay, is the first venue that you sold to still in business? My first actual sale was to Ideomancer back in 2002 or 2003. They are defunct. What was yours?

Matt Bell@mdbell79.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m reading a new book whose first chapter was published in a now-defunct literary magazine back in 2009. Writing is so hard and so long sometimes. But here’s to those who persevere.

Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · last mo.

We have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽

Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · last mo.

“There’s been a certain amount of pushback by the more literary-minded of those who follow the award – but [Dungeon Crawler Carl] was perhaps the title that produced the most passion among the judges.” fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

The Best Science Fiction: The 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

The Arthur C Clarke award highlights six outstanding science fiction books every year. This year’s field shows the breadth of contemporary science fiction, says chair of judges Andrew M. Butler. From ...

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