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Since @onspecmag.bsky.social is closing up shop next month, its publishers have reduced prices on all 100+ back issues of OnSpec to just 99 cents! weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Since @onspecmag.bsky.social is closing up shop next month, its publishers have reduced prices on all 100+ back issues of OnSpec to just 99 cents! weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...
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Robert J. Sawyer's THE DOWNLOADED 1 & 2 are now available on Audible, narrated by Brendan Fraser! 🇨🇦
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Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres.
@robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ
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Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres.
@robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ
Robert J. Sawyer’s THE DOWNLOADED 1 and 2 are Now Available on Audible … Narrated by Brendan Fraser!
Robert J. Sawyer’s The Downloaded 1 and 2 are Now Available on Audible … Narrated by Brendan Fraser! This Science Fiction news today at Life After Gateway features award-winning Canadia…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Robert J. Sawyer's THE DOWNLOADED 1 & 2 are now available on Audible, narrated by Brendan Fraser! 🇨🇦
timothysjohnston.com/robert-j-saw...
Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres.
@robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ
timothysjohnston.com/robert-j-saw...
Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres.
@robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ
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I had the opportunity to review As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories for The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/as-the-ear...
As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, edited by Terese Mason Pierre
Reviewed by Lisa Timpf
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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I had the opportunity to review As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories for The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/as-the-ear...
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Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.
Editor/Publisher friends (only): I'm happy to receive ePubs of your 2025 short fiction projects for the 2026 volume. DM for deets. Or send direct to: bestspecfic (at) gmail(dot)com
Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.
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I think I can make what I have in the cupboard last until my disability comes in at the end of the month but it will mean one or two meals a day. If you’d like to help out with that, I’d appreciate it. #MutualAid ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman/
Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee
Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!
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November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think I can make what I have in the cupboard last until my disability comes in at the end of the month but it will mean one or two meals a day. If you’d like to help out with that, I’d appreciate it. #MutualAid ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman/
We are greatly saddened to learn of Jean-Louis Trudel's passing. What a staggering loss for our community. Our sincere condolences to his friends, family, and colleagues.
Jean-louis Trudel nous a quitté.
C'est une info très triste qui nous est parvenue. L'auteur canadien Jean-Louis Trudel est décédé ces jours ci lors d'une résidence d'auteur à Vilnius en Lituan
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November 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
We are greatly saddened to learn of Jean-Louis Trudel's passing. What a staggering loss for our community. Our sincere condolences to his friends, family, and colleagues.
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Yay! I’m shameless promoting my newly published short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience! Learn more here! dinsdalepress.ca/speculative-... #SpoonieAuthChay #BookSky #CanLit
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yay! I’m shameless promoting my newly published short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience! Learn more here! dinsdalepress.ca/speculative-... #SpoonieAuthChay #BookSky #CanLit
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Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
Hopepunk, Activism, and Community
Interview with Su J. Sokol, author of Invisible Line and Five Points on an Invisible Line
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November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...
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Tomorrow!!! Get excited!!!
We are just over a week away from @sfwa.org's Quasar! 🎉
I'll be there alongside @genni.bsky.social, @scottedelman.bsky.social, and @vriccithode.bsky.social on Saturday Nov 15th, 5 PM PST on the Centering Wellness as Creators panel.
Hope to see you there!
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I'll be there alongside @genni.bsky.social, @scottedelman.bsky.social, and @vriccithode.bsky.social on Saturday Nov 15th, 5 PM PST on the Centering Wellness as Creators panel.
Hope to see you there!
➡️ membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tomorrow!!! Get excited!!!
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Head on over and support this Canadian small press by clicking "NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH" (right hand side of the pretty mushrooms). It won't be launching until 2026, but it helps ye ol' algorithm to smash the button.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Head on over and support this Canadian small press by clicking "NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH" (right hand side of the pretty mushrooms). It won't be launching until 2026, but it helps ye ol' algorithm to smash the button.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
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Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
A fantastic interview w/ Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social at Interstellar Flight Magazine! @lisatimpf.bsky.social
Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A fantastic interview w/ Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social at Interstellar Flight Magazine! @lisatimpf.bsky.social
Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
--> magazine.interstella...
Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes"
--> magazine.interstella...
This weekend is QUASAR, SFWA's online Nebula event! Today is *the last* day to register! Looks like a fun weekend, check it out:
events.sfwa.org/
events.sfwa.org/
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This weekend is QUASAR, SFWA's online Nebula event! Today is *the last* day to register! Looks like a fun weekend, check it out:
events.sfwa.org/
events.sfwa.org/
Time to enter your works on the Aurora Awards eligibility list! 🇨🇦
Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025.
If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
www.csffa.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Time to enter your works on the Aurora Awards eligibility list! 🇨🇦
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This series of live webinars is co-sponsored by @canadianauthors.bsky.social & @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social, free for anyone to attend as if you were members. Scroll down at this link to find 3 new webinars coming up + recordings of past events! canadianauthors.org/national/pro...
Webinar Schedule | Canadian Authors Association
Ready to ramp up your writing career? Explore our webinars to discover tips and lessons on writing and related topics that can help you become an even better writer.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This series of live webinars is co-sponsored by @canadianauthors.bsky.social & @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social, free for anyone to attend as if you were members. Scroll down at this link to find 3 new webinars coming up + recordings of past events! canadianauthors.org/national/pro...
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Great news about @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social's own @jesbattis.bsky.social !
August 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Great news about @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social's own @jesbattis.bsky.social !
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth from Rich Larson and Su J. Sokol.
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Invisible Line, Five Points, & The Sky Didn’t Load Today
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth
www.kickstarter.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth from Rich Larson and Su J. Sokol.
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Congratulations to Timothy S. Johnston whose book "A Blanket of Steel" just won the 2024 Grand Prize in the Global Thriller Awards, and also the 2024 First in Category in the Cygnus Awards.
Check out what people are saying about the book:
www.sfcanada.org/a-blanket-of...
Check out what people are saying about the book:
www.sfcanada.org/a-blanket-of...
May 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Congratulations to Timothy S. Johnston whose book "A Blanket of Steel" just won the 2024 Grand Prize in the Global Thriller Awards, and also the 2024 First in Category in the Cygnus Awards.
Check out what people are saying about the book:
www.sfcanada.org/a-blanket-of...
Check out what people are saying about the book:
www.sfcanada.org/a-blanket-of...
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Webinar for writers on June 18 by @smithwriter.bsky.social
Get your place now for this live webinar. After the event, you'll get a link to the recording -- so you don't even need to take notes while watching Doug live!
Get your place now for this live webinar. After the event, you'll get a link to the recording -- so you don't even need to take notes while watching Doug live!
Free webinar on June 18th! "Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction" by author Douglas Smith
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Webinar for writers on June 18 by @smithwriter.bsky.social
Get your place now for this live webinar. After the event, you'll get a link to the recording -- so you don't even need to take notes while watching Doug live!
Get your place now for this live webinar. After the event, you'll get a link to the recording -- so you don't even need to take notes while watching Doug live!
Lost Lives by Noah Chinn, Reviewed by Robert Runté
"far-future hopepunk series for our times"
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"far-future hopepunk series for our times"
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Lost Lives by Noah Chinn
Reviewed by Robert RuntéLost Lives is the third book in the Get Lost Saga, currently a trilogy. Chinn has hinted he might write more books in the Get Lost universe, albeit with different characters an...
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May 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lost Lives by Noah Chinn, Reviewed by Robert Runté
"far-future hopepunk series for our times"
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
"far-future hopepunk series for our times"
www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
Free webinar on June 18th! "Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction" by author Douglas Smith
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Free webinar on June 18th! "Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction" by author Douglas Smith
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It's free, but you have to register -
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I'm very excited to share @clh2oars.bsky.social 's new cover with you! Check out Painted Flock!
www.narratess.com/books/cover-...
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Cover Reveal: Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault - Narratess
I’m very excited to help Claudie Arseneault reveal the cover for Painted Flock, the sequel to Baker Thief! Laya Rose made the incredible cover and I love how the blue Read More
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May 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm very excited to share @clh2oars.bsky.social 's new cover with you! Check out Painted Flock!
www.narratess.com/books/cover-...
www.narratess.com/books/cover-...