The annual Robert E. Howard Awards are being announced this Friday. This is the first time any of my writing has been nominated for an award, and I'm up against eight super talented writers. Fingers crossed! And thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social for letting me write one of my bucket list characters!

"Wow, I love books! I've always wanted to write a book. I'll just use AI. What could go wrong?"

If you love Star Trek, like I do, and you thought the first movie was too long and boring, like I did, you may love this 20 minute version, like I do. vimeo.com/217336882

This is the bullshit they are trying to make you believe because they are desperate to monetize their $2 billion investment. Don't fall for it. Real writers DO NOT USE AI for their work. AT ALL.

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.

Keep going, grads. Keep booing these AI slopologists right off the stage.

Not gonna lie, I would watch the hell out of this movie.

When will the AI cultists ever get that the act of writing or creating visual art using your brain, skill and talent is the actual fun bit of the whole process?

The TRACER audiobook (wonderfully narrated by Candace Fitzgerald) is currently on sale for $2.99 at the Soundbooth app! 😍 @blackstonepub.bsky.social

At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

Hey! Here’s the cover for “Return to the Motherfreaking Fun Factory,” my upcoming original horror novella! It’s out in October from our pals at @blackstonepub.bsky.social ! Pitched as “Charlie & The Chocolate Factory meets IT”, you can preorder it here: www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Hmm... @jmdematteis.bsky.social, maybe they'll use our ideas. 😀 deadline.com/2026/04/casp...

Post a cover to a comic Gerry Conway wrote that you love.

Happy #AlienDay!

I love not using AI. I love looking at art made by human beings, sculpting kaleidoscopic mushrooms out of clay, learning a new skill from a real person, playing with cats, spotting bats silhouetted in a crepuscular sky. Not using AI is very fun.

To any aspiring authors who happen to be reading this post: If you get this email, I did not send it and you should NOT respond. It's a scam. Also? I would NEVER include my photo in an email!!! 😂

LOVING all the Artemis photos!!

Underrated Atari game from the 80s!!

2026 Robert E. Howard Awards Nominees locusmag.com/2026/03...

An amazing folk horror novel that I acquired and edited -- hitting bookstores this autumn from Blackstone Publishing! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Latest editorial acquisition for Blackstone Publishing! Hitting bookstores in time for Halloween 2027. This horror novel is SO good. @blackstonepub.bsky.social @christianbauman.bsky.social @dianafinchagt.bsky.social

I am deeply honored to be a Robert E. Howard Award nominee for my 2025 Conan short story! The Costigan nomination is "awarded for original creative writing that carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers."

#VANDEATH -- my third collaboration with the insanely talented Brian Asman. Hitting bookstores nationwide from Blackstone Publishing in time for Halloween 2026. @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Latest book deal while wearing my editor hat! This awesome thriller hits bookstores nationwide in Summer 2027 from Blackstone Publishing! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

At my last job, I discovered this short story and set it up with JJ Abrams' company. This is what happens when you move around in the film industry. It's bittersweet for me -- but I'll be there opening night! deadline.com/2026/02/brie...

Very excited to reunite with @neilkleid.bsky.social on his upcoming horror novella! When he pitched me this concept, I was immediately all in. It will be hitting bookstores on October 6th from @blackstonepub.bsky.social, just in time for Halloween!! (And eventually movie theaters, I am guessing!)

"Anti-AI art people are gatekeeping, not all of us have the money to..." No. This little Swamp Thing doodle cost me nothing but the price of a pen and a piece of paper. Could've been a napkin. I had a blank piece of paper and now I have a little swamp friend. Art is magic.

In June 2024, I acquired a novel by Tom Dunne, the man who hired me as an editor at St. Martin's Press in 2010 -- and changed the course of my life. I put everything I had into editing his book, and just found out that it got a starred fricking review from PW! www.publishersweekly.com/9798874863838

Baby Lettuce Groot!

To any voters for the Hugo Awards, I hope you will consider my recent sci-fi novel TRACER, published this past September! @thehugoawards.bsky.social @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Happy New Year!!

Year in Review, part 2! These are the 3 things I wrote that got published in '25*. I have ZERO books coming out in '26, so I'll shut up for a while on that front. 😂 *The GOTG book is a reprint but I was allowed to fix some errors and tweak a few things, so it's the author's preferred edition! 😃

Year in review! These are the six books that I acquired and edited, and that came out in 2025 from Blackstone Publishing. Working closely with these insanely talented authors is an absolute dream come true. (Bonus: several are now in development as films and TV shows!)

My ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS graphic novel got a nice little shout out over at Birmingham News (of all places)! www.al.com/life/2025/12...

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

by Joseph Fasano

Authors beware! "Someone posing as a Grove Atlantic employee has been contacting authors to offer a contract under false pretenses. The publisher is taking steps to try to identify and stop the illicit outreach. If you are contacted, Grove would like to hear from you at [email protected]."

In the 80s, I read a LOT of Conan comic books, and watched the movie as often as possible. Later, I discovered the original REH stories, and loved those, too. It's an honor to have written an original Conan story -- which hits digital bookstores TODAY! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813525...

So, I'm doing a thing with Franklin Leonard. 😀@franklinleonard.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I come from a family of teachers, my wife is a teacher, and I studied in college to be a high school teacher. I don't share petitions often, but I hope you'll consider signing this one. What is happening to the Department of Education is a f*cking disgrace. civicshout.com/p/stop-the-d...

Hitting e-bookstores one week from today! My story takes place directly after TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT, the earliest (chronologically) of Robert E. Howard's Conan tales. In NAKAMAR, our favorite Cimmerian, still only 18 years old, is hired for a daring theft... but nothing is quite what it seems. 😀 😎

Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.

My official Conan short story hits the interwebs two weeks from today! A total bucket list character for me -- and my last published work for the foreseeable future!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813525...