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New chapter in the Charlotte serial today. This one drops into the shop, where welding becomes its own kind of quiet:
“With the visor down and my eyes six inches from the arc, the world becomes small. It shrinks to the weld, the bright arc, and the cascading sparks.”
And Charlotte? She picks it up faster than she should.
#Fiction #SerialFiction #Writing #AmWriting #LitFic #Substack #Readers
https://charlottethenovel.substack.com/p/chapter-2-the-smoker?r=6v9b6f
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Last Night In Montreal by Emily St John Mandel
A wonderfully atmospheric and melancholic noir exploring family ties, obsession and how one action has an impact on a number of lives. The writing draws you in, but certain writing choices were odd or didn't work for the story.
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Proles by Barry Bergman
A meaningful portrait of the distance between conviction and consequence
The post Proles by Barry Bergman appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/02/04/proles-by-barry-bergman/#bookreview #barrybergman #indiebookreview #litfic #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction
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#Writing a short story (genre fic, not #LitFic , where it's all prose and not plot-forward) is like an animal hunting in the wild.
You surround the story idea and the characters. And you encircle it, constantly cutting off possible escape routes. You feint this way and that, until the story gets an inkling of what is coming...
By the end, you calmly apply the killing stroke—and the story, the reader, realizes that there was only one possible way it could end.
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"Andile’s writing is so beautiful… a stunning debut"
@tales_by_lebomazibuko"powerful debut" "personal and authentic" @the_bookplugcpt
https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/braids-migraines/
Andile Cele talks about her novel in the Holland House Podchat :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KO621yQCUO22vim282fLi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IBu-7HZf2M&t=828s
#podcast #podchat #authortalk #books #writing #litfic #literaryfiction #bookstodon
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📘 "The Oldest Bitch Alive" by Morgan Day
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in March 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book sure is a little oddball, and a cool one at that.
There's a mountain range, and in those mountains there's a lake, and on that lake there's a glass house, and in that house there's a couple, and with that couple is a small, aging French bulldog: Gelsomina.
There are no big adventures for Gelsomina. She's limited by glass walls and her traitorous collar. No rubbing her butt when she's itchy! No jumping and licking wherever she wants! Gelsomina can't act on her own will, because she's a pet: contained, spayed and bound by human will.
But that's not all. Two parasitic worms have started living within Gelsomina. Not only is she subjected to two big creatures who shape her external world, but also two tiny creatures that are changing her internal one. Can Gelsomina get a break? Not really, because there's Zampanò, the couple's newest, young French bulldog. He's nice enough, but just in a different phase of life.
Seeing all this play out through the dog's eyes, but also through the worms', and sometimes through others', was a trip. It's confusing, but fascinating once you learn to just roll with it. I really enjoyed my reading experience.
My only complaint, oddly enough, is that sometimes I wish I could have reveled more in that unknown, in the vagueness of it all. I love looking up terms, coming up with my own ideas, spending the evening on Wikipedia because something I read in a book sparked curiosity in me. I felt like this book wanted me, as the reader, to be like that, and in that desire, pushed it a little with trying to direct me to certain knowledge in a few chapters. Like a little quest marker in a game.
There's reflections on architecture and design woven throughout the novel too, which I liked. The glass house, so open and light, trying to blend into the nature surrounding it, comes to feel like nothing more than a prison. The descriptions made me think back to when I was in university. We had to do a group project in pairs. I had to work together with a 30-something millionaire. She refused to meet at my place (too poor) and didn't want to work in the library or a different public space (too gross). She lived in a glass villa and demanded we work on our project there. My first time there she was mortified that I drank water from the tap. Visiting her filled me with dread, being in her home made me feel like I was locked in an aquarium. She was a narrow-minded bully, but thought of herself as progressive and sophisticated. It's fitting. I can't help but link all of these big, silly, glass houses to her now, haha.
Overall, I thought this was a special book. It makes me excited that little weirdos (affectionately) like this one are getting published. Would very much recommend if you like experimental fiction, or have any interest in design, animal rights, being absorbed into the universe only to find out you were part of it all along, what it means to be free, cute dogs, biology. If all that fails, I'm sure the title will draw your attention!
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📘 "The Oldest Bitch Alive" by Morgan Day
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in March 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book sure is a little oddball, and a cool one at that.
There's a mountain range, and in those mountains there's a lake, and on that lake there's a glass house, and in that house there's a couple, and with that couple is a small, aging French bulldog: Gelsomina.
There are no big adventures for Gelsomina. She's limited by glass walls and her traitorous collar. No rubbing her butt when she's itchy! No jumping and licking wherever she wants! Gelsomina can't act on her own will, because she's a pet: contained, spayed and bound by human will.
But that's not all. Two parasitic worms have started living within Gelsomina. Not only is she subjected to two big creatures who shape her external world, but also two tiny creatures that are changing her internal one. Can Gelsomina get a break? Not really, because there's Zampanò, the couple's newest, young French bulldog. He's nice enough, but just in a different phase of life.
Seeing all this play out through the dog's eyes, but also through the worms', and sometimes through others', was a trip. It's confusing, but fascinating once you learn to just roll with it. I really enjoyed my reading experience.
My only complaint, oddly enough, is that sometimes I wish I could have reveled more in that unknown, in the vagueness of it all. I love looking up terms, coming up with my own ideas, spending the evening on Wikipedia because something I read in a book sparked curiosity in me. I felt like this book wanted me, as the reader, to be like that, and in that desire, pushed it a little with trying to direct me to certain knowledge in a few chapters. Like a little quest marker in a game.
There's reflections on architecture and design woven throughout the novel too, which I liked. The glass house, so open and light, trying to blend into the nature surrounding it, comes to feel like nothing more than a prison. The descriptions made me think back to when I was in university. We had to do a group project in pairs. I had to work together with a 30-something millionaire. She refused to meet at my place (too poor) and didn't want to work in the library or a different public space (too gross). She lived in a glass villa and demanded we work on our project there. My first time there she was mortified that I drank water from the tap. Visiting her filled me with dread, being in her home made me feel like I was locked in an aquarium. She was a narrow-minded bully, but thought of herself as progressive and sophisticated. It's fitting. I can't help but link all of these big, silly, glass houses to her now, haha.
Overall, I thought this was a special book. It makes me excited that little weirdos (affectionately) like this one are getting published. Would very much recommend if you like experimental fiction, or have any interest in design, animal rights, being absorbed into the universe only to find out you were part of it all along, what it means to be free, cute dogs, biology. If all that fails, I'm sure the title will draw your attention!
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📘 "The Oldest Bitch Alive" by Morgan Day
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in March 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book sure is a little oddball, and a cool one at that.
There's a mountain range, and in those mountains there's a lake, and on that lake there's a glass house, and in that house there's a couple, and with that couple is a small, aging French bulldog: Gelsomina.
There are no big adventures for Gelsomina. She's limited by glass walls and her traitorous collar. No rubbing her butt when she's itchy! No jumping and licking wherever she wants! Gelsomina can't act on her own will, because she's a pet: contained, spayed and bound by human will.
But that's not all. Two parasitic worms have started living within Gelsomina. Not only is she subjected to two big creatures who shape her external world, but also two tiny creatures that are changing her internal one. Can Gelsomina get a break? Not really, because there's Zampanò, the couple's newest, young French bulldog. He's nice enough, but just in a different phase of life.
Seeing all this play out through the dog's eyes, but also through the worms', and sometimes through others', was a trip. It's confusing, but fascinating once you learn to just roll with it. I really enjoyed my reading experience.
My only complaint, oddly enough, is that sometimes I wish I could have reveled more in that unknown, in the vagueness of it all. I love looking up terms, coming up with my own ideas, spending the evening on Wikipedia because something I read in a book sparked curiosity in me. I felt like this book wanted me, as the reader, to be like that, and in that desire, pushed it a little with trying to direct me to certain knowledge in a few chapters. Like a little quest marker in a game.
There's reflections on architecture and design woven throughout the novel too, which I liked. The glass house, so open and light, trying to blend into the nature surrounding it, comes to feel like nothing more than a prison. The descriptions made me think back to when I was in university. We had to do a group project in pairs. I had to work together with a 30-something millionaire. She refused to meet at my place (too poor) and didn't want to work in the library or a different public space (too gross). She lived in a glass villa and demanded we work on our project there. My first time there she was mortified that I drank water from the tap. Visiting her filled me with dread, being in her home made me feel like I was locked in an aquarium. She was a narrow-minded bully, but thought of herself as progressive and sophisticated. It's fitting. I can't help but link all of these big, silly, glass houses to her now, haha.
Overall, I thought this was a special book. It makes me excited that little weirdos (affectionately) like this one are getting published. Would very much recommend if you like experimental fiction, or have any interest in design, animal rights, being absorbed into the universe only to find out you were part of it all along, what it means to be free, cute dogs, biology. If all that fails, I'm sure the title will draw your attention!
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📘 "The Oldest Bitch Alive" by Morgan Day
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in March 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book sure is a little oddball, and a cool one at that.
There's a mountain range, and in those mountains there's a lake, and on that lake there's a glass house, and in that house there's a couple, and with that couple is a small, aging French bulldog: Gelsomina.
There are no big adventures for Gelsomina. She's limited by glass walls and her traitorous collar. No rubbing her butt when she's itchy! No jumping and licking wherever she wants! Gelsomina can't act on her own will, because she's a pet: contained, spayed and bound by human will.
But that's not all. Two parasitic worms have started living within Gelsomina. Not only is she subjected to two big creatures who shape her external world, but also two tiny creatures that are changing her internal one. Can Gelsomina get a break? Not really, because there's Zampanò, the couple's newest, young French bulldog. He's nice enough, but just in a different phase of life.
Seeing all this play out through the dog's eyes, but also through the worms', and sometimes through others', was a trip. It's confusing, but fascinating once you learn to just roll with it. I really enjoyed my reading experience.
My only complaint, oddly enough, is that sometimes I wish I could have reveled more in that unknown, in the vagueness of it all. I love looking up terms, coming up with my own ideas, spending the evening on Wikipedia because something I read in a book sparked curiosity in me. I felt like this book wanted me, as the reader, to be like that, and in that desire, pushed it a little with trying to direct me to certain knowledge in a few chapters. Like a little quest marker in a game.
There's reflections on architecture and design woven throughout the novel too, which I liked. The glass house, so open and light, trying to blend into the nature surrounding it, comes to feel like nothing more than a prison. The descriptions made me think back to when I was in university. We had to do a group project in pairs. I had to work together with a 30-something millionaire. She refused to meet at my place (too poor) and didn't want to work in the library or a different public space (too gross). She lived in a glass villa and demanded we work on our project there. My first time there she was mortified that I drank water from the tap. Visiting her filled me with dread, being in her home made me feel like I was locked in an aquarium. She was a narrow-minded bully, but thought of herself as progressive and sophisticated. It's fitting. I can't help but link all of these big, silly, glass houses to her now, haha.
Overall, I thought this was a special book. It makes me excited that little weirdos (affectionately) like this one are getting published. Would very much recommend if you like experimental fiction, or have any interest in design, animal rights, being absorbed into the universe only to find out you were part of it all along, what it means to be free, cute dogs, biology. If all that fails, I'm sure the title will draw your attention!
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📘 "The Oldest Bitch Alive" by Morgan Day
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in March 2026. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book sure is a little oddball, and a cool one at that.
There's a mountain range, and in those mountains there's a lake, and on that lake there's a glass house, and in that house there's a couple, and with that couple is a small, aging French bulldog: Gelsomina.
There are no big adventures for Gelsomina. She's limited by glass walls and her traitorous collar. No rubbing her butt when she's itchy! No jumping and licking wherever she wants! Gelsomina can't act on her own will, because she's a pet: contained, spayed and bound by human will.
But that's not all. Two parasitic worms have started living within Gelsomina. Not only is she subjected to two big creatures who shape her external world, but also two tiny creatures that are changing her internal one. Can Gelsomina get a break? Not really, because there's Zampanò, the couple's newest, young French bulldog. He's nice enough, but just in a different phase of life.
Seeing all this play out through the dog's eyes, but also through the worms', and sometimes through others', was a trip. It's confusing, but fascinating once you learn to just roll with it. I really enjoyed my reading experience.
My only complaint, oddly enough, is that sometimes I wish I could have reveled more in that unknown, in the vagueness of it all. I love looking up terms, coming up with my own ideas, spending the evening on Wikipedia because something I read in a book sparked curiosity in me. I felt like this book wanted me, as the reader, to be like that, and in that desire, pushed it a little with trying to direct me to certain knowledge in a few chapters. Like a little quest marker in a game.
There's reflections on architecture and design woven throughout the novel too, which I liked. The glass house, so open and light, trying to blend into the nature surrounding it, comes to feel like nothing more than a prison. The descriptions made me think back to when I was in university. We had to do a group project in pairs. I had to work together with a 30-something millionaire. She refused to meet at my place (too poor) and didn't want to work in the library or a different public space (too gross). She lived in a glass villa and demanded we work on our project there. My first time there she was mortified that I drank water from the tap. Visiting her filled me with dread, being in her home made me feel like I was locked in an aquarium. She was a narrow-minded bully, but thought of herself as progressive and sophisticated. It's fitting. I can't help but link all of these big, silly, glass houses to her now, haha.
Overall, I thought this was a special book. It makes me excited that little weirdos (affectionately) like this one are getting published. Would very much recommend if you like experimental fiction, or have any interest in design, animal rights, being absorbed into the universe only to find out you were part of it all along, what it means to be free, cute dogs, biology. If all that fails, I'm sure the title will draw your attention!
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📘 "On Earth As It Is Beneath" by Ana Paula Maia, translated from Portuguese to English by Padma Viswanathan
So good. I've been brewing on this the past week, I can't let it go. It's somewhere in me forever, just like the author's other work, 'Of Cattle and Men'.
Briefly, this is a story about men, stuck in a penal colony that has lost contact with the outside world. The prisoners wear an anklet that will explode when they leave the premises. The warden might be hunting them. The guards might not be as safe as they believe themselves to be either.
Not so briefly... this is a story about humans and humans, about humans and non-human animals, about hierarchy and power, about cycles of generations of people forming systems, about society at large throughout the ages.
The way human's most horrific behavior is put away as 'brutish', 'beast-like', 'inhumane' -as if distancing ourselves from it. It's beneath humans. Humans are civilized and special and good in their truest form. Nevermind that humans have committed horrors for ages, individually and systematically, against each other and against anything other, and keep doing it. Civilization, progress, being superior, are we kidding ourselves?
This book reads really tense, it's hard to not read it in one sitting. One of the characters of 'Of Cattle and Men' shows up too, making this novel sort of a prequel. Grueling revelations keep coming, yet I found moments to laugh. Life's absurdity. The way things go sometimes.
I'm convinced Sayaka Murata's fans will love reading Ana Paula Maia, if they can get into the mindset of reading about macho men. In the end, the critique reaches the same wide sea, albeit through a different river. What are we even doing? What does it mean to be a human? Could we maybe be better off not being so intensely human?
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📘 "Hello baby" by Kim Eui-kyung, translated from Korean into Dutch by Mattho Mandersloot & Francisca van Vark
Don't be misled by the English title, for now this Korean book is only available in Dutch and German, but I read that an English translation is coming too. It's cool to see more Korean titles being translated. I remember ten years ago I could barely find a Dutch translation that wasn't translated from an English translation. But now I'm regularly finding Korean titles in Dutch that appear earlier than the English one!
This novel follows a group of (straight) women in South-Korea, most of them trying to become pregnant through IVF treatment. Every chapter follows a different woman's perspective. Some have caring, supportive husbands, most don't. Some are still early on in the process, some have been trying unsuccessfully for many years. They all share a messaging app group where they talk about their journeys, but some difficult feelings emerge when one of them suddenly claims to have just born a child after fifteen years of failed attempts -without medical intervention.
These chapters read kind of like slice of life short stories. They mostly show the expectation that's put on women to become a mother. As a reader you start to wonder if any of these women want to get pregnant for the right reasons (whatever those may be) or if they feel pressured by their husbands, families or society in general. It's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for all of them.
I think this a very honest look into the difficult process: the mental struggles, the many, many procedures, the injections, the moments of tense waiting, all of the mourning. And most of all the unfair physical burden that falls on women. My heart sank when one woman, after so many treatments and pain, demands her husband to care by asking him if he even knows the difference between IVF and artificial insemination. He didn't.
An interesting read, even if you don't have children and can only imagine what a desire to have them would feel like. Reading this mostly made me happy to be voluntarily childfree... Maybe it could be a bit of a triggering read if you're going through IVF, but who knows, maybe it could be very comforting to see all these women go through the same thing at the same time.
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#ScribesAndMakers May 30 Did you have a teacher who either supported or hindered your creative activity?
I took a creative #writing class in college, but the teacher wanted #litfic and I'm a #ScienceFiction & #Fantasy guy. It was mutual disappointment. Only one thing survives from that class: https://secondary.blog/2025/03/24/a-thirty-three-year-old-monologue/
It kept me from seriously pursuing writing for a long time, though.
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ICYMI, a wonderful review of The Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens by Lynn Hutchinson Lee dropped over at Strange Horizons. Review by Kyle R. Garton.
From SH: "This is folk fairytale refracted through contemporary litfic, unified by setting and 'a pervasive sense that reality itself is fuzzy.'"
#strangehorizons #strangehorizonsreview #bookreview #fantasy #darkfantasy #literaryfiction #litfic #slipstream #horror #smallpress #indiepress #canlit #bookstodon #books
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A moving tale of redemption, forgiveness, and second chances, Higher Love follows Lauren as her quiet life is upended by the arrival of the daughter she gave up for adoption. As past secrets surface, this emotional novel explores the healing power of love and the complex bonds that define family.
Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley - 4.5 ✨~ 💙📚 #FamilyDrama #WomensFiction #LitFic #IndieAuthor #RedemptionStory #ForgivenessJourney @iReadBookTours @joanneeasleywriter…
https://ginaraemitchell.com/higher-love/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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A moving tale of redemption, forgiveness, and second chances, Higher Love follows Lauren as her quiet life is upended by the arrival of the daughter she gave up for adoption. As past secrets surface, this emotional novel explores the healing power of love and the complex bonds that define family.
Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley - 4.5 ✨~ 💙📚 #FamilyDrama #WomensFiction #LitFic #IndieAuthor #RedemptionStory #ForgivenessJourney @iReadBookTours @joanneeasleywriter…
https://ginaraemitchell.com/higher-love/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Dear #bookstodon-friends, I've been thinking about doing some sharepic-style mini-reviews of books (mostly #horror/ #suspense/ #litfic) that I've been reading - I tried by best with the tools available on my phone and this is the result. Pretty enough? Sufficient info? Anything else I should/could add? #frauenlesen #iamreading @bookstodon
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The Last Door, Ajar by Michael Holly Barrett ~ $10 Gift Card ~ 💙📚 #HistoricalFiction #WW2 #Books #LitFic #NaziEscape #GoddessFish #TellwellTalent
This book would be ideal for readers who enjoy twist-laden historical thrillers that blend real-world intrigue with high-stakes heists and moral dilemmas.
https://ginaraemitchell.com/last-door-ajarhttps://ginaraemitchell.com/last-door-ajar/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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A melancholy—and very short (~2 min)—Christmas tale for your reading pleasure, here at the end of the world.
Enjoy!
https://medium.com/literaryfiction-blend/holiday-memory-1c6c2c9b1f1a
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Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.
#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks
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Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.
#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks
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Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.
#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks
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Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.
#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks
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Have you experienced this yet? It's waiting for you! #SOMNISCOPE: A multi-author collection/novel unlike anything you've read.
#book #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #fiction #shortFiction #shortStories #dreampunk #cyberpunk #weirdFiction #litFic #litFiction #literaryFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #horror #paranormal #supernatural #visionaryFiction #absurdistFiction #surreal #surrealist #dream #dreams #dreaming #trippy #trippyFiction #trippyBooks
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New #dreampunk story just dropped!
https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffjones/p/strange-attractor
#fiction #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #literature #litFic #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #specFic #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #dreampunkFiction #cyberpunk #cyberpunkFiction #NeutralMilkHotel
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New #dreampunk story just dropped!
https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffjones/p/strange-attractor
#fiction #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #literature #litFic #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #specFic #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #dreampunkFiction #cyberpunk #cyberpunkFiction #NeutralMilkHotel
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New #dreampunk story just dropped!
https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffjones/p/strange-attractor
#fiction #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #literature #litFic #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #specFic #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #dreampunkFiction #cyberpunk #cyberpunkFiction #NeutralMilkHotel
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New #dreampunk story just dropped!
https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffjones/p/strange-attractor
#fiction #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #literature #litFic #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #specFic #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #dreampunkFiction #cyberpunk #cyberpunkFiction #NeutralMilkHotel
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New #dreampunk story just dropped!
https://open.substack.com/pub/cliffjones/p/strange-attractor
#fiction #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #literature #litFic #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #specFic #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #dreampunkFiction #cyberpunk #cyberpunkFiction #NeutralMilkHotel
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Ich weiß gar nicht genau, wo ich eine Empfehlung für dieses Buch gesehen habe, aber wohl, dass ich es dann als Buch haben wollte, und nicht nur als e‑Book. Das mag auch mit der Großen Welle (Hokusai) zu tun haben, die prominent den Titel schmückt. Knapp 500 Seiten, und ein Buch, das ich am liebsten auf einmal gelesen hätte; faktisch bin ich zwei Nächte lang definitiv zu spät ins Bett gegangen, um Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow von Gabrielle Zevin (2022) zu verschlingen. Und ja: das Buch ist definitiv eines, das ich gerne weiterempfehle.
Allerdings ist es gar nicht so einfach, auf den Punkt zu bringen, warum. Zevins Stil gefällt mir. Sie schreibt warmherzig, humorvoll, multiperspektivisch, nicht verkünstelt, aber experimentierfreudig (beispielsweise gibt es ein Kapitel, das in einer Mischung aus Stardew Valley, Oregon Trail und Animal Crossing – dem fiktiven MMORPG Pioneers - spielt). Multiperspektivisch nicht nur deswegen, weil die Erzählcharaktere immer mal wieder wechseln, sondern vor allem auch deswegen, weil Zevin uns an deren Vermutungen über die Motivationen der anderen Mitspielenden teilhaben lässt. Soviel sei gesagt: Intentionen und Deutungen gehen teilweise weit auseinander – wie im richtigen Leben. Und auch das trägt dazu bei, Sadie, Sam und Marx lebendig werden zu lassen.
Sam und Sadie kennen sich aus einer Kindheit in den 1980er Jahren, haben sich dann nach einem Streit aus den Augen verloren. Marx lernen die beiden beim Studium in Boston kennen. Sadie kommt aus der jüdischen Bourgeoisie Los Angeles. Sam wächst nach dem Tod seiner Mutter bei einem schweren Unfall bei seinen koranischen Großeltern auf, die im K‑Town von LA eine Pizzeria betreiben. Und Marx hat einen japanischen Vater und eine koreanisch-amerikanische Mutter, die in Japan leben. Sadie liebt Computerspiele, Sam ebenfalls – und natürlich sind sie Nerds.
Oberflächlich betrachtet handelt das Buch davon, wie diese drei aus dem Studium (Harvard, MIT, …) heraus ihr erstes Indie-Game schreiben und dann eine florierende Spielefirma gründen – mit einem Handlungsbogen, der bis ca. 2010 reicht. Diese Beschreibung wird dem Buch aber nicht gerecht. Es geht nicht um eine Erfolgsstory. Vielmehr ähnelt das Buch in gewisser Weise David Mitchells Utopia Avenue, der Geschichte einer fiktiven Band. In beiden Fällen sehen wir die Innenseiten, die Zweifel und die Zufälligkeiten hinter dem Erfolg, die Menschen und die fiktiven Produkte ihrer Kreativität. In Mitchells Fall sind das Songs und Alben, bei Zevin eine Reihe von Indie-Games, die alle real sein könnten.
Zugleich handelt das Buch von losen Verknüpfungen über die Zeit – und von dem Mit- und Gegeneinander romantischer Beziehungen und einer darüber hinausgehenden Liebe. Es geht um das Verstecken der eigenen Person auch zwischen Leuten, die sich sehr lange und sehr gut kennen. Und es ist, so jedenfalls mein Gefühl beim Lesen, eine ziemlich treffende Beschreibung meiner Generation; einer Generation, in der Computerspiele groß wurden. Dass das Buch eben auch ein Generationenbuch ist, wird besonders am Schluss deutlich, wenn Sadie auf 20 Jahre jüngere Student*innen trifft und deren ganz andere – ernstere, schwierigerer – Haltung zu Welt beschreibt.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ist „LitFic“, also kein Genre-Buch, vielmehr eine dichte und genau beobachtete Beschreibung unserer nahen Vergangenheit. Und obwohl ziemlich viel Tragik in der Geschichte von „Unfair Games“ liegt, weht ein Hauch von Stardew Valley oder – aus SF-Perspektive – von Solarpunk/Hopepunk durch das Buch.
#1980er #1990er #boston #computerspiele #gabrielle-zevin #literatur #litfic #los-angeles #stardew-valley #unfair-games
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Ich weiß gar nicht genau, wo ich eine Empfehlung für dieses Buch gesehen habe, aber wohl, dass ich es dann als Buch haben wollte, und nicht nur als e‑Book. Das mag auch mit der Großen Welle (Hokusai) zu tun haben, die prominent den Titel schmückt. Knapp 500 Seiten, und ein Buch, das ich am liebsten auf einmal gelesen hätte; faktisch bin ich zwei Nächte lang definitiv zu spät ins Bett gegangen, um Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow von Gabrielle Zevin (2022) zu verschlingen. Und ja: das Buch ist definitiv eines, das ich gerne weiterempfehle.
Allerdings ist es gar nicht so einfach, auf den Punkt zu bringen, warum. Zevins Stil gefällt mir. Sie schreibt warmherzig, humorvoll, multiperspektivisch, nicht verkünstelt, aber experimentierfreudig (beispielsweise gibt es ein Kapitel, das in einer Mischung aus Stardew Valley, Oregon Trail und Animal Crossing – dem fiktiven MMORPG Pioneers - spielt). Multiperspektivisch nicht nur deswegen, weil die Erzählcharaktere immer mal wieder wechseln, sondern vor allem auch deswegen, weil Zevin uns an deren Vermutungen über die Motivationen der anderen Mitspielenden teilhaben lässt. Soviel sei gesagt: Intentionen und Deutungen gehen teilweise weit auseinander – wie im richtigen Leben. Und auch das trägt dazu bei, Sadie, Sam und Marx lebendig werden zu lassen.
Sam und Sadie kennen sich aus einer Kindheit in den 1980er Jahren, haben sich dann nach einem Streit aus den Augen verloren. Marx lernen die beiden beim Studium in Boston kennen. Sadie kommt aus der jüdischen Bourgeoisie Los Angeles. Sam wächst nach dem Tod seiner Mutter bei einem schweren Unfall bei seinen koranischen Großeltern auf, die im K‑Town von LA eine Pizzeria betreiben. Und Marx hat einen japanischen Vater und eine koreanisch-amerikanische Mutter, die in Japan leben. Sadie liebt Computerspiele, Sam ebenfalls – und natürlich sind sie Nerds.
Oberflächlich betrachtet handelt das Buch davon, wie diese drei aus dem Studium (Harvard, MIT, …) heraus ihr erstes Indie-Game schreiben und dann eine florierende Spielefirma gründen – mit einem Handlungsbogen, der bis ca. 2010 reicht. Diese Beschreibung wird dem Buch aber nicht gerecht. Es geht nicht um eine Erfolgsstory. Vielmehr ähnelt das Buch in gewisser Weise David Mitchells Utopia Avenue, der Geschichte einer fiktiven Band. In beiden Fällen sehen wir die Innenseiten, die Zweifel und die Zufälligkeiten hinter dem Erfolg, die Menschen und die fiktiven Produkte ihrer Kreativität. In Mitchells Fall sind das Songs und Alben, bei Zevin eine Reihe von Indie-Games, die alle real sein könnten.
Zugleich handelt das Buch von losen Verknüpfungen über die Zeit – und von dem Mit- und Gegeneinander romantischer Beziehungen und einer darüber hinausgehenden Liebe. Es geht um das Verstecken der eigenen Person auch zwischen Leuten, die sich sehr lange und sehr gut kennen. Und es ist, so jedenfalls mein Gefühl beim Lesen, eine ziemlich treffende Beschreibung meiner Generation; einer Generation, in der Computerspiele groß wurden. Dass das Buch eben auch ein Generationenbuch ist, wird besonders am Schluss deutlich, wenn Sadie auf 20 Jahre jüngere Student*innen trifft und deren ganz andere – ernstere, schwierigerer – Haltung zu Welt beschreibt.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ist „LitFic“, also kein Genre-Buch, vielmehr eine dichte und genau beobachtete Beschreibung unserer nahen Vergangenheit. Und obwohl ziemlich viel Tragik in der Geschichte von „Unfair Games“ liegt, weht ein Hauch von Stardew Valley oder – aus SF-Perspektive – von Solarpunk/Hopepunk durch das Buch.
#1980er #1990er #boston #computerspiele #gabrielle-zevin #literatur #litfic #los-angeles #stardew-valley #unfair-games
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Check me out on episode 120 of Postcards from a Dying World, hosted by author and Philip K. Dick scholar David Agranoff!
https://youtu.be/49CMknEtjhY?si=WIwF0IsmRX3APcd4
#dreampunk #dreampunkBooks #cyberpunk #cyberpunkBooks #weirdFiction #absurdistFiction #bizarroFiction #satire #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #paranormalFiction #horror #litfic #literaryFiction #PhilipKDick #CliffJonesJr #DavidAgranoff #books #podcast #podcasts
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Check me out on episode 120 of Postcards from a Dying World, hosted by author and Philip K. Dick scholar David Agranoff!
https://youtu.be/49CMknEtjhY?si=WIwF0IsmRX3APcd4
#dreampunk #dreampunkBooks #cyberpunk #cyberpunkBooks #weirdFiction #absurdistFiction #bizarroFiction #satire #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #paranormalFiction #horror #litfic #literaryFiction #PhilipKDick #CliffJonesJr #DavidAgranoff #books #podcast #podcasts
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Check me out on episode 120 of Postcards from a Dying World, hosted by author and Philip K. Dick scholar David Agranoff!
https://youtu.be/49CMknEtjhY?si=WIwF0IsmRX3APcd4
#dreampunk #dreampunkBooks #cyberpunk #cyberpunkBooks #weirdFiction #absurdistFiction #bizarroFiction #satire #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #paranormalFiction #horror #litfic #literaryFiction #PhilipKDick #CliffJonesJr #DavidAgranoff #books #podcast #podcasts
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Check me out on episode 120 of Postcards from a Dying World, hosted by author and Philip K. Dick scholar David Agranoff!
https://youtu.be/49CMknEtjhY?si=WIwF0IsmRX3APcd4
#dreampunk #dreampunkBooks #cyberpunk #cyberpunkBooks #weirdFiction #absurdistFiction #bizarroFiction #satire #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #paranormalFiction #horror #litfic #literaryFiction #PhilipKDick #CliffJonesJr #DavidAgranoff #books #podcast #podcasts
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Check me out on episode 120 of Postcards from a Dying World, hosted by author and Philip K. Dick scholar David Agranoff!
https://youtu.be/49CMknEtjhY?si=WIwF0IsmRX3APcd4
#dreampunk #dreampunkBooks #cyberpunk #cyberpunkBooks #weirdFiction #absurdistFiction #bizarroFiction #satire #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #paranormalFiction #horror #litfic #literaryFiction #PhilipKDick #CliffJonesJr #DavidAgranoff #books #podcast #podcasts
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I just finished a new story called “Strange Attractor at the End of the World”! Coming in at 3,900 words (roughly 16 pages), it'll be just perfect for the upcoming Neutral Milk Hotel -inspired anthology from Hungry Shadow Press! Unfortunately, submissions don't open until December, so I'll have to sit on this a while. (Let me know if you want to beta-read in the meantime.) This one is inspired by the NMH song “I Will Bury You in Time,” and I’m quite pleased with it.
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-and-one-day-we-will-die
#NeutralMilkHotel #nmh #music #indieMusic #lofi #lofiMusic #fiction #books #shortFiction #shortStory #shortStories #dreampunk #dreampunkFiction #weirdFiction #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #litfic #literaryFiction
