Last year my friend, Matt Sorrento edited the anthology Becoming Nosferatu. The idea was to write stories based on German Expressionist film. I did a story about Dr. Mabuse for it. Matt has been nominated for The Rondo Hatton Horror Award.

Seen in a meme on FB... What's the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan go get out of Vietnam...

Canada: we need to increase oil production to meet the demand! (This is happening everywhere that doesn't have politicians beholden to big oil)

it's been a few days so we can talk about Jack O'Connell wearing vampire fangs to the red carpet - that is playing the long game and I hope it gets him reoccurring role on the X-Files reboot as an immortal FBI agent

I'm hosting another sapphic erotic romance anthology! This time the theme is contemporary dark romance! (aka humans and modern only.) If you're interested the info and submission form is below. forms.gle/9zrSbV2vEL2v...

Going to re-up our call to nominate On Spec for Best Semiprozine at the Hugos With Canadian identity under attack by USA-based alt-right political forces, it's an important moment to celebrate things that are weirdly Canadian This is also their last year of eligibility. Throw them a vote, please.

#PierrePoilievre is an unserious clown. Village idiot, #JoeRogan, helped get Trump elected & look how that turned out? #MarkCarney THE ELECTED PM, has been negotiating with global leaders on the world stage to advance 🇨🇦’s interests. Vichy #PP goes on 🇺🇸MAGAverse podcast to advance HIMSELF #cdnpoli

On Spec published some great stuff recently. They ended their 35-year run on a high note. They deserve Hugo recognition. I'll flag "The Superposition of Ramen" by @jedlooker.bsky.social, which was in the October 2025 issue. [Read it because @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommended it.]

Acceptance rates are irrelevant b/c publication isn't a random lottery. All subs don't have the same chance. If you send BCS SF, odds are 0%. If you send a story that makes me cry, odds are high. Writers: ignore acceptance rates b/c they have no bearing on whether YOUR submission may get published.

My co-editor Matt Del Papa and I were interviewed on the regional CBC radio show Morning North by Markus Schawbe about our SuperCanucks anthology coming out this Saturday Mar 21st! You can listen to us talking about the significance of telling Canadian stories and why superheroes still matter.

For the late evening crowd - Please call Ford if you object to his brazen move to block FOI requests Note: - there's a nonpolitical staff person ready to take your anonymous call NOW. - public outrage has made Ford reverse decisions in the past Ford ☎️ (staffed 24/7) : 416 325-1941

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. -Ursula K. Le Guin

PWHL stays winning

Had a blast today — or was it a blast-off? — watching @tomdoyle.bsky.social, @rcwordsmith.bsky.social, @alansmale.bsky.social, and @andyduncansf.bsky.social pontificate on the Alternate Apollos: The Fictional Space Race Goes On panel at Awesome Con.

If you can give something, please do. 💚

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Speculative fiction isn’t about escape. It’s about perspective. This issue of DreamForge explores identity, courage, technology, humor, craft, and hope — through stories that linger long after the last page Read Free online: go.dfstory.com/anvil23 or BUY on Amazon: go.dfstory.com/Anvil23Amazon

200 years ago today, Alexander Graham Bell became the first Boomer to call someone younger than them for absolutely zero functional reason at all.

I can so relate to this.

All lit up in the bookshelf!

Starting a list of MOSTLY random speculative poems from 2025, partly for Hugo Award consideration, mostly because we could all use a touch of beauty: Bella Chacha's "Orbit Decay," a poem that might be about a relationship, or might be about a star, or both: www.heartlines-spec.com/orbit-decay-...

Michael is CORRECT. And this is why my first email is always, always to the editor/publisher. Even if it's mildly unhinged, because EXCITED.

This is how I access BlueSky

Taped an interview with CBC Radio and Markus Schawbe this morning promoting SuperCanucks with my co-editor Mat. Markus is a great host of Up North who I’ve met before on several occasions. It was nice to meet Erik White and Roger Corriveau in person though. I’ll post links when the piece airs.

If you’re feeling lost and discouraged in the state of the world and wondering what difference you can make you should check out this Humble Bundle. Despite the text below it’s about more than just organizing it’s about surviving and resisting too.

The Aurora Tree. Photo by Alyn Wallace. More deets: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...

Most Americans see their fellow Yankees as morally bad, while less then one in 10 Canadians feel the same about their fellow Canucks, a new survey from the Pew Research Center found. #Canada Canada /1 www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...

I'm too bored of this to try and be clever about it anymore. If you think that two men kissing, or two women kissing, requires any more explanation than a man kissing a woman, that is homophobia.

Ugh. Hazing is the worst. I’m an alumnus of a fraternity that was founded in 1834 specifically to be anti-hazing and anti-secret. I believe at my core that hazing in any form is bad.

Your job to pick the worst actor to play James Bond

The Poet Laureate of the UK is famous for his translation of St Gawain and the Green Knight, and Kym once got up on stage, looked him straight in the eye, and then performed this. Unsurprisingly enough, every time they've encountered each other since, he's remembered them.

Pot paging kettle. The best part was talking about American-Israeli aggression with a straight face.

Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?

Working on a q&a lecture for a class today: The story of robots is always a story about slavery. The story of LLMs labeled as AI is a story about class, and which humans pay the cost, including the physical toll on their bodies/minds, and the lack of water and electricity, so data centers can exist.

The guidelines say that we're looking for "fun" in the stories. That might mean light-hearted, it might mean serious yet optimistic, it might mean interesting, or brilliantly written. Our latest issue has all of these and more. translunartravelerslounge.com

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

trying to place a bet on polymarket on the date that the founders of polymarket will be jailed for ~crimes~

And they're done! I'm so happy with how this turned out. I'm starting to feel a little more confident in being able to produce finished illustrations in traditional media, not just studies. 😊This is watercolor + gouache., with a little bit of color pencil and pastel for final touches.

PM says he won't rule out joining the US/Israel war even as he says "It appears that these actions are inconsistent with international law." We are being set up here folks. Contact your MP. Contact the PM tell them we can't go along with this illegal war. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/03/04/c...

Made some bookmarks for our book launch in just over 2 weeks. Which “charm” looks better? The red or gold maple leaf. (Contributors are listed on the reverse of the bookmark)

Urban fantasy author Charles de Lint just published a new "novelet" and released it for free, his stories of myth and magic and community and found family are full of so much love and hope and we could all use some of that right now www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html

I dust my house. My AI robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

As a writer sometimes the easiest thing can also be the hardest. From the act of writing to promoting/talking about your writing.

are they calling it "Iran War" because calling it "US War" would be too ambiguous?

I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct. whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/i...