In this issue: stories by Seán Padraic Birnie, E.G. Condé, Rachael Cupp, Roby Davies, Matt Hollingsworth, Prashanth Srivatsa, and R. Wren; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick Lowe, Val Nolan, and Aliya Whiteley; and book reviews by Gautam Bhatia, Zachary Gillan, Kelly Jennings, Paul Kincaid, Giselle Leeb, and Val Nolan. The cover art, SIBILANCE, is by Carly A-F.
As I stared into the Abyss, I became aware the Abyss was staring back at me. "What are you looking at?" I said. "You," the Abyss replied. "You are fascinating. I have never seen anyone like you before." I blushed. "I bet you say that to everyone." "I do. And it is always true." #MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
I have a new story in the November issue of @clarkesworld today. It started as a story about a robot uprising, and ended up as something way more contemplative. In which an artificial being loses a (vital?) part of themself:
I enjoy meeting new people here and have loved my experience so far. I return follow, especially if you have an avatar photo, some posts, an introduction, a bio. Cheers. 🖤 💀 🦋 👾
Another #twitter migration? Welcome, former tweeters! This is an example of an #introduction post (it will put you in people's searches and help them discover your beautiful self):
"We also have knowledge of another superstition from that period: belief in what was termed the Book-Man. On some shelf in some hexagon, it was argued, there must exist a book that is the cipher and perfect compendium of all other books, and some librarian must have examined that book; this librarian is analogous to a god."...
NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 42 seeks new poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from #writers who are #Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. Submission is free & all successful contributors are paid!
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I hung up the phone and looked at my wife, “CalLINES says that the flaming cracks are part of seasonal shifts, they’ve dispatched a drowsing crew and witch to see if they get it to stop screaming until they can put a more permanent fix in place”
4 hours later three witches are standing around in the street in full black robes with high vis stripes, and hard hats with tall black points and cats eye reflectors. Their brooms have little amber strobes attached at the bristles.
They chalk a bunch of runes down on the street, place a cone with a strobe over the worst of it, spend another hour or so standing around, then fly off.
Only two more days until we open for submissions! If any of you out there have some great short fiction from or about alien perspectives: send it in on the 7th 😄
David Robb discusses James Hogg’s short stories “Mary Burnet”, “The Brownie of the Black Haggs”, & “Strange Letter of a Lunatic” at our 2017 Schools Conference
The Abyss (mastodon.art)
As I stared into the Abyss, I became aware the Abyss was staring back at me. "What are you looking at?" I said. "You," the Abyss replied. "You are fascinating. I have never seen anyone like you before." I blushed. "I bet you say that to everyone." "I do. And it is always true." #MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
The Library of Babel (La bibliotecha de Babel) by Jorge Luis Borges - 1941 - free .pdf (sites.evergreen.edu)
"We also have knowledge of another superstition from that period: belief in what was termed the Book-Man. On some shelf in some hexagon, it was argued, there must exist a book that is the cipher and perfect compendium of all other books, and some librarian must have examined that book; this librarian is analogous to a god."...