The workshop notes I've been teasing are here: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/9/...

Happy release day to Becky Spratford! Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature is available today! It includes a very personal essay from me. Thank you ❤️ Join me this evening in celebrating Becky at her launch party at La Grange Public Library at 7pm. lagrangelibrary.org/book-release...

It's a long post, but here are the promised notes that I use in an upcoming workshop: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/9/...

A customer just came into the shop and bought 12 books for her friend’s birthday. She’s going to wrap them individually and write a different month of the year on each one, so her friend has a new book to read every month until her next birthday. And I think that’s just the most thoughtful gift.

It's a long post, but here are the promised notes that I use in an upcoming workshop: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/9/...

Now y'all know why women Of A Certain Age who are almost certainly autistic but never diagnosed had to learn to mask *quickly*, because: Girls didn't have autism in the 70s, re medical wisdom. It made us a target, more than we already were. We blended in when we could. Or we hid.

If you want to deepen your knowledge of the history of Auschwitz, listen to our "On Auschwitz" podcast. Visit podcast.auschwitz.org to find all episodes, access transcripts, and find links to podcast platforms. If the podcast resonates with you, leave a review, comment, or share it with others.

The best way to start my day is with my purring kitty on my lap and a nice cup of coffee.

New episode is out now!! S23E12 Listen now www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...

There's an upcoming ReadAlong for "The Sign of the Dragon" on Reddit fantasy: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co... As far as I can tell, it's organized by oboist73, to whom I'm greatly indebted for posting many many kind comments about "The Sign of the Dragon." The first bit of the discussion is on 10/7

#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because WITCH KING @marthawells.com is on #sale on #Kindle until tomorrow at 11:59pm PDT! amzn.to/4gy6Lov #WitchKing #TheRisingWorld #ad

Today, September 19th is the birthday of the late, great Tanith Lee. Called both the Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy and the Mistress of the Dark, she gave us tales of the weird, sword and sorcery, gothic, vampires, darkness, and desires. Happy Birthday, Tanith!

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

@marthawells.com my Barnes & Noble knows what’s up

In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-...

That history thing ... again:

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Okay, finished the outline for the horror writing workshop that I'm doing. Once the workshop for the attendees is over, I'll post it on my blog so the entire Internet can tell me I'm wrong. #funtimes

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This is Douglas. He just got a new stuffed duck friend and is so excited. Thinks he's gonna call them Ducklas. 12/10 (IG: thatgoldendouglas)

I have now seen 2 students fail to make it through The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer, and my darlings, I read it at 17, you can do this thing.

You're not supposed to look at this photograph: wapo.st/4mnNDLt

An aside: This is an example of just one of the many reasons everyone should be extremely wary of “AI”. If any owner/CEO can just tweak it to spout lies, nonsense, etc., it CANNOT be considered reliable.

Great Alexander Skarsgård interview about playing Murderbot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69u...

Just a reminder that if you like the work Romancing the Gothic does - free talks, free book groups and author visits, charity days, conferences, free workshops... you can support it here The project is supported by donations only www.patreon.com/romancingthe...

Fair warning all, I am in a mood and coming in to the recent thread to tell me why various good things don’t ACTUALLY count and everything is terrible will get you an increasingly less gentle lecture about how outsourcing your despair is a dick move.

No. 51 Squadron, Oxfordshire 2025 #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite

"Suddenly, Spiritualist texts used the new technology of radio signals to explain the role of the medium: they were the receiving device “tuned in” to Spooky FM and able to hear, decode and record messages."

Yeah, yeah, staying off in order to write, but in my 'posts for new followers about what I write' I forgot the big announcement of the new book, Breath and Bone, a sword and sorcery coming next spring from Candlemark & Gleam. www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2025/08/25/a... #sword&sorcery #fantasy

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.

RE: Russian drones in Poland overnight: I called it [on Twitter at the time] about Putin over 11 years ago. Follow me for more history taking place in the now predictions.

Don't let the smiling avatar fool you. I'm a very angry woman. All the time.

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Wow!!! Major news!!! The judge in the Anthropic AI case is "concerned class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced 'down the throat of authors.'" This is what myself and many other authors were saying about the settlement. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...

I’ve been hearing that a senator believes we’ll turn into xenomorphs if we eat radioactive shrimp from other countries, and honestly that sounds like a win to me.

More reasons to be anti-AI

Repost for new followers! I write literary epic fantasy (and a bunch of other things too). You're most likely here for THE WOLF AND THE WILD KING, book I of a new darkish high fantasy duology. A troubled assassin, an outlaw, human sacrifice and dragons in a winter forest. www.kvj.ca/wolf.html 1/?

Another great review:

new yorker

Night Shade Books didn't register copyright for Miserere, which is in the dataset of pirated books. Fortunately, Harper Voyager DID register all six of my Los Nefilim books, which are also in the dataset of pirated books. However, I don't see any guarantees of a payout from the lawsuit.

My early thoughts on the Anthropic settlement: a) good, fucking pay us b) no, that’s not enough c) shouldn’t have stolen our shit to train your stupid mediocre plagiarism artbarf robot in the first place, you fuckers d) this isn’t something to celebrate; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best

$1.5 billion sounds like a lot of money, but keep in mind that Anthropic just raised $13 billion in its latest fundraising round and is valued at $183 billion

As a quick addendum to this: A co-worker of mine lost her dog to Lyme disease, so I asked my vet to vaccinate Poppy against Lyme. It's an annual vaccine and if it'll keep my pupper safe, she's going to get it.

Yesterday at the vet's office, I found out that my county is #1 in the state for Lyme disease.

Things that upset Emerson this week: 1. I gave her flea meds. 2. I brushed a mat out of her fur. 3. I pulled a pooper off her fancy pants. 4. I left with the dog, was gone for two hours, and kept fussing over the dog when I got home.* *The dog was at the vet. This was NOT fun-time for Poppy.

ded ded they done kilt me ded today and i still got 2 hours to go ...

Author anxiety in a nutshell!

I'm working on a horror writing workshop for a Discord group. If it goes well, I'll share it on my blog. If it doesn't ... never mind.

Also, it's Frankenstein's ...

Life is short. Eat that cookie.