On @reactorsff.bsky.social will Delenn be able to gather her fleet? Why is it so easy to find Garibaldi all of a sudden? Will G'Kar scream for Cartagia? These questions and more on a pulse-pounding episode, as the BABYLON 5 Rewatch looks at "The Summoning." reactormag.com/babylon-5-re...

On the blog: my Sunday feeling, on karate, writing, shopping, and stuff. decandido.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/m...

Sadly, I have to last-minute cancel my appearance at Creatures, Crime & Creativity, this time because my poor wife @wrennnyc.bsky.social is both too sick to accompany me and too sick to be home alone, so I must take care of her rather than go hang out with fellow word-slingers. Sigh and alas.

Great Brooklyn Books & Booze last night. We were there for our dear friends @randeedawn.com and @davidmack.bsky.social, but we were also blown away by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and the absolutely delightful @cosbrarian.bsky.social. Bravo to all and sundry!

In honor of Robert Redford's passing, we're watching one of the greats..... @wrennnyc.bsky.social

On the blog: my schedule for Creatures, Crime & Creativity (C3) conference this coming weekend! decandido.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/m...

"Curse your sudden-but-inevitable betrayal!" "Mine is an evil laugh!" @wrennnyc.bsky.social got me two dinosaur cookies just so I could do this. I love my wife........

On @qhcorip.bsky.social Delenn mopes, G'Kar searches, Mollari plans, and Sheridan is very very confused. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch asks the question on everybody's lips, "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?" reactormag.com/babylon-5-re...

Have you preordered my new novel SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD yet? If you're undecided, I've got a gift for you: an excerpt from the novel! If you have preordered it, this excerpt will let you know what you're in for! So check it out! decandido.net/SCUexcerpt.pdf @blackstonepub.bsky.social

On @reactorsff.bsky.social it's the third-season finale telling a story that is a sequel to "Through the Lens of Time" and which was pretty much inevitable. My review of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS's "New Life and New Civilizations." reactormag.com/tv-review-st...

For years reading your books as a kid I had a vague imaginary notion of you as like a nerd in a shirt & tie & glasses with encyclopedic Star Trek knowledge, and it turns out you're actually long-haired broad smile proud karate guy and I think that's pretty cool. I got the glasses right though 😊

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational." ---Charlie Kirk, recent victim of a gun death, which was apparently prudent and rational

Back to school! Today is my first afterschool karate teaching session of the 2025/2026 school year! Looking forward to it! Osu! #karate #blackbeltlife

So...what happened to Khan while exiled on Ceti Alpha V? We've seen this story before, but the new audio drama Star Trek: Khan offers a new perspective on the iconic villain's lead-up to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. @kradec.bsky.social reviews the first episode! reactormag.com/reviews-star...

On @reactorsff.bsky.social the STAR TREK: KHAN audio drama has debuted! I take a look at the premiere and find it to be nifty indeed, especially in its treatment of Marla McGivers. reactormag.com/reviews-star...

I have a piece up on The Strand Magazine's Mystery Center, talking about the mixing of speculative fiction and mystery in general and SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD in particular. www.mysterycenter.com/2025/09/05/g...

On @reactorsff.bsky.social we kick off season four with the introduction of Emperor Cartagia and Lorien, and generally a very sedate opening to what will be a very not-sedate season. The BABYLON 5 Rewatch sits through "The Hour of the Wolf." reactormag.com/babylon-5-re...

"It's hinky." "Ah, yes, the cornerstone of the criminal justice system: innocent until proven hinky." I'm loving BALLARD......

Get to the bottom of the Cliff’s End conspiracy - Add Gryphon Precinct by Keith DeCandido to your to-read list #GoodReads buff.ly/wPwjMg5 #CliffsEnd @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery

Danthres Tresyllione and Torin ban Wyvald must track down the truth about Bliss before more citizens of Cliff’s End turn up dead in the Goblin Precinct buff.ly/f4rZg5q @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #goblins #mystery

Torin and Danthres must navigate the difficult political waters of Cliff's End's upper classes in an attempt to determine a girl's killer in Unicorn Precinct. buff.ly/Z2wKuz2 @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #unicorns #mystery

The eSpec Books Author Reading Series presents Keith DeCandido reading an excerpt from his novel Mermaid Precinct youtu.be/eXh-QwWf5-U #mermaids #fantasy #pirates @kradec.bsky.social @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

The youngest child of one of the most powerful families in Cliff’s End is found murdered and someone has used magick to hide the culprit’s identity. What are investigators Torin ban Wyvald and Danthres Tresyllione to do? Unicorn Precinct by Keith R.A. DeCandido @kradec.bsky.social

With the death of Lord Albin, things radically change for the guards of Cliff’s End. Though no longer partners, can Lieutenants Torin ban Wyvald and Danthres Tresyllione uncover the conspiracy before it’s too late? Gryphon Precinct buff.ly/Owk2Jv7 @kradec.bsky.social @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

Ten adventures of the Cliff's End Castle Guard! Fantasy police procedurals at their best in Tales from Dragon Precinct by Keith DeCandido buff.ly/X9Jvtyb @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #fantasy #mystery

Publishers Weekly’s review of Keith DeCandido’s Mermaid Precinct says, “This energetic romp is light on the surface, but it tackles the issue of xenophobia head-on with surprising grace. buff.ly/PBCFKBT @kradec.bsky.social @dackleymcphail.bsky.social #fantasy #mermaids #mystery

The world’s greatest hero is brutally murdered in grubby lodgings in Dragon Precinct, on the eve of a great quest. Investigators Danthres Tresyllione and Torin ban Wyvald must discover who murdered Gan Brightblade…with no evidence to go on. @kradec.bsky.social buff.ly/WsTKEWK #fantasy #mystery

On the blog: another @dragoncon.org is in the books! My full trip report, with lots of pictures. Workshops! Panels! Fire alarms! T-rexes! THE EYE OF ARGON! Table reads! Game shows! Hanging out at the bar! Autographings! And lots of wonderful people! bit.ly/4niy08S

Finally doing post-con laundry!

On @reactorsff.bsky.social Magazine, it's the latest TREK riff on HELL ON THE PACIFIC and ENEMY MINE, this time with Ortegas and a Gorn. My review of the latest STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Terrarium." reactormag.com/tv-review-st...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that each Star Trek show must have a riff on Hell on the Pacific/Enemy Mine. Season three, episode nine, "Terrarium," takes the spot for Strange New Worlds. Now the question is...did it work? #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds reactormag.com/tv-review-st...

We are home and mostly unpacked. It was a great @dragoncon.org!

WE HAVE FINALLY ESCAPED VIRGINIA!

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K......

Last day of @dragoncon.org! Just two program items today before we start our trek north, and they're both on the Trek Track in the Hilton's Galleria 2-3: "Writing Star Trek" at 10am and "The Last Thing You Want to See at Dragon Con: The Peter David Memorial" at 2.30pm. It's been a great show!

The Peter David memorial yesterday at @dragoncon.org - with @puppetmaker60.bsky.social, @kradec.bsky.social, @pauljenkins.bsky.social, @colleendoran.bsky.social, Kevin J Anderson, and Garret Wang

All set up in the Westin Overlook for my autographing. Come buy my books so I don't have to haul them back to New York! Or just bring something for me to sign! Also here are @patriciabriggs.bsky.social @wesleychu.bsky.social and @realcharlaine.bsky.social!

Day 4 of @dragoncon.org! My autographing is at 10am (Westin Overlook), then panels on horror adaptations (11.30am Westin Peachtree 1-2) & world-building in urban fantasy (2.30pm Westin Chastain 1-2), followed by an SNL table read (7pm Marriott M103-M105) and THE EYE OF ARGON (10pm Hyatt Embassy AB).

So @dragoncon.org cancelled all the 11.30am events in the Hyatt Atrium, which included my reading, because of a firealarm. So if you come to my autographing tomorrow at 2.30pm in the Westin Overlook, I'll do a one-minute reading for you.

Day 3 of @dragoncon.org! I've got my reading from SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD @ 11.30am (Hyatt Learning Center), FANDOM FEUD @ 2.30pm (Marriott M103-M105), Peter David Memorial @ 5.30pm (Hyatt Regency VI-VII), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES @ 7pm & DICK TRACY @ 8.30pm (both Marriott M103-M105).

All ready for The Gather at @dragoncon.org in the Hyatt's International Ballroom! I'm here till midnight! Come by and buy!

I'm at @missingvolume.bsky.social from 1-2pm -- booth 1300 in the Americas Mart. Come see me! @dragoncon.org

Day 2 of @dragoncon.org! See my panels "Muppets Sci-Fi" (11.30am Hyatt Embassy AB) & "Military SF Creators" (2.30pm Westin Chastain DE), me @ Missing Volume (1pm Americas Mart booth 1300), my practical self-defense workshop (5.30pm Hilton 404-405), and THE GATHER (8pm-12am Hyatt Int'l Ballroom)!

DragonCon is well under way, and I’ve been running into friends right and left… it was great fun catching up (and plotting shenanigans) with @kradec.bsky.social, @farawaypress.com, and Kevin J Anderson… We’ve all known each other for far too many years… :)

On @reactorsff.bsky.social it's the nadir of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, as I suffer through "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" so you don't have to. Not even Patton Oswalt can save this disaster. reactormag.com/tv-review-st...

Last week, we saw one of the best episodes of Star Trek. @kradec.bsky.social called today's episode "dreadful." Let's discuss season 3, episode 8: "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds reactormag.com/tv-review-st...

Day 1 of @dragoncon.org! See me tonight at 7pm doing "Starship Smashdown" (Hyatt Embassy AB) with @vanallenplexico.bsky.social ant at 8.30pm doing "Just Yell Out the Name of a Sci-Fi Show You Remember" (Marriott M103-M105) with @johnhudgens.bsky.social and a bunch of others. YAY DRAGON CON!

GEORGIA, WE ARE IN YOU! We're in our ninth and final state of the trip! We've hit several pockets of traffic since we got on I-85, but it's generally been a good trip. Still a little over an hour to go..... #theroadtodragoncon

Strange bird-like aliens have destroyed an Earth colony. The combined forces of the North American Union meet the threat with guns blazing. Read To Hell and Regroup, book 3 in the 18th Race series. especbooks.square.site/product/to-h... @kradec.bsky.social #milscifi @dackleymcphail.bsky.social