Had fun talking about ideas for my battle moose story with @daybreakoak.bsky.social . I feel like I've figured out my exciting story ending. Now, to get there.

Hello Bluesky. It's Playboy. For our first, and timely post, we share our latest investigation into OpenAI's disastrous plans to become x-rated. "Altman’s idea of an “erotica” feature seemed riddled in uncertainty." Read our piece "Why ChatGPT Can't Be Sexy" here: www.playboy.com/read/politic...

The internet is so fucked. I just looked up how/when to tap birch trees for sap, and the article I found talked about how tapping birches is where maple syrup comes from. This AI slop is like microplastic. It's polluting everything.

Almost certainly the most psychedelic photo I have taken of a bullock at sunset.

One thing the "use LLMs or get left behind!" talk reminds me of is when a tech world friend, a smart and nice guy, sat me down and said I really needed more digital "tools" as an author to survive in the internet age. I asked what specifically he thought I needed to use. He said, "Pinterest."

The BBQ pizza from Back of House ranks up there. backofhousepizza.com

I got an emergency notification for a tornado in the area, but no one else in the house has. I can't find anything useful online. Is the warning for Kitchener? Who the hell knows?

I do believe I'm finally recovered enough from my displaced rib fiasco to resume exercise. Maybe I'll attempt a run tomorrow. I'd dearly love to be able to run regularly. I miss cross-country running. I miss being an athlete.

Anyway I broke. Can’t decide between ‘pants nobody should ever wear’ and ‘Byronic reaction to my book for favourite line. Armand and Daniel looked at each other so naturally I screamed at my phone like a phone hyena. youtu.be/xjFZqrmFnHI?... #thevampirelestat

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ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the 2026 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers! Two recipients will receive $500 each to help incubate their future creative endeavors. Deadline: July 31st, 2026. More: alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...

Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

One of the current scams targeting writers is to send an e-mail that appears to be from a real editor, full of gushing (LLM-generated) praise for one of their books. There are a couple of very specific tells I want to flag for the vulnerable.

Seeing the latest AI writing debacle and growing increasingly feral about how I will not cede a millimeter in changing my own style just to avoid allegedly sounding like AI. AI sounds like ME because it was trained on MY work. AI makers can eat my shit and hair.

Next month I'll be participating in @canadafictionfest.bsky.social. I'll be reading an excerpt from SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL and discussing Exploring the Unknown in Science Fiction. Find all the events and sign up so you don't miss this here: fictionfest.ca/events/

FWIW, I haven't used the Google search engine in about a year. I remember when it was the best one. It's been deteriorating rapidly.

I'm not big into superhero design, but this one time, I came up with Cow Boy.

Read this poem.

www.npr.org/2009/10/19/1... In three years this museum will be twenty years old.

Fascists doing fashy shit. Oh, and every time they do it, it's a half mill a pop.

Can you help this family? Help Mahmoud Care for His Family & 4 Orphaned Children in Gaza chuffed.org/project/mahm...

The time I reimagined Lady and the Tramp as Misha Collins and Queen Elizabeth.

If you're an emerging artist or writer, this contest is for you! No submission fees No rights encumbered 1st Place: $1500 (the art contest’s prize money as part of the Monu Bose Memorial Prize) 2nd Place: $750 3rd Place: $400 Submit by June 8, 2026 1/2

On a related note, someone on Reddit thoughtfully compiled a collection of Lamb Cake Monstrosities www.reddit.com/r/Baking/com...

"A northern Ontario MPP submitted a formal complaint to Queen's Park's house speaker [..] after security wouldn't allow observers into the gallery wearing an 'Every Child Matters' t-shirt, and in another case, a sewn patch of the Transgender pride flag." #Ontario #Canada #Genocide

Hey I've got some expensive but necessary dental work coming up and I could use some help. Now would be a great time to consider checking out my patreon. $1 a month gets you access to everything. www.patreon.com/posts/how-pa...

'Hello, Bluesky still keeps deleting my accounts, and donations have dropped very drastically. Please my friends, share my pinned story and write a supportive post for me. I only need $100 to help my children./Read more here👇👇'

wanted to share some older work that isn’t online anywhere: The Red Hours was a large riso zine I made, a secondary world book of prayers illustrating tortured saints, each accompanied by a prayer dedicated to their martyrdom (the text isn’t shown)🩸 still quite fond of this zine!

SURPRISE! We are launching our first ever contest, the Emerging Voices in Speculative Horror Prize, in collaboration with M E N A C E! 🖤🦇 $300 GRAND PRIZE awarded to one first place winner! Subs open May 15 - June 15. Full details at necksnapmag.com/contest.

Everything sucks and there’s slop everywhere, but it’s still an amazing time to be a reader. Good job, authors. Keep at it.

My poem "Death of the Emperor's Nightingale" is now live at Strange Horizons. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

I'm working on a new short story. I just added a new element that gave me a jolt of dopamine: battle moose.

Talk about self-sabotaging! I had a sliver in my foot, and when I pulled it out, I realized it was an errant toenail clipping.

May 18, 1980 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. Weakened critically, the north face bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a pyroclastic density surge bursts through the disintegrating slope. The clock strikes zero.

We still have one spot open in this Opening Pages YA/Adult workshop with Lee O'Brien @lookingglasslit.bsky.social which kicks off on Wednesday! Don't miss out on this opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your pages! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

If you can write a Bluesky post in up to 300 characters, maybe you should try writing a story in up to 1,000 words! This is the last week to register for our Flash Fiction Groups. Info here: bit.ly/4uQwlv8

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

PodCastle are still looking for a narrator. Anyone know anyone?

We're less than $30 away from $7k!! 😲 Just under two weeks left to fund year 6 of Tales & Feathers, and add our inaugural PRINT EDITION to your shelves! Back and share to help us get there! 💚

My poem "Death of the Emperor's Nightingale" is now live at Strange Horizons. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Have trouble ending a story? Or finding where the story should start? I'm teaching an online class on writing beginnings and endings this Saturday that tries to delve into questions like how to make an ending satisfying or create a beginning that grabs the reader. www.patreon.com/posts/155095...

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Imagine a health official saying "we all loathe condoms" Framing an evidence-based public health tool with collective disdain undermines public confidence. The same principle applies to masks

Slightly diminish a book: The Black Gelding

My room gets too damned hot. My feet are swollen sausages. My toes don't want to bend.

Submissions to @bafflingmag.bsky.social will open up again on June 1st. We'll be reading for unthemed stories as well as on the theme of "gossip" for the upcoming issue edited by @bendibarrett.bsky.social. 🪶 queer speculative stories 🪶 <1200 words 🪶 8¢/word

I just applied for the Grímsson Fellowship. www.arcticcircle.org/grimsson-fel...

HORROR WRITERS! I WANT YOUR SOUL… I mean DEMONS! I’m editing another awesome anthology for Flame Tree Press. Spread the curse… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Today's garden beauties.

Flash fiction is one of the most sellable forms of fiction. This three session starts today, 1-3 PM Eastern time, and will teach you how to write it, edit it, and find a market for it. Plenty of scholarships still available. www.patreon.com/posts/class-...