Malory

The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award staff is waiting for you - yes, you - to send in your story! Since its early days, science fiction has played a unique role in human civilization. It removes the limits of what "is" and shows us a boundless vista of what "might be." Its fearless heroes, spectacular technologies and wondrous futures have inspired many people to make science, technology and space flight a real part of their lives and in doing so, have often transformed these fictions into reality. The National Space Society and Baen Books applaud the role that science fiction plays in advancing real science and have teamed up to sponsor this short fiction contest in memory of Jim Baen. Contest opens for submissions on October 15, 2026 at 12:01am EDT. (Entries sent before that date will be deleted unread. Any AI-generated stories will be automatically disqualified.) Deadline - 12:01am, U.S. Pacific Time, February 1, 2027. The ten finalists will be announced no later than March 8, 2027. To read the rules, head over to: baen.com/contest-jbmssa Wondering what sort of stories we look for? Read the winning story from 2026, “Orbital Decay” by Malory here: baen.com/orbital-decay #BaenBooks #JBMSSA

Today begins our countdown towards the release of the Chaos and Consequences anthology! And our first story in the anthology is a fantastic piece by author @melissaolthoff! Bio: Melissa writes science fiction and fantasy adventure romance with plenty of banter and heart. She is a lifelong geek as well as a veteran of the United States Air Force, both of which are incredibly useful when writing. Her degrees in meteorology and accounting are slightly less applicable to writing, but absolutely useful when it comes to supporting her family. She has written in both shared worlds and her own universes, and through the power of caffeine and friendship, manages to juggle chaos on and off the page. Published by Baen Books, she is best known for her Griffin Corps series and Bronze Legion novels. Her story, 'More Than Survival,' can be previewed below: *** The world was ending. Captain Jace Benning had spent years fighting for his country, but he couldn’t stop the end of the world any more than he could stop the sun from rising. All he could do was try to survive the shattering. Jace put one foot in front of the other and swept his gaze across the ragtag band of survivors he’d gathered during his insane trek across the Sonoran Desert. Grim resolve flowed through his exhausted soul. As tired as he was, there was never any question as to whether he would keep going. Long past the point where the first bombs had fallen on American soil, long past the point where he lost contact with his chain of command. He would keep going, because if he couldn’t save his country, he could save his soldiers. They were his responsibility now, even if they hadn’t started out that way. *** You can get your ebook copy next Tuesday everywhere ebooks are sold, and your print copy Nov 10. simonandschuster.com/books/C…

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Tangent Online reviewed "Chaos and Consequences" Verdict? Like me, they seemed to enjoy all of the stories. But which ones were their favorites? tangentonline.com/print-othe…

Me and my guy @Maloryauthor are cool with this as long as it eventually leads somewhere.

The “Dungeon Crawler Carl” book series is leading fiction’s latest innovation—and transforming how a new audience engages with reading, @sophiah_n writes. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…