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Featuring short stories, essays, reviews, columns, and much more, every month.
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Interzone #303 is out now at Scarlet Ferret! 🔴
Featuring short stories, essays, reviews, columns, and much more, with a stunning cover by Martin Hanford.
Featuring short stories, essays, reviews, columns, and much more, with a stunning cover by Martin Hanford.
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I have a theory, something I said on the podcast: it's no accident that the rise of the stalker romance (I can't even believe I'm saying that) happened when white authors stopped writing cops. These are basically surveillance state romances. The illusion that *being watched* makes you safer.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I have a theory, something I said on the podcast: it's no accident that the rise of the stalker romance (I can't even believe I'm saying that) happened when white authors stopped writing cops. These are basically surveillance state romances. The illusion that *being watched* makes you safer.
This!
The use of language. They'revnot illegaligrants unless their application is denies. Aplications for asylum have to be made in the country asylum seekers are applying to stay in.
Can't win, right?
The use of language. They'revnot illegaligrants unless their application is denies. Aplications for asylum have to be made in the country asylum seekers are applying to stay in.
Can't win, right?
also note the press release using "illegal migrants" and "asylum seekers" interchangeably
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This!
The use of language. They'revnot illegaligrants unless their application is denies. Aplications for asylum have to be made in the country asylum seekers are applying to stay in.
Can't win, right?
The use of language. They'revnot illegaligrants unless their application is denies. Aplications for asylum have to be made in the country asylum seekers are applying to stay in.
Can't win, right?
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
This thread is terrifying.
As parents of a 6 yo in the UK, we're aware of some of the impact from wider discussions and are trying to work outba way forward to support our daughter.
She's a fantastic reader, and loves it, so we want to get her reading novels herself asap. Embedding it early? 🤷♂️
As parents of a 6 yo in the UK, we're aware of some of the impact from wider discussions and are trying to work outba way forward to support our daughter.
She's a fantastic reader, and loves it, so we want to get her reading novels herself asap. Embedding it early? 🤷♂️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This thread is terrifying.
As parents of a 6 yo in the UK, we're aware of some of the impact from wider discussions and are trying to work outba way forward to support our daughter.
She's a fantastic reader, and loves it, so we want to get her reading novels herself asap. Embedding it early? 🤷♂️
As parents of a 6 yo in the UK, we're aware of some of the impact from wider discussions and are trying to work outba way forward to support our daughter.
She's a fantastic reader, and loves it, so we want to get her reading novels herself asap. Embedding it early? 🤷♂️
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
Oh shit!
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Oh shit!
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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This piece is phenomenal.
In addition to the contrast it draws b/t stories of power vs those of "the many", one of the most useful aspects to me is the contemporary "big tent"/diverse cast of heroes vs the totalized not-Muslim Other
In addition to the contrast it draws b/t stories of power vs those of "the many", one of the most useful aspects to me is the contemporary "big tent"/diverse cast of heroes vs the totalized not-Muslim Other
In this week’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social, one of my favourite pieces I’ve edited this year — on orientalism from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence
Dragon fire on white bodies is sad. Dragon fire on not-Muslim bodies is cheered on the screen. We ache when the scimitar prows of not-Muslim ships cleave through a white human captain’s ship. But b…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This piece is phenomenal.
In addition to the contrast it draws b/t stories of power vs those of "the many", one of the most useful aspects to me is the contemporary "big tent"/diverse cast of heroes vs the totalized not-Muslim Other
In addition to the contrast it draws b/t stories of power vs those of "the many", one of the most useful aspects to me is the contemporary "big tent"/diverse cast of heroes vs the totalized not-Muslim Other
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
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My books are no cheaper today than they are any other day (sorry!) but they're not *that* expensive, are well worth the money, and are fun reads, so treat yourself!
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Find books by Patrick Samphire at your favorite digital store!
Books by Patrick Samphire
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November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My books are no cheaper today than they are any other day (sorry!) but they're not *that* expensive, are well worth the money, and are fun reads, so treat yourself!
books2read.com/patricksamphire
books2read.com/patricksamphire
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Starbucks workers are still on strike. Do Not cross the picket line.
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Starbucks workers are still on strike. Do Not cross the picket line.
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#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
Just on my way back from buying a bottle of wine in Millom for our Friday night, and came across an injured buzzard on the roadside. Had to turn around, pick it up and take it to the vets.
It seemed mostly stunned. Vets were lovely, and will let it recover before trying a flight test.
It seemed mostly stunned. Vets were lovely, and will let it recover before trying a flight test.
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just on my way back from buying a bottle of wine in Millom for our Friday night, and came across an injured buzzard on the roadside. Had to turn around, pick it up and take it to the vets.
It seemed mostly stunned. Vets were lovely, and will let it recover before trying a flight test.
It seemed mostly stunned. Vets were lovely, and will let it recover before trying a flight test.
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Small nuclear reactors. A fiction. A fantasy born of lobbying, fossil fuel intoxication, and a slavish addiction to ideas of growth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Small nuclear reactors. A fiction. A fantasy born of lobbying, fossil fuel intoxication, and a slavish addiction to ideas of growth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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James Bond, GI Joe, and most of the western news media of my childhood tried to convince me/us that the US & UK were the western epitome of free speech and liberty, fending off a censorious, repressive east that banned dissident ideas.
They lied.
They lied.
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
James Bond, GI Joe, and most of the western news media of my childhood tried to convince me/us that the US & UK were the western epitome of free speech and liberty, fending off a censorious, repressive east that banned dissident ideas.
They lied.
They lied.
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Absolutely loved The House on Utopia Way!
If you enjoyed Only Forward or One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith, if you loved Jeff Noon's Vurt series, if late 90s sci-fi adjacent fiction is your thing, wrapped in a splash of Raymond Chandler-esque PI, then Stefan Mohamed has you covered.
If you enjoyed Only Forward or One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith, if you loved Jeff Noon's Vurt series, if late 90s sci-fi adjacent fiction is your thing, wrapped in a splash of Raymond Chandler-esque PI, then Stefan Mohamed has you covered.
I'm not convinced everyone wants to hear about my published books but what the hell
The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
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The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
or special edition e-book here - scarletferret.com/books/the-ho...
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Absolutely loved The House on Utopia Way!
If you enjoyed Only Forward or One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith, if you loved Jeff Noon's Vurt series, if late 90s sci-fi adjacent fiction is your thing, wrapped in a splash of Raymond Chandler-esque PI, then Stefan Mohamed has you covered.
If you enjoyed Only Forward or One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith, if you loved Jeff Noon's Vurt series, if late 90s sci-fi adjacent fiction is your thing, wrapped in a splash of Raymond Chandler-esque PI, then Stefan Mohamed has you covered.
Oof! I get that.
anybody else have a WIP that explores AI in some way and has found themselves completely unable to continue with it because of all this nonsense
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Oof! I get that.
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No thanks to colonialism and genocide ❌
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
No thanks to colonialism and genocide ❌
Warning! 🚨
In her newsletter, @lwbooks.bsky.social has made it clear that she intends to play the Michael Buble Christmas album very soon!
I told you editors were dangerous!!!
Just send Louise some editorial work to keep her off the play button, dammit!
In her newsletter, @lwbooks.bsky.social has made it clear that she intends to play the Michael Buble Christmas album very soon!
I told you editors were dangerous!!!
Just send Louise some editorial work to keep her off the play button, dammit!
Louise Walters - Editor | Reedsy
Northampton, UK Editor: Indie publisher and freelance editor of literary, contemporary, and women's fiction, along with character-led urban fantasy.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Warning! 🚨
In her newsletter, @lwbooks.bsky.social has made it clear that she intends to play the Michael Buble Christmas album very soon!
I told you editors were dangerous!!!
Just send Louise some editorial work to keep her off the play button, dammit!
In her newsletter, @lwbooks.bsky.social has made it clear that she intends to play the Michael Buble Christmas album very soon!
I told you editors were dangerous!!!
Just send Louise some editorial work to keep her off the play button, dammit!
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During the piracy discussion yesterday, someone was like, I'm not a thief & you're mocking poor people.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
During the piracy discussion yesterday, someone was like, I'm not a thief & you're mocking poor people.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
Then, after being reminded of the existence of libraries, ended the conversation with a passionate insistence that they will continue to 'steal' whatever they wanted.
Case closed.
Beautiful!
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Beautiful!
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And of course, there's always time to go back to the start and get Fermi's Progress in Scarlet Ferret Season Pass
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or Chonky Paperback form:
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or Chonky Paperback form:
www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
Fermi's Progress - Season Pass by Chris Farnell - Scarlet Ferret
The Fermi is the Earth's first and last faster-than-light-spaceship. The last, because it turns out its engine vaporises entire star systems in its wake. And nobody knows how to turn it off.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
And of course, there's always time to go back to the start and get Fermi's Progress in Scarlet Ferret Season Pass
scarletferret.com/books/fermis...
or Chonky Paperback form:
www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
scarletferret.com/books/fermis...
or Chonky Paperback form:
www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
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And in case all of that (and an exclusive look @mrjalco.bsky.social's concept art for the mysterious alien lander featured on the cover) isn't enough, we have ANOTHER top secret bonus extra in the works, which we'll announce when I need an excuse to post again.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And in case all of that (and an exclusive look @mrjalco.bsky.social's concept art for the mysterious alien lander featured on the cover) isn't enough, we have ANOTHER top secret bonus extra in the works, which we'll announce when I need an excuse to post again.