David Cleden
@davidcleden.bsky.social
Writes/reads, plays guitar, feeds cats. Probably other stuff too but those are the important bits. Work published in Analog, Interzone, Galaxy’s Edge and other places. www.quantum-scribe.com
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Calling British short science-fiction writers who have had stories published this year - window closing soon for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Get your story in under the door!
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Calling British short science-fiction writers who have had stories published this year - window closing soon for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Get your story in under the door!
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Stories that need to be read. Featuring @singingtotigers.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @rickandwrite.bsky.social @rosemaxwell.bsky.social and many more. payhip.com/b/LNWd2
Paperback also available from theslab.press
Paperback also available from theslab.press
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Stories that need to be read. Featuring @singingtotigers.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @rickandwrite.bsky.social @rosemaxwell.bsky.social and many more. payhip.com/b/LNWd2
Paperback also available from theslab.press
Paperback also available from theslab.press
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Story #7 in FF#25 is "The Glass Ocean" by @davidcleden.bsky.social. David's beautifully realized Kryst, a small island in an ocean of (not-)sand, plays host to a tale of self-reckoning, old grudges, and lost love.
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
July 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Story #7 in FF#25 is "The Glass Ocean" by @davidcleden.bsky.social. David's beautifully realized Kryst, a small island in an ocean of (not-)sand, plays host to a tale of self-reckoning, old grudges, and lost love.
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
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FF#25 has arrived! Stories by Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social!
Get yours (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
Get yours (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
June 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
FF#25 has arrived! Stories by Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social!
Get yours (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
Get yours (for free!) at www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
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Your officially official FF#25 TOC, coming soon: Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social, with art by @almosthomefree.bsky.social!
June 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Your officially official FF#25 TOC, coming soon: Phoebe Billups, @jaqevans.com, Anna Ziegelhof, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, @suchnadine.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, @davidcleden.bsky.social, and @marisca.bsky.social, with art by @almosthomefree.bsky.social!
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The gorgeous cover for FF#25 has arrived, courtesy of @almosthomefree.bsky.social! FF#25 has stories by @joelhans.bsky.social, @jaqevans.com, @davidcleden.bsky.social, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, Phoebe Billups, Anna Ziegelhof, @marisca.bsky.social, and @suchnadine.bsky.social!
May 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The gorgeous cover for FF#25 has arrived, courtesy of @almosthomefree.bsky.social! FF#25 has stories by @joelhans.bsky.social, @jaqevans.com, @davidcleden.bsky.social, @tonydunnell.bsky.social, @czwrites.bsky.social, Phoebe Billups, Anna Ziegelhof, @marisca.bsky.social, and @suchnadine.bsky.social!
Can’t wait to see this anthology out in the world!
Stories by:
@naomikritzer.bsky.social
@ianmcdonald.bsky.social
@wtalabi.bsky.social
@spires.bsky.social
@faithmerino.bsky.social
@davidcleden.bsky.social
@deborahldavitt.com
and others
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #9
Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9LGGHF5
@naomikritzer.bsky.social
@ianmcdonald.bsky.social
@wtalabi.bsky.social
@spires.bsky.social
@faithmerino.bsky.social
@davidcleden.bsky.social
@deborahldavitt.com
and others
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #9
Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9LGGHF5
May 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Can’t wait to see this anthology out in the world!
Thrilled to get my author copy of 'Vivid Worlds' today edited by the award winning @wishusdonna.bsky.social Such a great collection of eco themed stories. Really proud to be part of this.
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thrilled to get my author copy of 'Vivid Worlds' today edited by the award winning @wishusdonna.bsky.social Such a great collection of eco themed stories. Really proud to be part of this.
Absolutely spot on post. Vital reading for anyone who cares about the future of the creative arts. Thank you @emmanewman.bsky.social for saying this so eloquently.
Felt incandescently angry, might delete later.
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...
Rage, rage against the dying of the mic!
Look, I have a book I should be writing, but I have so many other words screaming in my head that I need to write them down first. Buckle up, my darlings, because this post is breaking my social media...
enewman.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Absolutely spot on post. Vital reading for anyone who cares about the future of the creative arts. Thank you @emmanewman.bsky.social for saying this so eloquently.
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👻 Time to support your favorite authors' books from 2024 in the Locus Awards! 🧟♂️ Locus Magazine is a nonprofit dedicated to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
All readers can vote! Voting ends April 15—don’t miss out! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards
All readers can vote! Voting ends April 15—don’t miss out! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards
April 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
👻 Time to support your favorite authors' books from 2024 in the Locus Awards! 🧟♂️ Locus Magazine is a nonprofit dedicated to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
All readers can vote! Voting ends April 15—don’t miss out! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards
All readers can vote! Voting ends April 15—don’t miss out! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards
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Your homework assignment for Saturday: If you read something recently that you loved, tell the writer! Just a brief note will probably make their day!
April 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Your homework assignment for Saturday: If you read something recently that you loved, tell the writer! Just a brief note will probably make their day!
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Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
The end of a long work week definitely needs this:
April 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The end of a long work week definitely needs this:
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Brilliant!
Lovely to see the poem I wrote for Devon libraries turned into this starting librarians and library users @librariesunlimited.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @thefnl.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @librarian.bsky.social @librarianjones.com #libraries
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Brilliant!
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We've got an empty queue for cover art! We're looking to license existing art for the Saros #4 cover, so if you've got something in your portfolio that you think might fit the bill for this theme, check out our guidelines!
Saros #4 opens to submissions April 1st! Editor @hannahgreer.bsky.social wants to read your character-driven dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories of 3000 words or less!
Full guidelines at sarossf.com/submissions/
Full guidelines at sarossf.com/submissions/
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We've got an empty queue for cover art! We're looking to license existing art for the Saros #4 cover, so if you've got something in your portfolio that you think might fit the bill for this theme, check out our guidelines!
Pretty sure my brain also looks a lot like this first thing in the morning.
A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human
Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what makes us human
A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human
www.newscientist.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Pretty sure my brain also looks a lot like this first thing in the morning.
Done! Fusion Fragment is a most excellent magazine.
At risk of breaking our streak of most consecutive days with at least one issue download, so may I offer you one of our recent releases?
www.fusionfragment.com/issues/
www.fusionfragment.com/issues/
April 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Done! Fusion Fragment is a most excellent magazine.
Many congratulations to all the Analog AnLab finalists - a fantastic reading list for anyone who wants to catch up on 2024 Sf www.analogsf.com/about-analog...
Analytical Laboratory Finalists - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
We’re very excited to bring you the Analog Analytical Laboratory finalists. Available below are the works that finished in the top five slots for Best Novelette
www.analogsf.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Many congratulations to all the Analog AnLab finalists - a fantastic reading list for anyone who wants to catch up on 2024 Sf www.analogsf.com/about-analog...
Locus Poll – Read “Places You Have Never Been” for free!
I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story…
I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story…
Locus Poll – Read “Places You Have Never Been” for free!
I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story automatically appears on the listings for the Locus Award Poll - which I’m preserving for posterity here.
quantum-scribe.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Locus Poll – Read “Places You Have Never Been” for free!
I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story…
I was thrilled when my Analog story “Places You Have Never Been” made the Locus Recommended Reading List (which you can find here). I’ve never made the Locus Reading List before, so this is a new experience for me. It also means my story…
As a life-long Pratchett fan this is fascinating but also a very sad reminder of what we lost.
Author Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with a form of dementia in 2007 and died ten years ago this week. Now, researchers have found signs of the condition in his Discworld novels from a decade before he was diagnosed.
Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books
Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a type of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, in 2007 – but an analysis of his Discworld books suggests there were signs of the condition a decade earlier
www.newscientist.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
As a life-long Pratchett fan this is fascinating but also a very sad reminder of what we lost.
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I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.
Help us convince the UK government to uphold the law on copyright which Meta has ignored in order to use the illegally shared work of thousands of writers, without asking permission and without payment, with the explicitly stated aim of making money for themselves.
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
March 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I'm going to be sharing this a lot, because getting government attention is a numbers game. We have to show how many people are angry. We need government action.
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