I recorded an episode of My Bookshelf Slays with @mwestemeier.bsky.social this afternoon. I was asked what the weirdest object in my office is, so I got to show off my 1940s dental phantom.

Villain is coming out in *less than a month*, so please prepare for me to be completely insufferable in the short and medium term. This book was more difficult to write than I could ever have imagined, and this Kirkus starred review was such a relief and a joy: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Last night I was alone in my house for the first time in quite a while. Usually I'm the one travelling and @jairuskhan.bsky.social tends the homestead but this time it was just me.

This is happening TOMORROW and I am so thrilled to be a part of it! I'm going to be on two panels: "Making It & Breaking It: Navigating A Career In Writing" and "Fighting the Empire: Unflinching Looks at Fascism."

I was not prepared for the future to be this medieval.

Hello! I'm looking for a queer horror artist for an anthology short (6-8 pgs)! This is paid work and the rate will go up based on crowdfunding. New creators welcome! Please DM ME with your PORTFOLIO. Final pages will be due in two months. I'll contact my choice in the next two weeks. Thanks!

We are 75% funded! This SFFH community leaves us breathless with its support and talent and creativity! Y'all are amazing Our fundraiser ends in one hour, and then we rest! If you have means to give, every gift counts, no matter how small. locusmag.com/igg26 Link in bio!

Men were robbed when we were shamed for expressing empathy or sadness. Take your humanity back, gentlemen. Also, lift weights, train martial arts, read books, and fight fascism bare-knuckled where you find it.

I am once again asking

"No Baroque Boys (after Artemisia Gentileschi's Jael and Sisera)" done in Kid Pix Studio Deluxe on an iBook G3 using an Apple Pro Mouse from 2000.

I've had a front row seat watching this record come together, and it's a monster. Nick Thériault & @jairuskhan.bsky.social have made something special. "Verified Unidentified is a collection of malevolent earworms, the kinds of maggots you might find wriggling through the corpse of a dead star."

Remember, everything today is a lie.

That's enough day for today

Behold the monstrosity I have grown from the single sprouted tomato seed that was in my burger king whopper

excuse me you're being kind if villainphobic rn??? i really don't appreciate this kind of anti-evil language. do-gooders dni

As a friendly reminder, I'm campaigning for fan writer. But also there are a ton of great BIPOC folks writing thoughtfully and creatively about SFF/H eligible for nomination. Nominate diversely.

I got to flex my atrophied music writing muscles today on the description of Antigen Shift's forthcoming album Verified Unidentified (which is fucking excellent), and even I am forced to admit I still got it.

Just an update that we are slowly but surely inching our way to 50% funded! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

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(Inspired by the great @premeemohamed.com) If you have a podcast, or an interview series, or a conference that has anything to do with spec-fic, sci-fi, superheroes, horror and the writing thereof: My book, VILLAIN, is out May 19th, and and I would love to talk about it! + I am weird and smart.

Man I didn't know you were just allowed to say "Can I be on your podcast" but! I have two books coming out this year! I can be on your podcast to talk about them! :D Qualifications: - I write books - I have a charming Canadian accent* *charm not guaranteed

Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again

I am thrilled to be a special guest at @canconsffh.bsky.social this year (and in such excellent company!).

I recently got my ARCs of VILLAIN and they are *gorgeous* aaaaaa

I finished Between Two Fires by @buehlmeister.bsky.social last night and it absolutely devastated me in the best way possible. I've never read something felt like walking through an illuminated manuscript. What an incredible book.

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

but what is this?

The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name. The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”. It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving

So a think that is *wildly* different between the publication HENCH five years ago and VILLAIN coming out this year: the number of targeted scam emails I receive as a writer with a book coming out is ASTRONOMICAL. I get easily 3-5 per day.

Sometimes I worry I am exaggerating how terrible my cat Mimi is but last week she unplugged @jairuskhan.bsky.social's monitor speakers, almost broke the subwoofer and stole $20.

TAPPING THE FUCKING SIGN 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

FYI subscribe as @wired.com under @katie-drummond.bsky.social is killing it

When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means

HENCH is also for sale from Bookshop.org, which is a fantastic way to buy directly from independent booksellers. Thank you so much for bringing this to me!

HENCH, my first book, is on sale right now on both Amazon and Kobo for only $1.99! The sequel, VILLAIN, is coming out in May -- so if you enjoy supervillains, body horror and questionable morals, this is a great time to begin the series. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... www.amazon.ca/Hench-Novel-...

yes I too have been completely enraptured reading moltbook posts

Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

Paddy Pimblett looks like the most dangerous cage fighter in Whoville #UFC324

As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods

ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.

Chelsea was one of the first people to really start sounding the alarms of American authoritarianism in the 21st century, and her reward was being treated like a public enemy. Trump has done everything to prove her right. God bless this woman.

New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...

hey uh if you have autoplay on videos still NOW is the time to turn it off

There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2

in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery

I'm thrilled to share that Indigo has chosen VILLAIN as one of its "most anticipated books of 2026", so it is 30% off until Jan. 11! Pre-orders matter a lot, so if you've been thinking about picking it up I would be immensely grateful. www.indigo.ca/en-ca/villai...