Jesus Christ, how are you so unbelievably bad at this? A deeply unpopular president is recklessly destroying our government, wrecking our democracy, covering up pedophilia and now threatening to use military force against our own citizens but you're tsk-tsking about protecting healthcare?

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident. Release Steve Held.

Every song should have a spooky theremin part

Imanyan the exuberant blue and red cat is the mascot of IMA Mall in Hibarigaoka, Tokyo.

"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland

cover AND title reveal! Run With the Hunted 8: Neural Howlround coming October 31, 2025! (ebook preorders soon)

"I've directed the Secretary of War to invade war-ravaged Portland" feels like a Portlandia pitch someone wrote on a napkin with a half-dry Sharpie.

Let me put it this way: Have you ever read a Malaysian retelling of Cupid and Psyche that features Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" and Malay hair metal music?

My poetry blob Is doing what I asked: Now we're both terrified.

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

As Doug Bowser announces his upcoming retirement we need to hold space for the miracle of a man named Bowser coming to be President of Nintendo of America in our time.

Pterosaur  by M. Frost @mfrostwords.bsky.social "Winged Quetzalcōātl, sister to wind—I found a version etched in stone, stunning fossil of human imagination." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody. 42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

I’m so excited for Flights of Foundry! (Even if I cannot believe that it is somehow already mid-September??) Here’s my panel schedule! If you aren’t registered yet, you can still sign up for this fantastic free virtual con here: flights-of-foundry.org Hope to see you there!

Did you hear about the horrible accident where the physicist accidentally chilled himself to absolute zero? He's 0K now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I see the door. I’ll see myself out.

a story that gets bogged down in the details. peat fiction

I forgot about this drawing I did of a Discord buddy’s cat (she has a tiny pool table for a bed)

There’s an unexpected art of war in @arreffbee.bsky.social’s story “The Demographer.” kaleidotrope.net/summer-2025/...

Broken Sleep author Stefan Mohamed is running an online poetry course designed to help people discover, the joy and fun in writing poetry, with imaginative exercises, experimentation, peer support etc. Starts 22nd October, every Wednesday for six weeks, 6-8pm GMT. www.stefmo.co.uk/service-page...

pond’s edge… in the mist geese echo #haiku #poetry

Lani's cargo manifest abruptly changes when the alien princes and a space monkey disrupt her day! My space opera Lani Vs. The Alien Princes is on sale for 99 cents. 🪐📚 a.co/d/goOv5fn

Folks, I just got hit with a bunch of bills totaling almost $4,500. For the love of all that's holy point me to some work *somewhere*.

Here's hoping Oklahoma can rise above 50th in education now that Walters has resigned! 🎆🎇

Good hedgehogs always carry an echidna donor card.

Promised Detonations by Christopher Morgan "This / young man has bombs for / hands—" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff

Pencil some #writing time into your calendar. Then sit down at the assigned moment, close social media, and start writing. It might feel like starting a car on a cold morning, but if you don't try, it won't happen.

amethystmagazine.org/2025/09/24/f... #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

[update] Scheduled: #AO3 will be down for about 20 hours starting at 07:30 UTC on September 26 while we prepare some improvements to collection browsing.

Late September, you move to a gingerbread cottage. So autumnal, you say. Don't worry, it has a big cheerful umbrella. But the songbirds concern me. Not a peep, quietly hopping closer. In formation, beady eyes on their ginger prize. A distraction from the jackdaws. Duck, you say. #whistpr #inkMine

Boston friends, I'll be here on October 21st for an evening of book talk and chocolate making. Tickets here! www.eventbrite.com/e/chocolat-c...

This is such a useful resource from @penamerica.bsky.social "What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist" Please consider letting others know that this exists. pen.org/what-to-do-i...

CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,

Tuesday dog cleanse: Violet has life figured out.

ICYMI The announcement teaser trailer for my next book, LITTLE HEIGHT LIES, dropped today. 🥳

Imagining it's Raptcha, and somewhere an angel is trying to raise a mortal soul to heaven but has been stopped, looking with its countless impossible eyes at a pic asking the angel to first select all the squares that contain Motorcycles.

Happy bisexual visibility day. I would wave but I'm a little exhausted. But here's a pic of the best bi dragon prince/cinnamon roll, Thuan. Shown here in dragon form with his husband Asmodeus Art by @leamuna.bsky.social For the books where they feature: www.goodreads.com/series/33816...

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right? IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If— CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother? IKARI: Look, let me answer the question. CHOTINER: Sure.

My niece found out ppl who think the rapture is coming are giving away all their stuff. Anybody got a nice car for me? Tryna become auntie of the year.

If you're a cis person who wants to be kind to your trans and nonbinary friends right now, please do not forward us links to stories about trans people being abused, having their rights taken away, or living in fear. We already know. A friendly "hey I hope you're OK" is much more helpful. 💖

do you ever just want so bad to be the cause of someone’s delight but all you can do is make noise at them like a grackle

I'm starting to think that editing a whole mess of poems is orders of magnitude more difficult than shaking up my little books into making sense.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today. Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943. Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s. Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

Today is #HobbitDay because both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway come and boromir #Tolkien books.

I write for readers, wild eyed dreamers, space cowboys, wine-drinking book hoarders, stargazers, cosmic poets, optimists, library haunters, tea sippers, bounty hunters, wormhole pilots, fireside story addicts, time travellers, hooligan scientists, alien engineers, and sassy sentient starships.

Hey! You want to know what’s going to be a ton of fun this Thursday??? Hanging out at the Centerville Library with me and @paultremblay.bsky.social!!! If you’re hanging out around the Cape, I hope to see you there :)

A few months ago I pitched @lisatozzi.bsky.social a story about the revival of an ancient Hawaiian board game. She said just go and write it. Before the story was published today she was laid off — so thank you to Lisa for making this happen and everyone involved in the story except Mark Zuckerberg

JoAnna Cameron (1948–2021) was #BOTD. As ISIS in 1975, she was the first woman star of a live action superhero TV show. "That was an amazing period in time to be on television," she said in 2003. "It is wonderful that people enjoy your work and remember you for it!" #ClassicTV #Superheroes