pay a bribe, get a pardon.

For a limited time, you can save 50% off of all of my novels, or you can download all five novels for just $8. Check out the sale at itch.io/s/178414/nov... #scifi #sciencefiction

“I want the models to make enough money to where they don't have to work for anyone else ever again.” Legendary agent Mark Spiegler shares his wisdom at XBIZ LA event. New article + photos for @porncrush.bsky.social porncrush.com/articles/hal...

Tomorrow at 12pmPST 3pm EST I am doing another Silhouette & Shadow virtual fine art sketch drawing session, for anyone interested in attending, here is the link for tickets! silhouetteandshadow.org/life_session... (cover image by @Dan_Does_a_Draw)

RALEIGH, NC! Valentine's Day weekend! Let's share the love and laugh it off together and whatnot. Tickets at improv.com/raleigh/comi...

YOU KNOW WHO VOTES FOR GAVIN NEWSOM? ICE AGENTS. PRISON GUARDS. HOSPITAL CAFETERIA COOKS. DO *YOU* WHAT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT? IT'S TIME TO BUILD THE WALZ! FOR DECENCY! AND KINDNESS. AND MAYBE A HARD BOILED EGG.

My #Kickstarter is fully funded and on the way to the 1st stretch goal! Be sure to read the comments for peeks behind the scenes of the story. #FantasyBooksSky #ReaderSky #paranormalcozymystery www.kickstarter.com/projects/deb...

well, there you go.

anybody written this yet?

We wanted to start a giveaway today to bring a little more positivity into the start of this year! As always to enter you just have to be following us, like this post, and repost it! Winner(s) will be drawn on Jan 23rd @ 2PM ET! Must be 18+ to enter and win! Rules next!

Just to re-up: if you or someone you know is hiring or contracting remote writing/editing/fact-checking work, or remote customer-oriented work in general then any recommendation/reference would be very appreciated, thank you

brunch with the crunch bunch

who's gonna get us to $3,000? Got something planned for that stretch level, as soon as I get the Fabulous Publisher Babe(tm) to approve. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings

Climbing the boulder wall and having too much fun in editing

Whelp, I was already making a video essay on it and was going to release it tomorrow, but because Stephen Miller had to open his fascist mouth about Star Trek, I added to it and released it today. So enjoy me clowning on conservative assholes terrible Star Trek opinions - youtu.be/3HOzBtDUlbo

somebody option this man. Or find him a girlfriend. Something. 😜

LIES!!!!!! -- the cat

When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"

Actually this *is* the future liberals want, the fact it's sending Stephen Miller into conniptions is just a side benefit

truth

After weeks of handwringing and ignoring the comments of my horror writing friends, I'm finally ready to accept the fact that Skerry Tales is a good horror short story collection. I will now proceed to promote it as such. 😁 www.mvmediaatl.com/product-page...

pretty sure YOUR hobbies are boring...

heh

@arisia.bsky.social starts today -- here's where I'll be all weekend (plus the Broad Universe table in the dealer's room to sell BOOKS). I'm super excited to start everything off with a whole panel called "Thanks, It Has Pockets" -- where we'll discuss the history/misogyny/practicality of the topic!

The only mystery box we're doing this year is spring 2026, The Dragon's Den, and the preorder goes live at 1pm. @peculiarityshop.bsky.social

awesome. Because fuck you people.

A fine time to donate to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social to keep our neighbors warm!

Walk this way. #leggings #altfashion #cyberpunk

y'all need a shirt?

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the lowest class of secret police terrorist

Are there places that are soliciting donations of chest binders? An auction house I sometimes shop from occasionally has them and they often go unsold & I'm wondering if I should buy them up for $3 each and give them to my local Covenant House or something. Also wondering if it's legal to ship them.

Y'all musicians? @adamstemple.bsky.social Light the Beacon.

y'all Grindr folks, light 'em up.

Anti-Stodgy/Redneck Chef Newsletter just went out, for those of you following me on Patreon. Usually I limit it to folks at least giving me a buck, but this one is open to all followers, if you want to see some of where I'm headed in 2026. www.patreon.com/c/blazeward

The worst parts of the United States at the moment

Become ungovernable

My SFF collection Echoes and Embers has been out 6 months! From magical realism to military science fiction, Lovecraftian cyberpunk yarns to swashbuckling tales in space, this collection spans the frontiers of the imagination and the vastness of the cosmos!

"A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3."

This makes more sense if you knew me from my author days and not my shitposting here days. bookshop.org/p/books/mary...

the ballot box won’t save us from anything but I am enjoying this new wave of explicitly pro-labor, anti-corporate Dem union workers running for Congress

Someone cancelled their pledge to our Kickstarter, so we're now $30 short of our goal. Please back this comic, about queer superheroes fighting against American imperialism! $3 for a PDF $8 for a PDF + First Edition physical copy (best value) BACK TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

"On Renee Good, ICE, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Domination vs. Vulnerability" Steven W. Thrasher Contemplates the Weakness at the Heart of ICE and the Politics of the Hard Right | @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/on-renee-goo...

Resist.

busy baking hamburger and hotdog buns from scratch today. find out in about 20 minutes if I succeeded with the new recipe. Ya gotta keep making art.

My sister really enjoyed Skerry Tales. She's the person that introduced me to Black fiction fifty years ago. Bloodline and Battle Axe are her favorite stories. My other sister just bought three copies of Muscadine Wine to give to her friends. Doesn't get much better than this. 🙂

I'm curious what a six-month old baby was supposed to do differently, how they should have "complied" or "obeyed," to avoid being flash-banged and tear-gassed by ICE.

Massive shout out to the 51st person who bought the current issue of Wyrd Science on DriveThruRPG earlier and just nudged it over the line and into the mighty thewed ranks of the site’s copper best sellers 🫡 PDFs, truly the future of the publishing industry

Mind you, Minnesotans. You gotta push HARD to make them that angry.