The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon

Here is the full orders list from the Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...

SCOTUS telling Kim Davis to fuck off forever. Pump that right into my veins.

Favorite Stories: “I Love You, Lola!” by @stacywayne.bsky.social, “Hemorrhage,” by @cyrusafisher.bsky.social, “First Feast on Film,” by @superfiend.bsky.social, “Caregiver,” by @amandamblake.bsky.social. www.amazon.com/Book-Queer-S...

Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.

My God.

wow!! a trillionaire! every reaction i am having is definitely within both legal and community guidelines!!

I thought Harry Melling was amazing as a young Edgar Allen Poe in THE PALE BLUE EYE, and the oppressive darkness of the film reminds us how ubiquitous light is now. But otherwise I found the movie meandering, and it pulled all its punches. I think I wanted it to be meaner.

I'll try asking this again: Would you rather have two novellas and a novelette separately or in a single book together?

My typing muscle memory makes interesting choices sometimes.

Whenever language around what people deserve and what they don't deserve in the US comes around I am reminded at how much this is a game to people, how they can't fathom real lives Not just politicians, but literally our neighbors. The cruelty people will put onto others without a second thought

Did we need JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes. It's second half was stronger than the first for me (which is unusual, bc I usually prefer the set-up). I thought I'd hate the mutants, but it ties back to JW:FALLEN KINGDOM and the more pointed Universal Studios Frankenstein angle.

My grimy, glorious, goddess-and-a-gloryhole novelette "Glory to God" is out now in @acoupofowls.bsky.social 's DARK PATHS: A QUEER HORROR ROMANCE COLLECTION: www.amazon.com/Dark-Paths-H... (One of my favorites, don't sleep on this one)

I love this movie so much for all kinds of reasons, but the accents aren't one of them: Julia Roberts and John Malkovich in MARY REILLY (honorable mention, Glenn Close).

N&F(M8): 100,006/120,000 words This scene is a long one, but if I can get through it, there's light at the end of the tunnel. Might have to amend that end word count to 130,000 words, though.

My grimy, glorious, goddess-and-a-gloryhole novelette "Glory to God" is out now in @acoupofowls.bsky.social 's DARK PATHS: A QUEER HORROR ROMANCE COLLECTION: www.amazon.com/Dark-Paths-H... (One of my favorites, don't sleep on this one)

This is just solid gender-agnostic advice, by the way If you're feeling isolated or alienated, get into an Art or Craft as best you are able and join a community dedicated to it Look to your local library for resources! You will be surprised by what's available

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

All good road trips need a playlist. Here are some songs to make your own One-Shot inspired playlist. Happy book birthday to my weirdo, Indigenous, road trip horror novel. Check it out, and if you can't, at least give me the old share! Thanks to everyone.

I think I've unlocked a lot of the higher head mix notes, which pleases me.

COVER REVEAL! I'm delighted to have both a short story and an essay included in the forthcoming anthology, Poisoned Soup.😀 Out Dec '25 from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social #booksky

What's going on, Friday blog update: amandamblake.com/2025/11/07/h...

I writing a grown folks BDSM serial called The Last Drop. You should read it. 🐍🖤💧 Chapter 1: www.patreon.com/post... Most recent chapter: www.patreon.com/post... #blacksky #blackbooksky #romancelandia

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."

Reading transgressive queer horror fiction to show my support for representation while also shaking my head to show that I disapprove of transgressive queer horror fiction

bone scored and #sinew snapped muscle a ragged ruin caves and crevices made of feast flesh on a forest floor left a claw behind and fur in the cracks and tracks of long paw rat ventures into savaged tunnel and makes a brief warm home where it can eat the walls #crowcalls

I've been having intermittent heart palpitations almost all day. I haven't had this problem since I started taking magnesium regularly. I I have no shortness of breath, chest pain, or loss of consciousness, so it's likely harmless and may even be reflux related, but it feels scary anyway.

I know it's time to shave my head again, especially since it's long enough for me to idly play with, which means it's only a matter of time before it's long enough for me to feel differences and pull them out. But I'm having difficulty just *doing* it.

Part of it's that they're bored with it, part of it's that it's lost its salience, and a secret third thing is that the right is now too overtly evil to wield it effectively

So in one courtroom the DOJ is arguing that a sandwich thrown into an armor-wearing officer is a forcible assault while simultaneously in another courtroom DOJ says tackling protestors or shooting them in the head with less lethal munitions does not count as use of force. One rule for thee...

My new cosmic horror / cursed film story that answers that age old question of “where did that strange spooky door come from?” is out in the world :)

One of my contributions to the cosmic horror subgenre is OUT OF CURIOSITY AND HUNGER, despite the superficial sense that the monster is known and can be understood. www.amazon.com/Out-Curiosit... #HorrorWritersChat

Hi y'all! I'm a Texas based author that writes horror, speculative fiction, and sci-fi. Often with historical settings & inspired by my Choctaw-Irish heritage. I'm still searching for my terrible seal of truth. #HorrorWritersChat

From the ether emerges the long furby, chattering terrible titan of infinite despair. calling us to dance. So we dance, madly, and the abomination winds through the sky, leaving fire, brimstone, and batteries like meteorites in its apocalyptic wake. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Alas the terrible truth is that perhaps autistic are the "normal" ones and neurotypicals are actually the "defective" ones because if you think about it we have a solution to every problem ya'll just refuse to hear us out Also, onions are disgusting 😒

A terrible truth is we are capable of a peaceful, cooperative, flourishing society, but we choose not to live in it, because we (not just people at the top) enjoy our little sadism treats too much. This isn't hidden from humanity, lest it destroy us. Humanity destroys itself. #HorrorWritersChat

Feeling hopeful? Wanna read something hopeful to keep that feeling going? www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

If a seal is meant to be opened, but only at the right time and never before, it must be innocuous but also inconsequential, easily accessible but hidden enough to be out of sight, out of mind. It is clearly a VHS tape in storage, waiting for a working VCR. #HorrorWritersChat

Amanda M. Blake, purveyor of dark fiction, quiet to extreme. My seal is lost somewhere in the cosmic black hole of my closet. No one remembers what it is for or even what it looks like. I think half the reason I don't clean my closet is bc I'm afraid I'll toss it by mistake. #HorrorWritersChat

FYI: Bram Stoker Award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo's upcoming horror novel IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND is described as Stephen King's IT meets PETER PAN - check out an exclusive cover reveal within.

Our next zine sub call is open December 1st through 7th with five themes you can write for: -Cunty Horrors -Cursed Concerts -Monstrous Dating Profiles -Batshit LinkedIn Posts -Nightmare Grifters Pay is 10 cents per word. #writingcommunity cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

In this Ohio diner, Jewry is what you give your mistress on Valentine's Day. But they do know this: the world is ruled by a cabal of rootless cosmopolitan globalist bankers who drink the blood of Christian children.

My most difficult-to-spell story "Chrysalis in Chrysanthemum," a short pregnancy cosmic body horror story, is an Editor's Pick at Gavagai, a new site for horror writers and readers. I have invites if anyone wants any, but here's the link to the story: www.gavagai.com/posts/386

It's the first Wednesday of November, and that means it's time for the first story in Nightmare's annual Dark Fantasy issue! Prepare to have your heart squeezed by @jameslsutter.bsky.social's beautiful & touching "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/make...

I can't work, work out, write, sleep, *and* floss. I can apparently only manage three of the five at any given time.

Happy publication day to Howl, An Anthology of Werewolves by Women in Horror! Thank you to editors Lindy Ryan and Stephanie Wytovich for including me. It includes my short story “We Women Speak of Wolves.” Support women in horror! 🐺🖤

the rabbit and #hare are so alien to each other that they are less capable than lion to tiger or horse to zebra. the uncanny valley separates their bloodlines like one crab line to another, confused cousin from another world, uncrossed, distorted reflections of fear and familiar #crowcalls

If you subscribe to BCS, you get to read my crow story TODAY!

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