Did you know that your friendly neighbourhood utopian magazine is now offering all new issues in print? Click here for our latest one! #sciencefiction mixam.com/print-on-dem...

Not sure if you want to commit to our whole August issue? Try out our free sample story first. Lockdown on the Moon by Denis Mortenson. utopiasciencefiction.substack.com/p/lockdown-o...

Lockdown on the Moon

Short science fiction story by Denis Mortenson

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If you are using AI/LLM you are not part of our community. We write. You push buttons trying to make a quick buck. That makes you a scammer not an artist.

And the UK!

Raima Larter@raimalarter.bsky.social · 6h ago

Can we have this in the US too? I delete dozens of unwanted calls from my phone every week and could use the time for something else.

Tor Åge Bringsværd sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brings... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (3rd's artwork probably by Thore Hansen, but couldn't identify the other artists):

If Ingram shipped your 🕷🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷 preorder way ahead of pub date (which we hear they might have) you want to wrap it tight in clingfilm, label, date, and put it in the freezer until 11.11.26. It should keep until Nov, or in the event of a Full TBR But No Books To Read emergency 🪰 bit.ly/4pUrdop

always happy to hear RAKESFALL mentioned all over an episode haha

Dan Hartland@danhartland.bsky.social · 2d ago

🎛️ Crank up the volume, it's Critical Friends! 🏆 Uh-oh, it's some more awards chat. @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social and @amritesh.bsky.social talk to me about the Clarke, the Hugo, the Booker, the Le Guin ... ⁉️ What relationship between critic and award, award and reader? 🤔 Also: marketing. Again.

I’m pinning this to encourage small presses to send their work to Locus for review (speculative work, of course). It’s the small presses that produce the most interesting and ground breaking work. www.facebook.com/share/p/14XN...

We're really proud to bring you our August issue, featuring prose and poetry with a wide range of themes - plus the winners of this year's art contest! #utopia #sciencefiction www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

August Issue 2026 | UtopiaScienceFiction

August 2026, Vol. 8 Issue 1 Content EditorialLetter from the Editor by Tristan Evarts InterviewsSteve DavidsonTran Nguyen FictionLockdown on the Moon by Denis Mortenson Limited Entry by Gio Clairval ...

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New poetry alert! My poem "If the Big Bang Wasn't" has just gone live. Check @utopiascifi.bsky.social latest issue for some great prose and verse! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

Part of launching a new #specfic magazine is the allure of the unknown. I have a vision of what Exoplanet can be, but I can't control the #submissions we get. The stories and poems I select from that slush pile will set the tone for the magazine's future and help define what "Exoplanet story" means.

Herman Melville sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/melvil... and Russ Winterbotham sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/winter... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Erik Desmazières, Erik Desmazières, [uncredited] and Leo Morey):

X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole www.space.com/astronomy/bl...

X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole

"We believe we have identified a phase in its life in which cold gas falls towards the gravitational potential of this massive halo and is heated by gravitational shocks, reaching temperatures of about 36 million degrees Fahrenheit."

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Will have a poem in the next Katabatic Circus anthology, published by @angrygablepress.bsky.social. Look out for "The King's Arms"!

Here's some interior magazine artwork for articles in 'Science & Invention', edited by Hugo Gernsback, from the Dec 1923-Feb 1924 issues: Saturn's rings as seen from that planet; a glass enclosed city; the airplane of the future and can we visit the planets?

Really excited to have a poem in Spectral Realms 25 with some of my favourite speculative poets, including @pixieb.bsky.social, @johnshirley2024.bsky.social, and F. J. Bergmann. www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spe...

Spectral Realms No. 25 : Hippocampus Press, specializes in classic horror and science fiction

Hippocampus Press Spectral Realms No. 25 - FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE USA SHIPS FREE WORLDWIDE WITH ANY OTHER QUALIFYING PURCHASE           A Weird Poetry Journal Edited by S. T. Joshi Cover by Dan Saue...

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Lord Dunsany sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dunsan... and Robert Graves were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Bob Pepper, Julie Dillon, Grahame Baker and Barbosa):

This is so important. Please if you are going to #LAConV and care even a little bit about #specpo it would mean so much if you could find some time in your day to come to the WSFS meeting and vote.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 2w ago

I realize I am radically annoying on this topic but once again, a reminder that the vote to ratify the speculative poetry Hugo award is July 26 and if you love speculative poetry or just wish you could win a Hugo for a haiku, please consider voting/speaking at the meeting! poetryhugo.com

Very pleased to announce that Small Bites by @elianeboey.bsky.social is now available for pre-order in hardback bookshop.org/a/197/978196...

Just saw on X that Human Voices, Alien Conversations has made it to Japan. Big thanks to @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social for taking on the project and @file770.bsky.social for getting the word out!

From Vonnegut in Player Piano: “And my husband says somebody's just got to be maladjusted, that somebody's got to be uncomfortable enough to wonder where people are, where they're going and why they're going there.” Maybe writing & reading are just finding the maladjustments that nestle together.

The empathy of writing with Kurt Vonnegut

On maladjustments finding each other

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I had 4 new stories come out in the same two weeks (yay promo burnout!). Here's a thread of everything I had out in March: 1) “What We Mean When We Talk About The Hole In The Bathroom” in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social (love, marriage + liminal spaces) www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...

Last day coming soon! Get your art submissions in now.

Utopia Science Fiction Magazine@utopiascifi.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tomorrow is the last day of our art competition. Email us with your best work at utopiasciencefiction@gmail.com for your shot at a cash prize, free subscription, and a place on our cover or interior! #art #sciencefiction

A cyborg who is paranoid about the sunlight in his food, sadistic mind emulation, and Satan exploiting the housing crisis - all this and more in my new poetry chapbook, The Kingdom of Hell is Inside You - published by @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social #sfpoetry jamesmachell.com/the-kingdom-...

We did it! $40k means you get a more beautiful book and are working on various design options! Our next goal is to pay our magnificent editor #JonathanStrahan who is working pro bono on our book. Visit kck.st/4wtYJ6X or our bio to back the book and #PayJonathan

Darlings! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social did a lovely spotlight/interview about Offerings for Ordinary Gods! spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...

Now available for pre-order! @jamesmachell.bsky.social's cyberpunk poetry chapbook The Kingdom of Hell is Inside You bookshop.org/a/197/978196...

The Kingdom of Hell is Inside You

10 Poems. 10 Eye ShotsDon't forgive me if I hate you: there aren't enough slices on the cake of clemencywhen the world comes to tea.Appearing for the first time in this collection, "The Solar Powered ...

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"A knife is forged from wind in a hurry" Love seeing news like this: www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/3...

Delivering a feast of poetry

Food takeaway rider who finds respite from his daily work stress in writing poetry publishes his second collection in as many years.

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The next featured poet for Katabatic Circus (Volume 3) is the wonderful Pedro Iniguez!

Short Story Reviews: Harlan Ellison’s “Night Vigil” (variant title: “Yellow Streak Hero”) (1955) and “Life Hutch” (1956) sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/07/21/s... #scifi #sciencefiction