Adaora Raji reflects on the legacy of the Biafran war in the @fictionable#podcast, and we hear from Etgar Keret, Lucy Caldwell, Michael Donkor and Serena Katt.
Write the Future You Want to Live In, By Ana Sun
Ana Sun delivers a thoughtful and thorough look at Solarpunk. How do positive visions of the future affect both scientists and citizens, designers and engineers? Can fiction highlight solutions to environmental dangers and social injustice?
Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy, Hailey Piper
Some of Us are Very Hungry Now, Andre Perry
Someone Who Will Love you in all Your Damaged Glory, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
The Zoo Where You're Fed to God, Michael Ventura
Fifth Life of the Catwoman, Kathleen Dexter
Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories, Lauren Groff
Men, Women, and Chainsaws, Stephen Graham Jones
Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoka Matsuda
King Clown, Mark Lages
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Kevin Wilson
The Wild Impossibility, Cheryl A. Ossola
The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney, Christopher Higgs
Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor
Baby Geisha, Trinie Dalton
A Blue Sky, Natasha Jennings
A Common Person and Other Stories, R. M. Kinder
Beloved, Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Night at the Fiestas, Kirstin Valdez Qualde
Immobility, Brian Evenson
@bookstodon First up: Men, Women, and Chainsaws, by Stephen Graham Jones. I really enjoyed this short story. If you have ever had a revenge fantasy, this one's for you, because it's just sooooo satisfying. Recommend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #books#ShortStories#bookstodon
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
Upon finishing NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MONSTERS I sat, quietly devastated by the elegant, bleak prose that spooled out stories of souls broken by fate, circumstance, tragedy, &/or the random cruelties of others. Beautiful, savage, resonant. A "must-read" collection.
(Small Beer Press)
All of these creative professionals slipping into AI systems with far too much confidence, hoping for an edge. I wonder how much money AI makers are spending on social-media influencers to post those “don’t get left behind” posts.
Designers, UXers, and all creatives. I’m getting paid by no one to tell you that you’re talented and capable without AI. Your career doesn’t depend on using it. It’s fun but it’s not our future.
@markwyner
Sure, but I am not going to scroll through stock images or try to draw my own artwork for my #shortstories when AI can do that for me, and having AI summarize the stories for the log line saves me a bunch of effort.
It doesn't give me an edge, but it saves me bother and money
In a similar spirit to her "Cat Pictures, Please" short story and Catnet books; also engaging with some of the same ideas as https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/ Bruce Sterling's "Maneki Neko" (a story I find way less engaging) and Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age".
Hey there. I'm an Australian flash fiction author. I've been working on a novella which I'd like to share.
In the fifth instalment of the 'New Beginnings' series titled 'A mother's love' Lee's worst nightmare has come to fruition and the move to Malandra has thrown her life into chaos. She is hanging on by a thread as she contemplates the worst thing that a parent could imagine. Mick, the local constable goes on the hunt for the children, fearful of what he may find out.
While you're there, read the rest of the 'New Beginnings' series and browse through my other stories.
"Anders is such a consummate critic that he cannot separate the critic from the rest of himself—even when his life literally depends on it. He is, functionally, the world’s most pretentious zombie." #literature#politics#prose#shortstories
Folks, "The Birds I Pull," by Sharang Biswas is available to read on our site right now! Cozy up, settle back, and enjoy. 🐦🪶❤️ https://www.augurmag.com/the-birds-i-pull/
Their Eyes Were Dust (bertwriteshorror.com)
A free short story by indie horror author Bert S. Lechner. Drawing inspiration from Lovecraft, Lechner weaves a fantastic tale of grim discovery.