Science-fiction writer Vonda McIntyre completed the manuscript for a different kind of Odyssey - from ancient Crete to the Pacific Northwest - just before she died in 2019. Now "The Curve of the World" has finally been published, and that's a cause for celebration. cosmiclog.com/2026/05/15/l...

Other than like Frank Lloyd Wright or Mies van der Rohe, I’m not sure there is a more distinctive contributor to Chicago architecture than Schlitz.

james lipton IS shia labeouf IN curtis sliwa: renegade angel

Please enjoy this picture of five-gallon drums full of loukouma dough on a dolly cart.

i briefly read this as "burrito hand" delivered

Royale With Cheese is his final form.

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"My relationships have suffered greatly as a result of this... [but] you can't talk about theocratic dictators taking over your sport? I'm sorry, I just can't live that way." @lukethomas.bsky.social on speaking out against the UFC’s MAGA turn, and the price of refusing to play along.

Obviously I'm a big fan of New Edge Sword & Sorcery But I'm so consistently impressed with what they're doing with Jirel and it's kinda legitimately impressive seeing this revival of the character.

Did you know the first ever ⚔️ Jirel of Joiry 👩‍🦰 novella is called 🔷 BLUE FIRE🔥, it's written by @mollytanzer.bsky.social, the crowdfund launches at 8am est June 11th, and you can learn more at this link??? 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈 🪓 Why, you could even pledge your axe to Joiry! 🪓

Tomorrow, free, online: virtual book launch event for Vonda McIntyre’s final novel, _The Curve of the World_. May 16, 11:00 am to noon Pacific Time. Register in advance to get the Zoom link. vondanmcintyre.net/the-curve-of...

It's true, I wrote a Jirel of Joiry novella and if you want to read it, sign up here! The story is for newcomers and existing Jirel fans alike, because Joiry needs to be on more people's maps, so to speak. Click to learn more!

all month, @akpress.org is donating $2 from every item sold to help Marius Mason re-enter society after almost 20 years in prison for his work trying to defend the earth. This includes both both books they publish and also books they distribute. I'll link some of my own and others that I like:

Do the mere VIPs get to shout "Banzai!" as they cannonball into the water, or is that Platinum-Level Ka$h Xtreme Elite Krew only?

44 years ago... CONAN THE BARBARIAN

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Born in Flames was shown on TV! It was broadcast on Channel 13 at 11pm on August 24th, 1986 as part of their "Independent Focus" series. The NYT took this as an opportunity to call the film "left-wing sludge."

Ah yes. The two lead characters on my favorite TV show did not have sex on the final episode, so now it is time for me to look at IMDB for a list of people to threaten with death.

Nothing funnier than how much Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen and how much Bruce Springsteen hates Chris Christie.

This has to rank up there with the most evil things Donald Trump has done

The next issue of the UK science fiction magazine Interzone reviews my novel Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest. I was sent some of the review but not all of it. The review reads, in part:

This is cool! A documentary on Garo magazine with interviews of many of the major artists, including Shigeru Mizuki. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2sh...

There was a point back in the early 2000s where Google Search became much less functional due to people figuring out how to game the algorithm. The Google engineers treated this as a major problem they needed to solve ASAP. Whereas with AI garbage they're the ones putting it in.

"Sweeping reforms are coming." The prison boxes will be painted black for Black History Month, in rainbow colors for Pride, etc.

Since Nakba Day is tomorrow (US time), I thought it would be a good time to remind people on here that "the Arab states told Palestinians to flee on army radio" is a definitively disproven myth and has been disproven since at least 1959. Even Israeli historians admit it is untrue today.

BREAKING: Richard Glossip is granted bail. Lawyer Donald Knight: "For the first time in 29 years of being incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, during which he faced 9 execution dates and ate 3 last meals, Mr. Glossip now has the chance to taste freedom ...."

RIP Clarence Carter, who gave us the greatest sermon in the history of recorded sound

With @briankeenan.bsky.social I wrote THE DAMNED HIGHWAY, basically missing chapters of Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL dealing with the Arkham, MA Presidential primary. Lovecraftian gonzo! NB: I'm hyping this as it pays monthly and I need money:

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

Latest read (audio), Sabbath (2019) by @nmamatas.bsky.social ; Hexen Sabbath, an 11th century witch-born knight is summoned to 21st century New York to do battle with the Seven Deadly Sins. This is wry, rockin' fantasy that lampoons modern life as it slashes through its occultic story. Fun! #BookSky

I got a few! I read AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by @mollytanzer.bsky.social in ms form last year and it is coming out next Tuesday. It is about AI, the nature of the original in art, the politics of museum, and robot boyfriends. Highly recommended! 🧵

I’m also a playwright. In fact I just sent someone a message that included the sentence “Will require a bit of singing from Nyarathotep.”

A Royal Affair: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Royal... Mad king!

Be like Elly and help my local independent bookstore: www.ebbooksellers.com/item/Hq3ZF19...

If you see this, post a STAR TREK

The American people are being taken.

They make us sick ($500 a month on car payments, another $300 on gasoline) While we buy their cures (Teslas) And they suppress our medicine (Cheap, fantastic Chinese EVs)

Wait, what's the medication--the Chinese cars? The not-taking Chinese cars is taking the medication? What's being taken here?!

Oddly appropriate if you ever watched the sitcom Sledge Hammer. Especially if you remember how they resolved the season-ending cliffhanger… “Trust me… I know what I’m doing.”

Never change, Zoe Lund fansite. I mean, for real. Look at it. www.zoelund.com

I've mentioned that Muñeca is going to have an audiobook, yes? I'd really love to see it (hear it?) in library catalogs. If you have a library card, would you consider requesting that your library get the audiobook? They tend to be very popular. Thank you! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

My answer is not going to get a lot of interaction because there is no photo, but those people ready to click on a link and read a blog post composed to scans of a a short story published in issue of a magazine will understand. Carol Carr, "The Tooth Fairy" www.williamflew.com/omni72b.html

The best!

Oddly enough, she already lives in a world where one can do this, but her complaint is that she'd have to do it rather than have it being done for her. If it's a streaming show, you can skip to any timestamp you like. If it's broadcast, you can just move your attention elsewhere, get a snack, etc.

WWF Sour Pops (1999-2000): A line of strongly sour, fruit-flavored, World Wrestling Federation-branded sucker/lollipop hard candies (with attitude). Available in Blue Raspberry, Watermelon, Green Apple, & more. Each one came with a collectible wrestler trading card

I'm back, baby!

Hmm, it was a toss up between R2-D2, L3-37 (from Solo), WALL-E and this one...Robby the Robot.