Enugu, Nigeria's south-eastern sub-national state, with an estimated gross domestic product (GDP) economy of $6.5 billion, says it is ramping up its ease-of-doing business, especially to attract private investment into the coal-rich state.
Already, one of such private investments is a multi-million-naira neurosurgical reference health facility, the Memfys Hospital, in Enugu, the state capital, which was inaugurated last week by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
He said Memfys Hospital has remained a reference point in the healthcare delivery of the country.
Ugwuanyi reassured of the state government's commitment to provide every logistical support that would facilitate the growth of private enterprises in the state.
He informed that Enugu State is one of 10 states in the country that had already implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He said the effect of the scheme would soon be felt across the coal-rich state.
"We have even gone further than that by introducing Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which will involve all persons in the state, workers, parastatals and traders," the governor continued.
He lauded Sam Ohaegbulam, the founder of Memfys Hospital; noting that the establishment of the hospital worked positively against the brain-drain syndrome in the country, with over 20,000 Nigerian medical professionals having left Nigeria for better working conditions and remuneration in Europe and USA.
"Now, we have a health facility with state-of-the art equipment, where clinicians can practice and conduct surgeries on patients locally, instead of getting them travel overseas, especially India," the governor said.
Meanwhile, Ohaegbulam, a professor of neurosurgery and director of the centre of excellence for Neurosurgery, has made a case for an improved healthcare for Nigerians. He said his hospital was established in 2002, with the objectives of providing high quality patient care, conducting health education and training programmes and engaging in health-related research, especially on the nervous system.


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Godless New York Punishes Chick-fil-A With Health Code Violations
Allie Jones · 01/05/16 04:06PM
Chicken-sandwich chain Chick-fil-A—a God-fearing corporation led by people unafraid to speak out against gay marriage—opened its first store in New York City in October. Just months later, on Christmas Eve of all days, the city slammed the restaurant with six health code violations, leading managers to close the place down for almost a week. Coincidence? Or godless liberal conspiracy?
A Southern-Fried Sleepover at New York's First Chick-Fil-A, Or How I Won a Year's Supply of Chicken
Taylor Berman · 10/06/15 02:35PM
Winning enough Chick-fil-A® chicken sandwiches, iced tea, and medium Classic Sides to fill a man's grave is easy. All you have to do is line up on the sidewalk for three hours with 300 people while the lead-colored sky bleeds into black night; while stinging rain, flung down from heaven by an angry God and then up, into your face, by 32 mph wind gusts, chills you to the bone; while a bleak chorus of freezing cops, frazzled event managers, and other various uniformed persons moan in rounds the following words: This is not the official line. This line is unofficial. This is not the official line. Then you must pray that that same cruel and arbitrary God turns His back on two-thirds of your wretched companions. If He does, and you manage to survive an additional 12 hours inside or near the Chick-Fil-A, then you have won the chicken.
Chick-fil-A Manager Allegedly Not On Fleek After Banning Slang at Work
Jason Parham · 11/10/14 06:10PM
Eric the manager is fed up! According to one Reddit user, a group of Instagram-loving, Vine-sharing, Twitter-tweeeting teens have been accusing their Chick-fil-A co-workers of being "3hunnid" and "on fleek." Management, it would seem, is against not only teens empowering other teens but true love (to paraphrase scholar Max Muller: "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without bae"). If this is just a Redditor's hoax, he's captured the poetry of an aggrieved fast food manager perfectly. To this, and all other memos condemning the use of internet speak in the workplace, we say: Bruh!?
Anti-Gay Chicken Man Dies
Aleksander Chan · 09/08/14 10:35AM
The family of Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy confirmed his death Monday morning. He was 93. Cathy's fast-food chicken empire, with 1,800 stores in 39 states and in D.C., topped $5 billion in sales in 2013. With an estimated wealth of $6.3 billion, Cathy was one of the richest men in the U.S. His son, Dan Cathy, currently serves as president of the company, which has drawn ire for its vocal opposition to gay rights.
An Ex-Chick-fil-A Employee Robbed a KFC
Aleksander Chan · 06/26/14 05:40PM
Jeffrey Coley, 50, a former employee of Chick-fil-A, is accused of holding up a KFC drive-thru in Rock Hill, S.C. and speeding away with the cash register drawer containing $516.02. A day later and after a bit of a car chase, Coley was arrested by police in his Plymouth Neon, where the cash drawer was sitting on the seat with a little less than a gram of methamphetamine.
KFC Secretly Rolls Out Chik-fil-A Knockoff Restaurant
Hamilton Nolan · 04/07/14 08:17AM
This week, Arlington, Texas will get the thing it most desperately needs: a new greasy fast food chicken restaurant. But this greasy fast food chicken restaurant marks the launch of a greasy fast food chicken restaurant war.
Gabrielle Bluestone · 03/18/14 06:14PM
Chick-Fil-A's CEO says he hasn't changed his mind about opposing gay marriage but regrets speaking publicly about it: "It's probably very wise from our standpoint to make sure that we present our brand in a compelling way that the consumer can relate to."
Rich Juzwiak · 09/17/13 03:12PM
Gwyneth Paltrow likes Chick-fil-A, go figure.
Chick-fil-A Almost Had Its Own Football Stadium to Not Be Gay In
Adam Weinstein · 04/23/13 10:28AM
Pity the suburban commuter school that goes belly-up trying to spend its way to college-football greatness, then looks to cover its bet with shady stadium-naming rights. Pity the Florida Atlantic University Owls.
Chick-fil-A Tries to Bury the Hate Hatchet by Giving Away Free Food to Same-Sex Marriage Supporters
Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/29/13 08:46AM
Chick-fil-A and its president/COO Dan Cathy have gone out of their way several times to make it clear that they stand in direct opposition to the wave of equality sweeping the nation, namely in matters of marriage.
Two 'Ex-Gays' Successfully Trade Homosexuality for Chicken Sandwiches at Chick-fil-A
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/07/13 02:45PM
John and Robert of the Chick-fil-A Foundation inadvertently let their gay guard down recently, resulting in some light same-sex kissing.
Chick-fil-A is Officially a Case Study in How There is No Such Thing as Bad Publicity
Efforts to negatively impact Chick-fil-A's business in the aftermath of anti-gay comments made by the company's president appear to have backfired rather tremendously in favor of the fast food chain as it managed to exceed last year's third-quarter numbers in both consumer use and market share.
Good Lord: Chick-fil-A CEO Says His Company Supports 'Biblical Families'
Chick-fil-A was quick to issue a statement saying it had no plans to stop supporting organizations that "strengthen families and enrich marriages," contrary to reports that it promised to quit it with the anti-gay donations.
Just because Chick-fil-A stopped giving to groups with "political agendas" doesn't mean its president did. Predictable.
Advocacy Group Says Chick-Fil-A Has Promised to End Its Anti-Gay Donations
Cord Jefferson · 09/19/12 10:52AM
The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA), a Chicago-based gay advocacy organization, issued a press release late yesterday alleging that conservative fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has promised to stop funding anti-gay organizations.
Beaver's Restaurant Promotes Hot Lesbian Sandwich
Louis Peitzman · 08/04/12 01:47PM
Houston restaurant Beaver's endorses marriage equality, and not just because chef-owner Monica Pope is a lesbian. The political sandwich precedent has been set.
All Meals Are Possible Through Christ: Hate-Bingeing on the Loaves and the Chicken
Mobutu Sese Seko · 08/03/12 12:30PM
People kept asking me on Wednesday whether I was going to go to a Chick-Fil-A to stare at the evangelicals on Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. "You live in Florida," they said, "it's probably gonna be awesome." I guess because they were going to be evangelical outside, in lines.
Many Faces, But One Big Monster: Some of Chick-Fil-A's Supporters
It is harrowing and unsettling that Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was such a resounding success. Even before the reports, you could feel it via social media boasting.
This 'Verbal Ambush' of a Chick-fil-A Employee Got a Tucson CFO Fired
The Chief Financial Officer of a Tucson-based "catheter tipping equipment leader" was forced to step down after uploading a YouTube video of himself chastising an employee of Chick-fil-A for working for "a hateful corporation."
Same-Sex Kiss-Ins Expected at Chick-fil-A Locations Nationwide
Thousands of LGBTQ community members and their supporters have pledged to attend "National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A" — a large-scale protest of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's controversial opposition to marriage equality.

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Q: Bad: Error: Field '_prenom' should be initialized because its type 'String' doesn't allow null I am creating an application with flutter and when I want to declare a variable and initialize it after, I have an error

Error: Field '_prenom' should be initialized because its type 'String' doesn't allow null.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class LoginController extends StatefulWidget {
LoginControllerState createState() => new LoginControllerState();
}

class LoginControllerState extends State<LoginController> {

bool _log = true;
String _mail;
String _password;
String _prenom;
String _nom;

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
// TODO: implement build
return new Scaffold(
  appBar: new AppBar(title: new Text("Authentification"),),
  body: new SingleChildScrollView(
    child: new Column(
      children: <Widget>[
        new Container(
          margin: EdgeInsets.all(20.0),
          width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width - 40,
          height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 2,
          child: new Card(
            elevation: 8.5,
            child: new Column(
              children: cardElements(),
            ),
          ),
        )
      ],
    ),
  ),
);
}

List<Widget> cardElements(){
List<Widget> widgets = [];

widgets.add(
  new TextField(
    decoration: new InputDecoration(hintText: "Entrez votre adresse mail"),
    onChanged: (string) {
      setState(() {
        _mail = string;
      });
    },
  )
);
widgets.add(
    new TextField(
      decoration: new InputDecoration(hintText: "Entrez votre mot de passe"),
      onChanged: (string) {
        setState(() {
          _password = string;
        });
      },
    )
);

if(_log == false ) {
  widgets.add(
      new TextField(
        decoration: new InputDecoration(hintText: "Entrez votre prenom"),
        onChanged: (string) {
          setState(() {
            _prenom = string;
          });
        },
      )
  );
  widgets.add(
      new TextField(
        decoration: new InputDecoration(hintText: "Entrez votre nom"),
        onChanged: (string) {
          setState(() {
            _nom = string;
          });
        },
      )
  );
}

widgets.add(
  new TextButton(
      onPressed: () {
        setState(() {
          _log = !_log;
        });
      },
      child: new Text(
          (_log == true)
              ? "Pour créer un compte, appuyez ici"
              : "Vous avez déjà un compte ? Appuyez ici"
      )
  )
);
return widgets;
}

}

A: Dart is null safe . You either must always assign a value or mark it explicitly as nullable using a ?
String _prenom = "Something";

or
String? _prenom;

A: in Dart class always add ? after DataType
bool? log = true;
String? mail;
String? password;
String? prenom;
String? nom;```

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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #848 – 10/27/2018: Interview with Rachel Taylor Brown!
On today's show, we got to meet Portland's Rachel Taylor Brown. She just released her tenth album, "Run Tiny Human", and it's really good, but hard to classify. My Windows Media Player software helpfully describes it as "Contemporary Pop". Well, I don't know about all that. She doesn't sound anything like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, or Ed Sheeran (that I'm aware of). So how can I describe "Run Tiny Human" to you? Well, imagine Danielle Dax driving a getaway car with Tori Amos riding shotgun, and they accidentally collide into another getaway car, this one being driven by Ben Folds. And then Lou Reed rides up on a motorcycle and takes down the police report.
While you're at it–check out the new music from Van Go, Pat Buchanan, and Gail George. I put it right at the beginning of the show, just for you!
The Loud Family And Anton Barbeau | Song About "Rocks Off" | What If It Works?
Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #847 – 10/20/2018: Interview with Eric Kern and John Ratts of Vegas With Randolph!
Vegas With Randolph is a band that we've championed on Twirl Radio for a long time–pretty much this entire decade. They're a hard working bunch of musicians from the greater Washington, D.C. area, who've released three exciting albums, and are about to release their fourth, "Legs & Luggage", which might be their most rockin' and upbeat to date. I once said that they produce "thinking man's party music", and alluded to the fact that you should always listen to their songs driving around town with the windows down (regardless of the time of year). I was given the great honor of writing the liner notes to their album "Above The Blue", back in 2011.
Well after five years, I welcomed principal songwriters Eric Kern and John Ratts back to the show. As you might imagine, we had plenty to catch up on. I've heard most of the new album, and it is wonderful. It is an album of transitions, not the least of which is the passing of their bassist, Dan Aylestock, who looms large in the band's history.
Addtionally, we played brand new tracks from Karla Kane, The Turnback, and Mod Hippie. We heard Allyson Seconds' love song to downtown Sacramento. And I played a song from a guy who went to the same high school that I did. I found out this week that Steve Barton, frontman of Translator, graduated from the same high school in Los Angeles that I went to, a few years before I did. Musical greatness did indeed walk those halls!
The Cherry Bluestorms | Purple Heart Magic | Whirligig!
Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #846 – 10/13/2018: Live in-studio visit with Anton Barbeau and Julia Boorinakis Harper!
Well, Anton Barbeau is back visiting his hometown of Sacramento, from Berlin. And that means a Twirl Radio in-studio visit! Don't get me wrong–I don't take this for granted. Honestly–it never gets old. I just count myself lucky that he's back, and here to chat music.
So he and Julia came and spent over an hour with me. We talked about Anton's career. You know how some people metaphorically put things "on the back burner"? Well, he's got something on every burner. Several musical projects in the works, in several countries. More albums on the horizon. More collaborations. And even another trip back to Northern California before the year is out. All of this comes out in the first half of the interview.
In the second part, Anton and Julia play DJ. Julia, who is a renaissance woman herself (graphic artist, musician, record label owner, and KVMR radio personality), knows her way around a turntable, going back to her days of doing a music show on the radio. I like to think of my show as eclectic, but the variety of music they both played puts me to shame. Everything from Julian Cope to ABBA to Parliament to a strangely psychedelic band from Wales, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. It all worked, rather smoothly, if you ask me. It was exhilarating, to say the least.
The audio from this fun show will be coming soon.
Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #845 – 10/6/2018: Interview doubleheader: Christian Havins and Linda Beecroft of Dallas Acid, and Rich Hope!
Now this is what I would call a diverse show. We hadn't done a doubleheader of interviews in a while, and the two artists we interviewed couldn't be more dissimilar. And the variety is a good thing!


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I am not sure if it was the return of Nigel Lythgoe as an Executive Producer to the American Idol show or the brilliant selection of Jennifer Lopez and Stephen Tyler as judges along with veteran, Randy Jackson. It is probably the combination of all of them, but this year's American Idol Top 24 is the strongest group of competitors since the show started ten seasons ago.
American Idol has definitely entered a era with a new step that points to only good news for the mega hit show. The build up to the top 24 was actually better and allowed the audience to get to know some of the contestants.
I felt emotionally invested in some of them so when elimination came, there were some sadness with some who did not make it.
The judges have the right combination of chemistry, musical expertise and with the Tyler outrageousness make it a winning formula for both the audience and the contestants. Of course, there is the stabilizing figure of the iconic Ryan Seacrest.
Voting has expanded to include Face Book which will only put the show in a more interactive mode with America.
The next few weeks will be interesting as America selects their newest American Idol. I think the playing field is pretty level between the guys and the girls. There are many unique voices and the talent is in abundance. Who will capture our hearts?
The male semifinalists include Casey Abrams, 20, of Idyllwild, Calif.; Jovany Barreto, 23, Harvey, La.; Jordan Dorsey, 21, Donaldsville, La.; James Durbin, 22, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Clint Jun Gamboa, 26, Long Beach, Calif., and Tim Halperin, 23, Fort Worth, Texas. Also, Stefano Langone, 21, Kent, Wash.; Brett Loewenstern, 17, Boca Raton, Fla.; Jacob Lusk, 23, Compton, Calif.; Scotty McCreery, 17, Garner, N.C.; Paul McDonald, 26, Nashville, Tenn., and Robbie Rosen, 17, Merrick, N.Y.
The females semifinalists include Naima Adedapo, 26, Milwaukee, Wisc.; Lauren Alaina, 16, Rossville, Ga.; Kendra Chantelle, 22, Nashville, Tenn.; Ashthon Jones, 24, Nashville, Tenn.; Thia Megia, 16, Mountain House, Calif., and Haley Reinhart, 20, Wheeling, Ill. Also, Karen Rodriguez, 21, New York; Pia Toscano, 22, Howard Beach, N.Y.; Lauren Turner, 24, Slidell, La.; Tatynisa Wilson, 20, Aurora, Ill.; Julie Zorrilla, 20, Los Angeles and Rachel Zevita, 23, New York.
I hadn't realized the show was on for ten years now. Wow!
Yes and this season is gong to be exciting. I can tell.


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Jay Leno BLISTERS OBAMA in His Latest Monologue
23 May, 2013 by	John Hawkins
When Massachussetts Democrats are saying we may need a special prosecutor and Jay Leno is ruthlessly mocking Barack Obama in his monologues, it's a sign that the political winds have shifted in a big way.
And a Chicago man has set a new Guinness Book world record for the longest ferris wheel ride. He went 48 hours, 48 hours straight riding the ferris wheel in Chicago's Navy pier. In fact, the only way to go around and around in circles that many times is to read the official report on Benghazi. That's about the only way to go around and around.
Well, look at this. The White House, the White House has admitted that President Obama's chief of staff had advanced warning the IRS was targeting conservative groups but never told the president. Well, President Obama says the first time he heard about the IRS scandal and the AP phone records scandal, first time he heard about it was from the media. See, that's why President Obama holds press conferences: not to explain what's going on, to find out what's going on.
After reading that, I can't help but think back to a 2009 quote from Joy Behar.
But it is really not easy to make fun of the Obamas, because they're really – they're kind of really perfect, aren't they?" – Joy Behar
How much of a diehard liberal would you have to be to say something so stupid — and sadly, she probably still believes it's true even if there are a few Hollywood liberals like Jay Leno who have the courage to make funny jokes at Obama's expense.


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Q: Single big fan vs. two small fans in a laptop cooler pad Is it true to say that a single fan in the middle of the laptop cooler pad would be sufficient because the fan will "dissipate" the cooling air around?
Or is it true that most of the dissipation would mean that the cooling air is lost and hence a laptop cooler pad with two fans aimed directly at the hot parts of a laptop (instead of having 1 big fan at the center) would be much much more efficient in cooling the laptop?

A: No.
Fans don't dissipate air, they move air around in the hope of dissipating heat from nearby hot objects using convection (or, in the case of hot sweaty humans, by also increasing evaporative cooling).
What is important is the temperature of the air relative to the temperature of the hot object, the exposed surface area of the hot object and the rate of flow of air across that surface. None of these can be determined by counting fans or by simply considering their location - since nearby surfaces and ducting affect where the air flows to.

A: Well, they certainly do work, at least on my old Hp pavilion, which I bought used with a slightly messed up cooling pad. It's rather noisy and if I tried to use the laptop without it, it would eventually overheat. It barely moves any air anymore, and the laptop will overheat, unless I use a plain old house fan on it. I plan on buying a new cooling pad to replace the crappy one. Yeah the house fan and/or cooling pad are probably just cooling the external case of the laptop, but it keeps it from crashing. I have a temp monitor and it's definitely cooling the innards as a result, though. I find that pointing my house fan at the monitor greatly cools the cpu, I notice the monitor creates a hell of a lot of heat, even though it is not in direct contact with the rest of the unit.


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United States: Another Storm Shows the Bankruptcy of Capitalism
Tom Trottier in New York
Just a few years ago, the world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The richest and most powerful imperialist country in the world did nothing as people were drowning, starving, and literally dying of thirst. Now, we see the northeastern United States get hit by Hurricane Sandy. Millions are still without power. Mass transit is suspended. Whole neighborhoods were burned out. Dozens have been killed, including 24 in New York City alone.
Even though the storm ended a few days ago, there are still people stuck in their homes, waiting to be rescued. There are still people stuck in water. The cut backs in fire and emergency services, part of the austerity of government on all levels, has also made the situation that much worse.
For more than a decade, there has been a discussion of global warming and all of the dire consequences that will result from this. What concretely has been done to address this? Have the resources of society been harnessed to find a long-term structural solution? To ask the question is to answer it. If there was profit to be made, lots would be done. But capitalism does not direct resources to meet the long-term needs of humanity. It directs resources to maximize profitnow!
Even if climate change is not caused by human activity, there is no dispute that this is happening, and there are consequences that are being felt and will continue to affect us. Flooding and disasters are no longer "third-world problems"; these things affect every corner of the planet. So what are big business and their government doing about it? The "invisible hand of the market" does not seem to be responding well—it really is invisible!In this age of cutbacks, government is doing very little to prevent these disasters before they strike!Austerity means emergency services are cut and reinvestment in infrastructure is minimal.
Decay of Capitalism = Decay of Infrastructure
American capitalism is in serious decline. This means that the standard of living is being driven down for the vast majority, while the 1% increase their riches. This also means that basic infrastructure is falling apart. During the 1950s, when capitalism was in a prolonged boom, they built the interstate highway system, including hundreds of bridges and tunnels. Now these are not being replaced or rebuilt as they need to be.Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy showed once again the inadequacy of the infrastructure, and we all remember the bridge collapse in Minnesota during rush hour a few years ago.
Under the present system, there is no adequate preparation for environmental disasters. In contrast to this, asocialist planned economy with workers' democratic control would invest the necessary resources to update and expand the basic infrastructure in transportation, energy, housing, water, garbage disposal, etc. This would be done in an environmentally friendly way. These kinds of investments would create millions of much-needed jobs, providing useful employment, with union protections, wages, and benefits. We can build in such a way as to anticipate these natural disasters, which scientists have been predicting for years.
We know that more such storms are on the way in the coming years.The technology is there. The resources are there (the Fortune 500 companies alone are sitting on over $2 trillion in cash.). And still big business and their political mouthpieces, the Democrats and Republicans, scream that there is no money for these projects. But they had trillions available to bail out the Wall Street banking, insurance, and financial services industries!
A socialist housing program
Society needs to plan housing in a way that makes sense for people. Capitalism created huge cities where jobs and cultural institutions are concentrated in relatively small areas of land. Then there are huge swaths of the country where few people live, and there are not many jobs or cultural options.
Under the present system, many workers are forced to endure longer and longer commutes, since they cannot afford to live in the city, but must work there. This effectively increases the length of the work day (which is not only unpaid, but must be paid for by the workers themselves).In a rational society, the population would be spread out more evenly. There would be entertainment, cultural, and educational institutions in all communities. Communities planned in this manner would increase the quality of life, both in and out of the cities.
It also does not make sense for so many homes to be concentrated on beaches. Residences on a beach should be seasonal and available to all who want to vacation by the shore (on the basis of a kind of collective time-share). If people could vacation by the beach but live more inland, disasters such as this would not be able to take such a horrific toll. In cities such as NYC, much of the electricity infrastructure is underground. This means that power losses are less frequent in NYC.But in most of the country, the lines run above-ground.If more electricity lines were already running underground, the power losses that hit NJ and Long Island would have been greatly reduced.
Capitalism is horror without end—even in the USA!
Many scientists believe we are in a new era of "super-storms," as sea levels rise and global temperatures increase.If you watch the news reports, you see the people who were hurt by the Sandy. We see the casualties. We see how long it will take to get back to "normal." The most frustrating thing is that we know similar storms will again hit and that nothing fundamental will change as long as capitalism continues. After Katrina, did this change anything for New York and New Jersey?
Along with austerity, this is the "new normality" under capitalism. Neither Obama or Romney can offer a solution to the crisis of the system. Both of them are jockeying to look "presidential" in the face of the disaster, cynically offering condolences to the victims. At the same time they are both campaigning on similar platforms that would cut social services and programs while spending billions on the military, and investing little to nothing to really address the country's crumbling infrastructure.
The lack of response to climate change is yet another reason why we need a mass labor party with a socialist program.It is only by collectively mobilizing society's enormous resources that we can address these problems.Only socialism can provide jobs and higher wages, while taking measures to deal with global warming. Only socialism can deal with the need for new infrastructure and housing to deal with climate change, whether or not it can be reversed at this point. Only socialism can give people hope and a better life against the cynicism, negativity, and sinking quality of life of decaying capitalism.
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Inside an Anthology: At Midnight ed. by Dahlia Adler
Today on the site, we're looking inside an anthology that's edited by none other than yours truly! At Midnight is a collection of reimagined YA fairy tales (with the original source material in the back) authored by some of the category's best and queerest, and it released today from Flatiron Books! Check out more about the volume and some of the queer stories within it below:
At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairytales Reimagined ed. by Dahlia Adler (22nd)
Fairy tales have been spun for thousands of years and remain among our most treasured stories. Weaving fresh tales with unexpected reimaginings, At Midnight brings together a diverse group of acclaimed YA writers to breathe new life into a storied tradition.
Fifteen celebrated authors reclaim classic fairy tales for a new generation:
Dahlia Adler, "Rumplestiltskin"
Tracy Deonn, "The Nightingale"
H.E. Edgmon, "Snow White"
Hafsah Faizal, "Little Red Riding Hood"
Stacey Lee, "The Little Matchstick Girl"
Roselle Lim, "Hansel and Gretel"
Darcie Little Badger, "Puss in Boots"
Malinda Lo, "Frau Trude"
Alex London, "Cinderella"
Anna-Marie McLemore, "The Nutcracker"
Rebecca Podos, "The Robber Bridegroom"
Rory Power, "Sleeping Beauty"
Meredith Russo, "The Little Mermaid"
Gita Trelease, "Fitcher's Bird"
and an all-new fairy tale by Melissa Albert
Once upon a time . . .
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"Sugarplum" by Anna-Marie McLemore
Sugarplums. Glittering snow. Really snappy uniforms. Fabulous shoes used as weapons. It's not like I had to make a huge leap (grand jeté?) to make The Nutcracker gay. But while my story got real gay, it also got real about what it means to have to perform for the audiences in our lives. A Latina dancer feels wound up like a music box ballerina. A soft butch girl with a chip on her shoulder and a spectacular curling throw can't say what she really wants to say about the Christmas party going on downstairs. Two queer girls who always have the perfect insult for each other are quiet for once, leaving space for the conversations they've never had. And cake. Because sometimes enemies to lovers starts with cake.
"Say My Name" by Dahlia Adler
What if Rumpelstiltskin were a cruel Sapphic coding genius in love with her best friend? That's the heart of "Say My Name," which is actually a semi-repurposing of an idea I had for a different anthology to which I was asked to contribute but unfortunately didn't sell. My main character in that story was a catfish who kept the game going a little too long when she got feelings, and naturally when I think catfish I think of the ultimate identity-hider of yore! And so Rumpelstiltskin became [redacted], and this became the story of a girl who would do anything to impress the girl she loves, even if it kind of turns her into a monster.
"HEA" by Alex London
HEA is a modern m|m reimagining of Cinderella, turned on its head. Asher (as in Aschenputtel–the little ash girl of the Grimm tale) is a teen social media star, who lives in service to his brand. Constant balls and parties and opportunities to create content. He longs for one night not to be a brand, but just to be a boy. So he disguises himself in sweatpants, ditches the Met Gala, and hides out at a coffee shop. Of course, it's there that he meets his prince, the barista, and has to flee, back to his fabulous life and the endless churn of content. But he's left something behind, more than his heart, and his prince is going to track him down…
"Mother's Mirror" by H.E. Edgmon
When Dahlia asked me to join a fairytale retelling anthology, it was a no-brainer. I've been compelled by fairytales since my earliest days—I currently own three copies of the exact same Grimm Brothers collection, with different covers. My only question was which fairytale to make my own. And when I remembered that the original Snow White featured the protagonist's own mother, not an evil step-mother, as the villain, I had my answer.
The often-fraught nature of mother/daughter relationships is one many of us are already familiar with. But what happens when the eldest daughter, the one expected to twist herself until she becomes a reflection of the mother, comes out as trans, instead? That's the story I explore in "Mother's Mirror." The contemporary retelling features a narcissistic single mom as the evil queen, a main character who's more huntsman than Snow, and the choice to cut out one's own heart rather than face the slow poison of living a lie.
"A Flame So Bright" by Malinda Lo
I first encountered the little-known story of "Frau Trude" in an academic book called Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms, which includes an essay by Kay Turner titled "Playing with Fire: Transgression as Truth in Grimms' 'Frau Trude." I was inspired by Turner's queer reading of the very short tale of "Frau Trude," and I loved the metaphorical possibilities of fire, especially because it has been connected closely with witchcraft. I lived in Salem, MA, for about a year and a half, and I've been fascinated by beliefs about witches since I was very young, so retelling "Frau Trude" gave me the opportunity to over-research witchcraft in colonial America and bring some local Salem-inspired flair to my story. I also loved this chance to return to what I call "fairy tale voice," since I haven't written fantasy in quite a while.
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Inside an Anthology: Queer Weird West Tales ed. by Julie Bozza
August 30, 2022 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment
Today on the site, we're saying howdy to Queer Weird West Tales ed. by Julie Bozza, which releases tomorrow!
Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know.
Authors include: Julie Bozza, J.A. Bryson, Dannye Chase, S.E. Denton, Miguel Flores, Adele Gardner, Roy Gray, KC Grifant, Peter Hackney, Bryn Hammond, Narrelle M Harris, Justin Warren Jackson, Toshiya Kamei, Catherine Lundoff, Bunny McFadden, Angus McIntyre, Atlin Merrick, Eleanor Musgrove, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Lauren Scharhag, Sara L. Uckelman, and Dawn Vogel.
Per editor Julie Bozza, "In this edition of LGBTQ Reads' "Inside An Anthology," ten of the contributors to Queer Weird West Tales share insights into their choices of character, weirdness, and setting, and why this mix of themes is so intriguing."
"Magic Casements" by Julie Bozza (editor)
I think this combination of Queer, Weird and West/Frontier works so well because all three elements resist – or are at odds with – the "norm". Whatever that is! My friends and I have been saying "Normality is a dead concept" for decades now, but I think that is part of the charm of these genres, whether written together or separately. There is something that goes against the grain in all of us; there are social and cultural expectations that we all chafe against at times, to say the least. Which I think is at least partly why we identify with or at least enjoy reading about outsiders.
Maybe we are all the Other.
"Rumblings" by Roy Gray
The inspiration for my story was reading a book, The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time by J. Richard Gott. His description of a jinni, a sort of time loop – and in particular the information jinni – was one of the ideas that meshed with speculation about climate change, supervolcanoes, asteroid impacts and how our descendants might cope with the fallout of such.
"Handguns" by J.A. Bryson
I love the Weird West combination, the sort of miso and maple syrup of it, and have experimented a good bit of late writing Wild West Fairylands. There's unexpectedness and umami so-to-speak, tropes to embrace and subvert. I love it. As for the queerness, that's just the icing on the proverbial cake (pardon the mixed metaphor/flavor palates).
I very much enjoyed reading Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, which was steampunk but with a wild west flair and Sarah Gailey's Upright Women Wanted, which was pulp western near future. I wanted to riff off these in my own work, and you know, lean into the weird.
"Twin-Sun Bayou" by Peter Hackney
My inspiration was not actually all that deep, at least not for this story. Very simply, I wanted to write a story about an out there romance in an out there place; one that would challenge some of the simpler tropes we often associate with things like space adventures and science fiction. Honestly, the very first thing that came into my head was the image of my characters sitting side by side on deck chairs, wearing matching straw hats and fishing as the sun(s) went down.
"A Truce with Evil" by Bryn Hammond
In my story I have a contrast of cultural values between competition and cooperation. That had its seed in a fascinating book I read years ago, Darwin Without Malthus: The Struggle for Existence in Russian Evolutionary Thought by Daniel P. Todes. It's about 19th-century Russian scientists' reception of the competition theme in Darwin. The 'struggle for existence', animal with animal, was a key concept for evolutionists in England and France, but in Russia did not translate well or tally with the observations of naturalists. Darwin had observed animals in populous places and warm climates, whereas in the cold spaces of Russia's non-European hinterland, the usual struggle animals faced was against conditions, not each other. Pyotr Kropotkin is famous as an anarchist but was also a forerunner to the study of emotions and the beginnings of ethics in animals. His Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) has a host of examples of the sociability of animals, cooperation across species, as witnessed in the vast landscapes of Siberia.
I meshed that with the ideas around evil in my story. I've wanted to explore the cultural relativity of evil ever since I wrote a sentence in my novel Against Walls: "We're defined by our definition of evil."
"Bleb Central" by Justin Warren Jackson
My main character is a gay man whose job is to cater to others. He thinks he runs things because he keeps everybody in one piece, literally. Only as the story progresses do we see that there is a larger picture and that what the main character does is just one piece of this. A moral of the story: No one is indispensable, though each of us can play a pivotal role. Especially after an alien invasion.
In my story, the queer characters are no more outsiders than any other human. With all characters equal in this regard, they also have equal agency in transforming their hostile environment into some semblance of home. Ultimately, their effectiveness depends not only on how much effort they put in, but also on how attuned they are to the larger picture.
"Grimwood" by Catherine Lundoff
I'm fascinated by the impact that the spiritualist movement had on both American and British society in the nineteenth century. It was an impetus for the founding of the abolitionist and the women's suffrage movements: a lot of the female leadership combined their interests or moved from one to the other as they learned to give speeches, organize and be active outside the domestic sphere. I start off with a woman, a lesbian, who's lost the love of her life and has exhausted what mediums and spiritualists can do for her, so she's looking for a wilder, older magic.
"A Fearful Symmetry" by Angus McIntyre
My story is set in the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th century. It's very much a time of transition. So the characters are 'at home' in the sense that they can function well in that environment, but there's a growing tension between the old and the new. As the frontier increasingly opens up and loggers and miners and city builders move in, it's creating a very different world.
The North America of my stories isn't a comfortable place. There's a dark and eerie side to it, and there really are sasquatches and wendigos and worse in those trackless woods and swamps. No one's ever really 'at home' there. But my protagonists, like the Native people of the region, have learned how to fit in, how not to live at odds with nature, and how to manage those particular dangers. They're going to have a much harder time coping with the new, rapidly-industrializing America that is coming their way.
"Set in Stone" by Eleanor Musgrove
My story is set on Hadrian's Wall at the time of its building. This was (arguably!) the edge of the Roman Empire at the time, and for my Roman main characters, it's where the fairly stable, predictable Empire they've always lived in gives way to wild weather and strange peoples. In my story, at least, there's so much that they don't know about the world beyond the Wall that they can actually use that to their advantage in some ways!
I chose this particular frontier because when I was younger, my dad was involved in Roman reenactment, so I learned a lot about the Romans on weekends and holidays, usually through visiting castles to watch their displays of marching, weapons, and even mock battles. I was a little worried that this particular frontier might be a bit too distant from other people's for this anthology, but I've since learned that mine is actually not the farthest-flung! I love that we got to include a range of different frontiers, and I'm glad I could add to that variety.
"The Frontier of the Heart" by Sara L. Uckelman
I grew up watching Star Trek, so of course the first thing I think of when I hear "frontier" is "Space: The Final Frontier". Even as a child, I remember finding that a perplexing phrase, because surely the frontier moves as it is explored, so how could any frontier be the final one? That was the inspiration for the story: A far-future space-exploration where every new planet is its own frontier to be explored. And then, of course, my characters had to face their own personal frontiers, the boundaries they thought they'd never be strong enough to cross.
For more information: https://juliebozza.com/book/queer-weird-west-tales
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60680276-queer-weird-west-tales
Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/3kLRAn
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Inside an Anthology: Eternally Hers
Today on the site, we're joining four bestselling, award-winning Sapphic romance authors for a look inside Eternally Hers, a collection of paranormal romance stories, launching today in Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and paperback!
Under a full moon, all creatures will succumb to their fate.
Explore your wildest fantasies with these page-turning lesbian paranormal romances designed to captivate you.
Fated mates.
Destined lovers.
The overwhelming instinct to complete the preordained bond will drive these women to do what they must to satisfy the need to mate.
This collection of sapphic romance tales has something for everyone, from sweet to steamy, to dark and thrilling.
The stories in the compilation are exclusive and can't be found anywhere else. Don't wait, this box set will only be available for a limited time before it is gone forever!
Here are the authors sharing a bit about their stories!
"Hot For Her Bear" by Ariel Marie
Hot for Her Bear is a steamy, bear shifter romance. A forbidden, age gap romance between a human attracted to her best friend's older sister, what is a girl to do? We've all had that one crush we shouldn't have, but are we brave enough to pursue them? I love writing bear shifters. I've always imagined them grumpy and possessive.
I had so much fun writing this story. Our bear shifter is an awkward, grumpy bear who shouldn't be giving in to the desires of her little sister's friend, but how can she resist? Fate is involved.
And we all know fate always has her way!
"Cougar Woods" by Tiana Warner
Cougar Woods is a shifter romance with a sassy twist: it's about cougars who shift into cougars. Like, middle-aged women who are feline shifters. I love an age-gap romance, and I love the idea of a group of confident, sexy, supernatural women. Pair that with a forbidden sapphic romance, and this story was super fun to write! Twenty-year-old Liza heads to the town called Cougar Woods to investigate her twin brother's disappearance. What she finds is a dark secret—and an irresistible pull toward a mysterious woman named Winter.
"Crimson Desires" by K.L. Bone
Several years ago, I took a trip through the vineyards of Épernay, France. The beauty of the land and the lure of the vines inspired the setting of Crimson Desires. Vampires Suzette and Yelena experience a passionate romance throughout moonlight walks and sultry nights along the vineyards of the French countryside. One a pure-blood vampire, one a human turned, their path to love is a tumultuous liaison of tangled hearts and fated destinies.
Vampires are amongst my favorite paranormal creatures to write, as I have a master's degree with a focus in vampire literature. I am very excited to have been able to combine my enchantment with the French countryside and my fascination with immortal vampires in the love story of Suzette and Yelena. I hope you enjoy their journey among the French vines.
"Elda's Zephyr" by Renee Hewett
Elda's Zephyr is about star-crossed lovers: a vampire falling for a fae… but with a twist! Zeph is fae crossed with wolf shifter, so though she knows she's supposed to stay away from vampires, her fated mate sense tells her that she belongs with Elda. Zeph's fae council is convinced that a vampire will drain any fae they can get their hands on, but Zeph is ready to challenge that thinking and prove that true love between light and dark can exist. Zeph believes in her, but Elda doesn't know if she does. She's afraid that the vampire darkness inside of her can't be controlled if she lets herself have a moment of bliss with the fae.
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Inside an Anthology: Fools in Love ed. by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos
December 6, 2021 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment
Today's edition of Inside and Anthology celebrates Fools in Love, ed. by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos, and releasing tomorrow from Running Press! Here's the info:
Join fifteen bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming authors as they reimagine some of the most popular tropes in the romance genre.
Fake relationships. Enemies to lovers. Love triangles and best friends, mistaken identities and missed connections. This collection of genre-bending and original stories celebrates how love always finds a way, featuring powerful flora, a superhero and his nemesis, a fantastical sled race through snow-capped mountains, a golf tournament, the wrong ride-share, and even the end of the world. With stories written by Rebecca Barrow, Ashley Herring Blake, Gloria Chao, Mason Deaver, Sara Farizan, Claire Kann, Malinda Lo, Hannah Moskowitz, Natasha Ngan, Rebecca Podos, Lilliam Rivera, Laura Silverman, Amy Spalding, Rebecca Kim Wells, and Julian Winters this collection is sure to sweep you off your feet.
And here are the authors of a bunch of the stories, sharing a bit about the story behind the story!
"Edges" by Ashley Herring Blake
"Edges" is an f/f story about a girl who feels everyone has left her behind–including the popular girl she's currently making out with. Mac can't believe that Clover–their schoo's queer queen bee–could possibly actually truly like her. After all, her dad left her family for another one, her mom is hardly ever home, and her twin sister left town altogether for a performing arts boarding school. She's inherently leavable. So when it becomes clear that Clover wants more than just hooking up, Mac has to decide if she's willing to soften up her edges a bit for the girl of her dreams.
"Disaster" by Rebecca Podos
I know an homage to 90's era disaster films might not be the most natural pairing for a romance trope anthology, but setting "Disaster" during a potential apocalypse in 1998 felt perfect for my trope, second-chance romance (and, possibly, a last-chance romance). It also gave me the opportunity to explore a time period before bisexuality was regularly spoken about, even within queer circles. My story about two ex-girlfriends trying to find their way back to one another at the maybe-end of the world takes place the year after America's first openly bisexual state official came out, a few months before the bisexual pride flag was unveiled, and a year before the first Celebrate Bisexuality Day. Plus, I got to smuggle in Armageddon references (and watch the movie three times in a row, you know, for research).
"Bloom" by Rebecca Barrow
Listen: when it comes to romance, I am all about the yearning. And what kind of yearning is more exquisite than the kind that reaches across worlds, or universes, or time itself? Blame it on me watching too many mind-bending space movies late at night as a kid, or reading The Amber Spyglass and constantly thinking about benches in Oxford, or binge watching 12 Monkeys in distant pre-pandemic times, but when I had to pick a trope to write about, I couldn't think of anything better. Maybe it's the idea of exactly how great a love has to be for it to exist outside of the natural boundaries of our world. Maybe it's just that there is something so deeply romantic about two people pining for something that shouldn't be possible. Maybe it's the bittersweet possibility that actually, love can't conquer all. Except—sometimes it can. And sometimes, in my mind, all it takes is an extra bit of magic for that love to bloom.
"Silver and Gold" by Natasha Ngan
I've always loved wintry settings in books, there's something just so cosy and romantic about them! Of course, being me, the setting in my story is a touch more dangerous than romantic. Rather than a pretty frosting of snow, it's a life-threatening blizzard – and the two girls sheltering from it are in the midst of a deadly race. But the riskiest of situations can often be the most bonding, and that's what we see in "Silver and Gold", as rivals Mila and Ru are forced to confront their romantic past – and whether there's space in their futures for each other. I had so much fun writing their story, and I hope you have as much fun reading it!
"My Best Friend's Girl" by Sara Farizan
My story is about Alia who has always been there for her best friend, Hal, especially since she is the only one who knows he is a burgeoning superhero in Gateway City. She finds it increasingly more difficult to keep all of his superpowered secrets, especially from Hal's new girlfriend Clara. There's one secret Alia hasn't told Hal yet either…
"Unfortunately, Blobs Do Not Eat Snacks" by Rebecca Kim Wells
"I knew a lot of authors would be fighting over the more popular romance tropes for this anthology, so I went with one of my favorite under-the-radar tropes, one so under the radar I didn't even know what it was called! I think when I emailed Becca and Ashley about my trope preferences I called it "gets drunk/drugged/injured/delirious and confesses love, later does not remember/pretends they do not remember." Which is a mouthful! 'Kissing Under the Influence" is a lot snappier. I love the awkward interactions after characters accidentally give away things they didn't intend to reveal, and my young adult fantasy novels are on the serious side, so I really wanted to play around and be goofy with my short story. The result is "Unfortunately, Blobs Do Not Eat Snacks," which is weird and quirky and not much like my previous work at all. (Also, I love my title so much and still have a hard time believing they actually let me keep it.)"
"What Makes Us Heroes" by Julian Winters
Everyone knows I love writing about superheroes! But when I picked my trope—Hero vs. Villain—for Fools in Love, I honestly didn't know what kind of romantic story I wanted to tell. Should I go explosive and action-packed like a Marvel movie? Dark and introspective like a DC comic? How could I turn a fresh twist on this epic trope?
And then 2020 happened. Specifically—June 2020.
The news was flooded with videos of violence. Protests. Of people trying to define who the heroes were and purposefully villainizing the ones fighting for a change. All I thought about were the teens ready to take action for their friends, family, themselves and how people were ready to villainize them for having a voice—including the ones who are supposed to love and protect them.
Suddenly, "What Makes Us Heroes" poured out of me. Shai and Kyan's story came to life. I wanted a story about two superpowered boys navigating a world telling them what a hero should be and letting them define who a hero can be. How we can fall in love with the one person everyone thinks is "wrong" for us but is really the best thing we had all along.
The fact that I got to set it in a coffeeshop with a side of fake dating was a bonus!
As it happens, there are a few stories in the anthology that aren't queer. (It happens.) A couple of those authors wrote blurbs too:
"Teed Up" by Gloria Chao"
"Teed Up" is loosely inspired by LPGA superstar Michelle Wie West, the first and thus far only female golfer to qualify for a USGA national men's tournament (among many many other accolades). I myself am a terrible golfer, but I unfortunately have my share of experience dealing with large male egos in other domains. I wanted to explore the idea of being the only woman competing in a field of men in my short story for FOOLS IN LOVE, titled "Teed Up." Sunny Chang, a star female golfer, is wary of any attention—both positive and negative—coming from a male competitor, which creates the perfect opportunity for an oblivious-to-lovers story. Even though most of the details are fictionalized, I had a lot of fun temporarily putting myself in Michelle's superstar shoes!
"The Passover Date" by Laura Silverman
"The Passover Date rolls up everything I love into one story – Jewish cooking, fake dating, and nosey family members. I had so much fun writing this Jewish romance. My characters Rachel and Matthew are sweet and funny and adorably bumbling.
I hope readers will enjoy watching them fake date their way into something real."
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness ed. by dave ring
April 7, 2021 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment
Brace yourself for an extreeeemely killer lineup, because that's what you're getting with Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness, along with, you know, the the titular tales. Coming to you in October 2021 from Neon Hemlock Press, Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness is a speculative anthology edited by dave ring of queer witches, infinite darkness and the knife edge between the sacred and the profane.
Unfettered Hexes asks you to sling salt in a circle, call the corners, and breathe life into the unutterable cadences that call forth the void. Find your coven, craft new rituals and hex your enemies.
This anthology launched on Kickstarter and ran December 2nd to January 1st, hitting 207% of the initial goal. Pre-orders are currently open via Backerkit.
The anthology will include work from:
Rasha Abdulhadi
Sharang Biswas
C.B. Blanchard
Die Booth
Priya Chand
Tania Chen
H.A. Clarke
Kel Coleman
Amelia Fisher
Craig L. Gidney
Diana Hurlburt
Tamara Jerée
Ruth Joffre
Marianne Kirby
L.D. Lewis
Danny Lore
Hanna A. Nirav
Chelsea Obodoechina
Suzan Palumbo
Nicasio Reed
Almah LaVon Rice
Jordan Shiveley
Cecilia Tan
R.J. Theodore
Elizabeth Twist
The book will also include:
Comics from Grace Fong, Caleb Hosalla & Viane Londoño
Story games from Mercedes Acosta & Allie Bustion
Art from Matt Spencer & Frances P
Matt Spencer is also working with editor dave ring on an oracle deck inspired by the stories from the anthology. (You can also preview the mostly-completed cards here. )
And now, the jawdropping cover, illustrated by Robin Ha!
What's that? You wanna see the full flap?? Yeah, we've got that too!
Preorder Unfettered Hexes!
dave ring is a queer editor and writer of speculative fiction living in Washington, DC. He is the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press, and the co-editor of Baffling Magazine. He is also a chair emeritus of the OutWrite LGBTQ Book Festival.
He is the editor of the upcoming anthology Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness (Neon Hemlock Press, 2021) as well as Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was (Mason Jar Press, 2018) and Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die (Neon Hemlock Press, 2020).
dave was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, a 2018 resident of Futurescapes and Disquiet, and a 2019 resident of Sundress Academy for the Arts. His short fiction has been featured in numerous publications including Fireside Fiction, Podcastle, and A Punk Rock Future. Find him at www.dave-ring.com or @slickhop on Twitter.
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Book Giveaway: That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler
March 16, 2021 Dahlia Adler 32 Comments
Tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of LGBTQReads, but today we are celebrating a different creation of mine (because really, why run your own space on the internet if not to celebrate yourself as often as possible): That Way Madness Lies: XV of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined!
Of course, though I'm the editor of this one (and also wrote a story), anthologies do not happen without the brilliant authors behind the contributions, especially the queer ones! Here's the copy including the official lineup:
Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare's celebrated classics! West Side Story. 10 Things I Hate About You. Kiss Me, Kate. Contemporary audiences have always craved reimaginings of Shakespeare's most beloved works. Now, some of today's best writers for teens take on the Bard in these 15 whip-smart and original retellings!
Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining The Merchant of Venice), Kayla Ancrum (The Taming of the Shrew), Lily Anderson (As You Like It), Patrice Caldwell (Hamlet), Melissa Bashardoust (A Winter's Tale), A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy (Much Ado About Nothing), Brittany Cavallaro (Sonnet 147), Joy McCullough (King Lear), Anna-Marie McLemore (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Samantha Mabry (Macbeth), Tochi Onyebuchi (Coriolanus), Mark Oshiro (Twelfth Night), Lindsay Smith (Julius Caesar), Kiersten White (Romeo and Juliet), and Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (The Tempest).
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No purchase necessary. The giveaway is open internationally to entrants 18 and older. Entry period begins at 12:00 p.m. EST on 3/16/21 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on 3/21/21. Void where prohibited.
***To enter, tell us your favorite queer retelling in the comments!***
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: This is Our Rainbow ed. by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
I am THE MOST excited to be sharing this cover reveal today, not just because I happen to adore the editors personally and not just because the cover is adorable, and not even just because the actually collection sounds incredible and so, so necessary, but because as you'll read, I had a little hand in this one!
This is Our Rainbow is an all-LGBTQ+ Middle Grade anthology edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, releasing from Knopf on October 19, 2021, and here to share the cover and the story behind it are the editors themselves!
We are SO EXCITED to bring you the cover of This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Him, Her, Them and Us, our LGBTQ+ middle grade anthology!
This anthology has been such a joyful experience from start to finish…and it started with a tweet! Dahlia, who is no stranger to editing anthologies, tweeted that she really hoped there was a queer middle grade anthology in the works, and that she would help whoever decided to take this on however they needed. When Nicole expressed interest, Dahlia got her in touch with Katherine (who had just finished up on It's a Whole Spiel so had the anthology editor experience).
We clicked immediately and got brainstorming. Meanwhile, our editor at Knopf, Marisa DiNovis, responded to Dahlia's tweet, too, saying that a queer middle grade anthology was literally her dream. It's only fitting that we're doing the cover reveal here, on Dahlia's blog, seeing as she helped make this whole thing possible!
So Twitter can be a force for good!
These stories are full of so much heart and joy and thoughtfulness, and we cannot wait to share each and every one of these with readers.
This is Our Rainbow
The first LGBTQ+ anthology for middle-graders featuring stories for every letter of the acronym, including realistic, fantasy, and sci-fi stories by authors like Justina Ireland, Marieke Nijkamp, Alex Gino, and more!
A boyband fandom becomes a conduit to coming out. A former bully becomes a first-kiss prospect. One nonbinary kid searches for an inclusive athletic community after quitting gymnastics. Another nonbinary kid, who happens to be a pirate, makes a wish that comes true–but not how they thought it would. A tween girl navigates a crush on her friend's mom. A young witch turns herself into a puppy to win over a new neighbor. A trans girl empowers her online bestie to come out.
From wind-breathing dragons to first crushes, This Is Our Rainbow features story after story of joyful, proud LGBTQIA+ representation. You will fall in love with this insightful, poignant anthology of queer fantasy, historical, and contemporary stories from authors including: Eric Bell, Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Ashley Herring Blake, Lisa Bunker, Alex Gino, Justina Ireland, Shing Yin Khor, Katherine Locke, Mariama J. Lockington, Nicole Melleby, Marieke Nijkamp, Claribel A. Ortega, Mark Oshiro, Molly Knox Ostertag, Aida Salazar, and AJ Sass.
But today, we get to share the most glorious cover either of us have ever seen with YOU.
We are COMPLETELY obsessed with this cover with by Jes and Cin, designed by Sylvia Bi! Like, COMPLETELY OBSESSED.
Without further ado…here it is!
We LOVE this cover. Seeing such joy and pride and so many different representations on the cover of a middle grade book was a dream come true. We love that it's so bright and happy; queer children getting to be themselves and happy and celebrating themselves was exactly what we wanted on the inside of this anthology, so we love that you can so clearly see that from this cover. And we can't wait to share the back of the book too in a few months with more characters and more joy!
And we wanted to share more from the artists too! Here's what Jes and Cin had to say about working on the cover:
What excited you about working on This Is Our Rainbow?
We were so excited that this was the first middle grade anthology about queer identities! We're extremely passionate about queer representation in kids' media, and seeing this diverse collection of stories and creatives was something we absolutely wanted (and are very honored) to be a part of.
How did you envision the cover?
The cover was a fun challenge. Fitting in all the protagonists and visualizing their flags into a book jacket is a lot! Sylvia Bi, the assistant designer, gave us some great prompts and directions to play with! We definitely wanted something bright and colorful, that showcased happy queer children celebrating themselves as individuals but also as a community. Reading the stories in this anthology really solidified how this cover would look.
What were your inspirations for the cover's direction?
We were largely inspired by Naomi Franquiz's cover for ToComix Press' Shout Out Anthology! She put so much personality and individuality to the characters on that cover. We wanted the kids to interact with each other for This is Our Rainbow. Like a "warm gay hug" feeling! We also pulled from our experience going to Pride events. The many ways people joyfully expressed their identities through pins, flags, capes, and flower crowns was something we wanted to bring into the cover.
This is Our Rainbow releases on October 19th, 2021, and you can find more information and where to buy This is Our Rainbow here!
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Katherine Locke lives and writes in Philadelphia where they are ruled by their feline overlords and their addiction to chai lattes. They are the award-winning author of THE GIRL WITH THE RED BALLOON, THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON, editor-and-contributor to IT'S A WHOLE SPIEL, and other titles. They not-so-secretly believe most stories are fairytales in disguise. They can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @bibliogato, and on katherinelockebooks.com.
Nicole Melleby, a born-and-bred Jersey girl, is the author of HURRICANE SEASON, which was a Lambda Literary Finalist, IN THE ROLE OF BRIE HUTCHENS…, a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year, and the upcoming HOW TO BECOME A PLANET (May 2021). She lives with her partner and their cat, whose need for attention oddly aligns with Nicole's writing schedule. Feel free to follow her on Twitter @LadyNeeko
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Vol. 5 ed. by Sinclair Sexsmith
October 7, 2020 Dahlia Adler 1 Comment
Today on the site, we're revealing the sweet and sexy cover of Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year (Vol. 5), which releases from Cleis Press on December 8th! Get more info here, including the identities within:
Testing the boundaries of pleasure and pain… To be so full of longing you ache for release… Coming to climax without a single touch.
The fifth volume of the Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year anthology series explores and expands on the very definition of eroticism with a diverse mix of queer, non-binary, trans, and polyamorous #ownvoices that will have you quivering with delight and wondering what more you can explore—no matter how you identify. More than just steamy sex stories, this volume offers the quiet sexuality of emotional security, the overwhelming thrill of discovering something new, and a tale for every taste—from vanilla to kink to strap-ons and sodomy.
Now more than ever, it is crucial to see unique, underrepresented viewpoints across the literary spectrum. Award-winning author and editor Sinclair Sexsmith delivers in an anthology that is both tender and tantalizing, emotional and evocative.
And here's the cover, designed by Jennifer Do!
Preorder: Cleis Press | Amazon
Photo by Bill Wadman
Sinclair Sexsmith (they/them) is "the best-known butch erotica writer whose kinky, groundbreaking stories have turned on countless queers" (AfterEllen), who "is in all the books, wins all the awards, speaks at all the panels and readings, knows all the stuff, and writes for all the places" (Autostraddle). Their short story collection, Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica, was a 2016 finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and they are the current editor of the Best Lesbian Erotica series. Find more of their work at sugarbutch.net.
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die
July 20, 2020 Dahlia Adler Leave a comment
It's always a good day when it's a Neon Hemlock cover reveal day! Today's is for Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die, an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction featuring some major faves from the world of SFF and releasing in September! Here are the details:
Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die is an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction centering queer joy and community in the face of disaster. What does hope look like when everything is lost? Now, more than ever, we need to revel in the bright spots amidst the darkness.
The twenty-three stories (and two poems) contained here, as well as the roleplaying game Dream Askew by Avery Alder, imagine queer community in myriad futures interrupted by collapse. Post-apocalyptic futures glittering and bleak, challenging and eerie.
Glitter + Ashes is here to hold up a torch. Come gather round the fire.
Contributors include: Saida Agostini, Elly Bangs, Phoebe Barton, Christopher Caldwell, C.L. Clark, Josie Columbus, Trip Galey, Blake Jessop, Marianne Kirby, Jordan Kurella, L.D. Lewis, Otter Lieffe, Darcie Little Badger, A.Z. Louise, V. Medina, Michael Andrew Milne, Anthony Moll, Mari Ness, Aun-Juli Riddle, Lauren Ring, Adam Shannon, A.P. Thayer, R.J. Theodore, Izzy Wasserstein, and Brendan Williams-Childs.
And here's the lovely cover, illustrated by Hugo-nominated illustrator Grace P. Fong!
Preorder Glitter + Ashes here!
(Psst, wanna see the full flap? We've got that too!)
dave ring is a writer, counselor and dilettante living in Washington, DC. He is the chair of the OutWrite LGBTQ Book Festival and an active member of the Speculative Wordsmiths. He is also the publisher and managing editor of Neon Hemlock Press. He has two speculative anthologies under his belt: Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales of a City That Never Was (Mason Jar Press) and Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die (forthcoming from Neon Hemlock Press). He has also edited the zines V O I D J U N K and A Formal Invitation.
dave was a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, a 2018 resident of Futurescapes and Disquiet, and a 2019 resident of Sundress Academy for the Arts. He has stories featured or forthcoming in more than two dozen publications, including Fireside Fiction, GlitterShip, and A Punk Rock Future.
More info at www.dave-ring.com. Follow him on Twitter at @slickhop.
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Inside an Anthology: Out Now: Queer We Go Again! ed. by Saundra Mitchell
May 26, 2020 Dahlia Adler 2 Comments
Today on the site, we're thrilled to welcome the authors of Out Now: Queer We Go Again! edited by Saundra Mitchell, which releases today from Inkyard Press! This anthology has a little bit of everything queer, so take a gander at the beautiful cover, check out the blurb, and then dig into the authors' personal stories behind their stories!
Out Now: Queer We Go Again! ed. by Saundra Mitchell
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seventeen new short stories from amazing queer YA authors. Vampires crash prom, aliens run from the government, a president's daughter comes into her own, a true romantic tries to soften the heart of a cynical social media influencer, a selkie and the sea call out to a lost soul. Teapots and barbershops, skateboards and VW vans, Street Fighter and Ares's sword: Out Now has a story for every reader and surprises with each turn of the page!
"Refresh" by Mark Oshiro
I was a freshman in college in Long Beach, CA, when I went on the very date that inspired "Refresh." Online dating was much sketchier back then, but I had spent weeks talking to a boy my age who seemed so effortlessly cool. I finally mustered the courage to ask if he wanted to meet up, and he agreed enthusiastically. I knew this was risky, so I picked a public meeting space outside of a Metro Station in Hollywood. It took me two trains and nearly two hours to get there, so you can imagine my disappointment when I showed up to discover he had catfished me.
My date did not end as the story does in "Refresh." I left immediately, feeling scorned and rather foolish. I had worked up so much courage to even come, doubting that I was handsome enough or interesting enough for this person. I wrote this story from that place of vulnerability, of not knowing if you are enough for another person, of existing in a world where the politics around the size and shape of our bodies make life harder. It's a bit of queer fluff, and I had so much fun writing it.
"What Happens in the Closet" by Caleb Roehrig
When I first sat down to begin my contribution for OUT NOW, I outlined the story of a theater kid with a crush on a boy who might or might not be queer—and then I struggled to write it. Even though it was ripped straight from the headlines of my own teenage life, I couldn't quite connect with the narrative I was crafting. Where were the stakes?
Among my influences as a storyteller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is probably number one. It was inventive and suspenseful, of course, but it balanced its undead bombast with nuanced and sensitive explorations of very real day-to-day issues. On a season three episode entitled Homecoming, Buffy and her frenemy Cordelia are forced to hash out their longstanding jealousy and insecurities…all while fighting for their lives against vampire assassins. It was a brilliant metaphor for the fishbowl of high school life, and the layered dynamic between the two characters still felt so rich with potential for more.
What if it had been two queer kids trapped together instead, with physical attraction added to the already volatile cocktail of envy and admiration? What if they'd had to navigate those life-or-death problems while also, you know, trying to literally just stay alive?
Eventually, I asked if I could go ahead and lean into it—to write a story about two boys facing their demons (figurative and literal,) where a vampire invasion is only the second-most annoying thing about a ruined school dance; and I am forever grateful to Saundra Mitchell for saying yes. The universe I created for "What Happens in the Closet" was so much fun that I used it as the basis for a full-length novel, (The Fell of Dark, coming in July!) and I hope you love this fun and fang-toothed tale as much as I do!
"Star-Crossed in D.C." by Jessica Verdi
The idea for this story sparked for me around the time of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, when I saw posts on social media about Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump (two adult children of the two nominees) being friendly in real life. It confused me, honestly, since they seem to stand for very different things. How on earth could they be friends?
But then I wondered, what if Ivanka did secretly agree more with Chelsea and her mother Hillary more than she let on in public—if maybe she had an obligation to stand by her father's side, but deep down disagreed with him on the issues. (I know, I know, you're thinking, "Come on, Jess, Ivanka has made her opinions more than clear." But this was years ago, before any of that was as blatantly evident as it is now.) And then I wondered, how amazing would it be if Ivanka (or any child of a high-profile conservative politician) had enough of a backbone to buck tradition, and what was expected of them, and publicly announce their support for the other candidate—the more progressive one. How absolutely inspiring and thrilling would that be!
Over time, the real-life inspiration for "Star-Crossed" fell away, and what remains is something a bit more romancey, a lot more queer, and even more wish-fulfilling. It's my version of a fairy tale.
"Floating" by Tanya Boteju
"Floating" grew directly out of my experience as a high school English teacher. I'm surrounded by teenagers and tend to most notice the kids who seem a little out of place—the ones who sit alone in corners at lunch, who aren't wholly driven by 'A's and university acceptances, who offer up weird and wonderful insights into the literature we're studying. One student I noticed a few years ago kind of floated through the hallways, seemingly in a world of her own. And having taught her, I also knew she had one of those weird and wonderful minds. I was curious about what her brain was doing as she drifted through the school. The protagonist in "Floating," Shanti, is my attempt to explore the inner workings of students like this and what it might look like for someone else to be able to reach into those inner workings somehow–as Essie does—but without changing who Shanti is at the core. I wanted Shanti to be able to maintain her wanderings and wonderings, but then to also find a gentle stillness with Essie. That it was two girls finding each other just felt natural to me. Many of the setting details in the story are pulled from my own school too—including the paper swirls that become so integral to the story.
Photo courtesy of Monique Cheung
"Far From Home" by Saundra Mitchell
I wasn't going to write a story for my own anthology (I didn't have one in All Out, either!) but my wonderful editor at Inkyard, Natashya Wilson, really, really, really wanted one. And it's hard to say no when someone brilliant is saying, "please write a thing for me, I think it would be great."
"Far From Home" may or may not be great– that's not up for me to decide. But I did have a lot of fun writing it. I wanted to write a non-binary character, so check, and I wanted the genders and orientations of the characters to be as far from central as possible.
Also, my reviews agree that sometimes, my novels are slow to start. So I wondered, what would happen if I just started with the danger? And that's how I end up with a non-binary starboi and their pan boyfriend dangling a thousand feet above an empty creekbed, with Men in Black in pursuit.
I love the conversation they have– because we love superhero movies, but I'm not entirely sure we'd be thrilled with actual superheroes. So yeah… write fast, write hard, no mercy! (Well, a little mercy. I love a happy ending!)
"Ready Player One" by Eliot Schrefer
I actually wrote the first incarnation of "Player One Fight!" twenty years ago, and rewrote it to include here. I was 21 at the time, and back then I was prey to a conception that I think a lot of us have when we're young—that relationships are a form of battle, with winners and losers. That if you do all the moves right, then you'll come out on top. Through Blake I wanted to look at the early life of someone who still had a lot of room to grow as far as how he treated boyfriends, and himself.
"Victory Lap" by Julian Winters
In "Victory Lap," Luke Stone is great at everything, but there's one thing he repeatedly fails at: asking a boy out. Specifically, he hasn't found a date to the winter formal. His friends are putting more effort into finding him a date than he is. That is until Luke bumps into Milo, a shy classmate who Luke thinks is his perfect match, if he can get the nerve to ask Milo out. And the one person who he knows he can get the best advice from doesn't know he's gay yet—his dad.
When I first started writing this story, I had two goals: write a cute love story starring a gay, Black teen who's still becoming comfortable in his own skin and set it in a barbershop, a place that is well-known in the Black community as a place of comfort, strength, laughter, and discourse. I didn't plan to write a "coming out" story but the moment Luke sits in his dad's barber chair, I knew the story I needed to tell. It was an opportunity to show a positive experience between a queer teen and his father, something that isn't often depicted, especially inside POC communities. QPOC teens deserve to read stories where they feel safe and comforted by their loved ones. And I hope readers walk away from this story feeling lighter, confident, and smiling goofily just like Luke.
Photo by Jared Hagan
Saundra Mitchell has been a phone psychic, a car salesperson, a denture-deliverer and a layout waxer. She's dodged trains, endured basic training, and hitchhiked from Montana to California. The author of nearly twenty books for tweens and teens, Mitchell's work includes SHADOWED SUMMER, THE VESPERTINE series, ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK, a novel forthcoming from HarperTEEN and the forthcoming CAMP MURDERFACE series with Josh Berk. She is the editor of three anthologies for teens, DEFY THE DARK, ALL OUT and OUT NOW. She always picks truth; dares are too easy.
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La diócesis de Segovia () es una sede de la Iglesia católica situada en la ciudad castellano-leonesa de Segovia (España), que es sufragánea de la archidiócesis de Valladolid.

Historia
En la diócesis se cuentan como primeros testigos de la presencia del cristianismo las antiquísimas iglesias localizadas por el valle del Eresma: Santiago, San Blas, Santa Ana, San Marcos, San Gil, San Vicente o las ruinas de San Medel.

La tradición apunta a San Jeroteo como primer obispo, aunque esta es una leyenda surgida a finales del s. XVI: en estas fechas el jesuita Jerónimo Román de la Higuera compuso los falsos cronicones atribuidos a Flavio Lucio Dextro y a Liutprando de Cremona, en los que da cuenta del viaje a España de San Pablo y de su discípulo Jeroteo, antiguo gobernador de la provincia tarraconense y obispo de Atenas, y del nombramiento de este como primer obispo de la diócesis. La impostura fue rebatida en 1666 por Gaspar Ibáñez de Segovia, pero el cabildo segoviano, encabezado por el obispo Diego Escolano y Ledesma, defendió la existencia real de San Jeroteo, oficializando el culto al santo.

Al margen de leyendas, consta que a principios del  Segovia pertenecía a la archidiócesis de Toledo en la provincia Carthaginense, según se desprende de una carta en la que el obispo metropolitano Montano reclama la restitución a Toledo de la parroquia de Segovia, que su antecesor Celso había cedido al obispo de Palencia. Se supone que tras este episodio Segovia se independizó de Palencia, pues en las actas del III Concilio de Toledo celebrado el año 589 suscribió el obispo Pedro como titular de la diócesis segoviana.

Durante el Reino visigodo las parroquias de San Juan de los Caballeros o San Pedro de los Picos profesaban la herejía arriana. Y la Santísima Trinidad y San Antón la ortodoxia cristiana.

Durante la invasión árabe no hubo obispos que se sepa, aunque en 940 se menciona a un obispo, Ilderedo, que probablemente residía en territorios cristiano.

Tras una fugaz reconquista de la ciudad por Alfonso VI de Castilla (1071-1079), renace la vida cristiana y la sucesión episcopal en 1110; en 1123 Calixto II confirma mediante bula el restablecimiento de la diócesis.

De Valatomet (puerto de Tablada en Guadarrama) a Mambella, de Montello a Vadum Soto, con Coca, Iscar, Collar, Portello, Pennafiel, Castrellum de Lacer, Covas, Sacramenia, Beneivere, Bernui, Maderol, Fraxinum, Alchite, Septempublica, Petraza.

En otra bula Portello y Pennafiel no figuran. Durante este  se reconstruyen muchas iglesias, incluyendo la antigua catedral que fue consagrada el 16 de julio de 1228.

La edad de oro de la diócesis fue el , cuando se fundaron importantes monasterios y Segovia se vio visitada por importantes personajes como San Vicente Ferrer o un joven Tomás de Torquemada. En 1474 Isabel I de Castilla fue coronada en la ciudad.

A principios del  la catedral sufrió daños por la guerra de las comunidades, por lo que en 1525 se emprendió la construcción de una nueva, que fue consagrada en 1558, sin estar terminada.

El 4 de julio de 1857 la diócesis entró a formar parte de la provincia eclesiástica de la Archidiócesis de Valladolid.

En 1953 los límites de la diócesis se ajustaron a los límites de la provincia administrativa: se cedieron 16 parroquias a la archidiócesis de Valladolid, 4 a la archidiócesis de Burgos y 3 la diócesis de Ávila. A cambio se agregaron 11 parroquias que pertenecían a la diócesis de Ávila, 1 perteneciente a la archidiócesis de Burgos y 15 a la diócesis de Sigüenza.

En la actualidad

Desde el Concilio Vaticano II y tras las reformas que el obispo Antonio Palenzuela empezó a implantar, la Iglesia en Segovia se ha visto abocada a una crisis no solo doctrinal sino incluso de su propia existencia. La caída en picado de las vocaciones y la secularización de sacerdotes, la asistencia a los oficios religiosos ha visto mermado su número.

Patronazgo
Es su patrono San Frutos Pajarero, su fiesta es el día 25 de octubre y la patrona es la Virgen de la Fuencisla, celebrándose la fiesta el día 24 de septiembre.

Organización

Obispado
El obispo actual de Segovia es César Augusto Franco Martínez. Ángel Rubio Castro, obispo emérito desde 2014, en la actualidad, y desde su jubilación, reside en Toledo, donde colabora con esta Archidiócesis.

División administrativa en arciprestazgos
 Arciprestazgo de Segovia
 Arciprestazgo de Cuéllar
 Arciprestazgo de Ayllón-Riaza
 Arciprestazgo de La Granja-San Medel
 Arciprestazgo de Cantalejo-Fuentidueña
 Arciprestazgo de Fuentepelayo
 Arciprestazgo de Sepúlveda-Pedraza
 Arciprestazgo de Abades-Villacastín
 Arciprestazgo de Coca-Santa María la Real de Nieva

Episcopologio

Estadísticas
De acuerdo al Anuario Pontificio 2021 la diócesis tenía a fines de 2020 un total de 147 755 fieles bautizados.

|- align="right"
| 1950 || 220 000 || 220 000 || 100.0 || 353 || 308 || 45 || 623 ||  || 128 || 220 || 290
|- align="right"
| 1969 || 175 216 || 175 221 || 100.0 || 350 || 288 || 62 || 500 ||  || 438 || 563 || 298
|- align="right"
| 1980 || 149 633 || 153 771 || 97.3 || 232 || 190 || 42 || 644 ||  || 83 || 543 || 297
|- align="right"
| 1990 || 147 000 || 151 494 || 97.0 || 216 || 189 || 27 || 680 ||  || 57 || 464 || 299
|- align="right"
| 1999 || 147 211 || 147 750 || 99.6 || 197 || 167 || 30 || 747 ||  || 58 || 394 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2000 || 147 005 || 147 530 || 99.6 || 195 || 166 || 29 || 753 ||  || 62 || 433 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2001 || 145 000 || 146 985 || 98.6 || 186 || 159 || 27 || 779 ||  || 35 || 410 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2002 || 145 130 || 147 028 || 98.7 || 185 || 155 || 30 || 784 ||  || 59 || 421 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2003 || 145 425 || 148 110 || 98.2 || 182 || 152 || 30 || 799 ||  || 60 || 427 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2004 || 146 200 || 150 701 || 97.0 || 180 || 151 || 29 || 812 ||  || 56 || 397 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2010 || 155 200 || 164 854 || 94.1 || 164 || 140 || 24 || 946 ||  || 49 || 356 || 301
|- align="right"
| 2014 || 152 752 || 161 702 || 94.5 || 168 || 143 || 25 || 909 ||  || 46 || 316 || 339
|- align="right"
| 2017 || 150 000 || 155 652 || 96.4 || 174 || 143 || 31 || 862 ||  || 52 || 290 || 339
|- align="right"
| 2020 || 147 755 || 153 129 || 96.5 || 148 || 126 || 22 || 998 ||  || 33 || 272 || 339
|- align="right"
|colspan=12 |<small>Fuente: Catholic-Hierarchy, que a su vez toma los datos del Anuario Pontificio.
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Además, según cifras oficiales, en el curso 2017-18 se formó 1 seminaristas en el Seminario Mayor diocesano.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Web del Obispado de Segovia
 Diocese of Segovia - Giga-Catholic Information (en inglés)

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