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luna delenda est
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where are my Ted Chiang stans to back me up on this?
attempted a pangram for the NY Times spelling bee: HEPTAPOD
September 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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mom-brain is sick bc how did I successfully forget a major spoiler to The Last of Us
July 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Our NEA grant was canceled.

Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
On Friday night, n+1—alongside many of our peer nonprofit arts organizations—received notice that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated due to the Trump administration’s “shifting funding priorities.” We knew this might be coming, but receiving the official notice was still jarring, as was some of the messaging itself. It’s unclear to us whether we’ll still be able to recover the money we’ve been promised this year—a $12,500 grant meant to help us pay our authors, our editors, and to have the magazine printed and distributed to our readers. We’ve requested the funds we’ve already spent, and now we’re waiting to see if the money will come through. We’re trying to stay optimistic, but with the administration’s other announcement this week that the NEA might be shut down in its entirety, it’s hard to do so. I’m writing to ask for two things—first, for short-term, immediate assistance to help us replace these funds. You can make a donation through our website, or—if you’re in New York and free on June 10—you can buy a ticket to our annual benefit, the N Plus Ultra. Second, we ask for your ongoing support amid the challenges that we, and other small magazines, are already beginning to face. You can do that by subscribing, of course, convincing your friends to subscribe (or simply sending them a gift subscription), or by buying a bit of merch from our shop. And maybe most meaningfully, you can share the n+1 pieces you’re reading and stay engaged with (and be vocal in your support of) the independent media you care about most. We’ll need all the help we can get. With gratitude, Dani Oliver Development Director, n+1
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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amandakallis.bsky.social
Princess Mononoke (forever my favorite) & one element in its worldbuilding toolkit:
amandakallis.substack.com/p/1glimpse-2...
1.Glimpse 2.Gossip 3.Complicate
Like a box cake for worldbuilding. Just add egg
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November 25, 2023 at 5:26 PM
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looking back on my best writing year...that had near-zero outward signs of success:
a year in reading & writing
inhale / exhale
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December 20, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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I wrote about Jeff Vandermeer's BORNE & stopping to smell the strange roses
& a murderous, flying bear
A brief ode to Jeff Vandermeer's "Borne"
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January 2, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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a brief speculative fiction newsletter for your January blues
Anatomy of a Traffic Jam
Oh it's about POV again
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January 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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wrote about a favorite speculative niche, when the genre is a source of suspense—

ft. karen russell, samanta schweblin, china miéville, sofia samatar, and more...
the trees walk
genre trouble
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February 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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George Orwell is uncannily good at clocking AI, and more thoughts, because I can't stop writing about this for some reason:
zombie language
George Orwell on ChatGPT
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February 9, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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someone broke into my car, found nothing to steal, & threw my copy of Euripides plays on the ground
February 14, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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a Sunday (lol) speculative fiction substack on writing "literary" sex, avoiding cringe, and more 😈
how to f*ck an alien
a 10-step guide
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February 25, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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bene gesserit witches are prob great at pilates
March 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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wrote some thoughts on worldbuilding, in conversation with two pieces I haven't been able to get out of my head lately: Ted Chiang's lecture "On Being a Cyborg" & @vajra.me 's essay "The Lone and Level Sands" (vajra.me/2023/05/06/t... )
the tomb of the unknown cyborg
Imagined Communities, our global worldbuilding exercise
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March 31, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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💀 short substack about Buehlman's Between Two Fires & retracing the trauma plot 💀

amandakallis.substack.com/p/can-trauma...
can trauma plots forgive?
returning to the root
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August 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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new substack on cozy fiction, from your local cold-hearted romantic
a weighted blanket 4 ur brain
on content(ment)
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September 26, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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recent speculative reads for October 👻🎃
what scares me
pretty things in a fearful season
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October 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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Lyra, observing from her perch above the writing desk, waits for the moment to pounce on my head
calm office scene in neutral tones, featuring electric kettle and narrow windows. Perched on the lofted bunk bed, a calico cat poses (only a little menacingly)
November 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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want to know what books I've thrown across the room in a fit of anger?
winter is coming
rereading A Game of Thrones
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November 22, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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pls look at this house, the menacing vibe, the scalp sconces, the ball sack on tenterhooks. we need to bring back "yuppie" (derogatory) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/r...
a monotone grey living room with a collection of uncomfortable furniture including a standing lamp that is ready to accuse you or eat your face and what appears to be a ball sack on tenterhooks a charcoal grey kitchen with spiked counter chairs, chain mail curtains, and a vase of flowers in medusa- fashion the couple posed with a dog statue, in front of a "scalp" sconce (it looks like how it sounds)
November 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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need to bottle this and ship it to the whole community (in a not-passive-aggressive way)
December 13, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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my most popular substack of 2024! here’s to all you weird and horny writers out there:
how to f*ck an alien
a 10-step guide
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December 31, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Haven't worn hard pants in months so here I am writing about fashion! (but actually writing about writing, ofc)
the many deaths of personal style
our screentime is telling on us
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January 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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read a blog post! pretend it's 2008 :)
on naming
of titles, tech, & babies
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February 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Two detectives came to my door & my first assumption was that it was to arrest me for my crimes? What crimes, Amanda?
March 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM