Reminder: tomorrow, my fellow horror writers and I will be selling our books outside the Bite This by Annie Bakery in the Short North. If you can, stop by 3009 N. High Street, Columbus Ohio during the bakery's hours. We would love to see you and help you find the perfect book for spooky season.

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

on the topic of amazing body horror written by women: I just finished “Sister, Maiden, Monster” by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social and I lovveddd it. Definitely recommend, good spooky season read for sure sex workers BDSM transfem characters elder gods medical gaslighting…that book has everything 😍

My novel SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER is under the microscope in the "Reading the Weird" column over at @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/no-idea-what...

A new tenure track fiction job at Oberlin, deadline of 9/15/2025. jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16771

If you read Sister, Maiden, Monster, and you liked it ... what did you like about it?

Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent.

Here’s the link to file claims in the Anthropic case: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Just had a literary festival try to assuage my concerns about their workshop with a “decolonially trained AI” by assuring me the AI isn’t getting paid for their session, as if my concern was grounded in the pay scale for the robots

Fuck this and fuck this festival.

Samuel L. Jackson stars in a new Vattenfall ad for wind power, countering Trump's nonsense tirades against "windmills".

This coming weekend (July 12-13) find me in the Ohio HWA tent (#79) at the Columbus Book Festival. The festival is free & runs from 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday. A HUGE number of authors will be at the festival. www.columbusbookfestival.org

My cosmic horror/detective noir short story “Death Beneath the Dread Sleeper” appears in the latest edition of Grimdark Magazine. www.grimdarkmagazine.com/grimdark-mag...

Final 44 hours to back this anthology! Check out Nightmerica: Corruptions of the American Dream by Dragon's Roost Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

And...yes. Another big AI decision. When a win is maybe not a win. The AI training is fair use cult may be very disappointed by Meta's Summary Judgment "victory" in its copyright suit. Be very very careful not to be spun by Meta's proxies and advocates. READ THE ACTUAL OPINION CLOSELY. /1

Check out Nightmerica: Corruptions of the American Dream by Dragon's Roost Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

Check out A Future for Ferals by eSpec Books on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/e-s...

Always nice to see @lucyasnyder.bsky.social’s book displayed prominently in a bookstore!

Check out Nightmerica: Corruptions of the American Dream by Dragon's Roost Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

Please consider backing this! The anthology will contain work by me, Anton Cancre, J. Rocky Colavito, Austin Gragg, Larry Hinkle, Ken Hueler, Joe Koch, Donna J.W. Munro, Sumiko Saulson, Angela Yuriko Smith, Valerie B. Williams, and L. Marie Wood, and more. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

- Rouge by Mona Awad - Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica - We Used to Live Here by @marcuskliewer.bsky.social - The Watchers by @amshine.bsky.social - Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne - Sister, Maiden, Monster by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social

A haunted, gifted violinist plays for an unseen benefactor WHILE THE BLACK STARS BURN by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social Welcome to #ReadWeird Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-... Story pub'd @apexmag.bsky.social Cover art @danieleserra.bsky.social Book pub'd @rdspress.bsky.social

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

Some writers I know are in a bad situation after their home was flooded. Please consider helping if you can. gofund.me/def90ad7

I was a first reader for this novel, and it's a lot of fun. It's much, much better than the movie. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwl...

A corner of my blue shrimp tank.

I adore @pseudopod.org, they are so wonderful to work with, and I am so thrilled they're participating in #WomenInHorror month! @lucyasnyder.bsky.social is spectacular!

Reminder: if you're participating in the economic blackout today, you can *absolutely* shop at small local businesses. The idea is to protest to the big monopolistic corporations, not hurt the little guys.

Pete Hegseth kept reminding me of someone, and I finally remembered who: creepy fascist harasser Sgt. Small from Tank Girl.

I just read a brand-new unpublished @lucyasnyder.bsky.social tale, and would like to say: Holy *shit* can that lady write! Also I need a hug or cocoa or a blanket to pull over my head. Maybe all three.

Columbus microcenter!

"The Want has me wrapped tightly in its ardor, burning away all my human qualms." MAGDALA AMYGDALA by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social Welcome to #ReadWeird Read it: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/magd... Pub'd by @nightmare-magazine.com Art by Marco Mazzoni

Well, this was the most harrowing fucking thing I've ever had to work on, and I'm just the damn lawyer. Can't imagine the client living it, and it's a goddamn privilege to represent her. DO NOT READ THIS unless you can handle details of some truly vile sexual abuse by Neil Gaiman.

idk if this counts since it was published in 2023 and i only read it in 2024, but SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social left me breathless, both with how grotesque and how deeply felt it was. pandemic ptsd had me in its clutches the entire time, but i couldn't put it down

TONIGHT! Drop in to Raven's End Books from 6-8pm and chat about the dystopian pandemic horror "Sister, Maiden, Monster" by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social 🐙. Can't wait to see you all tonight! #horrorbooks #queerhorror #booksky

Empathy certainly isn't a sin, but I'll absolutely respect the boundaries of the folks who think it is and not extend any to them.

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

Always give from the heart. Unless you're giving blood. Then give from the median cubital vein.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

If you have a few bucks to spare this holiday season, a fellow writer could use some help with a situation that could cost him his teaching career. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Baby corydoras catfish (and a couple of shrimp) having dinner:

A stomach-influencing peptide hormone produced when you're completely appalled by what's on your plate: aghastrin.

Sister, Maiden, Monster, by @lucyasnyder.bsky.social A pandemic story that feels personal enough to buck the trend, and goes in wild directions from there. I tore through this, devoured it, etc.

*whips out pom-poms and megaphone* How sassy is your tree frog? How sassy is your tree frog? How bold is your toad? How bold is your toad?

Sometimes I tire of statisticians' pollier-than-thou attitudes.

Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:

I think this was the first one of my cartoons to ever go mainstream viral!

How do dommes watch movies? With subtitles.

IDK who needs this but here you go.