It’s that time of year… time for the annual “What I did with my summer vacation year” post, otherwise known as the annual awards eligibility post — a quick accounting of everything I’ve published this year.
Vürtsi ellu
… is the title of my SF story “The Zest for Life,” in Estonian. It’s live now in Estonian SF magazine algernon.ee, translated by editor Kristjan Sanders. It’s even illustrated, by Anete Lomp!
I’m probably far too excited about being a multilingually published author 😉
HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING BUNNIES wins CANSCAIP!!
I’m thrilled that my unpublished picture book manuscript, How To Draw Everything Bunnies, WON the 2020 CANSCAIP Writing for Children contest in the PB category!
The problem with near-future SF…
… is that it’s not long before it’s no longer fiction!
My 2019 story The Auditor and the Exorcist included an IoT coffeemaker that was hijacked by a malicious hacker. It’s 2020, and here’s the hacked IoT coffeemaker: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/how-a-hacker-turned-a-250-coffee-maker-into-ransom-machine/
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Happy to announce my picture book HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING BUNNIES made it onto the 2020 CANSCAIP Writing for Children contest longlist!!! Congratulations to everyone on the longlist. https://www.canscaip.org/writingforchildren
Captain Hero Is A Feminist
My story “Captain Hero Is A Feminist” is in this month’s Pulp Literature. Flash fiction. Two-word summary: Capes x #MeToo.
Image to the left is a thumbnail of the terrific art for this story.
Man Arrested Because AI Can’t Tell Black Men Apart
Machine-learning facial recognition is biased, say researchers. OK, let’s arrest a guy based on it, say Detroit police.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html
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Algorithmic bias in AI
Terrific collection of articles on algorithmic bias in AI on getpocket’s blog: https://blog.getpocket.com/2020/06/the-bias-embedded-in-algorithms/ – curated by Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.
Story dropping today: See Below
I have a story out today! If demonic-glowing-eyed-bug art doesn’t make you want to read it, nothing will. Flash fiction. (Paywalled–subscription gets you 30 stories for $15, IMHO a pretty good deal.) https://decodedpride.com/june-29-see-below/
Translation: “Cousin Entropy”
My first-ever translation is out! “Cousin Entropy” by Michèle Laframboise – Auteure, translated from the French, in Future Science Fiction Digest #7. Link: http://future-sf.com/fiction/cousin-entropy/
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