Why does this look like The Judge Death We Have At Home

Seconding the David Lodge recommendation. I'm also a big fan of Said, Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism especially. For genre-specific stuff, John Reider's Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction was formative for me.

Hard to believe, but The Black Archive series is ten years old! I feel so grateful to have been able to contribute to this amazing series. If you haven't read any before, you can get a discount off any title with the code down the thread.

I like David Lodge's the Art of Fiction because it's basically a (very brief, very normie-friendly) version of this.

Make-Believe and Artifice by Rose Biggin While it’s easy to be swept up in the delight of these stories, their sweetness and light belie Biggin’s fundamental skill.

Nice review of Rose Biggin's Make-Believe and Artifice in @strangehorizons.bsky.social by @williamshaw.bsky.social - and not just because it tags me and @runalongwomble.bsky.social in! Honestly, this is a really good collection that you'll enjoy.

Thank you very much! I enjoyed both of your reviews as well.

Make-Believe and Artifice by Rose Biggin While it’s easy to be swept up in the delight of these stories, their sweetness and light belie Biggin’s fundamental skill.

“Reading Make-Believe and Artifice, the new short story collection by Rose Biggin, I often found myself thinking about confectionary.”

@williamshaw.bsky.social is always especially essential on short fiction. Here he is on Rose Biggin’s collection from NewCon Press.

Thanks very much!

Make-Believe and Artifice by Rose Biggin While it’s easy to be swept up in the delight of these stories, their sweetness and light belie Biggin’s fundamental skill.

My review of Make-Believe and Artifice by Rose Biggin is now live at Strange Horizons!

Check it out over here:

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Congratulations!

Novelist Has Whole Shitty World Plotted Out GLOUCESTER, MA—As he neared completion this week on his latest novel, By The Water’s Edge, author Edward Milligan marveled aloud to reporters how he was able to flesh out, in meticulous detail, every ...

This one is mine, because I Am In This Picture And I Don't Like It:

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Up there with The Happiness Patrol in the tradition of Dr Who as kids' TV with teeth.

I read this skeet and said, out loud, "There should have been another way."

I'm very pleased to say that my short story, 'Cold Cuts,' is now available in That Old House: The Kitchen, the new anthology from @frommausoleum.bsky.social !

I enjoyed writing this story. You can find the book (including several other amazing stories) over here:

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I watched the recording, so I'd say it worked pretty well. I am quite a big Tempest fan though, so ymmv.

Oh, I remember liking that production.

Ah, cool. And here I am vouching for it again, I guess!

Ah, I really like that Kim Fu one.

Secondary Filters Adjust the color of the sky, my phone offers

This is a good poem:

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This is the most fun I've had doing Driltor Who in ages; thanks so much for sending it my way.

I was shocked how hard that Jerome Bixby story hit when I first read it about a year ago.

We love to see it.

This sounds fantastic. If you're looking for reviewers, I'd be very happy to write about this project.

Neither Girls Nor Friends: the Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction How might we conceptualise an AI girlfriend who is neither girl, nor friend, but comrade?

Since my timeline is full of people posting their Hugo-eligible works, I'll repost my 2025 essay on AI girlfriends and why they're a very bad idea.

If you'd consider it worth nominating, I'd be very grateful:

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She's right and should not apologise.

Thanks for sharing!

My pleasure! I was tearing up a little bit reading it on the bus this morning.

Mother, Darling Wendy knew it wouldn’t be long now before her daughter was taken. She had put the idea from her mind as long as she could, but now Jane was days away from turning thirteen.

This is a good story:

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On the Other Hand - 100-Foot Crow By: William Shaw. That thing? It’s a monkey’s paw. Yes, just like in that story. Except that paw was a left-hander, whereas this is a right-hander. It makes all the difference in the world, sir. Go on...

My short story 'On The Other Hand' is now live at @100footcrow.bsky.social!

You can read my little sequel to 'The Monkey's Paw' over here:

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The Sunfish Considers Flotation Therapy Don’t know why they bob? In blue death boxes?

This is a good poem:

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