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Plans in my pocket like grains of sand
Somehow, nearly half a year has passed since I last updated this newsletter/blog. I had big plans for summer updates: announcements for not one but two major new games; insightful and intelligent commentary on various things such as the relationship between morality and “winning” in games, the fragmented discourse communities of poetry, and some other things I’ve forgotten about; and lots of…
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The 2024 Nebula Award for Game Writing, Weird Indie Fun, and A Death in Hyperspace
Have you heard the news? A Death in Hyperspace won the 2024 Nebula Award for Game Writing! A group of ten awesome writers and game writers worked together to create this project last summer (myself among them!), and we’re all really excited to be representing non-commercial, independently created games on such a stage. Today I’d like to talk a little bit about the award, game writing and…
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Nine Fantastic Stars from A Death in Hyperspace
A few weeks ago, I got a call from the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association to tell me that A Death in Hyperspace, the weird little interactive fiction game I co-wrote with nine other amazing authors, is a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award for Game Writing. (You can watch the official announcement on the SFWA YouTube channel.) I’m super excited to share that…
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You Can't Escape Politics in Fiction. You Shouldn't Even Try.
In late 2016, I attended a well-known science fiction and fantasy workshop with a number of other writers in Hollywood, California. It was fantastic to hang out with a bunch of writers for a week, but the workshop itself was… interesting… for a number of reasons. But setting aside the workshop’s problematic practices and connections, it did help crystallize how I think about politics in…
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My Favourite Animal Stories: Mystical Mice, Warrior Rabbits, and Vengeful Foxes
Important Note! An earlier version of this month’s update was originally posted on Kickstarter as part of a campaign for Plott Hound, a new magazine featuring animal stories and speculative fiction. Edited by Allison Thai and with a hefty supporting cast of first readers (including me!), Plott Hound will offer professional payment for stories and poems that put animals front and center. The…
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My Favourite Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories, Books, and Games from 2024
Some great science fiction and fantasy stories, books, and games I've enjoyed from 2024, with descriptions and links!
As December rolls around each year, authors often share posts about what the science fiction and fantasy stories and other work they had published in the last twelve months. Last year, James Beamon and I were lucky enough to have our game, The Bread Must Rise, nominated for the Nebula award for game writing. And I’ve had a pretty dang good year this year as well, with a few new stories, a…
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10 Short Story Collections from 2024 You'll Love
My short story collection, The Butterfly Disjunct, is out today from Interstellar Flight Press! You can learn more about The Butterfly Disjunct, read early reviews, and check out a free sampler on my website. To celebrate the book’s release day, I’m sharing ten fantastic SFF short fiction collections that came out this year. Most of them are from small publishers or independent authors,…
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How to Find Archived Stories from Daily Science Fiction Using the Wayback Machine
Daily Science Fiction (DSF) was a short fiction magazine edited by Jonathan Laden and Michele-Lee Barasso, that released a new speculative short story pretty much every weekday from September of 2010 through to January of 2023. Sadly, the Daily Science Fiction website went offline sometime in late 2024, taking its decade+ of original speculative fiction with it. But all is not lost! If you’re…
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Despair, Guilt, and Resistance in The Butcher of the Forest and 1000xRESIST
Veris swam out of the darkness already weeping, and for a moment only felt peace, for she did not remember why she wept. Then it returned to her, crashing down like the broken side of a mountain, burying her, and she screamed, and hammered her fists on the grass, and clawed it up in ruts, and when the scream ran out she sobbed as if her heart would break. Premee Mohamed, The Butcher of the…
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Creating Positive Change in the SFF Community. Also, a Giant Multidimensional Building and Very Fast Cars.
“Lots of Earth floors in this building,” Carissa added.“I see,” the shapeshifter said. “What happens on these ‘Earth floors’?”“Murderous extraction of capital value from helpless human beings,” Carissa replied. “And theme parks.” Scotto Moore, Wild Massive (source) It’s been a cool, wet summer here in our part of Oregon, with the occasional thunderstorm (a rarity for us), and fall is right…
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The Butterfly Disjunct and Other Stories: Advance Reader Copies available!
Carer SB-11 was neither Rosh nor happy. It called me Hari, and I called it Smita, because we had names. They weren’t our names, but names, nonetheless. — Kanishk Tantia, “Those Left Behind” (Apex 144) Welcome Like it says on the tin: The Butterfly Disjunct, my debut short story collection, is coming soon. This November, you’ll be able to find it online or in bookstores, and ARCs are available…
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Announcing Gigantea: Age of Rot
Hello all! After about six months of development, I’m excited to finally be posting a demo of my new Choice of Games project, Gigantea: Age of Rot. Unlike The Bread Must Rise, which drew from a bunch of zany comedies and parodies, Gigantea: Age of Rot is a science fantasy epic inspired by Studio Ghibli movies like Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, as well as the…
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Small Press Spotlight: Atthis Arts
I was a shapeshifter, worshipped for my pluralities. Without, within. So many stories of self, huddled together to wander the void of my own uncertainty, fleeing and seeking in equal measure. Transcendent. — Avi Silver, Pluralities (source link) Welcome This month, I’m going to do something a little different and talk about independent press Atthis Arts. I always greatly enjoy the titles they…
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Neurodiversity and Murder Mysteries — In Spaaaaace!
In which I share my enthusiasm for neurodiversity in fiction, Malka Older's Mossa and Pleiti novellas, and intelligent ships.
When I arrived back at my rooms, I found Mossa in her usual spot, slumped before the fire in my dressing gown, pondering so deeply that she only murmured indistinctly when I greeted her. I did not press a conversation. I did not, in any case, feel fit for her style of interrogation at that moment. — Malka Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (source link) Welcome Two of my…
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The Bread Must Rise, Sworn Soldiers, and the Heartbeat of the Universe
“Granted, the plants all looked dead or dying. Granted, the windows of the house stared down like eye sockets in a row of skulls, yes, but so what? Actual rows of skulls wouldn’t affect me so strongly. I knew a collector in Paris … well, never mind the details.” — T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (source link) Welcome We’re officially into spring. In this part of the world, that means a…
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The Bread Must Rise is a Finalist for the 2023 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing!
SFWA has announced the Nebula finalists for work published in 2023, and James and I are thrilled and honoured to announce that The Bread Must Rise is on the ballot for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing! 2024 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing Nominees The Nebula Award for Best Game Writing is selected by SFWA members. Any narrative game from the previous calendar year is eligible, from…
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Poetic Shitposting in 12th Century Japan, Mystic Toads, and Magical Girls
Jōi said: “Because imperial anthologies are used to flatter those of high rank and to grant favor to their lackeys, true skill in composition, elegant taste, and practice have become of secondary importance.” Tonna, From a Frog at the Bottom of the Well, translated by Steven Carter (source link) Welcome This month I’m sharing some recently released stories I’ve enjoyed and some…
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