Non-Binary Authors To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting non-binary authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work. Welcome back to Non-Binary Authors to Read! To my great shame, I let both this…
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Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a monthly column from Charles…
Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a monthly column from Charles…
Non-Binary Authors To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting non-binary authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work. Welcome to the December 2020 edition of Non-Binary Authors to Read. It’s been quite the…
Phantom Limb by Reiko Scott Published 9/25/2018 I received my first cybernetic arm when I was eight years old. Naomi Shimizu has undergone several enhancements. A cybernetic arm, to replace her crushed one. Smooth pale skin and visual implants,…
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A Smugglerific Cover: PHANTOM LIMB by Reiko Scott
In which we reveal the cover for the next short story in our 2018 Awakenings series, Phantom Limb by Reiko Scott! Behold the smugglerific cover: About the Story I received my first cybernetic arm when I was eight years…
Running by Itoro Udofia Published 8/28/2018 I’ve got an ancestor on my back. Arit is a young woman, growing up in a home that balances two different worlds. On the TV, a preacher speaks of a God who looks…
Nussia by Michele Tracy Berger Published 6/26/2018 Nussia… I said her name like a wish. All Lindsay Fields has ever wanted was to have a best friend–someone to share all her likes and dislikes, who would truly understand her.…
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A Smugglerific Cover: NUSSIA by Michele Tracy Berger
In which we reveal the cover for the next short story in our 2018 Awakenings series, Nussia by Michele Tracy Berger! Behold the smugglerific cover: About the Story Nussia… I said her name like a wish. All Lindsay Fields…
Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a new monthly column from…
Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a new monthly column from…
Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a new monthly column from…
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Book Smugglers Publishing: Open Call For Short Stories Submissions (2018, Awakenings)
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. As of October 5, 2017 Book Smugglers Publishing is currently open for short stories submissions for publication in 2018. General information and theme We’re looking for original English language short stories from all around the…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters
The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson
The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson Published 6/27/2017 Welcome to 222 Winter Street, home to loving parents Matt and Geoffrey, and their two adopted daughters. Moira and Mystique Brighton-Briggs may identical be twins, but…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson
In which we reveal the cover for the second short story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: The Waters and Wilds of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the…
Book Smugglers Publishing Inspirations and Influences Quarterly Almanac
El Periodista y La Guerrera: Yosia Sing on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Over at Kirkus: Arrival and Story of Your Life
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana does a compare/contrast of Arrival, the new movie with Amy Adams and Ted Chiang’s short story Story of Your Life that inspired it. Go over there to check it…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters
Book Smugglers Publishing: Open Call For Short Stories Submissions (Summer 2017)
Submissions are now closed. As of August 23, 2016 Book Smugglers Publishing is currently open for short stories submissions for publication in 2017. General information and theme: We’re looking for original short stories from all around the world as…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Kirkus
Over at Kirkus: The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again
It’s Friday! And we are over at Kirkus… Today, Ana takes a look at AC Wise’s collection The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again. It’s…ULTRA FABULOUS (you must have seen that coming!). Go here to get the…
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THE BRIDEGROOM: Amelia Mangan on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Book Smugglers Publishing: Open Call For Short Stories Submissions (Summer 2016)
Submissions for short stories are now closed. General information and theme: We’re looking for original short stories from all around the world as long as they are written in English. Our goal is to publish at least three short…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact
Application for the Delegation of First Contact: Questionnaire, Part B by Kathrin Köhler
A short story – in questionnaire format – from Kathrin Köhler Application for the Delegation of First Contact: Questionnaire, Part B by Kathrin Köhler Published 5/26/2015 A questionnaire, developed by the Federation for the Delegation of First Contact, for…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact
Book Smugglers Publishing Presents Upcoming Short Stories: First Contact (Summer 2015)
Introducing our upcoming Summer 2015 line-up of new short stories! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Four Short Stories for the Sagacious Reader After a successful first season of short stories – Fairytale Retellings – we Book Smugglers are proud…
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The Mussel Eater by Octavia Cade Nominated for a BSFA Award
The shortlist for the BSFA Awards 2014 has been announced and one of the six stories we published last year is on it! We are pleased and proud to announce that The Mussel Eater by Octavia Cade has been…
It’s Friday which means we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana reviews The Anderson Project, a collection of three novelettes inspired by a piece of art. You can read all three stories over at Tor.com and check out Ana’s…