I am taking M. John Harrison's Booker win as a portentous sign for all the Michael Johns who go by Mike. We are many!
Michael Pettit
@michaelpettit.bsky.social
Undisciplined academic (history, psychology, STS) Professor at York University Short fiction reader/writer (Clarkesworld, Diabolical Plots, Nature, Small Wonders, FFO, Heartlines, Adventitious...) he/him ǀ Toronto/elsewhere/otherwise
Issue Six is guaranteed to raise your heartrate. And these are the writers who will make sure of it: @alexshvartsman.bsky.social 🗝️ @plangdi.bsky.social 🐀 @ianli.bsky.social 📦 @ellisnyeland.bsky.social ☎️ M. Lynette Pedersen 🎪 Verdell Walker 🔥 Alex Talgar 🔥🦅 Gabriel Moseley 🔴 +
I am going to (tentatively) try to be more active here now that the situation that kept me offline has quieted (for now).
Delighted to have this story published by @diabolicalplots.com , one of my favorite venues for strange, off-beat fiction. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Trailblazing feminist #histsci #philsci #sts scholar Evelyn Fox Keller (1936-2023) passed away yesterday. Her early books were a tremendous influence on me & so many other women going into field. There was a conference to celebrate her yesterday too💔 ihpst.utoronto.ca/news/full-pr... #womenInSTEM 🧪