My column this week contains a review of the horror film WEAPONS. And by "contained," I mean that's all it is--the review.

At least now it rhymes with "Moses."

Your Pacific Standard Time crow.

I reviewed T. Kingfisher's latest at Fantasy Literature.

Up at Fantasy Literature:

A pair of cheerful images this morning.

My review of @annaleen.bsky.social 's tasty novella AUTOMATIC NOODLE is up at Fantasy Literature.

Something tranquil this morning.

My review of THE SECRET MARKET OF THE DEAD is up. Spoiler alert: I liked it.

Two rejections in the past two weeks, but 2 different indie bookstores want some of my books on consignment, so that's good.

The Social Security Administration has conceded an issue with phone service, after denying it to NPR, and has announced a fix.

Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, CA.

Beaky Raven.

I love the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference every year, but this year the synergy of the Speculative Fiction workshop was off the charts! A great workshop leader, great writers, and generous, committed readers. #MCWC2025

Bird images from Mendocino, CA. #MCWC2025.

Beaky raven.

I reviewed ALL THE MURMURING BONES by @angelaslatter.bsky.social. fantasyliterature.com/reviews/all-...

Another Mendocino memory; the mouth of Big River.

This year's Noyo Review is out, with my story as well as lots of other excellent prose and poetry.

This is from January, 2025, but it felt like a "crow family" morning.

My credit card's security algorithm is so funny! "We'll let that BIG charge for the round-trip train ride slide by, but this under-$100 trip insurance charge... this looks sketch."

This hardcover is now in my hands. In addition to donating a story I bought a copy because duh. This is an amazing outpouring of love and support by some great storytellers. Eager to dig in!

Great blue heron, male, in mating plumage. Yesterday, Bodega Bay, California.

My review of @stinaleicht.bsky.social space opera PERSEPHONE STATION is up at Fantasy Literature. fantasyliterature.com/reviews/pers...

I visited @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social yesterday to pre-order @charliejane.bsky.social 's latest, and pick up WEARING THE LION. On the way out I was mugged by a cheerful golden retriever for my dog treats.

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@charliejane.bsky.social, I'd like to discuss naming a writer's conference scholarship after you.

I just finished reading The Drowned Man's Daughter and it is brilliant. Sharp prose, immediate immersion (pun intended) in a strange future, fully realized complex community dynamics. Pre-order to support a longrunning Canadian independent press, and C.J., and as a favour to me personally, thanks.

My review of SHIELD OF SPARROWS is up.

I sent out a story this morning.

I took this last year at the Mendocino, CA Botanical Garden. At first I thought I was tracking a slow hummingbird! No such oxymoron; it's a sphinx moth.

“It’s a safe space to be yourself regardless of who that is. I don’t understand why people want to smother that.” From 2022: Drag Queen Story Hour? Over 150 people crowded into a West Texas cafe for this small town's first such event.

The installation is called Habitat, representing community as the heart of things. Solar panels collect energy to power the lights which come on after sunset. Sebastopol, CA.

My review of Ray Nayler's latest book is up at Fantasy Literature.

Weasels.

One of my raven favorites.

"Some of the tourists and locals who stopped by the statue between downpours Wednesday afternoon expressed surprise that it was allowed to be placed where it was. And they expressed reservations about weighing in on it publicly." Man, that's a depressing last sentence. gift link

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

My round-up column is up at Fantasy Literature.

It's a dahlia kind of a day.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

My review of @angelaslatter.bsky.social 's THE CRIMSON ROAD is up at Fantasy Literature. I just started ALL THE MURMURING BONES--delighted that it's set in the same world! fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-...

A couple of signs from the No Kings event I participated in. 2000+ people.

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”

I saw SINNERS last night. Whoa. What a movie!

Where is the "No Kings, only Drag Queens" T-shirt we all need?

Signs of Pride.

Book banners are costing tax payers millions of dollars just to lose. St. Francis Area Schools will place banned books back on library shelves and rewrite its library policy to comply with state law. buff.ly/pyuHl1b