So much of the world is terrible, and I want my daughter back.

Listening to Joe Jackson and getting the energy up to exercise. I am also trying very hard to not be too grumpy here about foolishness and hypocricy. It solves nothing.

Was listening to some Harry Nilsson today. This song meant a lot to me and Caitlin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1n9...

With all of the things burning around me, I often worry about not doing enough. Years ago, some dear friends reminded me about how important Uncanny Magazine is to people during one of my laments about this. They’re right. Creating art and getting it to folks who need it is always so fucking vital.

Another Aicardi woman passed away. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

My FB feed today had promo for a caregivers’ support group. I took a look, and it is, of course, focused on moms who caregive. I know I no longer need this, but it is still depressing that I never had a support group for primary caregivers I could join.

Hugo the Cat and I watched Hammer’s The Revenge of Frankenstein. It was delightful! 😺

I painted more of the bomb shelter today.

The world is making me grumpy, so here is a photo of me and Caitlin from Christmas Eve 2004 when she was 2 years old.

Nightediting... deserves a quiet night...

Trying to not look at THE WORLD while focusing on editing things is sometimes not easy.

I painted the bomb shelter ceiling today.

The Victorian Gothic buildings surrounding Glasgow University's eastern quadrangle. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #gothicarchitecture #glasgowuniversity

One day, I will learn to better check my posts for typos. Today is not that day. 😂

One of the most important things I learned from Caitlin was the power of joy. She faced some terrifying things every day, and she knew they were horrific. She would get scared. She was sometimes in pain. But every day, she fought back. She discovered new things, & shared them with me and all of you.

It’s a good thing one of my superpowers is shutting out everything to completely focus on editorial work. Uncanny gotta stay on deadline. Whee!!! 🦄

This is how I know about the AI submissions. Uncanny Magazine doesn't use an AI detector. I also want to clarify again that I am not banning anybody unless there is *proof* AI was used. Mostly, this is just annoying and adds time to processing the submission pile.

It's so funny how Chuck Taylor said "If the women are gonna be homoerotic on AEW then the men should be too" and everyone in the entire world was like "You know what, Chuck Taylor, you're completely right and we love you very much."

I'm finally listening to the new Japanese Breakfast album. It is always emotional to experience something Caitlin would have wanted to experience but didn't get a chance.

New story day! "If a Digitized Tree Falls" is my latest collaboration with @kyliu99.bsky.social, an exploration of technologies that bridge the divide between digital and physical, with a focus on environmental themes. Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social! reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...

Uncanny Magazine received 2800 short story submissions. It does seem that we are still getting AI subs. (Sadly, no shock there.) I can buy 15-20 stories for Year 12.

When you have a hammer, everything looks like nails

🚨🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨🚨Starting next month, make the Criterion Channel your home for the best in Hong Kong cinema! On October 1, a major selection of long-unavailable movies from the Golden Princess library will make their streaming debuts on the Channel

Released 47 years ago today "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" by the Buzzcocks #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October: fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...

I think this is the earliest photo of me and Caitlin. How does 2002 seem both so very long ago and also like yesterday?

I'm listening to Doctor Who soundtracks (Meglos and Full Circle) as I edit Uncanny Magazine Issue 67. SO BEGINS YEAR 12! 🦄😁

As my fiancée, @kirstybelle.bsky.social, is very Scottish, I'm reading books on Scottish history and watching so many YouTube videos about Scottish history and culture. I am sure everyone will find my random Scottish facts very fascinating! 😁

Time for everyone’s favorite Michael Caine quote again: ”Someone said to me, ‘I saw that Jaws 4. It stinks.’ I said, ‘I haven’t seen it, but I’ve seen the house it bought my mother, and it’s marvelous [laughs].”

Uncanny Magazine closes to short story submissions TODAY! When September 8 is finished everywhere on the planet, the submission portal will be closed!

When the muse calls, you have to say yes.

I mananged 2 miles on the elliptical without dying. Just peaked at Moksha and Uncanny is closing in on 2700 short story submissions. Plenty to keep me out of trouble.

Ah, yes. I love a discourse that is a game of telephone where you track down the original post that people are referencing and it doesn’t say the thing people are now talking about because somebody at some point decided to subtweet instead of quotetweet.

I am listening to Scott Walker’s Scott 2. (I found it super cheap at a used CD store) and drinking coffee. Finally saw Werckmeister Harmonies last night, and it is haunting me. It is quite poignant in the current world.

MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄

I've been watching some mediocre Scottish Ghost vids, and Caitlin would have loved them. She was such a ghost girlie. I suspect that eventually I would have bought her some Ghost Hunting stuff and taken her to a haunted house so we could pretend to see GHOST SHADOWS and hear GHOST FOOTSTEPS.

I have removed the now empty wasp nest. VICTORY!!!

Favorite TV Theme Songs? Doctor Who Red Dwarf Blake’s 7 Poirot Xena Death in Paradise Angel Sherlock Holmes Seasame Street The Muppet Show Fraggle Rock Wizards Of Waverly Place The Golden Girls Cheers A million TV Land classics from the 50s to 80s

The Pollok fold of Highland cattle was on fine form yesterday, pleasing the crowds by coming right up to the fence in Pollok Park. This lovely lady seemed to be enjoying the attention. #Glasgow

I went into ye olde used record store today, and MANY GEN ZERS WERE IGNORING VINYL AND BUYING CDS!! So yes, Caitlin and I were right. YOUR TIME IS BACK, COMPACT DISCS!!!

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Glasgow University against a leaden sky on today's lunchtime dog walk. #glasgow #architecture #kelvingroveartgallery #glasgowuniversity #architecturephotography #glasgowtoday

Coming next week, a new collaboration @kyliu99.bsky.social and I wrote! It will be my first appearance in Reactor :)

1. People who like AI don’t give a shit about The Magnificent Ambersons 2. People who care about The Magnificent Ambersons and love it despite it not being the version Orson intended don’t want it to be desecrated and turned into AI slop So who is the even for?

Hugo the Cat and I are listening to the New Pornographers as I work on more Uncanny Magazine stuff. Tis the BUSY SEASON for Uncanny!

The important thing is I sprayed from a distance the "old" wasp nest that was in the bathroom exhaust vent before climbing up a ladder to remove it. To be on the safe side. WHICH IS GOOD AS IT WAS FULL OF WASPS.

I am working in Barnes & Noble. I am so delighted that it survived. Our Border's is now a Liquor Store.

28 if I don't count airports or driving through.

I am reading submissions in the bath.

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