Accidentally took a nap and now it's fountain pen day

This was a very very very long day

Everyone see PREDATOR: BADLANDS this weekend so all of these fucking losers can eat shit.

We doing black Friday sales on the odd autumn Thursday now?

Finally received my copies of Afrofuturism Tales. My first short story sale! 🥰 Shoutout to #FlameTreePress, @isisasare.bsky.social (editor), @nisishawl.bsky.social (foreword), @sandramgray1.bsky.social (intro). #SFF #SpecFic #BlackSFF #BlackSpecFic

Hearty chuckling

PEOPLES OF LOS ANGELES One week from tonight I'll be at The Last Bookstore in Studio City, scribbling in copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER and whatever else they may have. It all starts at 6:30 on the 12th, so stop by, say hello, get a book, ask questions, maybe get a little glow-in-the-dark dinosaur!

Oh good, 9am leafblowers

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

The chocolate-to-interior ratio of all the holiday-shaped versions of candies is always wrong

On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising... THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.

Love this picture of a toilet full of money 😌

I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.

I'm on the cover of this month's Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social! If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more! BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"? #booksky #Blackbooksky

meanwhile the words: "Every time one of these murderers dies w/o having faced consequences for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death." 🔥🔥🔥

I am of two minds right now. 1) I have no belief nor do I have any faith in the two party system, and 2) GOD IT FEELS GOOD TO SEE THE REPUBLICANS GET DOG WALKED AT THE POLLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.

The Ultimate Dick. The Dick Supreme.

[Exit Clown.]

*Maniacal laughter*

Strong news day today, gang.

Democratic socialism WINS in Atlanta! Meet your new ATL City Councilperson for District 2, and former ATLDSA co-chair, Kelsea Bond!

Both PSC seats in GA flipped *substantially*. Time for celebration cookies

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here) THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social so brace yourselves, peeps.

Pairing my books with matching fountain pens, as one does, and I (un)fortunately don't have a pen yet that matches Out There Screaming...

I am having the time of my life reading through this, y'all

Did the thing so I'm allowed to continue to talk shit about this whole scene, is that right?

Dear god

Friendly reminder that you already poured that glass/ opened that bottle of water before you grab another one

Fun mail things are fun.

Resist the urge to import Twitter's dunkable takes on the rapture of Dick Cheney here. I know you can do it.

*snickering*

Definitely didn't need this early bird promo code for fountain pen day to drop into my inbox during prime impulse buy hours I tell you hwat

Incroyable

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Starting to suspect my favorite grumpy USPS mail carrier has "called out"

As a professional sender-of-emails, the reason phrases are bolded is not because we're using AI, it's because y'all don't read 🫶🏽. We're trying to make sure you catch the important bits before your squirrel brain kicks in

Now positioned on the earth's axis at an angle that sees sunlight stream through the blinds and directly into my eyeball every morning

Go fuck yourself

Swatching all of my fountain pen inks today and the Colorvent calendar requires divine grip strength to open the bottles just FYI. Like they *really* want you to do one a day lol

Working in tech should require one to understand the parable of the torment nexus just in general

No it isn't

"Won" a pen from the atlas experienced pen sale, ran some grocery donations, got my fancy seasonal ginger ale, and picking at a rotisserie chicken. Happy Friday

It's the most wonderful time of the year

If you want a perfect example of the aging up of YA fiction to appeal to adult readers at the exclusion of teen readers, it's getting rid of any references to the specific ages of the teen characters in the Six of Crows duology. www.tumblr.com/vilecemetery...

Happy Halloween! Give *everyone* the candy. Don't be a dick.

Fancy hardcover German editions of Wendy, Darling and Hooked! With sprayed edges! And ribbons to mark your place! And most importantly, you'll be supporting an absolutely wonderful publication. 💀🖤💀

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Shoutout to DSA and WFP for using their access to my information to provide me with useful communications about my role as a voter and not just bombardment for campaign contributions

Hey folks, my wife was laid off unexpectedly. We depend on her income with my own. We are crunching numbers, but it's grim. Not sure how we'll make it through November, let alone think about December. You can help here, but we understand everyone is struggling too. <3 ko-fi.com/gnomedic/goa...