From Lynn’s garden

I don’t want to be buried in a pet Sematary.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress -- a copy of the first edition of The Wizard of Oz. The illustrations are awesome. you can go through page by page, and there are illustrations on almost every page. read.gov/books/pagetu....

Lake Mungo rewatch after at least 10 years. Still gave me the yips.

Big leaf.

Scooty sits for his official portrait.

Out there

Been trying to get a shot of this hummingbird all summer, but I’m slow as she is fast and the phone camera has its limitations.

Think about how cool it would get here if The Rapture actually took place. Too much to ask for?

Officially, 65000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was really well over 100,000. Thousands displaced, children starving to death, neighborhoods turned to dust. Your American tax dollars at work. Good on the UK, Australia, Canada for recognizing a Palestinian State.

I discovered today online that I have the same birthday as Darla from the Little Rascals.

My story, “The Seventh Expression of the Robot General,” appears in the recent issue of SF World in China.

Facing West

When I stopped while browsing the internet to give a full read to Remembering ‘Lost in Space' Cast Members We've Lost: Dr. Smith to Prof. Robinson, I knew what kind of day it was gonna be.

My story, "A Natural History of Autumn" appears in the recent special horror issue of Hiakawa'a SF Magazine in Japan. Jinmenkin at the door illustration for it. Sorry, don't know who did the illo.

Love this time of year.

Weapons, quite the trip. A real suburban fairytale with witchcraft and hysteria. Amy Madigan, awesome. Great performances by Brolin and Ruth, “I don’t know shit about fuck,”from Ozark. Interesting structure to keep the mystery knot tightened. One of the best creepers I’ve seen lately.

Every time I run across this picture by Bruegel, I perceive it as a scene from some antique science fiction story.

Birthday Cake For A Cannibal Robot -- wish I'd thought of this title.

Jack and the dogs.

I urge people to read this. Kennedy is mentally unwell, and will kill people. Is doing so already.

Was thinking same. Bobby’s death was a traumatic turning point for many of us. He represented a kind of hope, core optimism, political striving for decency. Robert Lowell put it in a poem when Bobby was killed: ‘Forever advancing towards your maturity.’ And now his son is … this obscenity.

How about this stupid shit. Perhaps the stupidest yet. Florida's governor, Ron Deathsentence, is all about inviting Polio and other childhood diseases back into his state in order to suck up to his stupid voters. www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...

Sorry to see Graham Greene passed away. One of those actors that made everything he was in better.

Night and Day, a horror anthology edited by Ellen Datlow for Simon & Schuster drops today. My story, "One Day," is in there. Follow this link for the full TOC. www.simonandschuster.com/.../Saga.../...

It's after midnight in NY so Night and Day's pub date has arrived. It's available as a trade paperback, audio book, and ebook. If you enjoy it, please consider mentioning it on your social media and/or review it. Thanks everyone. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Night-...

Tonight at 6.

From Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel, illustration by Dore

Mac helping me play Candy Crush

Angel of the Morning... glories

TBT

Continents Passing Overhead

Beauty and the Beast by Adrienne Segur

From us and our dogs to you and yours on International Dog Day❤️

Me reading my story, “Monster 8.” I think this was posted by Locus magazine. youtube.com/watch?v=4jhW...

New novel's slowly making its way into the world. store.gollancz.co.uk/products/los...

Goldfinch

Scooty

Maybe it’s not the horror of the world but the beauty of it that makes ghosts reluctant to move on.

Happy Birthday, JLB!

Jack had Naga out of her tank last night and she visited with Mac and Siren.

Uh-Oh

Chuck Conners, the Rifleman, playing Marvin 'Claw' Zuckerman in "99 and 44/100% Dead" (1974), directed by John Frankenheimer. An Edward Scissor Hands influence?

Roaring 20's by Derek