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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, …
Favourite Books
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Airedale
Recommended by
sakina
Gritty, relentless, uniquely West Yorkshire and above all, realistic. Come for the plot, stay for the intense detail, well-drawn characters and well-thought-out political backdrop.
In the Sweep of the Bay
Recommended by
sakina
Why do we make the choices we do? Social and family pressures, personal beliefs of our place in society and of how our lives are supposed to be. This is a book that lets you look inside the lives of one family, and gives you the sense of understanding that a bitter or reserved exterior can hide losses that no-one else knows about.
The Naseby Horses
Recommended by
sakina
The Naseby Horses by Dominic Brownlow is a beautiful, haunting read - lots of layers. It deals with families, trauma, and poses questions about the validity of beliefs, be they religious, superstitious or scientific.
Absolutely gorgeous writing.
Fantasy & Science Fiction. July/August 2021
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue with some interesting stories. Those that I enjoyed are by Michael Swanwick, Yukimi Ogawa, Lauren Ring, Phoenix Alexander, Lisa Lacey Liscoumb, Paula Keane, Rowan Wren and Tato Navarrete Díaz.
Galaxy's Edge Issue 43: Tribute Issue
Recommended by
sohkamyung
A nice, average issue with fun stories by Andrew Peery, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Larry Hodges, J. Scott Coatsworth, Eleanor R. Wood, Janis Ian and Mike Resnick. Between the stories are appreciations by numerous writers about Mike Resnick's influence on themselves and the SF community.
The Thief's Gamble
Recommended by
kevin
I was intrigued by the promise of a living fantasy world, instead of the usual "I was there three thousand years ago, Gandalf. And look, we're still using swords!"
A world where characters have lives, likes and concerns. Where technologies and discoveries change over time. This is epic fantasy that covers the passage of time in a meaningful way.
A fantastic series.
INTERZONE #285 (JAN-FEB 2020)
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue, with interesting stories by Gregor Hartmann, Andy Dudak and John Possidente.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue with interesting stories by Gregor Hartmann, Matthew Hughes, R.S. Benedict and with an especially interesting story about a musical faun by Jerome Stueart.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/Jun 2022
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue, with lots of shorter pieces of fiction and only a few longer ones. The stories that I found more interesting are those by Fawaz Al-Matrouk, Ai Jiang, Julie Le Blanc, Taemumu Richardson, Shreya Ila Anasuya and John Wiswell.
Full review on BookWyrm [ https://bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/review/180959/s/average-issue-of-fsf-with-more-shorter-pieces-of-fiction ]
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2023
Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue of F&SF, with interesting stories by Stefan Slater, Prashanth Srivatsa, Madalena Daleziou, David D. Levine, Dane Kuttler and Robert Reed.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/FantasyAndScienceFiction/20230117-FSF202301.html ]
The Blue Blazes
Recommended by
kevin
This weird, wild, violent, dangerous, almost-fantasy, New York setting is pure Chuck Wendig.
Mookie Pearl is to the gangland thug what Miriam Black is to the care home nurse. If this is what happens when Chuck Wendig is given free rein to create his own universe and populate it with strange gods, demons and magic, then I want more of it!
Read it and the sequel. Well done Chuck!
Origin Complex
Recommended by
kevin
This is the most stunning science fiction novel I've read in years. To see such scope and grandeur in an independent title makes my heart sing!
You'll come for the mechs and ancient alien horrors, but you'll stay for the archaeology and one of the best robot-human buddy pairings since Iain M. Banks' Culture series.
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.