The only optional redemption arc for MTG is as a kamikaze.

In my headcanon, AMERICAN CANTO is the sequel to AMERICAN DIRT, part two in a series of books emerging from the inflated egos and ill-conceived choices of privileged white women, the flames of their flakiness fanned by Big Publishing.

Everything in episode 4 of Welcome to Derry was great, but especially the final bit about the Children of Maturin and the cage they built for It (aka the Galloo). Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.

Loved watching Carol in #Pluribus call back the man with an individual mind in Paraguay just to counter his "hijueputa" with a Mexican Spanish "chinga tu madre, cabrón." Chef's kiss.

If you're hoping to read a "cozy romantasy like House on Cerulean Sea or Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping", try Secret of the Moon Conch by @davidbowles.us. #AskALibrarian

Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat: www.eventbrite.com/e...

It's the first Friday of the month, which means my new Queer Romances post is up on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/nove...

Post you from a different era. The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸

Nostalgic today. Remembering how 20 years ago I composed a song for @charlenecbowles.bsky.social when she was having serious problems sleeping at night because, as she told me, there was a "sound in the silence." It's probably the song I'm most proud of writing. davidbowles.us/wp-content/u...

If your definition of "antisemitism" is "can never disagree with anything the State of Israel does no matter how vile or evil," what you're defending isn't Judaism, it's nationalism. And you're not a liberal or progressive of any stripe, you're a conservative, because ISRAEL IS A RIGHT WING COUNTRY.

I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

“Taken together, the results amount to a resounding rejection of the notion that Democrats must soften—or stay silent—on LGBTQ+ rights to win.”

Yesterday, Ari Melber asked Zohran Mamdani why he was a socialist, and he answered "because I believe in the dignity of all human beings." It's time to stop being afraid of being called socialists. Yes, this is a subtweet of Third Way and Matty you know who.

Where America stands, one year after the election. A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet. New piece:

🚨 GODZILLA DAY ALERT! 🦖🌊 The king of monsters reigns, but something older and angrier stirs in the abyss… 🔥 NOW LIVE on Global Comix! BLACK DEMON TALES: DESCENT #1 – “Deep Blue Bottomless Soul”

On this #godzilladay, a reminder that I wrote a kaiju novel set in Mexico.

#booksky #reading Another I really enjoyed recently, written by José Luis Zárate and translated by @davidbowles.us. The captain longs to taste the salt-crusted skin of his crew, rats disappear from the ship, and the night is filled with strange dreams as Dracula is carried across the sea.

🎉Happy book birthday to FALL OF THE FIREFLIES and EL OTOÑO DE LAS LUCIÉRNAGAS by award-winning author Guadalupe García McCall! ✨Head to our website to learn more and and use code FALL25 for 40% off this exciting new young adult release!: www.leeandlow.com/books/fall-o...

Some linguistic reflections for Día de Muertos.

A colleague gave me a huge jar of fresh kimchi (she made it), so I whipped up some 김치찌개 (kimchi jjigae or stew) to warm up my body and soul!

Every time I read "remove him" or "impeach him" in regards to MAGA leaders, I want to scream. How do people still not understand that we are past that? No one who has the power to "remove" or "impeach" is going to do so. That's not the solution anymore. You just can't face reality.

한국이 트럼프에게 금관을 준 이유는 뭐야, 씨발 ?

If you're in South Texas, join me for a special LGBTQ+ edition of my intro to Nahuatl presentation! This Saturday, November 1, at 6 pm in Harlingen, as part of RGV Pride.

Now that AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS has wrapped up, I'm posting chapters of my next Aztec romance to Patreon: SPARK THE RAIN. Gay boxers fighting & falling in love in 15th century Chalco. If that sounds intriguing, head over and check out the first chapter free! www.patreon.com/collection/1...

My brain couldn't figure out how to say "cumplirte tus caprichos" in English, so my mouth just said "comply with your caprices," and while it doesn't quite mean the same thing, it sounds cool.

"If the working-class masses have no right to land, food, housing, education, healthcare, and the basic comforts that centuries of our labor created, then the capitalist class has no right to peace. "It's really as simple as that." — @hamptonthink.bsky.social

I was NOT expecting that ending to the first episode of WELCOME TO DERRY, but, hey, obviously IT sticks around for another 54 years, so we can't have a particularly successful Losers' Club, can we? (I liked the show, btw. Looking forward to the rest of the series.)

REMEMBER THE GOP IS CHOOSING NOT TO FUND SNAP. THEY HAVE EMERGENCY FUNDS & ARE NOT USING THEM.

You can now read all of AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS, the historical romance I've written under the pen name Aeron Zaldívar, over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/cw/AeronZald...

Revolutionary Nahuatl for October 24, 2025. Zan chiucnahui tlacualli intzalan in tlacayotl ihuan in tzonteyotl. There are only nine meals between humanity and revolution. [adapted from Alfred Henry Lewis]

The debate rages on. Some folks claim the umbrella term "Latines" erases Indigeneity, but then also make blanket statements like "all Mexican Americans are Indigenous," as if THAT weren't a grosser erasure of the 60+ Indigenous groups in Mexico and the five million Native Americans in the US. 1/

I cannot believe that we are STILL having this stupid debate about the word "Latino" and all its derivative forms. On another platform, a dude was all, "I'm a Chicano, not a Latino!" Bro, you are primarily a Chicano, just like Bad Bunny is primarily a Boricua. AND ... you're both Latinos. 1/

Revolutionary Nahuatl for October 22, 2025 Zan nazimeh nazinechihualeh. Only nazis are adorned with nazi symbols.

It's not "purity politics" to say that we don't want to coexist or collaborate with literal nazis. Any "big tent" that harbors white supremacists & fascists is a tent worth burning down.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

The need for this act of love has only grown.

ABAB

Oh, just 47 demolishing portions of the East Wing of the fucking White House.

Education, alone, is not sufficient to end poverty.

Revolutionary Nahuatl for October 16, 2025 MA CAHTLEH TLAHTOANI NO KINGS

Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.) Though it isn't actually wrong ...

I'm awash in growing dread. "Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume While sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance 'Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield Do you recall what was revealed The day the music died?"

Cover reveal for the next installment in the TALES OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT GN series! THE HERO TWINS IN THE REALM OF FRIGHT narrates the harrowing & hilarious adventures of the Maya Hero Twins as they descend into the Underworld to rescue their father & uncle. Art by @charlenecbowles.bsky.social

Sign up now for the Latinx Visions Conference which runs from 11/3-7. The conference will be virtual, so be sure to register to get the zoom link! I’ll be presenting on Nov 3rd from 2:45-3:45 EST along with the amazing @davidbowles.us and @camazotzcomics.bsky.social You don’t want to miss this!

Ma cualli īmilhuiuh in macehualtin, in nican tlacah, in cemanahuacah. "May their day be good, the common folk [macehuales], the people from here, the people of the Americas [Cemanahuac]." #Nahuatl #HappyIndigenousPeoplesDay

New update on Ancestry [dot] com confirms that people from nearly every continent have mingled together to make this particular Mexican American, heh.

Ditto. Cis/het anthropologists have gotten SO MUCH shit wrong about Indigenous queerness.

Here's my English translation of the twenty-fifth Nahuatl poem in the codex SONGS OF THE LORDS OF ANAHUAC (known by its Spanish title "Romances de los señores de la Nueva España").

Today sees the publication of two translations of mine: EL PEZ ARCOÍRIS SE ESCAPA DE LA RED, my translation of the newest Rainbow Fish book, RAINBOW FISH AND THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as the board book "El Pez Arcoíris"!