#FantasyIndiesApril 17: I tend to read three to five books at a time, cycling through them depending on my mood, circumstances, and the density of the material. When finishing one, I choose the next one either by mood or - if it's research - topic. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

I just wantlisted this game to piss them off. It DOES look good, though. And there's a free demo, too.

Y'know, when you plan to impose a militarized autocratic regime, it's generally a good idea to NOT piss off your military personnel. Thank gods these MAGA fucksticks are so boundlessly incompetent.

I say this as someone who worked at bookstores during Pottermania and was delighted to see so many young people eager to read: FUCK your boy-wizard nostalgia. And FUCK ever again devoting another sliver of time or money to this psychotic wealthy ghoul.

Vatican to MAGA: Oh, please. We have 1400 years of experience in pissing off kings. You fools aren't even worth a footnote.

#FantasyIndiesApril 16: Our campsite drowned beneath hard rain. Our group survived, but everything we owned was lost. Three days on foot from the nearest town under good conditions, we realized we were well and truly fucked. Even so, hope endures. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

#FantasyIndiesApril 15: Hardcopy books. I have plenty of books on Kindle and PDF, but as much as I appreciate being able to pull up a book to read on my phone while standing in line somewhere, I find physical books easier to read and recall. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip

Is there a single rake these jackasses WON'T eagerly stomp on? www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

How about "endeavoring to improve" while NOT on the taxpayers' dime and while NOT making decisions that affect millions of other people's lives? Just a thought.

IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME. TicketBastard has been the bane of the American music industry and its audiences for decades. After Clinton's DOJ handed them a pass in 1998, they've gone full greedhog. It's long past time they get their snout smacked, hard.

Thank you, Mary! My latest collection of horror and dark fantasy, Breaking the Devil's Bread, is available from @nightmarepress.bsky.social. My dark urban fantasy novel Red Shoes, and my collection Valhalla with a Twist of Lethe, are both available from Quiet Thunder. #HorrorWritersChat

Q4: #HorrorWritersChat My current horror faves include @stephengrahamjones.com, @coyotewallace.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, Panos Cosmatos, @coraliefargeat.bsky.social, @mikeflanaganfilm.com, @ericlarocca.com, @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, @nightmarepress.bsky.social, and Robert Eggers.

Q3: #HorrorWritersChat In addition my own research, I assemble teams of consultants and beta readers who know my subject better (or at least have a different perspective on it) than I do. When I have drafts and questions, I incorporate their feedback into the work.

Q2: #HorrorWritersChat Though I'm primarily known for my dark and urban fantasy work, I also write magical realism, RPGs, sword & sorcery, paranormal romance, erotica, various forms of horror, media reviews, music culture, political rants, historical overviews, and metaphysical nonfiction.

Q1: #HorrorWritersChat Hola! I'm Satyr, and my horror writing favors surreal, psychological, gothic, cosmic and/or satirical approaches. Currently, I'm reading @mattdinniman.bsky.social's The Eye of the Bedlam Bride; Neko Case's autobiography; and Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great.

#FantasyIndiesApril 14: Dari's appraisals are boastful yet self-depreciating. The Forever Bridge is a story she's relating to an audience, and she admits that she's embellishing that story while occasionally dropping into the truth. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

...And so here the fuck we are. And no one — NO ONE — can honestly claim they didn’t see it coming... medium.com/@philbrucato...

I guess "TV Party" would have been lost on Gen Z... which includes three of the four people on stage. consequence.net/2026/04/blac...

#FantasyIndiesApril 13: Hoo boy... The Forever Bridge cuts back and forth between Dari's adulthood and childhood, showing how she became the renegade she is. It's a dark origin story, but does not include SA. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

MAGA Christians love the Ten Commandments? Pop quiz: What are the first two of them?

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other." - Jesus Christ, Matthew 6:24 For additional context, this comes right after Jesus tells his followers not to show off in public and brag about their faith.

Some seriously badass work here.

#FantasyIndiesApril 11: An excerpt from The Forever Bridge: #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

Democrats when one of their guys is accused of sexual crimes: Bro, you need to leave now. You're done. Git. Republicans when one of their guys is accused of sexual crimes: LIBRTARDS! FEMINZAIS! WITCH-HUNT! CANCEL CULTURE! DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! JESUS HAS FORGIVEN HIM! calmatters.org/politics/202...

#FantasyIndiesApril 10: I began telling stories before I could write. Dad has a tape or two of me narrating the adventures of my dinosaur toys. I used to make "setups" out of models, Legos and plastic figures. The writing came later. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

I'm curious: Beyond grimdark, is there a fantasy equivalent of splatterpunk? Or is that just gory grimdark?

Another titan has fallen. Hip-hop is among the VERY few musical movements that can point to a specific founder or two. Afrika Bamaataa was one such person. Rest in Power, good sir. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

#FantasyIndiesApril 9: Darianna trusts only in herself, her skills, and her ability to get into and out of trouble. She DOES have a few friends, but Dari learned the hard way long ago how conditional such friendships can be. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 8: I often reread nonfiction books, especially when I work on projects related to the subjects in question. Novels, I reread occasionally. I do that years or decades later, though, so I tend to keep them around. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 7: Dari's fond of cats, crows, sheep, dogs, horses and even rats. She's experienced with wolves, bears and goats, too, and respects them though she prefers to avoid them when possible. That said, she travels alone. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 6: Vergeharrow itself is a city built across a bridge spanning a titanic chasm. Dari, however, began as the shepherd daughter of a traveling player, and she inherited his restless ways. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 5: Travel is Darianna's lot whether she wants it to be or not. She's a wanderer at heart but, as her story shows, that wandering isn't always her preference. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 4: Swords are bears. Knives are serpents. If you want attention, you send a sword. If you want a corpse, you send a knife. Fortunately, I know how to dance with both... #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 3: For titles, I favor evocative phrases that invite readers to ask, "What's THAT about?" Though named for its setting, Vergeharrow, The Forever Bridge was originally called Edgedancer until I learned that... #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 2: The Forever Bridge shifts back and forth between times, the different eras and seasons of Darianna's life underscoring each other as the story progresses. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

#FantasyIndiesApril 1: Hola! I'm Satyr, I'm 61, I've been publishing professionally since the late 1980s, and this month I'll feature my dark fantasy novel(lla?)-in-progress The Forever Bridge. Stay tuned for more! #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip #wipwednesday

In case anyone thought MAGA's enthusiasm for making Trump the next pope was a joke... www.thedailybeast.com/trump-offici...

We've spent decades, as Neil Postman said, "amusing ourselves to death." The bill is coming due, and lots of people keep shoving it in the drawer and pretending the red words FINAL NOTICE don't apply to them.

Whatever does or does not happen today, the Rubicon is crossed. He is unfit for office, and so is anyone who's allowed things to go this far.

The next Anne Frank lives now but not for long she swelters in a Texas jail or flaming wreckage of the Middle East a line-item life on some balance sheet while Good-Not-Germans chant the name of their favorite avatar and claim “He speaks for us” as Anne Frank’s body burns medium.com/@philbrucato...

At this point, every Secret Service agent, cop and functionary who's NOT dragging him from office, isolating Kegsbreath, and negating whatever orders they've given for tonight is complicit in whatever horrors follow.

Eli Cugini writes: ...A kid’s book, a magic wand, even the idea of joy itself can be a tool used to club a kid back into the closet. Act accordingly... defector.com/its-time-to-...?

I feel seen... 0_0

Hey, kids! Remember a few months back when MAGAts and Trumpologists kept claiming "They're not DEATH camps"? Yeah, they fucking are. www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Man, The Hunger hits different when you're 61 instead of 18. (I saw the film for the first time in 1983, and for the second time tonight, with @ashbet.bsky.social.)