THE WRITER'S LITTLE BOOK OF RESEARCH is out now! Get it in ebook from your retailer of choice (for just $0.99 USD), and learn new tactics for digging up sources for your stories! www.swantower.com/writing/the-...

The Writer's Little Book of Research - Swan Tower

Writers of all genres can have a dizzying array of research needs, from broad contextual information to highly specific facts. Thanks to her academic background, award-winning author Marie Brennan is ...

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We've been blown away by the enthusiasm (and, dare we suggest, accuracy?) of your guesses for our Season 1 lineup. Round one goes to you, but we're working on our poker faces for round two! I'm a Fan! First season launching December 2026 at Dragonsteel Nexus and online in 2027.

The @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #Kickstarter is more than 80% of the way to its goal! Back now, and there will be a poem from me in next year's run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!

Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!

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"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

THE WRITER'S LITTLE BOOK OF RESEARCH is out now! Get it in ebook from your retailer of choice (for just $0.99 USD), and learn new tactics for digging up sources for your stories! www.swantower.com/writing/the-...

The Writer's Little Book of Research - Swan Tower

Writers of all genres can have a dizzying array of research needs, from broad contextual information to highly specific facts. Thanks to her academic background, award-winning author Marie Brennan is ...

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Following a discussion of sword-fighting, I have decided that "Stanzas and Stances" is the name of my . . . *something*. Band? Magazine? Tea shop x dojo?

PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter!!! buff.ly/Gab1zWu

Absolutely beautiful. Taken about 25 minutes ago.

Hmm... whoever could this be?

I'm a Fan!@imafan-of-fans.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sometimes, a smile can be as deadly as a knife. And a fan can hide either until you're close enough to strike. Sign up for our mailing list at imafan.net and be among the first to get the mystery reveals!

Or if you'd rather hear us talk, we're over at Voyage Through Worlds! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHA...

The Eye of Leviathan | An Interview With M.A. Carrick

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@alychelms.bsky.social and I are over at Plot Hole Tavern, talking about The Eye of Leviathan, alternate history, and when Alyc takes away my keyboard! plotholetavern.substack.com/p/what-happe...

What happens when you use fantasy to rewrite history?

The Eye of Leviathan duo M.A. Carrick on dropping magic into our past, and how far down the rabbit hole you have to follow it. Plus: Jimothy and Backrooms.

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THE WRITER'S LITTLE BOOK OF RESEARCH comes out next week! If you're unsure of how to go about finding information on [random topic you need for a story] -- and you know better than to ask AI -- this book is for you! Pre-order it from your preferred retailer here: www.swantower.com/writing/the-...

The Writer's Little Book of Research - Swan Tower

Writers of all genres can have a dizzying array of research needs, from broad contextual information to highly specific facts. Thanks to her academic background, award-winning author Marie Brennan is ...

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In light of recent events, what were your favorite Daily Science Fiction stories? Which ones do you remember the most fondly? Which ones messed you up the hardest?

Sometimes, a smile can be as deadly as a knife. And a fan can hide either until you're close enough to strike. Sign up for our mailing list at imafan.net and be among the first to get the mystery reveals!

Here's what saddens me: if they had *actually asked* permission to reprint DSF (which is now only accessible via Wayback Machine), I bet a lot of authors would have said yes. But . . . they didn't. And given the lying, I can only assume it was for scammy reasons.

Marie Brennan@swantower.bsky.social · 6d ago

If anybody was excited that Science Fiction Weekly is aiming to "revive" Daily Science Fiction, you should know they are straight-up lying about having gotten permission from writers to republish DSF stories on their website. (Yes, I have sent a DCMA takedown notice.)

If anybody was excited that Science Fiction Weekly is aiming to "revive" Daily Science Fiction, you should know they are straight-up lying about having gotten permission from writers to republish DSF stories on their website. (Yes, I have sent a DCMA takedown notice.)

Do you need two and a half minutes of six (?) sleepy grey kittens attempting to tetris themselves into a basket, purring all the while? I think you do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM5h...

A Den Of Purring Kittens

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I have my schedule for #LAConV! In addition to panels, readings, etc., @alychelms.bsky.social and I will have a table in the dealers' hall, selling books (incl. THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN, Rook & Rose, and the Memoirs of Lady Trent), pattern decks, tea samples, and more! www.swantower.com/appearances/

Signal your allegiance with this fan, and your friends and foes will be green with envy (hey, we warned you there would be puns!) Sign up for our mailing list at imafan.net and be among the first to get the mystery reveals!

We've got an exciting lineup for our first season. Are you a fan of guessing games? Sign up for our mailing list at imafan.net and be the first to know what's coming. I'm a Fan! First season launching December 2026 at Dragonsteel Nexus and online in 2027.

Are there any A:TLA stories (comics, novels) that really address the issue of non-benders feeling like second-class citizens compared to benders? "The Legend of Korra" and "Avatar Aang" both touch on this, but they don't go into much depth on it.

AHH!!! We are only $437 away from 3/4 funded! CAN YOU MARVELOUS SPACE UNICORNS DO THIS TODAY?!?!

Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · last wk.

Tuesday's Space Unicorn is full of grace! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! Kickstarter is 71% funded! WE ARE SO CLOSE TO 3/4 FUNDED! Keep it rolling, Space Unicorns! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Medusa but her hair is an anaconda

this is essentially correct w/r/t how reactionaries must be dealt with: "...we can’t welcome the people and groups who’ve made it their mission to set fire to our governments and institutions—whatever their inadequacies, these are the most consequential tools in trying to build just societies."

Felipe De La Hoz@felipedlh.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote for @thenation.com about how Leo's surprise mass excommunications against the reactionary SSPX sect can teach political pro-democracy and pro-liberalism forces a thing or two

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Looking for someone to take a hotel room #DragonCon off our hands. It's in the Omni Atlanta at Centennial Park, and since Alyc and I aren't going after all, we'd love to transfer this to someone who will use it. Any takers?

Looking for someone to take a hotel room #DragonCon off our hands. It's in the Omni Atlanta at Centennial Park, and since Alyc and I aren't going after all, we'd love to transfer this to someone who will use it. Any takers?

The Sunday Morning Transport goes for a walk in the woods today with a story from Zoe Bellerive (@zoebellerive.bsky.social) about taking a very strange job. All of our July stories are free to read!

Close Encounters of the Ethereal Kind

Every July, we bring you four great, free, Sunday Morning short stories!

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ALT IMAGE: A bright yellow rectangular highway sign, bolted to a steel pole, with a thin black inner circle & text. ALT TEXT: SOMEWHERE iN AMERICA, A LITTLE GIRL iS HIDING iN AN ATTIC, WRITING ABOUT I.C.E. @RESISTANCEEPHEMERA. @EMEYEWHISKY ALT METAPHOR: Echoes of Anne Frank hiding from n*zis.

God@thegodshow.com · 2w ago

Seen in Philadelphia.

One pervasive annoyance of setting up a new computer: my browser having no history and so I have to actually remember/search for the URLs for the sites I visit all the time, rather than just typing in the usual 3-4 letters and then it's the first suggestion in the browser bar.