#TheHolmwoodFoundation #horror #podcast kickstarter is rocketing toward its first stretch goal. Take a second to learn about Holmwood & consider putting some money behind top quality SpecFic content (w/ some top quality swag). Drac is back! www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...

Sat down with my friend (& fabulously talented Australian author) @madeleinedeste.bsky.social re: the buzz (& awards/nominations) for her contemporary-Gothic mystery novella Radcliffe (from Deadset Press), her work, the power of place in fiction, and her life. jonblackwrites.com/2024/05/08/q...

April 8, 2024. A few miles of water vapor defeats the awesome power of the sun. I never want to hear some knucklehead say "How can paper beat rock?" again.

I love doing playlists for my published works. As an anthology, OVERDUE: MYSTERY, ADVENTURE & THE WORLD'S LOST BOOKS, let me do something special. I asked my all my coauthors to contribute a couple tracks & commentary to this remarkable collaborative playlist. jonblackwrites.com/2024/04/04/o...

Get a behind the scenes peek @ Overdue, the new anthology from 18thWall presenting 9 stories from 9 authors about quests for history's lost & forgotten books, in a shared-universe anthology joining my Bel Nemeton series w/ M.H. Norris' All the Petty Myths. jonblackwrites.com/2024/03/08/c...

PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE: "Overdue," an anthology of 9 tales from 9 authors (including me) about quests for history's lost & forgotten books, set in shared-universe brining together my Bel Nemeton series w/ M.H. Norris's All the Petty Myths. From 18th Wall Productions www.amazon.com/Overdue-Myst...

Not to brag, but FenCon 2024 has the perfect hotel for a SciFi & fantasy convention. How perfect? Let's play a little game called "Conference Hotel or 'Logan's Run' Filming Location?" Answers tomorrow. In the meantime, book your hotel room @ the special conference rate. fencon.org/Hotel.aspx

HOWARD WALDROP (1946-2024) Join us in taking a moment to observe the passing of Howard Waldrop. A titan of the Texas SFF scene, he was a powerful influence on the broader genre & received the 2021 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. His absence will be sorely felt.

(LET's apologize to J. Fogerty, THE gang & Lead Belly) At MIDNIGHT, FenCon's membership SPECIAL expiries. We hope you'll take a SHINE to A membership that's $5 LIGHTer ON the wallet. Come enjoy joy great #scifi & #fantasy + meet folks like ME. register.fencon.org

*long-suffering sigh full of weltschmerz* The least surprising news you will read all day: www.ksat.com/news/local/2...

SciFi, Fantasy, and SpecFic fans: 16 hours left to vote in the Critters Readers Poll. Some great nominees this year, incl Madeleine D'Estes Radcliffe for Best Mystery Novel, David Lee Summers' "Falcon & The Goose" (for Best Steampunk Story & titles from Third Flatiron Books. Critters.org/predpoll

Just voted in the Critters Readers Poll. Incuding Madeleine D'este's Radcliffe from Deadset Press for Best Mystery Novel, David Lee Summers' "The Falcon & The Goose" from eSpec Books for Best Steampunk Short Story & several titles from the ever excellent Third Flatiron. critters.org/predpoll/

#SciFi/#Fantasy friends & family @ 12:20 CST today, my wife will be presenting on "From Red Sonya to #RedSonja: The Sexualization of a Fantasy Feminist" at CUNY's 8th annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium. #PulpStudies #REHoward If interested, you can watch at: youtube.com/@CityTechLib...

Fun "new" reading material with the novelizations of two classic #1980s #SFF films.

Most of my hat rack is covered by fedoras, porkpies & trilbys (trilbies?). For autumn, I decided to broaden my haberdashed horizons with a classic bowler.

The best thing about a new @madeleinedeste.bsky.social book is, well, a new Madeleine D'Este book. The second best thing is knowing I'll get an "official playlist" for the story dropped in my inbox. I give you the playlist for her new novella, Radcliffe. jonblackwrites.com/2023/10/08/g...

One of the best things I've read this year. Really stays with you.

I'm here, I have coffee. What else could I possibly need?