Zohar Jacobs

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Writing, Judaism, space & more. Fiction in Sunday Morning Transport, Small Wonders, Analog & Clarkesworld. Viable Paradise 2022.

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Hi Bluesky! It's short story day! Here are some recs for short stories by authors like @nicanstett.bsky.social @tessafisher.bsky.social @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @marissalingen.bsky.social @zoharjacobs.bsky.social and more! buttondown.email/ada-hoffmann...

Things I've Been Reading (short story edition)buttondown.email Hi all, Before we get into any story recs, I want to tell you I’ll be at the virtual Nebula conference this weekend! I’m moderating one panel: Writing and...

Me, earlier in the day: I'm not going to buy any more books this month Me now: *buys another book*

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I have a very special story that is free to read at Uncanny as of today. Longing, summer romance and transformation set on Martha's Vineyard. 🌊✨ www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hand...

Hands Like Gold and Starlight - Uncanny Magazinewww.uncannymagazine.com Author’s Note: I’ve taken liberties here somewhat with both place and time so that the rise of Martha’s Vineyard as a safe place to travel for Black Americans intersects with the peak Deaf population ...

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Get to know author and historian Zohar Jacobs @zoharjacobs.bsky.social in our latest author Q&A. Her latest story, "Tohu Bohu," appears in our May/June issue [http://analogsf.com/store] theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2024/04/19/q...

Q&A With Zohar Jacobstheastoundinganalogcompanion.com Zohar Jacobs discusses the role of religion in science fiction—and how its portrayal can be improved—while outlining the origins of "Tohu Bohu," her latest story, found in our [May/June issue, on sale...

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The Sunday Morning Transport travels vast distances today with a story from Zohar Jacobs(@zoharjacobs.bsky.social) that contemplates the nature of continuity and diaspora. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole thing (and all our archives!)

For Out of Tai Shan the Torah Shall Go Forthwww.sundaymorningtransport.com Zohar Jacobs returns with a new story this year (here’s her 2023 SMT story), featuring an unusual pair of linked interstellar pilots. ~ Julian and Fran, March 24, 2024 This month’s stories are by auth...

In my new story in @morningtransport.bsky.social, a question of Jewish law: can you count two neurally-linked interstellar navigators in a minyan even though only one of them is Jewish? www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/for-out-of...

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The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered. NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

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I'm giving a talk to the Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group on Sunday Feb. 25, and you can join in virtually if you like! I'll be talking about some ways to think about archetypes. Free ticket reservations here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uses-a...

Schrödinger's novel: until it's been read by another human being, it can be brilliant and terrible simultaneously. It could be anything, the superposition of all possible novels.

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Cracking story in the new issue of Clarkesworld about a Soviet mission to Enceladus and the socialist base commander’s search for purpose and meaning in the midst of a religious mutiny, the discovery of alien life, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasyclarkesworldmagazine.com The Enceladus South Pole Base Named after V.I. Lenin by Zohar Jacobs

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