Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strength and courage strangled by envy, greed for power, fear of change.

I think a lot of people are lost because they can't operate without instructions or direction. A lot of society is built on following some set of expectations with the promise that following it will make you happy. So, people follow it, punish each other for deviating, but the happiness never comes.

The cure to the loneliness epidemic is just liking things.

I don't think it ever was. Michelangelo would not be Michelangelo without his connections to the de' Medici family

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Now the world may know! My one-act play "The Failure of the Century"--a bit of a Lovecraftian A Christmas Carol--will have a staged reading as part of the Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival! Dec 13th! The theatre is also a pub! Details: www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk/whats-on.html

Visited the Tower of London today and was particularly impressed by The Tower Remembers, an installation by Tom Piper of ceramic poppies by Paul Cummins. I feel fortunate we happened to visit before it is taken down.

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

Herring refuses to accept that the time to look like a vampire has passed.

To any young artists wondering if people will ever stop asking you to work for free in return for exposure: I’m 52, it’s 7:54am here, and it’s already happened twice today.

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

…and we got back from our long day of tours to find a soaked spot next to my bed from a constantly dripping vent. We’re going to have to move rooms now.

I have seen things.

A conversation I had several times during World Fantasy Convention: “Where are you from?” “Portland, Oregon US.” “Oh! Where the frogs are protesting?” “Yes!” “They’re brilliant!”

I’ve now had the experience of hotel fire alarms going off in the middle of the night. Do not recommend. Also, I am baffled by the number of people who simply checked the hall for smoke and went back into their rooms.

TFW they have no eyes to see how an appreciation of the supernatural can bring about a fullness of the spirit.

Mom and I visited the David Bowie Center at V&A East Storehouse today. It was marvelous as expected. Little disappointed the 50th Birthday frock coat wasn’t on display — we were on the floor for that concert.

Friend: How old are catgirls. Me: At least 1867. Friend: How do you know that? Me: Puss in Petticoats. www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Big day for people who care about other people

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window. Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat. "Oi!" I called. "The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it." Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

I don’t always photograph my food, but this steak and ale pue was very cute in addition to being delicious.

www.bbc.com/news/article.... Knowing you’re interested in coracles have you seen this @theduncanmackay.bsky.social

I should probably add that the best way to describe the type of art were looking for is point people at our cover gallery. clarkesworldmagazine.com/artgallery/ All of them have been portfolio pieces. None of them represent a story from an issue. We treat the cover art as its own story.

I was going to write a Patreon post follow-up on World Fantasy Convention today, but I feel as if someone let the air out of me. I blame the excessive amount of walking while dragging suitcases, and the relief of no longer living in anticipation of the World Fantasy Awards.

New awareness campaign

This is extremely accurate, sales plummeted earlier this year and have been low since then. People aren’t even buying bookmarks or stickers very often, and it’s understandable because groceries are more expensive than they used to be. Food, housing, and healthcare expenses have to come first.

If you’re a working artist talking to other creatives I’m begging you to not hide this. I have a parter who makes more and I don’t hide that and try to be as open as I can especially one on one. It’s cruel to not be honest with your fellow artist and give them any kind of false hope or fear

"Rainey-Smith is a xylographer – she makes woodcuts. She doesn’t make images that look like woodcuts, she doesn’t use computers, she doesn’t use AI, she actually carves wood the old-fashioned way, which is a tradition that goes back at least two thousand years." www.orartswatch.org/liv-rainey-s...

Huge congratulations to @livraineysmith.bsky.social for her WFA win! Back in the day I had the absolute privilege to interview her and talk about her creative process www.youtube.com/live/s9f7k_F...

I was so surprised I didn’t take my prepared remarks up with me, but I made sure to give my thanks for honoring a very traditional form of art in these days of corporations pushing us to accept AI generated slop in lieu of art.

Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!

I won the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist. I am gobsmacked and so grateful. #wfc2025 #artist #woodcut #printmaker

World Fantasy Awards soon! #wfc2025

Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider. When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.

all the dads were so stoked about our costumes

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

Looking for a little adventure? Come check out this month's pop up market at my studio. I'm hosting Died in the Wool and RuiRabbit. RuiRabbit will be holding block carving demos all afternoon. I will be available to help sign you up for the next block Printing on Textiles class. Nov 15 and Dec 20

Big original art in the art show at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social World Fantasy Convention 2025! Little originals available in the print shop!

Found in the hotel bar. Vaguely ominous @briankeene.bsky.social and Kit Power gathering invitations. #WFC2025

Brighton aquarium has got the Halloween spirit! Oldest aquarium in the world, and not too far from World Fantasy Convention!

woodcuts fucking rule the whole school and the entire motherfucking curriculum. support artists also happy halloween also kick ai into the oort cloud

The day I was so excited about THE DAGON COLLECTION being a World Fantasy Award finalist in the Anthology category, I didn’t notice I was a finalist in the Artist category.

I have seen a figure and felt the air move as an apparition passed by me, it’s only when I looked directly at it that I realized there wasn’t a regular person there.

Happy Halloween 🎃