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Liminal Fiction Newsletter
Welcome to another LimFic.com newsletter. We're thrilled to have some great content for you today, including Save the World (see above), some great reviews, and much more.
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Amazing Stories Kickstarter
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Amazing Stories is doing a Kickstarter for their special flash fiction (1500 words) issue - Amazing Stories: SOL SYSTEM:
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Today, the Amazing Stories Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign begins. And once again, Amazing Stories hopes to harness the energy of the science fiction community to raise the funds to release a special issue featuring some of the biggest names in SF today speculating about the future of mankind in our solar system! Stretch goals will be used to increase author and artist pay and to fund Amazing's second ONLINE science fiction convention - AmazingCon II. There are also numerous contributor rewards, including copies of the special issue, some of our books and anthologies, AmazingCon convention tickets, and other exciting bonuses!
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Also needed - stories! We are now pleased to announce that submissions for flash fiction for our special next issue are open! That special issue? That’s our Amazing Stories: Sol System special edition. We are interested in stories set in the future and revolving around Sol, including planets, moons, asteroids, Oort and Kuiper, you name it! We need stories, flash fiction-sized, about 1500 words maximum, with a deadline of January 2nd, 2023. We are paying the SFWA rate of 8 cents per word. Can’t wait to see what you submit.
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Enjoy the rest of the newsletter.
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We have six new releases for you this week - see all the amazing new books below.
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Varon Cambeul has made it to the top: Royal Magician of the Kingdom of Lothia, at the right hand of the King, who is his lover. He has always kept the promise he made to his mother and his apprenticeship master: he has used his magic for good. This promise is tested when the King asks him to make a curse, a curse that will be cured by the King and so everyone will love him. Helping the King is using his magic for good, right? But, is Varon doing this because he has fallen in love with the King? ...
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Time is running out for planet Earth. An insidious Martian plague has been infecting the planet for over twenty years, and has resisted all human efforts to eradicate it. With global extinction now imminent, the only possible solution left is to directly access Martian technology by a daring space mission–to the moon first and then Mars. But how feasible is the ambitious plan to send astronauts into space in 1945? Will the super-weapon, hidden by the Martians at the lake on the moon, hold the desperately needed cure for mankind's survival? ...
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November 8, 2022
Fantasy, Sci Fi
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Explore the birth of a new world!
Journey through time and space to the intricate biosphere of Juno, where three species have been birthed by the gods. First the Kuhifadi, inheritors of sun magic, able to do great deeds with magic stored in their bodies. Second the fearsome Uchafumlaji, technological savants who live in the depths of the ground. Third the weird Ngisikaa, a species uplifted from animals through communal memories. ...
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He only comes out in the dead of night, whistling a haunting tune. No one has seen him. When you hear him, it's already too late. As a horror writer, Mason Murdock scares people for a living. Now the tables have turned. The killer leaves gruesome, bloody clues on his victim's bodies to let the world—and Mason—know who will be next. And no one is safe.
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October 21, 2022
Fantasy, Sci Fi
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After her adventures in Time Portals of Norwich, Cassie Fox makes a promise to both her grandfather and her best friend, Georgia, never to time travel again. So, how did she end up in the deep past with her recent memories wiped, and her time travelling abilities gone? Is she being punished? Did she press the big red button? Will she ever see her grandfather and friends again? And what has Robert Kett and his rebellion got to do with it all? ...
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September 5, 2022
Fantasy, Sci Fi
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They were young and at the start of a new Empire. Could they manage to achieve what was ask of them? On their ship, The Odyssey, they would head into space to help their ruler cement his hold on what would eventually be their Empire rebuilt.
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This week we have a number of new blog posts for you this week, including three reviews.
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Review: One of Our Spaceships is Missing - Chris Gerrib
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Genre: Military Sci-Fi, Space Opera
Reviewer: Valerie Bean
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"An easy-to-read sci-fi story of a hijacked space cruise ship... The reader and the protagonists are in a race to figure out who hijacked the ship, why, and where they’re going... I was drawn to the story because it combined so many of my favorite elements: police procedural, suspense, space pirates, and queer characters galore." …
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Review: Starman's Saga - Colin Alexander
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Exploration
Reviewer: Scott
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"When one of the astronauts backs out unexpectedly months before launch, the BerthRight lottery is launched… the chance for a randomly chosen member of the public to take the first journey to the stars... This is a well-thought-out tale – it’s clear that Alexander spent a lot of time researching how interstellar flight would actually work... well written with some great surprises and a dash of hope for these dark times we currently find ourselves in. If you love a good space exploration tale, You won’t be disappointed." …
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Review: The Third Front - E.M. Hamill
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Reviewer: Scott
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"The Third Front is set in a wide-ranging universe, and the story in some ways reminds me of The Expanse. In this case, though, Earth has made contact with a number of other alien races... I loved the story’s casual diversity... If you're looking for a great sci-fi adventure it’s a little different than what you may have read before – heck, if you’re just looking for a great sci-fi adventure period - pick this one up. Well worth the read."m …
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Spotlight: Alternative History
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Today we're spotlighting alternative history tales:
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May 18, 2021
Fantasy, Horror, Sci Fi
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Every week, we're bringing you some articles on cool spec fic things - space, science, archeology, etc - that may inspire a few plot bunnies.
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Writer Fuel: Why Does This Near Earth Asteroid Keep Spinning Faster?
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A potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid is spinning faster and faster every year, and researchers aren't sure why. The space rock, known as 3200 Phaethon, is around 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) wide …
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Writer Fuel: Why Did T-Rex Have Tiny Arms?
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Tyrannosaurus rex was a vicious hunter with the strongest bite of any animal ever to walk on land. The beast prowled the late Cretaceous wilderness more than 66 million years ago, looking for a Triceratops or Edmontosaurus to munch on. …
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Writer Fuel: Black Hole Eats and then Belches Out a Star
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Astronomers have spotted a black hole mysteriously spewing up chunks of a devoured star several years after consuming it. The event, which scientists have classified as AT2018hyz, began in 2018 when astronomers saw the black hole ensnare a hapless star in its strong gravitational pull before shredding it to pieces. Then, three years later, in 2021, a New Mexico radio …
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Writer Fuel: Human-Mouse "Mini Brains" Play Pong
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A synthetic minibrain made out of human and mouse neurons has successfully learned to play the video game "Pong" after researchers hooked it up to a computer-controlled electrode array. ...
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Writer Fuel: Anglo-Saxon Hall Where Kings and Warriors Dined Discovered in England
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Archaeologists in the east of England have unearthed the remains of an elaborate hall that Anglo-Saxon monarchs and warriors feasted in roughly 1,400 years ago. …
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We're featuring eight books on sale this week. You'll find a few featured here.
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Free at All Vendors
Ends November 30th
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May 3, 2022
Fantasy, Horror
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$2.99 at ll Vendors
Ends March 31st
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December 6, 2021
Fantasy, Sci Fi
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40% Off at All Vendors
Ends November 30th
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August 8, 2018
Fantasy, Horror
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That's it for this week. If there's anything you'd like to see added to the site or this newsletter, please let us know. We're thrilled with how the site is going, and can't wait to see where it all leads.
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Another $0.00 Book Bundle
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Here's sister site Queer Sci Fi's current bundle:
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