A bit of a paper I'm working on that grew far too long and far too whimsical and babbly for the paper. 1. Perhaps Charles Stross’s  ...

1. A short story. A hoard of silver is uncovered. Some terrible events unfold (I think involving domestic abuse, perhaps murder). Toward t...

I guess maybe the Puppies are to blame for the Sputnik Awards. Or at least: for the Sputnik spark. The Hugo Awards, arguably the most pres...

A little listicle I made one day featuring, I think, no more than Star Trek, Scrooge McDuck, Tim Maughan, David Graeber, grew and grew till ...

PRIZES. One piece of news speeds its vast shadow into all crannies of all affairs current and upcoming: that is, the inaugural Sputnik Aw...

Hi Jo, what did the name Boaty McBoatface symbolise for you? Hi Soph, the name Boaty McBoatface perfectly captures the equivocal nature of...

Books & Pieces on speculative fiction awards: Elsewhere: BooktubeSFF Awards.

Con or Bust provides financial assistance to people of color to go to conventions. Which is something you want to help with  anyway, but als...

Just the other day in Cardiff, after the Fantasies of Contemporary Culture conference, I suddenly remembered Douglas Adams once sent me a r...

A few links: (1) I went to a really lovely one-day conference at Cardiff yesterday, Fantasies of Contemporary Culture . I've just...