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SRL Publishing
19 September
Based in the UK, SRL Publishing's strapline is Breaking the Silence, and they aim to do just that.
SRL are all too familiar with the issues in today’s society …
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The Broken Spine
14 August
The Broken Spine is a poetry press and arts collective based on the coast of North-West England.
It was set up in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen …
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Nantucket Lit
13 August
Nantucket Lit™ is a free and open-source platform created by Nicholas Bernhard that allows writers to create and share high-quality ebooks.
Ebooks can be read directly in a web browser without …
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Anni K. Comics
13 August
Anni K. (she/her) is a Finnish comics artist.
They were born and raised in lapland, but are currently living in Tampere. They cherish their Northern roots, but love Tampere, this …
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Rien Gray
13 August
Rien Gray is an agender, intersex, and butch writer of F/F and F/NB romance, erotica, suspense, and horror.
They love reworking classic tropes in new ways and adding a splash …
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Indie Bites
13 August
Indie Bites is a quarterly indie fantasy anthology, created to promote the work of indie authors.
It features short fantasy fiction (prose and poetry) from self-published, hybrid and unpublished authors, …
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Aimée Maroux
13 August
Aimée Maroux (the creator of Erotic Mythology) writes mythology erotica, sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy.
Meet lustmad gods and goddesses, nubile nymphs, salacious satyrs, hunky heroes and mere mortals.
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Keezy Young
13 August
Keezy Young is an award-winning and Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator who writes and draws comics and graphic novels.
They enjoy writing mystery, horror, love stories, and ghosts, and …
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Freddie A. Clark
13 August
Freddie A. Clark writes Science Fiction, Grimdark and Horror with a Cyberpunk and biomech twist.
Based in Milan, Clark lives with three cats, their partner, and a massive collection of …
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Six Centuries of Type & Printing
13 August
Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman tells the story of the evolution of type and printing.
It starts in Asia, before Johann Gutenberg, then takes you generation by …
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Fermi's Progress 1: Dyson's Fear

Recommended by
kevin
This book got me hooked!
It delivers hard science fiction, pathos, beautifully dark comedy, a dig at every lazy sci-fi trope in existence, plenty of laughs, and is simply a must-read.
You know what you're getting into from the clever book titles. The humour is Jonathan Swift meets Red Dwarf. And the science is terrifyingly accurate...
...unfortunately!

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 194

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Isabel J. Kim, Nadia Afifi, Yang Wanqing and Ann LeBlanc.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20221124-Clarkesworld194.html ] or [ https://bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/review/532240/s/a-better-than-average-issue ]

INTERZONE #281 (MAY-JUN 2019)

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A rather light-weight issue with stories that probably appeal to those who prefer a more 'literary' style of SF than what I would normally read. The stories that I found interesting were by James Warner, Andy Dudak and Malcolm Devlin.

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 205

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue, with interesting stories by Suzanne Palmer, David Goodman, Amal Singh and a humorous story by Michael Swanwick.
Full review at my website [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20231003-Clarkesworld205.html ]

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 207

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Fiona Moore, Ng Yi-Sheng and Fu Qiang.
Full review at my website [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20231206-Clarkesworld207.html ].

Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2020

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An interesting collection with good stories from Nadia Afifi, Nick Dichario, Lyndsie Manusos and an interesting take on the zombie invasion story by Sarina Dorie, trying it with school safety protocols that may or may not work.

The Postman

Recommended by
sakina
Bloody loved it! Epic story with a vision for the future that is possibly more relevant in 2020 than it was when the book was first published.

Memory

Recommended by
kevin
An amazing story that more than fulfils my need for great world-building. Such a creative mix of the unrecognisable, beautiful prose, and an uncanny skill for weaving technology into mythology.
Memory is slow to build, but when it does, it does so steadily. As our characters explore the 'Ring of the World' we learn with them, understand with them and fight back with them.
A wonderful read.

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!

The Devil's Revolver

Recommended by
kevin
What a fantastic 'Weird West', magic, action, adventure tale!
This carefully constructed alternative Western story is populated with interesting, but not always likeable, characters. The magic is strange and unpredictable, and is very much part of the world, not added on top.
While a YA fantasy, the book never shies away from addressing the very real violence and horror of genocide.

The Queen of Ieflaria

Recommended by
sapphiction
I unintentionally binged this awesome fantasy. This book is was nearly impossible to put down, but I had to eat every now and then. Such a fun read!
I love the world-building, the dialogue, the characters, and pretty much everything about this book.
I can't wait for the sequel! I'm reading it next. Errr, I'll probably binge it too...

A Sign of the Times

Recommended by
sohkamyung
My review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/fiction/2024/20240821-SignTimes.html ]

Amazon is removing another way to download your Kindle ebooks
In another move to block reading your Kindle ebooks the way you want, Amazon are updating their Android app requirements.

Store your Kindle AZW3 ebooks with Libreture
Have you downloaded all your Kindle ebooks and are wondering where and how to keep them safe? Libreture now supports your Kindle AZW3 ebook files!

Update on the new Collections feature
Collections are coming soon! A neat new way to organise all your digital reading and display your library just the way you want.

Amazon is removing your ability to download and keep your ebooks
Say goodbye to sideloading your Kindle ebooks! If you haven't downloaded your Kindle ebooks by the 26th of February, you'll never be able to use them on another device again.

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DC comes to GlobalComix
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