rootr.ing we are!

We need to get back to webrings.

Today is the day my art heist novella, AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER, is out in the world! To celebrate, I’ll mail a signed copy of my book to one lucky person who reposts this post (or tags me in their own) with the cover + what work of art they’d steal if they were going to rob a museum…

Ask me sometime—but only in person—about the time I was working at a NY nonprofit and answered a call from a very grumpy Wallace Shawn. (I loved every moment of it.)

I’m firmly in favor of each and every one of these guys coming face to face with the public and realizing in real time that they’re unlikable, antisocial goons

Tell you what, if you come to Rough Draft, you'll not only get a recommendation *from me* but you can get your tasty beverage AND treat here too! If you come in today before 4ish and you cite this message, I'll even buy your beverage.

Just backed this. These are two creators with incredible range and I'm always excited to see what they'll do next.

Ran a session of Mausritter for my nephew last weekend. When the game was over he looked nervous. "But what do we do after we've played through all the adventures?" he asked. His eyes got so big when I explained :)

“The aged but indomitable Lady Crystal Balaclava, famous in her younger days for sybaritic socials”

I have a copy of this and it's AMAZING, hearty recommendation!!!!

Today is the day! My @reactorsff.bsky.social story is out in the world! A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension. reactormag.com/this-is-not-...

Big tech corporations have finally figured out who is to blame for their crappy products: science fiction writers.

The pre-launch page for the very first Cairn Press Double Feature is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cai...

I loved this book. It's got all the Conan and Fritz Leiber DNA you could want, with a modern sensibility and fantastic prose.

Swords, sorcery, and a spot of tea. Can't wait to share KILL ALL WIZARDS with you all, 6/16/26. torpublishinggroup.com/kill-all-wiz...

I never don't watch it and I'm never sad about that.

Came across these little goobers and I adore them. They're replicas of misericord carvings from the Lincoln Cathedral in England

Every Sunday, Oona the St. Berdoodle slips through dimensions. Some of her friends are turning up dead. 🐾🔮 THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS drops May 26! Hoodoo. Physics. Multiverse chaos. A dog who won't stay. us.macmillan.com/books/9781250807311 Drops May 26. Let's go. 💜

I’m so thrilled to share the news that my new novel PENITENT will be published by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social, with Thomas Gebremedhin editing! Thanks as always to my agent Kirby Kim for his wise advice and for finding my book its best possible home. Coming Spring 2028! I can't wait.

Here's a look inside my new DEMON BOOK. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

cover art commissions are basically keeping me from being homeless. so if you need cover art, or something comparable in scope, please commission me. i’m a trans artist specializing in b&w art with a sub-speciality in hand-lettered blackletter typefaces. my full portfolio is here: jnb.art

Heads up to Chrome users who prefer not to not allocate 4GB of their drives to Gemini Nano weights.

Ahhh, this is such an excellent story—very happy to see it out with Apex.

There's still time to preorder Reckoning X, the most beautiful book we've ever produced, so that Michael will take time from antifascist shenanigans to mail you one, in reused packaging, in all its recycled paper veg ink glory, with compostable shroom sticker reckoning.press/product/reck...

Spirit Halloween has the chance to do the funniest thing.

Here’s a video from Japan of people making good notebooks youtu.be/c_UvVavl-eE?...

Common Wachowski sisters win

It is Terry Pratchett’s birthday (and also mine) so I have hiked out to a good bench with a good view, and I intend to stay here for a while.

Delighted to have my piece about “Wild Cats and Predatory Robots” in the new Dark Mountain anthology, *Bestiary*—and to receive my contributor’s copy in the mail and see what a beautiful and wide-ranging book it is: dark-mountain.net/introducing-...

Only way this could be good is if it took in AI writing and spat out a blank page.

Haven't had time to play much yet, but so far it's an absolute delight.

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! A reminder that if you would like signed or personalized copies of my books, you can always find them here. ❤️🌙❤️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaw... (I do not know when this is launching but if you want to know someday now you can)

One last illustration for the Swords Without Masters, again @portablecity.bsky.social is such an incredible art director and assembled such a cool squad of artists for this project, it's been so fun to see everyone flesh out their ideas

I wrote a whole book about this.

Love that the latest chatbot scam in my inbox is obviously a Hamburglar collab.

The Pamphlet Adventure Triptych is the DriveThru deal of the day! @skullfungus.bsky.social www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood.

the zine I help @gavingrant.bsky.social make (1996-present)

“Everybody’s using AI for everything nowadays, and if you don’t, you’re a misfit outsider who should be stoned to death in the town square, and then resurrected virtually from your data so you can be stoned to death in the virtual town square, for infinity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

My wife broke the metatarsal that connects to her pinky toe and we are uninsured. I'm trying to get the money together to visit an orthopedic specialist (and lyft rides) -- so I'm having a flash sale of my most BONE-CRUSHING games. (appreciate any support and reposts!)

"One paper’s acknowledgements thank 'Professor Maria Bohm at The Starfleet Academy for her kindness and generosity in contributing with her knowledge and her lab onboard the USS Enterprise'."

I mean look at this list

This bundle of anthologies edited by @datlow.bsky.social is an absolute treasure trove. Includes many volumes co-edited with @terriwindling.bsky.social. Grabbing this just to fill in some gaps in my own collection! www.humblebundle.com/books/best-e...

don't forget to -ai your searches

Tonight! Food, found family, folding space! (And me, flabbergasted, trying to figure out how John Chu pulls it all off in this wildly fun book.)

In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin premieres today! Our first reader is David Mitchell, the author of Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

Thrilled that @odysseybks.bsky.social will be hosting @johnchu.bsky.social & @jedediahberry.bsky.social on Wednesday! Join me there!

About to do the same.