SFWA has named Nancy Kress its 43rd Grand Master. Her "Beggars in Spain" imagines people engineered never to need sleep, then shunned for it. The award will be presented at the 2027 Nebula conference. https://sfwa.org/2026/08/28/press-release-august-28-2026/ #SciFi #SFFBooks

The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky reaches the UK Dec. 3 with 37 stories. One has hungry ants trying to rebuild the world in their own image. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/best-of-adrian-tchaikovsky-9781035930265/ #SciFi #SFFBooks

A researcher enters an abandoned Romanian manor to trace a signal driving the world mad. The doors lock behind her; the plants intend to keep her there. Alex Woodroe's Tatratea arrives Oct. 20. https://bookshop.org/p/books/tatratea-alex-woodroe/6206ed6038325ce0 #Horror #SFFBooks

On a frozen planet that bans machines, Vealyn's husband is executed for using a defibrillator to save her life. S.F. Spilman's Zero Tech follows her escape from the regime that killed him. Out Oct. 13. https://www.zerotechuniverse.com/home #SciFi #SFFBooks

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"Last Farewell of the Emperatrix" in Adventitious!

 This story is in the new issue of Adventitious! It's the story of a former leader of a muRead More: https://SFFbloggers.com

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Jo Walton and Ada Palmer's Trace Elements (March 16, 2027) examines an unspoken pact in science fiction: readers track strange details, trusting the author to make them add up. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250323088/traceelements/ #SciFi #SFFBooks

Locus's October issue reviews The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10. In Isabel J. Kim's “Freediver,” two people risk a spacewalk to repair cables that cross a portal and hang beneath an ocean billions of light-years away. https://www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-10 #SciFi #SFFBooks

Eugen Bacon's Black Dingo gives a dingo a cameo or supporting role in every story, across a collection of Afro-Australian speculative fiction. Out Nov. 24. #SpecFic #SFFBooks https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-Dingo-Short-Stories/Eugen-Bacon/Beyond-and-Within/9781835627877

My fave episode yet! What are stories about if not characters. Includes exercises authors can do at home. (Find out who I based one of my villains on).

Audio only this ep as we nail down some tech issues.

#writers #writing #amwriting #writelife #authors #books #mc #characters #sffbooks #litfic

I'll be reading from Fortunate Son & giving away a free copy on @swsworlds.bsky.social this Friday at 12pmET on Zoom. Register here: strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com
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Here’s my 5 ⭐️ review of Wild Skies by @rexburke.bsky.social
Another exciting adventure full of witty banter, this time with megafauna and military goons getting seen off by Mother Nature!

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RB Kelly's Different Wavelengths collects 12 SF stories, four new. In "Love Story in Dy-161," a deep-space technician expecting years alone discovers another observer in an orbiting pod.

https://www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=278

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For writers: leveling up by diversifying the feedback you receive. Echo chambers = blah. Diversity = gold.

#forwriters #writinglife #writelife #authors #newauthor #writingbooks #books #sffbooks 📚🪐 💙

If you're in Toronto come to Word on the Street to meet some fantastic SFF authors (and check out their books!)

Toronto SFF Writers is the largest group of its kind in Canada featuring several Aurora Award winning authors. Check us out.

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I read this book this month and I cannot recommend it highly enough! A superb blend of cyberpunk and hardboiled detective (with a glimpse into our future that is both reassuring and, well, concerning).

#books #cyberpunk #detectivenovel #booksale #sffbooks #ebook #applebooks #kobo #scifi

The end of a fantastic trilogy is nigh.
THE RELIC EMPIRE brings Montero’s epic of high-stakes action and political intrigue to a satisfying crescendo.
Secrets will be laid bare, sacrifices will be demanded, and the ultimate fate of Kenjir will be sealed in blood and glory.

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A peek at The Fall of the City of Bells

As announced last week, The Fall of the City of Bells is out now. I wanted to tell a bit more behindRead More: https://SFFbloggers.com

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Explore the inspiring worlds of @cornellwriter.bsky.social with Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl, a retrofuturistic novelette, and The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories, a cross-genre short story collection! Both are available now.
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Take THAT, Corey! 😂
And thank you, Canada, UK, Australia for making Third Contact #1 in three Amazon categories.
Still on sale! $5 > just 0.99 (in UK/CA/AUS/NZ/EU/US).
Links to all stores in comments.

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