Review * Interview * Emma Burnett Emma Burnett’s novella, Ex Partum (Atthis Arts), will be released in June. I love Emma’s work, so I was eager to write an early review of her book: Ex Partum presents a harrowing extrapolation of t…

New interview with Emma Burnett about all things writing & her upcoming novella, EX PARTUM!

Also links to Emma's stories in @mythaxis.bsky.social , @unchartedmag.bsky.social , @radonjournal.bsky.social & @northerngravy.bsky.social

@slashnburnett.bsky.social @atthisarts.com

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Ex Partum is a dystopian novella reminiscent of The Giver while exploring parental anxieties and exhaustion, invasion of privacy, sacrifice for choice, unlearning and relearning, corporate greed, and over-confidence and reliance on tech. burnett delivers a heartrending story that illuminates the flaws of every society as well as ourselves. —Ai Jiang, author of Linghun and A Palace Near the Wind; image shows surreal depiction of a repetitive interior. Ex Partum by emma burnett, sci-fi novella, coming June 2026, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan

Ex Partum by @slashnburnett.bsky.social 🔥 - Watch this space for pre-orders, coming soon! #BookSky

I’m not sorry.

I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan. Here’s What It Taught Me About Work Ethic by Dan Peacock When people ask me where I’ve been for the last year, I always enjoy seeing the look on their faces when I tell them. “Titan? That’s so far away. There’s nothing out there.” “Wait, did you say they…

I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan. Here's What It Taught Me About Work Ethic, by Dan Peacock in Translunar Travelers Lounge. Absolutely nails the voice, perfectly paced the punchlines, made me laugh so hard I scared my dog.
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Oh my gosh, that one! Grinding my teeth all along LOL. Great example of how you can love a story when the only thing you want to do is throwing shoes at the character (murderous shoes preferably). Masterclass in how to have a despicable chsracter and still hook your readers!

I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan. Here’s What It Taught Me About Work Ethic by Dan Peacock When people ask me where I’ve been for the last year, I always enjoy seeing the look on their faces when I tell them. “Titan? That’s so far away. There’s nothing out there.” “Wait, did you say they…

This story reveals there are many upsides of being captured by pirates - not least that you get to write a fantastic post for your favourite business networking website! translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/i...

Those of us who survived the breach were put in chains and dragged over to their cruiser. They ripped out the harpoons, boosted away, and torpedoed the company craft into untraceable shrapnel from a safe distance. Most people would have seen this as a setback, but me? I saw it for what it was: a paradigm shift. I Spent A Year In Forced labour In The Helium-3 Mines On Tital. Here's What It Taught Me About Work Ethic Dan Peacock

I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan. Here’s What It Taught Me About Work Ethic by @danpeacock.bsky.social tells us there's no excuse not to rise, grind, and exceed expectations even when you're in a hostile environment slave mine.

I Spent A Year In Forced Labour In The Helium-3 Mines on Titan. Here’s What It Taught Me About Work Ethic by Dan Peacock When people ask me where I’ve been for the last year, I always enjoy seeing the look on their faces when I tell them. “Titan? That’s so far away. There’s nothing out there.” “Wait, did you say they…

I have a new sci-fi story published in @translunartl.bsky.social today! This one’s slightly painful to read, as it’s told in the style of an unhinged motivational LinkedIn post.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge a speculative fiction magazine

Featuring work by Maria Clara Klein, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social , Arvee Fantilagan, @cjtavares.bsky.social , @danpeacock.bsky.social , Morgana Clark, Adan Jerreat-Poole, Tunvey Mou, Ramiro Sanchez & @molowrites.bsky.social, Bella Chacha (continued)
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It’s not my hearing; he says he wants me to come all the way out west to the Heinlein Space Center to take a look at something. I remind him politely that I’m an ornithologist, not an engineer.

“Take Flight” into @danpeacock.bsky.social’s moving family-centered, near-future, climate fiction story!

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The existentially paralysing awareness of opportunity cost when you finish a book and must decide Which Book To Read Next

Bad things keep happening to good people. Can I speak to your supervisor?

Heartlines Spec, if it ends nicely.

Thanks, Adria! Sorry, everyone!

“Take Flight” by Dan Peacock I’m not sure I’ve heard the voice on the other end of the phone correctly, and I ask him to repeat himself. It’s not my hearing; he says he wants me to come all the way out west to the Heinlein...

Have you read?

Take Flight by Dan Peacock at kaleidotrope

Dan always writes the most heart-wrenching of stories.

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Italic & Bold Italic & Bold by Dan Peacock

A hotdog is a bread taco.

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Are we human, or are we dancer?

Thanks, Jay!

For those who don’t want to click, that favorite of the month is “Take Flight” by @danpeacock.bsky.social, pairing a small-scale story of finding a thought-extinct bird with big family disputes about leaving a dying earth kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/...

"Take Flight" by @danpeacock.bsky.social brings some powerful eco fiction about birds and fathers and sons.

This is a really good story about the struggle between wanting to save something that might be dying and escaping in order to save yourself.

This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."

A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.

B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.

New fiction by Emily Linstrom, EC Dorgan, @rkduncan.bsky.social, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @jaydeholmes.bsky.social, @amulderwrites.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @kmveohongs.bsky.social, and @ernerker.bsky.social!

A poignant start to the year, well worth the read.

My newest story, “Take Flight”, is out now in Kaleidotrope!

On a half-abandoned future Earth, an ornithologist discovers a critically endangered bird nesting beneath a spaceport launch pad.

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Artwork of a black cat sitting on the rings of Uranus with a starry background.

Cast of Wonders 669: The Cat that went to Uranus by Dan Peacock narrated by Rish Outfield produced by Jeremy Carter

CW: allergies

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Cast of Wonders 669: The Cat that went to Uranus | Cast of Wonders The ship was barely a million kilometres away from Earth when Commander Fowler heard a meow. He stopped what he was doing and frowned. Spaceships did not normally meow. They’d been rocketing away from...

New story day! “The Cat That Went To Uranus” is now available to read or listen to in @castofwonders.org.

After stowing away aboard the first manned mission to Uranus, a little black cat quickly becomes a nuisance…

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November, novella, new beginnings | Emma Burnett Get more from Emma Burnett on Patreon

My latest Patreon post is live. It's got some life updates, and for paid supporters, it has a snippet from my upcoming book, Ex Partum (coming soon from @atthisarts.com).

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You are enough.

No, seriously. Stop. That’s enough.