I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

Been ambushed by a stomach bug today. Came out of nowhere. I've managed a couple of pieces of toast all day. Don't feel sick otherwise, just cramping guts and... you don't need details. Weird.

Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.

(lol my son just sent me this)

Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.

I wrote this back in 2020 and it's still true. If anything, it's more true because publishing as an industry is in the doldrums right now. If you're struggling with a writing career, I hope it helps.

Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

nobody trusts anybody now and we're all very tired

It's been a fine weekend for shitstains getting punched in their fucking face and frankly, we need a lot more of it.

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Chase DeMoor enjoying an activity so many of us would like a chance at. Top work, Chase. 😃👍

This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.

No matter how much you intellectually understand the principle here, you are not ready for the reality. 😯

As we get closer to Xmas, I'm here to remind you that for many of us, Xmas is traumatic as fuck. It's okay to not be in the festive spirit. Many of us simply need to survive through to the other side. I see you, friend. Well get through like we do every year. Hang in there and take care of yourself.

“There are levels of drama that should never be explored” is an intense thing to say to someone

Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre

Insane Klan Posse

"But what if it turns out one of your guys is in the files?" THEN HE IS NOT MY GUY, MOTHERFUCKER. I want all creeps, rapists and paedophiles held accountable, whoever the fuck they are. Why is this so hard to understand?

2025 be like...

It's been my leanest publication year in... maybe forever? RECALL came out in February, that's the three Eli Carver novellas together in one omnibus edition. I'm really pleased that story is a single volume now, but it's not new. Otherwise, I've had three short stories out this year. 1/

That right cross will arrive in 3 to 5 business days and there's nothing Paul can do about it. The punch is so telegraphed, it's got its own pole. It didn't even email its tracking number, it sent a 2nd class letter. 😄

Why is this clip 48 minutes long though? Wait, it's still going! It seems to never stop.

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

hi, cis folks! this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers. they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both. tap into the 🧵for a quick action.

reminder:

Unbelievably stupid in the first iteration, but a quick turnaround here. Never stop shaming this nonsense.

Slop Fiction Writers Association 🙄

Yeah? And I endorse my dog, Rufus, for the role. 🙄

Scrolling a streaming service feed at just the right speed to read a synopsis but not linger long enough to let the preview autoplay is a skill I have that I didn't want to develop.

I don't want it, Sam Alt Man

Transphobes are so fucking obsessed with people's (especially children's!) genitals it's just appalling. Fucking weirdos.

If you're a Stranger Things fan, go to google and search for it.

Good.

First time I remember meeting a trans person on a personal level was around '91-ish. We were at the Glastonbury festival and ran into an old school pal. They had long hair now, jeans and jacket, looked a bit different. "Hey, Carl! Long time!" we said. She smiled. "It's Carla now, actually." 1/

Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things. There’s no third option.

I mean... everyone did. I'm old enough to remember when this was normal. Conservatives weaponising this stuff is new. Trans folks have been around forever.

David Lynch ❤️💔 Thing is it wasn't even a huge political statement when he made this Just basic human compassion We've somehow managed to let compassion become controversial

Hayfever is kicking my absolute arse today. All the world's pollen seems to be here in Tasmania.

In checking that THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is all in good order on various online retailers, I noticed that volume 1, THE GULP, is at 4.4/5 on the 'Zon and 4.3/5 on Goodreads. Volume 2, THE FALL, is at 4.7/5 and 4.6/5 respectively. Holy granola, fiends! That's fantastic. Time to try a visit?

Or The Gulp, a limited series, given that as of February there will be 15 official Tales From The Gulp published, each one pretty much perfect for a movie-length episode. You know, for anyone interested...

Things are going great over at X, The Everything App

Fuuuuck them then.

Today only! Grab my story “Lenora” and so many others for only 4.99.

cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”

Did you know that different painkillers work best on different sources of pain? Inflammation: Ibuprofen Fever: Paracetamol Billionaires: Guillotine Hope that helps!

Except they're not terror arrests, are they. They're bullshit and everyone knows it. Protesting genocide is, strangely enough, not terrorism.

Oh wow, suddenly you have a desperate need for social and artistic skill sets? Amazing. Anyway, eat a cold loaf of Satan's ass cheese, fellas.