A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

This was great! I sprinted all the way to the end.

My cyber-noir story "Ten and Out" is free today in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! "But I need to know: did Harrad betray me, too? The last time I saw him, when he inked my tenth contract tattoo…was his good luck kiss actually a kiss goodbye?"

The newest Stanchion book is the Jack London/@stephenking.bsky.social mashup you never knew you wanted! Check out the novella Suicide Valley Trail Maintenance, a visceral & breathless survival tale from Colin Alexander, a rising star of horror fiction. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

The cover was done by my good friend Miles Traer, using a photo from one of our camping trips as inspiration. The differences between the front and back are a bit of an Easter egg (which will make sense upon finishing the story).

My novella is available for preorders today! If you like eco-horror that drags you through the forest by its teeth, pick up a copy: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page.... If you preorder and repost, I’ll tell a true story of almost dying in the woods (I have a few of these)

I'm at the deli. I'm at the central intelligence agency. I'm at the combination deli & cental intelligence agency.

"He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send him Matthew 5:9. That's the Chicago Pope way."

The US blockading the Strait of Hormuz is giving some real “you can’t fire me, I quit” vibes

Extremely excited to have my story, “An Arm for Every Tooth,” in this issue. Check it out!

Your “I never had a relationship with Epstein” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions ostensibly answered by said shirt.

Thought it was leg day yesterday, but apparently it was lower back. Just hit that lower back and hit it hard. Just concentrated, isolated exercises on the ole lower back. In fact, I don’t feel sore anywhere besides the place I worked out. Which, of course, was my lower back. As intended!

SOCIETY: no more AI pls & thx CORPORATIONS: we are pleased to announce KETCHUP 2.0 which is exactly like the regular ketchup you already know and love but it's powered by AI somehow which makes it better and it costs $79 per bottle

“The most difficult part of writing is to get it down initially because what you have written is usually so terrible that it’s disheartening, you don’t want to go on. That’s what I think is hard—the discouragement that comes from seeing what you've done. This is all you could manage?” —James Salter

Your password must contain a character with a tragic backstory.

the guy on the radio just said "lets take a short break from all the politics" and then put on Dire Straits

mom can you pick me up at the strait of hormuz, my friends are laughing at me and wont help

Welcome to San Francisco, where we combine the property taxes of Beverly Hills with the electrical infrastructure of a favela.

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

@dieworkwear.bsky.social, why does this suit make Bessent look like Grimace?

**BlueSky Giveaway** My Jan/Feb 2026 EQMM author issues came, featuring my Black Mask story MURDER ME IN THE NEON LIGHTS. Like and repost and I’ll pick a random account for a free autographed copy!!

Snap, Crackle, Pop Rice Testies

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Nothing like your kid wanting to watch the Lion King and specifically requesting not to fast-forward through Mufasa’s death. I feel attacked

The Supreme Court:

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

based on my wife’s reaction to Swarovski Shrek, this is the last time i’ll do a $750 bit

Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

Fiction submissions are open now! The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

"On a scale from one to 'invade Russia in winter,' how stupid is this plan?" -Andy Weir, Artemis

I remember when a writing teacher asked us to raise our hand if we've made more than $5 from our writing. Three of us did. We were told that's enough to put us in the top 1% of most successful writers through history. A little hyperbole, but not far off. I still think about it.

How it feels like to be a political scientist working on security and US foreign policy right now:

Should probably get more focused in 2026, but

“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”

The great thing about your kid waking you before 5 am is you can immediately go down a news rabbit hole and never return

We're open for fiction submissions! We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it. No closing date, open indefinitely.

Watched my toddler polish off a pint of blueberries after not pooping yesterday and thought “Chekhov’s fiber”

2026 goal: live like Frog & Toad

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

The cookies, they call to me.

How can you suddenly dislike Soilent green when you find out it’s people?

In Christmas Chronicles 2, Elves (which have gone crazy because of “elf bane”) are saved by the administration of homemade elf-Narcan. We also learn Santa’s Village is powered by the Star of Bethlehem.

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Working out in winter feels like trying to write without coffee. Not a fan.

Man, the Santa Clause is dark AF

Folks, you’ll never guess what we’re doing right now