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Miriam Seidel

@miriamseidel.bsky.social

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Writing weird stuff as Mir Seidel. TESLA'S OPERA (Fomite Press, September 2025), THE SPEED OF CLOUDS (New Door Books), stories/essays in Bourbon Penn, Into the Ruins, NYRSF. SFWA associate, Codex, more at linktr.ee/miriamseidel

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 7

So grateful to Marc Seifer, author of the major Tesla biography Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, for this generous advance praise for TESLA'S OPERA! It's coming out on September 2, but you can preorder it now from your favorite bookstore or online bookseller.

Advance praise from author Marc Seifer for Tesla's Opera: "In Tesla’s Opera, Mir Seidel has crafted an inspired and visually stunning tribute to one of history’s greatest minds. Through music, choreography, and imaginative staging, this colorful book celebrates Nikola Tesla’s life in a way that is both joyful and moving. To quote one of the book’s contributors, “Tesla could make you proud to be human”—and this creative homage does just that. Insightful, festive, and richly layered, Tesla’s Opera brings Tesla’s multifaceted brilliance to life with style, wit, and heart."

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the boost, and thanks to Lewis Whittington for this great review of Tesla's Opera! Here's the book page at Fomite Press with ordering info: www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...

New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 6d

"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of @miriamseidel.bsky.social's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla.

Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...

Tesla’s Opera~ The real, stranger-than-fiction Nikola Tesla

Arts Journalist and novelist Miriam Seidel conceived her opera ‘Violet Fire’ in 2006 to commemorate the 150th birthyear of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla. S

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · 15d

Ooh, a new novel from @franwilde.bsky.social!
*happy dance*

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 15d

Hi everyone from launch day for A Philosophy of Thieves!

Thieves is my 9th novel & it’s launching close to the10-year birthday of my first book, Updraft. To celebrate, I’ve made my monthly craft essay public, with how-to-writer thoughts I’ve picked up over the past decade.

www.patreon.com/post...

A grid with a book-filled window and author with short brown hair, an author with long, silvering hair sitting with a pile of books, an author signing books.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 23d

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation.

More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.

Last week, Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after the government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation. In an attempt to silence its critics, our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers across the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was built upon, and our Constitution guarantees.

We know this moment is bigger than us and our industry. Teachers, government employees, law firms, researchers, universities, students and so many more are also facing direct attacks on their freedom of expression.

Regardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country. We also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power – because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.

This is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.

A graphic listing the names of the more than 400 signers of the ACLU's letter condemning the federal government's retaliation against Jimmy Kimmel. For the full list of signatories, visit aclu.org/kimmel-letter-bk

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 26d

On Sept. 15, Israeli forces fired on a clearly marked MSF water truck delivering 10,000 litres in #Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan.

Destroying infrastructure while making humanitarian aid nearly impossible is not just cruel, it’s illegal.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29d

A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

Small DC bookstore reports 60% decline in business since federal surge

A bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood reports sales are down a whopping 60% since the federal surge in D.C. began. The small but beautifully arranged Loyalty Bookstore on busy Upshur Street near Ge...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Public transit and science fiction!! You know you want it! Check out this incredible FREE event tomorrow, 9/16, in San Francisco. The good news is that this event will be livestreamed, so you can sign up to watch remotely at the link!

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Sep 11

Do you love public transit and science fiction? Of course you do! Now you can have them at the same time! Next Tues, 9/16, at 6pm, an astonishing panel of activists and creators are coming together to talk about the future of transit. Seriously do not miss this one-of-a-kind event. luma.com/0olo6szj

Public Transit Visions in Speculative Fiction · Luma

Flying cars in the Jetsons; trains snaking around towers in Wakanda, or the sentient rail system on the newly terraformed Sask-E planet. In building future and…

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 14

I agree, Alan! Great contributions all around!

Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 13

Had a great time at the panel Twisting History this morning on the @sfwa.bsky.social Stage at the #baltimorebookfestival with @afrostorian.bsky.social @nicolegloverauthor.bsky.social @alansmale.bsky.social & @tomdoyle.bsky.social!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's coming!!! I've been calling this one "Narnia in space" or "the rewilding story" -- THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH is part portal fantasy, part anti-capitalist anti-colonialist ecological sci-fi, and I'm SO excited that Horned Lark is helping put it out into the world!

Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · Sep 10

We are absolutely elated to announce we’ll be publishing THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by @jomiles.bsky.social next year! It grabbed our editors and wouldn’t let go. It’s a sci-fi yarn that will have you feeling all your feelings. Do follow Jo!

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is a super important election for Pennsylvania.

tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · Sep 10

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Hey Pennsylvania‼️

3 Supreme Court justices are on the ballot on Nov 4

Time to say screw you to billionaires Jeff Yass & Leonard Leo. You canNOT buy our courts!

Vote YES to RETAIN Justices
Wecht, Donohue, Dougherty

👉 vote.pa/register

Donate. Volunteer. VOTE.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

She says that Hyde-Smith's infamous remark about being "on the front row" at a public hanging helped inspire her to run.

Emmett Till’s Cousin Is Running for US Senate in Mississippi

Priscilla Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till, is running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi against incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can't wait for this!!

Tom Doyle @tomdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 9

This Saturday at 11am I'll be at the SFWA Stage of the Baltimore Book Festival on a panel about speculative fiction & history with some marvelous folks: @miriamseidel.bsky.social, @alansmale.bsky.social, @afrostorian.bsky.social, and @nicolegloverauthor.bsky.social! www.sfwa.org/the-sfwa-sta...

The SFWA Stage at Baltimore Book Festival - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Get to Know the SFWA Stage at Baltimore Book Festival On Saturday, September 13, join the Science Fiction and Fantasy […]

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 7

What a great night at the launch of TESLA'S OPERA last week! Loved the Tesla/steampunk atmosphere at Philly's Fringe Bar. TESLA'S OPERA is now out, order online or from your fav indy bookstore!

2 photos of book launch event for TESLA'S OPERA. Left, Mir Seidel reading from TESLA'S OPERA at Fringe Bar in Philadelphia, right, audience listening to editor Mir Seidel and contributors Terry O'Reilly and Merilyn Jackson in the high-ceilinged space of Fringe Bar in Philadelphia, with two large domed windows in the background

Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 7

---> TBR!

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Taylor Driggers(-McDowall) @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social · Sep 7

Apropos of nothing ... both Ursula K. Le Guin & Samuel R. Delany both had ppl saying they'd "abandoned" SFF for "litfic" in the '80s just b/c they experimented with form & considered how gender, sexuality, & race informed the shape of genres & the narratives they tend to proliferate.

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm so excited to be moderating this panel with such a fantastic group of SFF folks at the #BaltimoreBookFestival, Saturday 9/13! @tomdoyle.bsky.social @alansmale.bsky.social @afrostorian.bsky.social @nicole-glover.com

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · Sep 4

September brings SFWA showers--of genre panels!

Join @isisasare.bsky.social at #BaltimoreBookFestival, Sept 13. At 11, the SFWA Stage features @tomdoyle.bsky.social, @alansmale.bsky.social, @afrostorian.bsky.social, @nicole-glover.com, & @miriamseidel.bsky.social for TWISTING HISTORY. See ya there!

The SFWA Stage at Baltimore

11:00 AM, September 13

"Twisting History: How Speculative Fiction Reimagines History"

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy Book Birthday to TESLA'S OPERA, coming out into the world today! 🎉🎉 Fun fact: on this date in 1897, Nikola Tesla filed his basic radio patents, predating Marconi's transatlantic message by 4 years. Get it now at bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, or that other place.

Happy Birthday to Tesla's Opera, with book cover featuring image of thoughtful Nikola Tesla, with images of birthday cake, lightning and coils in background.

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Sep 1

God yes

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Alt National Endowment for the Humanities @altnehgov.altgov.info · Aug 28

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury

Keep reading, friends. 📚

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is a great title

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Aug 27

Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.

🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...

cover for On Demon Wrangling and Interpersonal Relationships Between Weary Immortals by Rebecca Crunden; purple background with a cat and flowers.

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · Aug 25

ICE sneak around to side and behind peaceful protester—suddenly rush and blindside tackle him.
Agents then literally drag him over the concrete by his arms and legs. Is this what we want in america? Legalized gang members?

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

@solarshades.club connects #climate denial to the surge of reality denial we are all experiencing.
www.solarshades.club/p/how-climat...

How Climate Broke Reality

We can't agree on what's true. Is it because the truth about the planet is too inconvenient?

www.solarshades.club

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Dammit Jim, you're right! It should have been where no HUMAN has gone before.

Greg van Eekhout @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · Aug 21

To boldly go where no one has gone before… and encounter aliens who are already there.

Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Planetside—love the new name!

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · Aug 22

This week on Planetside… What does it really mean to run a small press? @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social reveals the invisible labor behind the scenes in “Seven Lessons for My Past Self on Running a Small Press” - www.sfwa.org/2025/08/19/s...

Part of Speculative Poetics.

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Miriam Seidel @miriamseidel.bsky.social · Aug 22

heh heh

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Aug 22

human: I can’t believe moles can talk!
mole: I write books, too.
human: No way.
mole: Well, I will. I just need to buy this next humanskine to write it in.
human: this next what