MacroMicrocosm online
A Podcast & Digital Journal dedicated to speculative fiction, art & literary criticism. A celebration of the weird, strange and perceptibly odd. A review of books, music, film & art. We accept book reviews & interviews.
Online edition edited by RL Arenz III & Lis Ratajczak.
Poet Interview: Peter Graarup Westergaard
Peter Graarup Westergaard talks poetry, influences and Warning Light Calling…
First Poem: Warning Light Calling
The first poem of Warning Light Calling…
WADY 3: How to Write a Strong Female Character
Strong female characters? Let’s discuss…
WADY 2: How to Write Short Fiction
We Aren’t Dead Yet is back with more on how to write short fiction.
WADY 1: Magic Systems in Lit & TTRPG
We Aren’t Dead Yet Episode 1: Magic Systems is live on Spotify, Substack & Apple Podcasts.
National Reading Day: Celebrate with Cocoa Craze
National Reading Day in the United States is challenging kids to read! Here’s another way to get children interested in the written word… a table top game!
Reviewers Wanted
Want to join our Reviewer ARC list?
Asset Economy: Short Fiction Workshop
Sapha Burnell throws down on short fiction this Thursday with her first workshop of the year! Hit up the helpful workshop via twitch at 1:30 pm PST.
First 500: RL Talks Aegis
RL talks the First 500 and what they meant to Aegis.
First 500: Son of Abel by Sapha Burnell
Read the First 500 & see what Sapha Burnell has to offer in her Mythpunk + Godpunk novel Son of Abel (Judge of Mystics Saga 2).
First 500: Char & Ash by Sapha Burnell
Read the First 500 & see what Sapha Burnell has to offer in her Mythpunk + Godpunk novel Char & Ash (Judge of Mystics Saga 1).
First 500: Girl of Light by Elana Gomel
Read the First 500 & see what Elana Gomel writes dim and darkly in the Sovietpunk Slavic Fantasy novel Girl of Light.
First 500: Sky Tracer by hayden Moore
Read the First 500 & see what Hayden Moore wrote in his Dark Fantasy novel Sky Tracer.
First 500: The Saga of Adis Raudfeldr by Siobhan Clark
Read the First 500 & see what Siobhan Clark wrote in her Norse & Saami Folklore Fantasy The Saga of Adis Raudfeldr.
First 500: My Heart is the Tempest by Sacha Rosel
Read the First 500 & see what Sacha Rosel offers in her immersive & imaginative Dark Fantasy novel My Heart is the Tempest.
First 500: Vostok by Łukasz Drobnik
Read the First 500 & see what Łukasz Drobnik has to offer in his cyber thriller, spy vs spy novel Vostok.
The Perpetual Outside
I write strange fiction on the cusp of disparate things. Rebellious against corpocracy while begging their algorithms to look favourably on my emotional and cathartic books.
First 500: Neon Lieben by Sapha Burnell
Read the First 500 & see what Sapha Burnell has to offer in her Cyberpunk + Biopunk novel NEON Lieben (Lieben Cycle 1).
First 500: Aegis by RL Arenz III
Read the First 500 & see what RL Arenz III has to offer in his superhero Sci-Fi novel Aegis.
Book 101 Review: Sapha Burnell
Sapha Burnell talks Char & Ash with Daniel Lucas of Book 101 Review.