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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 04:18:00 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin -
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 22:06:40 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin "There are two things you must learn about the world," the witch said. "The first is that it is what it is."
"It is what it is, and what it is is shit!"
"The second thing, oft forgot, is that it is not what it will be."
"Should that fill me with hope or despair?"
"Determination."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 19:38:22 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @SANEAlex @shivers @dwcon I didn't attend a DWCon until 04, but starting at that event I had a recurring programme event called "How to buckle a swash" where I talked about and demonstrated the use of swords and spears and axes, aided by some beautiful assistants.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 07:38:18 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @shivers I don't think Karin Tidbeck was a finalist, alas. They are an amazing writer though, and one of two SFF authors I have literally crossed swords with (the other being Peter Morwood).
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 06:48:51 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin Kallocain by Karin Boye was nominated for a 1941 retro Best Novel Hugo, which means I'm not the first Swede. (Many thanks to @shivers )
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 06:46:22 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @shivers Thank you!
Kallocain by Boye was nominated for a 1941 retro Best Novel Hugo, which means I'm not the first Swede, which answers that question.In conversation from mastodon.art permalink -
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 04:36:10 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin ** My search skills are too weak. Is there a list of the nationalities of Hugo Award finalists over the years? Someone asked if I was the first Swedish finalist, and I can't even find how to find out. **
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 00:27:58 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin "Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 17:12:18 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @tienelle This wording was the "quote" Gaiman wrote in Coraline, and attributed to Chesterton. But he wrote it from memory, and got it wrong.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 16:08:05 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @Kytyn Good point, I'll try to remember to do that. These days, I post each story separately to all platforms, since there are different hashtags and hashtag cultures, so I can make that accommodation.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 14:54:20 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin "Fairy tales are more than true," the princess read. "Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
The dragon considered this. "What of kings?"
"What of them?"
"Do fairy tales say how kings can be beaten?"
"Yes. By dragons..."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 13:19:42 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @JeffGrigg "Oh, just something I won off a Klingon."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 06:15:23 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin First Swarmoon studied the item in the Warrior's grip.
"What is that?"
"A spoon."
"Is there a malfunctioning Maker?"
"I made it."
"Why? You are no Maker."
"I learned from a Human. They can all be Makers."
"Humans are Warriors."
"Humans are also."
"Also?"
"Never just one function."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 19:37:13 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @jane_jordan No, I'm afraid not. But a one-off donation on Ko-Fi will give you access to them.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 06:21:28 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin It's an unspoken rule that you don't discuss the side effects of hyperjumps. In theory it's simple - you leave your universe and appear in another, the only major difference being that your ship is somewhere else.
We don't talk about minor changes.
But I miss my fourth nipple.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 05:16:57 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin ** I have created a collection, in PDF and epub, of all the stories I wrote in 2023 for the Hugo Award voter packet.
I have also made it available to my supporters on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MicroSFF and Ko-Fi - http://ko-fi.com/microsff . They also get access to the 2022 collection. **In conversation from mastodon.art permalink Attachments
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 22:24:07 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin ** A gentle reminder that you are the algorithm - your boosts help decide what your followers see, and help them discover the cool things you like.
(I mean like like, not press-like like, which, while greatly appreciated, doesn't have the same impact as a boost.) **
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 25-Apr-2024 21:33:15 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin "Listen," one guard said, "I know we have only just met-"
"No," the other guard said, "we've worked together for years!"
"-but you can trust me when I say-"
"I can't, you have the curse that's opposite from mine!"
"I don't care for you at all."
"Well, I... oh... I love you too."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2024 05:30:48 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin @illiannaheger As long as it's not commercial, sure!
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2024 04:18:25 JST Micro SF/F by O. Westin "Do you have any idea," the frog said, "how hard it is to find a princess?"
"No?" said the princess, who had many friends of that persuasion.
"And convince one to kiss you?"
"No?"
"It's the only way to break my curse."
"To turn you back into a prince? Ew!"
"I'm a princess."
"Oh!"
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