We're at the "hiding people in the cellar" stage of this historical reenactment

Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader

No, you fucking don't

Last night, while I was watching an episode of Shameless, Valentina fell asleep on her bunny and her lamb. Of course the act of taking her picture somehow woke her up.

It's a beautiful sunny day and yet it was way too cold outside. Even Valentina cried uncle after about 20 minutes.

Have you prepared for Squirrel Appreciation Day tomorrow? youtu.be/VJPWaubVpOI?...

Friday Valentina

Thursday Valentina

This guy drops all the F-bombs and every single one is appropriate.

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

Wednesday Valentina

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

In this new ICE-ridden world we should be applying one or both of the following: If you're feeling like Ray Shoesmith from Mr Inbetween you say, "I don't answer questions." If you're feeling like a politician, you do anything but answer their question and perhaps ask a question of your own.

Laird may be the one enduring an obscene amount of medical appointments but I'm the one who has become the connoisseur of hold muzak.

Who will be the last lucky 10?

One month until The Rise is out. Pre-orders up now. Any reviewers out there who'd like a copy, hit me up!

Tuesday Valentina

Apparently ICE wants to build a facility less than an hour from where Laird and I live. Here's a petition from the local congressman, Pat Ryan: iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/E...

ICE are the biggest lying liars ever. This poor guy must've been so nervous. And this is why we give out those info cards at the library, so you know exactly what to say.

I don’t believe in imperialism, but I do believe democracy and the rights that we value (or give lip service to, anyway) should be applied to everyone on the planet. If you’re justifying violence against non-citizens because they don’t get the same rights, you never valued those rights all.

Monday Valentina

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

"We have a heart." If they had a heart (and a brain) they wouldn't be part of the fucking gestapo, would they?

Bruh 😭😭😭 Sometimes im glad for that translate button "Denmark changes Greenland's name to Epstein Island so Trump will stop talking about it."

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Dogs are always just so perfect

I'm appalled but not surprised

There are more of us than there are of them. Full stop.

Drop some BOOKS 📚🖤📖

Yeah, trump's a (fill in the blank with an adjective of your choosing) but just remember, Stephen Miller is to blame.

Washington friends: Do you want your state to spend $2 billion building a dam on the Chehalis that won't even generate electricity when there are cheaper solutions that won't drown an important salmon-bearing river? Learn more: wildsalmoncenter.org/projects/che...

THE RAT PACK WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

ROWENA WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

When I’m president, everyone is gonna work as a member of waitstaff for a while to learn a little humility and about how to treat others. Don’t fret though, I’ll also mandate free valet parking at hospitals and grocery stores. Also the billionaires get tossed into a live volcano.

Doing a little New Year's cleaning out of my phone and I found this photo. @michaeldylandavis.bsky.social, did you send this to me a long time ago?

Picture of the staff who operate my account:

Night and Day, a horror anthology by Ellen Datlow, from Simon and Schuster is now 1.99 in e-format and 99 cents for the audio. I have a story in this one along with a wonderful toc of writers. It is number 1 on amazon for anthologies and collections right now.

Ok, super scary: I was on the phone with one of Laird's medical offices and in response to a question I asked, the nurse said she would ask chatgpt and get back to me. I don't think she was kidding.

world's weirdest tontine

If you want to see a master at work, read @lairdbarron.bsky.social's "The Blood in My Mouth." Brilliant, searing; at turns hopeful & hopeless. I'd forgotten just how magnificent this story is. Art by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social from @badhandbooks.bsky.social's 2024 edition of NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT.

Post a perfect album from the 1990s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains

I read this today and it was outstanding-- a very unique book

Apparently we're looking at 7-13 inches of snow tonight. 😬

5 perfect movies (in no particular order): -Tombstone -The Crow -The Goonies -Inglourious Basterds -Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Happy Holidays to my family, friends, colleagues and readers. Hope you have a blast. Thanks for all the laughs, posts, discussions, bullshit, ideas, artwork, etc. through the year. My Christmas gift to you all is a story, "Monkey In The Woods." Follow the link. www.well-builtcity.com/specimens.html

As the 60 Minutes airing of CECOT gets harder to find because Paramount is pulling all copies from YouTube as fast as they find them, you can watch it here. If you haven't seen it, please watch it before it's gone. www.youtube.com/live/2E4kZka...

On that note--it might not be a bad idea to call your elected officials and demand that the USPS be properly funded. The current administration's haphazard cuts and poor treatment of federal workers has had an impact, which is becoming more evident every day.