I wrote the poem while I was in the 7-week French language immersion program at @middleburycollege.bsky.social. I still prefer it in French over English!

My friend Dr. Jessica Cail and her viral college teaching assignment has been published. "Visualization of AI Accuracy: A Novel Assignment for the Teaching of Critical Thinking and Science Writing."

Why is @booker.senate.gov on Peter Thiel's Dialog invite list?

h/t @stephenblackmoore.com

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

Just so you know, when you copyright a manuscript, the U.S. Copyright Office PUTS ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE. This is how spammers are getting your PII as authors. The fee from the U.S. Copyright office to remove this info is $100 per registration record. Fucking outrageous!

You've Raged against your last Machine

This week at a conference, I got the inspiration for a truly hilarious yet awful short story. I'm going to write it as soon as I finish the current Lovecraftian body horror story I'm writing. I also was inspired to write a feminist horror take on The Handless Maiden, a tale I know well.

Just so you know, when you copyright a manuscript, the U.S. Copyright Office PUTS ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE. This is how spammers are getting your PII as authors. The fee from the U.S. Copyright office to remove this info is $100 per registration record. Fucking outrageous!

If you're curious as to why I'm so excited about the finding of a new curse tablet, check out this Substack post. It might be behind a paywall, but you can use your single-post unlock on it to read the fascinating history and connection (?) between these curse tablets and Evangelical prayer warriors

Fuck yeah! They've found another curse tablet! archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roma...

I'm processing a lot about this recent move. One of the most important parts is how my relationship with the feline species grew. Check it out. Link in next post.

THE ASCENSION is making its way into the hands of editors and agents. Think teen female Constantine and the undead. A whole new type of urban fantasy where modern religions co-exist in the same dimension. I can't wait for you all to read it.

Really fatigued lately. I suspect it's this whole move. I'm excited about our new place. I'm exhausted from trying to make it happen.

I have no self-control around shrimp chips. That is all.

Whatever you’ve heard, whatever you thought…it’s even worse. 1) The parties agree to end hostilities (which the US started) immediately. 2) The parties agree to open the Strait of Hormuz (which was open until the US attacked) within 30 days. Iran is granted extra time if needed. The US is not. 1/

@jasonsanford.bsky.social I feel attacked. 😂

When I first heard Haute & Freddy's "Dance the Pain Away," I could have sworn I was listening to some 80s tune that I'd somehow missed. I think they might be my favorite time-traveling band from the 80s. 😜

Just a handful of StokerCon photos. Me with: John Lawson and Jennifer Barnes of Raw Dog Screaming Press; multiple award-winner and Emmy-nominee Jamal Hodges; Mar Romasco-Moore; Matthew the Cat; Jamie Flanagan; and my one-woman PR team, Stephanie Glennon. PLUS: Pride parade!

STOKERCON 2026 Audio Diary featuring: @caitlinstarling.com @patricktumblety.bsky.social @lamaupin.bsky.social @leonp.bsky.social @sonorataylor.bsky.social -Chiwan Choi @olivasthewriter.bsky.social -15,000 Bees -Joe Historybot -a ghost …and the city of Pittsburgh for StokerCon 2026!

"'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' is the grandest, most delightful, most ambitious MGM technicolor musical that was ever based on the story of a mass rape."

Big truth from Drew Magary.

I also finished THE DEVILS by @joeabercrombie.com. I've never laughed out loud so much at a fantasy novel. It fucking kept me sane as I'm going through some brutal AF shit right now. Cheers, Joe!

I just finished the audiobook for KING OF ASHES by @blacktopkid.bsky.social. It was dark AF, friends, and I LOVED IT. That pairing of Adam Lazarre-White's voice with Shawn's grit is absolutely perfect. 🔥

This is genuinely evil.

This is Lily. She’s been accused of drinking her mom’s slushie. Will not be taking any questions at this time. 14/10 (IG: iceedoglilly)

These bastards can absolutely go straight to hell.

Love you, Mom! The peach doesn't fall far from the tree. 😂

These assholes should lose their tax exempt status but they won't.

evangelicals have finally created. the golden calf. from the classic bible story “don’t create a golden calf”

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I said this in my Stoker award acceptance speech for SNOWED. Agreed totally.

More than a podcast episode...she has an award-winning novel! www.amazon.com/Brimstone-Bl...

Well, she does have a novel.

Well, she does have a novel.

Cartoon by John Deering 💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯

Apple tree, what is UP with you? Now I'm going to have to bake. I ate one earlier this week and it was surprisingly delicious. We're not even supposed to have apples until August. #appletree #climatechange #pieinmyfuture

Being a slow reader has its pleasures. Every night, I've been laughing out loud at @joeabercrombie.com's The Devils, which is thoroughly brilliant and delightfully long. Vigga might be one of my favorite characters of all time. Thank you, Lord Grimdark.

“What I value most about #ALIENS is that it not only recognized and appreciated the value of #Ripley as a three-dimensional character... to see Ripley maintain her #womanhood and strength while also shouldering the mantle of #motherhood in this film.” – @barbrajdillon.bsky.social #AlienDay

Last year, the IRS gave the residents of Los Angeles County the grace to file by 10/15/2025 due to the fires. That's exactly what we did and now the IRS is claiming we paid on 11/24/2025, that we owe them several hundred dollars in late fees. We received a surprise collections notice yesterday. 🧵

Wait, why does Oxford get one? We want a comma.

The controversy is not just on TikTok. I've brought this up on Facebook, too. People lose their minds when you ask them to think critically about a new story. Media literacy is at an all-time low, and almost no one is willing to rethink what they previously thought.

Yay @nathanrlong.bsky.social !

This is a war based on lies

"With a free Skynet Edu account, students can gain the career-readiness needed to navigate an exciting future in which they will be hunted by a remorseless, nuclear-armed superintelligence seeking to annihilate the human race—which will later be revealed to be Skynet itself."

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Tori Amos and Neil Gaiman were best friends, and he’s mentioned by name in many of her songs. Tori was blindsided and devastated after allegations of Neil being a sexual predator came out. They’re no longer friends and she took him out of her song “Horses” last night: www.tiktok.com/@mrzebra1980...