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Speculative Insight journal
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A journal that explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Alexandra Pierce. https://www.speculativeinsight.com/
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hi new folks! Speculative Insight publishes nonfiction essays about science fiction and fantasy.

First Saturday of the month is a free essay; third Saturday of the month is for subscribers (and subscribing is AUD30/year: ~15GBP, 18 euro, and USD20... ish)

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Speculative Insight
A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.
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Alex @random-alex.bsky.social · 5h
Some pretty heavy political / philosophical lifting in this one, but interesting for those who are interested in the history of Australia's far left.

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Into the Mainstream, by Tom O’Lincoln
This is not the book I thought it would be. Which isn’t the book’s fault, but does affect how I think about it. I thought I was getting a … straightforward history of the Communis…
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Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 6h
Congratulations to all the Ignyte Award winners!!!!
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 12h
Seated? Comfy? Fantastic. Here are your winners of the 2025 #IgnyteAwards
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 7h
The second one is coming this Saturday... I promise I didn't do it deliberately, but it's a pretty good double-up for being an accident.
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 9d
I didn't do it deliberately, but it's an empire double-header this month!

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Screenshot of the Speculative Insight webpage, showing the current and coming essays: one called Lives Under Empire, by Eric de Roulet, the other called The Empire of the Ranch and the Injustice of "Justice," by Moth Paulson.
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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 14h
I have over 12,000 followers here. If each one of you pledged just £1 each to the Kickstarter we’d be deep into stretch goals by now. Just a thought: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 11h
Did you miss it?
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 2d
This time we last year we published Amy Salley's still-sadly-relevant essay about redemption arcs in fiction and real life...

Read it here:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/the-redemption-arc
Purple background, white text, which says Why do we love redemption in a story but have no patience for it in real life? Perhaps it's because the moral universe in a story is smaller and less complex. Or perhaps we're focusing on the wrong redemption. Perhaps... the read redemption arc was the friends we made along the way. "The Redemption Arc" -- Amy Salley
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d
Check out @mondyboy74.bsky.social’s review of KALIVAS! OR ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas: “His work reminds us, however fleeting, that the world is still capable of creativity and magic.”
Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest by Nick Mamatas: Review by Ian Mond
Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, Nick Mamatas (CLASH 978-1-96098-879-9, $17.95, 230pp, tp) September 2025. Any year – no matter how miserable – that sees the release of a novel by Nick Mamatas is wort…
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 7d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social's new (free!) essay discusses living under imperial subjugation, and approaches to resistance, as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection ... timely perhaps?

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Purple background, white text, which says ... the fact that the stories in One Message Remains are written as a series of vignettes and not as a neat progression towards the fall of the Treotan Empire is a strength of the collection's writing. Each story follows a protagonist who, regardless of their initial orientation towards the Empire, is forced to reckon with the role in the regime. "Lives Under Empire: Imperial subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 2d
This time we last year we published Amy Salley's still-sadly-relevant essay about redemption arcs in fiction and real life...

Read it here:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/the-redemption-arc
Purple background, white text, which says Why do we love redemption in a story but have no patience for it in real life? Perhaps it's because the moral universe in a story is smaller and less complex. Or perhaps we're focusing on the wrong redemption. Perhaps... the read redemption arc was the friends we made along the way. "The Redemption Arc" -- Amy Salley
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 2d
Listen sometimes you need a pizzadilla I don't know what to tell you
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Digest 10.10.25 - Stone Soup
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 2d
This time we last year we published Amy Salley's still-sadly-relevant essay about redemption arcs in fiction and real life...

Read it here:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/the-redemption-arc
Purple background, white text, which says Why do we love redemption in a story but have no patience for it in real life? Perhaps it's because the moral universe in a story is smaller and less complex. Or perhaps we're focusing on the wrong redemption. Perhaps... the read redemption arc was the friends we made along the way. "The Redemption Arc" -- Amy Salley
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 6d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social's new (free!) essay discusses living under imperial subjugation, and approaches to resistance, as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection ... timely perhaps?

www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says ... the fact that the stories in One Message Remains are written as a series of vignettes and not as a neat progression towards the fall of the Treotan Empire is a strength of the collection's writing. Each story follows a protagonist who, regardless of their initial orientation towards the Empire, is forced to reckon with the role in the regime. "Lives Under Empire: Imperial subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 2d
I had a great time explaining to students that while the theatre wasn’t illegal at the time, it was a bit like speedway racing (in Australia) - not entirely approved of by Polite Society. Completely changed their view of it.
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 3d
Rolf is up there for me!
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 3d
@mondyboy74.bsky.social this may be one for you… I’m only 35 pages in (of 1200?!?!? According to the ebook count) and it is… very weird.
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 6d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social's new (free!) essay looks at how imperial control can be maintained through various versions of violence, as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection ... timely perhaps?

www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says ... the fact that the stories in One Message Remains are written as a series of vignettes and not as a neat progression towards the fall of the Treotan Empire is a strength of the collection's writing. Each story follows a protagonist who, regardless of their initial orientation towards the Empire, is forced to reckon with the role in the regime. "Lives Under Empire: Imperial subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 5d
In exciting news my Murderbot essay 'Nice Safe Emotions' from @speculativeinsight.bsky.social won the William Atheling Jr Award over the weekend! So unexpected and exciting!
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 5d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social discusses the nature of totalitarianism as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection in this new (free!) essay... kinda feels timely...

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Purple background, white text, which says ... the imperial system is propped up by ideological frames that rationalise and valorise the wants of the core while dehumanizing those living on the periphery. Such rationales are recorded by and embodied in Tzajos in the novella One Message Remains... "Lives Under Empire: Imperial Subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 4d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social discusses the nature of totalitarianism as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection in this new (free!) essay... kinda feels timely...

www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says ... the imperial system is propped up by ideological frames that rationalise and valorise the wants of the core while dehumanizing those living on the periphery. Such rationales are recorded by and embodied in Tzajos in the novella One Message Remains... "Lives Under Empire: Imperial Subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 4d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social discusses the nature of totalitarianism as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection in this new (free!) essay... kinda feels timely...

www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says ... the imperial system is propped up by ideological frames that rationalise and valorise the wants of the core while dehumanizing those living on the periphery. Such rationales are recorded by and embodied in Tzajos in the novella One Message Remains... "Lives Under Empire: Imperial Subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 4d
The Green Man's War is a 99p Kindle deal for October in the UK, for those keen to catch up with the series before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October, with a launch at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton 😁
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...
The Green Man's War
The Green Man's War eBook : McKenna, Juliet E: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Alex @random-alex.bsky.social · 5d
@tanaudel.bsky.social is always worth reading and following...
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Brisbane in 28 @brisbanein28.bsky.social · 7d
Aussie Author Highlights: Kathleen Jennings
How do you describe your work? Fairy-tale/Gothic fiction and illustration.
Where can we find you? tanaudel.wordpress.com, tanaudel @ Bsky, Insta, and Tumblr; girlfleeshouse on Bsky and Tumblr
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 5d
It was my pleasure! I’m glad other people have got to appreciate it!
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 5d
SO PROUD.
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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 5d
In exciting news my Murderbot essay 'Nice Safe Emotions' from @speculativeinsight.bsky.social won the William Atheling Jr Award over the weekend! So unexpected and exciting!
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 5d
Eeeee!!! So pleased!! Well deserved!
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 5d
@ericderoulet.bsky.social's new (free!) essay looks at how imperial control can be maintained through various versions of violence, as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection ... timely perhaps?

www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says ... the fact that the stories in One Message Remains are written as a series of vignettes and not as a neat progression towards the fall of the Treotan Empire is a strength of the collection's writing. Each story follows a protagonist who, regardless of their initial orientation towards the Empire, is forced to reckon with the role in the regime. "Lives Under Empire: Imperial subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet
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