#SF publishing

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

This week on Solarpunk Presents Podcast, Ariel chats with Selena Middleton, Publisher and Editor of Stelliform Press, all about publishing eco-fiction. What is eco-horror, and how does it relate to solarpunk fiction? What are the hallmarks of a good solarpunk story, according to Selena? How does history fit into visions of the future, and what does character have to do with it? Join us as we discuss all this and more.

Links: Stelliform Press website - https://www.stelliform.press/ Depart! Depart! by Sim Kern - https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/kern-depart-depart/ Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri - https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/another-life-by-sarena-ulibarri/ Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/green-fuse-burning/ The House of Drought by Dennis Mombauer - https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/the-house-of-drought-by-dennis-mombauer/

[bad-comic-art]

...What?

From the Guards! Guards! graphic novel.

submitted by @general-book-nerd

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Amazing Stories / February 1958 by Michael Studt Via Flickr: Amazing Stories / Magazin-Reihe cover: Ed Valigursky > Henry Slesar / The Night We Died > Harlan Ellison / The Vengeance of Galaxy 5 Editor: Paul W. Fairman Ziff-Davis Publishing Company / USA 1958 Reprint: Comic-Club NK 2010 ex libris MTP www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?56337

[samadhifired]

Since LMK has a bit of a futuristic style, it wouldn't be that big of a surprise if the show takes place in "semi-near" future. Several decades from now, but less than a centry.

Like... somewhere around 2092.

Meaning DBK would have gotten imprisoned under the mountain in 1592.

You know

The year the JttW (the book) was first published

[downthetubes]

Following its huge Kickstarter success, Sha: The Shadow One, the first collaboration between writer Pat Mills and artist Olivier Ledroit is now exclusively available to pre-order in an English language edition from 77 Publishing, with books shipping 1st July 2025. Here's our video review...

[f1-ferraero]

Oliver Bearman in the SF-24 and Arthur Leclerc in the F1-75 at Fiorano

(The white would be kind of nice if it wasn't for the hp logo. Remove it and give back the Ferrari rear wing please please please)

[actual-haise]

You know it sucks how much isekai slop light novels get licensed and officially translated and yet not a SINGLE Fate light novel is here in the west FGO is raking in DOUGH you'd think they'd done that years ago I think Apocrypha did never get a full fan TL either unless I somehow missed the last volume getting TL'd And sure I own the japanese novels but I'd buy an official TL in a HEARTBEAT

[rapha-reads]

Bonjour la France de Tumblr ! Aimes-tu la science-fiction ? Aimes-tu les space opera ?

Je me permets de faire un peu de promo pour le premier roman que mon frère vient d'auto-publier sur Amazon (oui, oui, boooo Jeff, mais n'empêche, on fait ce qu'on peut).

https://www.reddit.com/r/FranceDetendue/comments/1939xvi/instant_autopromo_jai_publi%C3%A9_un_bouquin_de/

Ses propres mots :

"Bon, allez, je me permets, petit instant auto-promo. Il y'a deux/trois ans, j'ai écrit un bouquin de science-fiction... première fois depuis mes 20 ans (au moins) que j'arrivais à mener un projet à son terme, à ne pas l'avorter en cours de route pour passer à un autre projet que j'abandonnerai inévitablement. Je l'ai envoyé à des éditeurs et j'ai reçu trois réponses très encourageantes me disant (je paraphrase) : "c'est pas mal, hein, mais il y'a plusieurs petits trucs qu'il faudrait corriger avant qu'on puisse l'accepter. Mais il manque pas grand chose, et voilà des pistes de réflexion sur ce qui pourrait être amélioré." Bon... malheureusement, j'en ai pas trouvé la motivation et je suis passé à autre chose depuis. Mais j'avais envie de lui donner une seconde-vie à ce bouquin... j'ai donc décidé de le publier sur Kindle (merci Jeff de permettre à tout le monde de s'autopublier en deux clics, maintenant va payer tes impôts et essaie de faire quelque chose de bien pour l'humanité avec toute ta fortune bordel de merde). So without further ado, si vous avez envie de lire de la bonne grosse SF à base d'exploration de nouveaux mondes, d'anciennes civilisations ou encore de collisions culturelles, voilà voilà :

Oui la couverture est ultra-cheesy (mais je l'aime bien), oui ça mériterait que je taille dans le gras, oui ce n'est pas encore mon chef d'oeuvre... mais je suis quand même super fier de ce que j'ai fait et j'avais envie de le partager. Et si vous avez un compte Amazon, il est gratuit pendant encore une semaine ! Merci et bonne lecture si jamais y'en a parmi vous qui décident de plonger dedans. :)"

Et en prime la couverture :

N'hésitez pas à lui lâcher un petit mot sur son Reddit si vous téléchargez le bouquin, ça lui fera plaisir !

[feuervogel]

2025 update:

Tor does not take slush at all; the only way to be published there is being solicited by an editor.

Crossed Genres does not exist anymore.

Actually, it's easier to list the ones that still exist (or aren't anthologies):

Apex, Asimov's, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, F&SF (sort of), BCS, Clarkesworld. Interzone (sort of).

And I second the rec for the Grinder!

so I’m looking at short story publishers (fantasy)

Tor, cream of the crop. 25 cents a word. Stories can be read for free (YES). Slowish response time at ~3 months. Prefer under 12k, absolute maximum is 17.5k. Don’t bother if it’s not highly professional quality. SFWA qualifying.

Crossed Genres. 6 cents a word. Different theme each month (this month’s is “failure”). Submissions must combine either sci-fi or fantasy with the theme. Response time 1 month. 1k-6k, no exceptions. SFWA qualifying.

Long Hidden, anthology from CG. 6 cents a word. 2k-8k, no exceptions. Must take place before 1935. Protagonist(s) must be under 18 and marginalized in their time and place. Must be sci-fi/fantasy/horror. Deadline 30 April. Response by 1 October.

Queers Destroy Science Fiction. Sci-fi only right now, author must identify as queer (gay, lesbian, bi, ace, pan, trans, genderfluid, etc, just not cishet). 7.5k max. Deadline 15 February. Responses by 1 March. You can submit one flash fiction and one short story at the same time. (My network blocks the Lightspeed site for some reason, so I can’t get all the submission details. >_>) Probably SFWA qualifying?

Women in Practical Armor. 6 cents a word. 2k-5k. Must be about 1) a female warrior who 2) is already empowered and 3) wears sensible armour. Deadline 1 April. Response within three months.

Fiction Vortex. $10 per story, with $20 and $30 for editor’s and readers’ choice stories (hoping to improve). Speculative fiction only. Imaginative but non-florid stories. 7.5k maximum, preference for 5k and under. (I kind of want to support them on general principle.)

Urban Fantasy Magazine. 6 cents a word. 8k max, under 4k preferred. Must be urban fantasy (aka, the modern world, doesn’t need to be a literal city). 

Nightmare. 6 cents a word. 1.5-7.5k, preference for under 5k. Horror and dark fantasy. Response time up to two weeks. SFWA and HWA qualifying.

Apex Magazine. 6 cents a word. 7.5k max, no exceptions. Dark sci-fi/fantasy/horror. SFWA qualifying.

Asimov’s Science Fiction. 8-10 cents a word. 20k max, 1k minimum. Sci-fi; borderline fantasy is ok, but not S&S. Prefer character focused. Response time 5 weeks; query at 3 months. SFWA qualifying, ofc.

Buzzy Mag. 10 cents a word. 10k max. Should be acceptable for anyone 15+. Response time 6-8 weeks. SFWA qualifying.

Strange Horizons. 8 cents a word. Speculative fiction. 10k max, prefers under 5k. Response time 40 days. Particularly interested in diverse perspectives, nuanced approahces to political issues, and hypertexts. SFWA qualifying. 

Fantasy and Science Fiction. 7-12 cents a word. Speculative fiction, preference for character focus, would like more science-fiction or humour. 25k maximum. Prefers Courier. Response time 15 days.

Scigentasy. 3 cents a word. .5-5k. Science-fiction and fantasy, progressive/feminist emphasis. Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. 15 cents a word. 3k maximum. Any sci-fi/fantasy, they like a literary bent. (psst, steinbecks!) They also like to see both traditional and experimental approaches. Response time two weeks. 

Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 6 cents a word. 10k maximum. Fantasy in secondary worlds only (it can be Earth, but drastically different—alternate history or whatever). Character focus, prefer styles that are lush yet clear, limited first or third person narration. Response time usually 2-4 weeks, can be 5-7 weeks. SFWA qualifying.

Clarkesworld. 10 cents a word up to 4000, 7 afterwards. 1-8k, preferred is 4k. Science-fiction and fantasy. Needs to be well-written and convenient to read on-screen. Appreciates rigour. No talking cats. Response time 2 days. SFWA qualifying.

Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. 6 cents a word. Any length. Science-fiction and fantasy (along with fantastic horror). Good world-building and characterization. Clear straightforward prose. Response time three months. Yes, OSC is editor-in-chief. SFWA qualifying.

Interzone. Sub-pro rates if anything (but highly respected). 10k max. Short cover letter. Science-fiction and fantasy.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

PEC Books G1117 / 1966 by Michael Studt Via Flickr: PEC Books / Taschenbuch-Reihe Jack Kahler / Rubber Dolly Cover: Doug Weaver Publisher's Export Company / USA 1966 Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010 ex libris MTP www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?917815

[downthetubes]

Don’t miss this Christmas cracker of a saving from The77 Publishing

Ian Gibson's final work, Lifeboat, has been reprinted by The77 Publishing and, together with The77 Annual No. 1 is being offered as the perfect Christmas present for fans of the legendary 2000AD creator

[rosemariecawkwell]

TBR Review: Spec Fic For Newbies, vol. 1, by Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan

ISBN: 978-1-915556-12-7Price: £16.99https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/spec-fic-for-newbies Description Release Date March 28, 2023.Locus Recommended Reading List 2023BSFA for Best Non-Fiction, Shortlist 2024BFS for Best Non-Fiction, Shortlist 2024 Spec Fic For Newbies: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Tiffani Angus (Ph.D.) and Val…

[gollancz]

I realise there is something... deeply ironic and contradictory about being a publisher and talking about the books we sell on a post about anti-capitalism, and there's definitely a level of cognitive dissonance here. BUT. Gollancz has a history of publishing left wing, radical authors and alongside Ms Le Guin, I wanted to just flag some other phenomenal anti-capitalist, anti-colonialist, anti-establishment SFF we have, by some other amazing authors.

Some of these are anti-war, some a commentary on gender and sexuality, others on colonialism, poverty, and the rise of right wing powers. SFF has some powerful writers, and they have been watching, and writing, for many, many years.

GRASS by Sheri S. Tepper - What could be more innocuous than grass? Or more idyllic than a world covered with a wind-whipped ocean of verdant plains? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets – and nothing will ever be the same again … Considered to be among one of Sheri S. Tepper’s best works, Grass was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus awards. It explores ideas of colonisation, class and sits as part of a rich culture of feminist SF. In 2015, Tepper received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

AMMONITE by Nicola Griffith -

Change or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony has lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep – and its forces find themselves fighting for their lives.

Terrified of spreading the virus, the company abandons its employees, leaving them afraid and isolated from the natives. In the face of this crisis, anthropologist Marghe Taishan arrives to test a new vaccine. As she risks death to uncover the women’s biological secret, she finds that she, too, is changing – and realizes that not only has she found a home on Jeep, but that she alone carries the seeds of its destruction …

AMMONITE won the James Tiptree Jr. award (now known as the Otherwise award) and the Lambda award, both in recognition of its exploration of gender and contribution to works by and about LGBTQ+ communities.

THE FEMALE MAN by Joanna Russ - Joanna. Jeannine. Janet. Jael. Four women, four worlds, four vastly different societies. When these women are suddenly able to communicate with each other through the boundaries of dimensions, they are confronted with what could have been if one thing changed in history. And they find themselves looking at their own worlds with new eyes. Acclaimed as one of the essential works of science fiction, The Female Man examines gender roles in society and remains a work of great power. It won a retrospective James Tiptree Jr. Award and a 2002 Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame award.

GATEWAY by Frederik Pohl - Wealth … or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate volunteers. Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards, Gateway begins Pohl’s space operatic Heechee saga. He was hugely influential in SF as an author but also an agent and editor, and his career spanned decades.

KAIROS by Gwyneth Jones -

London. Early 21st Century. A Conservative government is in power in the UK, bringing increased wealth disparity, an ever-more militant police state, and rising civil discontent as the wealthy govern for themselves rather than the people.

But BREAKTHRU – a pharmaceutical company turned religious cult – have the answer. They call it Kairos.

Kairos allows the user to not just see a different world, but shape the world to their very will. Perfect for a cult of like-minded individuals. Disastrous when it is exposed to the general public.

As disparate groups of people try to shape the world into their own image, reality itself is placed under threat. With society so divided, is there any way to pull the world back together?

THE FOREVER WAR by Joe Haldemann - Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months’ tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting. The Earth he knew is dead. The one he returns to . . . unrecognisable. Winner of the Nebula, Locus and Hugo awards, The Forever War was the first title selected for the SF Masterworks series when it launched in 1999. Inspired by Haldeman’s experience in the Vietnam War, it has been seen as a critical work of anti-war SF.

NATIVE TONGUE by Suzette Haden Elgin -

Set in the twenty-second century after the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment, the novel reveals a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights, and banned from public life. In this world, Earth’s wealth relies on interplanetary commerce, for which the population depends on linguists, a small, clannish group of families whose women breed and become perfect translators of all the galaxies’ languages. The linguists wield power, but live in isolated compounds, hated by the population, and in fear of class warfare. But a group of women is destined to challenge the power of men and linguists.

Nazareth, the most talented linguist of her family, is exhausted by her constant work translating for the government, supervising the children’s language education in the Alien-in-Residence interface chambers, running the compound, and caring for the elderly men. She longs to retire to the Barren House, where women past childbearing age knit, chat, and wait to die. What Nazareth does not yet know is that a clandestine revolution is going on in the Barren Houses: there, word by word, women are creating a language of their own to free them of men’s domination. Their secret must, above all, be kept until the language is ready for use. The women’s language, Láadan, is only one of the brilliant creations found in this stunningly original novel, which combines a page-turning plot with challenging meditations on the tensions between freedom and control, individuals and communities, thought and action.

SWASTIKA NIGHT by Murray Constantine - SWASTIKA NIGHT takes place seven hundred years after Nazism achieved power, by which time Adolf Hitler is worshipped as a god. Elsewhere, the Japanese rule the Americas, Australia, and Asia. Though Japan is the only rival superpower to the Nazi West, their inevitable wars always end in stalemate. The fascist Germans and Japanese suffer much difficulty in maintaining their populations, because of the physical degeneration of their women. The protagonist is an Englishman named Alfred on a German pilgrimage. In Europe, the English are loathed because they were the last opponents of Nazi Germany in the war. Per official history, Hitler is a tall, blond god who personally won the war. Alfred is astounded when shown a secret, historic photograph depicting Hitler and a girl before a crowd. He is shocked that Hitler was a small man with dark hair and a paunch. And his discovery may mean his death…

THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN 1937. I cannot emphasise that enough.

[taiyolog]

『サイボーグ009トリビュート』発売

石ノ森章太郎氏の傑作シリーズに寄せた短編集がついに店頭に並び始めましたね。一足先に見本誌を読ませていただいたので、ネタバレにならない範囲で紹介いたします。 巻頭を飾るのはテレビアニメの脚本をノベライズした辻真先さんの「平和の戦士は死なず」。ヒーローがヒーローらしく活躍する懐かしい009の世界ながら、現代の小説にアップグレードされている正統派の作品です。2編目は斜線堂有紀さんの「アプローズ・アプローズ」。キャラクター愛に溢れた好編。「どこ落ち」とその後の復活をつなぐ素晴らしいフィラーです。 3編目は高野史緒さんの「孤独な耳」。ソビエト連邦へ赴くゼロゼロナンバーちの活躍を描く一作。作劇と状況設定が物語に絡んでくる手際の良さに唸らされます。ソビエト連邦には、もう訪れることができないんですよね。そんなことも感じる作品でした。 4編目は酉島伝法さんの「八つの部屋」。ジェット・リンク誕生の物語…

[whirliko]

🌺 plumeria collection 🌺

surprise! i finally finished this collection (with the help of my dear friend @cookiesandcrumbs) so here is a little gift to celebrate my blog reaching 5k followers!! a big big thank you to all that follow me, and to everyone who likes my stuff in general! i hope you like this collection!

i wanted to make a little set of clothing that has that beachy, 00s surfer girl vibe (inspo pics here), so that's how this collection came to be! this is technically the first time i'm publishing mesh edits on my blog (if you exclude some very quick edits that didn't really require working with blender at all) so i'm very excited! there's a couple of recolors in the mix too :-)

8 items (16 files)

base game compatible

custom thumbnails

proper maps and LODs

all items come in both solids and either patterns or graphics, for the solids i used a palette i made specifically for this collection, meant to work well with the patterned swatches (you can check out all the different swatches in the download index)

items are for fem frame, but are not gender or frame restricted

i used a few graphics from @trillyke's print bundle pack and @nucrests' simlish graphics set

huge enormous whopping thank you to @cookiesandcrumbs for helping me make this in the first place -- and for helping me finish this collection when i ran out of energy and motivation. i love you 💖💖💖

if you find any issues with any of the items, please shoot me an ask or a dm!

DOWNLOAD INDEX (sfs)

→ alternative download (mediafire)

if you just want the zip file, you can download it here! (you can also find it at the end of the download index and through the alternative download link)

[jimfostercoc]

Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Authors of "Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now," give some advice for writers on how to get an agent, send out a Query Letter, and what might happen at the first meeting with your publisher.  This full interview from a 2010 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.