We got Doodled.

I'm taking the reappearance of screwworm in the U.S. as a reminder to listen to the 1977 classic sci-fi horror novelette "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Sheldon). pseudopod.org/2014/08/22/p...

Finished writing a story, so I rewarded myself with a pretty new fern.

I love fiction with unusual form and structure. If you can, support this cool project. Proud to be the 36th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for [RECORDED] — An Anthology of Found Media Fiction!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Annals of AI fuckups: an author forwarded me the email below, in which the book club scammer mistakenly sent the AI output instead of the intended email pitch. Note the "strategic analysis", which illustrates the scammers' boiled-frog approach

I've only watched the first two episodes, but I'm really enjoying Star City. Love the switch to the Soviet perspective. www.ign.com/articles/sta...

Can you spot him? We lost a lot of our iguanas in the cold weather, and my flowers were really enjoying the break from being on the menu. But it appears they're baaaaaaaaack. 🦎💐🥬 😩

#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #mushrooms Dancers of the Forest. 🦋 📷 credit unknown

“When they talk about spells of obedience they mostly don’t mean literal spells. You can come under someone’s thrall without any magic. You can feel desperate in any number of ways, and you can convince yourself...” www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ten-...

Did you almost forget this awesome con is going on this weekend? Did you know you can still register and attend in your pajamas or fit it around whatever other plans you tried but can't get out of because its ALL ONLINE and ONLY $25?! Are you me? Because you sound a lot like me ...

I love how our banyan tree keeps remaking itself through the years. Almost alien in its beauty.

Great suggestions below. Saving for future reading ...

The title caught my attention. The last lines caught my breath. Excellent poem by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Enjoyed attending a Miami Book Fair literary social last night hosted by @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social. We talked abt how great writers often let silence and the unspoken create tension, mystery and subtext. Example: “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahari. www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...

This includes my sci-fi short story, “A Map for the Labyrinth,” which I wrote after hearing for the millionth time that you should never start your first scene with a main character who has amnesia. Take that, rules! Mmwwaaahahahahaha.

Old Man is tired but Little One (no longer so little) still wants to play.

Look what arrived in the mail today. Excited to start this Arabfuturist space opera with lots of political intrigue by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social. Heard its for fans of A Memory Called Empire and that's me so lets goooooo.

Lovely piece. Congrats @emmiechristie33.bsky.social. "In their 900th generation, the mayflies zoom around, not needing cars—they skip that part and go straight to selling vacation time shares and disbelieving in climate change and building invisible little planes to expand their wings."

This short, potent story by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social will punch you in the gut. And you will thank it. www.adventitious.net/stories/pena...

This beautiful novel hit close to home for me given it’s set in a future Florida disintegrating from climate change. Glad I didn’t read it during hurricane season but loved the resilient main character and the devastatingly tender final scene "in the field.” Master class on mixing bitter w/ sweet.

Release the Kraken!

Happy Earth Day, all. I'm not sure there's a whole lot to celebrate right now, but here's this cute little guy, and that's something.

Great throwback episode. Think it's time to re-read Exhalation (again) ...

Dare you to read short story this if you haven't. "The Dare was to demolish Wilbur Hastert’s house and car, and to strip him naked, all before he left the courthouse. What courthouse? Who was Wilbur Hastert? It was done before the internet knew the answers."

After a frustrating day, this lovely story gave me just the perspective I needed. Go sloths! 🦥 gavagai.com/posts/3894

I'm back from our Spring Break trip visiting multiple colleges. We had a packed itinerary but made time to stop and enjoy nature (and friends!) along the way.

We went to the beach in hopes of being able to see the Artemis launch to the north. 🚀 No such luck (too cloudy), but we were rewarded for our effort with the sight of this kitesurfer and some cool contrails.

This whole account is brilliant.

Fort Lauderdale beach is packed with Spring Breakers rn but there’s still peace to be had at the nearby aquatic center. I love working through story problems and world-building while I swim laps. And the views of the tallest dive tower in the country? Not bad either.

This is fascinating. Poppet dolls were actually medical notes.

May I present your horror/romance writing prompt for the day. Go!

Current read by author Emily Mitchell. First two stories out the gate (“Mothers” and “Life/Story”) are bangers. Can’t wait to see what’s next …

If you're looking for some weekend reading, the latest issue of @lunastation.bsky.social is out! Art by J.L. Meyer, speculative fiction by 16 talented women-identified authors. www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/065/

Enjoyed attending a poetry workshop this weekend taught by Strange Horizons Poetry Editor @vanessajae.bsky.social. Some of the great spec poets we read: Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, Marcus Whalbring, Massimo Mitolo, @angelaliu.bsky.social and @swantower.bsky.social. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

My outdoor orchids normally bloom in May but the cold snaps we've had sped up the timeline a bit. So pretty.

I'm dead. 😆🍕🌮🧄 "Are we conflicted about serving patrons who have consumed intelligent species, including our own? Absolutely. But Human culture is based on allowing terrible things, particularly if it involves business and/or compromising with a colonial power."

Was taking out the trash the other night and noticed how amazing the stars looked. Now I know why ... Note to self to look for this special "planet parade" Saturday just after sunset!

Adore the mix of macabre circus with romance. "Peeling your epidermis off hurts a lot. It doesn’t have to, but the pain is part of the experience. It makes it feel real, like they paid to touch death for a midnight." translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/coat-check-girl-by-adan-jerreat-poole/

If you need a laugh today — a weird, wonderful laugh with a side of giving the middle finger to toxic masculinity — check out @davidanaxagoras.com’s wacky story “'We Require an Engine’ Said the Testicle Collective.” It’s amazeballs! translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/w...

I don’t write much romance but in honor of Valentine's Day here’s a bittersweet love story of mine that asks, What if you could hop off your spaceship and reconnect with the gorgeous alien lover you left behind? Would you have regrets? Would she? www.heartlines-spec.com/the-architec...

South Africa has yielded the oldest direct evidence of poisoned hunting weapons. The find pushes poison-based hunting deep into the Pleistocene and reveals sophisticated chemical knowledge, planning and tool use far earlier than previously documented. Ars Technica buff.ly/3ySienA #ShareGoodNewsToo

Great list I've been working my way through this week. reactormag.com/tenish-of-th...

I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace. You have to fuck up. You have to be able to handle failing. You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.

Loved the voice of this piece. www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Here's good story if you need something uplifting today. Nine out of ten newly sentient robots agree: Grandmas are the best!

I adored this dark-yet-somehow-kinda-heartwarming tale and its twist on the movie Jennifer’s Body, by @smessenger.bsky.social. As for its depiction of rural Florida? This native attests 100% accurate. Especially that end scene. 💀🐊 www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...

The boys got a little carried away with the fire pit. We rarely get temperatures down in the 40s here, so there was much excitement this week. I’m happy to report the evening ended safely.

Damn, hadn't read this letter by MLK in a while. "The ... great stumbling block [is not the ...] Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice."

THIS. "We are fighting and struggling and self-caring our way through the apocalypse, and every day there is something terrible but also something lovely, and we are caught in constant whiplash between the two."

Moment of zen before the holiday craziness begins!