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Hello, Emersonians! We've extended Page Turner Magazine's "Baby, There's Bots Outside" flash science fiction competition until 1/9/24. If you dream of distant planets, strange science, alternate pasts, or fantastic futures, then send your sci fi words (and sci fi worlds) our way. Just make a copy of the Submissions form linked in our bio, title it "Baby, There's Bots; title of your fic," and send it and your flash fiction of 500-1,500 words to pageturnermag@gmail.com. We can't wait to read your fiction!

The Trouble with Infodumps While every genre is susceptible to the problem of info-dumping, it is most commonly an issue in speculative and historical fiction where world-building is of prime importance. https://buff.ly/3HgFJRI

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If you're interested in speculative fiction, you may be considering the emerging field of CoFuturisms. Check: THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF COFUTURISMS edited by Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, and Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay. CoFuturisms argue for links and convergences among the different futurisms by people of color and the Global South. You can also check: https://lnkd.in/eMeEYpNy.