PLAY NICE made the final round for the Goodreads Choice Awards 🥳 Another banger year for the genre & these titles are all exceptional 🖤 Also, it’s mostly women 💅 Thank you to everyone who voted so far!! Final round here ⬇️ www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

Hard to stay focused on gratitude what with people still out here recommending that book I hate.

New story day!!!!!

I have a new story coming from @morningtransport.bsky.social in mid-December! A twist on the ghostly hitchhiker, perfect to read on a dark, cold morning... Don't forget to subscribe before you log offline for the holidays. www.sundaymorningtransport.com

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.) clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

I was kinda nervous about giving this speech TBH. I don't usually get nervous about public speaking but going to a fancy Washington DC event and talking about fascism and why AI sucks felt like a lot honestly. I was so relieved people seemed to like it.

Shared this late yesterday so reboosting!

"Most writers, on some level, are writing to figure things out, to try to make some sense of things." @rachellayown.bsky.social's interview with Deborah Shapiro on her new book "Watching the Detective” (@bside-editions.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/18/w...

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.

Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...

This is going to be a fantastic event!

PHILLY! Reminder to come out to the RAVISHING launch event (I’m in convo with the brilliant @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social!) this week. Can’t wait to see you! www.headhousebooks.com/event/evenin...

New awareness campaign

I have ARCs! torpublishinggroup.com/the-subtle-a...

Traditionally, spooky season goes through Christmas/solstice/the darkest time of year. So Halloween is really just the beginning, or maybe the middle, if you celebrate the begging of fall in August (/if you are me). Enjoy and carry on!

I'm beyond thrilled that my story, The Dark House, is available for your listening pleasure on the latest episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! There's a bunch of cool behind the scenes stuff on @wilwheaton.net's patreon as well. Happy Spooky Season! www.patreon.com/posts/142200...

Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!) www.eventbrite.com/e...

Happy publication day @sentencebender.bsky.social and @maryrobinettekowal.com!

Join us tomorrow night for spooky stories in the lead up to Halloween!

Hi friends! This Wedesday, I'm talking We Lived on the Horizon, Utopia-Dystopias, and who gets to be human with ASU's Worldbuilding Initiative! You can attend in-person if you're local, or online if you're not. I even have a slide with a guillotine. asuevents.asu.edu/event/fall-2...

Congratulations, @ambersparks.bsky.social! Can't wait to read this one!

Tonight is an interview night, y'all! The lovely @franwilde.bsky.social will join us for a discussion about her new book, A Philosophy of Thieves! Spread the word. Bring friends. Audience participation welcome! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

I love this book! How does @hironennes.bsky.social make the grotesque so beautiful? Come for the evocative world, stay for the unforgettable characters.

Putting the finishing touches on my presentation on the aesthetics of horror, strategies for writing scary stories, and the contemporary horror publishing landscape. Join me & "Short Stories for Spooky Season" next Thurs, 10/16! @writingco-lab.bsky.social www.writingco-lab.com/classes/shor...

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Tonight!

Philly area folks! I'll be at Main Point Books tomorrow evening, in conversation with @franwilde.bsky.social about her fabulous new novel, A Philosophy of Thieves. We'd love to see you there! mainpointbooks.com/event/2025-1...

I love this book by @erikaswyler.bsky.social.

Next Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30 pm, I'll be at Main Point Books in Wayne, PA with @franwilde.bsky.social, talking about her fantastic new novel, A Philosophy of Thieves. Hope to see you there!

Friends, what #horror stories should I assign my MFA workshop next week? I want to add some fresh blood. I love to teach @jeffreyford8.bsky.social's "Five Pointed Spell." Read it here and start October early. lithub.com/five-pointed...

Happy publication day Fran and A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES! Happy day to the readers who are going to love this novel.

Saturnalia is Spotlight PA's October book club pick! Join us online at 6pm on 10/23. There's also a Discord for chatting about the book as you read. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...

What search engine do you use? I used to find tons of research (for weird stories) on Google, and now it's the same bare-bones content, link after link, AI of course. Also, I hate the AI answers and -ai doesn't work? Duck Duck Go requires elaborate query terms. Help.

I’m going to be teaching a craft workshop on world building with the good folks at @onestorymag.bsky.social ! If you know, uh, me, you’ll know that this won’t be a straightforward class of ticking boxes one-story.com/product/worl...

@amandamarcotte.bsky.social has been on this beat--the desire to be "cool," or have cultural cache, esp on the right wing--for a long time too

happy publication day to GALLOWAY'S GOSPEL! Only @rebelsam94.bsky.social can make me laugh, flinch, gasp, and maybe want to puke all on the same page.

Philly, I'll be at the Kelly Writers House tonight with the great @juliaelliott.bsky.social! Join us, 5:30.

Tomorrow evening I'll be at the Barnes and Noble in Center City Philadelphia, talking with Agustina Bazterrica about her wonderful new novel The Unworthy. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

The settlement is way more than I expected… but also feels crushing. Like even more crushing. It‘s not right or fair or justice and it doesn’t matter bc the rich can do whatever they want to the rest of us.

Also--you don't just get power from being a "somebody." We get power by sticking together.

This event is going to be amazing - VE Schwab and Joe Abercrombie at Main Point Books on Sunday. I hear tickets are selling fast... mainpointbooks.com/event/2025-0... #SignedBooks #ShopLocal #Bookstagram #IndieBookstore #independentbookstore #wayne #veschwab

what is the emotional/psychological dysfunction that makes me click on trending topics like "nate silver"

I just sent material to my Fix Your Novel Class in advance of our first meeting on Thursday, but you can still jump on board! We're starting with an exercise on our main characters, and then jumping into plot (generating/revising) next week. www.writingco-lab.com/classes/fix-...

15 years ago, I hadn’t yet sold my 1st story (1 sold that fall); hadn’t met those who’d become my writing community; my kid was in kindergarten, my hair wasn’t this long, nor this silver. 15 years of stories & learning & being part of an amazing conversation. Happy book birthday A CATALOG OF STORMS.

In the world of A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES, data can be borrowed, shared, and stolen, for a price. As we get closer to the Canarviers’ grand heist, I am sharing some snippets that mean a lot to me. The thieves arrive Sept. 30th! Get your invite to the heist of the season! www.penguinrandomhou......