fyi @thedeadlands.com will be open to fiction submissions from Dec 1 to Dec 31, so maybe you want to put that on your calendar and study the guidelines and ring out this horrible year making something beautiful. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

Monstrously evil, if true.

Linking an old story for your amusement. Swords-and-sorcery enemies-to-lovers set in an alternate Musketeer-era France. A duel and a kiss. swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/clashing-bla...

Locutor: Wouldn't it be interesting.... Collocutor: Yes? L: If from time to time people wouldn't simply die. C: You mean they'd live forever? L: No, they'd disappear. So no one would know what happened to them. C: But people DO disappear. L: What?! Oh, right. Of course they do.... C: Hm....

Epstein files online with search tool. journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...

Some of the best writing in English was originally in French. www.humblebundle.com/books/george...? $18 for eighteen superb novellas!

... très chic 🐾 #funny #arthumor #artists #artsky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #poetry #avant-garde #humor #humorsky #jokes #memes #cartoons #funnyanimals #dogs #funnydogs

Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...

Alas, poor Angel Dust....

Tomorrow the KSMU They Might be Giants music marathon begins. Request your songs now. Interviews, rarities, and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Streaming at KMSU.org.

This week, Story Hour explores the stars—and our human ideas of intelligence and emotion. Sonia Focke reads about kittens and octopuses, and Daniel Marcus responds to a famous 1954 sci-fi story. You can still watch! #Booksky @soniafocke.bsky.social @danmarcus.bsky.social youtu.be/5wt7IARlO_s

I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

The aria from the great movie Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. The prototype for cinéma du look. The movie is a mashup of noir, action comedy, and romance, which is really quite like a lot of my writing, come to think of it.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hsm...

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Even Trump's demented rambling makes more sense than Angus King.

Convincing you to read my novella (THE DEMONS OF WALL STREET, first in a series) by sharing the first page - share yours if you want!

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

This is a good one. But Oates really is on target. We used to have rich people back in the day who were equally malicious and uncaring, but at least they were educated and cultured. Musk is so profoundly vulgar and ignorant it really beggars belief.

My noirish contemporary story "Inner Journey" is now available in the latest issue of Black Cat magazine. blackcatweekly.com/b/EqBae

My noirish contemporary story "Inner Journey" is now available in the latest issue of Black Cat magazine. blackcatweekly.com/b/EqBae

Alright y'all. This is finally happening.

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

What's the thing that's most dear to you that you've published this year and why? --- The Shadow Minister is a mashup of fantasy romance, cosmic horror, and police procedural set in Lutèce, a magical version of Paris. Available at all the usual online stores.

If you subscribe to BCS, you get to read my crow story TODAY!

Here's the glorious Soviet basis for that amazing NY Post front page, which I have to believe is self-mockery. Possibly their front page designer is a secret progressive.

[Exit Clown.]

Name a romance film. --- (Diva, a great film by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Also noir, also mystery, also comedy.)

I was going to vote for Mamdani too, but ugh, his wife is so aloof! (Actually, a) I don't live in NYC anymore, b) that look she has there is incredible, amazing Marie Laurencin side-eye vibes, and c) if I did live in NYC you'd have to pry my Mamdani ballot out of my cold dead progressive hands.)

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. -Philip Larkin

The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser

Who's ready for #Noirvember?

Trick or treat! I have one free copy of the WEARING THE LION audiobook and I want to give it out to a lucky trick-or-treater. I'll draw the winner at random in a few days. To enter: show me a costume you loved wearing, or tell me your favorite Halloween costume. (Follow me so I can DM you later!)

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Check out the bibliography on my website for my works, ye mighty, available for free reading online, or visit my author page on Amazon. If you enjoyed my book, please leave a review!

My partner's free Build Your Own Zombie Apocalypse workshop starts in 15 minutes (11 AM-noon EDT) on Zoom; everyone welcome. The audience will come up with specs (fast? slow? how do people get turned? etc.) and then, using mathematical modeling, everyone will find out whether humanity survived

this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand

We used to have proper movies...

This week on Planetside… Game writers: Ready to put together the perfect portfolio? This guide shows you how. “Tailoring a Game Writing Portfolio” by John Dale Beety: www.sfwa.org/2025/10/28/t...

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that. Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too. clarkesworldmagazine.com

I currently have a question mark in my schedule for what I'm going to publish on Dec. 26. If you've got a boxing day story that fits our guidelines, send it my way. hellitself.com/submission-g...

DEAD HAND RULE is out today! As an implacable enemy skitters nearer across the stars, Tara Abernathy gathers Gods and Deathless Kings alike to join forces. Of course, there's still a little fine print to be sorted out. But surely they'll be able to come together against the darkness. Any minute now.

Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare. I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛 #NoHunger

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Do it more than once, too. If you use cloud storage, at least two providers. If you use local devices, at least two distinct devices, stored separately.

I just read "Murder by Memory" by Olivia Waite, a charming cozy SF mystery set in the generation ship Fairweather, a vessel where people can save their memories in the ship's Library to be reincarnated in new bodies after death. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Bunny is watching a heist movie and nitpicking all the details because they think having slept with a diamond thief they somehow acquired all her expertise. Joe is 100% romcoms. (from "Hot Bunny Noir" WIP)