Author Buzz | Site-Wide Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:59:10 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 181460e75c4e31d973e967d180a367d4 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The sewer elves are causing trouble again in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-sewer-elves-are-causing-trouble-again/ Sat, 30 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 6c0b4777cc50ae326f8e384027aa5bb3 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post What are you reading? in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/books/what-are-you-reading-2/ Sat, 30 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 What are you reading? Tell me about your currently open book(s). Would you recommend it/them?

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on. What should we do about it?

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which will change the shape of the world’s economies. Unable to trust
any old friends or […]

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supernatural prison, and her boyfriend is being tortured by Lucifer in
person. How to give […]

]]> 0 9cd8bd3aff9606148ea4f83b835a47b9 Blog: Down to Earth from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/down-to-earth/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 0 18403384b3190090e25d9034cf55ea92 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Something just escaped from your computer game in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/something-just-escaped-from-your-computer-game/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:00:00 +0100 ff96f8ca73d3c069d8f17d69ee8d89a5 Blog: When Humanity Owes You a Favour… Expect the Unimaginable! from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/when-humanity-owes-you-a-favour-expect-the-unimaginable/ Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 0 3712b19128961c748a067a543ee4aded Blog: DUST: Mystery from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-mystery/ Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 40c91d037deb3dc521e55fd969608c52 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-subpoenas-to-everyone-in-this-photo/ Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo.

]]> da3f2577e464a48e6dcfbfc34ea9a0e4 Blog: Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Second_Foundation__Isaac_Asimov.html Mon, 18 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1953 classic SF, collection of shorter works. The Mule is still
building his empire. Obviously that has to be stopped. Spoilers for a
73-year-old book.

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]]> 0 06f49fb5a4556daf2a3d25eb19975a75 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as an investigator. Your job is to find ghosts that do not want to be found. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-an-investigator-your-job-is-to-find-ghosts-that-do-not-want-to-be-found/ Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 82713e360f2a9b6701691b5da152f2d1 Blog: Would You Like To Try Again? from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/would-you-like-to-try-again/ Sun, 17 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0 fc66a9e894263ed56b60cdbecd22d9ef Matthew Brown edited the blog post 7 fun posts to reply to (espeically if you use WebMention) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/uncategorised/7-fun-posts-to-reply-to-espeically-if-you-use-webmention/ Sat, 16 May 2026 22:11:06 +0100 7 fun posts to reply to (espeically if you use WebMention) Sometimes you want to write a blog or a social media update, but draw a blank on what to say. Other times, you may crave interaction and a good chat. In […]

]]> e38ed25a6d5e31e6b8b8d877456c29ce Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver an injunction to one specific cat. You have until midnight. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-an-injunction-to-one-specific-cat-you-have-until-midnight/ Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0b5259d645de23a579ef9895f218c4c4 Blog: Evil AI Assistants (A Sci-Fi Compilation from DUST) from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/evil-ai-assistants-a-sci-fi-compilation-from-dust/ Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 “Cera” by John Robinson IrwinAn 11-year old girl’s loyalty to her parents is tested after an attack by her caregiver hints to a greater violent upheaval beyond t […]

]]> 0 0e1e7fd2c047a3f856aabfdff3ab55d7 Blog: The Marriage Method, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Marriage_Method__Mimi_Matthews.html Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 Victorian romance. Miles Quincey, a crusading newspaper editor,
has been looking too hard into the Academy, so its deputy
headmistress, Nell Trewlove, is sent […]

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]]> c91ed8bacb15d43b2a10d1dbced74db5 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Everywherre you go, you see the same pair of eyes watching you in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/everywherre-you-go-you-see-the-same-pair-of-eyes-watching-you/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:00:00 +0100 116b3725b0e53787a13a3573bd558c56 Blog: Rou from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/rou/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 0 8f0dc3e8fb5b464e4bed341dbd42e8b2 Blog: Secrets Typed In Blood, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Secrets_Typed_In_Blood__Stephen_Spotswood.html Wed, 13 May 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2022 mystery, third in its series. Pentecost and Parker are back in
New York, where three murders have been committed in the style of a
particular crime writer.

]]> 0 3cd0f0de36f19425aace64bb128d7ba3 Blog: Nobody Knew How The Ancient Predator Species Went Extinct, Except The Human from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/nobody-knew-how-the-ancient-predator-species-went-extinct-except-the-human/ Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 0733922d61401f6faba25f7832ce79d0 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Your best friend just confessed that she's not from Earth. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/your-best-friend-just-confessed-that-shes-not-from-earth/ Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 16fb43a8f0b6f58317d9159ac7c31a47 Blog: Dust: Double Trouble from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-double-trouble/ Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 “The Speed of Time” by Russ Nickel & William J. Stribling

“Final Offer” by Mark Slutsky

“Satori [Awakening]” by Adam K […]

]]> 0 cbe44122e55ccbf62b392ff2bacf9dc4 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver this summons to Death himself. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-this-summons-to-death-himself/ Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 f5c74a76e2328c610867e5887bff3dc2 Blog: Sol from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/sol/ Sun, 10 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 A man living in a modern dystopian society, a cog in a large corporate wheel, who is content with his dull, meaningless life-until he experiences an unexpected discovery.

]]> 0 7935f268dd112e3e6473bcb4dc84299d Matthew Brown edited the blog post Next year you will invent time travel in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/nexy-year-you-will-invent-time-travel/ Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 58f348901a73809dd3536a15afa37d02 Matthew Brown edited the blog post So, it turns out your best friend is a shapeshifter. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/so-it-turns-out-your-best-freind-is-a-shapeshifter/ Sat, 09 May 2026 19:30:44 +0100 So, it turns out your best friend is a shapeshifter.They’re missing.

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]]> 23aa4a40c35ebc67785efa38f0d9ccd4 Blog: Somewhere in between from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/somewhere-in-between/ Sat, 09 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0 e237f6c63381825ed81db82b084ce7c2 Blog: Testimony of Mute Things, Lois McMaster Bujold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Testimony_of_Mute_Things__Lois_McMaster_Bujold.html Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as
Chalion). Early in Pen’s career, when he’s still a sorcerer-physician
in Martensbridge, he’s […]

]]> 0 626677cea7848a40c125adddbec8fbdd Blog: The Folklore of Announcements from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/05/08/the-folklore-of-announcements/ Fri, 08 May 2026 03:20:47 +0100 Another brief announcement from Ben that our Folklore of Discworld episode has been delayed for a third month! We’re very sorry about this. Hopefully we’ll be bac […]

]]> 0 422084730db79a79f8a0b66fe7148907 Blog: World of Tomorrow Vol. 1 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/world-of-tomorrow-vol-1/ Thu, 07 May 2026 23:00:00 +0100 A series of short movies that take a somewhat bleak look at the world of tomorrow.

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