Today at 2:00 EDT - Join Valerie Valdes, Catherine Tavares, myself, and our moderator Marianna Martin, as we discuss The Added Depth of Speculative World Building Program for the online Flights of Foundry convention below. The con is free, so sign up and join us! flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/

Alright, I've made a small alteration and will read "Fox and Troll Steal Math" on Saturday at Flights of Foundry. There was just no way to get "Fox and Troll Bake a Cake" under 60 minutes without some vicious trimming. Please join me Saturday morning at 7:00. I know, it's early!

A Throwback Thursday read: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct... Free!

Three things I can talk about for three hours without prep: Nothing. I can't talk about anything for three hours. It's hard enough to get me to sit on a panel for a full hour in front of an audience with weeks to prepare, do you realize the utter stress of the three-hour, no-prep rule? Argh!

Fave short fiction read this week was The Water Dragons of Harney County by @bmorrisallen.com in Trollbreath. Whimsical, both modern and folkloric, and incredibly compelling magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...

This is amazing and I am so pleased for Jennifer, whose outstanding story, "The Colonists," we were privileged to find in our submissions pile. Kudos to editors, the other authors, and everyone involved!

Donnie: "All the UN gave me was a broken escalator and broken teleprompter." FOX News: "That's insurrection. Bomb the UN." Secret Service: "Investigation reveals a Trump staffer turned the escalator off, and Trump's AV people ran the teleprompter." Donnie/FOX: "You're still talking about that?"

youtu.be/NfA_zod32h8 The video you have all been waiting for - Mainely Mandy talks to Mainely Mandy about being neurodivergent and polyamorous. Premiere is at 5:30 Maine time Friday the 26th.

I used to work with a guy named Tom Barry I just talked to a guy I work with named Barry Tom I'm so confused now....

New story title: "Unfashionable at the End of the World"

Well, I guess my dreams of a Cyber-pope controlling the Godnet for millions of believers is over for now. We'll have to wait for the NEXT pope to come along.

The FDA is officially a defunct agency now. You can ignore any information they release. Only pay attention to your state or regional Food and Drug recommendations. www.nenc.news/2025-09-18/n...

AV tested for Flights of Foundry, and everything is good to go! Here's my schedule: Friday, Sep 26th, 2:00 PM EDT: Panel (member) - The Added Depth of Speculative World Building Sat, Sep 27th, 7:00 AM EDT: My reading slot! Sat, Sep 27ths, 9:00 AM EDT: Panel (moderating) - Altering Adaptations

Well, it turns out I am NOT immune to hearing good feedback from other staff at work as we're heading into review season.

Saw a bunch of different highlights from yesterday's "memorial" for the murdered white nationalist, and what a tacky spectacle they whipped together. Brutally bad and without redemption, just creating a new hero of the lost confederate cause to deify.

Free Nonfiction! J.D. Harlock unpacks whiteness in steampunk: magazine.trollbreath.com/pax-anglia/ @jdharlock.bsky.social

Welcome to Autumn. The leaves are changing, though fall may be drabber than last year as our drought rolls on. In the past weeks, I've seen deer, a gray fox, and a woodcock (aka timber doodle) in our backyard. First woodcock I've ever seen, but couldn't get a good pic. Delightful walk (see video)

What movie do you consider perfect?

Come on folks, let's get Andrew over the hump and help get this truly excellent novella launched.

If you're boycotting Disney/ABC (as we are), there's a lot to avoid. Focus on the ones that want money and cancel those (Disney+, Hulu). Then any related products like toys or games. Don't watch any Disney-owned affiliate, either (FX, A&E, National Geo, etc) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_...

Another candidate who looks like an excellent choice to replace Collins. Going to be an interesting primary next spring.

If you want to see a really great use of repetition of word/phrase, you should check out this story. @maressakate.bsky.social nails a vibe and voice, and her theme is on point for the world we are being reluctantly driven towards by our tech lords.

At the Maine People’s Alliance yearly dinner. Got to meet Graham Platner and his wife Amy. I think he has a great chance of winning the Dem primary and beating Susan Collins next year. Good people, down to earth.

Another throwback for your Thursday before we release a new piece on Friday! Enjoy The Three Books of the Philosopher Clown by Lisa Carreiro @lisaldmcarreiro.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/the-three-bo...

Follow the money. Buying up local stations and controlling what you can see and hear is the conservative game. We warned NUMEROUS times that lifting the rules preventing the number of stations in a single market, and total stations, one company could own would lead to this. And here we are.

Kimmel wasn't wrong. The GOP is scoring political points off of the tragic murder of a man who tried to indoctrinate our children with family friendly white supremacy, after scolding us for politicizing gun deaths. They finally found a school shooting they're willing to talk about.

Have you read? Day One by R. K. Duncan at Trollbreath Magazine A story of 'what if?" and the world was better. magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/

It’s non-fiction Monday at Trollbreath Magazine! Explore the retro concept of future with @chrisrose.bsky.social magazine.trollbreath.com/rogue-though...

"And in our dreaming, the cyber-pope cast his image upon the sky of the GodNet and we saw that it was good, the perfection of the binary writ deep within our coding, and we fell to our virtual knees and praised him...." - The Cyberpapacy Rises, by Bishop Almond Ecclesiastes

I approve of this message. We need more celebrities like Ms. Valente to talk about the scourge of white-on-white violence in our collapsing suburban jungles. Maybe start a telethon or something to raise money? Form groups like Soccer Moms Against Caucasian Killings (SMACK)?

It’s Free Fiction Friday!! Today, join a farm girl as she gets a little help from unlikely friends @bmorrisallen.com magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...

New fossils from the wife, her gift to me for our anniversary. The trilobite, shark's teeth (not sure if megalodon), and the beautiful dish with it's own tiny ammonites impressed in the surface which is holding the smaller pieces are all new.

Throwback Thursday! (a little early) magazine.trollbreath.com/a-starburst-...

“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” -Charlie Kirk And that’s all I have to say about that.

I was incredibly excited to place my horror comedy Rashomonster (4,650 words) in an upcoming issue of Trollbreath Magazine. Cool people doing a very cool magazine. Keep an eye out, as when spooky season comes there's a rumor I might be the free story past the paywall... magazine.trollbreath.com

Gee, it makes programmers LESS productive because they have to correct shit all the time? You don't say. Gosh, who could have predicted this? (answer: lots of people predicted this , especially after we learned LLMs were telling people to eat poison mushrooms).

Thanks to @jennyrae.bsky.social for cluing me in to this flash mob cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. Everyone here is fantastic, but the lead singer and lead guitarist are what truly make this awesome. He really sounds so much like Freddy, and the young man on guitar is a hella rocker already.

Busy few days at the Trollhouse, so I am late posting Non-Fiction Monday! Delve into the comfortable creepiness of bedtime stories with magazine.trollbreath.com/dark-nights-...

Well, this picture has me convinced. Time for a hair cut. :-) Had a really great time reading at Charm City Spec on Saturday night! What an amazing group of authors, too, and pleased to have the privilege of being included with them.

Big props to the rest stop on the main turnpike near Gray. As I’m waiting for my food they are playing death cab for cutie on the radio. Excellent choice.

... and you thought I was done. I haven't even started. @charmcityspec.bsky.social rallied two more wonderful authors for the night. First up was @trollbreath.com, who like @erikgrove.com and myself are noir brothers-in-arms.

Hey, I'll be at two events during the Flights of Foundry conference this year! 1. On Friday the 26th at 2:00 PM EDT, I'll be participating on the "Added Depth of World Building" panel. 2. On Saturday the 27th at 7:00 AM EDT, I'll be reading. Reading what? Who knows? Let's be surprised together!

If they had to pay the full monetary fine for each offense, it would be $75 billion. This settlement is for a miniscule 2%. I hope the class turns it down and demands more.

One have of the troll crew is a pirate today! Aaaarrgg!

Favorite TV theme songs... Johnny Quest (original cartoon) Star Trek: Voyager M.A.S.H. Scooby Doo Malcolm in the Middle Peacemaker (1st season) The Greatest American Hero Peter Gunn The Rockford Files The Wire Hawaii Five-O What They Do in Shadows Mission Impossible

Just a reminder that I, and some other truly fabulous authors, will be reading tomorrow night at Ivy Bookshop on Falls Road in Baltimore, so come on out if you can and lend your support. We hope to see you there! I also have a handful of copies of "Shadow of a Doubt" for those interested.

It's the second time Aimee has graced our pages, and we absolutely loved this art-inspired work.

"Closer" by NIN, but played to the Ghostbusters theme. It ah... works. And sounds both right and amazingly wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRKi...