Dear sweet christ of inbred AI...

may this current wave of discourse encourage more people to think about all the different ways that American Arts culture is based on a you-should-be-grateful ethos rather than a we-should-treat-you-well-because-you-are-doing-labor ethos

On Thursdays we go to the symphony.

#Booksky Happy book birthday to author/editor Joyce Chng @jolantru.bsky.social! Their new queer pirate short story collection, SAILING THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE, is out everywhere today, from our webstore to Kobo, Google Play, Smashwords, Bookshop and more! queenofswordspress.com/product/sail...

the thing is there's a ton of excellent fantasy by and about men right now but they're apparently not the type of men ""mantasy"" is referring to! hm!

Let's fucking GO!!!

Just now opened a pack of muffins, stuck my face in the box, and bit off the top of a muffin. Then set the box back in the cupboard. It's that kind of day.

If you ever wondered what kind of fiction The Prisoner reads to keep him in a revolution mindset between getting chased by gigantic beach balls, you need Maria Dong. New from her, just released: AVIARY #WeirdGirlLit #HorrorBooks #ThrillerReads #QueerBooks #booksky

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

The Uncertainty of Faith: for the latest Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social looks at fantasy's uses of religion in M.R. Robinson's THE LAST GOD OF TALAM DOR (@giganotosaurus.bsky.social)

Those old scientists and their lack of social messaging. Propah 'tainment.

If you haven't read the first two of these, the good news is that you have eight months to get them and read them. And you should. If you have, then you're in the boat with me where you're counting down for around 300 days.

I want to sit on a comfortable chair on a beach close enough to the water to dip toes, with the only thing on my mind the next page of a good book.

THE REPOST RIDE IS FAST AND HELLA SCENIC TODAY Another wonderful release from a wonderful mind.

Look, sometimes you tell yourself 'What's the point waiting?' #joy

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we’re talking about THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE by John Chu. An intimate family drama amid the sweeping grandeur of quantum physics, this sci-fi thriller fizzes with delight. A brilliantly assured debut! Our drink is the Maintainer, for the universe!

Today in #khumaloTales: "She'd never imagined what paradise must seem like, as most versions of a golden zone were beholden to some form of suffering first." Damn, @zzclaybourne.bsky.social . Just... damn. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

It’s my book birthday! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out in the UK today! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey! Get ready for battles, ancestor magic, and big revelations! See below for links to the Goldsboro and Illumicrate exclusion editions!

I'm doing a lot of reposting today because you need the good stuff. Need it in your head, in your heart, in your striving, undeniable soul.

Buy SFF books and harass your congresscritters to get that loud rancid genocidal bitch out of office and into the deepest darkest dungeon we can find most expeditiously

Obvious Things Said Cheap The United States of America gives itself medals for the things you say the United States of America will never do.

Year of the Mer shares a release date today with 76+ other SFF titles! Congrats to all the authors celebrating a book day, and to all the readers who almost certainly have something new in the world that fits you just right. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o... titanbooks.com/72438-year-o...

I'm reading an early draft of this now (blackmail is an underappreciated tool in the writing community) and can attest that it's sooo fucking worth putting your name on the list early.

We flew straight past the 25% and 30% milestones thanks to one pledge. Incredible!

Somebody says "Go on this right-wing podcast, generate 100K sales," I'd say hell no. Go on Fox News to promote your book, it'll reach in the millions. Oh fuck no. An interview with a slimy influencer? Watch me lock the door. Not everything is worth stepping in shit. Better to keep a clean floor.

Reminder. Art ain't optional. It's dna.

Young Detroit writers, this is for you. Full info here: www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-d...

Windy day. I look outside and see the treetops bouncing and waving, trying to get me to rave in the dirty streets. I'm not having it, trees. It's an indoor day. Bathrobe, slippers and dinner for every meal.

Unfortunately there's likely a church somewhere today that has their youth members wearing t-shirts that say JESUS IS RIZZ. Don't go chasing waterfalls, pastors. Don't.

Instead of social media influencers randomly surfacing a few books, how about people reading tons of new books and writing thoughtful reviews of them, which encourage people to pay attention to a ton of new releases? i.e., the thing we had until recently.

Trilogy wrapping up. Need new projects. BOG THE UNSMILING'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY OF BOBO THE MAG AND MEN ARE YOU THERE, GOD, IT'S ME, BUBBA FOOM? SENSE AND SEXY CHOCOLATE KHUMALO THE NINTH THE THREE MILO PROBLEM READY RAMSES ONE THE FALSE PROPHET'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY DUNE

A rainy Saturday, so I'm reading @zzclaybourne.bsky.social's #KhumaloTales. Yes, I got an early draft. First thought? "Yay, Bog!" Bog is my man. I'm just starting and this book already feels like a warm blanket and a cup of coca. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

@csecooney.bsky.social keeps writing weird good books that make me cry! aah! (please continue) Today's read was Twice-Drowned Saint 😭💜

The Kickstarter launches this October. The book is in your hands December. Sign up for pre-launch notification now and join me in the long game... Khumalo Kickstarter pre-launch link! www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

That'll do.

On Fridays we remind you that Pam Grier is a goddess

Cartoon: Night goofer 2026. I love Nightcrawler and I love Goofy. That last drawing was from the late 90s so I decided to do a fresh one :)

You cannot possibly think a person who spends hours and hours writing, thinking about writing, writing about writing, talking to other writers, encouraging aspiring writers...somehow hates writing. There are words and there is subtext and context. Wow.

If it makes you stink, it's funk. Get some.

Weirdest story I might have written was about a 6 ft tall jackalope constantly pulling drunken Buddha out of bar fights. I think I wrote a companion story to it night before last, a short short that doesn't feature any characters from the first but feels like it definitely exists in the same space.

Agreed. Squarely in the I Wish A MF Would category.

ENGAGE!!!!

For 1 April 2026: "Networking for System Administrators: The Defenestrated Edition" I threw out the Windows. Well, blacked it out. mwl.io/ks

Year of the Mer is out everywhere in one week 😬 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

If no one's told you this lately, you're doing wonderful things. Not all the time, don't wanna burn yourself out, but you do stuff and people smile about it. That's bible verse and philosophy all in one. Keep doin' stuff, random af or planned to the teeth. People heal behind those smiles.

First of all HELL YEAH to all these recs. And secondly hell yeah as a writer: we SHOULD be eating lots and lots of books as part of our balanced diet. Books that sound very different from ours. Different vibes, moods, styles, atmospheres, prose, structure, and subject.

Now & then it's a good idea to remind yourself what words can do. Read Spear by Nicola Griffith. Read The Alchemists of Kush by Minister Faust. Read Bone Swans by CSE cooney. Read How to Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison. Sometimes words can put you closer to your final form.

The Kohl's Mom goes through a box of wine every night while anonymously suggesting books to the school board she wants banned. Search your feelings.

📢 It's the final day to nominate titles for this year's Ursula K. Le Guin Prize! This is one of the most exciting prizes around - I've discovered new favourites while reading previous shortlists - so don't miss the opportunity to nominate your favourite 2025 releases that meet the criteria.