Bubble and Squeek for 3 Mar 2025

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Bubble & Squeek
March 3, 2025

Today is my mom’s birthday and I’m missing her. So, have a Bubble & Squeek. Fun fact, the term “Bubble & Squeek” came from my mom whenever we asked “What’s for dinner?” and it was leftovers repackaged in a new form. I don’t know how she did it, but she always made leftovers taste really, really good.

Augment magazine: Augment is Shadowrun’s official magazine. This is a fully in-universe publication, and can be used in Shadowrun games as well as enjoyed by the casual reader. Augment your life with Augment magazine! Available as an ebook or as a POD digest magazine. And, as you can see it is BEAUTIFUL!

Free Fiction: There’s a new piece of free BattleTech and Shadowrun fiction on the Cat Labs website on the 1st of every month. Shadowrun’s free fiction for this month is “Shadowbytes” by me! This story is the origin story of a mysterious person who appeared in Shadowrun: Elfin Black.

Interview: I was interviewed by CGL’s Tuesday Newsday about Augment magazine along with my Art Director, Kathleen Hardy. YT Link.

Interview: I was interviewed by CGL’s Tuesday Newsday along with author Christine York about the BattleTech romance novel Hungry Like the Wolf. It’s a hoot. YT link.

Kickstarter: Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology! ZBM presents: SKULL X BONES! It’s an SF&F themed anthology about pirates, and it is already funded! I get to write my Mythos pirate story! Lemme tell you, there’s gonna be blood in the water! Lots of goodies in the stretch goals.

Recommendation: How To Actually Achieve Your Goals in 2025. It’s been long enough since the new year for me to feel safe to recommend this time management video. YT link.

Recommendation: If you’re ambitious but lazy. Short video talking about how starting is the hardest part. YT link.

Support: As always… if you appreciate my work and would like to support me, I love coffee. I am made of caffeine. This is the quickest way to brighten my day.

Shadowbytes cover — “Shadowbytes” a short *Shadowrun* story by Jennifer Brozek

Meet Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of Never Let Me Sleep and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her YA tie-in novels, BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident and Shadowrun: Auditions, have both won Scribe Awards. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Hugo Award. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer’s short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, Well World, and Predator.

Jennifer has been a full-time freelance author and editor for over seventeen years, and she has never been happier. She keeps a tight schedule on her writing and editing projects and somehow manages to find time to teach writing classes and volunteer for several professional writing organizations such as SFWA, HWA, and IAMTW. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas. Visit Jennifer’s worlds at jenniferbrozek.com or her social media accounts on LinkTree.

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