I spent the afternoon working on my back porch, and it's been the best day for birds! I heard lots of unusual calls and a turkey vulture circled overhead twice. And a little sparrow just hopped up to within three feet of me (and Beans) to drink out of the dog dish. SO CUTE!

Being autistic is a fine & cool thing to be. Some people need extra support, some don't, it's just a normal part of human life. It doesn't need 'curing' or 'preventing' & the people who want to do as much are, straightforwardly, part of a Nazi legacy.

Just learned that the physical and audiobook versions of my Paizo novel STARSPAWN will only be available for a short time! I'm not sure where all it's available besides Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pathfinder-T...

As we saw in the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination earlier this month, the Trump administration is looking to markings on bullets and grasping at any other early information they can grab ahold of to blame some amorphous, leftist, anti-Trump entity for another act of violence.

My hot take is that it's not that younger people are anti-sex scenes but that they really just want more diverse content and themes in their media. There are almost no movies or TV shows targeted toward teens, and kids movies/TV are mostly just cartoons. Even YA books are often targeted for adults.

Now seems as good as time as any to listen to System of a Down, whose lyrics are as relevant today (or more so) as they were when originally written. Probably the most important rock band of the last 30 years in my humble opinion.

Spread the word: we're searching for the right people for two critical roles at KR: Director of The Writers Workshop and Programs and Special Projects Administrator. Find the job descriptions and applications at the link in our bio.

RIP Jon Lasser.

not syndrome. imposter celebration. enjoying every day they don't kick you out and you get to mess around.

Look who showed up at the Library!!! Very excited to have @mcflycahill90.bsky.social’s Audition For The Fox hanging out on our shelves!!!

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

Great discussion of the teetering bubble that is AI.

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From crisp apples and sweet winter squash to wild chanterelles, here’s what to find, cook, and preserve this fall.

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

"The shooting at our concentration camp, which only killed prisoners, is proof that rhetoric against the SS is out of control"

Sorry to hear this morning about the passing of Jon Lasser (@disappearinjon.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy). My deepest condolences to his family and all who knew him. If you aren’t familiar with Jon’s work, here are some things he had published: twoideas.org/publications...

This is absolutely remarkable...

Finally a government says the obvious.

My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend has stopped running today.

Today is the second-best day to read a @disappearinjon.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy story. The best day would have been one when he was still around to chat with you about it later. Miss you already, friend.

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

From the Department of Weird Scams, yesterday I got a random email from someone claiming to be Andy Weir, just wanting to chat about writing.

Great review of @wnwagner.bsky.social's very cool novel, which has stuck with me long after reading it. Her book is ecologically-minded body horror, a microgenre I didn't know I needed until I read it.

Check out this cool review of GIRL IN THE CREEK from Locus Magazine! They definitely seemed to get the book. locusmag.com/review/girl-...

I've currently got one story eligible for the Stokers. My horror flash "Someone to Feed You" published in @apexmag.bsky.social in January 2025! Check it out. 🖤🖤🖤🦷🦷🦷🖤🖤🖤 www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors. In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers. A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

A propos of nothing in particular, my eligibility list for this year is posted here: www.daviddemchuk.com/eligible-2025

Oh hey, my new novel, LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES, is also eligible for the Bram Stoker Awards if any HWA member liked it well enough to recommend it for the Reading List. It's age 12+, so technically YA, though I consider it upper middle grade. 🙏

I umm..actually have an eligible short story this year? *shuffles feet awkwardly*

Less than a month until the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival!! I can't wait to visit with friends (the author list is epic) and see New England for the first time. 🦇🎃⚰️ www.facebook.com/MVHBF/posts/...

This is really the best part of being an HWA member. You get to get people to read your favorite things of the year when they might have otherwise completely missed them. You get to make people fall in love with things they might never have known about.

This is another good one to pick. I know we're all entangled in Microsoft and every other tech company's putrid tendrils, but you can still hurt them in specific places.

Here’s the thing. Disney can’t fix this simply by taking a mulligan on Kimmel—he was a symbol for the larger issue. Disney’s larger mistake was bending knee to fascism, and the only way to build back is with equal or greater force in the opposite direction: using their cash to oppose fascism.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Activists have climbed England’s LARGEST gas power station to demand lower energy bills 🚨 (1/4)

And he’s back ... After ”thoughtful conversations” with Jimmy Kimmel, Disney decided his show will return on Tuesday.

Dear eugenicists: There have always been autistic people. There will always be autistic people. Autism is not polio. It is not a disease to be eliminated. The world is so much better and more interesting with the spectrum of neurodiversity than it would be without it. We're not going anywhere.

dudes rock

Porn is art, porn is free speech, porn is important to a healthy society, a society without porn is a society that wants me dead.

Feedback suggestions from a wonderful user: bsky.app/profile/void...

BREAKING: hundreds of artists and labels announce their refusal to let their music be streamed from Israel. Sign up here: www.nomusicforgenocide.net Share here: www.instagram.com/p/DOvwFB4glp0/

Girl in the Creek by @wnwagner.bsky.social packs a huge punch in a short time. Puts feet on the ground and starts hiking (read it, the analogy makes sense I swear), doesn't stop until you're breathless at the end. I grew up around where it's set and I am staying FAR AWAY from all fungus I see there.

Weird how progressive folks are starting to say "I'd actually like a government run for human beings and not corporate profit." www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

A great video reminding us that the resistance is literally not being televised, and that there are lots of voices clamoring against this administration -- so get out there and clamor.

Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring. So Science did a study. ChatGPT failed. Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...

Hell yeah

FINALLY finished reading @wnwagner.bsky.social ‘s novel Girl In The Creek. Great stuff! 100% awesome book! 12/10 do recommend. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to move someplace incredibly dry and very far from mushrooms. Thinking the Sahara sounds lovely right now.

In addition to cancelling your Disney accounts, now is also a great time to delete academia.edu

What a great fucking metaphor they didn't mean to employ