Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
she uses the language of gaming to produce a profound and together mind-blowing reflection of the new contemporary climate condition. In her hands, the video-game becomes the most radical and powerful form of ecological speculation
Anthony Van Den Bossche • «Writing as pollinating», a conversation with Alice Bucknell
coppice,
Rachel Hartman • Seraphina
Ancient, this shape-song. In it, rhythm of tide, of moon-ripple played out on night water. Of buoy-clang near the beach and shore of man. Of crab-scuttle and claw-clack. Of fish-dart and propeller-chug. Of whale-song in the wave. Rhythm of the struggle in the jaw of the shark, the loss of limb and spray of ink as the hero battles back against death
... See moreRay Nayler • The Mountain in the Sea
Some days Blue wonders why anyone ever bothered making numbers so small; other days she supposes even infinity needs to start somewhere.
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone • This Is How You Lose the Time War
She didn’t find him unpleasant, but her heart was like ashes from which the flame of love could no longer be lit.