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Welcome, sophonts, to Flashback Friday! Today we bring you back a story about a struggle between rivals ending surprisingly: "A Struggle Between Rivals Ends Surprisingly" by Oliver Buckram. Check it out!

Great news, sophonts! It's been a week, so part 2 of "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by @awprihandita.bsky.social is now up! Whether you've been waiting all week for this or you haven't started yet, I encourage you to check it out while the trilobites are still under control.

Greetings, sophonts! Are you feeling well? Well, if you don't, hope that you don't have to see a doctor that needs to rely on an AI as in today's story, part 1 of "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by @awprihandita.bsky.social. Check it out, and stay healthful!

Greetings, sophonts! Are you feeling well? Well, if you don't, hope that you don't have to see a doctor that needs to rely on an AI as in today's story, part 1 of "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being" by @awprihandita.bsky.social. Check it out, and stay healthful!

Greetings, urbanist sophonts! Do you like sky cities? They have their perks over underground cities, for one. Check out a tale of two of them (cities) in our latest original, "Sister Cities" by @reasie.bsky.social.

Also wow okay are we POSING, is this your next AUTHOR PHOTO, Mr. FANCY-PANTS (not wearing pants)

Hark, sophonts! Farming might not seem like resistance at first glance, but it surely can be -- find out how in our new endweek story, "The Rewilding of Lot 4987" by @neekapwrites.bsky.social. Check it out!

Greetings, sophonts! You know how social media can be a drag sometimes? Well, check out social bird-ia in our latest story, "Modern Birdwatching" by @jeffsoesbe.bsky.social. Bird-cial media?

WHAT IF... you were the darkness and there was a heating pad on underneath the blanket

Come learn innovative strategies for quitting your job and conserving the local wildlife (if you are a sentient space station) in my newest story on @escapepod.org!

Good news, sophonts: a new story has arrived! If you like stories about sapient digital intelligences and environmentalism, "Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed" by @hansew.bsky.social should be one you'll really like. Also the lizards!

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IT’S UP!! 🪶✨ My story about pigeons and robots and hope is out now!! And in ESCAPE POD, a dream publication of mine 🥹 I love this story so much! Please give it a read/listen! 🫶🏾

Hail, sophonts! The pigeon is a proud, majestic dinosaur, but what's it doing with a robot on another planet? Experience today's story, "Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds" by @traewrites.bsky.social, to find out!

Good news, sophonts: Escape Pod is once more open to submissions! {{}}< And as soon as we deal with >{{}} all these trilobites, the website will say as much. For now, the submission link to Moksha does work!

CONGRATULATIONS @hhpak.bsky.social! YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST-EVER WINNER OF A HUGO AWARD IN A PROSE CATEGORY! YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!

Congratulations to Uncanny for their victory!

Are you ready for this year's Hugo Awards? Check them out starting in one (count 'em) hour, streaming at the #LAConV YouTube channel. Also, since you're reading this, good news: we're reopening for submissions on September 1st, so sharpen your keyboards immediately!

Good morning #lacon #worldcon! Today you can find @margueritekenner.bsky.social and myself at 10.30-Escape Pod live in 259 in the convention centre! 12-table talk in Salinas! 3-Marguerite will be in Um, Actually in 263 ACC North! 4.30- podcasters meetup in Ventura! 6-Undead Torts in 258 ACC North

How is it happening, fellow sophonts? Today we've got "Soft Currency" by Seth Gordon for you. Whether you're at Worldcon this year or not, today's a great day to shove a story into your sensory organs!

Very excited to have a story in Escape Pod! This one is set in the transitional space after a generation ship makes landing, and is about overcoming generational trauma and choosing a better future

Behold the endweek, observers! Our trilobite issues have been resolved, and we're launching a new generation ship story: "A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social. Check it out!

Success, sapient observers! We've secured all the {{}}< almost all of the trilobites and replaced the nibbled wires, so we can now bring you part 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Please enjoy it!

If you're looking for this week's {{}}< story, please be >{{}} patient, the website is dealing {{}}< {{}}< with some slightly nibbled wires and will be back up >{{}} once we get all {{}}< these trilobites under control! >{{}} {{}}<

Well Fiasco am shocked, just SHOCKED

Happy International Cat Day! I asked Fiasco and he said it was actually INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY day and could I make him a poster, so I did

Fair endweek, sophonts! One great thing for it would be to spelunk into a new story, and we have just the one: part 1 of 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Check it out!

Mellow greetings, sapients! Do you like genetic engineering? How about woolly mammoths? Have you ever considered that they're two great concepts that concept great together? See how in "Woolly" by @carrievaughnco.bsky.social!

Hello, sophonts! This week we've got a flashback for you on this Flashback Friday: "Impossibility Crow" by @remymura.bsky.social. It's got violence and swears, so you know it's not one of those stories that doesn't have those!

Mellow endweek, sophont observers! Today we bring you a story of post-apocalyptic Japan, but not one of those Mad Max apocalypses, in "Takahata-fudo" by Meridel Newton. Check it out!

Merry Friday, sophonts! This week we have a fresh original for you, full of games: "The Game of Possibilities" by Ethan Ham. Deja vu is also possible!

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

Ahoy there, sophonts! We're totally not late announcing our latest story, because it's a Flashback Friday and this is Friday, see? This week we flash back to the intensity of "When We Fall" by @kameronhurley.com. Check it out!

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