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Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you like this 2025 poem, where a far-future revolutionary workers’ state uses alliterative poetry as a vehicle for political discourse, wait till the next all-speculative issue of Forgotten Ground Regained! I have two poems in it, along with a lot of other terrific alliterative poetry!

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jack Sharkey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sharke... died on this day, so here's a German book cover and some magazine cover art for his stories (Artist: RS Lonati, Lloyd Birmingham, Jacquelyn Blair and Alex Schomburg).

The cover to "Die 15 Geiseln" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to 'Fantastic Stories of Imagination', March 1962, illustrating "Robotum Delenda Est!" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1963, illustrating "The Trouble with Tweenity" by Jack Sharkey

The cover to Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1963, illustrating "The Aftertime" by Jack Sharkey

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Raima Larter @raimalarter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Deleted my FB account. Finally. Been wanting to do this for a long time and their recent changes have pushed me way over the edge. I'll still be here!

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's an interview with John Picacio in Human Voices, Alien Conversations where he predicts that AI won't just replace people but will prevent some of us from being able to create for ourselves. I wish I could have used the following image as an illustration

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Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Summers are difficult for our bookshop since it's very hot in the Mojave Desert and we don't get many visitors. Typically things get better in Sept but most of the way through the month things have not improved, which is scary. Please consider shopping at our online shop bookshop.org/shop/spaceco...

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Space Cowboy Books Bookshop

Space Cowboy Books is an independent brick and mortar bookstore in Joshua Tree, CA. We specialize in science fiction but have a little bit of something for everyone. We also publish paperbacks, host e...

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I know this isn't out of the goodness of their hearts, but I am glad to see YouTube demonitise channels with AI slop

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE! #SFinTranslation🌎📚👽

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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two months to 🕷️🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷️! Give us a shout for review copies for your book club, blog, bookstagram, podcast, newsletter, and more. We want to talk about it! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social

If you liked: Motherthing, Tantrum, Nightbitch, and All's Well (cover images above) you'll love Small Bites. (Right: hand of red chilis holds a cleaver). Below: "Gross and Engrosssing"

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some scams are easier to spot than others. That said, we get these semi-regularly and they are only getting more focused and custom-tailored, so be careful writers! And, no, we didn’t reply, but it was super-tempting.

Text from a scam email message which reads:

Hi Arthur C. Clarke,

I recently came across 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 25th Anniversary Edition, and wanted to reach out.

I’ve been connecting with authors whose books are available to readers but may not be reaching as many new audiences as they could.

I’m curious how has your experience been with book visibility and reaching new readers? And have you considered exploring new ways to promote your book or expand its reach to additional platforms?

I’d genuinely be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience.

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧵 Still catching up after an amazing @laworldcon.bsky.social weekend. Did a little writeup about winning the #HugoAward for Best Professional Artist. Hugos are hard. They don’t come easily. Very grateful. Gonna post some highlights from the con. #laconV #worldcon 1/ johnpicacio.com/2026-hugo-aw...

2026 Hugo Award Winner John Picacio standing onstage at the Hugo Awards Ceremony in Anaheim, CA on August 30, 2026.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/09/2026

1. So, at the Worldcon this year there was a person who was going from panel to panel, bothering panelists by trying to get them to "collaborate" with them on a project and sliding the proposed project to them on a piece of paper. Folks, I cannot stress to you how obnoxious this sort of thing is.

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Got Chuck Palahniuk's forthcoming Galleria in the post today. Thoughts coming soon. #sciencefiction

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

They say you shouldn't shame anyone for reading but if you ever see someone spending money or wasting their time on this crap, please do!

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Not sure about this explanation (or maybe I was just a moody teenager)

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Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The latest issue of Specpoverse is live!!! As always, it’s such a treat to showcase all the different genres and styles of speculative poetry. specpoverse.org/vol-2%2C-iss...

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Specpoverse

Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.

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Raima Larter @raimalarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One of the greats. Sorry to hear this! 💔

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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tangent happens to be looking for new reviewers. If reading brand new SF is your thing, send us a message on Bluesky and we'll put you in touch.

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Issue #2 of Small Planet: The #SFinTranslation Magazine is out today!! www.sfintranslation.com?p=17479

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Might be my favourite comment yet on The Kingdom of Hell is Inside You, published earlier this month by @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. #cyberpunk #poetry bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh!! Bsky was down when I wanted to post this! I have a new poem out in @nightmare-magazine.com! "Shapeshifting Recovery Staff" www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/shape... A new piece in my series "Jobs for Magical People (That Do Not Involve the Military)". I'll thread the previous ones too:

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Shapeshifting Recovery Staff - Nightmare Magazine

Your clients are—more often than not— helpless, a stack of unsorted organs kept pulsating by the will locked inside

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#SFinTranslation Publisher Spotlight: @twolinespress.com has published more than a dozen excellent works of SFT from a wide variety of languages: www.sfintranslation.com?p=17525

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Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'll be reading at @laworldcon.bsky.social at 6:40pm in San Simeon B. Come on by and say hi!

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National Fantasy Fan Federation @fantasyfanfed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are happy to announce the N3F website is back! Find us now at: n3f.org !

Pool tiles under water, giving a summer effect. There is text over it reading: “We are back!”

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Showcasing the remarkable internal art in Aurealis #193, our August issue, here's Lynette Watters' extraordinary illustration for Neurocleric's story 'Treasure Moon'.

collage - young woman, reclining figure, trees

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just signed a book contract. Press release from @wtpress.bsky.social tomorrow. #WITMonth

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Raima Larter @raimalarter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I've just published a new edition of my first novel, Belle o' the Waters, since it went out of print a few months ago. You can find it on Amazon as a paperback or e-book. Or order the paperback through your local bookstore using Bookshop. Read more here! #writing #amwriting #historicalfiction

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Second Edition Published

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Raima Larter @raimalarter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wow - how cool is this???!! Congrats, James. Well-deserved. #scifi

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey, folks, @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social just dropped a new #ElectronicBrain abt art & censorship & the fight for creativity & truth. It includes my essay abt my dad, the first Black man to fly a jet in the Air Force, & my fears his achievements will be deleted spacecowboybooks.com/electronic-b...

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Electronic Brain issue #3 Art Under Fire released – Space Cowboy Books

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 23/08/2026

having recently read the book of the new sun is rather helpful when playing outlier

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Electronic Brain #3 contains what I think is my best essay so far. "Fear of the Demiurge" looks at the influence of pseudo-gnosticism on Western censorship, from Frankenstein to the present. Christopher Hitchens gave me the idea. #sciencefiction

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hugo Gernsback sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gernsb... died on this day: on the anniversary of his birth 3 days ago we had illustrations from his "Baron Münchhausen's New Scientific Adventures" from his magazine The Electrical Experimenter - we continue with these, now from 1916 (artists unidentified):

Hugo Gernsback's Baron Münchhausen's is now on Mars and we continue with these adventures: illustration from The Electrical Experimenter, January 1916, where he meets Mar's ruler

Continuing with Hugo Gernsback's Baron Münchhausen's adventures on Mars: illustration from The Electrical Experimenter, March 1916 - 'The Cities of Mars'

Continuing with Hugo Gernsback's Baron Münchhausen's adventures on Mars: illustration from The Electrical Experimenter, April 1916 - 'The Planets at Close Range'

Continuing with Hugo Gernsback's Baron Münchhausen's adventures on Mars: illustration from The Electrical Experimenter, November 1916 - 'How the Martian Canals Are Built'

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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

But is there **food** in🕷🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷? Oh yess 🪰 All food made and shot by me. 🕷🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷 cover art by @drewhuff.bsky.social

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm now beginning to think of interviewees for the next issue of @utopiascifi.bsky.social. If there's anyone you'd like to hear from, or questions you'd love answered, please let me know!

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"You're a cyberpunk, right? How long have you been writing bizarre sci-fi about the dystopian troubles of Russians" "Well, since 1985 at least" "Are you getting any better at doing it" "No, because THEY are not getting any better." www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2016/01...

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Podcast #91. “Storming the Cosmos” from TRANSREAL CYBERPUNK.

January 14, 2016. Bruce Sterling reads the Rucker & Sterling story "Storming the Cosmos." Insanely funny atompunk take on early Soviet space program + Tunguska disaster + psychotomimetic Siberian mush...

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James Machell @jamesmachell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Donald Trump thinks subtext is for cowards

A very stupid man says something stupid.

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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Further to this, we regret to announce that a story, written under the pen name, Lucien R. Starchild, and published in an earlier edition of Utopia SF, is strongly believed to have been written using AI tools. The "work" has now been removed from our archives.

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