In which I talk about the paperback edition of Ring Shout that came out last October, and answer some of those questions that often come my way: "Where did you come up with this idea? Will there be a sequel? Is there a movie happening? Have you seen Sinners?" I had some time...

"Sinners" is a particular kind of story about migration, spirituality, and Black speculative survival skills.

"A seminal work of Black speculative fiction. Over a century since its original publication, Hopkins’s classic remains as relevant today as ever." — @pdjeliclark.bsky.social We highly recommend Pauline Hopkins' "Of One Blood" to broaden your #scifi reading list: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254429...

I wrote abt a Black war widow's attempts to gain recognition of the rights allegedly granted her by the postemancipation state. As she explained time & again, "I am poor & have not the money to pay for gitting any more certificates & things" required of her by pension officials.

A Post investigation found that at least 230 children died in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at a now-defunct, segregated juvenile detention center in Maryland. As the lead sponsor of a new bill, Del. Jeffrie E. Long Jr. (D) is hoping it will provide some answers.

sorry, not sorry.

Well, guess I’ll head outside to walk the dog. #blizzard

Random trivia: the 1998 music video for "You Know My Steez" by one of Hip Hop's greatest groups, Gang Starr, was a visual retelling of THX-1138.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

It’s only day 6. 🙃

Published a short for Amazon last year in an anthology titled The Time Traveler’s Passport, alongside the likes of John Scalzi, RF Kuang, and Olivie Blake. Channeled a bit of my inner Dan Freeman… Guess I maybe shoulda mentioned it. Thanks to @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for the shout out.

Aemon's....eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old."--A Feast for Crows

same...

“We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”—Amos Adams Lawrence

“This stick of wood? This fugitive from a fireplace?” LOL one of the best lines. #twilightzone

Said it many times and I’ll say it again—“Five Characters in Search of an Exit” gotta be one of the most surreal, trippiest, & artistic of the zones—also an absolute favorite. #twilightzonemarathon

top 5 of the zones. #twilightzonemarathon

Uh oh. #twilightzonemarathon

Top tier zone right here. #twilightzonemarathon

Weighing folk before they got on the ship was diabolical. #twilightzonemarathon

Let him cook… #twilightzonemarathon

Say that ish again cuz obviously folk wasn’t listening. Rod Serling had bars for the ages. #twilightzonemarathon

Disinformation campaign, 1960 #twilightzonemarathon

Charlie— “F*ck them kids.” #twilightzonemarathon

In memoriam. Pete Van Horn, who went to walk over to the other block—and didn’t come back till like 4 whole hrs later. How Pete? How?

Charlie — “Make Maple Street Great Again.” #twilightzonemarathon

“You scared frightened rabbits you! What you’re starting here is… Let me tell you…let me tell you!” Les so mad he can’t even form full sentences. #twilightzonemarathon

Here we go! #twilightzonemarathon

Me planning my 2026 reading goals. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan Hollis—loved brandy and Perry Como. Became a Jack in the Box man. A real one. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan bout to risk it all over some brandy and Perry Como. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan Hollis drunk off his a— off a sip of brandy. Make it make sense Dan. #twilightzonemarathon

Bill the grocer don’t want no part of this Anthony slander. #twilightzonemarathon

uh oh. #twilightzonemarathon

still going…

still at it

Good morning—and you’re welcome.

it’s bout that time.

Had a great time last week at at Sui Generis in Madrid. Got to share the stage w/ writers like @gabino.bsky.social & @fondalee.bsky.social, meet w/my Spanish publishers @duermevelaed.bsky.social, speak w/ students at SLU Madrid & wax poetic bout all things fantastic. Also ate my weight in cured ham.

facts

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina celebrates the Gullah Geechee people. But after several years of traffic complaints, the parade has been scaled back. Black residents say a new route makes it feel as if their legacy is vanishing.

“The fifth Negro tooth belonging to George Washington came by unexplained means from a conjure man… He had been one of the tens of thousands of slaves during the war who answered the call put out by the Earl of Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia in November 1775”

WANT!

“She tasked the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, her organizing home which until then had largely been advocating for Black men on death row, with researching historical claims to reparations for Black Americans.”

What a night. From VA to NJ to PA to NYC. You love to see it. Good job everybody. Good trouble.

“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.”

“Ezra Douthglesias” is WILD… I have to go lay down now.

Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, @rfkuang.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQ...

Happy Halloween