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Life After Life After Life by Christopher Blake We swim, singing with joy to the Stars, weaving and darting and skimming photo-plankton from the exosphere of Harvest, our home asteroid. The pod sings and the Stars sing back: ol...

Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.

For the Rectitude of Our Intentions by Stephen Kotowych It wasn't fully signed yet, of course. Even now, delegates of the Continental Congress who had not been in Philadelphia during the final vote earlier in the week made their way to ...

It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.

Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child by Steve Loiaconi After recent tragic events at Holman Elementary School, your child's memories have been downloaded to the enclosed synthoid. Please charge the robot for at least 36 hours using a USB...

We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.

Birdsong by Erica Ruppert Meara bent to look more closely at the curved length of bone tangled in the dusty weeds. It looked like it could be part of an arm. It might have been someone she knew once, before th...

We have another free story! @renfestklingon.bsky.social (Erica Ruppert's) "Birdsong" is free to read on the Calendar of Fools site for three weeks. Don't miss out! calendaroffools.com/stories/bird...

Upsized Savior by David Boop Hi! I'm Zack Sunstrom. You may remember me as the captain of the first faster-than-light mission to Alpha Centauri. Since coming face-to-face with death, I've had a special appreciation ...

Time for another free story! Now available on our site is "Upsized Savior," by @denverauthor.bsky.social! It'll be there for three weeks, and don't forget there's still 10 days left to read "Horses of Pazyryk," by S.L. Harris! calendaroffools.com/stories/upsi...

The Horses of Pazyryk by S. L. Harris All those long black winter afternoons, I hid in the belly of the museum surrounded by the ghosts of horses screaming. Their golden bridle ornaments shone in the greenish light, their ...

We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .

More reviews have rolled in from Abyss & Apex and the Jenny Cruise blog! www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r... arghink.com/2025/07/argh... . Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to read "Intergalactic Rejects," and we're thrilled they enjoyed it!

Intergalactic Rejects Story writers face rejection all too often. It can be disheartening, depressing, and downright defeating. Every writer has heard that it happens to all of us, but also to show, don't tell. This anthol...

I've faced my fair share of writerly rejection and so am truly honoured to be a part of the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social now available at calendaroffools.com/intergalacti... and anywhere books are sold!

Intergalactic Rejects Kurt Cobain was the poster-child for troubled genius, someone who found that being one of the most famous people in the world didn't do anything to take away his pain. But that's OK: maybe this time t...

I have a short story Boddah in the new @calendaroffools.bsky.social collection Intergalactic Rejects, released last week. Why not find out more about it at dalesmithonline.com/send-out-sto...? Contains Kurt Cobain.

Intergalactic Rejects, edited by Storm Humbert - Tangent Online Intergalactic Rejects Edited by Storm Humbert (Calendar of Fools Publishing, June 20, 2025, tpb 294 pp.) "Pod People" by Rich Larson "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake "Almost Time" by Andrew Jackson "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by Stephen Kotowych "Disclaimer: This Is Not Your Child" by Steve Loiaconi "Messenger of Death"

Our most recent anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects," edited by @stormhumbert.bsky.social just received its first review. Thanks to C.D. Lews if Tangent for taking the time. Hopefully it inspires other readers to do the same :)
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Calendar of Fools Calendar of Fools is a small press comprised of a group of science fiction and fantasy authors who met at the 2021 Writers of the Future Workshop as winners of the contest. One of the most valuable le...

Hey! Sorry this has taken so long, and thank you for your interest in the anthology. Copies will be available from basically everywhere books are sold starting June 20. If you're having trouble finding it, feel free to come to our site, www.calendaroffools.com. We have links on the project page.

Amelia Dee Mueller, @swpisciotta.bsky.social, @renfestklingon.bsky.social, @dalesmithonline.com, and Catherine Wells! We're so excited to share these stories with you, and can't wait to put this book in your hands!

It's TOC announcement day! In addition to our anchor authors listed on the cover image, Intergalactic Rejects will also include stories from @chrisblake.bsky.social, @lrb.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, S.L. Harris, Andrew Jackson, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @sloiaconi.bsky.social 🧵

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Thanks to all who have supported our "Intergalactic Rejects" kickstarter thus far. As a thank-you to current backers (and incentive for future ones), David Boop's story "Upsized Savior" is available to all backers via an update! We hope you read, enjoy, and tell your friends! Link in the comments

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It's launch day! "Intergalactic Rejects" KSer is live! We'd like to thank our featured authors, Samuel R. Delany, @robertjsawyer.com, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, @penprince.bsky.social, Greg Bossert, @jeanmarieward.bsky.social, William Joseph Roberts, David Boop, and Robert Silverberg!

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We launch in five days! So, this seemed like a good time to remind everyone that, in addition to our wonderful anchor authors, "Intergalactic Rejects" will also include our first ever open call. We can't wait to find 8 more stories to publish alongside our featured authors! Kser link in comments.

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The folks at Fellowship and Fairydust were kind enough to sit down with our "Intergalactic Rejects" editor, @stormhumbert.bsky.social to discuss the upcoming anthology! We're so happy for their interest in our project. Link to the interview in the comments.

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His RPG work includes Interface Zero, Rippers Resurrected and Deadlands: Noir for Savage Worlds. David regularly tours the country speaking on writing and publishing at schools, libraries and conventions.

Additionally, Dave is prolific in short fiction, with over fifty short stories and two short films sold to date. While known for weird westerns, he's published across several genres, including horror, fantasy, and media tie-ins for The Green Hornet, The Black Bat and Veronica Mars.

David Boop is a Denver-based speculative fiction author. He's also an award-winning essayist and screenwriter. His novel, the sci-fi/noir She Murdered Me with Science, returns to print from WordFire Press after a six-year hiatus.

Our final author spotlight for "Intergalactic Rejects" is David Boop! His story "Upsized Savior" feature in the anthology, and we can't wait to share this quirky, fun story with our readers! David's bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.

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He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the SFWA presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.

Robert Silverberg is one of science fiction's most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as Dying Inside, Downward to the Earth and Lord Valentine's Castle, as well as At Winter's End.

Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is Robert Silverberg! Instead of a story, Bob is giving us an essay about the most important rejection he ever received, and we're excited to share his insights with our readers! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments.