LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

Hmm, maybe @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social

I just finished writing my reflections on tonight's big win in Virginia. I've been fighting this fight for ten years, including three cases in SCOTUS. Tonight we won a big one at the ballot box. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Zines I liked series: Aberrations. (Though the first dozen issues went by 'Aberations' with one R.) Ran for 40 issues, 37 print, 3 electronic) from 1991 to 1997. Published out of San Francisco and edited by Jon L. Herron for the first 14 issues, then Richard Blair for the remainder.

Read The Works of Vermin, people

I am delighted to see @rajivmote.bsky.social 's Weird Horror story "Moksha" make @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social 's March "Must Read Short Speculative Fiction" column. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Your regular reminder that you DO NOT have to help fund literal Nazis with your Subst*ck: other easy-to-use and powerful newsletter/CMS backend options like Ghost are not just out there but waiting for you to put your money where your principles are.

ICYMI, this is the most personal story I've ever written, and it's for anyone with an invisible disability. bsky.app/profile/effi...

Good morning, book birthday is finally upon me!! Rabbit Test and Other Stories is out in the woooorld 🥳

Old zines I liked series continues with Maelstrom Spec Fic. (Not to be confused with the U.K. Maelstrom.) This one, published out of Florida, ran for 8 issues from 1998 to 2001. Edited by Dave Felts, who was a fine writer, as well.

Just noticed that 2 stories from my 2024 anthology Northern Nights made the Notable Stories list of Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2025. Congrats Rich and Senaa. 3 other tales were reprinted in other 'Best Ofs'. www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

so I just read the whole thing and it as clear a distillation of fascism as you can get www.engadget.com/big-tech/pal...

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Let's continue! A magazine I liked. Loved this one, tbh. "The Third Alternative," edited by Andy Cox. It ran for 42 issues from 1994 to 2005, then it morphed into another fave, "Black Static," which ran 83 issues from 2006 to 2023. Now Andy is back with @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

New story day at Weird Horror, Rick Kennett's "Spectre With a Glass Face," a gripping story of 'other.' www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/spectre

Another zine I liked, Nasty Piece of Work. Ran for 14 issues from 1996 to 2000. Edited by David A. Green, and published out of the U.K.

Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.

“I thought of our mom falling through the air. The world suddenly so slow, as if I could run and catch her if I was fast enough, if I was big enough to hold her up.” @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in @undertow.bsky.social www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/you-were-jus...

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD including many deathy fiction and poetry INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh. check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON 💀🦴🖤

Delighted to receive my contributor copies of Nightmare Abbey #10. Grab your copy here: bit.ly/4dW9Kbl

What leadership looks like.

ICYMI, I get royalties for this, if you want to help out a freelancing writer in the heat death of online promo.

We’re getting ready for a massive day of economic disruption on May Day. There are many ways you can take action, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

Hachette dropped author Mia Ballard's book "Shy Girl" over AI allegations the same month they contracted with Alighieria to provide AI-editing software. Cool, cool. Fuck AI. www.realclearbooks.com/2026/04/16/o...

And a creepy and creeping story of blood and darkness in @undertow.bsky.social

Another fum mag I liked, Crossroads. Ran for 22 issues from 1992 to 1999. Edited by Pat Nielsen.

Some very kind words from @vanessafogg.bsky.social for Weird Horror stories from @rajivmote.bsky.social and @russellnichols.bsky.social You can read the stories on our site: www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/issue-12

Continuing with magazines I liked, the tiny 4 in. by 5 in., stapled Wicked Hollow. Ran for 9 issues from 2002 to 2005, edited by Jonathan William Hodges. A tiny treasure.

Lovely piece of weird fiction by Alexander James over @gavagai.com gavagai.com/u/alexj

With voting now open for this year's British Fantasy Awards, we're calling for jurors. Once voting is closed, the shortlist goes to a jury of peers to choose a winner. Fancy being part of the action? Nominate yourself to be a juror for the British Fantasy Awards here: forms.gle/Kv1JTHBeSXaJ...

Can't believe I posted all these bangers on the day BlueSky died.

What's this? Another new story just published. "The Grinning Woman" appears in Nightmare Abbey #10 among a stellar ToC. bit.ly/4cK09Dj

It really is banger after banger in this collection. undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

Hi friends. I am not great about promoting my own work, so please bear with me while I get through this. This week's It's Storytime With Wil Wheaton is Heathman Ldg, by Brian Evenson. It is available wherever you get your podcasts. If you listen, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Opens slush pile. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans... Screams. Closes computer. Screams again. Runs off into the woods. Sees squirrel. Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story. Squirrel gets treat.

Just one week left! Grabbed the 2026 World SF bundle before it's gone! storybundle.com/scifi 15 books for just $30, supporting authors, independent publishers and Locus! Re-posts appreciated!

Oh, miracle of miracles, another nice note from a reader about a different story: 'I enjoyed "Hunger" which I read recently in The Dark. Very unsettling story.' Thanks to @oldcharliebrown.bsky.social for taking this one. You can read it here: www.thedarkmagazine.com/hunger-2/

Writers, we're caught up on the slush pile so we have a quick turnaround on submissions at the mo. We tend towards the dark and upsetting. Ambiguity and discomfiting sharp edges encouraged. Our vibe was recently described as 'transgressive genre grime'. If that's you, shoot it our way.

Another past magazine I liked, and Canadian, was Transversions. Lasted 11 issues from 1994 to 1999. Edited by Sally McBride and Dale L. Sproule.

I have a new science fiction short story, "Regrets of an Immortal," online at Merganser Magazine. mergansermagazine.com/story/regret...

Ah, those were the days! Hard to believe its been 17 years since I closed this.

Magazines I liked — Talebones. Ran for 40 issues from 1995 to 2009. Edited by the inimitable @patrickswenson.bsky.social and Honna Swenson.

You have to buy Thomas’s book to read the foreword to see why I think those stories are great but you can read my essay on why The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol. 1 is great for free, right now, and find out how weird fiction is constituted by weird reading (you should also buy Thomas’s book)

From Marc Thiessen, right-wing moron. @washingtonpost.com is state media.

The sheer hubristic entitlement. www.avclub.com/soderberg-ai...

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Oh damn. Whoa. Thanks to the folks who enjoyed UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (collection), "Uncertain Sons" (novelette), and "In My Country" (short story). And thanks again to @undertow.bsky.social and @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Congrats to the finalists. An honor to be in your company.