anthropic did not pirate my book to train their abominable plagiarism generator. On the one hand it's a relief; on the other I guess I won't get those bookshelves I was dreaming of 😭

me seeing literally anything on the news these days

Great thread this 👇

I’d like one newspaper to try out the headline “Republicans fail to attract Democratic votes they need to end shutdown” as a little treat.

Ed Yong spitting fire, as always

Supreme Court’s reactionaries prove ready to confront Trump when the stability of their own stock portfolios may be in play.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Did I just add all of these books to my hold list on Libby? I did! Might as well read some fictional horror to help cope with the real horrors.

Excellent thread.

I would definitely add Mónica Ojeda's Jawbone. She's my goddess ❤️

I am very excited to check out the books in this thread I haven't read yet! I'll also throw in a rec for MONSTRILIO by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, which doesn't quite fit the assignment as I believe it was originally written in English, but which I can't pass up an opportunity to mention.

If I may add an older rec: THE ROUTE OF ICE AND SALT by José Luis Zárate. Dracula's journey to England as narrated by a gay sailor on board the doomed Demeter.

I have acquired some copies for random giveaway!

Paz is truly doing the Lord's work here!! Some familiar books but mostly new to me and sounding fantastic!!

The eBook of this is $4.99 right now, just saying—I’m grabbing this and TENTACLE (see upthread)

OUR SHARE OF NIGHT is among my favourite novels of this century, truly monumental (and truly horrifying).

With Día de los Muertos approaching, time to reboost this...

So many of these are all-time favs. Every year someone tells me ‘Okay, I finally read TENTACLE bc you never shut up abt it, and absolutely yes.’

Seconded!

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one of my favourite books of all time PLEASE READ IT AND TALK TO ME ABOUT IT

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FINALLY

HELLO EVERYBODY IT'S THAT TIME (LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTH) AGAIN, HERE IS MY THREADDDD

oh to be a bug on the wall for this discussion 🔥

@repmaxinewaters.bsky.social warns CFPB Acting Director Vought: "Using a government shutdown as a pretext to furlough staff would not only violate the CFPB’s statutory mandate but would cause direct harm to American consumers." news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

None of this would be happening if I had an enormous cursed sword

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! Keep AI out of translation!

not enough of you responded to this so I was forced to show my partner. he was so disgusted he left the house

seems bad

STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

I have openings in my editing schedule. I do primarily developmental edits of novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.

<clears throat> www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FP...

VE ARE GAVVERED HERE TOWAY FOR WARRWAGE

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How can two people raised the same way turn out so different? And what does it mean when they separate? @yumewrites.bsky.social, author of Saltcrop and The Deep Sky, highlights five books about searching for a lost sibling: reactormag.com/five-sff-boo...

ALSO happy pub day to HEART THE LOVER, if you loved WRITERS & LOVERS you will adore this one (if you didn't, you will also adore it)

happiest of pub days to @yumewrites.bsky.social's SALTCROP! I have been yelling about this book on here for five months and I could not be more excited for more people to read it so we can yell about how great it is TOGETHER

I learned of this cursed object of British cuisine today so I must foist this dread knowledge on all of you

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month reads Every time I use the word "listicle" it immediately turns me into Beavis and/or Butthead and I start chortling. For those who don't know, it's a portmanteau of list and article, and possibly it never caught on as a widespread term because of its inherent…

oh no I have been voluntold to write the kindergarten graduation play

I learned of this cursed object of British cuisine today so I must foist this dread knowledge on all of you

📕 Para los del turno de mañana: ya disponible LIBRISIMO #28 con la autora estadounidense Arcady Martine que nos presenta su novela de #cienciaficción UNA DESOLACIÓN LLAMADA PAZ, publicada por @nocturnaed.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQQ...

huge thanks to all the folks reaching out or posting about Uncertain Sons these first couple weeks. it's been really touching. if you have a goodreads or amazon account, and you don't mind leaving a rating/review there, it's much appreciated. might help reach new folks or alert demons to my presence

why is every creative writing document anyone sends me a google doc?? I don't even use word and I still want to be sent a fucking word document that I can download with one tap like bill gates intended

I've been hearing from a lot of booksellers and readers that Automatic Noodle is sold out in stores. We have a 2nd printing in the works! In the meantime, please backorder the book from your local indie so the publisher knows you want it. That helps me and the bookstore! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

ai is a tool that makes work for other people

It's the blog hailed in Slack as "the ideal defector post" but also "i don’t think it’s possible for a blog to be more Scocca than this one is"

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.