Louis Inglis Hall

@louisinglishall.bsky.social

SFWA. Codex. Eugie Foster Award finalist. Stories in: Clarkesworld / Strange Horizons / The Dark / Beneath Ceaseless Skies / Cosmic Horror Monthly / more. www.louisinglishall.com

it has been pointed out to me that i was longlisted for the Astounding Award this year. i would like to say 1) thank you for pointing this out i had no idea 2) HAHAHAHAHA AMAZING 3) thank you for nominating me i appreciate it A LOT 4) genuinely i need to stop skim reading i totally missed this

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.