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Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one.

Tonight is "Wrath of Khan." This one might be flawless.

Read The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez: Chapters 1 and 2 - Reactor As the healer’s daughter, Malka has seen how the wood’s curse has plagued her village…

We’re thrilled to share an extended preview of The Maiden and Her Monster by @maddiesmartinez.bsky.social, publishing September 9th with ‪Tor Books!

Look for chapters from this gorgeous debut fantasy every Monday thru August 25th, and check out chapters 1 & 2 today: reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

A SUPER supermassive black hole The central black hole in the galaxy Holmberg 15A is very, very beefy

Damn. That's a big-mass black hole.

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Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.

@sem-office.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.

Worldcon Schedule! I will be in attendance at the Worldcon being held in Seattle! Here’s my formal schedule of where to find me at the convention: THURSDAY: 20 Years of New Who BritCon; Popular Media; Streaming…

Reminder: My Worldcon schedule is posted! lynnemthomas.com/2025/07/29/w...

It is, indeed, Monday again.

Take this otter.

The cover of Wiz Duo Book 1. Art by Roz Clarke. The are two images separated diagonally. The image for 'The God Road' is a mantis-like creature. The image for 'To sail the interstice' is a ship sailing off the edge of the world.

Have you heard about our new Wiz Duo series? Two novellas for the price of a novel. Book 1 contains 'The God Road' by David Gullen and 'To Sail the Interstice' by Ben Wright.

There is a review of the book on the British Fantasy Society blog: britishfantasysociet...

A picture of Wonder Woman smiling brightly, waiving with a quote from Wonder Woman #25, 2006 by Gail Simone. "Don't kill if you can wound, don't wound if you can subdue, don't subdue if you can pacify, and don't raise your hand at all until you've extended first."

My favorite Wonder Woman quote from Wonder Woman #25 by @gailsimone.bsky.social.
"Don't kill if you can wound, don't wound if you can subdue, don't subdue if you can pacify, and don't raise your hand at all until you've extended first."
Such a perfect ethos for my favorite superhero.

I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.

Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.

It’s @lionesselise.bsky.social’s birthday month sale and one of you needs this - www.etsy.com/listing/4343...

StokerCon 2025 StokerCon, sponsored by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), was held June 12–15, 2025 both virtually and in person at the Hilton Stamford Hotel in Stamford CT. Guests of honor were Scott Edelman,…

StokerCon 2025 locusmag.com/2025/08...

Habitats Volume 2 (Optimistic Science Fiction & Fantasy) The second issue of a brand-new optimistic science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Published by Habitats Press.

We're nearly 30% funded with 12 days to go! Thank you to everyone who is backing the project — please repost and help us make our goal! ☀️

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#solarpunk #scifi #fantasy #scififantasy #scifimagazine #fantasymagazine

Premium Quality Entertainment: The Joys of Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon - Reactor You can only find Murderbot by looking for what it loves.

Whether it's playing into campy melodrama or facilitating a tense moment within the show, we love Murderbot's portrayal of The Rise & Fall of Sanctuary Moon [@leahschnelbach.bsky.social]

#Murderbot

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Photo of Nghi Vo with images of her book covers, including The Chosen and the Beautiful, Siren Queen, and The Singing Hills Cycle novellas. Text reads: "Winner of the Crawford, Ignyte, and Hugo Awards," and "Locus and Lambda Literary Award finalists".

Nghi Vo is coming to #Gaylaxicon2025! Register at gaylaxiconmn.org and read more about her novels and acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle. Be sure to check out her latest novella, Don't Sleep with the Dead. We hope to see you October 3-5!

#queerbooks #LGBTQbooks #fantasy #scifi #SFFH

You all @nghivo.bsky.social is going to be at #Gaylaxicon2025 and if you have not read her Singing Hills Cycle YOU ARE MISSING OUT. Also, how cool is it that Vo is coming to St. Paul - the home of F. Scott Fitzgerald? Her novel based on The Great Gatsby, the Chosen & The Beautiful, is so good!

A square graphic with a red background and a tan stripe at the top, with 5 circle icons arrayed in the center. From top to bottom, the white and red text reads as follows: "SAPPHICS IN SFF WHAT WORLDCON IS MISSING OUT ON" Sunday, August 3rd Morgan Dante Dae Storm Dax Murray Ladz Visceralhit A YouTube livestream panel hosted by Alex Harvey-Rivas

"SAPPHICS IN SFF—WHAT WORLDCON IS MISSING OUT ON"

We're talking all about sapphic SFF and the recent Worldcon controversy. Tune in this Sunday at 6PM PST!

Featuring:
@ddanddauthor.bsky.social
@daxaeterna.ink
@ladzwriting.bsky.social
@morgandante.bsky.social
@visceralhit.bsky.social

Eamonn Murphy is back with another collection of short stories that will enthrall you, take you to other worlds, leave you thinking, and maybe even tickle your funny bone. Another collection of short stories that were first published in Nomadic Delirium Press magazines, you are sure to find a story or eight in this collection that you will enjoy. The image is the cover for The Spirit of Mars and Other Stories by Eamonn Murphy. It features a picture of Mars.

Looking for a good short story collection to read this weekend? If so, then you should pick up The Spirit of Mars, and Other Stories by Eamonn Murphy.
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#scifi

Holy fuck.

Tumblr pointed me to this Murderbot fic.

It's about multiple SecUnits trying to keep their humans safe.

YOU READ IT BY PLAYING MINESWEEPER.

IT'S A GAME OF MINESWEEPER THAT'S A MURDERBOT FIC.

archiveofourown.org/works/66992527

Background image shows a crescent moon over a futuristic city. Above, text reads: Clarion West Writers Workshop. Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy. In the center are two circular headshots, of Martha Wells and Kate Elliott. Below, text reads: Martha Wells and Kate Elliott in Conversation. July 30. 6-7:30PM PT. Virtual Event.

Join us online tomorrow for the final event of our summer reading series: a virtual conversation between @marthawells.com and @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, followed by an audience Q&A! RSVP at clarionwest.org/events.

It is Wil Wheaton Day. Don't Be A Dick.

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher.: Review by Adrienne Martini Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher (Tor 978-1-250-34203-4, $28.99, 368pp, hc) August 2025. Hemlock & Silver, the latest from T. Kingfisher (AKA Ursula Vernon), is a love letter to the scientif…

“HEMLOCK & SILVER is Vernon at her most Vernon-y and a great place to start if you are new to her work.” @amartini.bsky.social reviews new work by @UrsulaV locusmag.com/2025/07...

Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Covers: The Duet by Nilah Magruder, Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong, and Blessed Universe by Galen Dara

ICYMI, Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 85% funded with JUST 8 DAYS LEFT! Do you think Uncanny Magazine is important? JOIN THE SPACE UNICORN RANGER CORPS AND MAKE YEAR 12 HAPPEN! $7K to fund! buff.ly/HPEcU9t

Holy moly. A magnitude *8.8* quake off of Kamchatka a short while ago. Tsunami warning issued for Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska.

These sterling silver earrings with stacked Czech glass beads are all about the big coin beads at the bottom, the orange-red ones with dragonflies stamped into them. A picasso finish helped emphasize the images and edges. Above those, black faceted teardrop beads also had some picasso finish at the ends. And way up at the top, two tiny faceted brick red rondelles had picasso finish as well. All the metal here is sterling silver.

"Some of Us Called Them Sewing Needles" earrings: dragonfly earrings in black and orange-red Czech glass on sterling silver

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An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Translating Speculative Fiction into a Language with Many Dialects” by J. D. Harlock Teaser: Arabic’s linguistic diversity is central to translating SFF with authenticity. Series name: Perspectives in Translation

This week on Planetside…

“Translating Speculative Fiction into a Language with Many Dialects” by @jdharlock.bsky.social shows us how to translate tech jargon and alien lore into a language spoken in hundreds of forms. Part of Perspectives in Translation.

Read at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/29/t...

A thumbnail from the YouTube that features our video correspondent Amelia, and text that says 'New Books Weekly, science fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult'

Every week over on #YouTube we catch you up on the top new titles and #bestsellers coming to the #Locus world! Subscribe to our channel to stay ahead! youtube.com/@locusma...

A second star for Betelgeuse?! Astronomers post a possible binary companion for the soon-to-be supernova

Betelgeuse is a binary! Maybe!

A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B.

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Business Meeting Agenda and Recaps The 2025 Business Meeting Agenda, along with the instructions for the virtual meeting platform, may be downloaded from the 'Documents' section of this page.

Missed the last virtual WSFS Business Meeting or want a recap? The notes are now available for review!

Catch up on the discussion and decisions from the Third Main Meeting, held July 25:
seattlein2025.org/wsfs/busines...

#WSFS #SeattleWorldcon2025

Podcast: Time Is An Ocean In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Angela Liu's 'Time Is An Ocean' read by Emmie Christie.

Ahhh, just saw my time traveler romance “Time Is An Ocean” was podcast on @strangehorizons.bsky.social! @emmiechristie33.bsky.social’s narration is so good!

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