Working on my novel but this short story idea keeps poking me... 😩

BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) Volume Four is out July 14th! Preorder it here: store.tenebrouspress.com

Happy Star Wars Day

All art is political. Anyone who doesn’t believe that is either misinformed or being deliberately obtuse.

Pour one out for the spectre of Spirit Airlines. Or don’t. I heard it sucked

If everyone drove cars like I drive in video games, no one would drive, because they'd all be dead.

My book is about [series of pained whale noises, wind howling, a train whistle, someone (probably me) screaming into the void] but yeah, there’s more, I’m just working on it.

🌊🌬️⚙️A RIVER FROM THE SKY⚙️🌬️🌊 is officially out in the world!! 👀🤍✨ this marks the conclusion of the Natural Engines duology—thank y’all for coming on the journey with me! 🥹🤍🌊🌬️⚙️🏰🍃🎐 @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

Gonna have to start advertising how gay my fiction is so Carney can cover my bills

"Well, that's a messed up thing to happen to the protagonist--" I say while proofreading My own book.

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

The longer I live, the more I realize cartoonishly evil villains aren’t cartoonishly evil enough.

Yes, Alex, I’ll take “headlines that would kill a Victorian child” for 500, please.

Maybe this makes me a communist, but I think they should have to file these reports before the election, not after.

Living in an era of “it’s so over,” waiting for the day when “we’re so back.”

Why are YouTube chiropractors… like that…

Do I need more books? No.... Have I brought more books? Absolutely!!

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.

Wow! I can't believe Survivor's been going for fifty years. It only seems like yesterday we were the same age.

Project Hail Mary movie is good. More hot takes at 11

Looking at my characters with so much love when I tell them, "I want to make you worse."

Is it bad to enjoy things? No. Should you still think? Always. Check out my latest thoughts on Substack! Or Medium, when I get around to crossposting it. open.substack.com/pub/leomustw...

I should probably write a status update for the first quarter of 2026, but not much has happened with me besides taking most of January off and then writing another 20k words of the Draft™️. I will throw a party at 69k, of course. Real world stuff has been a little rough. But we keep on trucking.

Insomnia is so funny cus like wdym my eyes want to shrivel up and die rn but I can’t fall asleep? You’re just going to make me lie down with my eyes closed? Awake?

🇪🇸Spain’s Minister of transportation comments on Netanyahu’s statement today trying to drag Europe to the war: “We're not going with you even around the corner, you genocidal bastard. Let's see if you get it.”

There's a group of people, however, to whom "ideas" are solid gold: the tech bros themselves. That's because they haven't had a single solid idea between them for the last 20 years. In a group where inspiration simply doesn't exist, they consider it to be the only the only thing that has any value.

GenAI is a solution in search of a problem. Always has been.

The geese have returned

Anyways.

“We’re the good guys, actually,” says the death cult whose only goal is to bring about the apocalypse.

“Lions are no easier to fool than anyone else, but they were built to chase lightning wherever it strikes. That’s what thunder does.” ——— Read "Queen of the Hungry, Queen of the Few" by Leo Oliveira: zooscape-zine.com/queen-of-the...

The world changes, and all of us must move on to survive. Gallop with horses, feast on festering fruits with elephants, and fight for your very life with cheetahs, rats, and practically extinct reptiles. Issue 25 — zooscape-zine.com/issue-25/

KCD2 getting snubbed at the game awards has radicalized me against the French

"I'm fond of numbers, transparency, gleaning a hint of what goes on under someone else’s hood. In the spirit of all that, I’ve decided to start a series here where I provide updates on what I’ve been working on..." Read my full write-up below! medium.com/@leomustblog...

Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop

#WritingCommunity nation, how do you come up with titles for your stories? Does it come to you in a dream? Do you spin a wheel? Do you steal a line?

Weird Year in Review: 8 books. 3 magazine issues. 2 sleep-deprived co-publishers. Let's do it again in '26! Missing anything from your bookshelves? Hit up our webstore🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

EEE! This is one of my personal favourite short stories I’ve ever written, I’m so happy it got picked up by the fine folks at FF, especially alongside this roster. 🙏

FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived! Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26 Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!

FF#26 features work by Nkereuwem Albert, @thesuiway.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta! @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social recs stories from Fractured, edited by @silviamg.bsky.social

RELEASE DATE: What's better than a new issue from FF? Two issues on the same day! In our first-ever dual launch day, you'll be able to get FF#26 and Saros #4 in one handy download package. Get excited for Monday, October 27th!

sliding in a submission on the last day it's open gives me the same rush as slamming 'send' on dropbox at 11:50pm

Little guy

The beautiful FF#26 cover by @evelynepark.bsky.social is here! In a few months, you'll get to read stories by @thesuiway.bsky.social, @slharris.bsky.social, @straith.ca, @leokaaolive.bsky.social, @eggandcressida.bsky.social, @nkereuwxm.bsky.social, Emma Russell-Trione, and Nana Afadua Ofori-Atta!

🖤☠️MEET THE BRAVE NEW WEIRDo's🖤☠️ @leokaaolive.bsky.social is, apparently, part of a vast satanic clothing conspiracy, & told us all about it here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/6/...

FFer Read of the Day: "The Colour of Longing" by @leokaaolive.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com www.heartlines-spec.com/the-colour-o...

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."