Z.T. Bright

I’ve been away. Glad to see this app gaining some steam.

Happy to announce my story “Your Boundless Hunger” will be published in Shortwave Magazine!
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Every once in a while you stumble upon a book that blows your expectations into oblivion. I had that experience years ago with “The Aeronauts Windlass” by Jim Butcher.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that book 2 is available for preorder now can’t wait.

Thanks for reading!

What a great way to start my day. Excited to have another great purveyor of speculative short things in the wild!

DreamForge Magazine cover and interior page.

For those of you who don't know DreamForge, we are in indie pub of optimistic science fiction and fantasy. Quarterly digital issues and combined into 2 print issues each year. Every story is illustrated. Questions are welcome. #ScienceFiction, #SciFi, #Fantasy, #Hopepunk, #Solarpunk

DreamForge Anvil 13 features stories from hopeful stories, poems and essays. Susan Kaye Quinn has a wonderful article about Hopepunk that's worth a look. Read free online or purchase an epub at Amazon or on our website.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHDRHXQD or dreamforgemagazine.com/product-cate...

Story day!

My sci-fi story “Somehow, She Remains” is now available @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social

Thanks to Scot and Jane for publishing and the awesome art!

dreamforge.mywebportal.app/dreamforge/s...

Happy Birthday! September is clearly the best month for birthdays

This morning, I read “D.I.Y.” by @wiswell.bsky.social in @podcastle.bsky.social

As usual, just incredible from Wiswell. I love to see someone doing so well in the industry by telling stories that ooze positive vibes.

Introducing CREPUSCULAR: Stories from the in-between. A new microfiction magazine, paying ten cents a word! Opening to subs October 13. Details: www.patreon.com/posts/85137677

I read “Susurrus” by @litgalz.bsky.social in Zooscape this morning. It’s got a murder-horse, will make you laugh, and plop a heavy lump in your throat. You’ll smile the whole way through. Great story. zooscape-zine.com/susurrus/

Truly you can’t expect me to be fair and decent to EVERYONE?!

I read “A Life of Color” by @nvhaskell.bsky.social in @metaphorosis.bsky.social this morning and it was wonderful. Good fiction makes you feel things, and this story will break your heart. Go read it.

Are we living through a dark age of SFF publishing? Or are there darker times to come?

My local team was one win away from hosting Messi in a cup final. Why does everything hurt more when you’re THIS close?
(Looking at you personal rejections)

Throwing caution to the wind and writing a story mashing together uplifted animals, a sapient robot horse, and bounty hunters into a positive, eco-friendly setting where humanity has broadly solved climate change.

Having. So. Much. Fun.

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