https://medium.com/speculative-encounters/beastly-winter-91fab2cd6e9b

Beastly Winter -- a serial speculative fiction story.

A branch snapped, as if his daddy had stepped on it, but his father wasn’t there. Sonny had an idea what had caused that pop.

The puppy must be bigger than he’d thought.

#serialfiction #serials #medium #speculativefiction #fiction #horror

As the world crumbles around us, more people are asking if we are in a simulation.
Perhaps that is the wrong question.
Are we ready to ask if we are the simulation?

https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/not-inside-the-simulation

#SimulationTheory #SpeculativeFiction #AI

One thing I appreciate about serving on the board of @OtherwiseAward : we can use our platform to help bring more attention to new works by people whose works we've honored in the past

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows

Some of these are short stories you can read for free online!

#SpeculativeFiction #books #sff

In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more:

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows

Consider them as you read, and nominate and vote for awards.

#sff #genre #SpeculativeFiction #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #fantasy #LiteraryAwards #GenreFiction #books

Added "The Nemesis Legacy" to the shelf of first-edition hardcovers. Good times. 🙂👍

http://michaelshotter.com

#specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #book #books #bookshelf #bookcollection #hardcovers #booksofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon #speculativefiction #sciencefictiion #specficbooks #scifibooks #NWT #NodWellsTimelines #TheNodWellsTimelines #reading