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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been travelling, so I'm a bit late with the announcement, but my space-horror story "Song of Marzanna" is out now in Tales to Terrify. A xenoarcheologist studying an orbital temple left by an extinct alien race discovers something terrible about the inscriptions covering its walls. #horror

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good friend and author Stephen Cox's new book 'The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror' is out now. I love this cover, and the pitch is killer.

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congratulations to all the Hugo winners this year, some very tight competition all round.

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Love the red in @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social's upcoming book, killer cover

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New essay! "This Is Not About AI" by Hana Lee! buff.ly/LU6gc80

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My cli-fi story "Boomtown Atoll" is now available in "Issues in Earth Science", as part of their "Fiction for the Classroom" feature. I'm delighted that it'll be used to discuss climate change in classrooms. Read it for free here: earthscienceissues.net/fiction_for_... #cli-fi #sci-fi #shortstory

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Issues in Earth (and Space) Science - Home

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts is almost out, and the wonderful @elizachanwrites.bsky.social is always worth hearing live. She's touring in July and August to talk all about the new book. #fantasy

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Beautiful cover for @bingewriting.bsky.social's latest book, and it sounds like it's going to be a killer story.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

not saying anything new, but if these folks actually believed in genAI writing, they'd disclose it, tout it, and build their own audiences elsewhere and leave others be. hiding and sneaking it to markets who want no part of it doesn't prove you're good at writing. just proves you're good at fraud.

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Hiron Ennes (WORKS OF VERMIN out now!) @hironennes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Honored to say The Works of Vermin is a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Congrats to everyone on the list!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Atomic Coffin by @benedictanning.bsky.social couldn't have been released at a better time. Perfect summer treat. Taking this bad boy on holiday next week!

Photo of the horror novel Atomic Coffin by Benedict Anning

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My sci-fi poem "Someone Comes Knocking" is now published in issue 40 of Shoreline of Infinity. Very pleased to be a part of this issue. Enjoy!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Very happy to be a part of Folded Space Season One

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

oh no how will we generate pure unrefined mediocrity from the midden heap of stolen human interactions where will I get my fresh artbarf, my hot steaming infoslurry

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Cast of Wonders @castofwonders.org · 01/06/2026

We are officially OPEN for Banned Books Submissions!! 🥳

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

AI is Appropriated Intelligence. It is built on the work of the world's creatives - authors, artists, musicians, actors, voice artists, designers, journalists, directors - without permission. 'Appropriated' is a more useful description of the tech than 'Artificial' IMO.

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

So glad that my sci-fi poem "Looking Back" is a finalist for the Rhysling Award this year.

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Broke my hand slamming the pre-order button for @bingewriting.bsky.social's Abyss. See you all at the emergency room.

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Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's Pub Day for my debut novel, THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY. It's an Arabfuturist story of a revolution set on a generation ship with lots of linguistic shenanigans. Chapeau to tu!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Contracts signed. I'm a big fan of the @escapeartists.net podcasts, who've been consistently publishing some of the best short fiction in the business. This year I'm pleased to say that I'll have stories appearing in @castofwonders.org and @pseudopod.org!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Huge congratulations to all the Hugo finalists this year!

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Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Add this to your TBRs asap folks! If you like crazy mind-bending SF that will fill you with a sense of absolute awe, @arthurmanners.bsky.social's Inworld is the book for you. Out next year!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Delighted to finally announce: I got a book deal! My science-fiction debut, INWORLD, is pitched as The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation, and will be published in spring 2027 by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and HarperVoyager UK. Details below! #bookdeal #scifi #books #booksky

Publishers Marketplace announcement of a book deal for author Arthur H. Manners, with Saga Press and Voyager UK. Inworld, a science fiction novel positioned as The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation, will debut in spring 2027.

1 of 2 screenshots of a book-deal announcement in the Bookseller, of Arthur H. Manners' 'astounding' science-fiction debut.

2 of 2 screenshots of a book-deal announcement in the Bookseller, of Arthur H. Manners' 'astounding' science-fiction debut. HarperVoyager has acquired Inworld by Arthur H Manners, a science-fiction debut pitched as The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation.

Editor Chloe Gough acquired UK and Commonwealth excluding Canada rights for two books from Michael Nardullo at Saga Press. World English-language rights were acquired by Tim O’Connell from Brandi Bowles at United Talent Agency with Alexander Cochran representing in the UK while at C&W Agency.

Set to publish in spring 2027, Inworld tells of an enclave of humans fighting for survival outside an alien megastructure who struggle to decode a cryptic language that will either return them to Earth or help them live within the savage centre of a star-spanning sphere known as Inworld.

Manners is a British sci-fi writer whose short fiction and poetry have been published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, and Solarpunk Magazine. He has a PhD in space physics from Imperial College, London, and is studying for a master’s in creative writing at the University of Cambridge.

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

⏳ Time is running out. ⏳ Nominations close on March 28. www.lacon.org/hugos

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Hugo Award Nominations – LAcon V

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Green Party just came out strongly in favour of creatives in their battle against exploitation by AI companies. They urge the government to commit to not weakening copyright law. 🧵 1/2

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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

One of my paintings of Rose Crescent in Cambridge UK (not recent). I love this curved street and it's shops and restaurants. Frequented La Mimosa around the time this was painted. The WOW sign was included in other paintings and drawings. This one was sold.

A watercolour of Rose Crescent in Cambridge, not recent. I love this curved street and it's shops and restaurants. The plant containers and the blue blinds were particularly lovely. Direct watercolour done with the brush without underlying drawing.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

If you think you need genAI to make your art, I think that’s sad and self-defeating and will lead to badly derivative art, but that’s not why I oppose it. GenAI was built unethically, is maintained exploitatively, often to enrich the worst people, and is environmentally disastrous. That’s why.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

[infinite screaming]

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Hugos are still open! My sci-fi/horror flash "Woodsong" and my sci-fi poem "Looking Back" are eligible! Details: arthurmanners.com/awards-eligi...

A screenshot of the sci-fi poem "Looking Back", published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Strange Horizons is open to non-fiction submissions for our March 30th special issue which will be all about Fungi in SFF! More information about our submission guidelines and how to submit ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Fungi in SFF Special Issues
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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

ICYMI: My poem "Roommate" is now free to read in @havenspec.bsky.social! The day after Danny died of pneumonia He came downstairs to call the landlord. I watched trembling from the kitchen As he rasped and bubbled into his phone, “Damp’s gotten worse, you need to get down here.” ...

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A final reminder that the Nebula award nominations close tomorrow. If you haven't cast a vote yet, there's still time. Even if it's an incomplete ballot, it all counts. There have been so many wonderful stories, poems, games and everything else this year. There's plenty to choose from!

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Awards Eligibility 2025 - — Arthur H. Manners — Author of science fiction

TL;DR If you've enjoyed my work this year, I would be overjoyed if you'd consider nominating: My flash fiction sci-fi/horror "Woodsong" Eligible for: Hugo, Nebula, BSFA, Locus, Bram Stoker My sci-fi p...

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This sounds fantastic, one to watch!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

There still a few days to nominate for the Nebula awards. A reminder that this year there's a poetry category! If you haven't voted yet, I'd be honoured if you'd consider my sci-fi poem "Looking Back", published in Analog. Details: bsky.app/profile/arth...

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

So pleased that my sci-fi poem about deep time and legacy, "Looking Back", has been nominated for the Rhysling Award @sfpoetry.bsky.social. Thanks as always to the editors at @analogsf.bsky.social for believing in it. sfpoetry.org/wp/rhysling-...

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2026 Rhysling Anthology and Award – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Bad landlords beware! My dark poem "Roommate" is out now in @havenspec.bsky.social.

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

With the Hugo award poetry category going for its second year, I'd also love to shout out my sci-fi poem "Looking Back", published in @analogsf.bsky.social . I think it's my best poem yet, with all those big themes of deep time and destiny!

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