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Apocalypse Weird: Texocalypse Now by Michael Bunker and Nick Cole

Combining a character-focused post-apocalyptic survival narrative with hints of a wider, potentially supernatural, story, Bunker and Cole have created a novel that works as both an individual work and an entry point to other story arcs set in the same … Continue reading →

More Happy Than Human?

As deep background for a possible story, I have been considering hypothetical histories of self-awareness in robots. There are many stories already which posit negative consequences to mistreating self-aware machines; but I wonder if the ethics of treating them well … Continue reading →

Your Fish Has Got Away and other Unusual Translations

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
The original, short version of this post was written for the Book Marketing Tools blog. This longer version was written as a guest post for Vanessa Finaughty’s blog. One of the best ideas of Douglas Adams…

Fear Like a Habit by Mallory Smart

While this collection is, as Smart indicates in her introduction, fuelled by a youthful journey in search of alternatives to modern life, the rejection of the capitalist model is filled more with melancholy than rage. This collection contains nine poems … Continue reading →

Time Heist by Anthony Vicino

Combining the life-enhancing possibilities of biological nano-technology with a society where the only thing that has changed is what currency the rich horde and a vein of dark humour, Vicino has created a worthy successor to classic cyberpunk. In a … Continue reading →

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Bathroom

Having spent a chunk of the last few days wielding poisons of might against the dark beings seeking to reclaim the bathroom, there was only one song to celebrate the start of the season: With the water leak above the … Continue reading →

Enough Blame to Go Around

One common thread in the aftermath of any tragedy is victim blaming: the idea someone facing prejudice, oppression, or crime has a responsibility to reduce the risks they face. The arguments against this are clear. However, a more subtle fallacy … Continue reading →

Absent Souls by Dylan S Hearn

In this sequel to Second Chance, Hearn has produced another post-cyberpunk tale that very definitely puts substance over style. While it does not skimp on interesting technology and racing action, this work runs on character not tech-porn. As this is … Continue reading →

State of Growth

Today I present for your delectation, the print cover for State. Technical gubbins by the talented Rodolphe Bessey. Hopefully, having learnt from my issues with the paperback of An Unquiet Calm, this will all go smoothly.

Seek Out the Alien Within

One of the best things about writing Greenstar is having the freedom to design amusing, scary, or just plain odd aliens, and Simon and I thought you might enjoy it too. So we are holding a competition to design an … Continue reading →