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Short Story Showcase

11 Apr 2018

Short Story Showcase #20:  “The Orrery”

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This series focuses on stories that are both well-written and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s talk about tricksy writerses! I will admit to not liking The Orrery, by Elana Gomel and published … Continued

Unsung Stories
4 Apr 2018

Short Story Showcase #19: “Stepping Out of Stream”

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s commute with nature (pun intended).

TGD's Spec Blog
28 Mar 2018

Short Story Showcase #18:  “Travellers in an Autumn Wood”

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This series focuses on stories that are both well-written and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, everybody to the limit!

Persistent Visions
21 Mar 2018

Short Story Showcase #17: We Ride the Stillness

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s look for dramatic tension in inanimate objects.

GrendelSong
14 Mar 2018

Short Story Showcase #16:  Faerie Food

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s see who’s coming to dinner.

Daily Science Fiction
7 Mar 2018

Short Story Showcase #15:  Passage

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s think about “home.”

The Sockdolager
21 Feb 2018

Short Story Showcase #14:  St. Roomba’s Gospel

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week it’s a genuinely new take on the trope of “robots with souls.”

Diabolical Plots
14 Feb 2018

Short Story Showcase #13: The Red Flower

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This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, granite cheese souffle!

Persistent Visions
31 Jan 2018

Short Story Showcase #12:  A Hundred and Seventy Storms

by Steve | posted in: Short Story Showcase, Uncategorized | 0

This series focuses on stories that are both well-written and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, we’re hitting the bottle. A Hundred and Seventy Storms, by Aliette de Bodard and published in Uncanny Magazine, … Continued

Uncanny Magazine
24 Jan 2018

Short Story Showcase #11: Floaters Can’t Float

by Steve | posted in: Short Story Showcase, Uncategorized | 1

This series focuses on stories that are both enjoyable and do something that I find interesting from a technical perspective.  This week, let’s talk about time travel.

Compelling Science Fiction

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Steve Quinn is a writer of speculative fiction. He lives on the outskirts of the capital.

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