I got the Wordle in 3, the Worldle in 1, the #Cowboys won a game with porous defense, and I get to wear a pink suit. It's gonna be a great day! #PinkSuitLife

Bullet Points 11 has stories from Sean Patrick Hazlett, @jamesaaron.net , @gioclair.bsky.social , @jeremyszal.bsky.social , @henryherz.bsky.social , @slashnburnett.bsky.social , and many others, edited by @ericfomley.bsky.social. Preorder 30% off: zurl.co/kMvPh . Print version 20% off until Oct. 15.

Seriously? zurl.co/XvxpE

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Horror Short Stories feat. @charliefish.bsky.social @bulletpoints.bsky.social @scifansat.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

My Writing War Stories workshop starts tomorrow with @Consequence Forum! It's not too late to sign up: zurl.co/JiUfX #HappyWriting

Hey, it's working! Isn't it wonderful how #Ukraine is sticking in there and sticking it to the Russians with long-range drone attacks? #SlavaUkraini zurl.co/DDWCh#Ukraine

In Douglas Kolacki's "Arachnid Mabel," Major Keith Park must extract a traitor from enemy territory before the armistice expires. Read the story here: zurl.co/kzZlq. #MilSF #BulletPoints #TokyoRose

This isn't modern warfare. This is siege tactics at modern scale. zurl.co/jjuw9 #FreePalestine does NOT mean any harm to Israel.

TWO WEEKS AWAY! Join me for a workshop on writing #MilSF stories, hosted by @Consequence Forum . We'll work on the hook, the character, and the plot, with the goal of a publishable story at the end. Thursdays in September. To register: zurl.co/p5QSc#MilSF

I am so happy to see #Ukraine develop its indigenous defense capacity. Victory in this war will depend less on mass and more on the intellectual sources of military power. #SlavaUkraini zurl.co/S3QhH#Ukraine

This is just how the Romans did it. (Me getting in tough with my Italian roots.)

In Mark Bilsborough's "Wine, Cheese, and Oblivion," the sole survivor of a mysterious alien attack deals with the suspicions of his rescuers. Read the story here: zurl.co/fAlvE . #MilSF #BulletPoints #Space

Coming soon - Bullet Points 11 from @bulletpoints.bsky.social , guest editied by @ericfomley.bsky.social, and featuring "For Remembrance", my story in the aftermath of a psychic war. A bumper issue with 16 war-torn military #scifi stories

Look, I root for my alma mater, @The Ohio State University, but the decision to lay more sign-stealing sanctions on @University of Michigan just feels wrong. You really think the Wolverines were the only ones doing this? Just get helmet mics already! zurl.co/DBBGT

Join me for a workshop on writing #MilSF stories, hosted by @Consequence Forum . We'll work on the hook, the character, and the plot, with the goal of a publishable story at the end. Thursdays in September. To register: zurl.co/p5QSc#MilSF

Have you ever had mate (MAH-te)? It's a South American drink, and we voted on the Argentine version...

My #MilSF magazine, Bullet Points, is now in @litbox.bsky.social. Thank you, @ladiwoods.bsky.social! Check it out at #WeaternMarket. zurl.co/vgWwD#MilSF

Meant to do this earlier: shout out to my TOC mates in the newest edition of Nathan Toronto's Bullet Points: @ericfomley.bsky.social‬, Lyri Ahnam, ‪Jessica Brook, Jason Lairamore, Otis Johnson, Mark Bilsborough, Douglas Kolacki The theme of Volume 10 is "aliens at war." @bulletpoints.bsky.social

In a debut story from Otis Johnson (@grindhauselektor.bsky.social) "Hades’ Redemption," a troubled, teenage mech warrior must save #LosAngeles from an extradimensional alien invasion. Read it here: zurl.co/raCjD #LosAngeles #MilSF #BulletPoints

Join me for a workshop on writing #MilSF stories, hosted by @Consequence Forum . We'll work on the hook, the character, and the plot, with the goal of a publishable story at the end. Thursdays in September. To register: zurl.co/p5QSc#MilSF

Dave & Buster's is loud.

In @JasonLairamore 's "You Think You Are Mighty," the survivor of an exploratory mission prepares the world for an alien invasion. And Earth's finest are not ready. Read it now: zurl.co/ST7Rh . #MilSF #BulletPoints

So happy to see this little piece out! My list of speculative authors to help us contemplate war includes Haldeman, Drake, Moon, Weber, @Michael Mammay, @davedobson, and @M V Melcer, author zurl.co/of5UR

So happy to see this little piece out! My list of speculative authors to help us contemplate war includes Haldeman, Drake, Moon, Weber, @Michael Mammay, @davedobson, and @M V Melcer, author zurl.co/of5UR

In Jessica Brook's "The Blind Mystic," mercenary Myrilla Nakamura deals with a madwoman who makes people look at the sun. Read it here: zurl.co/zvuqZ . #MilSF #BulletPoints

Happy #PioneerDay, to all those who do that sort of thing. zurl.co/WDDpf#PioneerDay

Read my five-bullet review of @rickpartlow.bsky.social 's Archangel: Fallen, in which Brent Parthet learns that he may have fought a war for the wrong side. This book really moves. Read the review here: zurl.co/7xROY . #MilSF #BulletPoints

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣 Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

AND THE LAST TRUMP SHALL SOUND has 3 near-novellas, one each by me, James Morrow, and @catrambo.bsky.social, about the West Coast seceding from a Trumpist USA and forming the freer, looser nation of Pacifica. www.amazon.com/Last-Trump-S...

This gives me an excuse to plug THE HOUSE OF DANIEL, a Depression-era urban fantasy centered on semipro baseball I did a few years ago. Research was great fun, oh you betcha! www.amazon.com/House-Daniel...

Check out some pics from my recent trip to #Argentina and #Uruguay: zurl.co/sbbLt

Hey, @duotrope.com made Bullet Points the listing of the day!

In @chadgayle.bsky.social 's "The Hatchling," Junspaar of Mekka-Seb, besieger of the Horde of Glaar, seeks glory for Vushturra. Read it now: zurl.co/iZ7wz . #MilSF #BulletPoints

Read my five-bullet review of Andor, Season 2, in which Cassian Andor gets sucked into the rebellion against the Empire. Read it in #BulletPoints: zurl.co/PUJUd

In Lyri Ahnam's "Captain Palaio's Twilight Flight," the future of an entire species rests on Captain Palaio. Read it now in #BulletPoints 10, an issue focused on aliens at war: zurl.co/QzT0n

Saw the Superman movie. Was excellent and fun.

#HappeningNow in sleepy little #McLean VA. #NoKings

I flew into #DCA just now and saw the #NationalMall. Absolutely no cars. Find a #NoKings protest near you: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Be a part of the special issue of #BulletPoints, guest-edited by @ericfomley.bsky.social. The theme is #dark #milsf. Submit by July 1: https://bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/submissions

I'm so happy that a former student of mine, Gina Ortiz Jones, was elected mayor of #sanantonio! Of course, my being her professor had nothing to do with it, because she is amazing! A model public servant! #ginaortiz www.tpr.org/government-p...

There is some GREAT fiction here!

Great news! One of my #BulletPoints authors, @aknighton.bsky.social, is publishing a novella set in the same universe as his story, "The Sound of War" (bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/open-details...). Here's the announcement: andrewknighton.com/my-next-nove...

I can't wait for the finale of #Andor, Season 2. Dedra Meero HAS to be Cassian Andor's sister. The story doesn't make sense otherwise, right Tony #Gilroy? The story ends where it begins!

April spec flash roundup, featuring: @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @bulletpoints.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @apexmag.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social @hexliterary.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social +

How powerfully written, from the Abrego Garcia case: “The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.” Full story: www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/p...

If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show. Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)

I met someone who read my book today. Not the scifi novels or magazines that are super fun, but my academic book, How Militaries Learn. He said it was "really good." Day = made. www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...

I'm so proud of the IRS civil servants standing up to the administration's reprehensible and self-defeating data grab linking taxpayer and immigration data. #Resist www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/p...

Hey, @kairyssdal.bsky.social. Honest question. Where does all the money go that's collected from tariffs, saved from firing workers, and withheld from grants? Sure, to the U.S. Treasury, but after that? Pay down the debt? Fund other programs? Pay for campaigns? Line pockets? How do we KNOW?