LOST FILMS and LOST CONTACT feature my very own short stories alongside such esteemed authors as Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, and Hailey Piper. Feeling like I’ve really “made it” as a short story writer now that some of my early physical publications are going out of print!

I read “1408“ in high school and wasn’t very impressed at the time, but the part where the voice on the phone is shouting seemingly random numbers stuck with me forever.

The Shining is pretty good until all that business with the haunted hotel gets going. (I actually like the whole thing, but would say that the opening is the best part.)

Grogu found some raisins in my backpack and ate them and had a seizure and died

Members of congress have the ability to make millions in office from lobbyists and stock purchases, and many do. They don't have to exist solely on their salaries. Close all the loopholes that allow them to make millions, then we'll talk.

So many options! Les Yeux Sans Visage, Spider Baby, Toby Dammit…

Hey fellow US-ians! Who else has heard of the general strike on May 1? ✅ No working ✅ No spending ✅ No banking

The most unrealistic thing about Project Hail Mary is that Ryan Gosling's character wears a sport coat and tie to teach middle school science.

cop in The Wicker Man (leaving unharmed because he slept with that hot blonde): what a strange, sexy island

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

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Exactly one year ago today:

No one wants to hear this, but they're already priming us millennials for the same route. There's so much Insta content that's basically "remember how much better it was in the 90s? Remember the games, the anime, the book fair? You lost it all and didn't even get a house. And who took it? Them!"

Me, some horrible combination of 1 and 2: thank god I'm one of the normal ones

Extremely detailed character creation interfaces in video games are dumb.

Pleased to tell you that my next @pmpress.bsky.social Outspoken Author series title, FLUME by @brianevenson.bsky.social is now up for pre-order! pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

If you try this, I personally recommend throwing some Nethergoyfs in too. Just stomped a mill deck!

I know I’m a broken record on this but: A handful of law profs are engaging in an effort to convince the Supreme Court to accept a reactionary administration’s effort to redefine American citizenship and render countless children stateless.

I say this gently and with love. The ppl watching the No Kings protests and saying “I have nothing in common with these normies, but I support the wine moms and fleece vest dads” are in denial. You are a middle aged bike commuter with a dog and a mortgage. You are these normies.

@mishellbaker.bsky.social Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to Susan Werner! She just came up on my new music playlist and I remembered and listened to a bunch! She’s so good!

Thinking back on it, how was anyone ever fooled by a two-way mirror? Like, ah, yes, welcome to my normal conference room. Please do not mind the big honking mirror in the exact shape of an observation window.

it’s beautiful to think One Battle inspired a whole new generation to read Thomas Pynchon’s wikipedia page

Every dinosaur "documentary" ever made is narrated exactly like this: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: The allosaurus closes in, three tons of razor-sharp teeth and killer muscle, but the biglongasaurus has a secret weapon... ATTENBOROUGH: Its bigness.

the "which do you like better, these three sentences from AI or from a classic" reminds me of the Pepsi Challenge. People genuinely did prefer Pepsi for one sip, because it's sweeter. But they strongly strongly prefer Coke overall, because no one wants sickly sweet for an entire bottle

(Wow, 1990 was not a great year for movies.) (I haven't seen Goodfellas.)

Sure, why not! my9games.com/s/2ce3dd7b96...

Another famous non-racist philosemite with a Jewish wife? H. P. Lovecraft.

Who here actually knew that some people in human history have considered their wives inferior to them? And how does that influence your tendency to post “gotcha“ skeets on Bluesky dot app?

Salmon is so good. It hardly needs any seasoning to be delicious (though lemon is a good idea), but here's a recipe I really liked recently. Easy to make at home; no meal kit required! sunbasket.com/recipe/pan-s...

Honestly grateful that my particular hangups only ever resulted in me thinking that I was being left out because I was uncool, not because others were rude! (This was also a prison of my own making, but at least I didn‘t feel quite so bitter about it.)

Adherence to the Constitution & the law. Adherence to the truth - we were told after last year’s bombing that Iran’s nuke program was “obliterated.” Opposition to regime change - it’s not our right to tell another sovereign nation who should govern them. That’s just a start John.

This text is a pretty good poem, honestly!

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to bomb this elementary school full of kids because he thinks it makes him look cool. also his scheming viziers will be betting money on it for fun. good luck soldier

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

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Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny

I never noticed this either.

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

see also: Me Too has gone too far

Had a dream last night that I was in a D&D-style adventuring party and a Tucker Carlson-like character turned up and offered to support us by telling the public that everyone we killed deserved death. The moral of the story is: don’t read The New Yorker before bed.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

I’ve noticed many anti-Trump conservatives being more bold in their opposition than Congressional Dems, especially this time around, but this is indeed something.

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."  Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...