Jesus Christ.

Things our anthology co-editors published in 2025 that I really liked, number 1: "Westward I Reach" by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle (@mcardlejeanne.bsky.social), free to read at Baubles from Bones. If, you know, you're thinking of things to recommend for awards. www.baublesfrombones.com/westward-i-r...

You may be smarter and prettier and more successful, but I have an axolotl doily.

In a court victory from the 2021 resistance to Line 3 pipeline construction in MN, a federal appeals court ruled that police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance. unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...

Going through the spring 2026 young adult fiction releases, and from what I can tell so far, all of the books with male protagonists are romances. I don't see any sports books, male friendship, action/adventure, humor, mystery, or dystopian books (that don't share the stage with romance).

In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers. 18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...

Things our anthology authors published in 2025 that I really liked, number 375: "A Taste" by Theodore Hill (@probablyharmless.bsky.social), free to read (and, you know, recommend for stuff) at Whisper House. Don't read it on a full stomach. Or an empty one. whisperhousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...

Random day job task: buy booze for a klezmer band.

While proofreading for something just now, I learned that a symbol denoting a scene or section break in a manuscript is called a “dinkus.” I think that’s lovely.

Random day job task: buy booze for a klezmer band.

CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret

More nonsense from the new owners of almost every legacy sci-fi mag. Can't wait to see what they send me when they get around to sending a contract for my story that was accepted 2.5 years ago.

Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday. Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT

I wish people bought zines because making them is the best thing about publishing.

Society The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom The Blues Brothers

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

I had to email an awards body to ask which of two books I submitted to them last week while I was zonked on robitussin. I am a very serious publisher publishing serious things.

I had to email an awards body to ask which of two books I submitted to them last week while I was zonked on robitussin. I am a very serious publisher publishing serious things.

Thinking about how the attempt to subsume everything into the information economy dovetails so suspiciously well with AI. By the information economy, I mean how every product, need, or service gets turned into something to be solved by supplying information.

Kyle Winkler's ENTER THE PEERLESS is "something horror fans haven't quite seen before," according to Booklist. It's eligible for various awards in the Best Novel category. If you haven't read it, you should. Get in touch.

FEEDING THE WHEEL out now wherever good books are sold www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feeding-th...

Kyle Winkler's ENTER THE PEERLESS is "something horror fans haven't quite seen before," according to Booklist. It's eligible for various awards in the Best Novel category. If you haven't read it, you should. Get in touch.

COVER REVEAL! Delighted to share the gorgeous artwork by @siaobell.bsky.social for our next erotica anthology MONSTEROTICA: TALES OF UNUSUAL COURTSHIP AND COUPLING. It's queer monsterfucking. 🌈📚 Kickstarter launches later this month! Follow our pre-launch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.

I am an ARTIST

If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...

Less than a week until Slay the Lake LGBTQ+ Book Fest in Tinley Park. I'll be there slangin books and hangin with some friends, old and new. It's free to attend and queer as fuck. Come say hi. Soundgrowler Brewing Co, 8201 183rd St. in Tinley Park November 15, 12-5pm

If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...

Less than a week until Slay the Lake LGBTQ+ Book Fest in Tinley Park. I'll be there slangin books and hangin with some friends, old and new. It's free to attend and queer as fuck. Come say hi. Soundgrowler Brewing Co, 8201 183rd St. in Tinley Park November 15, 12-5pm

I fever-dreamed that I was doing an anthology of stories inspired by "The Corrections" for its 25th anniversary. None of the authors chosen to write stories had ever read it, and they didn't bother telling me because they needed the money. Their stories were brilliant and nobody ever knew they

CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.

“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba

IYKYK

It's funny how laser weapons in sci-fi are associated with "kids' shows" because of the way a lot of media historically used them as an excuse to avoid blood and gore, when the reality is that a pulse laser weapon used on a human being would be almost unbelievably gory

I had to cancel my trip to New York because we're all sick as hell and the govt shutdown canceled our return flight. See you next time.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.

David Eddings has a US Kindle book on sale today, and I won't be getting it for two reasons: first, he's a mediocre writer at best, and everything after the Belgariad didn't even reach that level; and second, he and his wife abused their adopted children so badly they were convicted for it.

Every time I see an antho call that uses an AI image, I want to take a shit on a piece of paper, somehow scan it (maybe using the scanner at work), and send it in as a submission. I'd have done more work on my submission than you did on your call.

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown. The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Anyone know of a decent place to sublet or rent in Chicago? Looking to find something relatively soon

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

I forgot it was November and didn't look for this until today, but if you wanna read something gnarly in under a thousand words, here it is!! (Special thanks to @spicycloaca.bsky.social who helped me make this story as Wet™️ as it needed to be.)

New poem! "Call Us Boy." by Somto Ihezue! buff.ly/sFNP2as

I get to look at microfilm on Friday! The highlight of my week.

You smell that? Do you smell that? Onions and mustard, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.