The wee little zine that I run!

This week's blog post and writing prompt is here: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Here's my blog post/prompt for the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Feeling a wee bit maudlin for my writing tonight, but I drew a prompt anyway! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Wrote last week's story, drew this week's prompt: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

All right, I've written thirty-three short stories so far this year, using prompts I've generated with the Story Engine deck. Here's the prompt I drew for story number 34: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Taking a break from a cryptically-announced social media break to share my new blog post: My friend was right: I'll be rolling up Romance as a sub-genre until the Universe determines that I'm comfortable writing them. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

A short little blog post, because my migraine is killing me right now. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

YOU! You writers of vast historical fantasies, epic in scope, numerous in words and pages, and so on... HOW DO YOU DO IT? I've a hankering to write an epic historical fantasy involving Caribbean pirates and pre-Revolutionary America but have no idea where I should start resarching. Thoughts?

This is a wonderful story, and everyone who believes they are and always will be able-bodied (spoiler: you won't be) should read this:

I've written thirty stories this year so far! So for Week 31 of the year, I've drawn my 31st prompt. So here it is: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

A couple of years ago I wrote a short story that spoofed the so-called redemption arc, and today I sold it! It won't come out until next year, but I must say I'm pretty chuffed!

In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be like Superman. Be punk as fuck.

...In which I decide to write a historical story (and curse a little bit). underpope.com/bloginomicon...

In which I am prompted to write a science fiction mystery involving an AI and a wormhole and time travel: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's blog post, which has some thoughts on writing romance short stories (spoiler: it's hard!). underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Submissions for the December release of Daikaijuzine are now open! www.daikaijuzine.org

Prompt of the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Meanwhile, here's my blog post for the week: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Woo hoo! I got the latest release of my wee little 'zine out the door, just in the nick of time! daikaijuzine.org

"The trouble seems to be with your transmission," the mechanic tells me. JK Rowling, screaming from outside the service station: "WHAT KIND OF MISSION?!!?"

I did not finish "The Demon of Ypres", last week's story, but that did not stop me from drawing this week's prompt. So here it is, along with some thoughts about curiosity! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

This week's prompt led to a horror story set during World War One: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I'm amazed at myself for having written twenty-two stories so far this year! Some of them are atrocious and will probably never been seen by readers. Some of them, I think, are worth a revision or two. But her's this week's prompt, which includes a cheesy mermaid pic: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Happy Pride Month to all my LGBTQ+ friends and followers! Love is love, pride is pride! To all my fellow cishets, remember: now is not a safe time in the US for LGBTQ+ people. Protect them, speak up for them, vote out the fuckers who are trying to destroy them.

Finished last week's story ahead of time, and drew a new prompt! This one's exciting because it involves libraries! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I don't suppose anyone knows of a streaming service where I can find performances of Shakespeare's plays?

My twenty-first prompt involves a secret throne at the heart of a maze and a ghoul: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

States' rights unless the state wants to do something Trump and his oligarch friends don't like.

I rarely fanboy or squee over a book or send fan letters (I know I should send more) but "The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi" by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social is incredible! Everyone should read it! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Check this out! Inner Worlds is a fantastic zine!

Me too, actually. Go team humanity!

All these years thinking the Ramones were an English band, and today I learn they're American. Why on Earth did I think that?

Tipping is SO INGRAINED into American culture that every time I go to another country, it causes me agony not to do so.

This haunted asylum wishes everyone a Happy Mother's Day, or at least a happy Sunday. And here's my twentieth prompt of the year: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

today we are plucking the timeline strings of THE PRESENT to craft THE FUTURE. this is immeasurable power and dang is it exciting, especially if you can manage to tap into this cosmic truth. when you create today trot with this force behind you and craft the timeline that only YOU can make buckaroo

Good morning, Sky of Bleu, and how are you? I thought I'd share my earworm with all of you, and it's "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm51...

I didn't finish last week's story, and I am unashamed. This week's prompt promises to be interesting. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

A new blog post by me! About stuff other than writing! Also sent out as a newsletter to my subscribers. underpope.com/bloginomicon...

I think it's pretty amazing that I've written seventeen short stories this year, and that I think some of them are pretty good! Here's my blog post on the eighteenth prompt I came up with using the Story Engine: underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Today, #YomHashoah, #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we remember the ultimate tragedy suffered by our people. We honor the struggle for life, dignity, freedom everywhere, that of the Jewish People & that of all Peoples, and stand against hardheartedness and dehumanization. #NeverAgain #NeverAgainForAnyone

Proof of citizenship for voting is essentially a poll tax.

“Our autopsy found the Holy Father had a substantial amount of Eucharist in his system— roughly four times the legal limit—at the time of death,” said Fernando Ruini theonion.com/vatican...

I posted a new prompt on my blog today! underpope.com/bloginomicon...

Yeah, definitely need a social media break this long weekend. But find me on Messenger, on Slack, on Discord, or by phone/email. See ya Tuesday!

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

I think my career as a novelist might go better if I actually finish any of those novels I drafted but never revised.

Checking in. How are all my friends on Bluesky doing today? I'm stressed and anxious. You?

Today’s the day! Submissions for the @strangehorizons.bsky.social AfroSurrealism Special Issue are now open! We’re excited to read your work👇🏾 strangehorizons.moksha.io/publication/...