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The Obligatory 2025 Dragon Awards Ballot Post

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Cora

I was planning to blog about something else, but as they usually do, when you’re busy with other things, the 2025 Dragon Awards decided to drop their 2025 ballot – after posting an empty ballot page for several days.  The … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Heikedine Körting, Queen of the German Audio Drama

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Cora

Heikedine Körting, audio drama director, producer, voice actress and lawyer, celebrates her eightieth birthday today. If you’re not German, you’re likely thinking “Heikedine Who?” But if you grew up in Germany in the past fifty years, Heikedine Körting probably influenced … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2024 Nebula Finalists

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Cora

The finalists for the 2024 Nebula Awards were announced today. The video of the live announcement may be found here. Once again, I didn’t get to read nearly as much as I wanted to last year for personal reasons, so … Continue reading →

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Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Halloween Special: “The Tomb of Sibor”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Cora

October is the spooky month, so just in time for Halloween I present to you a spooky Masters-of-the-Universe-Peace Theatre toy photo story. The name “Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre” was coined by Kevin Beckett at the now defunct Whetstone Discord server. Horror elements … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2024 Dragon Award Winners

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Cora

The winners of the 2024 Dragons Awards were announced today at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. The full list of winners may be found here. I’ve been following the Dragon Awards since their inception in 2016, so I guess  I’m … Continue reading →

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The 2024 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Cora

Blogging is light right now, because I’m getting ready for Worldcon and I’m also doing the July Short Story Challenge again. What is the July Short Story Challenge, you ask? Well, in July 2015, Dean Wesley Smith announced that he … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2023 Nebula Finalists

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Cora

The finalists for the 2023 Nebula Awards were announced today. The video of the live announcement may be found here. Normally, the Nebula finalists are announced shortly before Hugo nominations close, giving people the chance to catch up with works … Continue reading →

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Magic under the Mistletoe 2023 – A Round-up of the Best Indie Holiday Speculative Fiction

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Cora

Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite holiday science fiction, fantasy and horror by indie authors. These … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for October 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading →

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First Monday Free Fiction: The Horror in the Westermark Woods

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Cora

Welcome to the October 2023 edition of First Monday Free Fiction. Though it’s actually Third Monday Free Fiction, because I had too much on my mind and forgot to post this month’s story. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch … Continue reading →

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