The UCP are going to drop their shiny new anti-trans Bill 9 on the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, aren't they? #abpoli #ableg

"The Zelda movie actors just look like people playing dress up". Yeah I think that's how live action movies work.

"It was a very cold night." Weaksauce. "It was the coldest night Jane could remember." Better, makes it personal. "Jane clutched her flimsy jacket, pulling it tight around her shivering shoulders. Her breath had frozen her scarf solid. Frosted wool scratched her chin." Now the reader feels it!

Where did you learn to fly?

Narcissists never admit, acknowledge, or even realize when they're in the wrong.

If you hadn't heard, Canada's venerable On Spec Magazine is wrapping things up after 35yrs. Their next issue will be their last. Thank you to everyone at @onspecmag.bsky.social for providing a platform for Canadian speculative fiction writers! And, as a reader, thanks for all the great stories!

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If you hadn't heard, Canada's venerable On Spec Magazine is wrapping things up after 35yrs. Their next issue will be their last. Thank you to everyone at @onspecmag.bsky.social for providing a platform for Canadian speculative fiction writers! And, as a reader, thanks for all the great stories!

The world's first trillionaire? Cool, I guess, but a Nazi's still a Nazi.

If I were a more popular/profitable writer, I would commission art of all my characters and have them printed up like 1980s trading cards, then seal them in wax packs to give away at readings and events. Anyway... LINK: books2read.com/u/490zOw

Even in space, Daylight Savings week be like...

This one has been on my TBR pile for far too many weeks already! I'll need to dig into it over the weekend, maybe. Join me in a read-along?

my latest MS is under consideration with my publisher, any chance kind words from @saderotica.bsky.social @pnwscribe.bsky.social or @scribeofhades.bsky.social gets you to grab my debut today is a chance I’ve got to take! a.co/d/9zhXl43 if you already have, review it, and thank you! 🙏

I have a preorder up for the sequel story to Welcome to Cemetery! Off with their Sleds is a fun, dark Christmas mystery just in time for the holidays. Signup and read for free (& early) mailchi.mp/c4252cf5668d... Or preorder now! $0.99 books2read.com/u/3yn96p

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this one because it’s very timely, helped me land an agent, was a Stoker nominee, was published in France and Italy, and it’s 30% off! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

I never really thought about it, but I guess it makes sense that someone had to invent the saxophone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe...

Sometimes I think about all of the great comic book characters who are out there languishing unused and forgotten by their huge corporate owners, and get a bit sad. (This post is mostly about Death's Head, but it's also about Prime and Sludge and Mantra and about a hundred others.)

I did it once and I have to believe I can do it again.

"No person should ever do what they do to win awards, because their work will reek of desperation and therefore never ring true. Or, in the case of a chef, taste good." - Stanley Tucci

Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part

Molotov cocktail, the local drink And all she wants to do is dance, dance

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..." Barista: *writes "Loophisser" on the cup*

Writer pals, remember to check your Spam folder regularly! I almost lost a short story sale recently because Google's filter "helpfully" sorted the acceptance message into Spam. Thankfully, the editor followed up from their personal email address, but otherwise...

An early transmogrification story: "The doctor's metempsychosis" (1893) by M Penrose gaslight-arts.com/DrMetem.html

Thankee! Anyone looking for something spooky and appropriately autumnal should check out my dark fantasy faerie mystery. Available wide books2read.com/Into-the-Dar... mcburnell.itch.io/into-the-dar...

thanks, Gabino. I've got a story in this awesome anthology with stories from authors around the world, all set on Halloween. It's called Samhain Screams and is published by Black Beacon Books. Check it out! a.co/d/h3JarMv

Thanks Gabino! Several of my books have discounted ebook costs right now, including The Unkillable Frank Lightning and The Legend of Charlie Fish! If you’re looking for a weekend read, check ‘em out: www.amazon.com/Unkillable-F...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect spooky season read: ghosts, monsters from beyond the reef, bloodthirsty spirits, magic, vengeance, mayhem, and it’s 45% off again! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

I've got the date circled on the big ol' fridge calendar!

Maybe it's a Me Thing, but I had never heard of an ortolan (much less how they're eaten) before coming across it in a story in the latest issue of @bourbonpenn.bsky.social last night... and now here's a second reference less than 24hrs later. Is this a glitch?

I'm not an historian, but I think the last people to do this much damage to the White House were the British, circa 1812.

I also feel like opening vaccine booking on the same day Albertans vote in municipal elections (and I'm hearing that process has been kneecapped, too) was a distinct choice intended to prevent as many people from possible from doing either of the above. #ABLeg #ABPoli #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

Anyone in Alberta trying to sign up for vaccines and getting kneecapped by not being able to access "MyChart" ...whatever that is? This should not be this hard. #ABPoli #ABLeg

Wishing everyone except Danielle and Demetrios a wonderful weekend!

In rotation this week: Dizzy - In Time A beautiful dream pop elegy for lost youth.

I can't say much until an announcement is made, but the ink has been laid down for my latest short story sale... to a magazine market I've been wanting to publish with for decades (no exaggeration). Good things can and still do happen!

Dear reader, if I were describe a character as having her hair "pinned up in victory rolls," would you know what I was on about?

BREAKING: my back just to know your name Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game

There's a floating nautical-themed pub for sale in Nanaimo Harbour, folks, so I'm gonna need to borrow $3,600,000 from one of you (or sell a whole bunch of books).

The story so far: On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was made available to the general public. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

TOMORROW! I have these six books featured in Horrorsmith Publishing's Terrify Your Tablet! One day only - a BUNCH of books will be on salw at 99c or free! Mine will be 99c so grab 'em all! Sign up at the Horrorsmith website to get the details!

Thank you! x My first collection, which comes out on the best day of the year(Halloween) is up for pre-order! 🎃 mybook.to/AllsWell

Thanks, Gabino! Today! @scribeofhades.bsky.social and I will be at BookPeople in Austin promoting our new books, Shitshow and The Garden of Before. If you're around, we'd love to see you! If not, give 'em a read and join the club! @bookpeople.com

For the longest time, I thought the lyrics were "I'm looking for this man, to sell him to other men, to make his fiction famous." Yeah, I guess I thought the song was about a literary agent or something.

Go! Swarm! Obtain! @gabino.bsky.social knows how it's done!

If Chrono Trigger is such a great game then how come I've never played it, hmmm?

My experience was extremely likely, thanks for asking.

Confession: as a kid, I rarely watched Mr. Rogers because the puppets creeped me all the way out.

The Day Disney Blinked.

Now shipping worldwide! (to both of the world's many countries)