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Association for Scottish Literature
8 October
A complete list of free publications available as downloads from the Association for Scottish Literature.
Founded in 1970, the Association for Scottish Literature is an educational charity that aims to …
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CloisterFox
23 September
CloisterFox is a bi-annual zine of British speculative fiction.
You will find the stories that creep uninvited along quiet corridors. Stories unnoticed by shoppers hurrying by. Secrets, miracles, and universes …
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Comix
23 September
Comix is a portfolio management tool, marketplace, crowdfunding and social place on the internet for Indie comic creators.
Founded in Australia in 2017, their mission is to become a thriving …
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Christine Larsen
23 September
A Harvey Award Nominated cartoonist and Illustrator, Christine Larsen has created art for comics, book covers, stories, posters and websites; working with clients such as Dark Horse, Image, IDW, BOOM! Studios, …
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Briardene Books
17 September
Established by Niall Harrison in 2022, Briardene Books is a micro-press specialising in non-fiction about science fiction and fantasy.
Briardene currently stocks two titles, both collections of reviews and essays. …
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Duck Prints Press
4 September
Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher founded in January 2021 and based in New York State, US.
Their founding vision is to work with fancreators to publish their …
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Baldur Bjarnason
4 September
Baldur Bjarnason has been making websites for over twenty-five years.
He works as a web developer (front-end, back-end, or full-stack) for both companies and charities, small and large, in a …
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byelacey
21 August
Lies Within is created by Lacey, a lifelong vampire fan from a small town in Canada best known for a UFO crash in the sixties.
Lies Within is her first …
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Cursed Morsel Press
21 August
Founded by Eric Raglin, Cursed Morsel Press publishes short horror and Weird fiction.
Cursed Morsel is anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer.
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Chace Verity
21 August
Chace Verity (they/them) is publishing queer as heck stories about romance, friendship, and found families.
Chace has published stories in multiple genres including fantasy, paranormal romance, contemporary, and historical fiction, …
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Life Beyond Us
Recommended by
sohkamyung
Stories that I found interesting in the anthology were by Eric Choi, Geoffrey A. Landis, Rich Larson, Lisa Jenny Krieg, Tobias S. Buckell, Valentin D. Ivanov, Gregory Benford, Peter Watts, Simone Heller and Mary Robinette Kowal.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/fiction/2023/20230409-LifeBeyondUs.html ]
INTERZONE #289 (NOV-DEC 2020)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A lower than average issue with stories that didn't really attract my attention apart from stories by Cécile Cristofari and David Maskill. The tale by Maskill is the 2019 James White Award Winning story
Even When the World Has Told Us We Have Ended
Recommended by
kevin
If you haven't read any of Cat Hellisen's books before, read this first.
A beautifully crafted tale. Otherwordly, sinister, near-horror, it has sides and edges I couldn't grasp, as my eyes slid off them, unable to focus while it slowly insinuated its pages, paragraphs, sentences, words, and letters into my brain.
A MUST READ, and it will only be the beginning of your journey!
Commodore Vic 20 A Visual History
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A fantastic book about the VIC20, one of the early home computers that helped to launch the home computer revolution. The book covers the various versions of the computer created for different markets and includes notes and anecdotes from some of the creators of the computer, who had to overcome obstacles in their path in creating the computer.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2021
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average last issue of this magazine to be edited by C.C. Finlay. It features interesting stories by Robert Reed, Jonathan L. Howard, John Kessel, Lavie Tidhar and James Morrow. "N-raptured" by Justin C. Key, however, may be too US-centric a story to be enjoyed by those who are not familiar with racism and the use of racial words in the US against African-Americans.
The Healers' Road
Recommended by
kevin
I absolutely loved this book!
Recommended in @paracactus' 'Slice-of-Life Fantasy' list, it provides a place to go, a world to just sit in and enjoy.
Like the contemplative and cozy parts of The Steerswoman series, Jaran, and The Guy of Gisborne books, you simply get lost in the subtly portrayed world.
A fantasy setting without the usual tropes or stereotypes. A fantasy book to love.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2019
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An interesting set of stories in the issue, with the ones by Michael Libling, Matthew Hughes, Gregor Hartmann and Marie Vibbert.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2022
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A good issue with mostly interesting and wonderful stories, some related to the holidays. I especially enjoyed the stories by John Shirley, Vida Cruz-Borja, J. C. Hsyu, Sara Ellis, Alexander Flores and Jo Miles.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/FantasyAndScienceFiction/20221128-FSF202211.html ]
Blood Witch
Recommended by
kevin
Absolutely loved this occult murder mystery novella!
It's so much fun! It's fast-paced, has tonnes of likeable characters, some f/f smoochieness, magic, demons, and vampires. And while it's the start of a series, it has a complete story of its own - ensuring you get a nice neat-ish ending at the same time as teasing more adventures to come.
Will definitely read this series!
INTERZONE #278 (NOV-DEC 2018)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A not very interesting issue of Interzone, mainly because the stories appear to be on the theme of conflicts (mainly military related) and not of much interest to me. Natalia Theodoridou's story about unusual genetically engineered soldiers is probably the most interesting.
INTERZONE #290-#291 (DOUBLE ISSUE)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An above average issue with interesting stories by Alexander Glass, Tim Major, Cécile Cristofari and Shauna O'Meara.
Nottingham
Recommended by
sapphiction
Love this! A perfect blend of humor, action, and romance. The characters were delightful and endearing. The pacing was great. The writing is top notch. It was so hard to put down. Don't start this one if you've got things to do.
DC comes to GlobalComix
Huge news for comic fans, as one of the largest comic publishers, DC, bring their titles to the digital comic distribution platform, GlobalComix.
Do we really own our ebooks?
A recent video by author and editor Kristin McTiernan about her experience of switching from a Kindle to a Kobo ereader caught a lot of attention, and highlighted why buying DRM-free ebooks is so important.
Your ebooks are now even safer
We moved all your ebooks! They're now stored with a more resilient and maintained cloud storage provider. Sounds really exciting I know, but this is a much better situation.
Comic Review: B-Mecha 2 Ishaani
Jamie Me, Neri Rearte, and Archie Dait return with Mechs, Kaiju, real life, this time in Bradford! Suit up for the latest North-of-England set Kaiju-fighting comic.
No AI at Libreture
Libreture exists to support readers, independent publishers, and authors. There’s no place in that for machine-generated tools, especially those that steal content.
Seven years of ebooks: pricing, plans, and fairness
2017 - 2024, and still going. The story of Libreture so far, looking at changes to pricing and what I consider to be fair.