The first Black Country, New Road single and album used basic stock photos for their covers. There's ample amount of this stuff out there that isn't AI. It's cheap, accessible, and created by people. Be creative. There are resources.

Indie Music Artists, If i stumble across a song of yours and you have shitty AI album art, i automatically assume your song is AI and I will never ever listen to your music. Be Better

New Patreon short story is up. Anyone can read it, just gotta be a free member. www.patreon.com/posts/short-...

New Patreon short story is up. Anyone can read it, just gotta be a free member. www.patreon.com/posts/short-...

Wife: No, I don't want to go to a Star Wars themed sex party. Ew Me: First off it's Star TREK and secondly it's called a Borgy

things you don't want to turn over in discovery news.bloomberglaw.com/delaware-bri...

It’s my birthday! Wanna make my day? QT this with your favorite story/book I’ve published. I’d love to know which ones stuck with you. 🥳

The Dong Phallus Family is the kind of artful wordplay we love in pro wrestling.

Writers, it's the time of year when 'Best Of's' and award noms are announced. There is a lot of great work being done, a lot falling through the cracks and going unrecognized. It's inevitable. It's validation enough that you created something and put it out there. Ignore the din and keep writing.

Wrong to the point of malpractice

My favorite part about this article, which I assume is talking about how people just don't get how the economy works, is locked behind a paywall. Like when Stancil et all would argue with people on here that the economy was 'good, actually' kinda stuff.

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

There's an overwhelming sense of tragedy and helplessness in this. Short and devastating. @kjy1066.bsky.social did an amazing job working in a very small space in terms of word count. A great example of genre flash IMHO.

When I was younger I remember being really into X-Entertainment. Also read a lot of Usenet like RSPW, and also stuff like John Titor and Time Cube. The Internet used to be weird and fun.

Just did some repairs/upkeep on both the kids' PCs and lemme tell you, I really miss tinkering with PCs and I'm so bummed that the AI grifters and Trump fucked all of this up so badly so it's so expensive to do these things. Genuinely love tinkering with computers.

New week, new author thread! This week I'm featuring Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social 1. Why You Should Read "Arachnomorphosis” | WYSR Review @strangehorizons.bsky.social Olivia turns into a spider every night, and it’s starting to become a real issue. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

Today is a cursed day. Or a good day. I guess that's up to you. You can get the first omnibus of my Trystero series for just $1 USD. www.bookbub.com/books/the-tr...

Today is a cursed day. Or a good day. I guess that's up to you. You can get the first omnibus of my Trystero series for just $1 USD. www.bookbub.com/books/the-tr...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live Neurosis Wolves in the Throne Room Roger Waters Radiohead Jerry Cantrell Kayo Dot The Mars Volta Isis Leeches of Lore Earth

Are you a scab if you try out Zero Parades?

Today is the paperback release of GIRL IN THE CREEK! If you would like to check out a fun romp in the woods with spooky mushrooms -- a romp that's been nominated for a Stoker award & was one of Booklist & Library Journal's best horror books of 2025 -- get a copy at a bookstore or library!

You know, publishing is a difficult and crummy industry, but I love writing and creating so much that I cannot fathom letting the occasional bitterness of the industry poison me against the thing I love. I occasionally see people who've had more success (sort of) be just so miserable. Why bother?

this feels like the crux of things, and I don't see it highlighted enough: being creative is fun! i want a machine that does my laundry so i can focus more on making art, not the other way around!!

Putrid, evil motherfucker. Trash his work, curse his name, support his survivors.

Juniper Blessing singing Tom Petty’s Wildflowers at the New Mexico School For The Arts in 2024

listen, the only thing I have to say about the Odyssey is that these fucking asshole right-wing chuds don't fucking own history or literature. their racism and bigotry should be met with scorn and shame. read, instead, as James Baldwin (from an interview in 1963):

AHHHHHH!! I'm super excited to be in Ditmar Awards 2026 nomination ballot for Best New Talent! There are some fantastic new talents on this list. Congrats to all on the list! 🎉 Voting is available to Continuum, Conflux or Swancon members through here: form.jotform.com/260567334914... #Ditmar

Gets weirder if you read this as a conversation.

Now presenting on Hell Itself: “A Tennis Match with a Queen Ant” hellitself.com/a-tennis-mat...

Buncha conservatives around about to be obsessed with these UFO Files in the way they projected they'd be obsessed with the Epstein Files until they realized Trump was on every goddamned page.

I can daydream fine but I can’t make my thoughts verbally cohere and flow so that they convey a narrative to others, I’m a writer by the way

Babe, you know cake gives you those Santa Ana winds again.

If you know, you know.

real talk a proper odyssey adaptation would be made by jody hill and danny mcbride as odysseus

I'm back from my break, and I'm ready to dive into some short fiction! This week I'm featuring A. P. Howell @aphowell.com 1. "Stages of Pre-Bereavement" A tragic accident isn’t quite the end for your husband. But the waiting is its own kind of torture. www.thedreadmachine.com/product/dark...

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Ted Turner was briefly so destructive to film preservation that the GOVERNMENT created the National Film Registry to keep some films safe, then Turner was like “fine! You like preservation so much, here’s a channel that just shows movies unaltered for 24 hours!!!” and it was the best channel ever.

lol they can't enjoy shit and it fucking rules

You absolutely cannot make this up. This company just asked a bunch of their on air talent to take 50% pay cuts and gave them 48 hours to respond. And this dipshit gets a raise. This company should not exist anymore. You should not be supporting it.

If you would've told me years ago that I'd dread apply for BookBub promos because I know they aren't as effective, but so much hasn't been working, so you gotta try something... so you apply again, and know if you get picked your credit card is gonna have this massive fucking charge on it... Yep.

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Only six days until Multitude launches and you all can meet my baby squid-hive! My evil twin got me earrings to celebrate! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/mul...

AEW on June 24th in Rio Rancho? Hell yeah. Middle of the summer this time, so I don't have to bail midway through Collision because of the kids going to school in the morning.

I can't even pretend anymore. WWE should cease to exist. Just a garbage pail of a company. Someone will step in the fill the void and make sure the industry continues on. It just shouldn't be them.

Lethargic Peanut Butter Powder.

I mean this in the nicest way as someone who's indie published 16 books now; the indie publishing world has a massive fucking problem that makes KU book stuffing look like a silly lil prank. People were sorta starting to respect and see self publishing not as a defeat, but viable option. Now?