Getting this bday tattoo scheduled! Taking my joy wherever I can

IKYFL man....

Looking for a reading rec: Can any of you think of a book where our first introduction to an MC happens in the midst of a big battle? (Think like if we first met Aragorn during Minas Tirith or Captain Sheridan during the Battle of the Line)

Black boys and their stories in YA are often pushed aside or not supported enough. So I want to highlight this beautiful YA that focuses on queer Black boys and necromancy. Please support author Louangie Bou-Montes

BABES, I HEARD YOU LIKE QUEER SFF MYSTERY NOVELLAS FROM TINY PRESSES.

We are thrilled to reveal the UK cover of YEAR OF THE MER by @ldlewiswrites.com! A dark and explosive epic fantasy of revolution and dark magic pacts, as the Little Mermaid’s granddaughter marches to war.🧜‍♀️ Coming April 2026! https://tinyurl.com/yvs4d29t

LOOK AT IT!! I love the scales, the color scheme, all of it.

Reading this now and it is fabulous

Damn the season 3 ending of HACKS had me gagged!

Always a good day to remind yall to pre-order YEAR OF THE MER! One of my personal mermaid headcanons is that Ursula and Triton were most definitely a thing and it was a thing she out an end to. Because that man screams BITTER EX in the Disney film 😂

Don’t know what this says about me but hard techno is one of the best genres of music that helps me really lock in and focus on a task nowadays. In the back of my head, I know I’d be raging at a party to it. But sitting down—it helps me get shit done.

Mannnn one of these characters had REASONS and that’s all imma say 😂😂😂

Heading into Demon Slayer….

I have gone through the stages of grief and have accepted the truth of the idea. ...I've been writing this fucking thing in the wrong POV.

Today's book review: The Dead Withheld by @ldlewiswrites.com - awesome recent novella, fantasy noir + necromancy! Don't miss this one: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY

Attending Multiversecon in GA next month? Why, me too! Behold my programming schedule Oct 17-18 www.ldlewiswrites.com/appearances/...

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IT'S HERE!!! I am always so happy to see my friends out here winning and few deserve it more than @mcflycahill90.bsky.social ❤️. This is a story for our times (in both the ways that is good and bad). And yet, there's a timelessness to it that I think will resonate with many. Welcome the Fox everyone!

I really want to yell about it with all of you

OH and that universe where all the Krakoan X-Men were Black is getting its own line Ultimate universe style!

Every single squad is composed of C-lister and below mutants for at least the next 24 issues.

This is a moment not lost on me. @ldlewiswrites.com and myself have been friends for almost (if not over) a decade now. I was a fan first though and getting to be the first blurb for YEAR OF THE MER is something I manifested for us years ago. Pre-order yall! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Year-o...

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I really need to make some time for HOUSE OF HUNGER!

"Some people have water under their bridges. Glimm and I have the driest of deserts. Every little thing sticks to it like glue. Melts right into the sand. Lasts and lasts and lasts." Far too relatable lol. This short feels a bit like a modern fable & holds a few lessons about what we think we want.

It's release day for ROOTS OF MY FEARS, edited by @manylittlewords.bsky.social This is a beautiful gathering of authors, and I'm proud to have as part of it my story "Crepuscular," about two mothers journeying to heal their daughter of a telekinetic disease. titanbooks.com/72017-roots-...

What if no one enjoys what I wrote? What if I wasted all this time? I don't know, bro, but I get it. I've felt that way. So have many other writers. It sucks, but it happens. I'm not going to say "everyone will love it!" because who knows? But doing something you love and enjoyed is never a waste.

Saw the newest Conjuring and idk if this me getting sentimental as I'm getting older or what, but I actually did not mind at all the multiple groups of teenagers in the theater. In fact, their getting scared at everything and seeing that some were clearly on dates was kinda cute.

So many well-delivered, gut-punch lines in this story. "Laughter has the danger of spilling into something he cannot afford right now." left me feeling a bit ruined. NGL. "He tries to stay away from the ones who flinch from a man." does SO MUCH work in the context of the story. Very good read!

@obeytheauthor.bsky.social "FUCK THEM KIDS" was so much more tender and heart-warming and RELATABLE than I expected it to be. As the childless uncle, there were so many parts where I just had to nod my head in agreement. Such a cute story! fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

@kcolemanwrites.bsky.social now SEE lol, I did not ask to have all these feelings on a Saturday afternoon. Wow!! What a punch. Joy and grief and acceptance in equal measure. And the details to make sure we are grounded in the alien were perfect!! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/last...

@spacevalkyries.bsky.social Luciana is ridiculously hot and powerful and idk how you made my opinion of the character that strong, that fast but great work 😂👏 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...

oh hey it's pre-order sale time again at @barnesandnoble.com which makes it a great time to pre-order WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, interviews about activism, protest, and collective action, edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly

⚔️ NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS: FINAL REVEAL🏔 @draq.bsky.social brings us this new adventure of The Snow Leopard, with a cover by @vor-bokor.bsky.social, and interior illustration by @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social! Learn more & sign up for the crowdfund here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Testing out this revision idea that I've been avoiding all week because my instinct is telling me its probably correct but its going to mean so much work and I've already done so much work.

KUTATH (1980) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27” x 16” One of the hallmarks of C.J. Cherryh’s writing is her intricate worldbuilding and detailed portrayal of extraterrestrial races. 1/3

SHORT STORY ALERT: My latest, Moonrise, is in Issue 34 of FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. It’s about a day when only Black women wake up, and I am not done with this story. You’ve been warned.

⚔️ ✍️ SHORT STORY SUBMISSIONS FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY's 2026 ISSUES ARE NOW OPEN ✍️⚔️ Details here: newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions

I sometimes wish the work of making my characters better didn't always require so much personal introspective work. The more uncomfortable personal feelings and questions I confront, the more I'm able to learn about them. But ouch man.

I sometimes wish the work of making my characters better didn't always require so much personal introspective work. The more uncomfortable personal feelings and questions I confront, the more I'm able to learn about them. But ouch man.

The final cover of TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS features a few kind words from Adam Cesare 🖤 I'm so grateful, and I hope everyone checks out Clown in a Cornfield, based on his book, now on Shudder! 13 coming-of-rage stories release September 16 from Titan 😈 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/teenage-gi...

I finished reading THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social two weeks ago & I am still a bit dazzled by its originality. We talk about writing the weird books that AI could never possibly produce and this will be my first example from now on. www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...

A friend of a friend died in this massacre. And the church he attended/served refused to bury him. This has left me infuriated because do these men ever get to know a moment where their deaths aren’t spectacle and ridicule?

My latest @bookriot.bsky.social is live, in which I list some action-packed fantasy debuts, including works by @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, @kaliecassidy.bsky.social, @hachepueyo.bsky.social, Andrea Eames, and @kritikahrao.bsky.social! bookriot.com/2025-action-....

I have run across the first sentence I could sit back and go "yea I actually really like that". So revisions aren't all bad.

I'm just reading this one now and really enjoying it. The worldbuilding is so complex but so subtly layered.

Yeah she definitely deserved to be more widely read! Such masterful worldbuilding and characters that feel so real (I read a first draft of it and it was 🔥)