Y'all, I just got another short story acceptance (from The Literary Hatchet), but I'm MAD! Why oh why didn't the guys send their acceptance BEFORE the 31th of December, to gift me with my 20th sale of the year?

The sky over [your city]

Joyeux Noël!

The moon was captured, too, entangled in the trees

Two Santas were caught and trapped today. I wonder whether it's happening elsewhere #Xmas

I heard Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, say they could mobilize a million people in an emergency. Out of ~6 million. And I got curious. So I looked up what other big European countries could realistically mobilize. Germany excluded, since it’s mid-rearm. chatgpt.com/s/m_6945680a...

Confused periwinkle

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That plush, marshmallow look when snow lands on trees that still have their leaves

Is it true that mornings hold gold? I keep squandering mine idly learning Mandarin and Norwegian — which, honestly, is far more fun than any other language I've studied. But maybe I should be *writing*

Found out the Paris flat I sold a few years back went up in smoke last summer. Ex-tenant in cuffs, accused of lighting up the underground garage. 100+ apartments gutted, asbestos in the dust. Looks like I walked out just before the apocalypse moved in.

Got a pneumococcum jab (anti-pneumonia) yesterday. I expected to be under the weather but all I have is a sore shoulder. I'd planned a lazy day, reading and doing nothing! Will chill out anyway

Rainy Brighton sky the day before the World Fantasy Convention starts #WFC

I've got my 18th story acceptance of the year!!! Only two months left and I hope that I will get 20! #amwriting #publishing #WritingCommunity

I arrived yesterday at the hotel in Brighton for the World Fantasy Convention. My main credit card wasn't working and I'd forgotten the other card's PIN. For a long hour, I expected to sleep (comfortably!) on the pier. #WFC #Brighton

They said, "No Kings!" So he had to steal the Empress's crown #nokings

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Never again (sigh)

Yes, yes, a great, great zine.

I wrote a military horror thing, and here it is, amon this garhering of excellent stories.

Lazy, who? Me? Not lazy—just a reluctant Stakhanovist. I avoid starting work because I know once I start, I won’t stop.

Just hit my 16th story acceptance of 2025. Starting to wonder if I’ve crushed some kind of Guinness world record—or if I just need a Guinness #amwriting #writingcommunity

A 700-year-old church tower has been suspended above a construction site during excavation works for the upcoming 50 Fenchurch Street skyscraper in London, designed by architecture studio Eric Parry Architects. (Dezeen)

I’m thrilled to have a solarpunk story in the latest issue of Zoetic Press www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...

Woah! Time flies when you're having fun. Only 26 days?? We can't wait to share these dogs with you, submit to find yourself in our little yard! We're open and #reading all work now! Submit #poetry, #fiction, #essay, #art, #nonfiction, and more today! #dogyard #litmag #openforsubmissions #writer

I Like Free Speech So Much That I’ve Decided It’s Just Mine Now open.substack.com/pub/mcsweene...

Down with the flu. Also trapped with a feral mosquito that can live 6 weeks. Send help.

I wrote a military horror-sf for Bullet Points, and it's on now!

London: The latest Bansky

I've sold 15 stories this year (so far). #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

A little story of mine (I have 15 out in 2025)

I want to write a Gothic novel in which the victim is a young, beautiful man mistreated by some cruel young Alpha #amwriting #WritingCommunity

A little story of mine (I have 15 out in 2025)

The Anatomy of “Othering”: open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

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I’ve written a novella in 12 days. #writing #WritingCommunity

A tiny brass band is blasting Christmas carols in 100-degree heat from the neighbor’s backyard. If only their notes came with icicles and popsicles.

Is this what momentum feels like? Ten short story acceptances in five months. Bragging? Moi? Never. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Publishing

This hottie is Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Hero of Two Worlds, born in Nice, 1807, he was not an American nor ever became one, but he lived a life that celebrated and fought for the principles that are the heart of the United States. He embraced (small r) republican nationalism and a unified Italy. 1/2

It's not Barbie's car. Designer Gustaf Westman has created an all-pink Mercedes-Benz that integrates a picknick table and a tent. OMG! (Seen on Dezeen)

Human beings are not the only species that can be total assholes. An astonishing observation: Young male monkeys abduct infants of a different monkey species and carry them around. As the babies need milk, and the abductors are young males, after a few days, the babies die.

Do not warm up the egg! #DragonDay #TuesdayDragon

Bergamo Alta, one of the gates to the city

Issue #3 of Saros arrives soon! Edited by @erratawrites.bsky.social, this issue has flash fiction by @gioclair.bsky.social, Cailín Frankland, and @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, an interview with @garykwolfe.bsky.social, and that's not all! 1/2

Cornell researchers have developed a robot that can be controlled by mushrooms (Dezeen)

Three-legged heartthrob on his favorite sofa

It'll never get old

Who needs nap-inducing pajamas? "Japanese creative studio Konel has developed a sleepwear concept that uses embedded sound and lighting to promote sleep based on the wearer's biometric data." (Seen at Dezeen)

Easter bunnies!

“When a woman tries to behave like a human being, she is told she is trying to behave like a man.” --Simone de Beauvoir (« Quand une femme essaie de se comporter comme un être humain, on dit qu’elle essaie de se comporter comme un homme. »)