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Samantha (Sam) Mills

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SFF Author | Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, Compton Crook winner | Hugo, World Fantasy finalist | Repped by Lisa Rodgers | RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES out now! (she/her) www.samtasticbooks.com Newsletter at https://subscribepage.io/samtasticnews

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf@eliaseells.bsky.social · 1h ago

RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES is available now from @tachyonpub.bsky.social. I loooooove all the fantastic work they do to bring single author story collections into the world!! tachyonpublications.com/product/rabb...

Rabbit Test and Other Stories - Tachyon Publications

[STARRED REVIEW] “These speculative pieces resonate deeply with the current moment.” —Publishers Weekly This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the hottest talents in specula...

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Samantha (Sam) Mills@samtasticbooks.com · 22h ago

ZOMG I'm a World Fantasy finalist! Huge, huge thanks to the judges/nominators, and to Uncanny for pubbing "10 Visions" in the first place. I had just decided to mosey up to Oakland for the con and booked my hotel last week, so if you're going, I'll see you around! :D locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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priya chand@priyachand.bsky.social · yesterday

ok seriously also like...are you all looking at the accuracy stats these companies are reporting, because they are *wild* and 0 access is being given to the underlying datasets used to make their claims

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · yesterday

I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.

Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

Free short science fiction, published weekly · Science Fiction Weekly

Science Fiction Weekly publishes a free short story every weekday and a curated digest every Sunday. Subscribe by email.

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J@jkmiami89.bsky.social · 6d ago

there literally are no good-faith concerns about trans girls participating in high school sports. it is children playing games with their friends, its about confidence and relationship-building. let kids play with their friends.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d ago

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 2w ago

It seems Macmillan/Tor have promised to make authors whole on this, which is exemplary. Let's see the other publishers meet this standard @societyofauthors.bsky.social @authorsguild.org

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11mo ago

Since this was described as an official statement from their communications department, I am sharing it here. It is, imo, the standard every publisher should be meeting immediately. I'm grateful to our team at Tor for being so on top of this. (And also Montlake who registered everything.)

We are writing to provide an update regarding copyright registration concerns in connection with the Anthropic class action settlement. As you may have heard, the settlement agreement for the Bartz v. Anthropic case has been filed for preliminary approval. The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has prepared a detailed press release available here and a list of FAQs available here. In reviewing our records, we discovered that U.S. copyright registration has not been obtained for some of our authors’ works. From what we currently understand, this was largely our mistake and we take full responsibility. If your work was excluded from the settlement for this reason, we will make you whole by paying you what you otherwise would have been paid under the settlement. We are also taking corrective action. Our team is conducting a thorough review to identify affected works and close any registration gaps. While this issue is understandably concerning, we want to reassure you that your work has always been protected by U.S. copyright law from the moment of its creation. Registration has implications in the context of lawsuits, but not for the fact of protection. We regret this error and are committed to making it right. Please reach out to copyrights@macmillan.com with any questions.
Samantha (Sam) Mills@samtasticbooks.com · 2w ago

Oh oh are we talking about how we find books on our shelves? Mine are arranged by category/genre (as determined by me saying: where would I, Sam, look for this) and then alphabetical by author. It isn't the most space efficient, unfortunately.

The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 3w 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)

paris martineau@paris.nyc · 3w ago

New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports

Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.

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Samantha (Sam) Mills@samtasticbooks.com · 3w ago

My parents had R movies on all the time so who knows what was really first, but the first I clearly remember (because I was so terrified!!) was Child's Play. Age... 7? 8? 💀

Patrick Klepek@patrickklepek.bsky.social · 3w ago

Do you remember what *your* first R-rated movie was? I finally asked my mom (I couldn't remember), and she told me it was The Lost Boys when I was roughly the same age as my daughter (about 9). The movie traumatized her more than it did me, apparently

J.T. Greathouse@jeremyteg.bsky.social · 3w ago

In Alexandre Dumas' 1846 novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, the titular Count "hacks" the telegraph system, a novel technology at the time, as part of his plan to avenge himself against the Baron Denglars. Thus, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is canonically a progenitor of cyberpunk. In this essay I will