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Renan Bernardo
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Nebula and Ignyte Finalist • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE - NOW OUT! • DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEFIANCE also OUT! • Codex • He/him • Brazilian author

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · Oct 28
Awards Season is upon us! My novella Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle (19,500 words), a dark space opera set in a generation spaceship returning to Earth after a failed expedition, is eligible as Best Novella in the Nebulas, Hugos, Locus and for Best Shorter Fiction in the BSFA.
A moodboard: the book in the center has a black cover with a skull inside a space helmet, and it's called Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle. Other elements: an astronaut on a deserted planet; the interior of a spaceship with lights beaming on the ceiling; a glazed space helmet; a planet; a mask showing a creepy smile; a woman breathing inside a space helmet; a silhouette of an astronaut wearing a spacesuit; shining stars. Myself, a white man in glasses with a beard wearing a t-shirt with a Stargate and a pyramid. I'm holding a book called Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle showing a skull inside a space helmet. Behind me there's a bookshelf with several books. A book cover: Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle showing a skull inside a space helmet. It's written "Eligible as novella for SFF awards like (but also others)" and then the symbols of the awards: Nebula (a circle with a nebula on the background), Hugo (a rocketship), Locus (an astronaut on a gleaming background), BSFA Awards (just the words).
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ouropinions.bsky.social Our Opinions Are Correct @ouropinions.bsky.social · 6h
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.

We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.

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November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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My therapy: writing
My source of stress: writing
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Dark Matter INK Black Friday sale📉📚🔥 Up to 45pct off paperbacks by @renanbernardo.com, @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelasylvaine.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @mariecroke.bsky.social and more. (Images by Dark Matter INK)
promo image of all Dark Matter INK books in print, on green and black electric-looking background. Text reads: "All paperbacks discounted! Up to 45% off!" promo image of some Dark Matter INK books in print, on green and black electric-looking background. Text reads: "Signed copies for $9.99!"
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Absolutely recommend this one!!
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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It's Black Friday at Dark Matter and it's a good chance to get your copy of Kap's Needle with 15% OFF!

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Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap's Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship's biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! 👇 www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
lyndseycroal.bsky.social Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 1d
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Saw someone saying that they're not hopeful about the new Stargate show. According to them, the good about the other shows was that they contained no politics at all.

Man... Stargate-SG1 literally had an episode titled "Politics".
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Nothing to do with calculus, but you should listen to @renanbernardo.com’s nifty “Baron Quits the Payloaders” on @escapepod.org:

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Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders
This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Read Patty's work!

(Patty is a must as an author, but Through the Machine is a must in general to understand what AI can do to art!)
cornellwriter.bsky.social P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 3d
I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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There was a moment in my life when I was able to calculate triple integrals (and on piece of paper). I do not miss that moment.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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brusselstimes.com The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 2d
Brazil's Supreme Court rules that ex-president Bolsonaro must serve his 27-year jail sentence for attempted coup d’état, after exhausting all possible appeals.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro exhausts his appeals, must serve his 27-year sentence
Brazil's Bolsonaro exhausts his appeals, must serve his 27-year sentence
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November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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A reminder that @henrylienauthor.bsky.social released this book in 2025 and it's a much needed read about exploring other structures for fiction. It's eligible as Best Related Work for the Hugos and Best Non-Fiction for the Locus.
susankayequinn.bsky.social Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · Aug 30
Highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social's book about Kishōtenketsu (the Japanese name for the classic 4 Act Eastern story structure).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5...

Henry's slim book is concise & entertaining.
Should be in every writer's toolkit!
#writing

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cover for Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by Henry Lien (the Art of Eastern Storytelling)
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Yes! Speaking of which, if you acquire my novella now (which appeared in Scalzi's blog, btw!), consider it as a holidays gift to me 🖤😁
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
laurenbeukes.com Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 3d
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Issue 3 of Plott Hound Magazine is now live!

Subscribers should have already received their copies via email.

Find all issues here!: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Recently, I received my author copies of the graphic novel of Anticipation of Hollowness, illustrated by Lorenzo Livrieri and adapted by Michele Paris! They're gorgeous and are out in hardcover and paperback. AoH is a solarpunk piece about gentrification, friendship, and social sustainability.
Front cover showing a black woman with cloudy hair and glasses hugging a neglected robot with one broken eye. There's a city with low buildings and trees behind them. One of the pages showing the interaction between the black woman with glasses and the android in a fancy restaurant. The android is wearing a hat and they're eating some gourmet (but scarce) food. Back cover showing the synopsis and a small house with a round roof filled with solar panels.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Can't wait for it!!!! 🤩🤩🤩
elianeboey.bsky.social Eliane Boey 🎲🚀CLUB CONTANGO out now @elianeboey.bsky.social · 4d
The old year is dying and the new year struggles to add to your TBR 🍜🛠️THE AH HUAT ENGINEERING COOKBOOK AND ORGANISING MANUAL🍜🛠️is cosy delicious organising against rapacious space landlords @starsandsabers.bsky.social (Until then get CLUB CONTANGO for the hols!)
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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That short stories exist in the cracks and interstices of the capitalist system is how you know they’re the superior form
vajra.me Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · Oct 3
Yeah, unfortunately. Outside the world of magazines, anthologies, and small presses sustained by obsessive volunteer labour, the capital-I industry rather does seem to find short stories an unwanted form electricliterature.com/i-love-short...
I Love Short Stories. Do I Have to Write a Novel? - Electric Literature
The publishing world’s insistence on the novel as default fails to imagine what a book can do
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October 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Would a guy name Al and self-entitled The Best sign emails like this?

All the best,
Al The Best
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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So, Stargate will be back after all? 👀
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Honored to be recommended in Lyndsie's newsletter with my rock and roll meets space adventure, Baron Quits the Payloaders, published at @escapepod.org!
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My reading fell off a cliff these last 2 months, so this list is shorter than usual. But here are recent stories I loved, from @renanbernardo.com @isabel.kim @wiswell.bsky.social Testimony Odey @kristinaten.bsky.social and @champwongs.bsky.social

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Short fiction recs! Sept-Oct 2025
This reading round-up is shorter than usual, as I admit that my short fiction reading fell off a cliff these last two months, due to trave...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
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Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworldmagazine.com The Clarkesworld robot (center) looks to the right at the cover of Clarkesworld #230, which is in yellow, orange, and brown and features a futuristic cityscape with a small craft approaching. Cover art is "Neo Mars" by Guy Warley.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
cartoon boy is aghast. cartoon girl is blushing. text block below them reads bad romance a speculative fiction anthology fiction and poetry submissions open November 15 send me your trash fires.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM