Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky)

SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Formerly Escape Pod. Short fic @analog_sf @FantasyMagazine @MorningTransprt etc. Rep @marisacleveland. He/him.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

Hey weekday crew! My #historicalFantasy #shortStory “The Empty Throne came out over the weekend at Sunday Morning Transport. It’s a free-to-read tale with Jewish sorcery, the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, and lots of footnotes. https://t.co/80HjqjJLVH

[Small Wonders Magazine @SmallwondersSFF]

Today's reprint by @BenCKinney is a list story with an unexpected narrator. Read "Eight Reasons You Are Alone" here:

https://t.co/yedZY8e0a5

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

Come on people, this is St. Louis. Burnt ends should not be dry, dense, and chewy. You know better.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

Hey, SF writers. A request to make.

Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY wonder who wrote it.

Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?

(Read on...)

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@eleanorglewwe Yes, Marginalia is a delightful story, but a very different one!

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

Hey, SF writers. A request to make.

Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY wonder who wrote it.

Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?

(Read on...)

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@vrcraftauthor This story has enough unique traits that I surely would've found it via google by now, if it exists out there to be found.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

I'm pretty sure it never got published because that should be HELLA googleable. Anyways, please RT this, in the hope that this thread might reach the eyes of whoever wrote that absolutely delightful story.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

It was a SF story about snail aliens in medieval England! They were attacked by knights (like those manuscript marginalia)! The snails took over the kingdom and church! It ends with the POV monk admitting his love for his brother while being digested by the Archbishop Snail!

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

The "I Sing the Body Robotic" panel at #Worldcon #Glasgow24 was one of those great conversations you want to go another hour!

For more about my "human-centered neurotechnology" idea, my thesis (and Jan/Feb 2024 @Analog_SF story) are online here: https://t.co/axFWzyzMbj

[DreamFoundry @dream_foundry]

Have you registered yet for The Anvil, a conference for creatives of color and their allies? If you have, get ready to enjoy ten hours of attendee-driven panels and presentations on August 10th-- if not, there's still time to register at https://t.co/8xNqFd83gN!

[MorningTransport @MorningTransprt]

The Sunday Morning Transport dives into a dungeon today with a story from Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78 ) that takes us through a labyrinth from a number of perspectives not often considered. The first free story in our month of free stories! https://t.co/ZyRn30IDLS

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

20 years since the first real human implanted brain-computer interface, my friends. 20 years.

[BrainGate Team @BrainGateTeam]

20 years ago today, an extraordinary 24-year-old, unable to move his hands due to cervical spinal cord injury, volunteered to have a tiny sensor placed into his brain so that he could control a computer cursor, his room lights, and a robot arm just by thinking about it.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@guygavrielkay At the big Budweiser brewery here in St Louis, there's a great tour, which includes a tasting.

The side-by-side tasting allowed me to say, "wow, Bud is bad, but Bud Light is clearly, shockingly worse"

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@Helenreflects I don't have an opinion of my own here, but there is an old Jewish position that this defines *humanity* - the ability to move the heart of God.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@ArulaRatnakar I think you can have one-to-many? Only one long axon but its end branches into many terminals. Which can connect to multiple postsynaptic cells if they're close.

[Benjamin C. Kinney (mostly on Bluesky) @BenCKinney]

@JenLRossman Oh yessss it is time to investigate THE EVERYTHING

[Fonda Lee **news and updates** @FondaJLee]

BREATH OF THE DRAGON is a @brucelee -inspired YA fantasy novel that I co-wrote with Shannon Lee, coming January 2025 from @WednesdayBooks! Behold the beautiful cover by @KrusierWeasley

[Aliza Pearl✨it’s almost time… 👀 @AlizaPearl]

Updates:

Our pilot about a chronically ill Black Latina genius in AI ethics has been accepted into Essence Film Fest! 🎉

Still looking for full-time work as a writer or writer/editor in games or other creative storytelling fields📝🎮

GenCon: Avail for shows & panels!

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