I was puzzled for a moment about why DHS would release the phone footage from the murderer's point of view, since it clearly shows that the murderer was in no danger from the victim.

It only takes a two-three minutes to tell Discord you will gtfo if they decide to integrate AI. Make sure they know 👇

I made a brief post on my website looking back on my writing accomplishments for 2025 and thinking about what comes next. I’ve also made a list of some of my favorite books, movies, etc. from this year. www.mattbrownwrites.com/blog/2025-st...

This will sound like a joke, but it's not. When TWO "Minnesota Nice" politicians drop the F-bomb in front of live cameras, we're at Defcon 1.

Behold! The Christmas 2025 book haul. Not pictured: books my wife got that I will also be reading and the Redwall books the kiddo got which I’ll be reading to her. Mind you, my TBR shelf is still quite full and it’s only gonna grow over the course of 2026.

Here’s all the books I read in 2025. This list does not include reading The Two Towers not once but twice to the kiddo. I’ve quite the TBR lined up for 2026 and it’s only going to grow because there are A LOT of great and exciting books coming out.

It's just a bullshit product designed to fuck everyone over except the billionaires. Stop using it.

as promised: I'm back and I have Opinions fozmeadows.substack.com/p/against-ai

Just finished Caliban’s War and now I wish that Avasarala was real so she could dogwalk the moronic men in charge of the world.

Happy to talk to @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social at @404media.co about this issue of Instagram adding weird sometimes inaccurate headlines and summaries for Google searches. I find it troubling. www.404media.co/instagram-is...

Shivers. Can’t wait.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

✨It's Double Publication Day!✨ If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go? geni.us/weallghostsPB geni.us/saltorac @solarisbooks.bsky.social

This really is an excellent book.

Heh. I saw that, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🫡

4am wakeup call from the kiddo leads to lying awake brainstorming a new story idea and intermittently rolling over to type notes on my phone. Will determine viability when fully caffeinated.

“I can avoid being seen if I wish. But to disappear entirely? That is a rare gift.” Short-haired Aragorn and my wife as Arwen. Not pictured: the kiddo as an adorable Frodo.

Arabfuturism is coming! It's THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY cover reveal day. Don't ask me which one I like more. They're both epic! (It's Gollancz on the left and Saga Press on the right 🫡)

For those unaware, I have an IG account separate from my main called Well-Earned Comforts, where I’ve been posting a video everyday as a different Lord of the Rings character. Here’s a sample. If you like it, look for more on IG! #thelordoftherings #jrrtolkien

Helldivers 2 is the first game in a while that feels like it’s completely overtaken my life and every time I think I’m taking a break I play some insane mission with a guy named Taintimus who is SO into that I’m compelled to keep playing.

Do your due diligence, book influencers.

Caught a moth at work last night so I whispered “Gwaihir Gwaihir” to it then let it fly away lut the back door.

Such a fun story! This one was one of my favorites for its strong voice, fun concept, and excellent execution. You can read this weird west flash fiction piece for free 👇🏼 #weirdwest #flashfiction

My prize-winning Weird West flash fiction story is up now on the Reach Your Apex website now!

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the winners! 🎉🎉🎉 Over 200 submissions showed an impressive range of fantastical takes on the Old West, making the selection of the finalists extremely difficult. Check out the winners at the link and thank you to all who participated!! #weirdwest #flashfiction

I’m stoked to share that I am one of three Third Place winners in the Weird West Quick Draw Flash Fiction contest! “The Cons of Counting Eggs” is set on the same planet as Song of the Raptors and my short story “Pepperdam Luck”. The raptors never left. They’ve always been ready to ride.

August reads. Both awesome.

I’m 3 pages into Whalefall by Daniel Kraus and doom metal is mentioned so that’s an auto 5 stars there.

I fucking swear, I will never understand the politics of "don't let other people be happy" (I do actually understand it, it's fear of the other. But still.)

Thinking about how cool it would be if @bioware.bsky.social made an anthology for Mass Effect in the style of the Star Wars From a Certain Point of View books where each story is from the POV of a minor character. I’d be willing to contribute *wink wink nudge nudge*.

DOOMERISM IS CRINGE

That feeling when you’re mulling over your WIP and you have a plot epiphany that solves several issues at once.

Kowal: they were saying girls can't go to space Shelley: there's plenty of girls in space Shelley: what about the moon Heinlein: what about the moon Shelley: she's a lesbian Heinlein: WHAT!?!? NO!!! STOP! Heinlein: YOU'RE RUINING THE MOON!!

When you go looking for Predator comics and find this beauty.

I love Andor but I wish people would stop using it as an excuse to dunk on other Star Wars films/series. It’s okay to not like all of it and to critique, but not all Star Wars should be like Andor.

Sinners was brilliant. You might be coming for vampires but you’re staying for the blues.

"You are afraid of the border places. You are afraid of the fork in the road." @mkhardywrites.com's Scottish sapphic gothic THE NEEDFIRE will be hitting the shelves this summer! Preorder: geni.us/needfire Request on Netgalley: geni.us/SolarisNG

"It remains to be seen whether the federal government is really able to do more than hand over some John Brown to be hanged, suppress a slave insurrection, or catch a runaway slave-whether it is powerless for liberty, and only powerful for slavery." Frederick Douglass, 1861

Several authors I follow are cancelling visits to the US, and I cannot blame them at all. If you’re getting mad at/unfollowing said authors, I’m going to assume you voted for the reason they’re cancelling.

At the end of the day, every argument that attempts to defend the Confederacy/perpetuate the Lost Cause myth is null because they wanted slavery. No monuments or honors should exist for the people who fought to perserve that institution.

A belated website post regarding my new short story. www.mattbrownwrites.com/blog/brain-n...

Got my physical copy of the March 2025 edition of @chmmagazine.bsky.social! Very cool to be featured, and as the opening story no less! Go to the magazine’s website to buy a copy or sign up for their free subscription and get a digital copy sent to your email. #cosmichorror #horror

I’m loving Daredevil: Born Again for many reasons, but if the reveal of THAT tattoo at the end of Ep. 2 is setting up what I think it is, then wow. What a ballsy move.

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Check out the full table of contents for our March issue! Subscribe here: bit.ly/3WmVbRP

I’m excited to share the cover for @chmmagazine.bsky.social’s March 2025 issue featuring my short story “Brain Nine and the Masseuse”! I hope you’ll read and enjoy. #cosmichorror #horror

I like Letterboxd for tracking my watchlist but sometimes it epitomizes what I dislike about user film reviews that rely on number/letter scores. So many feel like they’re fishing for likes, offering up a number score followed by a written “review” that reads like a meme.