In Ída Hennessy's "A Slightly Different Sunrise from Mercury, Nevada," Annie works as a "Canary" at the Nevada nuclear test site, at a time portal bringing tourists back to 1952. Multiple unexpected gut punches. Strongly recommended.

http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/a-slightly-different-sunrise-from-mercury-nevada/

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More Codex2024 reading: Ída Hennessy's RoxysMakeupMoxy6 Gets Real" was very funny. A makeup tips influencer doing her last show before the apocalypse. Strongly recommended flash piece.

https://flashpointsf.com/2024/09/20/roxysmakeupmoxy6-gets-real/

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More Codex 2024 reading: "Eternity is Moments" by RP Sand traces the relationship between a woman and her grandfather with ecological themes as the backdrop. Strongly recommended.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219709480-asimov-s-science-fiction-september-october-2024

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Fiona Moore's "What Happened at The Pony Club" has a cool premise--Y2K knocked out all computers worldwide and the world reverts to depending on smart people. Cool characters--girls at a private high school for these "computers." Cool format--an FBI case file.

https://www.fusionfragment.com/issue-22/

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Continuing with Codex 2024 short fiction catch-up, Angela Liu's "Before We Were Born" uses a near-future, cyberpunky conceit to examine tensions within a modern family. The twist at the end was terrific. Strongly recommended.

https://logicmag.io/issue-21-medicine-and-the-body/before-we-were-born/

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Cécile Cristofari's braided narrative, "Down the Waterfall," uses a time travel conceit to allow her protagonist to examine her life, live out fantasies, and find what is important to her. Very interesting. Strongly recommended.

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cristofari_01_24/

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Andrew Sayre's "You Look a Lot Like Aton Fuller" is a perspective I haven't seen: an adult clone, grown for spare parts for a rich man, freed when that practice became untenable, musing about this man upon his death. Definitely thought-provoking. Highly recommended.

https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-174/

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Renan Bernardo's "A Theory of Missing Affections" has an Ursula Le Guin vibe. A home planet, a distant planet with the ruins of an ancient civilization, a gate that connects them, and sisters on either side: one a historian, one viewing the ancients as gods.

https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/bernardo_09_24/

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Spencer Nitkey's "Eternal Recurrence" blends musing on Nietzche, comments on the unreality of advanced technology, and grief into a beautiful paxtische. Strongly recommended .

https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-113a-eternal-recurrence-by-spencer-nitkey/

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The latest from a press that has published a couple of my stories recently. This looks very good. I know a lot of people in the table of contents--you won't go wrong with this one if you enjoy speculative fiction.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1146079317527909&set=a.454423286693519

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I need some good reading. Anyone have recommendations for good Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels that are hopeful and encouraging? #amreadingfantasy #amreadingscifi

The new copies of Rights of Use are in the DragonCon vendor hall, booth 1320!
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Taking a non-fiction break after Chaotic Neutral.

This came up on sale in my Kobo wishlist so giving it a shot. Enjoying it so far! The blurb doesn't mislead.

https://geni.us/CascadeFailur

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It is time for a bedtime story.

NAR-RATE!

Had a terrific time last night recording an episode of @dldavitt 's Shining Moon Speculative Fiction podcast last night along with Leigh Harlen and @brentclambert We were talking about the 6 Nebula-nominated novelettes. Drops Wednesday. Will post link then.

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Reading for the Locus Awards? Try the novelette "SuperMAX" by Daniel H. Wilson! It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List! Click on the link here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/supermax/

Reading for the Locus Awards? Try the short story "Waystation City" by A. T. Greenblatt! It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List! Click on the link here!

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/waystation-city/