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A journal that explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Alexandra Pierce. https://www.speculativeinsight.com/
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Hey if you're in London and you're into women's sports, you might be interested in this pop-up. My friend Laura runs a shoe company that makes the world's ONLY female-specific football/soccer boot. wadeinstitute.org.au/more-than-ju...

Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) gives an intriguing account of what it was like to encounter a real-life 'portal' in Dublin in early 2024 - how it was received and why it was discontinued... Read the essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com

Quoll! In motion! 😍

We can cross $30k, I know this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) gives an intriguing account of what it was like to encounter a real-life 'portal' in Dublin in early 2024 - how it was received and why it was discontinued... Read the essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com

Coo

Hook. When I was a kid (back with Blockbuster), we borrowed that film for a week and watched it every day.

How far can Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) push the use of @effjayem.bsky.social's ideas about fantasy portals when discussing the IRL Dublin/New York Portal? Let's find out! Read now! Tell your friends! And tell me if you visited the portal! www.speculativeinsight.com

Please note that every author for SI signs a contract to guarantee they have not used an LLM in writing their pitch or their essay. I'll also never use AI-generated cover art. Also, while it's not much, I do pay authors and artists for their work.

Please note that every author for SI signs a contract to guarantee they have not used an LLM in writing their pitch or their essay. I'll also never use AI-generated cover art. Also, while it's not much, I do pay authors and artists for their work.

I had a moment of delighted shock when I realized there's a cover reveal- and for a book that I'm *in*. My essay "Untangling Quiet" might be my best work, and I'd love more eyes on it. It will be in Vol 3, or you can read it at @speculativeinsight.bsky.social (There's still a lifetime subscription!)

How far can Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) push the use of @effjayem.bsky.social's ideas about fantasy portals when discussing the IRL Dublin/New York Portal? Let's find out! Read now! Tell your friends! And tell me if you visited the portal! www.speculativeinsight.com

Excited and honored to be a finalist for the Ignyte with my poem "The Person Who Reminds the Other Person to Cast a Spell" in @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This is a very cool lineup! Make sure to read them all! Here is mine - strangehorizons.com/poetry/the-p...

Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) muses on how the Dublin/New York "portal" was, and was not, like a fantasy portals, and what that meant for folks' interactions with it. Read the essay now - and if you visited either side of the portal, I'd love to know! www.speculativeinsight.com

Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) muses on how the Dublin/New York "portal" was, and was not, like a fantasy portals, and what that meant for folks' interactions with it. Read the essay now - and if you visited either side of the portal, I'd love to know! www.speculativeinsight.com

Many of our guest posts feature creators realizing more about themselves. This is why we talk about it! We are our stories - we are our art. We hope you enjoy today's post from the visionary Alexandra Pierce ( @speculativeinsight.bsky.social ). www.kickstarter.com/projects/att... #Art #Books

In this new essay, Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) interrogates the reception and purpose of the Dublin/New York portal (which existed for four months in 2024), as only an academic versed in the fantastic can... Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com

In this new essay, Val Nolan (@vallescurarule.bsky.social) interrogates the reception and purpose of the Dublin/New York portal (which existed for four months in 2024), as only an academic versed in the fantastic can... Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com

I'd never heard of the Dublin/New York portal until @vallescurarule.bsky.social pitched me an essay about whether this real-world installation could be viewed through a portal-fantasy lens, referencing @effjayem.bsky.social's work in particular. Read it now (for free!): www.speculativeinsight.com

Seconded.

I'd never heard of the Dublin/New York portal until @vallescurarule.bsky.social pitched me an essay about whether this real-world installation could be viewed through a portal-fantasy lens, referencing @effjayem.bsky.social's work in particular. Read it now (for free!): www.speculativeinsight.com

Tonight seems like a good night for Borderlands. The movie, not the game. It’s still weird every time I hear Cate with an American accent.

OMG get Shroud if you haven't already.

Please keep talking about our art and story book if you'd like it to take off! We have a *fun* upgrade pending, but aren't quite at the print run size to announce it yet... www.kickstarter.com/projects/att... #BookSky

ICYMI!

ICYMI!

Several authors have recorded video trailers for their essays on Speculative Insight... so if you want a taste of what's been written (and also a sneak peek at this Saturday's free essay!), check out: www.speculativeinsight.com/trailers

Abby has one of the most cleverly produced of these!

Several authors have recorded video trailers for their essays on Speculative Insight... so if you want a taste of what's been written (and also a sneak peek at this Saturday's free essay!), check out: www.speculativeinsight.com/trailers

@annleckie.com if you're still up and online - your website appears to be down!

Yo #melbourne, want to hear about some astonishing women's #history from the anti-Vietnam War era? Coming soon: me, banging on about the women I interviewed, at the Library at the Dock, one fine June evening. ("fine" is probably a lie, because Melbourne.) www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/melbou...

In case anyone was wondering where Aussie rock was at these days

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Akwaeke Emezi: Claiming the Center locusmag.com/2025/06...