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Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers.

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Love reading our short stories? Help us out by doing a review on #Amazon, #Goodreads, or wherever you found our stories!

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What do you think?!?!

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Socrates says, "I know that I know nothing, but that I support 'After Dinner Conversation'" Support thoughtful conversations about #ethics and #philosophy. Support us on #Patreon today! We couldn't do it without our Patreon members! buff.ly/31q4E1Q

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"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law." -- Thomas Hobbes

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Read our Q&A with After Dinner Conversation author, Ellen Weeren.

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⁣⁣⁣4: When it's time to work again, always start by reading what you've written so far.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣5: Don't describe an emotion--make it.⁣⁣⁣⁣ 6: Use a pencil. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣7: Be Brief.⁣⁣⁣⁣

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Ernest Hemingway's 7 Tips for Writing:⁣⁣⁣ 1: To get started, write one true sentence.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣2. Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣3: Never think about the story when you're not working.⁣⁣⁣⁣

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"In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." - Robert Kennedy (Aeschylus)

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Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it — don't cheat with it.” —Ernest Hemingway, died on this day, 1961

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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -- Jiddu Krishnamurti

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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." -- Albert Camus

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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan Watts

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We are experimenting! We thought we would make one of our magazine's free on #Amazon and see if that was a way people would prefer to get a sample copy. Download your copy now. #philosophy #ethics #shortstory #fiction

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"A man is arrested after a bar fight. Will he let an AI judge determine his fate?" Read "Soon The Sentence Sign" by David M. Hoenig today for free!

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"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou

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"Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.". - Lady Gaga

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"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Lol, years ago we published a story about this concept called "Pandora's Dreams" you can read it on Amazon for free.

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Q&A with After Dinner Conversation author, Keith "Doc" Raymond

A bite-sized interview for your Sunday morning.

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"If you have no critics, you’ll likely have no success." - Malcolm X

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After Dinner Conversation: Research Ethics out today.

"Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of research. "

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"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." - Isaac Asimov

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Read "Sienna’s Monster" by Mystee Van Dan on Substack.

"How do you escape the monster inside you?"

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Do you run a #podcast, #blog, or #magazine and seek a captivating guest? Kolby, the founder and editor of After Dinner Conversation, is eager to discuss our literary #magazine dedicated to #ethical and #philosophical short fiction.

Feel free to message us for more information!

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That's us!

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When you get a DM to say reading your literary magazine is on the list! :)

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Always exciting when the proof copy of the newest issue comes in!

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"First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" - Ray Bradbury

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All it takes is one great review from a happy customer... and we are good working for free for at least another 18 months! If you like what we do, please review "After Dinner Conversation" stories on Amazon, Goodreads, or elsewhere.

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Our monthly magazines available via the #Libby app from your local digital library, assuming they have digital books. Just search "After Dinner Conversation" in the Libby app!

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Ever wondered what it would be like to encounter someone stuck in a time loop? I explore that in my story, "Today Is a Day Like Any Other," in the June 2024 issue of @afterdinner.bsky.social . Read for free through Libby or get your own copy through Amazon or books2read.com/u/bQGxke).

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"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia E. Butler

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"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." - Terry Pratchett

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"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." --- Dalai Lama

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How "superhuman" often leaves out the human. The social dimensions of stoicism. Imagination in music. The personal side of intellectual failure. A reverse Turing test to spot the impostor. Quine in verse. Fricker on Williams...

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The state of Florida prevented cities from lighting up their bridges in rainbow colors for Pride month. So people did it themselves anyway.

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Was riding in a self-driving @Waymo car past a homeless camp in Phoenix, and thought, "this is the future dystopian novels warned me about."

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