I loved that book!
I was also fascinated by the huge group of characters who were all individuals, well drawn, and nuanced. I definitely have to read this one again and take some notes. (I was too distracted by having an excellent reading experience to pay proper attention to craft.)
A drawing, by Ursula K. Le Guin, of a loafed-up black cat as seen from behind. The cat's tail curls around the podcast title IN YOUR SPARE TIME. Ursula K. Le Guin's name is at the top of the image, which has a teal background.
Introducing In Your Spare Time: A Podcast of the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin!
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You don’t know who is finding meaning in your stories and novels.
You don’t know who your words are helping though dark times.
A vertical collage of the 28 guests who appeared on Eating the Fantastic during 2025, all across the table from me with food between us. The collage has them in mostly chronological order, save for the four which appear larger to have them all fit into a five-column, eight-row space. The following list is alphabetical: Kemi Ashing-Giwa, Richard Butner, Curtis C. Chen, Eric Choi, Lara Elena Donnelly, Craig Laurence Gidney, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Robert Greenberger, George Gene Gustines, Larry Hama, Jack C. Harris, Karen Heuler, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Naomi Kritzer, Mur Lafferty, Jarrett Melendez, Adeena Mignogna, Samantha Mills, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Aimee Ogden, Tim Paggi, John Picacio, Shannon Robinson, Benjamin Rosenbaum, David Simmons, Natalia Theodoridou, Martha Thomases, and Eugenia Triantafyllou.
The Hugo Awards nominating period closes tomorrow, and as you complete your ballot, I hope you'll consider Eating the Fantastic in the category of Best Fancast. To refresh your memory, here's where you can sample all 28 of the podcast's 2025 episodes. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Hahaha, this seems like just the sort of moss that would sidle into one's personal space and then politely start speaking telepathically.
Sounds like the moss @bethgoder.bsky.social was writing about in this delightfully alluring story...
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Thank you!
Thank you!
@podcastle.org did such an amazing job with this story! Truly beautiful narration and a lovely outro.
I'm so happy that my spider story got podcast here. 💕🕸️💕
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Thank you!! 💕🕸️💕
This is so sweet of you. Thank you for adding me to your list. 🥰
You are on my list of inspiring writers, too! Reading your stories is one of the reasons I wanted to start reading/writing horror.
Hello I have written a weird story about moss
Our March 2026 "Transformations" issue is a milestone for us! This is our 150th issue!! 😃 To celebrate all the growth and changes we've made over the years, we've assembled stories that feature visceral transformations.
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Background of a blue-filtered street at night. Written on it: Laura Blackwell / 2025 Roundup & Awards Eligibility - "Breathing Night" at Simultaneous Times podcast, narr. Jean-Paul Garnier (Space Cowboy Books, 10/15/2025) Fantasy, 1100 words. - The Deadlands, ed. E. Catherine Tobler (Psychopomp). Speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction. Semipro, quarterly. - Story Hour, cohosted with Daniel Marcus. Speculative short stories read by their authors. Fancast, weekly. @pronouncedlahra
I didn't write a whole lot last year, but I did work on some awesome projects! Behold!
In case you're doing some last minute reading for the Nebula awards, I'll gently place my weird spider story here.
This made it on the Locus Recommended Reading List and it will be reprinted in Podcastle soon. It's a story that's close to my heart.
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Thank you!
FFer Read of the Day: "Miles To Go Before I Sleep" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @thedeadlands.com
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I love this ask & I added some folks I think don't get enough love, so I think this is worth a THREAD of my fave stories from the folks I posted. 1/11
Thank you!! 💕✨💕
Thank you for sharing my story! : )
FFer Read of the Day: "Please Properly Cage Your Words" by @bethgoder.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com
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Thank you!! 💕
More SFF short story recommendations! Amazing stories by @ellisnyeland.bsky.social @nadiaradovich.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social
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Just note that I'm sadly no longer submitting to Analog because of the many documented issues with the publisher. (This novella came out before the new publisher took over.)
Oh my goodness, there I was making notes about stuff I want to read from the Locus Recommended Reading List when I came across two of my stories!
"Arachnomorphosis," my spider story in Strange Horizons.
"Murder on the Eris Express," my novella in Analog.
Mind blown! 🤯
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'Miles To Go Before I Sleep' by @bethgoder.bsky.social was such a powerful, surreal story with very real emotions, that I've chosen it along with two other stories for the category Most Emotional Short Story, 2025.
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This is so kind. Thank you so much! ❤️
I'm so thrilled to have one of my stories make this list!
An image of a list of stories: Arachnomorphosis by Beth Goder (Strange Horizons) Half Drowned by S. L. Harris (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) A Clockwork Gun by Josh Pearce (Bourbon Penn) Yarn Theory by Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld) The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead by E. M. Linden (PodCastle) Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots) Ten Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days by Samantha Mills (Uncanny)
Not finished with awards reading, but here is a batch of stories I really loved by @bethgoder.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @fictionaljosh.bsky.social, @reasie.bsky.social, @emlinden.bsky.social, @effies.bsky.social, and @samtasticbooks.com.
Thank you for creating these great stories.
