Happy International Men's Day, men! Here's a poem I wrote for all of you:

I am man,
I have strong wrist,
Can open jam jar,
In single twist.

I avoided Rebel Moon because of the bad reviews, but decided to try the director's cut - all 6 hours and 17 minutes of it, across both films - and really enjoyed it. Yeah, it's epically ridiculous, but by the end I was sad that Snyder will likely never make the whole six-film saga. Anyone else?

The final story in FF#25 is "Margin Walker" by @tonydunnell.bsky.social. Tony's novelette follows a band of survivors, fighting back against the robot hive-mind that (mostly) eradicated humankind. It's an absolutely beautiful take on a familiar trope.

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

The gorgeous cover for FF#25 has arrived, courtesy of @almosthomefree.bsky.social! FF#25 has stories by @joelhans.bsky.social, @jaqevans.com, @davidcleden.bsky.social, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, Phoebe Billups, Anna Ziegelhof, @marisca.bsky.social, and @suchnadine.bsky.social!

Some people say they can't stand so-called "influencers." Personally, I love them. They sit on my shelf, well worn and always ready.

My sci-fi story "Mantaro" will be published in Fission #5 by @bsfa.bsky.social. It's a story about coca, corruption and a particularly lethal autonomous quadruped robot roaming the VRAEM in Peru -- the world's densest area of cocaine production. Cover art by Elena Berri.

www.bsfa.co.uk/fission

My sci-fi flash fiction story "The Shattered Lands" has been published by @foofarawpress.bsky.social. Time travel is a subject I normally avoid cos it's a head f**k. But here is my vision of a world where time travel has taken place - with good intentions but chaotic results.

#scifi #flashfiction

"Extravagantly long shoes were favored by young men, some of whom would stand on street corners wiggling their shoes suggestively at people walking by."

Here's an article I wrote about the use of ridiculously pointy shoes in the Middle Ages.

Upstream Color is an amazing film. It's experimental, for sure, but compared to director Shane Carruth's debut movie Primer, it is positively accessible.

There's something hideously ironic about seeing Musk wearing a Foundation t-shirt. Asimov would have loathed the man.

When an owl arrives in the neighborhood, a woman is with child. (Jungle lore in Tarapoto, #Peru)

tarapotolife.com/2024/12/18/i...

Happy to announce that we've acquired the novelette "Margin Walker" by @tonydunnell.bsky.social for FF#25! Tony's work has previously appeared in Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, and Sci Phi Journal, just to name a few.

The Wicker Man (1973) set under construction

The Peruvian hairless dog, also known as the viringo, was the inspiration for my extraterrestrial emperor in "The Alien in My Bathtub," published in Escape Pod. I've met a lot of these dogs during my 15 or so years in Peru. This one is my favorite. He's called Humpty.

This is a very cool flash fiction story by Monica Joyce Evans at @smallwondersmag.com

smallwondersmag.com/piece/katyas...

Here's a great flash fiction story by Vivian Chou at @interstellarflight.bsky.social
@vivianhchou.bsky.social

magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/sorry-not-so...

"Rule 6) Any attempt to leave the bunker without prior permission, or any unauthorized attempt to open the main or secondary hatches, is punishable by death."
#scifi #sciencefiction

Read "Bunker Rules" at :
www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...

Have a read of my short story "The Alien in My Bathtub" over at @escapepod.org

escapepod.org/2024/03/28/e...