Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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(More) markets for microfiction
I have already written in the past about markets for microfiction (intended here as all the prose between 0 and 300 words) and compiled…
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Short trailer for a forthcoming anthology
I have a reprint story coming up in the anthology of weird western SFF “Gunsmoke and Dragonfire”, and the editor produced a fancy trailer.…
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Space X made it -Crew Dragon docked to the ISS.
Even if you don’t follow space news, you’ve probably heard about this historical achievement. Space X’s new module, Crew Dragon, which is going to…
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Anime on demand: what to watch on March
You will remember I have done a quick survey a few weeks ago about some regular content to add to this blog. First of…
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The Friday Face-Off: Abandoned Building
It is not long ago that I have joined the meme The Friday Face-Off, which was originally created by Books by Proxy. Each week bloggers showcase…
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Exploring the (virtual) Moon
I have already written in the past about a few software and websites that allow for exploring the night sky and stars nearby. Today…
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Farewell, Opportunity. It has been a hell of a ride!
Yesterday (NASA) and the world said farewell to the Martian rover Opportunity. After several weeks of attempts to revive the rover -overwhelmed last June…
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EHM is changing. What’s coming next in 2019
Hello everybody. Today’s post is about an announcement and a query. The announcement is that, as I’ve briefly mentioned in December’s blogversary post, The…
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Why you should watch Gundam Unicorn [機動戦士ガンダムUCユニコーン]
Among the 45 or so Gundam franchises, there is one, less known the mainstream series, which is really worth watching: Gundam Unicorn. Gundam Unicorn…
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Open Submission Calls – What Indie Presses Would Like to See
I had recently a chat with the owner and Editor-in-Chief of an award-winning, independent Scottish press, Luna Press Publishing. I asked a few questions regarding…
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Anime Update -January 2019
It has been a while since I have posted something about anime (blame my non-fiction writing for that), but, before I can get back…
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2019 in space
2018 has been a record-shattering year -with more than 100 successful launches and mission achievements. What are we looking for in 2019? Another year…
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Our outer space citizens, right now
If you accept the idea that everyone/everything NOT living on planet Earth for all or most of their lives is a spacenoid (questionable as…
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The Friday Face-Off: Tudor Period
I first heard about The Friday Face-Off following the blog Books, Bones & Buffy (hello, Tammy!), but originally this feature was created by Books by…
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Guest Post -Andrea Jonhson and the Little Red Reviewer Blog’s Kickstarter
It is with a lot of pleasure that I welcome here Andrea Johnson, one of the best blogs around reviewing speculative fiction. Andrea is…
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New Horizons’ last flyby: Ultima Thule
New Horizons is almost there. After the historical flyby of Pluto in 2015, the probe has continued its course across the Kuiper Belt and…
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Space 2018: best of the year
2018 has been another amazing year in terms of space exploration and rocket launches. Now that we’re almost at the end, I’d like to…
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Earthian Hivemind turns 5
Actually, it has turned five last week on 16th but, as it happens, I was neck-deep in preparing the submission filed for my non-fiction…
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Teaser Tuesday (11 December)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read•…
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Poem in the latest issue of Space and Time
My SF-apocalyptic poem “Last days of terrestrial love” in now in print with Space and Time #132, a venerable publication that has been around…
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Sources for your space exploration research.
Since I’m now deep down in my (non fiction) book about space (I’m due to submit to the publisher in a couple of weeks,…
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After Insight, Osiris-REX sees Bennu -finally!
After having started the week with the (truly amazing) landing of Insight on Mars, I close it with the news of another event not…