my amazing AI creation is alive! it can use tools to solve problems, communicate with fellow AIs, and we have even seen evidence it takes actions to preserve its own life. the future is now. pic unrelated
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Fantasy writer, featured in Translunar Travelers Lounge, more soon from Chthonic Matter & Kaleidotrope. Querying romantic grimdark epic, THAT SONG WHICH ENDS ALL HEARING HEMA measure monster, turning longsword expertise into fight scenes Any/all AI FOAD
New Cirith Ungol video featuring my painting RETURN OF THE KING OF THE DEAD for their upcoming album ALL THE SHADOWS (releasing 10/30): youtu.be/oQZSgaxHkuk?...
CIRITH UNGOL - All The Shadows (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by No Remorse Records
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Hey ya'll -- general submissions are now open! Check out the site for details. Look forward to seeing some great fiction. We're also still accepting 500 word sword & sorcery stories for the newsletter. And you can submit for both! www.swordsagainst.com/blank
SUBMISSIONS | Swords Against | Sword & Sorcery Fiction
Do you have what it takes to write unshackled sword & sorcery fiction. Check out our submission guidelines.
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YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.
This is a thoroughly delightful profile of Kaleidotrope and some of the fantastic work I’ve tried to bring to our little town. 😃
Bruce H. McCosar@bmccosar.bsky.social · 5d ago"Each issue generates a consistent sense of wonder and surprise. I think if independent speculative fiction were a small town, this would be the town square." Read my recommendation and profile of the magazine at bmccosar.com?p=47 @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Attention all sickos and freaks, you will want to read this book
Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 5d agoThis is not yet Officially Announced (the artist is hard at work on the cover!) but looks like it's already up for ebook/hardcover preorder in the US, so—this is a secret not-announcement that you totally did not hear from me! Out next July, my third novel. I was never here
submission grinder is fantastic (and it covers all fiction/poetry markets, not just SFF, albeit with less data.)
Cat Rambo@catrambo.bsky.social · 5d agoFor newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Made it to October, so glad this month is twice as long as all the others
We are currently OPEN for submissions until 30th September 23:59 BST. Please email us your manuscript in .doc or .docx format to ichorzine@gmail.com with the word SUBMISSION clearly in the subject. We do not require a cover letter. For guidelines please see ichormagazine.com/submissions/
Submissions – ICHOR Magazine
Submissions We are currently closed for submissions, but will be opening in SEPTEMBER 2026. Follow us on Bluesky if you want to hear updates about when we open for subs in the future! We are looking…
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I'd posit the best of the modern scene is happening in short fiction and small press stuff. New Edge, Old Moon, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies publish a lot, and put some books, too
personally i think if your product participates in planning multiple mass shootings, you should be tried for them and it should be scrapped forever
Hell yeah "Luana Saitta’s [s&s] novella Merynthia’s Master wants you to know from the beginning that this is an adventure; it’s a very classic tale, one of daring, high-octane action, darkly magical and weird." "[A] satisfying, succinct crescendo that proves that [she] can put on a great show."
REVIEW: Merynthia's Master by Luana Saitta
Luana Saitta’s sword and sorcery novella Merynthia’s Master wants you to know from the beginning that this is an adventure; it’s a very classic tale, one of daring, high-octane action, and, fitting wi...
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Liv Tyler as Arwen • Promotional photo for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
folks SAY they want kindness but this is not always the case. the most controversial thing that i ever post is 'the best way to make inroads in any creative profession is to be kind'. i get SO much pushback, because it is a scary idea for those who have trained themselves to be unkind as a defense
Hey ya'll. Swords Against! is officially published to the world today. I currently have it set up in the Mystic Bull Games store (that's my TTRPG imprint...and has a functioning website/store). Working on migrating to a dedicated site. www.mysticbull.com/post/swords-...
My cover for 'The Phoenix & The Maker' by @jamesenge.bsky.social ! 👇👇👇 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 2w ago🔥Behold the cover, by @smuggerby.bsky.social, for a 50,000+ word collection of tales starring the mercurial, magnificent Morlock Ambrosius! These stories by @jamesenge.bsky.social hold many Weird wonders for you to witness... Learn more and sign up here👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question? Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable. Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in five European nations, survey finds
Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes
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🔥Behold the cover, by @smuggerby.bsky.social, for a 50,000+ word collection of tales starring the mercurial, magnificent Morlock Ambrosius! These stories by @jamesenge.bsky.social hold many Weird wonders for you to witness... Learn more and sign up here👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Best as I can tell this is genuinely what's happening in negotiations for the Cleveland public library workers
New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈@esedia.bsky.social · 2w agoEvergreen
i was going to use genAI to realize my awesome idea for a dark fantasy series like game of thrones plus invincible but with more/bigger boobs but then a squad of artist gatekeepers shot me with guns and i died. this tragedy could have been prevented if we embraced open access to creativity