Yesterday it was pretty warm and sunny I was like “ooh I could grill” because I forgot sunset was at 5 pm and in Berkeley the temperature drops ten degrees immediately at dusk

Since I finished all my contracted writing I get to play video games Great news, I no longer need a social life because now I have Balatro

I vacillate between thinking I’d love to live in a minimalist modern apartment and thinking I’d love to live in the house Galen Dara painted for the cover of Heirs of Grace

Cheney croaked, Zohran won, and sandwich guy is free. All time great week imo.

One of six stories revised! (It's a suite of connected Mythos stories, about 20K total)

nobody expects the bavarian illuminati

I have revising to do today, but then I'm caught up on all my deadlines Nothing on my calendar except my monthly Patreon story Once I get editorial revisions for a couple things, I'll be out of contract Day job ends in three weeks Gonna chill from Thanksgiving to New Year's, only write if I want

Since October 11, I've written eight short stories and revised a novel, producing about 40,000 new words. This is WITH a day job. It all feels like good work too (the bits people have seen so far got good responses). I'm in a creative era. Good time to switch to writing full-time

In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

sweet mama coffee take me in your warm embrace

Oh hey, I just found out that my article for Writing Magazine, "How to Write Romantasy," is available to read for free online now! Check it out: www.writers-online.co.uk/how-to-write...

THIS IS SO GOOD

Three weeks from today is my last day at work, at a job I started on August 6, 2001 So I'm leaving after 24 years, 3 months, and 20 days at the magazine Which is about 4 months shy of half my life I wonder if I'll do any deep reflection or nah

my kid turns 18?? in three days????!!!! what

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Crime writer Richard Stark (AKA Donald Westlake) describes my hometown in a 1963 novel

[Exit Clown.]

i beg to dither

Yeah, I've gotten like a dozen of these in the past few months. Begone, parasites

This is a great video! Very annoyed I didn't learn about disused Flapper slang including "the eel's ankles" BEFORE I finished writing my Arkham Horror trilogy set in the twenties

we salute his sacrifice. give this man a purple cabbage heart

i love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning smells like... victory

the cheney thing is pretty sad, I heard by the end he was too weak to even commit his own war crimes

You should do this, because they're a really, really good writer.

As I LAUNCH myself into writing full time starting next month, I'd love to get more Patreon supporters I've been publishing a new SF, fantasy, horror, or crime story every month since May 2015 and I haven't missed *once*, so I think I'm a good bet! www.patreon.com/c/timpratt

I posted a little review round-up of the 38 horror movies I watched in October over on my Patreon (for free) (If you assiduously read my bluesky posts some of the comments might be familiar to you) www.patreon.com/posts/month-...

I wrote two stories over the weekend, one of the Mythos suite I’m doing and one commissioned holiday story, 8250 words total (For those following along at home, I needed to write 8 stories and revise a novel between 10/11 and 11/11. I now have two stories left to go)

New awareness campaign

Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street

the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.

I am weak but the first Alan Wake was too stressful for me. Alan Wake 2 I did better with, I feel like it dialed up the humor a bit, but it still made me very anxious in parts Some bits of Sinking City made me go AHHHHHH too

Just donated to Berkeley Food Network (now encompassing Berkeley Food Pantry) and would encourage anyone who can to do the same. Things are about to get dire www.berkeleyfoodnetwork.org

Other horror films this month: Good Boy (2025): a small delight Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman, good but I like Koji's found footage better Ura Horror: yes, his found footage like this!!! (It's on Youtube with, I think, fan-made translations) Cult: Also yes like this! Another Koji banger

I turned in the draft of The Jewel and the Comet, sequel to The Knife and the Serpent, to my editor this morning It still has to go through editorial revisions, but I feel very accomplished; it’s the second complete novel I’ve written this year, and I think it turned out really well

mothman x flatwoods monster ❤️

If you’re not subscribed to this Patreon, this month’s story is the perfect reason to do so. Go, subscribe, read!!

"Cal and Lily" is live! (This is the one with the line "Let’s eat a bunch of mushrooms and do a RITUAL!") It's about friendship and facing the future and reckoning with the past. Also gender. And different kinds of drugs One of the best and steadiest way to support my work is to join my Patreon!

A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...

Strieber: let's go to the lines Strieber: hello caller you're on the air with dreamland Barker: hey whitley long time listener, first time caller Barker: have you considered that you're all bonkers del Toro: that's just your onion, man Barker: Barker: listen here you son of a bitch

Better photos of ME from last night

Last night’s event with Gretchen McNeil at @booksinc.bsky.social in San Francisco was great! Check out her book, it’s fantastic

first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools then they came for books in the public libraries then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.

This is TONIGHT!!!

When confronted with the important question of what is in the corner, Michael Stipe churned out this crap: "That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight/Losing my religion." While Mike Mignola, conversely, responded with the all-time classic "Is that a monkey?" "WITH A GUN!" "BLAM BLAM"

Revising The Jewel and the Comet, and it's going so well that I'm way ahead of schedule. The goal is 50 pages a day, and I've done 163 pages in two days I think this one is a banger y'all

Apparently it needs to be said: The best (and possibly only) living conditions for humanity are on Earth. Space wants to kill you all the fucking time. You can visit, but not for significant portions of your lifespan. Seriously, look it up. Fix, cherish, and live on Earth. Visit space.