It was a privilege to sing to the dead.
from "Roil" by A.C. Luke
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In case you were wondering what Sapphic Book Bingo squares my new book "Enemies by Nature" would fit, here's a handy card that shows its categories.
The day the shot cleared the FDA, the shelves at my bakery emptied by noon. I could almost smell their frenzy, mixed with the cinnamon rolls and salty winter slush.
from "A Hint of Sugar" by Elizabeth Rankin
https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061
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A liquid voice, almost songlike.
from "First to Go" by Jenny Perry Carr
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On a particularly onerous day at work, she raised the temperature of her least favorite co-workers’ coffee a few degrees; his shout made her shoulders go liquid past lunchtime.
from "Is That New?" by Rosamund Lannin
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The voter's' packages for the Aurora Awards are now available. If you're a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, you can go download them. If you're not a member, it's only ten bucks to become one, and then you can read all sorts of terrific speculative fiction and poetry. My poem "Angakkuq" is one of the contenders, and I'd be honoured if you read it. Go read, and vote for your favourites! https://www.csffa.ca/ #SpeculativePoetry #SpeculativeFiction #AuroraAward #CanLit #IndigenousCreatives #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #IndigenousAuthors
www.csffa.caThe Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame
The Aurelias Award (for Australian Speculative Fiction) winners for last year have been announced:
https://aurealisawards.org/2025/05/04/2024-aurealis-awards-winners/
Of these, I’ve only read the fantasy novels — the Sara Douglas Book series award for Shelley Parker-Chan’s Radiant Emperor duology (well-deserved), and “best fantasy novel” winner Thoroughly Disenchanted, which I enjoyed without being particularly blown away — but then I can’t think of any other Australian fantasy from 2024 off the top of my head that should have won instead, and it is actually *set* in Australia, a nice change 
Good to see a few self-published winners on the list, too.
Aurealis Awards · 2024 Aurealis Awards WinnersCongratulations to the winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards, presented today in an online ceremony. A recording of the ceremony will be available soon at our YouTube channel. Thank you so much to ev…
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And congratulations to the Long List:
“The Flame in You” by L. Nabang
SACRIFICAL ANIMALS by Kailee Pedersen
THE SAPLING CAGE by @margaret
“Scarlett” by Everdeen Mason
"Vanessa 5000" by Courtney Pauroso
Fave quote "You would collaborate with anybody to fight off zombies, therefore you can collaborate with anybody, zombies or no zombies."
"Science Fiction vs. Left Melancholy 1: Left Melancholy & Speculative Fiction as Left Joy" in Ancillary Review of Books
by J. Walton
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Ancillary Review of Books · Science Fiction vs. Left Melancholy 1: Left Melancholy & Speculative Fiction as Left JoyJo Lindsay Walton What happens when hope curdles?—Hannah Proctor Left Melancholy Why aren’t things better? Why are so many struggling to survive under conditions of war or slavery or wage slavery? …
"The old person with the glittery dark eyes, Sojourner, shook her head. 'Every piece of art can't contain everything everybody would like to say! I've seen this mistake for sixty years. Our culture as a whole must speak the whole truth. But one object can't! That's the slogan mentality at work, as if there were certain holy words that must always be named.'
" p. 203
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy, Fawcett 1985
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Here’s to a new semester! My 12-week summer course on the #Dystopian Tradition begins this week #online at #SignumUniversity. These stories -- and the conversations they make possible -- are more relevant and important than ever. #Dystopia #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #SFF #Bookstodon #Books
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If you enjoy ambiguity and a touch of horror you might like these two very short stories:
"Unspeakable" https://www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/unspeakable
"The Ordinary Souls" https://bombfirelit.com/2023/01/14/the-ordinary-souls-by-sarah-jackson/
Home · Unspeakable I buried the truth near here, near this bench. In the park, yes; I panicked. I know how I must look: a woman unmoored, wild haired, knuckles bleaching. Parents push their prams in a polite arc around me. It came into my hands through dubious channels. A crate delivered in secret to my home address, not my office at the university. I laughed to see it swathed in bubble wrap. The Brazen Head, legendary augur of Magnus, Bacon, Bungay, forged in a smoky workshop by alchemists seven centuries ago;
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From The Blades of the Four Kingdoms, the Supernatural Souls series.
https://www.tiffanyetaylor.com/bookshelf
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"Shatter Belt is Black Mirror meets The Twilight Zone meets Shane Carruth"
I saw it on Tubi in the US.
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https://www.avclub.com/shatter-belt-tv-show-recommends-black-mirror-the-twilight-zone
Today, I'm in conversation with award-winning author, Pauline Yates, about my writing career.
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Pauline Yates · In Conversation With Jacqui GreavesWelcome back to my author interview series. Today, I’m chatting with multi-award-nominated speculative fiction writer, Jacqui Greaves. Jacqui Greaves is a former marine biologist who draws on…
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If you enjoyed my earlier review of it, go read The Darkness of the Cyclone by Barnabas Soon and hyperhop for free today: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1727022
The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after April 17, 2025, I do not know if they are free or available for you.
Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world.
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A Review of The Darkness of the Cyclone: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-darkness-in-the-cyclone/ #Bookstodon #BookReview #IndieBooks #SpeculativeFiction
