"Let's dissociate for a sec." – from the essay "Thrilled to Announce" by C.E. McKenna. https://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thrilled-to-announce-by-c-e-mckenna/ #essay

Another snap from a moody midday in the naked aspens east of Breckenridge, #Colorado.

Hoosier from Boreas. It’s starting to snow a little, just glimpses of confetti against the pines.

AVAILABLE NOW: Will the world end in fire or flood? 15 of the best crime fiction writers today have an idea, including @ce-mckenna.bsky.social. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

@karenpalmer.bsky.social just finished The Reader is the Protagonist in my darkened office, a couple blocks north-east of the spot where Longs Drugs “hunkered” back in 1989. Earlier today, I crossed at the same light that ends this essay. What a haunting, sensory story. Gave me shivers. Thank you.

Senate unanimously votes to release Epstein Files

Hey Copilot, how do I DDOS Cloudflare to the point that GitHub goes down?

Want to know what it feels like to be a #tech worker looking for a #job in the age of #ai? It feels a lot like a bad one-night stand. @hippocampusmag.bsky.social www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thri...

So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run. 🧵 1/

Another #Sunday, another chance to make some French Toast, drizzled with maple syrup, pour coffee from the heated carafe into a mug and top it with half and half, then sit down for ten minutes to read an #essay about a bad one-night-stand, #tech, and #ai. www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thri...

Re: climate change, also Who will the ghosts haunt? If we’re all gone, ain’t no closure coming. Sorry, Victorian child with consumption Sorry, Grandma trying to alert your heir to the location of your cursed ring Sorry, serial killer in search of young victims Eternity just got more boring

This is the sort of thing we were talking about. The Tongass is an incredibly important and special place. How do we effectively communicate that story to the masses who have never been to Alaska and are only thinking about their immediate problems, which _they think_ have to do with immigration?

You know who’s really worried about climate change? Vampires. We’re all gonna go and they’re just gonna keep living, interminably, with no natural predators and no food. Skeletal and alone, trapped in whatever dark, arid corner of the world they find shelter. #savethevampires

Spent the morning with a writer/environmentalist/social justice friend, walking the bike paths of Boulder, drinking coffee and considering how to communicate the story of environmentalism and climate change effectually in the US. We decided on MEGA, cus obvs. Make (the) Environment Great Again.

The 5 star reviews for On Fire and Under Water keep rolling in. This one from Alan Warren, who recently interviewed @ce-mckenna.bsky.social, @kendallbrunson.bsky.social, and myself for House of Mystery Radio. Check out the full review in the comments.

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

Clouds today looked like someone just gave up on making earth all that detailed and decided to just scribble in the notebook margins

Found ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social this weekend! If you haven’t picked up a copy of our climate change crime fiction anthology, you can find it at your local independent bookstore 📚 #mystery #crime #shortstories #bookstore #boulder #localauthor #book #colorado #yay

It’s #Sunday. You’ve got a cappuccino and a pistachio croissant. I’d say it’s time to put your feet up and read a #nonfiction #essay about #LinkedIn posts, #tech, and a bad #onenightstand. Doesn’t that sound nice? www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/Thri...

Once upon a time, a #womensrugby player at @reed.edu had a bad one-night-stand with a scruffy blond ascetic. Eighteen years later, she wonders if she should post about it on #linkedin #rugby #writing #reedcollege #tech #softwaredev #ai #nonfiction #lol www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thri...

Thrilled to announce I wrote an essay about a really bad one night stand I had in college. Read “Thrilled to Announce” in @hippocampusmag.bsky.social 💃🏻 www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/11/thri...

Listen to this short podcast for House of Mystery Radio with authors @kendallbrunson.bsky.social and @ce-mckenna.bsky.social discussing their great stories in On Fire and Under Water. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

AVAILABLE NOW: Some say the world will end in fire or flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today, including @ce-mckenna.bsky.social. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

A fantastic review of On Fire and Under Water in King River Life Magazine by Sharon Marchisello. Check it out! There’s also a giveaway for a free copy. www.krlnews.com/2025/10/on-f...

A wonderful evening in Dunkeld, eating pizza and fries from Taybank, watching the river and enjoying a #Scottish sunset.

Was asked to sign my very first book yesterday. Pretty big deal. But my elder #millennial brain took over and all I could think of to write as a message was “stay cool.” Thanks @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for teeing up such a big moment for me 😂 #onfireandunderwater

A nice hike and hang with my Anthology Sisters Puja Guha and @ce-mckenna.bsky.social in Boulder. Wonderful people and wonderful writers. Shoutout to @curtisippolito.bsky.social for introducing me to them by way of including my story in the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology.

Big thanks to CrimeReads for hosting nine of our On Fire and Under Water authors to discuss this critical issue.

Had a great conversation (along with my fellow contributors) with @crimereads.bsky.social about climate change, storytelling, and our new anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, out now from @rhppress.bsky.social crimereads.com/a-roundtable...

TODAY: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

Today is a big day. I’m finally registered to vote in UK parliamentary elections AND it’s #pubday for the anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, from @rhppress.bsky.social, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social! Oh, also I got new glasses :)

Tomorrow! One more day until you can read this killer anthology and find out what all the buzz has been about. I am so proud of our 15 authors and their incredible stories.

I read the collection in one night. It’s powerful and…concise, centered around different environmental disasters. Does that sound like a fun read? Not at all! But it works, in no small part because…the writers refused to give in to tragedy.” Thanks, Ed! buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

Pre-order On Fire and Under Water, which includes my short story, “Long Night of the Polar Bear,” on Amazon! Huge thanks to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for all their hard work editing and publishing this 🔥🔥 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRB4RWY5

In the age when AI will be used to crawl social media for dissident rhetoric, art—once again—will become our most powerful tool to communicate.

America

Sometimes, you just gotta break some shit.

Today’s hike up Peru Creek, where #Colorado is just on the cusp of a full #autumn pop-off.

Did I go to Bouchercon in the end? Nope. Too much shit going on. But did I vote for some really great Anthony Award winners? Hell yeah, I did 🤫🤫🤫 @kellyekell.bsky.social @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social

Put my head down and wrote 6000 words this weekend. Yee-haw, the vampire I’ve spent years hanging out with in my mind is getting her shit rocked.

#AI will never be sentient. It will always be a computer program. And computer programs respond to their programmers’ rules, their commands, and their mistakes. This is murderous software, and the programmers responsible should pay for it. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...

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Spent this morning talking to @katemaru.bsky.social about her new book, ALTERATIONS, for The Coachella Review. I loved her multigenerational story, which flits between the Golden Age of Hollywood and the aisles of a video store in 90s Baltimore. Can’t wait to share the full interview soon!

Morning moose!

Bots “don’t have perceptions,” Bender and Hanna write, “and suggesting that they do is yet more unhelpful anthropomorphization.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 An excellent op-ed out in the @latimes.com by Michael Hiktzik www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Hey, preorder my book SILENT CREEK so I can make enough money to buy the Twins from the MFn Pohlads…. www.amazon.com/Silent-Creek...

So excited that my short story, “Long Night of the Polar Bear,” will be coming out next month in ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.

What we are seeing around the world right now are collective crises of identity. If you make a person, place, or institution into a core piece of your identity, a critique of it becomes a critique of you. If those facts seem to challenge your existence, you will say they aren’t true. Lies. AI.

Republican Senator, after blocking a resolution to release the Epstein files: "What we're simply wanting to do here is give them cover"