Our story of the week is Adrift in the Adobe Palace by Georgia English.
Nonfiction by Georgia English
Extremely excited to announce this longlist! We had so many wonderful submissions and greatly appreciate the chance to read every one. Congratulations and best of luck to everyone on here!
We are so happy to share the longlists for our flash fiction and nonfiction competitions. We are still reading/judging blind so please don't identify which flash is yours, but whooo hooo! forgelitmag.com/2024/09/24/2...
2024 Forge Flash Fiction/Nonfiction Competition Longlists announced
Our story of the week is Breaking by Kevin Mc Dermott.
fiction by Kevin Mc Dermott
A pretty comprehensive article on how often AI art infringes on copyright protected material. And specifically, how likely it is that generated art is a near 1:1 copy of something you're just not familiar with spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-c...
This fresh new horror reminded me of when I did a few sleep-deprivation nights in my hospital’s epilepsy unit. I watched a documentary on the accident figuring, hey, that’ll keep me awake! And it did. arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/r...
Microsoft would claim all of the nuclear plant's power generation for at least 20 years.
Update - all our free fiction slots have been taken. Nonfiction writers - we are ready for you! I know there are some incredible CNF writers here - give us a try. Free entry and $1000 prize. (A plea - don't send fiction to our free nonfiction slots. I see writers doing it and it's not cool.)
Have read so much great work so far, would love to see more, especially nonfiction!
Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail offers "no easy answers" about anti-colonialism and love, but this science fiction space heist story compels the reader to its blistering end. You can read Maura Krause's review here! reactormag.com/book-review-...
A review of Yume Kitasei's new science fiction novel.
Our flash comp is open! Winners receive $1,000 & publication. We are a nonprofit & strongly believe in removing barriers to submission so subs are $5 with free subs available if needed. forgelitmag.com/competition/#theforge#writingcommunity
