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Are you ready to vote?
If you live in the US, you probably already know we have a midterm election coming up. This one matters a fucking lot, because it’ll either make or break the momentum of Project 2025, the game plan of American Fascism. Get your shit sorted out now so you can participate in this election and help turn the tide:
Final Appearance of the Year: Can*Con
I am currently in Ottawa for my final appearance of the year! Come to Can*Con for a phenomenal weekend with brilliant people, and also me. Here’s what I’ll be doing:
CAN*CON: OCTOBER 16 - 18, 2026
FRIDAY
7:00 PM - Class Conflict & Revolution in SFF
Shakers Room, 2nd Floor
SATURDAY
10:00 AM - Discomfort as a Compass Needle
Deciders Room, 3rd Floor
7:00 PM - Literary Cabaret
Deciders Room, 3rd Floor
SUNDAY
10:00 AM - Quirks and Perks of Writing for a Big IP
Traders Room, 2nd Floor
Currently Reading: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
Life on the resource-poor planet of Fortune is challenging, but for its inhabitants, it’s home. For two of them, Signy and Cora, this home might no longer be enough.
Signy is a brilliant but reclusive botanist who bio-prints medicine from her small plant shop, often bending the rules to help those the system leaves behind. Her life is filled with the green of her store, the warmth of her one elderly friend, and the quiet determination to help others without putting herself in danger.
Cora is a rorqual pilot, one of the few with the unique ability to navigate the massive, living ships that connect the scattered settlements of their solar system. Her bond with her rorqual, Colibri, is profound—a connection that is both her greatest gift and a threat to her career.
It is that threat—the “mindbleed,” a dangerous side effect of her piloting—that brings her to Signy’s shop, and her appearance puts Signy in the danger she so fears. But it’s soon apparent it’s not just about losing her license—this delicate balance between risk and trust has the potential to change everything for them.
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Featured New Release: The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories By Alix E. Harrow
These are stories about the past as it wasn’t quite, but might have been―or could still be.
These are stories about dreamers and liars and lovers and ghosts; people just like you.
These are stories about places the world has seen, and some that hide just beyond the periphery of possibility.
Most of all, these are stories for anyone who ever wanted more.
What’s a legend, except a history told slantwise?
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In the meantime, remember: Do what you can. Care for yourself and the people around you. Believe that the world can be better than it is now. Never give up.
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