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Selene Quarterly Magazine Volume 2, Issue 1

Selene Quarterly Magazine (ISSN: 2637-7349) is a speculative romance, mystery, and alternate history periodical launched in 2017.

One of my short stories is now available in the new issue of Selene Quarterly! Go check out Rosemary and Jasmine, a fairytale-inspired story of queer love, alongside speculative stories and poems from four other authors!

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About the Author

Born and raised in the north of England (and later, the Isle of Man) Stephen B. Platt grew up on a steady diet of Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, and Douglas Adams. Moving halfway across the world to Australia as a teenager did little to lessen his fascination with science fiction. He went to university to study screen production but somehow fell into a career working as an actor and professional role-player - fun fact! His only imdb credit to date is for his work on a BBC sanctioned fan-film where he played the Second Doctor. Yes really.

After several years break from formal academic studies, Stephen decided to do his Honours looking at science fiction in theatre. Why wasn’t there more sci-fi onstage? The resulting research included his writing/directing debut – Thaw: a science fiction play. A group of people in a cryonics facility are thawed out but have no idea why. Something like a locked room murder mystery in reverse, Thaw won the Nexus Theatre Production of the Year for 2015 and went on to a successful run at Fringeworld 2016.

@lantis is part of his practice-led research for his doctoral studies, which means that he’ll have a PhD in sci-fi theatre when he’s done (which we think is pretty cool). When he isn’t writing science fiction theatre, Stephen works as an acting coach and is also a professional improviser with The Big Hoo Haa. You know, because writing, directing and staging a series of seven 60-90 minute plays over seven weeks wasn’t enough to be getting on with.

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And telling new stories — or adapting books and comics that have never been adapted before — is still important, for a few reasons. It lets people create the next Star Trek or Lord of the Rings, and tell stories without worrying about whether "people want to hear someone say that one famous line." That kind of newness lets people have more diversity, and different points of view, than if they're trying to update something created in the 1960s or 1970s.

"Stop Hating Original Science-Fiction Movies For Having Tropes!"