Publisher of prose & poetry relating to science fiction, anarchism, transhumanism, and dystopia. Pays semi-pro rates. CLMP & SFPA affiliated. radonjournal.com
In exactly ONE HOUR (6 Pacific/9 Eastern) come out to the first ever live reading of Radon stories — this event is free and only take 40 minutes of your time — hosted and put on by our partner Space Cowboy Books #WritingCommunity
Free reservation: eventbrite.com/e/841504561797
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This week we digitally sat with Susan L. Lin for a wonderful interview. Highlights include
* How she came to be repped by an agent
* How "Dear Mercury," fits into a larger poem sequence begun in 2012
* Her latest novella and its 15-year journey to completion
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Who did you talk to on their end to get that set up?
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People using 'anarchy' to incorrectly mean chaos is one of our biggest pet peeves
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The most based comment on this site today
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"Dream Eater"
By Christine Lucas
Read now: bit.ly/3LazBwt
Author Site: werecat99.wordpress.com
#scifi #dystopian #transhumanism
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Organise! was kind enough to include an excerpt from Radon's latest issue in their beautifully laid-out and incredibly informative long-running UK anarchist magazine.
Take a look at it here: organisemagazine.org.uk/3d-flip-book...
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Words to live by. And it remains true as Propagandhi once said, "The Only Good Fascist Is a Very Dead Fascist"
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Our latest Interview with Issue 7 author, Pooja Joshi
Read free: www.radonjournal.com/interviews
Pooja discusses how she queried and became represented by a literary agent, the importance of cardamom in bringing back memories of Mumbai, being writer-in-residence at Weymouth Center, and much more.
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"Dear Mercury,"
By Susan L. Lin
Read now: bit.ly/3XLz5g6
Site: susanllin.wordpress.com
#scifi
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If the unthinkable happens in November, expect a larger outcry than 2020. Learn from the J20 riots in DC that prevented the new administration from obtaining full power and signaled country-wide large-scale resistance. (11/11)
crimethinc.com/2019/01/20/i...
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Our comrades in Portland have spent years perfecting many of these tactics to great success. Please consider learning from them here: (10/11)
crimethinc.com/2020/08/03/t...
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Also remember to bring masks and goggles for the inevitable gas attack from the cops. The medics should have tear-gas antidotes in the rear ready to go. But best not to get hit in the first place. (9/11)
crimethinc.com/2020/09/02/a...
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Body armor is important for when the rubber bullets, grenades, fascist weapons, and rocks start flying. (8/11)
crimethinc.com/2020/12/15/a...
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If you plan to be in the front line, want to protect your fellow comrade, or just be ready for anything, here are notes on anti-fasicst self-defense training. (7/11)
crimethinc.com/2017/11/14/n...
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We already live in an online dystopia, so know how to destroy cameras and other surveillance equipment (6/11)
crimethinc.com/2020/07/14/b...
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When gearing up for the streets, know how to dress, plan your exit route, and mentally prepare for what may happen. (5/11)
crimethinc.com/2014/08/14/s...
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If you are involved in the planning of a protest, or just seem important enough, police will likely compliment your determination by showing up at your doorstep. Don't worry, this is merely intimidation. Know how to handle the situation. (4/11)
crimethinc.com/2017/08/24/w...
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If you have time before duty calls, make sure to wheatpaste your city with calls to action, antifa flyers, or whatever you'd like. Wheatpaste is hard for the opposition to remove and the best choice for sticking. (3/11)
crimethinc.com/2017/07/18/a...
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We'll be sharing ten helpful articles from CrimethInc, an international anarchist collective functioning as the mouthpiece for the anarchist population at large.
First is forming your affinity group. Can be as small as you and your trusted friend. (2/11)
crimethinc.com/2017/02/06/h...
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With judicial power grabs, increasing capitalist torture, and emboldened fascists, we expect a busy protest season this July through January.
It's vital before a protest kicks off that you're well-prepared and understand how to stay safe and conduct your direct action. (1/11)
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"Cardamom and Other Such Forbidden Thoughts"
By Pooja Joshi
Read now: bit.ly/4eFOLHE
Site: pdjoshi.com
YouTube: bit.ly/3L2rCBv
#scifi #dystopian
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Did you know that the world's largest anarchist publisher, AK Press, recently got into spec fiction?
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Don't think that leftists are becoming *more* left all the sudden. Perhaps since there are more events happening people are getting more vocal
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You are free to submit both
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We have a steady stream of fiction in our reading queue, but have a noticeable lack of poetry. #WritingCommunity
Please consider submitting if you have free verse poems that fit any of these themes:
- science fiction
- cyberpunk
- anti-capitalist
- transhumanism
- pissed off against society
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Tristan Beiter, Issue 7 poet, dives in deep in our latest interview.
Read free: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
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"The Censors"
By @elismontgomery.bsky.social
elismontgomery.com
Read now: bit.ly/3RDbF8I
#transhumanism #scifi #dystopian
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Our latest interview features Elena Sichrovsky!
Elena dives into their work focusing on trauma and body horror, gives info on their debut chapbook from Ghost City Press, working with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social, and what got them into dark storytelling. #WritingCommunity
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and i couldn’t help
but watch as he plugged himself
into the refueling station again
hooked up to the metallic tank,
silver tendrils coiling out to connect
By Russell Nichols
russellnichols.com
Read now: bit.ly/3KLFqQG
#transhumanism #scifi #anarchist #dystopian
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For our upcoming first print issue with issue 8, we'll be adding to our higher patron tiers. What it will be precisely we need to discuss, but be on the lookout
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She’d managed not to let go, and now he was here. Or at least some semblance of him was here.
By @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social
jordanrhirsch.wordpress.com
Read now: bit.ly/3Rs37RP
#transhumanism #scifi
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Read our new interview with tonight's Nebula Finalist for Short Story, @cornellwriter.bsky.social. #Nebula2024 #Writingcommunity
Free insights at the link here: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
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Thank you to @radonjournal.bsky.social for this awesome interview. I had so much fun talking with you about short stories, the Nebulas, and so much more. It’s one of my fave interviews, free to read here: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
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Some Radon authors/Nebula finalists will be at the Nebula Conference:
- @alexyquest.bsky.social (Issue 2) is having a meet and greet 230-3 PDT June 6th
- @aijiang.bsky.social (Issue 1) is having a meet and greet 1130-12 PDT June 8th
- @cornellwriter.bsky.social (Issue 7) will be in attendance
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You’ve been putting it off because this is the week on race and racialization, and even though it’s not technically “critical race theory,” you know how the students will interpret it.
By @jennahanchey.bsky.social
jennahanchey.com
Read now: bit.ly/4aLCjCR
#WritingCommunity #dystopian
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SFPA Grand Master and 4x Radon speculative poet, Mary Soon Lee, has had her Issue 5 Radon poem "Downlift" selected for the 2024 Dwarf Stars Award anthology. Her poem will now also vie against the other 10-line and under poems from across the world for top honors this summer.
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After centuries spent slumbering
in a silver pod by your side,
I still recognize your frosted face.
Every feature is as familiar to me
as this peculiar planet of pink sand
By Jenny Thompson
linktr.ee/jenny.thompson
Read now: bit.ly/4bX2UOg
#WritingCommunity #scifi
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Akis' interview researches traumas that stop people from being themselves, his Radon story's central Ship of Theseus metaphor, the meaning writing gives life, and his upcoming cosmic horror chapbook, Crooked Gods.
Also read his Issue 7 short story here: www.radonjournal.com/issue7/my-sh...
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Over the last three years, Radon has published 115 authors and released 50 author interviews. #WritingCommunity
We are proud to begin our Issue 7 author interview series with @linardos.bsky.social and will be releasing new interviews each Thursday
Read free: www.radonjournal.com/interviews/c...
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She wanted to tell him to send her in for a reboot, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t even ask him to put her by the window so she could see her garden.
By @cornellwriter.bsky.social
pacornell.com
Read now: bit.ly/3R5bXow
#WritingCommunity #scifiwriters
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Those are some truly nice rewards
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We're open for submissions 24/7/365
We never liked having to keep track of open and close dates so we just keep keep it open always
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Make the agency make the mug for you or did you on your own?
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Bluesky opened up Direct Messaging a few days ago, and we've opened up our settings to allow them. So if you need to reach us and don't want the formality of email, here we are
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Hoping the sub takes off like /r/printSF--would fill a great hole in the community
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The level of greed on display from Disney while watching that video was astounding. Every company always eventually follows the "enshittification" model where they aim to extract as much money from customers as possible with as little effort as possible. All for never-ending capitalist growth
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The ones who
dig up the ground to make power,
they forget
whose power it is
By Stephen Wing
stephenwing.com
Read now: bit.ly/44Ts2mZ
#WritingCommunity #anarchist #dystopian
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My May speculative flash roundup, a day early!
#sffh #flashfiction #shortfiction
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"Maybe we can get another one?" she says.
"Well, sure," Stan says, flipping a page. "But we'll still need the tank."
"I meant another tank."
"Oh," Stan says. "Right. So did I."
By Ashlee Lhamon
Read now: bit.ly/4dOLBkl
#WritingCommunity #scifi #scifiwriters
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