Sighing, she retrieves the milkshakes from her yard. Another day, another disappointing haul. A shape appears, ambling without haste. "I hope I'm not too late?" he asks. She studies his pale, wrinkled face, his long grey coat. Not a boy, but a man. "No," she says. "Come on in."

CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade! This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.

pls like n share Mamdani tames Trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

It's SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER and I've got three queer-ass books ready for you! 1. Wow, I wonder if the endless staring and pinkie brushing means anything? 2. If I don't seduce the pirate queen, I'm doomed. Fortunately she's hot. Unfortunately she's unhinged. 3. V hungry, v horny, prone to bad decisions.

Scroll.in has an excerpt from my Locus-nominated, British Fantasy Award & Subjective Chaos Kind of Award-winning THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAAR, which is now out in South Asia as a lovely new paperback (with new cover art by Samya Arif) from @westlandbooks.bsky.social. You can read it here:

Pregnant woman being arrested by ICE. The cruelty is the point. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein

Holy heckin heck I got an early copy of God’s Junk Drawer by @peterclines.bsky.social! Looks like a pretty spiffy adventure—time to dive in!

I am mildly obsessed with nailing a good first line, and IMO to do so one must convey at least three or four details/pieces of information. As a reader, I want to know several things immediately: what's the MC doing? What time period/era is this? What's just happened to stir up conflict in the MC's

I would appear to have won the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame award for Best Author I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image (Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)

This has been A Big Secret for months but finally I can reveal that THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET has also been acquired by a UK publisher!! (in addition to Harlequin US) I'm so thrilled to join the Little, Brown family with Atom, who have an incredible, organised, and enthusiastic team! 🎉😍🌈🌺

The Last Train Out of Hell Leaves the station today! Get Your Tickets Today! Window Seats Still Available! Pre-order Snacks as Supplies Are Limited! Order from your favorite bookstore!

Check out the new episode of Perdition City Station. The Fall of the House of Usher 2: You Can't Escape Fate or Annoying Cats. www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/epis...

I’m reposting so I remember to go read the reviews and purchase.

My statement on the charges filed against me:

Today is the day! After thrashing and suffering, the podcast Perdition City Station up. Co-hosted by Julie Carpenter and Jarad Johnson, this podcast explores hell, its history and impact, de-constructing Evangelicalism, with a few weird and uncanny ideas that keep the co-hosts up at night.

A seamstress named Elsy Noemi Berrios was forcibly detained by masked agents who did not present a warrant. Elsy is about 52 years old & has an asylum case pending in court. Her teenage daughter filmed this terrifying scene. If they can do it to her, they can do it to you. Speak out now!

juliepricecarpenter.substack.com/p/anxiety-po... Just wrote a piece about my morning routine.

This is amazing.

Words To Live By Number 206

By Derek

going to try and be more regular with these now, ive just been down the last few weeks pls share/RT The Surrender www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-surren...

I dreamed last night that some giant monsters with heads made of cake were chasing people around, pushing them down and smothering them with cake. And I was cool as a cucumber. No fear. I was like…bring it on. I’m gonna Scooby Doo my way right out of this shit. So, my subconscious is doing great.

I’m the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped. I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Yes! It is all of that AND beautifully written! I'm glad I ordered myself a physical copy. 🖤

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

The state of the union is that the President is spitting in the face of the law. He is letting an unelected billionaire fire cancer researchers and wreck federal agencies like the Social Security Administration at will. I won't be attending tomorrow's Joint Address.

🧵All women in horror deserve to be read. There're so many of us, so many different styles, which makes for excellent variety. Women should never be pigeonholed either just because we're women. We know horror, trust me. Don't believe me? Well, read us. Special mentions to the women in writing I

“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” -- Flaubert

The best writing workshops I've ever been part of have been led by @jeffreyford8.bsky.social. If you have trouble with plotting and getting hung up in a story, I HIGHLY recommend this workshop!

NO KING

🚨URGENT: Special elections are coming up in Florida’s congressional districts FL-01 and FL-06. However, many Democrats got purged from voter rolls. Verify your status NOW—either online or in person. The deadline is March 3rd! Don’t let them silence you. Spread the word! 🗳️ registertovoteflorida.gov

God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby

My friend, the artist, Kevin Quigley, who has appeared in a number of my stories as the painter, Barney, living way down in South Jersey by the Delaware estuary, has a new website where you can view and buy his extensive painting and graphics work. Check it out. www.kquigleyworks.com

Here in the mostly conservative city of Jacksonville, FL, we were protesting. Small crowd, but I think this movement is growing fast.

I haven't posted about my trouble maker book in a couple? few? days. A queer, fast paced, Caribbean Anticolonial space opera novella that takes Caribbean History into account and does not sugar coat what Empires do. Available everywhere, ebook and audio too! ecwpress.com/products/cou...

Elon Musk belongs behind bars—along with these clowns. When the time comes, I’m backing a president who gives zero f*cks about “looking partisan.” Someone who’ll do what’s right, appoint an AG with a spine, and restore justice—no matter what it takes or how it looks.

Black History is American History.

UK readers! Did you know that you can order QUEEN O'NINE TAILS (my sapphic pirate horror) and SUNBATHERS (my sapphic eco sun-vampire horror) directly from Waterstones? Check them out!

For his crimes against decency and for being just an ornery little son of a gun, Lipsnitch Snilly is banished from his tribe of fellow goat people. Well, that's fine. He found a talking crow and he's off to learn dark magic in Ohio before the world ends. (COLOR OF MAGIC X DEADWOOD) #pit2025 #F #HA

Spirit Harp -- a lost painting of Derek's