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Patreon Revived

Since readers are still subscribing, I'll go ahead and keep posting news and other updates here.

Today’s thing of note:

I revived my Patreon page. Follow for Free or Subscribe for $3/month for frequent doses of flash fiction, poetry, and WIP updates.

Link: https://www.patreon.com/tonyarmoore

This Newsletter is Moving!

After much internal debate, I’ve decided to host my newsletter on my own domain. Substack IS a great platform, but at the end of the day, it remains someone else’s platform. Considering the recent instability of 3rd party platforms (social networks , etc), I’m most comfortable with the idea of having all/most of my stuff hosted on my own website.

If you want to keep up with my speculative fiction writing-related shennigans, please Subscribe at:

www.tonyarmoore.com/subscribe.

With this well-known ...

Author Website Overhauled

I’ve completely overhauled my author website and added new flash fiction, short story, and webserial sections. There’s even an entire, detailed “About Me” page now, which I’ve be strangely avoidant about taking the time to write for many years.

www.tonyarmoore.com

One of the stories newly added to the site is Mermaids are From Outer Space, please check it out—and if you do read it, enjoy!

There will be some changes to my posting frequency and content variety on substack as I transition back to blog...

The Webnovel Experiment

You may… or may not have noticed that I haven’t been updating my space opera webserial The Lore of Hegira on Substack lately. This is because I’ve been experimenting with a few different platforms such as Amazon Kindle Vella, (Royal Road - not published, only considered), and the VOCAL Chapters community. My aim was to see which if my webserial would perform well on any of these platforms.

Short answer: it did not.

Since The Lore of Hegira did not seem to be getting much traction on any of these ...

The Web Fiction Directory is Open for Submissions

Web Fiction Directory is a community and directory for webserial writers and readers, maintained by speculative fiction writer, Tonya R. Moore.

Webserial authors are welcome to submit their serialized stories to the Web Fiction Directory permanently at no cost.

Authors who wish to have their webserials Featured can select the $9.99 monthly “Featured” option. Featured listings and their associated fees/charges automatically renew every 30 days.

The Web Fiction Directory includes a community/social ...

Publication News, Just Announced

It’s official!

SPACEFUNK!, the final installment of MV Media’s “FUNK!” speculative fiction anthology series, will include my science fiction short story titled Anansi and the Astronaut.

MV Media, LLC publishes and promotes afrofuturism, sword and soul, steamfunk and more. The imprint is the brainchild of publisher and author of Muscadine Wine (and other phenomental books), Milton Davis.

Spacefunk! was preceded by the following FUNK! anthologies:

Cyberfunk!

Steamfunk!

Spyfunk!

Spacefunk! will feature ...

New FlashFic, New Book Review

A bit of HousekeepingFor the sake of keeping my Substack entries organized and easily accessible, this Newsletter has been divided into the following three segments:

Strange Stories Live Here - short story, novelette, novella and novel reviews, author interviews, and genre and writing craft essays plus author news and updates.

Short Fiction - my original science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories and flash fiction

The Lore of Hegira - my weekly space opera webserial

If you like a variety of ...

Lily and Snow

“Snow, I’m hungry.”

A bitter blade of grass sticking out of one side of his mouth, the hazel-eyed sylph turned his head to glance at the girl who murmured his name. Side by side, they sat on the ground with their backs pressed against the trunk of a thick, old naseberry tree. Rain had come briefly, hours ago, and gone. Now Lily, barefoot, curled her dainty toes into the soft damp grass. 

She smiled sweetly at Snow while twirling a finger in her wild, blue mass of curls. Willowy and bird-boned, she...

Unforeseen Circumstances Abound

I admitted to the hospital again, this past Sunday. This time, for congestive heart failure—the result of excessive fluid on the lungs.

I was, thankfully, discharged last night, but I’m still not back to 100%. It will probably take me a few days to catch up on all of my projects and reconcile my posting schedule.

Yesterday’s episode of The Lore of Hegira has been pushed back to next Tuesday.

Apologies for the inconvenience and thanks, as always, for your continued patience and support!

Tribute

Rasta man gone astray, the devout artist had adopted flesh for his canvas.

Everything about him was dark, the curl of his brows, and even his countenance when he eased back and stood, studying his handiwork.

The silent woman in the claw-toed tub sat leaning forward. The thick braid of her hair was twisted into a knot. Like his hand, the bathwater was muddy with her blood and neat little slivers of her skin.

The pattern three quarter ways carved into her back was Yggdrasil. Gnarly roots coiling deep...