The bones yearn for the crushing finality that is found beneath miles and miles of stone and soil. Let them win.

"...roughly 50% to 60% of the Chicago operation arrests were targeted arrests...The rest were what’s often referred to as “collateral arrests,” meaning people that ICE comes across during their operations who aren’t the person they’re looking for..." apnews.com/article/trum...

A few last minute changes of the interior and staff, but the team is bunkering down for final copyedits this weekend. The work is a good distraction from the world. Being produced under a burgeoning dictatorship, its contents are more important than ever

Snaps in chat for the sinners in the back 🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽

Are you ready for this weekend, my darling devils of #HorrorWatch? We're going watch the Hammer horror gender bending classic, Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde at 9PM EST! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWR...

I‘ll say it. Black kids are cooked.

I like the tension between those things. My protagonist in “Good Bones” is an influencer, so she’s trying to live up to a specific image and portray herself in a specific way to her audience — but that’s a trap and an impossible standard that pushes her in bad directions. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I'm TK and I write: 🪼Cosmic horror 🕯️Southern gothic 🪾Weird westerns ⚒️Coalpunk folk horror 🗡️Grim fantasy I write using notebook and pen, a private Discord for my thoughts on the go, and Ellipsus for its anti-AI stance.

Are there more dry bones or wet bones in the world?

Considering trying Pangobooks. Do I know anyone who has tried it? If so, what did you think?

The Fifth Season RPG, based on N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, is now up for pre-order! You can get the PDF today, on its own or in a bundle with the printed book. In this article, developer @hiromicota.bsky.social provides an overview of the game. greenronin.com/blog/2025/09...

Can't wait to watch the new @horrorscriptorium.bsky.social video on Gothic Horror when I get home from my appointment yesssss

#swordtember 02 - Moss

Infrequent reminder that if you’re a Latine author and we’ve worked together in the past and you’re applying to an MFA in Writing I will write you a letter of recommendation.

Honestly stunned and really grateful that over 200 people have played For Gregg in the last 24 hours. I am glad it resonates!

I have been SO excited to take a creative non-fiction writing class with my PhD program until I looked at the syllabus today and discovered this learning outcome: "Critically assess the role of generative AI in shaping nonfiction narrative, authorship, and editorial voice." No. Just no.

IMPORTANT PSA: If you find kittens all alone, keep tbis helpful flowchart in mind. And also: —neonatal kitten need to be on a heat source & kept warm at all times, they cannot regulate their body temperature and you can kill them by feeding a cold kitten. —NEVER feed a bottle baby kitten COW’S MILK!

Trying to write with *~*vibes*~* and failing miserably. I feel like I'm inching along a rock wall. I've done so much outlining and prep work, why is the word vomit stage so fucking hardddddddddddd #amwriting

Best post-2000 superhero movie to date is Pump It by the Black Eyed Peas and it's not even close

Reverse Dr Doolittle where the main character is a cat who discovers he can talk to people and is constantly being bothered by strange humans running up to him for therapy.

Jacob Wysocki is one of my favorite comedians/performers. he enhances every @dropout.tv show he is on and I cried twice from the @gamechangershow.bsky.social episode. so I did what I do, I celebrated him with a pancake of him going super saiyan. Bong Bong.

A thing I wanted to add to this little rant I went on last night, though: if you DO use Etsy (local artisan you can travel to meet is better, but I get it) to commission furniture, or other big-ticket home goods? Be aware it is LAUGHABLY OVERRUN with scams, thank to generative AI. Example.

did you know if you took a person's bones and laid them end to end in a straight line that'd fucking kill them don't do that bones are for INSIDE

A bit behind for my first #HorrorWatch but I've got Trolls going and if you want to watch me rediscover this movie, please stay tuned because I remember this being a delightfully absurd romp

I sent an email this morning, in case it inspires others.

The new Cosmic Horror video from @horrorscriptorium.bsky.social was great. I really love hearing other people's breakdowns for what makes specific horror subgenres compelling and how to use that knowledge to compel characters and the audience.

Testing something for the website. Let's see if I get mad today.

What story completely captured you in its early days, but by the final chapter, you were so disappointed or let down by its execution that you couldn't even enjoy the parts that you loved?

A little suspicious about the amount of eyes on my latest anti AI post. Did someone fuck up recently or

As respectfully as possible, if you are a Hugo MC it is your actual job to make sure you have the pronunciations of the people you are celebrating down. If you don’t get given a list from Worldcon you need to make your own or demand one in time to learn. This is egregious.

I better not see y'all using some shitty AI slop generator for your maps in your TTRPG adventures or debut novels. Turn that map of Ohio upside down or draw some squiggles around beans, as our ancestors intended.

HAPPY FRIDAY! I could use a trip to Fhloston Paradise right about now...

Scrolled past a grimdark fantasy whose MC had more apostrophes than letters in the name. Homie, pick a struggle.

#FirstDraftFall is the #WeeknightWriters answer to NaNoWriMo! We'll be announcing the programming for 2025 in a couple of weeks, but you can get an idea of how it works from the 2024 write-up: weeknightwriters.com/firstdraftfa...

I love the moment in these silly little Love is Blind shows when the contestants can clearly see their free tropical vacations slipping away so they double down on being manipulative assholes.

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This just in, Microsoft wants everyone to switch to Linux for their own safety

As far as I know, I already am - as an NPC. Idk, prolly IT or one of those kid-monching ones since I'm a childless adult. - ALT: If you were offered $10 million but had to live and survive for a whole year inside any horror movie's world, which movie would you pick?

Something that rules about being washed up is that now I'm free to just be a fan. I've become truly ungovernable.

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A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for August 14, 2025: #FOG #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

I feel a little bit silly updating word count regularly on here but I just hit 18k in Bloodbath #WIP and I'm really happy and excited.

We as a nation really need to agree on what a "small town" is. If I Google the "small town" in your anecdote and it's got 100k people, reassess.

do you ever think about the fact that tiktok is still straight up illegal, flatly against the law, but Trump was like "eh, no it's not" and congress and the court system just shrugged and were like "I guess that guy gets to decide"

We close tomorrow. We don’t recommend leaving it until the very last minute – the portal can be… snappy.

Did you miss the announcement of our August flash fiction theme yesterday? Dive into the post below to start your Friday with some relaxing deep sea lofi, and prepare for inspiration wash over you! 🌊⬇️

Protesters in Chicago are bravely interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel right now, where US Customs and Border protection is recruiting today. They are distributing these trifolds that we published. You can print them out yourself here: crimethinc.com/zines/8-thin...

Aight, I'm less than ten minutes into this cute little K Pop demon movie and this shit fuckin rips. Genuinely hope it sparks another Renaissance of musical, magical girl power media.

Watching The Lost World and it's legit circus logic for that mom to continue to let her kids hang out with the grandpa who almost got them eaten by dinosaurs in the first film. The next time that man should be seeing those kids is from a mf iPad on his death bed, be so fucking serious.