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Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Electronic Brain magazine, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier 2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com

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06.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 Rhysling Award Finalists
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04.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
New Book Spotlight – Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by P. A. Cornell – Space Cowboy Books

Thank you to @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social for featuring my novelette SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL in their latest New Book Spotlight. Read the mini interview here:
spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...

04.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many of the great cover artists that did the covers from the past 4 or 5 decades are still active and working

04.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You don't need that 100 words of exposition at the beginning of your flash story. You can write it to help you understand your setting, but delete that shit. The reader does not need it.

03.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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MULTITUDE Microfiction Contest Marie Vibbert'sΒ MultitudeΒ explores the concept that we aren't the only intelligent life in the universe, an idea which has long fascinated humanity. But if, in fact, aliens exist:Β what would they be l...

Do you write micro-fiction? Think you can whip up 300 words on human-alien contact? If so, Apex has a contest for you: www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

03.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
New Book Spotlight – The West FaΓ§ade by Lauren C. Johnson – Space Cowboy Books

New book spotlight mini-interview with @laurencjohnson.bsky.social up on the blog today

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03.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Warning: the scammers are now posing as book festivals.

They invited Miles J. Breuer, presumably because I published his biography. He died in 1945.

03.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

These book club scammers sure must be desperate. Not only do they write me multiple times a day but they also send me tons of emails trying to reach other authors. If these fools are trying to make money they sure went big going after the book business. Us writers sure are rolling in dough, right?

03.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, what a nice surprise! Thank you @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social for giving this odd little tale a shot!

28.02.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Simultaneous Times Episode #90, by Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times 1 track album

You can listen to it here spacecowboybooks.bandcamp.com/album/simult... or anywhere you enjoy your podcasts

28.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BSFA shortlist for Best Audio Fiction
Can also be seen at https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-shortlist

BSFA shortlist for Best Audio Fiction Can also be seen at https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-shortlist

Congratulations to @taracampbell.bsky.social for making the @bsfa.bsky.social shortlist for Best Audio Fiction for "Just Let Me Help" from Simultaneous Times podcast!!!

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28.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Kickstarter for our "Missed-Fits" anthology is live! We have great rewards and add-ons for writers and readers alike, so come check them out. Plus, we have bonus rewards for anyone who backs in the first five days and our first 100 backers, so get in early to snag those! Link in the comments.

09.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
New Book Spotlight – The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui – Space Cowboy Books

New book spotlight mini-interview with @thesuiway.bsky.social up on the blog today

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25.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

What I'm getting at is that I could start a forum on the Space Cowboy website, but would you be interested in using it?

25.02.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to admit thay social media really isn't my thing. But, I do like to keep up with the SFF community which is so dear to me. For this reason I subscribe to lots of mailing lists to get news about authors and books.

I didn't mind the days of forums (remember those).

25.02.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Round of Jay Kay Klein Photos Online; Public Asked for Caption Help A photo of young Jay Kay Klein in the frame with the contemporary Jay Kay, taken during on a visit to UC Riverside in 2011. To the science fiction community,Β  I’m Dr. Phoenix Alexander, the Klein L…

New Round of Jay Kay Klein Photos Online; Public Asked for Caption Help
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23.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
SUBMIT | Utopia Science Fiction Magazine Utopia Science Fiction is open to submissions. We pay our authors for accepted stories, provide feedback. We are looking for fiction, art, poetry. Send us optimistic science fiction, hard science fict...

We are particularly on the look out for great non-fiction at the moment. If you’re interested in contributing to our Cozy Science Fiction issue (and getting paid for it) then check out our submission guidelines:

www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

23.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology An anthology featuring stories of awkward lengths about things that are missing or out of place.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...

16.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today the Friends of the Merril got a bluesky account! #MerrilCollection #TPL #Toronto

19.02.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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@rfkuang.bsky.social on her Odyssey experience!
Applications are open for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop 2026, the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs!
Scholarships available!!
odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-workshop/

17.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fingers crossed for the short list. It's a fabulous story!

16.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Vote for the BSFA Awards

I read this more closely and realized that a work on the BSFA Award Longlist is actually a nominee. So my story "Breathing Night" has in fact been nominated for a BSFA in two categories. Thank you for doing such a spectacular job with it, @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

16.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
The Simultaneous Times logo (an oil painting of an astronaut looking at a supernova) with author headshots

The Simultaneous Times logo (an oil painting of an astronaut looking at a supernova) with author headshots

Simultaneous Times episode 96 is live and on your favorite podcast players! This episode features stories by @thomasha.bsky.social & @jennahanchey.bsky.social with music by TSG & Phog Masheeen

www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...

15.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Eye to the Telescope Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN

for Eye to the Telescope Issue 60 on the theme: Paying Tribute

edited by Angela Acosta

details here! ⬇️

eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html

15.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey. Honored to be on the pod for the first time w/"The Folded Balloon." Relationships in alternate timelines. Origami. How being middle-aged is not so bad. And coffee. No one killed in this afaik. Stoked to be paired w/ @jennahanchey.bsky.social. Narrated by Space Cowboy himself. Thanks, Jean-Paul!

15.02.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What if your very Christian mom was a witch and didn't realize it? What would you and your sister do?

15.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Simultaneous Times logo (an oil painting of an astronaut looking at a supernova) with author headshots

The Simultaneous Times logo (an oil painting of an astronaut looking at a supernova) with author headshots

Simultaneous Times episode 96 is live and on your favorite podcast players! This episode features stories by @thomasha.bsky.social & @jennahanchey.bsky.social with music by TSG & Phog Masheeen

www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...

15.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
anOther Nemesis, a poetry collection

anOther Nemesis, a poetry collection

anOther Nemesis spotlight! πŸ’ž @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social , @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social
spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...

12.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
New Book Spotlight – anOther Nemesis by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon and Maxwell I. Gold – Space Cowboy Books

New Book Spotlight mini-interview with @aijiang.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social and @cybergodwrites.bsky.social up on the blog today

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