Deep breath Ok I'm going to try and stay calm But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France) (1/?)

Today on the Horror blog: Becky's Best Horror 2025 raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/12/beck...

folks I need some recommendations of places to start researching mining technology and practices in say roughly 1300-1600 ad in Europe. 👀

genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things. There’s no third option.

I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.

Ahahaha my time has come!!! Let's do this!!! I'm a bit pressed for time rn, so I'll probably do a couple now, and the rest over the weekend (G-d willing). A lot of puzzle / thinky games, narrative-focused, queer stuff will follow (not every game is all of these, but some definitely are!)

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While I was half watching The Game Awards I finished a thread of 50 indie game recommendations. FIFTY! That's as many as five tens. And that's terrible. But seriously, I do want to impart something. There's a whole world of games out there, far beyond what's represented at the show, just as worthy.

💙📚 Finished THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com today. What a thrill of medieval/speculative/horror fiction, and the tension between the 3 narrators was 🤌🔥 In my head, it was in convo with a fave, Jemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON (harnessing elements, reform v. abolition, throuples).

the starving saints 🐝🥩

Day 1 of 10 sharing #LibFaves25 (only horror titles edition).These are not in any specific order. THE STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com might have flown under your radar, but it has stayed with me all year. transfixing, highly unnerving, 3 povs. More: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

My two favourite novels of 2025: WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social and STARVING SAINTS by @caitlinstarling.com These were the kind of books I wanted to slow down reading so I could enjoy them longer.

I keep coming back to this (murky, so far poorly articulated) idea that this cultural obsession we have with optimization is so fucking destructive. No, you don’t actually have to be as good and efficient at everything in your life as you think.

had a series of fancy emails today, forgot that sometimes this industry makes me feel very cool (all of it will be public soon! nothing major or wild, just… very cool.)

Join me (Vico Ortiz) and Caitlin Starling, who is a bestselling and award-winning writer of horror-tinged speculative fiction this Thursday December 4th at 12pm PST/3pm EST to yap and get hyped about "The Starving Saints" and more!

Hey so everyone read The Starving Saints by @caitlinstarling.com. It's unbelievable. Staggeringly gorgeous, grisly, raw...I am gnawing on the bars of my enclosure about it. Thank you for listening to this very important PSA.

Getting all the groceries for our yearly lord of the rings feast day and yiiiiiiiiikes. 😩

not me finally saying Blue Prince out loud and realizing it sounds like blueprints. 🫣

Hi everybody, It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships. Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post. This is, somehow, feasible. So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.

Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop theonion.com/gang-initiat...

Books for when the vibe you want is Dev Patel in the Green Knight ⚔️🛡️✨Full list in the Alt Text

We're not like regular audiobook retailers. We're a cool audiobook retailer. That's why we're running a Shop Small Sale now through Dec 1, and every purchase you make supports the indie bookshop of your choice 🎧 Shop the sale: libro.fm/sale/all

Oh hey lots of holiday bargains are lighting up my email and social media. Just a reminder to shop small this weekend. Visit your indie bookstore. The billionaires have enough.

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last repost: still not to full time writing, since I’m the main income earner/insurance provider. doing better than the average but not great!

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both. The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

Today in “I made something cool”: just finished a sweater that might be in my top five favorite knits I’ve ever done.

graphic design is my passion, and also I’ve got three eligible works this awards cycle. Two novels, one novella, pick your poison.

It’s The Death of Jane Lawrence hours

psst there’s a limited edition print run and I can confirm it is GORGEOUS in person mimimaruart.bigcartel.com/product/limi...

Signed books make the best gifts! We’ve got all of these beautiful, signed copies, and even more, waiting for you at Blue House Books! Come grab the perfect holiday present for others (or yourself) in person during regular store hours, or online anytime at ShopAtBHB.com! #booksky💙📚

Looking for a horror novel and a local author to support? Check out Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling! "Unhinged, cannibalistic and utterly engrossing! 3 POVs of women stuck in Aymar Castle as six months of siege are stretching thin! A must read for folks interested in Medieval Horror!" 🩷 ⚔️ 🐝

who knew sensory deprivation tanks would be so divisive!!!

hey, neat. Bookpage thinks THE STARVING SAINTS is one of the best books of the year.

ICYMI: my review of THE STARVING SAINTS, one of my favorite books of 2025. It starts grim, offers deliverance, then pivots into delicious madness. www.horrorxhope.com/review-the-s... #horror #BookReview #booksky

anyway quote replies are disabled so i can't link it but go look up @spindlypete.bsky.social's incredible thread liveskeeting the incredible ongoing rescue of a beached whale. dozens of people working incredibly hard - random townsfolk to keep her alive until the experts showed up to rescue her.

Getting manipulated by* a certain Dr Augustine Lawrence

book’s been out a month! sales have been… existent, at least, so that’s good. highs and lows. but on an artistic level, I think I’m calling this one a full success. when you’ve got both medical professionals and chronically ill folks going “YOU GOT IT RIGHT!!”, that’s worth so much

Maze Mice is 40% off as part of Steam Animal Fest! 🐭 store.steampowered.com/app/3385370/...

For centuries, the "gothic" aesthetic has bled into pop culture and literature, proving the age old adage is true: Goth isn’t just a phase, it’s a lifestyle! Read more about this artistic movement's influence + get some #audiobookrecs while you're at it in our latest blog 👉 bit.ly/4qDoZd4 #BookSky

Just finished The Graceview Patient, which I'd pre-ordered bc I loved The Starving Saints so much. TSS was GORGEOUS and if you liked Groff's Matrix, you'll love this one even more. TGP was amazing but also a bit too real for me. Some traumas resurfaced. Read if you're ready to pick your scabs. 💙📚

Tonight's the night!!! If you're in Portland, stop by the Rose City Book Pub between 4 and 9 pm to hear nine amazing authors read and to share your own work! Let's gather to raise money for hungry people in Oregon -- and to have a really terrific time.

A dark, frightening and visceral read that treats the body as a haunted house that the protagonist can't leave. If you're looking for some truly unsettling horror, I highly recommend The Graceview Patient by @caitlinstarling.com!

full on screaming LOOK AT THEM!!!

Fanart for The Starving Saints 🥀🗡️

I was waiting for Maze Mice to come to mobile because I figured it would be a great commute game I was correct 🐭

Okay, kiddo (3.5) really likes to take pictures. We don’t like handing over our phones. Kid-focused cameras have games(????) loaded on them or other features we don’t need. please recommend your fave easy to use digital cameras. bonus if it’s easy to port photos to a digital frame of some kind