Pez is a dear friend, please help if you can

I like writing horror but it is increasingly hard to write anything convincing these days, what with the climate closing in and the rise of hatred and stupidity. At this point the eldritch whispering is a lullaby. The slasher a mercy. The ghosts? Waiting, not wailing, for us to join them.

I’ve invented a hot tub from which you can point the finger of blame. I call it the j’accuzzi

chow yun fat in A BETTER TOMORROW is the coolest a dude has ever looked on film

spilled salt a tiny moon on the tabletop #haiku #poetry

withered grass our dry lipped kisses hello goodbye #DailyHaikuPrompt

Personally against dnd rogues using heavy armor It would break all immersion. Rogues can only stealth in medium or light armor, because it’s made of Hide.

Madlad greenscreened himself onto a green background.

Anne McCaffrey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccaff... died on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Chris Achilleos, David Roe, Tim White and Wojtek Siudmak). The 4th is Siudmak's artwork for "Le Vaisseau qui Chantait":

My latest issue of THE WEIRD CIRCULAR is live! This one includes three writing prompts themed around the idea of liminality. Full of submission calls, music to write by, and other good writery news. newsletter.hlwalrath...

My poetry eBook Space Living includes a classifieds section. 'Help Wanted: Instant Martian Pedigree' features an ambitious marketeer-brigand with a unique problem; cube apartments are for rent in Tycho Falls; also, Athena's Regulus Cafe needs someone to sell books & coffee. a.co/d/c49zfBj

Well, that's one way to update the holiday decorations!😆

When we went back to the VA Hospital the other day, we noticed the Little Free Library cart in the lobby. I was glad to see it, I'm going to take some books over there on Monday.

Why not enjoy a couple dozen poems from Kaleidotrope!

The classic rock fans are neck-in-neck with the Bond fans.

For every like this gets, I’ll post a Kaleidotrope poem from the archives beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.

If you're a speculative poet, I'm seeking pitches for the SFWA blog series on speculative poetics. You don't have to be a member to write for the blog and it pays! I'm facilitating this series and I would love to expand it: www.sfwa.org/planetside/h...

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, when we honour the memory of the people who've lost their lives due to transphobic violence and oppression. Transphobia is a vicious bigotry and an eliminationist ideology that must be entirely dismantled. No more lives lost because of transphobia!

Curious about a short, dystopian album never to be on streaming sites? Get THE ESCAPE TEAM right now for FREE at www.TMBGshop.com. This album is our gift to you. Please share this and help us spread the word! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...

I'll be doing an online workshop on character creation and development for Blue Stoop on December 7th! Interested? Register and pay here: www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/nk...

🎉 It's my birthday, buy my books! Ben picture just because ❤️

Hoy es Día Internacional de la Memoria Transgénero y recordamos a todas las mujeres que ya no están aquí por ser víctimas de transfemicidios en América Latina como Sara Millerey en Colombia en Abril. Sara, tu luz nunca dejará de brillar y te recordaremos con amor y honor. #TDoR 🏳️‍⚧️

Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7

The Face Stealer Tells Me What Emptiness Feels Like by Sean Glatch “Emptiness,” says the monster, “feels like a monster is wearing your face" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money

It's my birthday today. Buy my book please. Hope to see you soon. cliffjonesjr.com/dreck #IThinkYouShouldLeave #ITYSL #books #indieBooks #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #weirdFiction #cyberpunk #dreampunk #fiction #writingCommunity #writersLife #indieAuthors #indieAuthor

I drove 13 hours to Toronto and covered Phillips evening sale last night: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/20/r...

Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast by Jessy Randall "and orthodontists came calling and then ran away when they saw the extent of the situation, the power of her mouth-bones." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Just paid $20.54 for a cheeseburger combo at a drive thru in case any of you burgeoning screenwriters need some good solid show don’t tell dystopian world establishing ideas for your screenplays.

I hope I live long enough to vote against the senator once again.

please boost or donate if you can. this is a friend of mine from Trek fandom who does absolutely heroic work running our con, moderating the community Discord and finding so many other ways to bring people together. she’s very near and dear to my heart. please please support and share if you’re able

I had the pleasure of seeing LP on a panel at Concurrent this past summer and what a generous, smart, and deserving write he is. Please support if you can.

I refuse to lose our Republic to a guy with swollen ankles and a tribble on his head.

Oh my gosh, this version of my alien hero guy in this story is 10000 x more subtle than how I usually write him. He's older this time & knows a lot more about steering people into realizing that they need to change their circumstances b/c their antagonist isn't going to stroll away. It's weird!

It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics. And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF. adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

Oh, so *that's* what was going on with AO3 earlier... :/

The Dead Man is out today! If you pre-ordered, check your inbox or device. If not, you can now grab it and read it right away. books2read.com/thedeadman

“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”

Active sales that can spread word of mouth and lead to private purchase! USE YOUR LIBRARY. Most authors are not even making minimum wage! Please, get your books legitimately!

The reference_library on Dreamwidth is a crowd-sourced bag of resources. This post link goes to the guidelines and the subject links. Please check it out, and if you have resources to share, just follow the guidelines to do so!

I periodically say this unpopular thing not to air old hurts/grievances but as a cautionary note: All fields have their little cliques/beefs/infights plus moments of demonising. If you're new; learn to discern. Learn to say no firmly & to avoid that ppl pleasing instinct. I speak from experience.

On a trip to Chicago, Lavonne Schaafsma lost her purse. Two women saw a man rifling through it — and stepped in to help. n.pr/4i4EeYp

Okebamba-kun, a laid-back horse with a golf course on his head, is the PR ambassador for Oketo Town, Hokkaido.

if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help

Thank you for the sales, comments, reposts & likes! I appreciate it all.

observation deck ship's unblinking eyes watch me gaze at Earth ever restless by unholy design ship pulses intent before we descend from stars to Sunday traffic dreaming home sweeter #ScifaikuSaturday #whistpr #inkMine

DOCTOR WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE #TWOSHOWSINONE

My theory about all these end of the world dramas is people want them because they feel they deserve it. The world should end because we have been bad. It's guilt and remorse. Also zombies.

#vss365 We descended where the sun never shines, into a world of endless night. Shadow figures that moved with insubstantial form. False creatures that craved our place in the light. The only #issue was that they could never truly pass for human. Though it was their desire to do so...