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New Release: Tiny Time Machine 3 by John E. Stith
Amazing Stories® is pleased to announce the release of John E. Stith final volume in his young adult time travel trilogy today with TINY TIME MACHINE 3: MOTHER OF INVENTION. If you missed part 1 […]
Excerpt: The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
Part One There’s No Crime In Avalon How do I know so much about prisons? No, I wasn’t ever locked up—I mean, jail, sure, if you manage to live as long as I do without pissing off […]
POCONO WRITERS SPONSOR WRITING SEMINAR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael A. Ventrella (570-629-6322) On Saturday, April 20, local writers and authors will gather at the Hughes Library in Stroudsburg for the free annual Pocono Liars Club Writers Conference. The day-long […]
Excerpt: The Doors at Midnight by R.R. Virdi
R.R. Virdi is a two-time Dragon Award finalist, Nebula Award finalist, and USA Today Bestselling author. He is the author of the urban fantasy series The Grave Report and The Books of Winter, as well […]
NASA Telescopes Shed Light on Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts
Fast radio bursts, a mysterious type of high-energy flash emanating from deep space, have perplexed scientists for years. We’re beginning to unravel the mystery thanks to extensive study with powerful telescopes and a little bit […]
Unexpected Questions with Marcus Alexander Hart
Your old pal, Marcus Alexander Hart writes feel-good science-fiction comedy with lovable characters and antics that make beverages spray out your nose. He grew up on a steady diet of Douglas Adams, “Weird Al” Yankovic, […]
Unexpected Questions with M. Christian
M.Christian (they/them) enjoys nothing more than exploring the intersection of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. Their non-fiction regularly appears on dozens of sites, notably Future of Sex, where they are both […]
Unexpected Questions with Gary K. Wolf
Gary K. Wolf is an award winning mystery, science fiction and fantasy writer. He created the concept of Toontown – humans co-existing with cartoon characters – and brought to life Toontown’s beloved inhabitants Roger Rabbit, […]
The Amazing Upcoming Posts Post: Upcoming This Week on Amazing Stories
This week on Amazing Stories – Wednesday 2/7 Unexpected Questions with Gary K. Wolf (author of Who Censored Roger Rabbit?) (Interview) Thursday 2/8 CONTRARY BRIN: Yet more Space News! And reasons for us to have […]
Unexpected Questions with Michael D. Pederson
Way back in 2004, Mike came up with the crazy idea of hosting a convention in Richmond, VA. He’s been chairing RavenCon ever since. In addition to running RavenCon, Mike Pederson was the publisher/editor/graphic designer […]
Announcements from Worldcon Intellectual Property | The World Science Fiction Society
Worldcon Intellectual Property, whose board of directors is the members of the Mark Protection Committee of the World Science Fiction Society, has issued the following announcement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE30 January 2024 Worldcon Intellectual Property Post […]
Unexpected Questions with Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form […]
Newly Discovered Ring of Galaxies Threatens Our Understanding of the Universe
A cosmic megastructure more than 9 billion light years away from Earth challenges what we know about the universe. A doctoral candidate at the United Kingdom’s University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has spotted a […]
Excerpt: SIMUL by Andrew Caldecott
1 An Unwanted Message Every seat is taken at the long oval table. Cards, perfectly aligned on the green baize cloth, declare the ministerial post of each chair’s occupant. Outside, a yellowish mist clings to […]
Amazing Stories wants to help authors and publishers!
Amazing Stories, the world’s first science fiction magazine, is proud to announce its service for writers and publishers of science fiction and fantasy books. Whether you are an established author or a newcomer, we can […]
Unexpected Questions with Susan Shwartz
To quote Sam Gamgee, “Well, I’m back.” After a long sabbatical, Susan Shwartz is thrilled to be writing again. She sold her first two short stories almost simultaneously in 1981 before she entered an upstate […]
Unexpected Questions with Gordon Eklund:
Gordon Eklund first discovered written science fiction at the age of twelve courtesy of the Teenage Book Club when, inspired by his fondness for the Science Fiction Theater on TV and the monster movies regularly […]
Unexpected Questions With Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick published his first story in 1980, making him one of a generation of new writers that included Pat Cadigan, William Gibson, Connie Willis, and Kim Stanley Robinson. In the decades since, he has […]
2024 Otherwise Award Recommendations
We need your recommendations of works for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider. If you’ve read a work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of gender, please tell us about […]
Unexpected Questions with Shirley Meier
Shirley Meier has been writing professionally since the 1980s and lives in Toronto. As well as being an award-winning author, she is an editor, a translator and an artist. Her archery, horse riding, and other […]
Cory Doctorow Reviews: Debbie Urbanski’s ‘After World’
Debbie Urbanski’s ‘After World’ (permalink) Debbie Urbanski’s debut novel After World is an unflinching and relentlessly bleak tale of humanity’s mass extinction, shot through with pathos and veined with seams of tragic tenderness and care: […]
Unexpected Questions with Nancy Springer
Starting way back in 1948, she grew up in what had to be the last rural area ever in Livingston, New Jersey. But her real hometown is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she went to high school and college […]
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit
A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon. In doing so India became the […]
Unexpected Questions with Noah Chinn
Noah Chinn was born in Oshawa, Ontario, and has never really forgiven it for that. After high school, he fled his hometown in favour of the freezing winters of Ottawa. Three years later, it dawned […]
How Humans will Live Underwater in ‘Ocean Stations’
In 2026, a crew of six fully-trained aquanauts will be deployed to a new oceanic habitat system – beginning what promises to be the era of humanity’s continuous presence underwater. A cable vanishes from the […]
“Tasmanian Devil” event has the power of trillions of Stars
What is hundreds of billions of times more powerful than the Sun, flashes on repeat with intense bursts of light, and verges on defying the laws of physics? No, it’s not your neighbors’ holiday lights […]
Unexpected Questions with Ramona Louise Wheeler
Ramona Louise Wheeler is best known for her “Ray and Rokey” SF series, which debuted in Analog science fiction magazine in 1998. Other Analog stories include “Upgrade,” “Calm Face of the Storm,” and most recently, “Dancing in the Dark,” […]
Support Larry Charet, the Comic Book Legend, at Chicago Comicon
Larry Charet is a comic book legend. He opened one of the first comic shops in 1972, and co-founded the Chicago Comicon in 1976. He has been to every show since then, and has helped […]
Unexpected Questions with Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes is the NY Times bestselling, award-winning author and screenwriter of over thirty novels, as well as episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, ANDROMEDA, HORROR NOIRE, and the Emmy Award-winning “A Stitch In Time” episode […]
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