I caught the World’s Largest Walleye!

Dear #BookSky check this out 🎉

I see people are claiming to be giving their kids a "90s summer" by having them go outside and do thing. As a kid in the 90s, here is a real 90s summer: STAY INDOORS Play Final Fantasy VI (which was III) Watch Xena Paint a ceramic mask you bought from Ace Hardware while listening to Enya

This beverage is pictured in the dictionary next to the word "abomination"

I really enjoyed this twisty cozy mystery. An absolute steal at this price. Recommended #booksky #cozymysteries

Cheddar Luck Next Time, my cozy mystery featuring an autistic lead & a whole lotta cheese, is on a one-day sale! Only £0.74/$0.99! Promo link: amzn.to/3ZlFfnR Price is also showing on Bookshop.org (which also has free shipping for paperbacks today): bookshop.org/p/books/ched...

This is like that breakfast cereal made of ground beef. This is the real danger of “ultra processed foods”: stuff that looks like a game studio made it up for a dysphoric ARPG.

We have fallen far from grace.

imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar

Today on Bready or Not: Ciabatta Rolls! www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

I'm doing an AMA today on r/fantasy -- come ask me about poetry, fiction, my cat, the myth of good posture, or anything else! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

A few days of the Scottish highlands with mostly rain. But loved every minute of it.

I've been kinda obsessed with this video

The drive home from 4th Street Fantasy included errands & cheese acquisitions. From Trader Joe’s: Strawberry White Stilton & Sheepish Tomato. Sam’s Club: Leerdammer. The latter two are new for the cheese log!

532. #photography Since I regaled @jrdawson.bsky.social , @bethcato.bsky.social and others at a dinner yesterday during @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social about my Nepal adventure...

Gorgeous day at @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social! Living my best life, sharing cheese curds with friends.

The American Library Association is auctioning off a bunch of the classic celebrity “READ” posters along with a bunch of other full sized literacy posters. This is going to fix so many of my problems, I just know it. movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...

Me: its time to open up this pit! Construction Contractor: please, no

I’m at 4th Street! Tomorrow is a busy day.

A garden check before leaving for 4th Street Fantasy: an apricot chiffon poppy bloom & a bee on the just-blooming milkweed (that I keep studying for monarchs/caterpillars).

The news you probably missed was the Trump Admin issuing a memo that they don't have to enforce Olmstead rights. Not that they won't, but that they don't have to. A first move. More to come.

Today on Bready or Not: Caramel-Apple-Pecan Bundt Cake! This showstopper of a dessert dirties a lot of dishes, but it's worth the effort. www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

A reminder that this scammer is still on TikTok. They are now claiming they work for me, which is ludicrous. They are a scammer, pure and simple.

there is current news to be upset about re: special ed. It isn't RFK's bigoted comments from over a year ago.

I get the impulse for autistic people to want to respond by saying that they DID go to college or play baseball or date and work. But that still plays into ableist narratives. Even if an #ActuallyAutistic person does none of these, they still have worth.

Our RESIST anthology opener is “133rd Live Podcast of the Gourmando Resistance” by Beth Cato. Over the course of the next 6 months we’ll be releasing RESIST stories along side stories from our regular issues. #resist #flashfiction #scifi @bethcato.bsky.social flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...

RELEASE DAY! I’m proud to present RESIST, a @flashfictiononline.bsky.social anthology dedicated to resistance! It was a pleasure working with the many talented writers whose work is showcased here. These stories are sure to inspire even in the darkest of times. Links below.

Sir Ian McKellen.

FYI to the world: The cover art for the new edition of Plague Birds is not AI generated. Two people messaged me asking, so I want to be clear the art is purely human created. Marcela Bolívar created the art for this cover and didn't use any AI at all. 1/

AI begging for a second chance (and how about that creepy email tracking)

Happy #Caturday from this svelte orange tiger.

Next weekend (June 19th-21st) is @4thstreetfantasy.bsky.social, and the full panel schedule is up! I'll be around Friday & Saturday. My one panel is Saturday at 4:30pm: "Deal Me In: Expanding Your Reading Toolkit." 4thstreetfantasy.com/2026-program...

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.

Gorgeous day in Red Wing! Views of the Mississippi River from Colvill Park.

Scammers keep on coming. Just a reminder that in no world would an editor at Penguin Random House have an email address that looks like this:

No, the assumption that disabled people require our colleagues’ stolen words and illustrations chopped up and spewed out in order to participate in art is ableist. We have BEEN creating art. Many of the works you love? Made by someone marginalized out of traditional jobs.

Here is my Jane Yolen story, which I suspect is a pretty common one, or at least a variation thereon. I grew up on her books. One of my earliest memories is my dad reading Commander Toad books to me at the South Bend public library. Then I grew up and got a job in comics publishing. (1/)

No.

Increasingly glad I never bothered joining the Author’s Guild. You go after libraries, you do NOT represent me.

Today on Bready or Not: Soft Chocolate Ginger Cookies! These chewy cookies are loaded with warm spice. www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

i have NOT been good at promoting this, due to (waves hand at everything happening right now), BUT. There is a sale going on for this really beautiful audiobook featuring @lindseydorcus.bsky.social and @marawilson.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

OH MY GOD HE LITERALLY GRABBED HER HAIR IT WASN'T JUST "ASKING FOR A KISS" GO FUCK YOURSELVES, BBC NEWS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This place is quite close to my hometown. And yes, I've had their cheese, several years ago, and I wouldn't buy it now based on what I know of their politics and lackadaisical safety practices. This article REALLY elaborates on the latter. Ick.

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

This is what novel plot revision feels like

SPECIAL REQUEST! A certain dragon is opening an advice column. Do you have a personal problem? Do the characters in the book you're reading have a dilemma? Solve everything through the wisdom of a fire-breathing lizard! Reply to this post (or email johncwiswellATgmail to remain anonymous).