@ericstallsworth.bsky.social
A speculative fiction writer striving to be published! The loving support of his amazing wife Andrea is the key to everything he achieves!
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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 53, βA Rest from the Hunt"" by Elaine Ho: a muscular masc centaur with a bare chest and blue horse hide, pointed ears, and long blue hair tied in a ponytail holds a nocked bow in his hands. A femme human with long untied brown hair rides on the saddle wearing a red longcoat with yellow trim, riding pants, and brown boots. The human also has a bow and an arrow nocked and pulled back. Both of them are kissing each other as the white and pale blue clouds and brown earth underneath have lines that imply rapid motion. The quote reads: "In steady, vicious monologue he cussed the bus that ran late after class, the old guy holding up the Speedway checkout with scratch-offs, and the morning clerk leaving him loitering outside."
Reading 2023 fiction? Try the novelette "Anything with a Void at the Center" by Lee Mandelo! Click on the link below!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/anyt...
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Weird fun fact: if you don't write words, the book won't actually happen. Bizarre, I know. Trust me, I have tried all the other options.
18.11.2023 02:45 β π 334 π 44 π¬ 17 π 10In 2004 LeVar Burton gave the commencement address at Willamette. He walked up to the mic, sang the words βButterfly in the sky,β and then the entire graduating class, in full voice, sang back to him the entire Reading Rainbow song. Wasnβt a dry eye in the house.
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Available now! Robotic Ambitions edited by Lesley Conner and Jason Sizemore.
First review of Robotic Ambitions out in the wild!
"Anthologies are great for finding new authors you really like, as well as reading multiple takes on a common theme. Robotic Ambitions fits this bill on both counts!" historythatneverwas.com/2023/11/15/r...
I think Iβd find the OTHER side of the gnome to be pretty disturbing, were I walking past this house. π
10.11.2023 16:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sure? I havenβt yet deeply plunged into my psyche and put it on the page. Maybe I need to! π
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We are delighted to announce that Fresh Meatβs Kimberley Nixon is attached to our short to play Annabelle! Weβve got 39 days to reach our crowdfunding goal at www.indiegogo.com/projects/fai... so please help if you can! πΊ π§ββοΈ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ #casting #supportindiefilm #filmmaking #fantasy #scotland
03.11.2023 11:23 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
It's November 1st and all the things are happening. THING ONE: Come support @oldmoonquarterly.bsky.social on Kickstarter if you can. They are looking to assemble their next two issues, one of which will contain ME. @lairdbarron.bsky.social might be a bigger draw??
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Image: Ipad with the Belonging issue on it. Above is the FIYAH Logo and information for the book club.
Join us for Issue NO. 28 book club on Dec 3rd, 2023! There will be readings from the authors, and a chance to speak with editors and the illustrator.
To sign up to receive calendar invites: airtable.com/app9bBxdT9db...
You should hire me if:
- you need a developmental editor familiar with the intersection of lit & spec
- you've written a flash you don't know whether to keep under 1K or expand into a short story
-you have an ancient Greek retelling & are looking for feedback from someone born and living in Greece
Russell Letson Reviews Lockdown Tales II by Neal Asher locusmag.com/2023/11...
02.11.2023 15:41 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The art is just beautiful!
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Sarah Morrisonβs illustrations are amazing! Grim looks so cheerfully unaware that Frank the taxman is about to turn his world upside down.
βA Cup of Teaβ is now interior art for Death and the Taxman, which I just sent as an ebook to my Kickstarter backers. Coming Apr 15th, 2024 (Tax Day).
Guest Editor: LP Kindred. LP Kindred is a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer, editor, teaching artist, and podcaster of speculative fiction from the axes of Black and Queer Identities. An alum of Hurston-Wright, VONA, and Clarion Workshop, Kindred's words feature on Tor.com, Fiyah Lit Mag, Carnegie Hall website, Apex, Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Anthema Spec from the Margins. LP has guest edited issues of Speculative City, the Cosmic Background, and Haven Spec as well as co-editing and contributing VOODOONAUTS PRESENTS: (RE)LIVING MYTHOLOGY (Android Press). Kindred is a cocoa-founder of Voodoonauts, a grassroots collective addressing the underrepresentation and isolation of Black Creatives in Speculative Communities. LP is a co-host of Just Keep Writing, a podcast for writers by writers, to keep you writing. LP's 2022 short story WANDERLUST is Ignyte Award nominated. Find LP's tingz at linktr.ee/lpkindred.
Did you know that LP Kindred / @lpkindred.bsky.social, the Ignyte Award-nominated author and all around awesome human being, is guest editing our January issue?
Help us buy the stories for this issue at pro rates by supporting our Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...
I hopped on the mics with @orikes.bsky.social and Tomas for another Gnomecast from @gnomestew.bsky.social. We talked about tips for attending #ttrpg conventions. I hope you enjoy the episode!
gnomestew.com/gnomecast-17...
We've got a new perk tier for the writers: Short story or poetry edits! Up to 5k words or 5 poems. Plus you get a 2024 subscription to Solarpunk Magazine and a bunch of other additional goodies. LIMITED TO 6 BACKERS! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sol...
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Ian Mond Reviews The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar locusmag.com/2023/10...
25.10.2023 15:46 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thrilled to announce that my translation of "The Rattler" (ΠΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΠΊΠ°) by Leo Kaganov will appear in Asimov's.
This story is scandalous in the best way; the author managed to include acrostics spelling out "Glory to Ukraine, Glory to Heroes." Which I replicated in the translation.
BCS #394 ebook is out early today at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring lyrical stories of sacrifice for love by @rkduncan.bsky.social and @marilynhope.bsky.social, behind cover art by Roberto Nieto: www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
25.10.2023 15:08 β π 10 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0Iβll need to get on it then!
23.10.2023 21:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have never read that book. Am I missing out?
23.10.2023 02:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just to say that Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social is most amazing (not because I am part of this awesome collective). We do great work and everyone from editor to first reader is stellar.
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2023 Winner Best Novel: Adult THE BLOOD TRIALS β N. E. Davenport (Harper Voyager)
The winner of the 2023 Ignyte Award for Best Novel: Adult...[drumroll or something here]
... is THE BLOOD TRIALS by N. E. Davenport
@niadavenport.bsky.social
Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget.
19.10.2023 02:50 β π 8863 π 2741 π¬ 143 π 84People with more money than brains?
19.10.2023 14:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Swimming nose plugs?
19.10.2023 14:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Awesome! Donβt you love when that happens?
19.10.2023 14:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am rolling here! This is priceless!
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Tomorrow night! 8PM EST, we're talking about building cities in your fiction.
Maps, tools, tricks, and some weird history to add to the mix.
(Of course I'll have to mention Pompei, because I've been obsessed with it since I was a kid, but you know... we're still discovering more about it!)
