“it’s something that she could have been made to feel confident about doing” sounds to me a lot like “maybe we could have convinced her if we argued” but she’s dead so you’ll just do whatever you want regardless I guess

Meanwhile, at Tumblr... (www.tumblr.com/dduane/81542...)

I cannot answer this for you. I don’t know your life

This is what going on the internet used to feel like

@liesandperfidy.bsky.social should know that the below thread is the only sports-related thread I have ever enjoyed

VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means? ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]

GO @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social GO

It took me 17 years of life experience before I could write this story as I had first envisioned it in 2008. And early next year, you all at last get to read it

engaged this morning in neighborhood vigilante yardwork

Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/

unfortunately i can't stop writing bizarre novelettes

They’re not wrong, though.

When a person loses 1 sense the others are heightened. That's why people who have no sense of humor have an amazing sense of self-importance.

I send random thoughts into the void and occasionally get 2 likes and I wouldn't have it any other way

This

Today during my 1st volunteer stint offering full library services at a school that is between librarians, I couldn’t access the circulation desk system, the class that was not supposed to show up showed up anyway, and a child peed on the beanbag chair. But they loved story time, so, great success

apologies to the followers of my secret Goodreads page whereupon I have this afternoon submitted a 25-book backlog of Ratings and Opinions

wow VERY impressed there is water and air that is very cool we are super lucky

No kings but our magnificent crustacean sovereign, Alaska King Crab 🦀👑

Every morning my husband and I scatter a pint of birdseed in our back yard. We are in agreement that the seed is a non-negotiable mental health medical expense

You want to know about this app that turns normal words into LinkedIn speak. “I ate an apple.” translate.kagi.com?from=en&to=l...

Stealing this cover for my next book

the final installment of Dune should be called Dunn

I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

Congratulations to all the Nebula Award finalists!

@aimeeogdenwrites.com Congratulations, Aimee!!

re: the push notification I just received from the New York Times that read, verbatim: "Could War Hurt U.S. Consumers?"

64 minutes until I wander into Costco for “hamburger meat” and leave with a kayak

one of the neat things about submitting to the fancier lit mags is that by the time they send you a rejection all the cells in your body have been replaced with newer cells, they're not rejecting you but as past version of yourself, how quaint

With all y’all in this fateful hour, I call on all heaven with its power

You keep furries out of this, you miserable spoon! rutherford.house.gov/media/press-...

I have heard anecdotally from many people that around the age of 40 to 45 is when you stop feeling compelled to finish reading books you realize you don’t like. Eagerly awaiting this wisdom to blossom within my own subconscious. Any day now. Aaaaany day now

*sigh*

In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel

Extra extra! Starting March 1st, Plott Hound Magazine will be accepting reprints! For reprints, we pay $20 USD for flash / $100 USD for shorts (up to 10,000 words). In your moksha cover letter, please include the name of publication that had originally published your piece.

backspace keys have seen some shit

let’s pretend that the only 2 people in this entire 29-person-strong coffee shop clientele who are talking (loudly) are sitting right next to me because I am putting out irresistibly charismatic vibes

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

“Wait, KJ—since when were you interested in getting a Creative Writing MFA?” Since I left my day job in September, considered my recent few years of feeling stuck in a rut, became interested in a possible career pivot to teaching, and thought seeking some new influences would do me good.

Fun facts: I finished “Sleeper Hit” in November 2025 and used its first 35 pages for my writing sample in an application to a Creative Writing MFA program. No idea (yet) if that program wants me, but I’m delighted that Fusion Fragment wants the story

Happy to announce our first acquisition for 2027: the novelette "Sleeper Hit" by @kjkabza.bsky.social! KJ's work has previously appeared in Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, F&SF, and many others.

(sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic

Calling all concept-driven science fiction short stories (and novelettes) published in 2025! I'm looking for bangers I might have missed that fit this brief: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/call-f... If you can share this with your favorite SF author/publisher/editor, I'd be grateful!

Roses are red Vice is inherent

i think the simplest way to know a child loves you is that they remember your favourite colour and point it out in the wild

for all the lovers out there today 🖤