@jamesmachell.bsky.social
"Be nice to him, you never know" - Amazing Stories Writer, editor, interviewer (occasional YouTuber) https://linktr.ee/jamesmachell
Book cover for Babel by R. F. Kuang. Features name of the author and the book title in gold lettering. Rest of the cover is black and white, with a big tower in the middle of an early 20th century British town. White birds fly around the tower.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1
#BookSky ππ #Books #BookChallenge
Since it is apparently eligibility reminder season, I published one novelette in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , one short story in @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social , and one poem in @utopiascifi.bsky.social last year. I would be honored if you considered any of them for appropriate awards.
13.02.2026 20:42 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Star*Line does have fantastic response times!
11.02.2026 09:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Got my third mention on Mike Glyer's excellent newszine
@file770.bsky.social. If I get to 10, I'll count that as having made it!
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Got my contributor copy for the Winter 2026 issue of Star*Line magazine!
My poem, "digging for time," is in here alongside other wonderful nuggets of poetry!
...and look at that robot go, typing away!! (about the cover)
-with thanks to John Reinhart and the staff!
@sfpoetry.bsky.social
Coming soon! This will be for our March episode
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We're extremely excited to announce a collab with @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. Selected Utopia SF stories are being adapted for the affiliated Simultaneous Times Podcast. In the meantime, we recommend listening to one of their fantastic episodes! #sf
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Interior magazine artwork for Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's story 'The Boy Who Loved Clouds'
Interior magazine artwork for Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff's story 'Heroes'
Poster promoting Makoto Shinkai's ζγθΏ½γεδΎ
The cover to Makoto Shinkai and Asahi Akisaka's 'Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below'
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bohnho... and Makoto Shinkai sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shinka... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Joanne Lorah, Frank Kelly Freas, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):
09.02.2026 14:55 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Congrats!
10.02.2026 00:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'd take elf any day of the week!
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Just posted on the SFE (@sfencyclopedia.bsky.social) Substack! #fantasy #gormenghast
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Announcing the 2025 Rhysling Award Finalists!
The Rhysling jury has selected 50 short poems and 25 long poems from the longlist of nominees, each of which will appear this year's Rhysling Anthology.
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You can read Oatleaf's @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social 2025 anthology to find my reprint of "Einstein Dreaming," first published by Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social.
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My latest poem, "The Mouth of Silence," is now forthcoming in S. T. Joshi's Spectral Realms. Very excited to get my contributor's copy and read the rest of the weirdness in the issue!
27.01.2026 15:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very excited for this issue! Let me know if there's anyone you would like for us to interview.
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In case you missed it, you can still get the latest issue of SCIFAIKUEST. Honoured to have a poem next to one by SFPA grandmaster, Akua Lezli Hope (@akualezlihope.bsky.social) #poetry
22.01.2026 09:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Coming up on Thursday
06.01.2026 02:39 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0My interview with poetry Hugo winner @swantower.bsky.social is up on the SFPA blog
02.01.2026 15:41 β π 10 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0Brilliant issue!
02.01.2026 10:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1New Star*Line out today. Honoured to be featured along with the likes of @spires.bsky.social, @bethcato.bsky.social, @marysoonlee.bsky.social, @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and many other fantastic poets! #poetry
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Couldn't agree more!!!
23.12.2025 18:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just finished writing my intro to an interview with S. T. Joshi for the weird fiction issue of @utopiascifi.bsky.social. I think readers are going to be particularly interested to hear his thoughts on how the genre is to be properly defined #weirdfiction
15.12.2025 23:30 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Have my fingers crossed!
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The Daily Telegraph is running a poetry competition. Is it just me or is this part of the contract extremely dodgy?
29.11.2025 07:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thrilled to announce that "I Carried a Brain Under My Arm" will be appearing in an issue of Star*Line. This is my second poem for this excellent magazine, the first being "Einstein Dreaming." Link to the first one here! #poetry #sciencefiction
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Very excited to be conducting this interview for @utopiascifi.bsky.social. Let me know if anyone has any burning questions about the history of Weird Fiction! #weird #sciencefiction
16.11.2025 21:22 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0William Hope Hodgson wrote brilliant stories, which may be slightly flawed and of their time, but few other writers have managed to channel such authentic weirdness into science fiction!
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In case you missed it, "Trip Through Eternity" was performed on the Simultaneous Times Podcast - hosted by Jean-Paul L. Garnier @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and featuring work by Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social as well as Toshiya Kamei! #sciencefiction
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You can read my poem and many others in the first year anthology of Oatleaf poetry @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social
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