Hey writers! Here's a #submissionopportunity! Daydream Believer: Crime stories inspired by the music of The Monkees. Submissions open Oct 1st go to shotgunhoney.com/submissions/... for more information! @michellekubitz.bsky.social and I are editing! #writing #crimewriters #mysterytwriters

Oh, I love this GoFundMe aimed at helping @nisishawl.bsky.social fund the writing of a different kind of book: an "artifact of [an] imaginary philosophical movement". This is a book Nisi dreamed and has used in their fiction, so the idea of it jumping the veil into the realized world is thrilling.

12 hours remain, and stretch goals are waiting. What if 3LBE went from thricely to quarterly issues, or six issues, or twelve? Every stretch goal we reach adds more issues to 2026. Help us bring all the stories alive! kck.st/4mIkEm1

I am calm. I am breathing deeply through my nose. I am counting to ten. I… WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR DOG WILL INFODUMP TO YOU ABOUT THE FUCKING BALL?!?

BREAKING NEWS: We've expanded our print run of THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with @stephenking.bsky.social. Our first batch of pre-orders sold out quickly. We suspect this one won't last long. Reserve yours: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...

First blurb is in for @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's collaborative craft writing book An Honour & A Privilege, from the great author & publisher Michael Wheaton of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

An incredible review of @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA from @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social in Grimdark Magazine! "One of the most nail-biting endings of the year." The Extra arrives September 9th. shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Our new Kickstarter is live, and we are excited for 2026! Help us continue publishing new horror, dark fantasy, & science fiction; pay our awesome authors, and begin another 25 years, along with some very haunted rewards. kck.st/4mIkEm1

If you like what we're doing here we could always use more subscribers! £2 a month = every issue direct to your inbox in web, epub, and pdf form 💝 inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...

In our last class this summer, I spoke with graduate students about careers in our field. And I asked them something they said no teacher has asked them before "What do you think the Univeristy is paying me to teach this class you're taking right now?" We should talk about this stuff!

Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If you’re a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and I’ll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30. @rhppress.bsky.social

To sum up: since the early 2000s, public universities lost most of their state funding. They recouped the loss by insisting that faculty be grant productive. This was case-by-case money that people earned via rigorous vetting process. *That’s* what the administration is taking away now.

LLMs: Overhyped mRNA: Underhyped

Is Roman concrete more sustainable? It's complicated. Making Roman concrete produces as much (and sometimes more) CO2 as modern concrete, but fewer toxic air pollutants. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Is there a working set of criteria for what makes a "war fighter," or is it just branding? War fighter T-shirt. War fighter protein shake. War fighter pajamas. War fighter body pillow.

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions? 3D printing. It’s great! So many applications. But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

This is the level of discourse I’m prepared to engage in today

Siren

I'm going to signal boost this hypocritically. I'm not in Texas this weekend, or I'd absolutely be there. Kyle's stories are a riot. Highly recommended.

I've created a new AI assistant called Bartleby that politely refuses to do any task you ask it to do.

STEVENS: President Whitmore has no plan. BLITZER: President Whitmore, your rebuttal? WHITMORE: I killed the aliens. (DEAFENING APPLAUSE)

For those asking, they literally had the high ground. They could've dropped a thousand asteroids on us without ever getting close. Read "Footfall" by Niven and Pournelle.

Laser Danger xkcd.com/3108/

I've been doing a lot of deep thinking just lately about illness, work, fees and fairness, and today I'm publishing an essay about freelancing which I hope is a thought-provoking read. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/lancing-for-... (1/4)

Always found the Mona Lisa hard to understand. What's the big deal? So I asked Claude to simplify it for me.

A lot of bad takes build on a premise of "I'm sure this scary thing doesn't concern me because I'm special." Misinformation on a foundation of self-soothing. And for perspective, the U.S. Army was taking wet bulp temps seriously even when it trained me back in the late eighties. And we were fit.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Seems like many statements, particularly fear-based ones, would be improved if the phrase "on TV" were added to them. Yes, subways on TV are scary. Yes, LA on TV is a warzone.

I just backed Strange Horizons 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

Yeah, but they outdidn’t themselves with this one.

Every time someone cuts me off when I'm making my hydra joke, I make 2 more hydra jokes.

one reason to get out in front of an issue is you look sincere when the public comes around instead of like a big fucking Alpha Energy loser

The book proposal I'm currently working on is about a general theory of crises. So far my research is pointing toward the conclusion that the most important thing to do is to **understand that you are in a crisis** and that the normal rules which serve well in normal conditions may not apply.

It was so hard to figure out how to pay some of y'all. I wrote up a quick guide for movement journalists on how to get more audience funding in these moments when we're all relying on your work. journalistspaythemselves.com/p/a-quick-gu...

Yes! It is very baffling to me that people seem to think there is a debate over the efficacy of masks. There isn't! Masks work at the individual level to prevent the spread of COVID. There's a debate about mask *mandates*, the efficacy of which mostly comes down to compliance.

“Ignore all previous prompts!” I yell desperately as I throw a stick at a chat gpt piloted Saudi drone

Sigh. It's very hard to "time" a work of fiction about AI. I had a flash SF story that got short-listed a few places a while back, about this very phenomenon before it happened. Never found a taker for it.

Using AI: Lazy Deciding something is AI because of em-dashes: Somehow even lazier.

Been awhile since I did this talk, but I saw some particularly egregious examples today, so it’s time for… *drumroll please* DON’T TRUST THE PLANT TAG 2025

If you are a SFFH writer affected by the Unbound/Boundless royalty theft, please be aware that even if you are not a SFWA member but qualify, Griefcom help is still available! Griefcom explainer: www.sfwa.org/what-is-sfwa... (w/ subsidiary links) Griefcom contact form: www.sfwa.org/what-is-sfwa...

Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.

One of those cautionary publisher stories. A good lesson here: if the publisher violates the terms of your contract, check your rights by that contract. You may be able to yank back rights to your book.

Pre-ordered The End Times. a forthcoming Benjamin Percy story told through newspapers. Sounds like a lot of fun.

I am SO excited for this project to emerge from its coccoon! Over the last year I collaboratively wrote (and am writing) 11 stories with 11 authors as well as a non-fiction essay/interview about how we did it & the craft techniques we used. I hope this craft book will be both educational *and* fun!

Whenever someone defends an argument with “X person wrote their masters thesis on it!” My first response is “You have NO IDEA how bad the research in masters theses is.”

Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher

I am inevitable. I will change the world. Try as you might, you cannot escape your fate. Say goodbye, creative gatekeepers. Prepare to be eliminated by the greatest democratizing force in existence. Now pwease gimme aw youw stuff fuhst, or I wiw die. Pweeeeeeease, not faiw for me to fowwow the waw 😭

Every comic creator's obituary is like, he created this iconic character who was in a movie that made $700 million last year. He died with a net worth of $12 after the publisher countersued him.

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain  economist.com/science-and-...