The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.

yall know about Gleep Wurp??

The Weight of Words by @jeffreyford8.bsky.social (2002)

Hello Friends - I know December and January are tight financially but unfortunately illustration is my only source of income so if you have any projects that need a skilled and fast hand - I am available basically all month. I do also think maps or character art make for a great Christmas present!

Art by • Roger Dean

I was not prepared.

December is ghost story season, which means it's a perfect time to acquire a skeleton orchestra, available on various objects: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5872...

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Two motorcycles with a little house in the middle.

new Joy Baglio story! In one of my favorite magazines! tell your loved ones you want a subscription for the holidays

Tomorrow we're closing up the Ninepin / Phantom Mill shop for the remainder of the year, so if there's something you've been eyeing, now's your chance. (Decks of cards doubling as gothic fiction and weird horoscopes do fit nicely in a stocking BTW.) ninepinpress.com

Conjunctions is starting up a writing residency and it sounds very good: conjunctions.com/announcement...

Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute

Quick Cairn / OSE / Valley of Flowers talk: we're sometimes asked how to do Cairn 2E watches on the Valley of Flowers map. It's pretty easy to manage this on the fly using the map scale and some basic travel time assumptions. My brief answer to a player question here: itch.io/post/15064026

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

The two kinds of people you meet online

Also currently trying to get this VERY COOL card game funded with my best buddy over at @tastefullydone.bsky.social. It's so close! And its so fun! And I'm doing the art! Really good game for casual game nights, dinner parties and breaking the ice. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas...

while you are making your best-SFF-books of the year lists you COULD, I'm just saying, think about which of those books are relevant to the aims of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and which ones you might wanna nominate for the prize when nominations open in March just saying

The Book of Love ebook is currently on sale for 1.99, y'all. :) You can get it from your favorite independent bookstore here: indiebound.org

Another list!! This time, old books we at Lit Hub read in 2025! I'm here to pitch Sarah Orne Jewett, Thornton Wilder, Robin Hobb, Emma Bull (h/t @kellylink.bsky.social), and Todd Grimson! Plus lots of other great old (new-old, somewhat-old, old-old) reads! lithub.com/the-29-best-...

For years my brain processed “YMMV” as “Your move, mothervucker.” Took me an alarmingly long time to examine this critically.

I'm always happy when @kijjohnson.bsky.social shows up on the Coode Street Podcast, and her ideas here about the relationship between experimental fiction and game writing have got my brain all abuzz.

David Byrne has been uploading a themed playlist of music on the 1st of every month for over ten years now, and it's grown into a pretty incredible archive. www.davidbyrne.com/radio#filter...

#TTRPG 🎲 Advent Calendar, Day 2: "Valley of Flowers" by Jedediah Berry ( @jedediahberry.bsky.social ) & Andrew McAlpine ( @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social ) A dreamy Arthurian setting for both Cairn & OSE, that's easily adaptable to your favorite #OSR game, and is filled to the brim with charm & wit

Cyber Monday? More like COMICS Monday! Online orders get ten percent off using code "DECEMBER2025" at checkout on our website! That's not all! STARTING today offering one on one remote, virtual, and personal shopping. Concierge service. Free stickers with all orders! 1/

Oh this would be fantastic! The whims of a landlord are a big reason why small businesses struggle to stay in business, so being able to own their building will be a HUGE contribution to their long term sustainability.

It’s one bookstore, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars? www.bookmoonbooks.com

The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures. Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price! www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...

I'll be at @portersqbooks.bsky.social tonight for the Esmond Harmsworth memorial reading. I miss Esmond immensely, who was my agent for 15 years, and I'm happy for this chance to read and reminisce with some of his other writers. portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

Local Heroes is now available for Patreon Subscribers www.patreon.com/posts/local-... for everyone who ever wondered if they could make it in a real adventure #ttrpg

A SALE! A SALE!

Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years

I am, as always, taking suggestions and heads ups and etc from publishers and authors and unassociated but interested parties.

Recurring fantasy in which I am under house arrest until I have read all the unread books on my shelves.

Great to catch @sentencebender.bsky.social and @maryrobinettekowal.com (via video) at Spotty Dog in Hudson last night, reading from Red Star Hustle and Apprehension (the two halves of their new Saga Double)!

A magazine asked Ursula to write about a book that changed her life. "A book? One book?" she wrote on her blog. You can read the whole post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/100-a-b...

big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...

Last day!

I have the core book and its really really solid. I'm very excited for this next release!

It's true. First visit to a hot spring in Iceland, and suddenly it was just @embley-hulk.bsky.social and me in a tub with Bjork. Emily recognized her tattoo (and had seen her change out of a cartoonishly large orange jumpsuit in the changing room).

The Valley of Flowers is so cool, this was a must-back for me.

Final countdown for The Saintly Hollows kickstarter. We've secured EU- and UK-friendly shipping, and all stretch goals are unlocked. Come for the stolen moon, stay for the cursed swords and behemoth knight machine. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

See the thing is, to read a book, you have to hold the book open in front of you and turn the pages. That's how books work.

I picked up a copy of the Atlas of Fantastic Worlds, which is fuckin delightful, and want to tell you that the creators have a new KS up now for a similarly collaborative work (available in English too) www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...

My stretch goal for @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social & @jedediahberry.bsky.social's Valley of Flowers sequel is UNLOCKED! I'm excited to write a guide on how to run their newest book, The Saintly Hollows, using Shadowdark. The campaign has 7 days left, but why wait? www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

On sale for $2.99 in Canada and the US. For the whole month. openroadmedia.com/ebook/salon-...

these subtitles blew my mind when i saw them, just like the many little literary miracles that are all over wildendrem. find these here: phantom-mill.itch.io/rere-regarda..., and find the kickstarter for THE SAINTLY HOLLOWS here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

a cool part in poetry is that your title is included in the poem. in rpg design, think about abilities, picklists, and roll tables like poems, and experiment with the title and subtitle. for example, look at this picklist from @jedediahberry.bsky.social and @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social.

Dear @bradkerr.net, I have to tell you this LUCE DEL GIORNO is getting downright INSOPPORTABILE.