So, I listened to the first half of Pre-Approved for Haunting (collection) by @patrickbarb.bsky.social last night right before falling asleep, and then I had a nightmare. I don’t have nightmares??? Wtaf Patrick? Anywho, you should read or listen to it. www.amazon.com/Pre-Approved...

I wish I got to make minimalist covers more often. I made this for one of my own stories today. I doubt I'll use it, because it's very crime-coded and the story is horror, but it was a good time.

Okay, what is happening? Yesterday I heard Veridis Quo (Daft Punk) on the radio at a coffee shop and today I heard Digital Love AT A WALMART. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

For the midnight crowd

Watching this space with interest and excitement. 👀

Doing music library metadata things this morning! It’s like a spa day for my brain.

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

Someone write a book for this cover. 💜

Kind of in the mood to make premeds and mockups all day. I like the way this one turned out.

Kind of in the mood to make premeds and mockups all day. I like the way this one turned out.

The best cure for post World Fantasy blues is to book my ticket for @easterconuk.bsky.social! Having a con to look forward to is a great motivator.

Clicking the sponsored products of my nemesis because I know they pay per click for their ads.

Oh heck yeah I’m getting this! A new Laurel Hightower is a cause for celebration!

Here is small otter. He is so small he’s probably still learning how to otter properly. Good luck, little otter!

So, I did that obnoxious thing where I correct someone on the internet, even though I have no stake in it. It was a moment of weakness. And ten people immediately liked the post, which for my normal lack of engagement is a lot. And... I see how the internet got to be a bad place.

This is interesting to no one but myself, but this is my year in books as well as I can remember it.

And the winner is: Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou, collected on her behalf

help I ate it all

I am not ready for any of this

Bobby was a badass then and he’s a badass now. (Also, dang, she’s pretty!)

Putting out my shingle for a limited number of customers for November! All proceeds go to getting me a new computer that can handle design better than my poor laptop. Please share, and if you are interested, drop me a DM!

Putting out my shingle for a limited number of customers for November! All proceeds go to getting me a new computer that can handle design better than my poor laptop. Please share, and if you are interested, drop me a DM!

Me, two inches outside the parking lines: Wow, I park like shit. The guy three spaces over:

Welp, I fell out of bed last night. My mattress is about three feet up. Fell and bashed my knee into the bottom shelf of the tv stand, which shattered. A fair bit of blood from my knee. Exciting night.

Thanatotheristes is a late Cretaceous tyrannosaur whose name means 'Reaper of death.' I couldn't help this image of it in Grim Reaper guise popping into my head. Brown pencil on plain notebook paper, 125 × 190 mm, 2020. #Halloween #Samhain

Join us for our annual Dead Languages DnD episode (1 of 2). We’re pleased to welcome @ninamiller.bsky.social @kaidelmas.bsky.social @erikmchatton.bsky.social onto the show for some very unhinged antics. @authorplm.bsky.social DMs, Carson plays as a turd weasel. spotify.link/HCVls2pNRXb

Blade II is the peak Marvel movie. Some motherfuckers always trying to ice skate uphill. smdh.

This isn't an official announcement, but I'm going to have a space horror novella coming out soon and I really think I'm just going to ignore Amazon with it. I'd be happy to sell 100 copies, and I can do that selling direct. Not going to get that amazon stink on it.

Just sitting here imagining how many new writers are typing into chatgpt "How do I come up with ideas?" or worse, "Generate ten ideas for me."

"I can't afford an artist, so I used AI for my book cover, it was the only way." My dude, consumer AI is three years old and people have been releasing indie books for fucking ever. And I promise you, NOBODY undervalues their work the way artists do. You can get amazing work for beans. You're lazy.

“This is what I do with my time.”

Addison Smith’s eerie and grotesque “The Music We Became” is another highlight, following two teen girls who seek to create their own world in a sinkhole behind a theater. Capturing much of the menace and enchantment of the original, this will be a treat for Phantom fans. (Nov.)

I hope you’re all excited for this! :D It contains a new story from me called “The Music We Became,” and it’s my favorite story I’ve written in 2025! :D

Hello, Bluskies. I'm seeing love for the retro tech of the early 2000s today, and I'm loving it. So I wanted to share the story of a tiny shared moment that has stuck with me forever. And it's about the Philips GoGear Vibe mp3 player. It was a 2gb mp3 player with a 1.5" color LCD screen.

I'm going to share the hard truth I'm currently learning about graphic arts in Photoshop and other apps. Even if you're not a traditional artist. Even if you are better with filters and layers than you are with drawing stick figures. You're going to have to use the brush tool. A lot. So much.

I, for one, welcome our Dumb Things overlords. I'm not even being facetious here. Bring back the single-function thingies.

Time to return to our social media roots, folks. Look at this photo of my breakfast. A bar of dark chocolate covered in almonds and raisins.

Ugh. For some reason my dinner has been keeping me awake at night. My dinner:

The world is ready for a B*Witched revival.

“Brother My Brother” by Blessid Union of Souls casually making everybody cry in Pokemon: The First Movie.

Oh good. The maintenance guy is using ChatGPT to fix my half-million dollar machine. This will go great.

I was bored and used some site to make a logo for Y Pestis, the black death bacterium, ages ago, and to this day I still get emails like this.

Hello everyone! If you're looking for any book services, please consider booking with Nathan! He's part of the US federal govt furlough right now, and is looking for some customers! He's an awesome and impressive guy who knows his stuff, and is also super cheap. 👀 www.nathantoronto.com/consulting

I’m six scenes away from finishing my space horror novella, “Flesh Soft as Memory,” and feeling good about the draft. Let’s be honest though, by final draft I’ll have changed the name to SPACESHROOM or something.

You have been good today and may have one (1) tiny crab 🦀

don't talk to us until we've had our corn

Another new print I will have with me at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social and @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social