Coming in November! Black Ink: Pulp Stories from Black Newspapers, 1929-55. Stories of daring rogues, alien encounters, zombies, future technologies, and punching racists. Co-edited by Timothy R. Granger (aka Timaeus Bloom) and Mike Phillips. frombeyondpress.com/books/black-...

Super-invested in the Swiss penalty kill just now. It’ll be interesting to see if they can kill off the second half of it when the next period starts!

There have been technical difficulties with emailed newsletters. Failures to email, it appears. I'm sorry. I don't know the problem. I'm looking into it with my publishing platform. My last column here: www.thedisrespected.com/columbus-own...

The stories we get from @jordankurella.com are always some of the weirdest out there (praise), and this new one in @apexmag.bsky.social is no exception: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

I’m sure this has been noted elsewhere, but it’s wild that the only two teams in the NHL’s Pacific conference to have won more games than they have lost so far this season are currently fifth and sixth in their conference!

I think I forgot to share this here last week… I have a new story out in Black Cat Weekly! This is one of very few stories I’ve written which I would label as “mystery” (as compared to “crime”). michael-haynes.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

I know things are bad, and it is late, but if you live in a cold place, please moisturize your hands before going to sleep. Cracked skin is really painful.

Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.

For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL: When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.

Let me say something very directly. We are objectively in a fascist authoritarian moment here in this country. Academics and historians have established indicators for this. We are well over the line on many of them.

Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.

And this is how *I* got said delightful news! 🎉

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Always excited to see new books from Neon Hemlock!

The audiobook of AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT appears to still be on sale at @libro.fm and we're at #53 in horror! :D A murdered woman seeks her revenge in a dystopian drowned city -- with or without the help of her living friends.

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Calling out the boss here: As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time: Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it. Link to buy ⬇️

Started reading January magazines and really liked the very first thing I read: @atgreenblatt.bsky.social 's grimly hopeful @uncannymagazine.bsky.social story: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

My very first collection! Which came out over 10 years ago at this point. Yikes! We could all use some glitter these days, no?

Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help! @naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!

@matthewrettino.bsky.social Let me know if you recently received an email from me, please. Thank you!

Meg Elison is a brilliant author and you should buy and read everything she writes. As just one example, The Pill is prescient and hard-hitting.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Looking forward to this one!

This is a breathtaking collection of photos, many of which feel like the kind which will be studied for decades to come.

My story “Echoes of Your Father” was recently published at Every Day Fiction. everydayfiction.com/echoes-of-yo...

My new SF/F/H short fiction collection is available in softcover, hardcover, and eBook. "...These stories ripple across the soul long after the page has turned" - Randee Dawn michael-haynes.blogspot.com/p/three-thin... [Cover alt text: Two people sit in a diner with many artifacts on the wall.]

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents: "A Book in Winter" by Michael Haynes @michaelhaynes.bsky.social Listen on any podcast app, or at www.patreon.com/posts/143939... Supported by Patreon patrons! #flashfiction #podcastfiction #narratedfiction #magicalfiction #litfic #dramastories

And we're LIVE with Fran Wilde, y'all! Come join us as we talk about A Philosophy of Thieves! Bring friends! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

You know you are the villains when you are fighting to starve people.

One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides. Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency

I've updated my blog with a post covering many writing and publishing updates from the past several months, including my recent appearance at #MileHiCon where I won the "Flash Fiction Chopped" competition. michael-haynes.blogspot.com/2025/11/rece...

This week, two elusive favorites return to Story Hour! Natasha Calder reads her uncomfortably-near-future SF "hotBooley," and Michael Haynes reads the gentler, guitar-fueled hopefulness of "Carolina." You can still watch! @michaelhaynes.bsky.social youtu.be/dq0aWfJbbv0

Only thirty minutes until StoryHour starts. I hope to see you there!

One magical spring evening in 2023, Natasha Calder and @michaelhaynes.bsky.social read for Story Hour. That video is now lost, but now Natasha and Michael return! They won’t weave the exact same spell, but rather will enchant us anew. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com

If you’re at #MileHiCon, I’m signing both my collections right now (1-2 PM Saturday outside Aurora III). I’ll also be on two programs Sunday and doing a reading Sunday at 2:30 PM on the second floor. Hope to see you there!

The way the last several minutes of this game have gone I was sure the Avs were going to fumble the puck into their own net on the delayed penalty. #GoAvsGo

Hey, it’s a new podcast with a story of mine! This is a story where I’d written the first draft and then sat on it for close to a decade before revising it and getting it sent out. The original printing was in an anthology so glad to have this one freely available now!

want to keep motivated writing in *waves hands*?! reminder that i'll be speaking with @stephengrahamking.com and @magicariot.com NEXT SUNDAY about how to do this exactly!!!! info in QP!!!

We won’t get any funds if we don’t reach our goal in the next 4 days. For the love of speculative fiction, horror stories, weird fiction, dark fantasy, magical realism, fantastique, slipstream, science fiction, alltopias, everypunk—back us so we can bring you more stories in 2026! kck.st/4mIkEm1

The launch party for my new collection THREE THINGS CAMERON COULDN’T TELL YOU is still going! We are in 2502 of the Sheraton here at Worldcon. Stop by and have some cake and say hi! #worldcon

Check out this amazing cake that we will have in Sheraton 2502 at the Worldcon launch party starting at 4:30 PM. The party celebrates new books by myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social! I hope to see you there! #worldcon

Come join us starting at 4:30 PM in Sheraton Room 2502 for a joint book launch party for myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social who each have new books being launched this weekend at Worldcon! Cake and ice cream will be served starting at 5:30 PM. #worldcon

I can second this recommendation though I was too busy enjoying my pappardelle to photograph it!

I only just now realized that my reading today (9 AM in Room 428 of the Convention Center) will be my FIRST solo Worldcon reading. When I read at Chicon it was part of a group reading. Hoping to see friendly faces there! #worldcon