Hugo Awards nominations are open! I had a few things come out last year, but chiefly: - THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, my alt-history, superheroes & academics novella from @neonhemlock.bsky.social - THIRTEEN SWORDS THAT MADE A PRINCE, my short in @strangehorizons.bsky.social told through museum labels

Went to watch PILLION with my bondage club!!

Mary Ruefle

I was quite moved by this short @newyorker.com documentary about figure skating at the gay games! Really excited to attend my 2nd Gay Games this year in Spain (for swimming, not skating) youtu.be/3Qw7gImGn8U?...

Omg I just had a friendly, speedy, clear, and helpful interaction with both my bank AND the 3rd-party health insurance representative. Wow!

My bank failed to properly send my Health Insurance payment so I just got a note saying my health insurance has been terminated so this is how I'm spending my morning instead of writing. Joy.

I'm very proud of my first novella, THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, published by @neonhemlock.bsky.social I poured in a bit of myself, my interests in ancient societies, a bunch of weird art history research, my thoughts on romance-stories, & a dollop of horniness. Consider it for awards, maybe?

I'm going to cancel my Nitro sub, despite liking the value I get out of it, because I don't like what Discord's been doing lately.

“The message here isn’t just that we’re stronger together (though we are), it’s that we ignore each other at our peril…The most effective anti-fascists have always been the best community builders.” I think I’m gonna try to organize tea with my neighbours. thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reas...

Gods, doing active shooter training for school every year makes me so depressed each time.

I don't normally quibble about grammar, but mandated Sexual Harrasment Training videos really shouldn't imply that sex and gender are the same...IN THE SLIDE ABOUT GENDER DIVERSITY!

So I love this page?

Reading through HOLLOWS by @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social and I kinda really wanna run this game…

discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing

We have 12 days to go on our crowdfund for WHAT ELEGANT STARS and still need to raise about $7k. We've just added a reward "add-on" for a short story critique with editor dave ring if that would be of interest. We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.

Workers rights = immigrants rights = the basic rule of law = the employers' fear of consequences so they don't pull ridiculous crap like this

🪢 Applications are NOW OPEN! 🪢 The world famous Bound & Beautiful Exhibition is returning for CLAW 26, and we are now accepting applications for: ✨ Riggers (Rope Tops) ✨ Bunnies (Rope Models) Interested in being part of this iconic showcase? Apply now: 👉 bit.ly/C26-bb

“There’s been loads of media coverage about spontaneous osteotruncation. No? Vanishing bone syndrome? You must have heard. There was a whole campaign. Maybe read the pamphlet, and it won’t happen again” By @slashnburnett.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...

Learning about an apparent Neopets 5e conversion exclusively through the incredulous comments people are leaving on it is way better than actually finding the doc and reading it

Oh neat, I also predicted LLM romance www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-er...

@sharangbiswas.bsky.social 's story strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi... has haunted my brain for a while, but I couldn't remember the title and had to go beg a hand finding again. I absolutely love the structure of it and the way the story is perfectly integrated into it

Finished another map...illustration... thing.... this was fun but my hand hurts now

Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

the witcher series really gets to the heart of a contractor's mission in life: scolding people who think they can do your job

@lizziestark.bsky.social and I wrote a game about grinding the gears of oppression in the most annoying, deniable ways, inspired by the 1944 Simple Sabotage Field manual of the OSS. It's cozy! You play cute forest animals who work in a trap factory for predators! sixofhounds.itch.io/slow-walk

If you’re reading short stories for awards season and want to read exactly one thing I wrote, check out this one!

"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

Overwatch 2 is the most hazily non-sequel sequel ever begotten on this Earth

Excited to be part of this!!

It's time to apply for the second annual DAG Prize, celebrating innovation and supporting sustainable careers in the arts — $20,000 apiece for a writer, a musician, and a visual artist! Last year's winners were @michaelzapata.bsky.social, Elizabeth Ziman, and Ziba Rajabi. Please share widely! ✨

This is my thing, yes criticize Dems and call them. But run your Republican Congress critters ragged right now. Make it impossible for them to have a moment of peace.

Tonight at Rockbar in Manhattan!

That is the face of a dog who just won a contest only for the headlines to be about the assistant

I just bought a PDF of ONE-SHOT WONDERS from Roll & Play Press. Looks like a cool resource for any sort of fantasy RPG (don’t let the D&D focus turn you off). Also the graphic design & layout are pretty and helpful for easy use! rollandplaypress.com/products/one...

A lovely little review of my @strangehorizons.bsky.social story THIRTEEN SWORDS THAT MADE A PRINCE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARMS AND ARMORY COLLECTION (Plus some other excellent stories!)

Anyone looking for a hotel roommate at AWP, by any chance?

“this hair, these bristles, / this middle finger / up to your smug face.” Read “[Speckled Yellow],” a poem by Simon Armitage from the collection New Cemetery.

It’s my book birthday! #Booksky www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

“Ghosts don’t talk (if you discount the strange whistling) and sometimes immigrants don’t either, but you can always tell. I think it’s something in the way people hold themselves if they truly feel they belong. Perhaps ghosts are the same.” By @nassos.bsky.social reactormag.com/every-ghost-...

"The woodsong soon starts again, which means some poor bastard has been torn to pieces. A sighing breeze joins the buzzing of insect and the twittering of birds... The score of my failure to make things right." By @arthurmanners.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...

Some cool games coming from some cool designers… …including me!

White, Harviainen, and Boss (2012) argue in our Immersive Gameplay book that "immersion" is a non-unified concept manifesting differently within specific play cultures. Talking uncritically about "immersion" as something universal simply means one hasn't played much across other play cultures.

Woot! Both my novella from @neonhemlock.bsky.social THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, and my short story in @khoreo.bsky.social TOOTHPASTE FEELINGS, made it to the Locus Magazine Recommended reading list!!

Congrats to all the works on the Locus Rec List! CALL AND RESPONSE by @seraph76.bsky.social “Conversations With You,“ by Teresa Milbrodt “How To Rob A Bullion Van” by Plangdi Neple “Things You Learn As a Werewolf (That Will Come In Handy Later)“ by Morgan Wilson locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

What’s your favourite TTRPG that’s simultaneously: 1) uses dice 2) mildly crunchy (also: has combat but it’s not a huge ordeal) 3) non-OSR 4) easy to prep 5) heroic in feel 6) epic fantasy 7) multiplayer (like, not solo)

Timeline Cleanse My teen celebrity crush in GIF: (I came out to my friends by insisting we go watch this together in the cinema)

Over the next few days we want to highlight a few of the #TTRPG designers, creators & community members we know in Minnesota. We would encourage you to visit standwithminnesota.com for resources or donations. We donated a day of proceeds yesterday during our strike out. Let's meet some folks. 1/x

One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night. As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."