joseph sidari

Do you like dragons? Writers of the future Volume 42 and my story, “A Girl and Her Dragon” #wotf #writersofthefuture #fantasyfiction #scifi for sale on Amazon and everywhere 4/28/26

A novel based on my award-winning #WOTF42 story: an 800-year-old dragon confined to the Bronx Zoo dictates his secret history in 12 tales to a burned-out journalist, forcing them both to confront the cages they’ve accepted—and what each will risk to break free. #questpit #F #W

Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests Celebrate Their Winners, Volume 42 Release, and a #1 Amazon Trifecta This year’s L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42 debuts as the #1 Amazon Hot New Release in Sci-Fi Anthologies across print, eBook, and audiobook formats! Created to give aspiring writers and artists their professional start, the Contests continue their legacy of nurturing new talent. Discover new voices in this collection of winning stories and illustrations; see the visions that win the contests and will shape speculative fiction for years to come. 📚 Print / eBook / Audiobook → bit.ly/AmazonVol42 🌎 Other U.S. & worldwide outlets → bit.ly/WOTF42outlets Learn about the contests: 🎉 Watch the Winners Gala → WritersOfTheFuture.com 🎉 Enter the Contest → bit.ly/ENTERcontest #WOTF42 #WritersOfTheFuture #ContestLegacy #SciFiFantasy #NewVoices #FutureOfFiction #AmazonBestseller

Want to read some SF/F stories by the freshest new voices in the genre? Look no further #wotf42 #writersofthefuturecontest #scifi #fantasy amazon.com/Ron-Hubbard-Pr…

Check out the amazing #audiobooks narrator @SusanHanfield who narrated my story “A Girl and Her Dragon” coming out today! Available where the best audiobooks and (physical books and ebooks) are sold. susanhanfield.com/2026/04/23/a-n…

Last night's Writers of the Future gala event #42 was full of life, the universe, and everything. Wonderful banquet, inspiring ceremony. This is my 31st year as a judge for the contest and I am very proud of my work for it. @WotFContest

Tomorrow (Saturday August 9th) catch me (WOTF judge) and one of this year's winners of @WotFContest Patrick MacPhee signing copies of Volume 41 of WRITERS OF THE FUTURE at Coles Lime Ridge Mall between 1 and 4 PM.

Check out my latest piece of horror—but only for those of you who like bones! instagram.com/p/DXj4KG6gsb-/…

Tonight is the red carpet black tie gala celebrating the release of my and other amazing new SF/F stories in the Writers of the Future Volume 42🐲#WOTF available 4/28 from Amazon and everywhere else! Here there be dragons 🐲and a whole lot more🐲 writersofthefuture.com

Who doesn't love a good dragon, right? But a bad dragon? We love them even more. The Writers of the Future Anthology, Volume 42, is coming out in April. Preorders available on Amazon and at other booksellers. When Is a Dragon Just a Dragon? galaxypress.com/?p=62916

COVER REVEAL for @WotFContest anthology, Volume 42 #WOTF42 (which will feature my story, A Girl and Her Dragon: A Life in Four Parts." My dragon is not as fierce as this one, but just as beautiful! Congrats to all the writer and illustrator winners! Set for release April 28, 2026

Very happy to announce I was one of the three 2nd quarter winners in the @wotfuture Writers of the Future fantasy and science fiction writing contest. My story, “A Girl and her Dragon: A Life in Four Parts” will appear on Vol 42, April 2026. Read it here: writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-the…

If you hope the world is still be spinning in 76 years, check out this hopepunk #scifi anthology EARTH 2100 from @OtherWorldsInk My story “Heads or Tails” is inside. “When a sky scrubber pilot is branded by aliens with a doomsday tattoo, could Earth’s fate rest on a coin flip?

@scrimscribes Good luck!

IT'S RELEASE DAY! 🥳 Sea of Souls is finally making its way into readers' hands, and I hope you all enjoy my wee Scottish-inspired dark fantasy (with selkies!) ✨🦭 Give it a shot if you like folklore and magic, mythical creatures, high seas adventure, gunpowder & cutlasses! 🌊

“I grew up nearby. I loved coming to this park,” she said. “Is that why we hiked here?” He spit.“Nostalgia?” She saw blood in his sputum. “Nah.” She rubbed the radiation burns on her arm. The skin peeled. “I had to see if the damned sign was standing after the nukes.” #SatSplat

I want to thank the judges and the first readers at @ParsecInk and @ConfluenceSff for selecting my #scifi short story, “Revenge of the Antmen” as the first place winner in the 2023 Parsec Short Story Contest. I hope everyone enjoyed it and laughed at least once. 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜