Stephen Oram
@stephenoram.bsky.social
Writing near-future fiction. Working & speaking on #AppliedSciFi & #SciComm.
"We Are Not Anonymous" - new novel 31 March 2025
NUDGE THE FUTURE: it's ours and it's up for grabs...
https://linktr.ee/stephen_oram
"We Are Not Anonymous" - new novel 31 March 2025
NUDGE THE FUTURE: it's ours and it's up for grabs...
https://linktr.ee/stephen_oram
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Stephen Oram
@stephenoram.bsky.social
· Apr 26
Inside the future of British cities with 'edible houses' and AI governments
IN 100 years, future cities in the UK are unlikely to have flying cars and highways in the sky. But they might flip the script on today’s hometowns – where rental hoppers never really k…
www.thesun.co.uk
Always interesting to see a journalist turn a long interview into a short punchy piece. My contribution was the result of a 45 minute phone call, and I think it does a good job of avoiding sensationalism and of being on the more positive side of things.
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
I'm chuffed to have a piece of flash fiction 'In Decay' published by online Canadian publisher CommuterLit - perfect for your short commute.
I'm particularly pleased because it's one of my recent favourites.
commuterlit.com/2025/11/thur...
I'm particularly pleased because it's one of my recent favourites.
commuterlit.com/2025/11/thur...
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm chuffed to have a piece of flash fiction 'In Decay' published by online Canadian publisher CommuterLit - perfect for your short commute.
I'm particularly pleased because it's one of my recent favourites.
commuterlit.com/2025/11/thur...
I'm particularly pleased because it's one of my recent favourites.
commuterlit.com/2025/11/thur...
Hosting the short podcast Our Data, Our Future, with Robin Riback is an adventure - to make it succinct, worth watching & with a ‘big idea’.
Episode 2 is on data hoarding and out now - what do you think of our ideas?
#datahoarding #OurDataOurFuture #Futures #data
open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...
Episode 2 is on data hoarding and out now - what do you think of our ideas?
#datahoarding #OurDataOurFuture #Futures #data
open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...
Our Data, Our Future: a short podcast with big ideas
Watch now (10 minutes) | Episode 2: data hoarding
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Hosting the short podcast Our Data, Our Future, with Robin Riback is an adventure - to make it succinct, worth watching & with a ‘big idea’.
Episode 2 is on data hoarding and out now - what do you think of our ideas?
#datahoarding #OurDataOurFuture #Futures #data
open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...
Episode 2 is on data hoarding and out now - what do you think of our ideas?
#datahoarding #OurDataOurFuture #Futures #data
open.substack.com/pub/nudgethe...
Well, this is good news... so pleased to be one of the top ten winners in the Dubai Futures Foundation short story competition, alongside other writers from around the world.
www.dubaifuture.ae/future-stori...
www.dubaifuture.ae/future-stori...
Future Stories 2025 Winners — Dubai Future Foundation
Future Stories A Short Story Competition Meet the Winners After an inspiring and imaginative competition, we’re delighted to announce the winners of the Dubai Future Forum Sci-Fi Short Story Competiti...
www.dubaifuture.ae
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Well, this is good news... so pleased to be one of the top ten winners in the Dubai Futures Foundation short story competition, alongside other writers from around the world.
www.dubaifuture.ae/future-stori...
www.dubaifuture.ae/future-stori...
OUT TOMORROW !!
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
OUT TOMORROW !!
I'm excited to announce a new short podcast with New Yorker Robin Riback called “Our Data, Our Future – A short podcast with big ideas”
1st on Tues, 14 Oct, available on both substacks: ‘nudgethefuture’ and ‘robinriback’
Subscribe to us on substack now to get notified.
Here's a taster.
#data #future
1st on Tues, 14 Oct, available on both substacks: ‘nudgethefuture’ and ‘robinriback’
Subscribe to us on substack now to get notified.
Here's a taster.
#data #future
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m often asked where people can read the stories that come out of my applied science fiction projects.
I've listed them with links here stephenoram.net/blog/2025/10... so you can easily find and choose which to read.
Including the new anthology from the project with Coventry University and DSTL.
I've listed them with links here stephenoram.net/blog/2025/10... so you can easily find and choose which to read.
Including the new anthology from the project with Coventry University and DSTL.
Creative Futures (& others)
Applied Science Fiction – what’s new and where can you find it?
stephenoram.net
October 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I’m often asked where people can read the stories that come out of my applied science fiction projects.
I've listed them with links here stephenoram.net/blog/2025/10... so you can easily find and choose which to read.
Including the new anthology from the project with Coventry University and DSTL.
I've listed them with links here stephenoram.net/blog/2025/10... so you can easily find and choose which to read.
Including the new anthology from the project with Coventry University and DSTL.
Weirdly, I learn a lot about myself and my writing by being interviewed and this one is no exception… including my response to the question of how interested I am in using AI in my work!
selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-insp...
selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-insp...
Inspirational Indie Author Interview: Stephen Oram Explores Humanity, Technology, and Applied Science Fiction
Tune in to our Inspirational Indie Author interview with Stephen Oram, who blends near-future storytelling with applied science fiction.
selfpublishingadvice.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Weirdly, I learn a lot about myself and my writing by being interviewed and this one is no exception… including my response to the question of how interested I am in using AI in my work!
selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-insp...
selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-insp...
"Brain Fruit" begins its review tour tomorrow - check out its tour stops...
Can't wait to see what this fantastic line-up of book reviewers make of it.
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory
Can't wait to see what this fantastic line-up of book reviewers make of it.
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Brain Fruit" begins its review tour tomorrow - check out its tour stops...
Can't wait to see what this fantastic line-up of book reviewers make of it.
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory
Can't wait to see what this fantastic line-up of book reviewers make of it.
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory
The Online Book Review Tour for "Brain Fruit" begins tomorrow... can't wait to see what those wonderful reviewers make of it...
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory #futurefables
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory #futurefables
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Online Book Review Tour for "Brain Fruit" begins tomorrow... can't wait to see what those wonderful reviewers make of it...
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory #futurefables
With thanks to @literallypr.bsky.social for organising it.
#BrainFruitLilFactory #futurefables
Reposted by Stephen Oram
Internet of Things Cartoon
Original cartoon by Moose Allain from world of moose
www.worldofmoose.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brain Fruit - order now
“A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, & deeply human.“
500 numbered copies, a design-forward format; not just a story—an experience.
stephenoram.net/brain-fruit/
#scifi #future #BrainFruit
“A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, & deeply human.“
500 numbered copies, a design-forward format; not just a story—an experience.
stephenoram.net/brain-fruit/
#scifi #future #BrainFruit
Brain Fruit
Published 1 September 2025 Nurtured by the neural networks of a bee, a brain fruit is born. To become a symbiotic trioid and continue the evolutionary crawl upwards they need to combine with an ins…
stephenoram.net
August 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Brain Fruit - order now
“A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, & deeply human.“
500 numbered copies, a design-forward format; not just a story—an experience.
stephenoram.net/brain-fruit/
#scifi #future #BrainFruit
“A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, & deeply human.“
500 numbered copies, a design-forward format; not just a story—an experience.
stephenoram.net/brain-fruit/
#scifi #future #BrainFruit
Look what arrived today - my copy of my new novella Brain Fruit. I got #1 of a 500 hand-numbered limited edition from L'il Factory. Totally beautiful with its hessian like hard cover - its a far-future story printed in an old-fashioned way.
Due on 1 Sept '25
#sciencefiction #zoefuturism #biotech
Due on 1 Sept '25
#sciencefiction #zoefuturism #biotech
July 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Look what arrived today - my copy of my new novella Brain Fruit. I got #1 of a 500 hand-numbered limited edition from L'il Factory. Totally beautiful with its hessian like hard cover - its a far-future story printed in an old-fashioned way.
Due on 1 Sept '25
#sciencefiction #zoefuturism #biotech
Due on 1 Sept '25
#sciencefiction #zoefuturism #biotech
Thanks Gareth. I'm in touch with the designer and the publisher. If it is a mistake, hopefully not too much reputational damage has been done.
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thanks Gareth. I'm in touch with the designer and the publisher. If it is a mistake, hopefully not too much reputational damage has been done.
Hi. Can you @interzone.press say where you got the information from that Cybersalon Press have used AI generated cover art? As an editor of 2 anthologies I know a lot of effort went into avoiding that. I would like to see the evidence before taking this up with the publisher. Thank you.
July 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hi. Can you @interzone.press say where you got the information from that Cybersalon Press have used AI generated cover art? As an editor of 2 anthologies I know a lot of effort went into avoiding that. I would like to see the evidence before taking this up with the publisher. Thank you.
If you're thinking of getting a copy of "We Are Not Anonymous" then now is a good time...
** 99p ebook until end of June **
More about the novel and what reviewers make of it here stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
** 99p ebook until end of June **
More about the novel and what reviewers make of it here stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
We Are Not Anonymous
Published 31 March 2025 Purchase links… Set in a near-future climate-flooded England, divided into three countries. Kai, the charismatic leader of the tech-elite, entices the public with cutt…
stephenoram.net
June 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
If you're thinking of getting a copy of "We Are Not Anonymous" then now is a good time...
** 99p ebook until end of June **
More about the novel and what reviewers make of it here stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
** 99p ebook until end of June **
More about the novel and what reviewers make of it here stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
I have a new post on substack with an idea on how to reduce carbon footprint - with genuine questions about how feasible it is.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
nudgethefuture.substack.com/p/is-our-con...?
#climate #nearfuture #future
Would love to hear your thoughts.
nudgethefuture.substack.com/p/is-our-con...?
#climate #nearfuture #future
Is our convenience burning the planet?
Do we really need immediate access to our all of our photos and emails?
nudgethefuture.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have a new post on substack with an idea on how to reduce carbon footprint - with genuine questions about how feasible it is.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
nudgethefuture.substack.com/p/is-our-con...?
#climate #nearfuture #future
Would love to hear your thoughts.
nudgethefuture.substack.com/p/is-our-con...?
#climate #nearfuture #future
Thoughtful review by Kevin W Molin, librarian @Roehampton Library
"[.] it slows just enough to explore the psychological toll on its protagonists and the intricate moral entanglements of resistance."
** ebook 99p in June **
kevinwmolin.co.uk/2025/04/29/p...
#nearfuture #scifibooks #bookreviews
"[.] it slows just enough to explore the psychological toll on its protagonists and the intricate moral entanglements of resistance."
** ebook 99p in June **
kevinwmolin.co.uk/2025/04/29/p...
#nearfuture #scifibooks #bookreviews
Preliminary review of S. Oram’s “We Are Not Anonymous” + a later update
It is customary for a review to be written once one has completed the reading of a book and not when one is still in the thick of it. But the book has not been released until recently, it arrived t…
kevinwmolin.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thoughtful review by Kevin W Molin, librarian @Roehampton Library
"[.] it slows just enough to explore the psychological toll on its protagonists and the intricate moral entanglements of resistance."
** ebook 99p in June **
kevinwmolin.co.uk/2025/04/29/p...
#nearfuture #scifibooks #bookreviews
"[.] it slows just enough to explore the psychological toll on its protagonists and the intricate moral entanglements of resistance."
** ebook 99p in June **
kevinwmolin.co.uk/2025/04/29/p...
#nearfuture #scifibooks #bookreviews
I was worried we're addicted to convenience (for good reasons) & sleepwalking into ever increasing passivity & acceptance of whatever the 'great & good' choose to give us. So - I wrote this... stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
#nearfuture #wearenotanonymous #scifibooks #DystopianFiction
#nearfuture #wearenotanonymous #scifibooks #DystopianFiction
We Are Not Anonymous
Published 31 March 2025 Purchase links… Set in a near-future climate-flooded England, divided into three countries. Kai, the charismatic leader of the tech-elite, entices the public with cutt…
stephenoram.net
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was worried we're addicted to convenience (for good reasons) & sleepwalking into ever increasing passivity & acceptance of whatever the 'great & good' choose to give us. So - I wrote this... stephenoram.net/we-are-not-a...
#nearfuture #wearenotanonymous #scifibooks #DystopianFiction
#nearfuture #wearenotanonymous #scifibooks #DystopianFiction
My first ever poetry is published in Sein Und Werden stephenoram.net/blog/2025/06...
Debut poetry published
I’m really pleased to say that my first ever published poetry is now available in the latest edition of Sein Und Werden. Sein Und Werden is an “online literary magazine of experimental …
stephenoram.net
June 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My first ever poetry is published in Sein Und Werden stephenoram.net/blog/2025/06...
bringing this to your attention... deadline 1 June for 150 to 500 word proposals on Zoefuturism (explanation in the call below).
vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...
vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...
Issue 302, ‘Zoefuturism’—Call for proposals
“Scavengers reign” (2023) Vector 302 is guest-edited by Yen Ooi and Stephen Oram, with Phoenix Alexander as the editor-in-chief. Zoefuturism takes its name from the Greek word for life,…
vector-bsfa.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
bringing this to your attention... deadline 1 June for 150 to 500 word proposals on Zoefuturism (explanation in the call below).
vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...
vector-bsfa.com/2025/04/01/i...
This from the librarian who invited me to speak tonight (30 April) at Roehampton Library (London, SW15 4HD)
"I have to say that I think this brave book could contribute to intelligent discussions"
Do join us @ 5:30 tonight of you can.
#foresight
kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/p...
"I have to say that I think this brave book could contribute to intelligent discussions"
Do join us @ 5:30 tonight of you can.
#foresight
kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/p...
Preliminary review of Stephen Oram’s “We Are Not Anonymous”
It is customary for a review to be written once one has completed the reading of a book and not when one is still in the thick of it. But the book has not been released until recently, it arrived t…
kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This from the librarian who invited me to speak tonight (30 April) at Roehampton Library (London, SW15 4HD)
"I have to say that I think this brave book could contribute to intelligent discussions"
Do join us @ 5:30 tonight of you can.
#foresight
kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/p...
"I have to say that I think this brave book could contribute to intelligent discussions"
Do join us @ 5:30 tonight of you can.
#foresight
kevinwm0lin.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/p...
Tomorrow: Roehampton Library -
I'll be talking about applied sci-fi (how to use fiction to help communities think about their futures), the thinking behind my new novel We Are Not Anonymous & my recent interview with The Sun on future cities.
#futurism #sci-fi
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-a...
I'll be talking about applied sci-fi (how to use fiction to help communities think about their futures), the thinking behind my new novel We Are Not Anonymous & my recent interview with The Sun on future cities.
#futurism #sci-fi
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-a...
Meet the Author: Stephen Oram
Join us at the library where Stephen Oram will discuss his latest book, "We Are Not Anonymous", and his applied science fiction method.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Tomorrow: Roehampton Library -
I'll be talking about applied sci-fi (how to use fiction to help communities think about their futures), the thinking behind my new novel We Are Not Anonymous & my recent interview with The Sun on future cities.
#futurism #sci-fi
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-a...
I'll be talking about applied sci-fi (how to use fiction to help communities think about their futures), the thinking behind my new novel We Are Not Anonymous & my recent interview with The Sun on future cities.
#futurism #sci-fi
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-a...
Always interesting to see a journalist turn a long interview into a short punchy piece. My contribution was the result of a 45 minute phone call, and I think it does a good job of avoiding sensationalism and of being on the more positive side of things.
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
Inside the future of British cities with 'edible houses' and AI governments
IN 100 years, future cities in the UK are unlikely to have flying cars and highways in the sky. But they might flip the script on today’s hometowns – where rental hoppers never really k…
www.thesun.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Always interesting to see a journalist turn a long interview into a short punchy piece. My contribution was the result of a 45 minute phone call, and I think it does a good job of avoiding sensationalism and of being on the more positive side of things.
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
#Foresight
www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3441841...
The tour continues:
“I was gripped.” @book_a_holic_17
“I found it quite inspiring for myself and my relationship with future tech.” @justanotherbooklady
“really appreciated the ace representation in this book – not something you see that often!” @reader.of.rohan
stephenoram.net/blog/2025/04...
“I was gripped.” @book_a_holic_17
“I found it quite inspiring for myself and my relationship with future tech.” @justanotherbooklady
“really appreciated the ace representation in this book – not something you see that often!” @reader.of.rohan
stephenoram.net/blog/2025/04...
We Are Not Anonymous: on tour
The new novel from Stephen Oram is on tour. 50 stops in a month with reviews and interviews. The first leg of the tour is organised by Kenyon Author Services.(follow the tour and read the reviews) …
stephenoram.net
April 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The tour continues:
“I was gripped.” @book_a_holic_17
“I found it quite inspiring for myself and my relationship with future tech.” @justanotherbooklady
“really appreciated the ace representation in this book – not something you see that often!” @reader.of.rohan
stephenoram.net/blog/2025/04...
“I was gripped.” @book_a_holic_17
“I found it quite inspiring for myself and my relationship with future tech.” @justanotherbooklady
“really appreciated the ace representation in this book – not something you see that often!” @reader.of.rohan
stephenoram.net/blog/2025/04...