Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦
@ourmankoto.bsky.social
SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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Elon Musk after the Joyce Carol Oates tweets:
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Elon Musk after the Joyce Carol Oates tweets:
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I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
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The Long List Anthology is out inboth ebook and print! All the stories that were nominated for the Hugo, in one place. You can get it at the usual places, but if print is your bag I recommend @bookshop.org :
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List
More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Long List Anthology is out inboth ebook and print! All the stories that were nominated for the Hugo, in one place. You can get it at the usual places, but if print is your bag I recommend @bookshop.org :
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
We've officially cracked 200 submissions so far and the list has only been open for * checks calendar * a month. Last year, I received a total of 375 submissions of fiction and poetry over the transom...can we break 400 this year??? Crush me with the weight of your submissions, you sickos!
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
kotowych.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We've officially cracked 200 submissions so far and the list has only been open for * checks calendar * a month. Last year, I received a total of 375 submissions of fiction and poetry over the transom...can we break 400 this year??? Crush me with the weight of your submissions, you sickos!
Thank you to everyone who came out for Saturday's launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. It was standing room only and featured readings from 13 of our wonderful authors and poets. If you're looking for a copy of the anthology, Bakka has a bunch!
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out for Saturday's launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 3 at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. It was standing room only and featured readings from 13 of our wonderful authors and poets. If you're looking for a copy of the anthology, Bakka has a bunch!
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate
Snow, falling on bonsai
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Snow, falling on bonsai
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Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
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November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
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A really intriguing take on time travel from @cornellwriter.bsky.social in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 2. Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont isn't like anything I can think of. A winner. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A really intriguing take on time travel from @cornellwriter.bsky.social in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 2. Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont isn't like anything I can think of. A winner. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
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@tiffmorris.bsky.social wrote something reminiscent of Patricia McKillip's Forgotten Beasts of Eld or C.J. Cherry's Arafel's Saga with Wapnintu'tijig: They Sang Until Dawn in Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol 2. Lyrical. Mysterious. Or Mythterious. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
@tiffmorris.bsky.social wrote something reminiscent of Patricia McKillip's Forgotten Beasts of Eld or C.J. Cherry's Arafel's Saga with Wapnintu'tijig: They Sang Until Dawn in Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol 2. Lyrical. Mysterious. Or Mythterious. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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Tomorrow in Toronto! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3. Sat, Nov 8 at Bakka Phoenix @ 3pm @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Tomorrow in Toronto! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3. Sat, Nov 8 at Bakka Phoenix @ 3pm @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social
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One last bump for this: hope you can join us TOMORROW, Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. We now have a lucky 13 authors joining us, with James Bow, Kerry C. Byrne, and Geoffrey W. Cole able to attend. Meet authors! Buy books (and get them signed)! Snacks!
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One last bump for this: hope you can join us TOMORROW, Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. We now have a lucky 13 authors joining us, with James Bow, Kerry C. Byrne, and Geoffrey W. Cole able to attend. Meet authors! Buy books (and get them signed)! Snacks!
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
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Free tomorrow afternoon? Like books launches and Canadian spec fic and poetry? Then head down to Bakka-Phoenix Books at 3 pm and grab a copy of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol. 3, meet some of the contributors (me included) and maybe get some books signed, grab some snacks, and just hang out. :)
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Free tomorrow afternoon? Like books launches and Canadian spec fic and poetry? Then head down to Bakka-Phoenix Books at 3 pm and grab a copy of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol. 3, meet some of the contributors (me included) and maybe get some books signed, grab some snacks, and just hang out. :)
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A little free fiction to celebrate the book launch party for "The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction", which has my story, "After the Apocalypse in Moosonee" in it.
The story is a continuation, moving the setting to post-apocalyptic Toronto. Enjoy!
bowjamesbow.ca/2025/11/06/f...
The story is a continuation, moving the setting to post-apocalyptic Toronto. Enjoy!
bowjamesbow.ca/2025/11/06/f...
bowjamesbow.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A little free fiction to celebrate the book launch party for "The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction", which has my story, "After the Apocalypse in Moosonee" in it.
The story is a continuation, moving the setting to post-apocalyptic Toronto. Enjoy!
bowjamesbow.ca/2025/11/06/f...
The story is a continuation, moving the setting to post-apocalyptic Toronto. Enjoy!
bowjamesbow.ca/2025/11/06/f...
Oh, my...
NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
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#StarTrek #Lego
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LEGO Unveils New 3600-Piece STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D Brick Set
LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability Shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
blog.trekcore.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Oh, my...
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Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
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#IReadCanadian
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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three ebook by Stephen Kotowych - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three" by Stephen Kotowych available from Rakuten Kobo. “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reade...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
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On Smashwords, Vol1 of the Year's Best Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy is the #1 Top Series Starter, and #23 Most Downloaded, in the category of Short Stories Multi-author.
Stephen!! Check the rankings, dude. You have a book on Smashwords that is #1 in it's category!
Stephen!! Check the rankings, dude. You have a book on Smashwords that is #1 in it's category!
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
On Smashwords, Vol1 of the Year's Best Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy is the #1 Top Series Starter, and #23 Most Downloaded, in the category of Short Stories Multi-author.
Stephen!! Check the rankings, dude. You have a book on Smashwords that is #1 in it's category!
Stephen!! Check the rankings, dude. You have a book on Smashwords that is #1 in it's category!
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Just on Kobo for Vol1, 2 & 3 of Year's Best Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Vol1 is #36 of over 105,000 books of short stories
Vol2 is #63 of over 91,000 anthologies
and
Vol3 is trending at #17 in short stories!
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
Vol1 is #36 of over 105,000 books of short stories
Vol2 is #63 of over 91,000 anthologies
and
Vol3 is trending at #17 in short stories!
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three ebook by Stephen Kotowych - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three" by Stephen Kotowych available from Rakuten Kobo. “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reade...
www.kobo.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just on Kobo for Vol1, 2 & 3 of Year's Best Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Vol1 is #36 of over 105,000 books of short stories
Vol2 is #63 of over 91,000 anthologies
and
Vol3 is trending at #17 in short stories!
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
Vol1 is #36 of over 105,000 books of short stories
Vol2 is #63 of over 91,000 anthologies
and
Vol3 is trending at #17 in short stories!
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.