absolutely incredible example of AI making up problems to solve that aren’t real problems nobody needs “inspiration” on how they like their coffee??????? are you serious????? I’m asking ChatGPT to tell me what tastes good??? “computer, what do I want for breakfast?” this is dystopian actually

Writers, we're caught up on the slush pile so we have a quick turnaround on submissions at the mo. We tend towards the dark and upsetting. Ambiguity and discomfiting sharp edges encouraged. Our vibe was recently described as 'transgressive genre grime'. If that's you, shoot it our way.

How do you say "HOW MUCH?" but in Ukrainian? www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/202...

It crashed into the sea all by itself lol

I went to the doctors and told her I was afraid of random letters She said "oh, are you?" Then when I screamed she said "I see" I can't go back

If you have an idea but don't know how to write a novel, may I suggest writing: A novella; A novelette; A short story; Flash fiction; A drabble; or A haiku. Then work on it until it reflects the entirety of the message you intend and the contents of your soul. Then do it again. Don't use AI.

Nothing Ranch

38 books, a great press run by great people.

Right now his cards are Mister Bun the Baker and the Monopoly one where you are assessed for building repairs.

Hope you'll help me & other indie authors spread the word about this fabulous indie book sale wherein you can find books for $1.99, $.99, or even FREE! indiebook.sale

The #NarratessIndieSale is bubbling away. In my novel The Thirteenth Prince an imperial expansion fueled by greed, graft, and religious conviction is about to begin. In my story in the "Lesbians in Space" anthology a sapphic love story unfolds in a ruined world Both books are only 0.99

Did you hear about the stupid cereal? Porridge oafs

Wow 🥺 The Iranian national soccer team players with tiny backpacks as tribute to honor the children and teachers killed at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran ❤️‍🩹

This is one of the best books I read last year

"In general? Id say that it was akin to oceans 11, Italian job, the a team and mission impossible met up and decided to take a run into middle earth and went the way of Orwellian politics with the ministries" All this for 0.99? Yes!

If you’re looking to add to your #tbrpile for #indieapril look no further than the #narratessindiesale 📚 over 280+ books 🔥 $1.99, $0.99 or FREE! 🐉 #indiefantasy #indiescifi and horror ⏰ sale ends 13 April 2026 Head to indiebook.sale to check it out. 💙📚🌎📚🪐

You know what's starting tomorrow? That's right! The amazing @narratess.com Indie Book Sale! Get your shiny, shiny books at indiebook.sale this weekend! It's got almost 300 books, so I wanted to highlight some of my favourite indies I've read and would happily recommend in the thread.

Alas, The Backwards Knight has been cut from #SPFBOXI, but it received a stellar review. Good news, though? It's on Sale as part of the Indie Book Sale from Narratess! You can snag it currently on any e-book platform for nearly 2/3rds off! indiebook.sale #BookSky

The Narratess Indie Book Sale is starting tomorrow! We've had a quick sneak peek at some of the 300+ ebooks that'll be on sale for 0.99 or 1.99 (and FREE!) and we think you'll be very excited! 👀 #IndieApril #NarratessIndieSale

I'm so proud to be in this collection. My story is one of the heaviest I've written, and probably the hardest sci-fi I've published, and it's very dear to my heart.

The Thirteenth Prince is in the Naratess Sale The price change is already live, so please go fill your boots There are great titles in the sale, and some serious savings

Louder for the people in the back.

Can @hugobookclub.bsky.social throw some light on SF poetry for me? (Pretty please?) Where should one go for the best stuff? Are there collected volumes? Are any poets in the speculative space working within formal constraints of rhyme and metre? (Has anyone written SF sonnets, f'rex?)

Why I don't trust anyone a little too obsessed about falling fertility rates

Why was the angry mailman terrible at football? He couldn't stop hitting the post

"the most disgraceful thing in their estimation is to tell an lie" I wonder what it is about the civilisation of Iran that most offends him?

The band’s full name is Light Emitting Diode Zeppelin.

Did you hear about the argument in the pencil case? It was a protracted debate

Someone broke into the theatre and stole all the trumpets and cornets. It was a buglery

U.S. gas pumps have a Y2K type problem! The pumps can’t go above $9.99 per gallon. Idiots. The entire fossil fuel industry is made up of idiots.

Gas is $10 a gallon at a Big Sur station. The owner explains why his prices can't go higher

ATTENTION!! the narratess #IndieApril sale returns ✨next weekend✨ so set your calendars and brace your wallet! get some fantastic sci-fi, fantasy and horror for great deals! the dragon next door will be on sale for $1.99! #booksky indiebook.sale

FRANCE: we're fancy WORLD: ok FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich is our national lunch WORLD: FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich with an egg is its wife

A huge #BBNYA2026 welcome to @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social and The Mercy of Tenderness. Good luck!

Today's scam email was from "Amanda Consultant". The lure in the email was asking whether I have ambitions to transfer my work into visual media. Let's talk about it.

Step 1: Eat lots of spice. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Prophet!

odysseus, shortly after leaving Circe’s island

Me, rolling past on a SFF skateboard: WELL WELL WELL, LOOK WHO'S SUDDENLY THE COOL KID

Look I'm listening to this today for no reason at all youtu.be/UFwOBl3zkc0?...

And to think Isabel “Necessary For A Tax Dodger” Oakshott fled to Dubai to escape Britain where free speech is under attack…👇🏼🥴

I promise there are no politics in my swords and sorcery book about a potential apocalypse, particularly not the bit where the dwarves form a trade union, because subtext is for cowards

They got long prism sentences

I promise there are no politics in my book in which a closeted lesbian and a savant coded young man thwart an imperial war with imperial tools

I just discovered a secret recipe for flat bread I can't tell you it, it's naan of your business

Did you hear about the poached egg who went to Florence? He was on his hollandaise

Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran. My best summary: this war is dumb as hell. acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

Chthonic crepuscular cephalopods.

@bretdevereaux.bsky.social from the top rope: "Iran was wholly interested in the region because it lives there." acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

Hey you! Yes, you! You love Swords and Sorcery? Satire about AI? Stories about romantic catastrophe, haunted necromancers, bad parenting, strange races, good parenting, witches, wizards, mentoring, the value of art, language, bad jokes? Also dragons. My collection is only 99 pennies mybook.to/AATP