when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world

An in depth review of Doris Piserchia's "Earthchild" recently published at Fear Planet (warning: contains spoilers). I have a [probably too long] intro to Piserchia at my own website but this is an excellent summary of why more people should be reading Piserchia's weird fiction.

Sick today (second time in two weeks, ugh) so I watched the first episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Went in with low expectations and was VERY pleasantly surprised. A bit predictable but a really interesting mix of characters and some terrific performances. Hope they keep it up!

It's a new story day! "Bots All The Way Down" is free to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com . It's a fairy tale about Internet enshittification, and AIs talking to AIs, with a twist. www.lightspeedmagazine.com?p=35448

It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com

Where are you, Democrats?

Saw the Libby AI statement (spoiler alert: it sucks) and so I'm back on my Incandescent With Rage Over AI Wagon (I've never been off it) and I just want to point out--what I thought--were some glaringly obvious things for these companies making these BS statements over their AI use. (1/9)

Nurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

This is the way to do it. Give them no peace and no quarter.

In a twist that will surprise no one who's been against this plagiarism machine from the beginning, turns out AI doesn't 'learn' shit. It stores info, accesses it as needed, and AI companies just lied about it. So now can we stop pretending stealing is progress? removepaywalls.com/https://www....

A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health. www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...

My first publication of the year is for Spanish-speakers. My story “A World Unto Myself” published in 2023 in Apex Magazine has been translated by Argentinian author Cezary Novek and now appears in La Tuerca Andante as “Un mundo en mi mismo.”

Trying really hard to control my rage in 2026 but all I really want to do is punch an ICE agent in the face.

My story, "The Last Anthropologist," is now available to read in ParSec! --with thanks to Editor Ian Whates & the editorial team very cool cover by Ben Baldwin pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

The Analog Reader's Choice poll for 2025 is up! analogsf.com/analog-scien... Please consider my short story "The First Velodrome on Mars" as well as the poems by my wonderful friends Ursula Whitcher and Geoff Landis!

My story "The Head in the Pantry" is featured on today's episode of the Tales to Terrify podcast! Fiction editor @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social , reader Stephen Kilpatrick, and the Tales team did terrific work adapting the story to audio. Please give it a listen.

Thanks for the outpouring of kindness, folks. If you want to do something to perk me up? Well, you could pre-order my dragon book! www.amazon.com/Dragon-Has-S...

“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"

Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.

2026 has started rough for me, with a series of unfortunate events. But through these rough days, your response to Vile Lady Villains is giving me so much hope!

Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing... Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨

i have a new flash out today: about miners on jupiter, protest songs, and voices beating back the darkness, louder and louder and louder. hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀

You have it within your power to make another person’s day a bit brighter. That’s a superpower. And it’s what separates you from the assholes in charge. Never forget that.

A few days late, but I'm happy to share that my story "Unsung" is live in the Jan/Feb issue of @analogsf.bsky.social. One reader described it as "cold, technical, and emotionally brutal," an A+ compliment if I've ever heard one. analogsf.com/current-issu...

My short story round-up for December is ready for you! adriabailton.com/short-story-...

Anyone know who we're kidnapping tomorrow?

Happy Science Fiction day!!! I've got a cozy scifi short story out now with Phano magazine to help you celebrate! Come join Tess and Lan as they navigate age, responsibility, family, and the mysteries of star flowers!

Awards Eligibility Post! I’m very proud of these three delinquents: Doppel Doppel Gang Gang (Baffling Magazine). Love Story in Colored Glass (Uncharted Magazine). Praise Song for the God of Restless Hands (The Dark). Links can be found on my website. Here’s to more art-making in 2026!

From now on we should start each New Year with a nap.

A brand new year goes well with a brand new story! My latest story, “The Stars You Can’t See by Looking Directly,” is out now at Clarkesworld! ✨❄️🌨️🌏

May this be a year of justice.

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet!

New Year Alert: I have a new giant queer lady story out, and it's free to read! Check it out here, at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social!

It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...

Don't know what this wave of illness is that has swept the country, but I got caught up in it this week and am (finally) starting to feel better. Wishing everyone a pre-emptive HAPPY NEW YEAR as we say bon voyage (and good riddance) to 2025!

Submissions for issue 10 are open a few hours early! For this, our last issue, we're looking for stories which explore the theme of endings 🥲 1-14 January: open to authors who are members of marginalised groups only 15-31 January: open to everyone

I put together a post about some of my favorite novels of 2025. It was truly a fantastic year for speculative fiction! acwise.net/favorite-nov...

I am inordinately proud of this thing I wrote and I'm gonna keep trying to get you to take just a few minutes to read it: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

The real lesson of a Muppet Christmas Carol is to live your life in such a way that wandering groups of muppets won’t be inspired to sing songs about how awful you are. I’m nailing it.

Overheard on the sidewalk: "Working is weird. Having a job is weird." It is, right? I mean, we don't think so because of, you know, CAPITALISM, but it is weird that humans have to have jobs. Think about it. That bird over there doesn't go into the office five days a week. Little bird in a suit.

Include a little kaidankai in your holiday by listening to the annual reading of The Goblins who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens. It's NOT scary!! #Christmas #christmas2025 #christmasstory #CharlesDickens #achristmascarol www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

It’s live! “Wheel Dog” is up over at @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social with annotations by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social. I’m so stoked to end the year with a hopeful cli-fi piece in such a cool, optimistic mag. If you like dogs, sleds, or sled dogs, check it out! www.tractorbeam.earth/story/wheel-...

Here's my 2025 Awards Eligibility post. 🦄✨ Thank you so much to everyone who read, published, or supported my writing journey this year! Feel free to nominate anything you liked. Thank you for your consideration.

And finally, on the darkest night of the calendar year, the brightest lights. Happy Chanukah and solstice to you all. If nothing else, this coming year, please know that each of you is a light in the darkness. 🔥

Both my physical and mental health are rough right now. Most days, the pain is overwhelming. If you'd like to do something for me? I have a request. Do something kind for someone else. Invite an extra person to holiday dinner. Donate to mutual aid. Help your sister pack. Anything for anybody.

Woke up this morning to an anthology acceptance for a story that was turned down 30+ times by other venues. Don't self-reject, fellow writer folk!

A periodic bump of some things I'm proud that I wrote this year. It was a darned hard year, but I love this pieces.

It's time for me to come clean: I write my first drafts on a manual typewriter. I write subsequent drafts in Scrivener and the 2010 version of MS Word, which is where I spell check. I am a dinosaur.

blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/ been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor