Tak stepped over a sleeping bag and said to John: "You people want me to work too hard. You just refuse to understand that work for its own sake is something I see no virtue in at all."

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From @dilmandila 's The Blossoming of the Big Tree:

❝Her ornithopter was blue,with orange wings and tail, and white geometric designs that seemed to glow, creating the illusion of a futuristic craft. Acen’s hair was blue, with white beads on her cornrows imitating the designs on the bruka. Her jumpsuit had the same colour and patterns. She taught programming at her village’s high school and was one of the three thousand engineers who maintained Yat Madit, but she dreamed of the stars and so led a project to build spaceships.❞

She's so cool, I love her 😍

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Take a chance on Rough Passages, my mosaic novel about people who get superpowers when they hit their 40's and risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & love. There's also heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & big "let's avoid dystopia, shall we?" energy.

Print & DRM-free ebooks for sale on my website:
https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1

kindle: https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2

Nook, Kobo etc here:https://books2read.com/kmherkes

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The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

S02E04 - The House Of Teel:

The Teel dynasty might be the most powerful family in the whole of human history, with Conn Teel having ruled since the death of Earth.

And yet, the brood he has sired strive to usurp both him and their siblings as their own ambition sets them against one another. Livia knows this zero sum game only has one outcome, and seeks to survive it.

https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s02e04-the-house-of-teel

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I am going to take this as asking about something divisive. How about this: A world where people consider the male contribution to a child insignificant? A character after a weird question by a guy she rides a lot says something to the man similar to, "A few drops in a moment of passion compared to me pregnant much of a year? Keep looking handsome and don't bother your head about such nonsense, or other guys I might like." Men raise their sisters children instead with the aid of their mother's family, but the government does maintain a mandatory genetic registry.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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DEADLINE MAY 16: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine is looking for fiction and non-fiction, specifically "enthralling stories [100–4,000 words preferred, query for longer] set in a future we want to believe in, one we would fight to make a reality." In non-fiction they are particularly looking for science and non-fiction articles of ~6,000 words. https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

PAYMENT: Fiction $0.08/word, non-fiction $30/piece, poem $30/piece, art $30/piece

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Capture, a new novel by Australian author Amanda Lohrey

https://disassociated.com/capture-new-novel-australian-author-amanda-lohrey/