Sneak Peak of Space Command’s Latest Episode
Marc Zicree – “Mr. Sci Fi” has posted a link to the latest “rough cut” edit of his indie science fiction series SPACE COMMAND Check it out – Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher […]
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Cat Rambo Announces Workshop for Professional Novelists – Sandusky, Ohio, 2026
Presenting a Workshop Aimed at Professional Writers Working together, Donald Maass and C.C. Finlay have created a workshop for mid-career writers: those novelists who are already creating income from their books, whether they are traditionally or independently […]
JustWatch Reports On the Latest Streaming Trends
Movies Bugonia climbs to #1 One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) is close behind at #2 Knives Out: Wake Up Deadman slips to #3 Series Stranger Things returns to #1 following the highly anticipated series finale on New Year’s Eve […]
Planned Outage For Maintenance Coming
Amazing Stories’ Hosting Service will be conducting planned maintenance on January 13th. This may cause the website to become temporarily unavailable. Planned maintenance on 2026-01-13 01:00 UTC Which is whatever time UTC translates to in […]
2026 Begins With FANAC! Fanac Fan History Zoom January 10th, 2026
2026 kicks off Fanac’s Fan History Zooms with Astrid Anderson Bear – Fannish Royalty if there ever could be such a thing. Astrid is the daughter of Poul and Karen Anderson. She grew up in […]
Alma Alexander’s Home Needs Emergency Help
Fantasy and YA author – and Amazing Stories contributor – Alma Alexander has a Go Fund Me for some emergency repairs to her home. Apparently, recent storms have caused some damage to a retaining wall […]
The (non) Limits Of AI
The Harlan Ellison Facebook Fan Club page brought the following to my attention: a Youtube channel (Ellison.exe) that is using AI to generate likenesses of Ellison speaking Ellison quotes in Ellison’s voice. (If you’ve ever […]
Recent Releases From Baen Books
Challenges David Weber, editor (hardcover) In Honor Harrington’s day, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is the wealthiest star nation on a per capita basis in the entire galaxy. But that was not always true. Pioneers, […]
Fundraiser for David Gerrold for Medical Expenses
There’s currently a GoFundMe campaign to help award-winning author – and Friend of Amazing Stories – David Gerrold – with medical expenses. David has apparently been diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia. He also recently was […]
Allen Steele Announces the Return of Coyote to Publication
Today, almost a quarter century after going out of print, Allen Steele is pleased to announce that his award-winning Coyote series is now back in print. Find the details here. Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the […]
The Martian Trilogy on the Dickheads Podcast Tonight
Tonight on the Dickheads Podcast with David Agranoff, Lisa Yaszek, Val Barnhart, Edward Austin Hall and Steve Davidson will be discussing John P. Moore’s the Martian Trilogy. Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing […]
Publishers Werekly Announces the End of the Mass Market Paperback
Publisher’s Weekly covers the cessation of distribution of the Mass Market paperback by Readerlink at the end of 2025 as heralding the end of this once most popular format. Read the rest here Steve DavidsonSteve […]
John Varley 1947 – 2025
Author John Varley has passed. Varley passed at his home in Beaverton Oregon, surrounded by family, from complications of COPD and diabetes. A multiple award winner, the author is perhaps best known for his stories […]
Tour the TOR December 2025 Releases
View in browser This email is a list of all the new science fiction, fantasy, and other genre books coming out in December 2025. We hope you find your next favorite read! FANTASY BOOKS […]
The Heinlein Society Is Considering Open Access For Its Archives
According to their website: “Open access to The Heinlein Journal archives is being considered as a way to maximize the reach, impact, and preservation of Heinlein scholarship by making it freely available and easily discoverable to readers, […]
Bring Back, Bring Back, Bring Back My Hugo To Me*
Chris Barkley, winner of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, has finally received his trophy. You can read all about it on File 770! *(My Hugo lies over the ocean, my Hugo lies […]
SF Commentary #122 November 2025 from Bruce Richard Gillespie
88 pages (Portrait/print edition); 128 pages (Landscape edition). Download from http://efanzines.com/SFC/index.html#sfc.122 Reviews from Claire Brialey, Colin Steele, Anna Creer. Paul Kincaid on Keith Roberts. Andrew Milner on Kim Stanley Robinson. Robert Day on Christopher Priest. […]
DickHeads Podcast Interviews Amazing Stories’ Steve Davidson
David Agranoff, author of the 25th Century Five and Dime posts here on Amazing Stories, author of The Last Night To Kill Nazis and in addition to hosting the Dickheads Podcast is host of the […]
Andrew Liptak Interviews John Scalzi
Andrew Liptak (Transfer Orbit) sat down with Scalzi at the Fletcher Free Library during the Green Mountain Book Festival in Vermont and interviewed him about his career, writing, science fiction, and quite a bit more. […]
LA Worldcon Will Offer Poetry Hugo Award
LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon, announced on December 1, 2025 that they would use their authority under Section 3.3.20 of the WSFS Constitution to present a Hugo Award for Best Poem as part of the 2026 Hugo […]
Excerpt: Artificial Truth by J. M. Lee, Translated by Sean Lin Halbert
From J.M. Lee, a bestselling phenomenon in Korea, comes a haunting and mind-bending novel about the revolutionary possibilities of AI and the infinite mysteries of what it means to be human. In the virtual city […]
What Did We Stream Last Week? Just Watch Lets You Know
30% genre penetration across the board. For more in-depth analysis, check out these videos: Top 10 Movies – YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jnmdnsur_IA Top 10 TV Shows – YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0sPh6-z9IrY from Just Watch: Highlights: Wicked claims […]
Excerpt: Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt’s house in the desert town of Quartz […]
The Friends of the Merril Collection Announce “Crafting Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas”
The Friends of the Merril Collection are pleased to announce our return with a panel discussion on Saturday, Dec 6th at 2 PM on the topic of “Crafting Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy […]
Should You Opt Out Of Gmail’s AI Data Sharing?
According to this article, Gmail users were automatically opted in to a new update that will share their email data for AI training. Gmail users were automatically opted in when the service launched. If you […]
SIDEWISE AWARDS WELCOMES THREE NEW JUDGES
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 21, 2025 SIDEWISE AWARDS WELCOMES THREE NEW JUDGES The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History will see a change in the judging panel beginning with the reading list for 2025 […]
IS An AI “Crash” In Our Near-Term Future?
Cory Doctorow seems to think so in an interesting article just released on Medium: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh This piece resonated with me not just because of its impressive analysis (which I’m […]
Lets Talk About the Martian Trilogy, Part 2
The recording of the online group conference attended by authors, editors and publishers of The Martian Trilogy – John P. Moore, Amazing Stories, Black Science Fiction and the Illustrated Feature Section is now available for […]
Excerpt: Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube
Lindsay Straube returns with the sequel to The Kiss of the Basilisk. (Excerpt here) Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince’s […]
TV Play Based on 1928 Amazing Stories Short: The Pscyhophonic Nurse by David H. Keller, MD
Amazing Stories good friend Jean Marie Stine (Futures Past Editions) has sent along a cool find: An episode of the Pepsi-Cola Playhouse television show that ran from 1953 to 1955 (on your black and white […]
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Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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