Here's a short story as my entry to the first 'Lunar Awards' season of 2024. The story’s premise builds on last week’s post on the uncertain future for human planetary colonisation. I hope you enjoy this speculative tonic to counter my earlier dry logic. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Over the moon (😛)! Received a 2nd= place honourable mention in the Lunar Awards. open.substack.com/pub/lunaraward…

Happy heavenly birthday to the one and only Alan Rickman. Forever loved, always missed and never forgotten. #AlanRickman #HappyBirthdayAlanRickman

This week's flash fiction: ~600 words to titillate your taste buds: 'The See-Through Skin Society'. When it's no secret what you're thinking and absolute transparency demands a crippling cost. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit… #SFF #SF #sciencefiction #scifi #specfic #speculativefiction

Looking forward to this evening's Hampshire Skeptics talk by Brian Klaas. hampshireskeptics.org/28th-feb-fluke…

Chatbots are being conditioned by their makers to argue with people and obfuscate their mistakes when they commit glaring errors. It’s a chilling moment when science fiction becomes fact. Read the full transcript in this week's 'ReidItWrite' newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Dune Part 2 initial thoughts: Universal body plans - humanoid, worm or kangaroo mouse. Flying an ornithopter is easy. Don't thump near tall buildings. Once you believe there's no going back. True love is forever painful. Forget mescaline. That aqua vitae is strong stuff.

I've met a writing prompt challenge with a 2492 word short story. By sheer coincidence it's the year the story takes place. Best described as ‘Aliens meets Fury Road meets Starship Troopers’, please meet my badass 'Bandita': reiditwrite.substack.com/i/142420516/ba…

Random snippets of new #poetry often invade my head when deep inside a work-in-progress. Some become nagging earworms, refusing to depart until given the attention they think they deserve. I've now exposed three of them to the harsh light of day: open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Today has got off to a fantastic start. I'm struggling to sit still. Well done to every writer on this list!

'Eleven Snippets Have Escaped' by @reiditwrite open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

A 500 word #SF piece this week, inspired by the recent Easter resurrection celebrations and hearing the first cuckoo call of Spring. I’ve also drawn on several well-known 'first contact' stories. Think 'Alien' meets 'Cocoon' meets '2001: A Space Odyssey'. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Sad news is I didn't win the Writers' & Artists' short story competition. But the good news is you can now read the story I entered! It's a big departure from my usual speculative fiction and poetry writing. But it seems to stir readers the right way. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Calling poets of all ages to enter a competition supporting chalk streams. Find out more about the competition at chalkstreampoet.net and email your poem to [email protected] by 31 May

I'm celebrating my 100th #Substack #newsletter! Not only are they an eclectic mix of #prose, #poetry and #future speculation, but they're also free to read. Search for some intriguing #flashfiction, an entertaining short story, or an emotion-filled #poem. open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

Every utopia has its flaws. Read my latest short story (and what prompted it) to discover where they might lie: open.substack.com/pub/reiditwrit…

It's close to All Hallows Ev'en. So let's get dramatic and state this is the biggest stake yet through the vampiric LLM heart which has been sucking on and regurgitating the lifeblood of human creativity.

#TheRelentlessLegion will be out in just 2 WEEKS! To celebrate, I’m giving away FIVE signed copies of the paperback! 🎉 TO ENTER:⁠ 👋 Follow me!⁠ 💬 Comment w/your favorite sci-fi character & tag a friend!⁠ Additional rules in thread! 🧵

I can imagine in the near future that, like for a movie, book publishers will have one or two "Credits" pages which will list every employee or contractor who helped acquire, edit, design, account, publish, print and distribute an individual book. Think of the CV opportunities.

A lazy prediction: 'Stig Of The Dump' retakes are going to creep into the bestellers this year.