Updated January 16, 2025
Offshoots Anthology Scores Big in Critters Readers’ Poll
The Critters Readers Poll has just announced results, and Third Flatiron is happy that authors and members of the editorial team from the “Offshoots: Humanity Twigged” anthology made it into the Top 10 in eight(!!) categories.
Congratulations to the following:
Author – Wulf Moon #1
Short Story: Steampunk – “Ginger” by Robin Pond #1
Short Story: Magical Realism – “Pink Pickled Pixies” by Wulf Moon #1
Short Story: Science Fiction and Fantasy – “Messiah in the Machine” by Yelena Crane #2
Short Story: Positive Future – “Rogue Garden, Rogue Gardener” by John A. Frochio #2
Anthology – “Offshoots: Humanity Twigged” #4
Book Cover Artwork – “Offshoots: Humanity Twigged” by Keely Rew #6
Editor/Publisher – Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron Anthologies #6
The “Offshoots” anthology is available in print and ebook on Amazon.
Critters was founded in 1995 by Dr. Andrew Burt as an on-line workshop/critique group specifically for serious Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writers, then grew up into a set of workshops for every other kind of artistic endeavor. To see final results of the readers poll, go to critters.org/predpoll/final_tally.ht
Ebook giveaway
We are sponsoring a giveaway of the ebook of our new anthology, “Offshoots: Humanity Twigged,” on Amazon on November 22, 2024. Grab one
We’ll Be at MileHiCon
MileHiCon 56 is coming right up, October 25-27, 2024. We plan to be on hand to meet our local fans and serve on a panel or two. It’s got an inspiring GOH lineup: check it out at https://milehicon.org.
Lineup for “Offshoots: Humanity Twigged” Anthology
Pleased to announce the lineup for our 2024 Summer/Fall SFFH short story anthology, Offshoots: Humanity Twigged. Two dozen great authors speculate on the future of humanity. The ebook’s now available at Amazon, with available paperback.
Contents
Editor’s Note by Juliana Rew
Another Day, Another Me by Catherine Weaver
Monad by Jackson Willis
Smarthouse Revolution by Curtis James McConnell
The Magic of AI by M. Richard Eley
Rogue Garden, Rogue Gardener by John A. Frochio
Ginger by Robin Pond
Software by Evan A. Davis
Messiah in the Machine by Yelena Crane
Our Foul Ancestors by Neil James Hudson
In Search of the Twinkle Toad by E. J. Delaney
A Kid with Six Arms Wants to Kick My Ass by Edward Barnfield
Dreams of Rain: Probability of Precipitation by Juliana Rew
What Remains of the Rainbow by David Cleden
How Billy Adams Destroyed Humanity but Then Found a Way to Make It Right Again by Robert Stahl
Fashion, Darling, For an Untamed World by Scott M. Sands
What Would You Do for Me by Jesse Back
Pink Pickled Pixies by Wulf Moon
The Missing Music in Milo Piper’s Head by David Hankins
When to Nurture, When to Prune by Jennifer Povey
Grins & Gurgles (flash humor)
In the Nick of Time by Henry Herz and Jason M. Hough
Ten Easy Steps to Boosting Your Civilization’s Kardashev Rating by Pauline Barmby
They Eat Plants! by Esteban Raposo
Purrfect Intuition by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins
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Updated March 2, 2024
Smashwords Expands Distribution
Smashwords recently merged with Draft2Digital, where we will be publishing some ebooks in the future. Our most recent ebooks are still available free to Kindle subscribers, but ebooks available via Smashwords are now also available at reduced prices at many other stores, including Apple, and Barnes & Noble. To take advantage of these avenues for purchase, you can open a free account at Books2Read.com. Happy reading!
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Third Flatiron Stories on British SF Association Awards Longlist
We’re proud to announce that four short stories from Third Flatiron’s Rhapsody of the Spheres anthology (as well as the anthology itself) have been nominated in the BSFA awards longlist for 2023:
A Touch of the Grape by Sharon Diane King Euterpe by Maureen Bowden Changing of the Guard by Taylor Dye The Stellar Instrument by Brandon Case
My own short story collection, Twelve All in Dread: The Twelfth Witch and Other Stories, also made it onto the longlist.
Award winners will be announced at EasterCon, Levitation, being held at the Telford International Centre, 29 March to 1 April 2024.
Congratulations to all of our authors!
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Updated December 28, 2023
Rhapsody of the Spheres
Like Barbie, we’re in the pink this summer! The Summer-Fall 2023 anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres, is coming August 21. You can reserve your copy of the ebook by pre-ordering on Amazon.
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Best British SF Features Hogan Story
Two asteroid miners drink to the end of the job in Liam Hogan’s story, “Last Bite at the Klondike,” which appeared in our “After the Gold Rush” anthology, chosen for the “Best of British Science Fiction 2022,” edited by Donna Scott. Congrats, Liam!
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Top 10 Finishers in Critters Readers Poll
Third Flatiron is happy to announce that Wulf Moon won the “Best Author” category in the recent Readers’ Poll. Third Flatiron also had numerous “Top 10” finishes:
Anthologies: After the Gold Rush (#6) – available on Amazon
Short Stories (all appearing in After the Gold Rush):
Fantasy and Science Fiction: “Facing Reality” by Yelena Crane (#4) Positive Futures: “Last of the Gen Xers” by Angelique Fawns (#2) and “All Our Signs Align” by Eve Morton (#3) Horror: “Past the Projections” by James Tager (#5) Magical Realism: ”Showdown at Sueno Hueco” by Wulf Moon (#2) and “Live from the Troll Factory” by Edward Barnfield (#4)
Moon’s “Showdown” story also won second place in the “All Other Short Stories” category.
Editor Juliana Rew came in at number 5, and Third Flatiron was 8th in the Publishers category
Congratulations to all of our entrants!
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Wulf Moon’s “Sophie’s Parisian Stationery and Parfumerie Magnifique” Wins in Critters Readers Poll
January 18, 2022
We’re proud to report that Moon’s story took first place in the “All Other Short Stories” category. It appeared in the Third Flatiron anthology, Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope. The postapocalyptic story follows the efforts of a sentient building AI whose main purpose is to help its human customers. Moon also won the Best Author category.
A number of other stories from the anthology placed in the top 10, including David Cleden’s “Ephemeralities” (SFF), Bruce Arthurs’s “The Best Damned Barbershop in Hell” (Horror), Sharon Diane King’s “The Sorcerer’s Appendix” (Magical Realism), and Gerri Leen’s “What Hope Might Ask” (Positive Future).
Third Flatiron won second place kudos in the Publisher and Artist (Keely Rew) categories. Additional results are listed at critters.org/predpoll
Congratulations from Third Flatiron to all winners and nominees!
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