5 Writing Prompts for Sci-Fi Writers

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
This Mars story is about trust, shame, and what happens when people choose each other anyway. NEWLYWEDS is free now. https://inkican.com/emergency-reality-shelter-science-fiction-short-stories/newlyweds-scifi-short-story-free-sample/ #scifi #author #STEM #freebooks #speculativefiction #indieauthor
Forget Saving the World. Tell Us What 'Better' Looks Like

Picture a future that may not be perfect, but is attainable.

Unapocalyptic
Forget Saving the World. Tell Us What 'Better' Looks Like

Picture a future that may not be perfect, but is attainable.

Unapocalyptic
Five Writing Prompts for Science Fiction

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present
https://boldly.blue/near-future-dystopia-political-science-fiction-guide/
A guide to the American political dystopia. Enter at your own risk.
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American Nightmares: The Near-Future Dystopia as Political Warning, from Bradbury to Butler to the Present - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to the American political dystopia — from Fahrenheit 451's burning books to Octavia Butler's eerily prescient 2024, Philip K. Dick's manufactured realities, Ursula Le Guin's anarchist ambiguity, and N.K. Jemisin's enslaved geological workers. Why these five writers share a single tradition, and what that tradition demands of the reader.

David Somerfleck
2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists

  Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be an…

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The Informant Problem: Betrayal in Dystopian Fiction
https://boldly.blue/the-informant-problem-betrayal-in-dystopian-fiction/
The villain announces himself. The informant already has your key. Why betrayal is dystopian fiction's most devastating structural move — Orwell, Atwood, Zamyatin, Levi.
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The Informant Problem: Why Betrayal Is Dystopian Fiction's Most Devastating Structural Move - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

The villain announces himself. The informant already has your key. Why betrayal is dystopian fiction's most devastating structural move — Orwell, Atwood, Zamyatin, Levi.

David Somerfleck