Stephen Lawson Wins 2018 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award

The winner and runners-up for the 2018 Jim Baen Memorial Award competition have been announced. GRAND PRIZE “Homonculus” by Stephen Lawson FIRST RUNNER-UP “Dangerous Company” by C. Stuart Hardwick SECOND RUNNER-UP “Falling to the Moon” by Wendy Nikel Stephen Lawson’s win … Continue reading

Pixel Scroll 9/6/21 I Fought The Laws Of Newton, Thermodynamics, Robotics And Grammar, And All But One Of Them Laws Won

(1) KGB. Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Ellen Klages and Mari Ness via livestream on Wednesday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Link to come. Ellen Klages Ellen Klages is the author of … Continue reading

Pixel Scroll 11/19/21 Now We Know How Many Holes It Takes To Fill A Pixel Scroll

(1) REFUTING FOUNDATION. Who cares if a brutal autocracy is destroyed? Why would anyone want to make another one? The Atlantic’s Zachary D. Carter says “’Foundation’ Has an Imperialism Problem”. Beware spoilers. … Foundation is a grand sci-fi adventure, sure, but … Continue reading

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF, Vol. 5, Table of Contents Released

Editor David Afsharirad has announced the table of contents for The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF, Volume 5, which will be available June 4 from Baen Books. “Love in the Time of Interstellar War” by Brendan DuBois “Going Dark” … Continue reading

Pixel Scroll 6/16/18 And I Awoke And Found Me Here On The Scrolled Pixelside

(1) DOUG JONES’ NEW GIG. GeekTyrant points to the first installment of an sf video series premiering on Dust’s YouTube channel: “Dust Created a Cool 1930’s Sci-Fi Noir Series AUTOMATION with Doug Jones; Watch the First Episode Now!”. In an … Continue reading